Back to School!

I can't believe how fast summer went! It seems like just yesterday we were getting out for the summer and now it is time to start again. I have to go back for training next week. It is going to be hard to get back into the swing of things. I am so used to just hanging out around the house and not getting ready all day. We finally got Samuel to sleep in his crib last night and to stay asleep the whole night. We will see if it last. I hope it does because I can't imagine getting up through the night once I go back to work. It would be killer. He is almost 2 months and chaning everyday. He is starting to pack on some weight. He goes back for his 2 month check-up in a week, so we will see what his stats are. I love to see their little personalities develop. He is starting to smile more and interact with us more.

Copy Cat

It is amazing how much kids see and copy. Tarren will follow us around and copy what we are saying and doing. Just this morning, I was working out and he was copying my motions I did with my arms. Most of the time it is cute, but there have been a few times that I have found not to be so funny. We were in Wal-Mart the other day waiting in line. There was a brother and sister in line in front of us with their mom. The boy kept hitting the girl and laughing. The girl just shrugged it off and pushed him away. Tarren was watching them intensely and then he turned to me, with a smile on his face, and raised his hand getting ready to hit me. I told him no and he put his hand down and looked at me confused. He looked back at the brother and sister and then back at me. I told him that hitting was not ok. We make sure and clarify with him now about things he sees. We like to watch America's funniest home videos and they have clips of kids that climb out of their cribs. Tarren always is very intrigued by it. Spencer tells him every time we see those clips, "Tarren that is a no no." It has worked so far. It just amazes me how much kids copy cat.

Funny Tarren

I have been pumping for the baby and Tarren has come in while I am doing it and wanted me to do stuff or hold him and I tell him, "not right now Tarren I am pumping." Well, we have a small hand pump the hospital gave to us that I don't use and Tarren picked it up this morning and pulled up his shirt, stuck it to his chest and said, "pumping." I couldn't help but laugh. He then went on to try and pull his whole shirt off. The whole time he kept saying, "pumping mommy pumping." Later he created a little song with pumping. The only word I could understand was pumping pumping pumping. It was my laugh for the day.

Family Pictures, movies and more...

We went to Toy Story 3 on Saturday. We weren't sure if Tarren was going to pay attention to the movie, but he did. He was very excited to be there. During the previews, he kept dancing around and jumping up and down. Once the movie started, he did a pretty good job of sitting still and watching it. He LOVES popcorn. I don't like popcorn, but Spencer and Tarren do. So, we got a bag and I think Tarren would have eaten the whole thing if we would have let him. He woke up the next morning wanting popcorn for breakfast. The cutest thing about the whole movie was that when Tarren got home he went and found his T-Rex and started playing with it. He carried it around for days.

We are starting to experience a little jealousy with Samuel. Tarren wanted to be held the other morning when I got him out of bed, but I had Samuel. So, we went and all sat on the bed. Tarren had to have my arm around him. So, I had the baby in one arm trying to feed him and Tarren in the other. When it came time for me to burp Samuel, I had to take my arm away from Tarren. He did not like that and wasn't about to let it happen. He kept his head under my arm while I burped Samuel. It was a tricky thing to say the least. He still refers to Samuel as baby. He doesn't really call him by his name and he doesn't really say brother yet, but he is getting used to him being here...I think.

We did family pictures yesterday. My brother is starting to get into the photography thing, so he came out and took pictures for us. It was tricky because we don't have enough light in our house for the pictures to come out so we had to do them outside. It was a little warm outside, but I think we got some good pictures. My brother did a good job for his first time and we really appreciate him being willing to do it for us and in the heat too. It was hard to keep Tarren focused because he loves to be outside and play. He sweats a lot too, so after awhile his hair was drenched.

Samuel is growing and changing everyday. He is a little over 2 weeks right now. He is a good eater, but he eats slow. He is too bad at sleeping. The most he has gone is 5 hours. He is quite the little grunter. I am enjoying holding him and loving him and I can't wait to see his little personality.

He's here!

We went in on Saturday June 19th at 5:30 a.m. for me to be induced. I can truly say that it was a pretty painful experience. My doctor broke my water and it hurt really bad! Once that happened, they started me on pitocin to help get the contractions going. The contractions started coming pretty hard. I was dying for an epidural, but they couldn't give it to me because the doctor was in another c-section surgery. It was one of the longest waits of my life! I truly don't know how women do it without the epidural. It hurt a lot! I got the epidural and I was back in heaven. They checked me to see how I was progressing and I was at a 5. So, they considered it pretty good progression and allowed me to keep laboring. However, Samuel's heart rate dropped down and they came to move me around. They told me if it keeps happening they would have to do a c-section. So, we waited. The doctor came back an hour later and I was still at a 5. They left again and then not 5 minutes later a bunch of nurses and the doctor came in. Samuel's heartrate was dropping and it was dropping fast. A normal baby's heartrate is between 110-150. Samuel's got down into the 50's. So, off we went for a c-section. The reason why his heartrate was dropping was because he had his umbilical cord wrapped around his waist and as he tried to descend it was cinching tight around his waist. He was born at 1:37 p.m. So, I had my second c-section and from now on that is what we will have. My babies can't keep still in the womb and seem to get their cords all twisted up. They must get it from their father. :) We were released from the hospital on Tuesday and it is nice to be home. My body is getting better everyday. It is still a little painful to stand up and sit down, but it is much better than it was when I first came home. I am looking forward to being healed all the way. I think I am allergic to whatever they put on my stomach. I am itching out of control and I have a rash. So, it will be nice when it is all done. We are enjoying having our little bundle of joy home and it is quite the experience having two babies. Tarren is still not sure what is going on. He will come up and point to the baby and he starting to want to hold him, but he is also acting out. I can't pick him up because of my c-section and he just doesn't understand that. So, we have had quite a few crying fits. Anyways, here are some pictures of Samuel 1 day old.

Will he ever come???!!

So, we thought this baby would already be here by now. Since Tarren came at 38 weeks, we naturally assumed this baby would also come early. NOT HAPPENING!!! I am soooo ready!! I go to my last doctor's appointment today. I am offically 39 weeks and 3 days pregnant. I have been getting a lot of false labor these last few days, so hopefully the real thing is right around the corner. I can say that I probably should try to make it to my official due date of June 14th because that is when my doctor will be back in town. Yes...my doctor left town this week. It wouldn't be such a big deal except for the fact that she was going to let me try to do a VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section). I had a c-section with Tarren and we felt it wasn't really necessary so we tried to find a doctor to do the vbac with this one. I was looking to switch practices too, but there are not many doctors that are willing to try vbacs. This doctor does it a lot and she was with the same practice. However, the doctor that delivered Tarren is in this practice and she is high on c-sections. Anyways, when we found out she was going out of town we asked if the other doctors would let me try a v-bac and she said yes all but one. Guess who the one is...yup...the one that delivered Tarren. So, we are hoping and praying if I do go into labor we do not get her.

So, besides the whole labor thing we are getting ready for family reunion. We are in charge of it this year with Spencer's sister Rachel and her husband. I can say that I really haven't done much due to the extra 30lb bump I have been carrying around. Spencer is really excited and has been getting lots together these last few days. We are having the majority of the reunion here in Katy and will have 4 adults and 3 kids and 2 babies staying with us. Needless to say we will have a full house, but it will be great to see the family.

Tarren has been growing like a weed and I swear that boy is ALWAYS hungry. He is saying and doing some of the cutest things. He is a copycat, so we have to be careful with what we say. His new copycat phrase is, "are you kidding me". He came in the other day and there was a blanket on the floor and he pointed to the blanket, put his hands up in the air and said, "are you kidding me?" He then continued to jabber something else that we couldn't understand. It was funny. We were outside the other day and he wanted to go on the swing. He pointed to the swing and said swing and then said, "dut, dut, dut". The reason he says this is because when Spencer first started putting him on the swing he would push him up and say,"dut,dut, dut" as they got higher. So, that is how Tarren refers to it. He loves to help. He helps unload the dishwasher, carry in groceries and he helped Spencer mow the lawn. He still loves to cuddle and he loves to bring his blanket too.

Spencer is working hard as always and pampering me at the same time. He tore his ACL in April and we plan to do the surgery sometime this summer. He is a FANTASTIC husband and father. I wouldn't change him for anything in the world! He is my soulmate and best friend! I can't imagine life without him!

Hopefully, my next post will be with pictures of a new baby. Until then....

Tarren's 2nd Birthday

Yesterday our baby boy turned 2! It is hard to believe it has been 2yrs already, but it has been 2 of the best years of our lives. We love having Tarren in our family and love seeing him grow. He has become such a big boy and it is so great to be able to communicate with him better. We still have those moments of where we are not sure what he is saying, but they are becoming less and less. We decided to just have a small family dinner and celebrate his birthday. Last year, we spent more money on the party and less on his presents. This year we decided to spend less on the party and more on his presents. It was a lot of fun to see the family and to celebrate with them. I can't thank my mother-in-law enough for all she did yesterday. She did A LOT to help us out with the party and the clean-up. She is the best mother-in-law ever! I really am glad that she is in our lives! We are excited for the years to come!