Halloween

Adam was Woody (the fatness on his face is misleading - he is tall and skinny!)

Chloe was Little Bo Peep

Chloe with a few of her cousins

Other pics....

I love taking naps with this little guy - he is so snuggly :)

Sorry - I so don't feel like writing a lot today.... I'm starting to get depressed with my fatness and the fact that I have to start work again next week :(

Ok - now that I have posted the birth story, I can catch up on everything else! First, here is Adam in his  "going home" outfit. 

First, when we got home, Shane surprised me with a gift --- a deep freezer! I have been wanting one for a long time and he decided to just get me one! I was totally shocked, but very excited about it. My mom also came in to help me out for a week. It was just so nice to have someone to play with Chloe. I just forgot how tired I would be!! It's two weeks later and I'm just barely getting into a routine. 

I had to go out a few days after he was born - I don't know how people can not go out for weeks after they have a baby... There are certain errands that just have to be run by ME and I can't leave my baby at home. Anyway, Adam did so great. He's a natural shopper, just like Chloe was! Here are just a few pictures from the last two weeks though.

I know it's a girl Boppy, but he's never going to know!

Chloe loves just look at him :)

Ok - tell me what you think of the two pictures below... I took the one of Adam and looked at it and had a total deja`vu! Look at their little noses!

And Shane's baby sister, Tracey got married last weekend:

Adam's Story

It's been a few days since baby Adam was born and I think I have enough time now to document the story. It's going to be long and detailed. I didn't really document Chloe's and I regret that so if you don't want to read the whole thing then DON'T! ....

I had my 40 week appointment on Monday, Sept 27. I was very anxious since I had not been progressing for 3 weeks and this was kind of my last chance. I needed to be at at least 2.5 cm to be considered for induction. After the doctor discussed all of the possibilities of what might happen, he checked me. ----- TWO AND A HALF CENTIMETERS! I felt my face flush and my heart started racing because I knew that they would break my water. So he said that they'd call the hospital right now and put me on the schedule to be induced in the next day or two. FINALLY.

We go out and the nurse is already on the phone with the hospital. When she is done, she tells me that I am 4th on the list for the next morning. Down-side (that we figured out on our own): Tuesdays are the scheduled c-section day so more beds are filled up making less space for the elective inductions  (which is what I was). The nurse said that if I hadn't been called by 8:30 the next morning to call the hospital and start making inquiries. Needless to say, I didn't get the call so I had to call. When the lady answered, she was incredibly short with me and basically said that I would get called if/when I got called. Shane begged me to call when noon time came around so I did and I just asked for the person in charge of the scheduling. Thank goodness they sent me right over and she was actually working on my case right then. She had put in a call to the doctor on call to ask what time was too late to have me come in (they don't like to go past noon since it could be such a long process). I got a call back about an hour later saying that the doctor thought it would be best to wait until the next morning to call me. And I would still be #2 on the list.

I was so disappointed. I needed to get out of the house so I put Chloe in the car and we just went to Sonic and got some lunch and drove around for a few minutes. I came home and Shane was just playing FIFA (Soccer) on X-Box and I just went upstairs to hang out. I went to the bathroom and then came out to sit on the bed and just adjusted my position and...*pop*

"What was that????" I hopped up and sat back on the toilet thinking, "I have total bladder control so I don't know what that was! Not to mention I just went to the bathroom!". When I sat, more clear liquid just came out. Of course my mind automatically went to water breaking but there just wasn't that much there. I called my sister who is an RN for labor and delivery but got no answer. So I called my mom - who has not experienced this in over 24 years - just hoping she would remember! And she didn't really.... So I called the doctor's office and they just said I should go into the hospital to be checked since I was supposed to be induced anyway. All this time, I am still sitting on the toilet just wondering if my water really did just break. When I got off the phone I yelled at Shane to come upstairs and he said he was playing a game. I said that he needed to turn it off and he was up within 10 seconds. I told him what was going on and he was kind of reluctant to believe me at first but  came around really quick. We got our stuff together and met his mom at the hospital to get Chloe. I was feeling no contractions and I didn't know what to expect. Since I had been in before with this pregnancy I didn't have to go through all the check in process and she was able to get us a room right away.

The nurse came in and got me all hooked up and everything and we were waiting to see how far I could progress on my own without any pitocin (I'm not able to use the normal amount since this was a v-bac and they had to be careful with my uterus). After about 2 hours I hadn't progressed at all but I was having contractions. I decided that I would go ahead and just get my epidural now and see if that helped me at all. Let me just say, I love epidurals. I wasn't even in THAT much pain, but it was so nice to experience no sensation at all. I was able to get some sleep and I finally started progressing at about 10:30-11 pm. The nurse would come in every 90 min or so to check me and when she came in at about 4:50 am she went to check and guess what ---- THERE HE WAS. She hurried and paged the doctor and started getting everything ready for delivery. They had me get started with the pushing but after one push she decided that we had better hold off since he was so close.

The doctor was in the room within just a few minutes and after 30  minutes of pushing (and no episiotomy!!) out came baby! The umbilical cord was kind of bunched up on his chest so the blood flow was a little cut off and he was really pale, not to mention he had his first bowel movement before he was born so they had to bring in some respiratory people from the NICU just to be safe. Anyway, they took him over to the little table right away to get him cleaned off and everything. He was crying so I wasn't worried about him, but they wanted to take him to the NICU anyway to make sure his blood-flow was ok. Shane went with them while I was getting all cleaned up and everything. It had only been about 30 minutes since he left when I got into the wheelchair to be taken to see him. We wheeled all through the NICU looking for the "big baby" when they told us that they had already taken him down to be bathed.

The nurse went ahead and took me to my room to get settled in. Baby came in just a few minutes later and he was just perfect. Poor Shane had to go to work so he left us and we got to know each other. Anyway, that's the story of his birth. I'm sorry it is so long, but I never documented Chloe's so I needed to do this!

9/15/10

Ok, well a lot has been going on. No baby yet though :(

I'll just kind of go over the last week. Last Tuesday, 9/7, I had my 37 week appointment. I felt so AWFUL the next day - so bad that I went into Labor and Delivery to be checked/monitored. Well of course there was nothing worth keeping me there for so they sent me home. I was literally on the couch through Friday. Good thing I have a laptop to work on!! I was just in a lot of pain and running a fever and had constant headaches. I was completely miserable! I finally started feeling better on Saturday - well enough to walk around Peach Days in Brigham City. I had to go S-L-O-W and it was H-O-T, but it was good to get out.

Shane has been great - work has been slow this week so he has helped me out a lot. He cleaned the house a couple of weeks ago while I was gone and then cleaned the upstairs for me on Friday. Then he left to go to his brother's house for a "surprise." He wouldn't tell me what he was going for but this is what he brought home:

 

Obviously it wasn't painted at all when he brought it home and my swollen, un-pedicured foot is just there to show size (it's HUGE), but when he was cleaning, he decided that Chloe has too many toys and not enough places to put them, so he built a toy chest. He's stenciling little pictures all over it and it's just adorable. I'm very excited to get it in her room and fill it with STUFF. 

Let's see.... I got the baby's room "done" - as done as it's going to get I guess. We don't do themes or specific decor so it's just basic and homey.

 

This is the blanket that Shane's mom crocheted for the baby and the little outfit we will bring him home in. Next is the diaper bag I got (Chloe's was pink and brown...)

 

Shane made the little nightstand next to the crib           I need to find a better cover for the chair, but it's a very comfy rocker!

 

The cabinet he made :) It's also HUGE so we decided to make the top a changing table.

Finally, the bathroom. I begged Shane for weeks to let me paint it and I finally got most of it masked off and he just came in and took over because he knew I would totally screw it up! And I am OK with that!  He wouldn't let me paint this color in the baby's room so it's in the bathroom instead and I love it. It just made the bathroom so clean and crisp. There just seemed to be irreparable damage from the renters so this was perfect.

  

And this, my friends, is the best you will get for a 38 week picture!

Oh, and I can't forget the internet. Shane wanted to make sure I could work anywhere in the house if need be so he hard-wired the internet upstairs and added lines downstairs too. This is the new "docking station" in our utility closet. It works AMAZINGLY!! 

Anyway, sorry for the overload, but that's what's been going on. We should hopefully have a baby in the next two weeks and then Shane's little sister is getting married right after that so I'll be nice and fat in the pictures :) 

What a day....

I would so love to forget that yesterday even happened.... But of course it did so I need to write about it. I'm sure that other people have experienced worse, and blah blah blah, but this was bad for me.

So, on Tuesday, 9/7, I had my 37 week appt. No big news there -- just that if the baby isn't born by 40 weeks then I'll have to have another c-sec anyway. I was pretty disappointed about that. I just don't feel like this kid is coming any time soon so if I'm going to have one anyway, why not just schedule it ahead of time and be done?! Oh --- and did I mention that my blood pressure was super high for me? 143/86. I'm usually 120ish(or less)/60ish.

Anyway, I was feeling pretty blue on Tuesday and of course got no sleep that night and woke up Wednesday with a throbbing headache. After not very long of working (less than an hour) I started having irregular contractions and around 8-8:30 they started regulating and they hurt. Enough that I couldn't work through them. At 10:30 I took the second half of the day as sick and I literally just laid on the couch. Thank GOODNESS that Chloe and the dogs were being so good yesterday. Chloe just sat and watched movies and the dogs just laid around. Chloe can even let them in and out to go potty now :) {such a good little helper for Mommy}. She kept asking me if I was ok and giving me kisses where it hurt.

Anyway, at 10:30 I called the doctor's office to see if I needed to be making arrangements or anything. Of course, no.... Wait until they are regular for 3-4 hours then go in. Fine....whatever.... So back to "napping". After laying on the couch for not too long, the contractions seemed to stop, but I still just hurt all over. I got up at about 2 something and just went upstairs and turned a movie on up there for Chloe. I was just feeling worse and worse - really achy and hot and I just wanted to curl up and go to sleep.

At about 4 I called my sister (who is a Labor and Delivery nurse) and got her take on the situation. Well, between the fever (101 F), headache, contractions, and high BP reading the day before, she practically yelled at me to go in to the hospital. And I apparently had my membranes stripped at my DR. appt too..... Shane wanted me to call my dr's office too - just to be sure that's really what I should be doing. The nurse I talked to there said I should go in too. So.... I hurried and put a little bag together, JUST IN CASE. I so did not want to get my hopes up because, let's face it... I am just not that lucky.

After getting checked in and everything, I got hooked up to the monitors. And guess what.... my fever was gone, contractions were very irregular, BP was WAY down (lower than it has been this whole time), and I hadn't dialated or anything. So I basically looked like a big whiny baby for  going in. I am not one of those people who goes to the doctor for just anything - there needs to be LOTS of blood or death coming for me to feel justified in going. I was really irritated. They sent me home after an hour of monitoring, but I was still just in so much pain everywhere. We got home around 8 and got Chloe into bed. I was hurting so so so so bad still. I couldn't even muster the energy to sit in a hot bath. I got some ice water and got in bed. I checked my temp because I felt hot again and GUESS WHAT.... 101.3 F. Anyway, I kept falling asleep and would wake up every hour just sweating and aching and everything but I wasn't about to go to any dr for it this time.

I was finally able to pretty much stay asleep from about 1:30 to 5:30 - when I have to get up for work. And I feel ok today. Still a little headache, but what else is new.... Anyway, the day was a lot worse than I am making it out to be. I was laying down for probably 12 hours throughout the day and let's just say that it's a good thing they have epidurals. If that pain wasn't labor.... I won't be able to handle it.

8-25-10

Just posting an update.... Not a whole lot has been going on in the Shane Peavler house. We're getting "baby brother"'s room ready - he still does not have a name and will not until he's born. Shane made some ADORABLE cabinets (with the help of his older brother, Jeremy) for the room and he spent the first 3 days of this week sanding and painting. They are so cute and will be ready to put in the room probably this Friday or Saturday. I just need to get baskets to put in them. After that, his room will be mostly ready - just need to buy the rest of the supplies for him. I'm getting more and more anxious by the day. I start my weekly dr. visits next week.

Chloe has been good. I make her take "quiet time" in the afternoon in the hopes that she'll fall asleep. She usually does. This was how she fell asleep last week - she was watching me in the kitchen. This position so does not look comfortable. 

Um, our garden has exploded. This picture does not do it justice. My camera was dying so I only got this one pic. The tomatoes are all kind of falling to one side and the squash is all over the place. I can't even describe how big the watermelon vine has gotten. We pick a bucketful of vegetables atleast twice a week. Too much if you ask me -- but only because I don't like the veggies. I can't wait for my watermelon and cantaloupe to be ready! It just looks like a big pile of weeds though, huh?

Oh, our camping trailer got tagged last week too :) My neighbor knocked on my door and said, "did you know that someone graffit'd your trailer?" UH... NO!!! Anyway, after some internet research, a combination of nail polish remover and Mr Clean Magic Eraser, you can't even tell that it ever happened. Stupid neighborhood kids. I won't even go into my feelings about the group of people I know is responsible. Everyone knows how I feel about them...

I've been getting fatter and fatter and more and more swollen. Shane grabbed my wrist yesterday and said it felt like hamburger :( More reasons why I want this baby to come early. 

I need to get the nooks and crannies of my house clean so I guess that can distract me until he comes. But it's really hard to deep clean things when you have a ginormous fat belly in front of you - and your hands are so swollen that you can barely grip the rag. Oh well. less than 5 weeks until I'm due. Let's hope the doc won't let me go late!

Updates 8/11/10

I'm almost at 34 weeks. I am SO ready to be done being pregnant. Not so much for obvious reasons, but I am so ready to lose some weight. I am more determined than ever to get thin after this pregnancy. I have completely let myself go and every time I step on the scale at the dr. office I want to cry. *sigh* I am hoping that this baby will breast feed (Chloe did not do well at all with any type of feeding!) and I'm hoping that I get at least as lucky as I did last time. I lost all of my pregnancy weight from Chloe within weeks. I didn't LOOK good, but it was gone. I will have a wedding to be a part of literally days after the baby is born and it's bad enough that I'm going to be white ---- I can't still be a cow! So, does anyone have any good detox tips for me??

This kid moves around a LOT. I get really bad heartburn at night, just like with Chloe - so I'm not worried about a full head of hair. I like my babies bald :) He's head down now so I should be able to have a v-bac with no problem too. But we shall see.....

His room is not done yet, but much closer than it was. We have put up the crib and painted the walls. Shane is going to build a couple of cabinets and some box/baskets to put in them. We are putting off buying the last essentials until a little later but I can't wait to get everything put together. I am so not into the typical boy stuff of sports and car decor. I prefer just nice colors and simple accessories. Once we get some more done in there I'll take some pictures.

Speaking of pictures, my sister just got a new snazzy camera and she helped me take some pictures of Chloe last weekend. We haven't done any updated shoots for a while and we absolutely refuse to pay people to take pictures of us (no offense to photographers, it is just a waste of our money since we're on a budget!). So, we went up to Gardner Village and found some cute spots. Here are just a few that we took. She's starting to pose more than just be natural so we were having to fight with that a lot! Oh well.... she's still beautiful :)

She always makes this adorable scrunched up face, but I can never catch it on camera. This was the closest I could get!

Note to self: Remember this

We have been experiencing major thunder storms the past 24 hours. Chloe slept in really late this morning and I went up to check on her. I found her sitting up in her bed in the dark and she said, in a timid little voice, "There's a bear in the window". It was so precious.

I knew if I didn't write that somewhere that I would never remember....

Grey's River 2010 --- and other

So we had our annual camping trip to Grey's River, Wyoming last week. It was fun and mostly relaxing. We didn't go up until early early Wednesday morning so I was operating on about 3 hours of sleep. I haven't done that in a LONG time.... We had fun though.

My brother graciously let us borrow his 4-wheeler and it was a good thing too! Shane wanted to camp about 40 yards from the rest of the family and me, being the lazy bum I am (and the mass amounts of weeds) used the 4-wheeler to go to and from the camp sites! I took Chloe on a ride one day too.... And this is what happened. It was too cute. I really want a 4x4 but Shane is bound and determined to get a Ranger some time. We shall see if EITHER of those happen!

I was worried this year that I would get left a lot since there are usually 2 Rangers (basically big 4-wheelers that fit up to 6 people) and another 4-wheeler and everyone goes on rides. Well, unless I was driving, the bumps are WAY too much for my right now. Unfortunately, my brother-in-laws shocks - or something - broke so he could barely drive his around at all. So, I wasn't ditched! We didn't get as much game-playing done as usual but all in all, it was just nice and relaxing ---- AND HOT!!! There was lots of cloud cover so it was fairly humid too. It rained most of the last day we were there so Chloe and I just hung out in the trailer and watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks for a long long time....

Oh, and I realize that I am a paranoid mother, and I don't care. Chloe decided that she would chase after the bigger girls one day and fell. She got a tiny scrape on her face and stained her pant leg pretty good. I didn't fall as a kid - I'm not one of those that thinks kids need to fall and get banged up. She has plenty of bruises on her knees and that's more than enough for me! It's just too sad. Anyway, below is the pic of her little scrape. When it happened, it really looked like it would turn into a nice black eye. Thank goodness it didn't!

And her cute little backpack that we got for her to carry her "arts and crafts" in. She loves it :) Shane picked it out too!

(btw, did I mention that I LOVE that I can make my pictures big and they can actually be seen on blogger. I love that I figured out the new layout thing....)

In other news, I'm still a fat cow and getting fatter by the second. I can sleep all the time, and my house is a complete wreck. I got it kind of straightened up before leaving on our trip, but things never go as planned! We are finally going to tackle the baby's room this week. We've compromised on colors - which was our biggest issue. I'll take pictures when it's done - which will probably be about 7 1/2 weeks from now, right before I go to the hospital.... Did I mention that I'm 8 weeks from my due date :)

Reader Discretion is Advised

Ok - I have an issue I just have to get out there. For those of you who are sensitive to "racist" remarks, don't bother reading any more.

Why can't Mexicans watch or discipline their kids? In the last month, there have probably been at least 6 stories on the news where a Mexican toddler has been hit by a car. The sad thing is, another Mexican is usually the one that hit them. In my neighborhood, there are at least 10 Mexican kids under the age of 12 and they just run around the streets. The toddlers (3 and under...) literally run around barefoot and pants-less after dark - AFTER DARK.

Today, in the Walmart parking lot, there was a little Mexican boy running around screaming. People were trying to help and console him but he couldn't understand what they were saying because, surprise surprise, he didn't understand English. And guess what- THIS IS AMERICA AND WE SPEAK ENGLISH IN THIS COUNTRY. Sorry if that offends anyone, but that's how it is.

Don't get me wrong, American people (not just white, but people who have resided in this country for more than one generation and/or are legal) lose their kids too. But in my experience, they usually find them quite quickly.

I don't need to hear everyone else's opinion, I just have to let everyone know what I think about that situation. Have a great week :)