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!

Easter!!

We went down to Pearland last weekend to celebrate Easter early. We had a fabulous meal and then we had the easter egg hunt. The older kids were not allowed to get any eggs that were on the ground. These eggs were for the smaller kids. Tarren was the first one out the door. He ran right past all of the eggs and to the ditch that he had been playing in earlier.

He did not have any interest in the eggs whatsoever. Spencer had to take his hand and point to an egg and tell him to put it in the basket. Almost, like they were cleaning up his room.

He got his fair share of eggs and then he took off back to the ditch to play. After awhile, the confetti eggs were brought out. This is a tradition they do every year. I was exempt from having one smashed over my head this year because I was pregnant. It is very hard to get all of the confetti off normally, but can you imagine when you are pregnant. There are parts of your body you can't even see so I am sure those little bits of paper would find themselves in spots where they wouldn't be noticed for awhile. Tarren and Carrigan even got involved with the eggs.

Tarren and Carrigan sitting on a little bench in the hallway.

Tarren's Easter outfit.

Spring Break 2010

It was a beautiful day yesterday, so we decided to go to Discovery Green. Tarren wouldn't get in the water they have there because it was super cold. He finally did go take a look when the sprays weren't as big. He really like playing on the slide and running up and down the hills. It was nice to get out of the house and let him use up some of that energy.

Where did the water go?

I'll just wait until it comes back.

Tarren wore himself out and fell asleep in the car. We were going to go to the Children's Museum, but it was way too busy for us and Tarren was asleep. So, we called it a day and headed home.

Houston Rodeo 2010

Every year we go to the rodeo. Usually, I just choose someone that has a song out that I really like. This year, I hadn't really heard a new song that I really wanted to hear so I just chose a person that was on a Saturday. Saturdays are the best days for us because we don't have to worry about going to work the next morning. This year the person we went to see was Blake Shelton. I found some really really good tickets for cheap on stubhub and so I was sold. We got the front row action seats. These seats are so close that when the horses were racing by some of their hair landed on us. It was only a couple of pieces so it wasn't really gross. The other thing about these seats is that you get FREE food and drinks. It was fantastic! They had sodas, waters, chips, ice cream, candy and then a hot food line where you could get nachos and hotdogs. We had already eaten at Pappas BBQ before we got their so we didn't eat anything but the junk food. The bad thing was I was stuffed, but because the food was FREE I just kept eating the candy and ice cream. I know...disgusting. Needless to say, I feel a little sick this morning, but it was worth it! We really enjoyed those seats and I think those will be our ideal seats if we can find them cheap.

We were right by the gate on the floor. Tarren really liked that.

Every year, I have always been super excited get the fried twinkies. However, this year I didn't really feel like having greasy food and I remember last year walking past a cheesecake on a stick stand. So, that is what I decided to have. It is a slice of cheesecake on a stick that is dipped in chocolate. It is my new FAVORITE snack at the rodeo! I will have to say I will be getting it next year when we go. YUMMY!!

After I finished, Spencer liked the stick it was on. It looks like a giant toothpick.

We took Tarren to the Fun on the Farm. He did a good job of collecting all of this stuff.

At the end of the course, they give the kids dollars to turn in all of their stuff. They can then take the dollar and turn it in for a snack. Tarren chose a juice box.

We tried to get him to take his picture in one of those standing face things, but it proved to be more difficult than we thought. He put his head through the hole and got it stuck.

We went to the petting zoo. Tarren tried to kiss every animal in there. It was cute, but gross at the same time.

At the end, Spencer had him wash his hands and he loved the hand sanitizer machine so much he didn't want to stop washing his hands.

Spencer won Tarren a ball and he held onto it the rest of the night.

Tarren LOVED running down a little hill. He kept going up and down. Spencer taught him to roll down it and it was soooo funny.

Tarren took his picture with the rodeo clowns when they came by. We had a hard time getting him to look at us. He just kept staring at the clowns.

We had a lot of fun and look forward to next year!