my life

School Work

2010-11-01T20:35:00.000-06:00

Sorry folks, I am SOOOO behind on posts. Its been super busy with work and school and kid and life in general. I will get more posted soon. Hopefully.....

2nd Birthday Party

2010-08-03T11:30:00.000-06:00

We had a great time on Saturday at Jones's birthday party. We were running late, and of course mother nature decided we needed rain, but it didn't slow the kids down at all and it was great to catch up with all our friends, new and old.

Sweaty and Cheesy

Abby Conrad

Cole Conrad

Jacoby Philipoom

Tricia and Lily

Happy Birthday Jones

2010-07-29T10:59:00.000-06:00

My little monster is now 2 years old. I can't believe that the time has flown so quickly. He is the funniest little guy sometimes, and a terror others. But it balances out. He is a little behind in his speech, but he has been talking a ton more just in the last week or two.

Jones went to the doctor for his check up and he is 25 pounds (10th percentile) and 35 inches long (70th percentile). He is doing great, but the doctor does want to see him back in December if his weight and speech doesn't improve. But we are on the right track. I believe he is going through another growth spurt because he is sleeping a ton lately.

Favorites:

Trains, trucks, cars, balls, and blocks.

He loves to color and paint and completely loves to play outside with all his dogs.

Above all he loves his Grandma Nae and his Trina.

Happy Birthday my baby boy! I love you with all my heart.

Park Day

2010-06-19T01:32:00.000-06:00

Jones looks like he is using the restroom...

Teri told Abby to put her cheek on Michael's... This is how she interpreted that....

Finally Warm!!

2010-06-06T00:09:00.000-06:00

He looks frozen (which he kinda was) but it didn't stop him.

Suka- the drowned rat

Trina and Jones playing River Dance in the pool

My Cute Boys

2010-05-12T23:58:00.009-06:00

Better late than never... These are just a couple cute pics of the boys I took after tumbling one day.

Jacoby AKA Slober Monster

Jones AKA Cheesy Monkey

The Crown Jewel

2010-04-27T14:31:00.000-06:00

And to bring everyone up to date. I just finished the swing set. It has taken about 2 weeks because of weather and babysitting. But I finally did it. It was a ton of work and I can't move my hands, well worth it.

April 2010

2010-04-27T14:27:00.001-06:00

Its been a much nicer month, warm weather, lots of play dates. Really enjoyable.

Tumbling, every Wednesday

Play date at Teri's. Jones loves playing over there.

And here is some pics that Kasie took of Jones playing outside.

Easter

2010-04-27T14:17:00.000-06:00

We colored eggs just a couple days before Easter. The pictures aren't very good, but it was fun.

Papa made it home just in time for Easter, Jones was almost more impressed with him, than he was about his goodies.

A lovely Easter Day... no picnics here.

He cooked ALL day long. He even says "cooook"

March 2010

2010-04-27T14:00:00.001-06:00

I didn't take too many pictures in March. Kinda crazy for me. But I did take some fun pictures of Jones playing bubbles.

On St. Patrick's Day we decided to go to Discovery Gateway for free day to check it out. There were a bagillion people there, so it wasn't that fun, but we will go back one day hopefully when its not so busy.

We rode Trax with Trina

Chillin on Life Flight

Oh, and playing at Teri's

February 2010

2010-04-25T22:22:00.000-06:00

I am so terribly behind on my blog. So I'm just going to throw up a bunch of pics from the last few months.

Uncle Steven (aka Melvin P. Dumar) gave us some wonderful money for Christmas to go out to dinner with. So we used it at Maddox when we ran up to Idaho for lotto tickets. It was fantastic, as usual. Thanks bunches Uncle Steven!!

Jones and Jacoby playing blocks... or shall we say, eating blocks.

Aunt Vickie stopped by one day after tumbling and invited us to go to the Aquarium with her and her cute granddaughters. We had a lot of fun and appreciate them inviting us.

Jones got his first real haircut in February. I had cut his hair several times, but it wasn't even and everyone told me to leave it alone. We went to Cookie Cutters and he got to sit in an airplane and watch Thomas the Train. So worth the money. She did a great job and he was really nice the whole time.

Grandma is so so happy to have a yard helper

We got to go to Abby's 3rd birthday party on February 29th. She is probably Jones's best friend. We are very happy that Teri and Jack were nice enough to have us for the party.

18 Months Old

2010-01-29T15:18:00.003-07:00

Well, my sweet, sometimes evil, baby bug is now officially a year and a half old. I can honestly say that this is a super fun age so far. He's so silly and such a show off. But he can also be a bit of a monster sometimes. He is a toddler after all. But I love the little guy and think he's a super cute little dude.

Funny Faces & the Wii

2010-01-04T00:20:00.004-07:00

We could never really figure out why Jones made angy eyebrows, until we figured out that Grandma Nae does it all the time to him. Hers are more sad/sympathy eyebrows, but his look funny/angry. And he does it on purpose. He had stopped doing it for a while since he has been home with me all the time, but then just yesterday he started it again... its too funny. But I'm afraid his face is going to stick that way.

Jones is totally hilarious lately playing on the Wii balance board. We have a Ski and Snowboard game and so he tries to imitate it. We didn't even have the game on, we were watching a movie, but he was showing us his moves.

Christmas 2009

2009-12-25T13:58:00.006-07:00

Christmas Eve pajama present

Jordan

Jordyn, Aliyah, Jaida, Esa and Gavin

Melissa and Savannah

Esa being silly

Potty Time!!

2009-12-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

On Christmas Eve Jones actually pee pee'd in the potty! He's only 17 months old, but he's getting to be such a big boy. I'm not pushing anything, but he seems to be excited to try. He also had another successful potty on New Years day. So, if we can get him to do it on days other than holiday, we will be on the right track.

Masuka

2009-12-19T13:36:00.001-07:00

So, my dad brought home a puppy for my mom for Christmas. I thought for sure she would make him take it back, but alas she can't say no to puppies......... Hence why we haven't had any more in over a year. So, we now have SIX, count them SIX dogs. Masuka is very cute. He's tiny tiny. He is a toy shitzu/poodle. So, now we are puppy training and potty training all at once. Its so fun!!

Suka and Milo

Zoo Lights

2009-12-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

We made it out to Zoo Lights this year. We went year before last with scouts and had a lot of fun. This year definitely wasn't as cold as that first time. It was a good time. And we ran into our friends the Conrad's at the Merry Go Round. It was great to see them.

Trina really wanted to go to the zoo to see if they had laid Kim's bricks yet. All her friends from Primary Chirldren's bought the bricks in Memory of Kim Hain who was murdered this year.

Santa 09

2009-12-12T09:28:00.003-07:00

So we waited in line to see Santa for a while last night, but it was my fault for not going during the day. We had practiced smiling before getting to Santa, but alas it didn't matter once he got on the big guys lap. But at least he wasn't crying, win/win. He looks 40 feet taller than last year. Its insane how much he's grown.

Betty Crocker Cookie Party

2009-12-05T14:00:00.000-07:00

I was chosen to host a Betty Crocker house party to try their new cookie mixes. We decided to invite the kids over to help up make Christmas cookies. Well, Lily and Lydia were in California and Disneyland that week, so they couldn't come. But Tricia and Izaies came and we had fun. Of course, out of no where, I ended up sick with a 24 hour bug, so my mom and Trina did most of the cooking, with Tricia's help. Izaies spent most of the time playing a Cars game on the Wii.

Halloween

2009-10-31T12:16:00.003-06:00

Jones was not very fond of his Dragon costume. Especially the hat. But he was a trooper and actually kept it on the whole time. His nap came right before trick or treat time, so he was a little cranky when he got up and I started putting his costume on. But we went around our circle before we went over to my grandma's house. We trick or treated to a couple houses there and then went back to my grandma's for chili. All in all it wasn't too bad of a day. Hopefully he will be more in to it next year though.

Autumn days

2009-10-20T11:50:00.002-06:00

Zoo trip #3

2009-10-15T11:06:00.002-06:00

Teri and I had planned for well over a month that we were going to the zoo the day after we got laid off. It almost got postponed, but we went with it anyway. I think the kids had a really good time. They were totally worn out afterward. Abby was asleep practically before we got out of the parking lot. Our friend Kelly from work also met us there with her cute little granddaughter. It was a beautiful day.

Currently Unemployed

2009-10-14T10:41:00.000-06:00

My last day with Qwest was October 14th, 2009. My department was laid off, thanks to Qwest "partnering" with Verizon. Our union has filed a grievance and they are still working on it. Fingers crossed. Here are some pictures from my last day and the party we had at Green Street that night.

DRUNKS!

The Zoo (again) 9-25

2009-10-06T17:50:00.004-06:00

Trina took Jones to the Hogle Zoo on the 25th. I was lucky enough to get off work early and meet them there. It was a lot of fun and we got to see all the new baby animals. Jones rode in his little red car from grandma Nae's house and I think he enjoyed that more than the stroller. Good tip for next time.

Wow! A whole month!

2009-10-06T17:39:00.003-06:00

I can't believe a whole month has gone by since I last updated here.... I will get on the ball, I promise.
Here are a couple pics from September.

October........

2009-10-03T09:58:00.000-06:00

I'm way behind on my updates. The first part of October was really busy. Life has since slowed down, quite some bit.

The first weekend of October, Jones and I went to Gardner Village for the Witches Festival. It was a lot of fun. We went with my friend Teri and her kids, and Cori and Jacoby and our friend Hillary. We wandered around and checked out all the witches. Jones and Abby danced on the stage, and the kids went in the petting zoo. It was a very nice day.

Cori and Jacoby

Abby and Jones break dancing

Later that night we went with Cori and her friends to Pirate Pizza in Orem. Jones had a great time playing and going down the slide there.

Feeding Himself

2009-09-04T12:47:00.005-06:00

Jones refused to let me feed him last night. He wanted to do it, all by himself, with a spoon. He has been feeding himself finger foods for some time now, but last night was the first time he ate his whole dinner with utensils by himself.

He's becoming very independant.

Of course when he decided he was full,

then he had to feed the rest to the dogs....

Playing at Grandma Nae's

2009-09-04T12:06:00.005-06:00

I noticed that I hadn't updated anything in awhile and so I took a few pictures last night while Jones was playing in grandma's backyard. He loves to water the plants and play with the hose. Yesterday he also picked all of grandma Nae's tomatoes, which weren't ready yet, and tried to eat them. So he got in trouble.

Always kissing that damn dog!

Use Your Words!

Official Birthday Party

2009-08-01T11:54:00.000-06:00

Party on his Birthday

2009-07-29T11:42:00.000-06:00

We had a little cook out/birthday party on Jones's actual birthday. It was fun. We did a fire in our pit and used all our wood. I bbq'd hamburgers on the grill and we had a nice evening.

One Year Old!!

2009-07-29T11:36:00.001-06:00

I know, I'm way behind, but I'm going to hurry and catch up. We went on Jones's birthday to get his 1 year pictures at Kiddie Kandids. Of course, 10 minutes before we had to leave, he fell and scraped his forehead and got a big goose egg!! What are pictures without boo boo's though?

Trina's birthday present

2009-07-28T16:09:00.000-06:00

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11 Months Old!!

2009-06-29T11:48:00.004-06:00

Jones and I went to the zoo yesterday for his first time. We went with my friend Teri from work and her daughter Abby who is 2. He enjoyed some of it, not all of it though. He got tired about half way through and I had to keep him going.

He was much more attentive once I let him out of the stroller and he could walk around and look at stuff up close. This is him and Abby looking at some Iguanas being very friendly with each other.

He was NOT impressed with the Carousel, I'm not sure why. But he liked the train a lot more.

And he totally passed out in the car.............

I cannot believe that my little baby is going to be One Year old just 1 month from today. They don't lie when they say that it goes too fast.

Ohh and Jones is officially walking. He is still very wobbley, but you can see him let go of something and see his little mind working and willing his legs to reach his destination.

Swimming

2009-06-26T10:34:00.004-06:00

Wednesday was a really nice day and it was still really warm after I got off work. So I decided to grab our suits, Jones and grandma Nae and go swimming at Trina and Kasie's condo. It was really fun. Jones wasn't in the best mood to start with, but after Trina tried to drown him he perked up a little.......

He was worn out after swimming. This is him asleep with his turtle....

Mowing

2009-06-14T23:16:00.007-06:00

Jones is a great helper, he always wants to push the broom or the lawn mower. So grandpa got him a bubble mower so he can mow the lawn with grandma. He is soooo close to walking on his own but won't give up the last tiny bit of control, so the mower doesn't go very far yet cause it doesn't support him at all. But he loves to push it.

10 Months Old!

2009-05-29T12:56:00.004-06:00

Throw it away!

Memorial Day

2009-05-24T12:19:00.002-06:00

We went down to Spanish Fork on Sunday for Memorial Day. It's such a beautiful cemetary, as cemetaries go. Kasie and I had fun taking pictures.

Liberty Park

2009-05-17T11:55:00.001-06:00

I forgot to post this earlier, but we went to Liberty park 2 Sundays ago (05/17). We got together with our scout friends who we have missed dearly. It was a great time. Really good to catch up and remind us how much we miss them. Hopefully we can get together more often.

Jones was not sure about Vickie at all! He's still having a little trouble with strangers. We need to socialize him more...

Taking the stairs

2009-05-08T10:56:00.004-06:00

Jones figured out how to climb the stairs last week, now we have to watch him like a hawk! We didn't have to help him or anything, he just crawled over to the stairs at my grandma's house and went for it. It was very surprising. Here's a little video from the other day.

9 Months already

2009-04-30T16:18:00.004-06:00

Wow, time is just flying, I can't even believe it. Jones is now 9 months old, has 5 teeth, is crawling and almost walking. He took 2 steps by himself on Monday! We went to the pediatrician for his checkup yesterday He is tall and skinny (even though everyone thinks he's huge). He is just over 19 pounds, so not quite big enough for a big boy car seat yet, and 29 1/4 inches tall. He should be able to go to Disneyland soon! LOL

Easter Pictures

2009-04-09T15:36:00.003-06:00

Look at those teeth!

2009-04-08T11:31:00.001-06:00

1st Black Eye

2009-03-30T12:59:00.003-06:00

Jones fell down on Saturday night. He was trying to be a big man with his walking and was holding onto his entertainment center, it spun around and he went down... He hit is face on the wood floor and it gave him a nasty bruise by his eye.

Lovely Weather

2009-03-23T16:38:00.002-06:00

It was great weather this weekend. A little taste of Spring. Trina was missing her Lydia lovin, so we had her sleep over on Friday night. We went to the mall looking for swimming suits (for Cancun) but came up empty.

Saturday we chilled at home, then went to the park. Cathy walked the dogs, just Roxi and Tilley. And Lydia walked along with the stroller with Jones and I. We played on the playground and walked the track around the park. The wind was blowing but it was very nice. I can't wait for it to stay warm so we can go for walks at night after work.

Mmmm donuts!

2009-03-10T16:06:00.004-06:00

Walker....

2009-02-19T23:55:00.001-07:00

Sick again, but still happy

2009-02-10T15:44:00.004-07:00

Jones has been sick again. He has a mild ear infection and a viral infection. Its been a fun week. He went in for his 6 month check up and vaccines on Feb 3rd.

He is

27 1/4 inches long (75th percentile)

17.3 pounds (25th percentile).

So, he is really tall and not as chubby as we keep thinking.

I think that because he was already a little sick when he had his shots that it just pushed him over the edge. So he has been kinda cranky and tired. And now he has given his cold to me!

But Jones still likes to smile for the camera, even when he is sick. We decided to play pictures again on Thursday just to see how they would turn out. He does not have the complection for being sick, or for black and white pictures.

Happy Half Birthday Jonsie!

2009-01-29T16:22:00.004-07:00

Today Jones is officially 6 months old. I have been looking back at his newborn pictures and he seems like a totally different kid. Its amazing what a difference 6 months makes.

Happy Half Birthday my wonderful baby boy!

6 Month Pictures

2009-01-27T23:07:00.005-07:00

Toothy Grin

2009-01-26T13:49:00.001-07:00

Toothy grin
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Brushin

2009-01-15T17:34:00.003-07:00

Jones learned how to brush his teeth today. I guess I should really say "tooth". He only has one popping up, but the second one is right under the gums....

Coffee

2009-01-08T15:38:00.001-07:00

Thanks to grandma, Jones now drinks coffee, and he LOVES it!!!

All in moderation though. LOL

2009!!

2009-01-01T13:17:00.003-07:00

So, I am way behind, sorry guys. But here are some pictures from our Kids New Years Party. We had a great time. The kids played board games and games on the Wii.

Jordyn, Tricia, Lily, Jaida

Izaies, Lydia, and Gavin

Jones and Lydia didn't make it to midnight.

They both fell asleep around 11:30.

Sick baby

2008-12-30T16:17:00.002-07:00

Jones has been sick since Christmas eve. The joys of diarrhea and vomitting. We went to the pediatrician on Saturday, but the on-call doctor didn't seem to think it was a big deal. So we have been hulled up at home all weekend. I finally had to go back to work (after taking 2 sick days). So grandma had to stay with the fussy baby. I don't think she is too impressed with him now.... ;)

Christmas

2008-12-26T14:59:00.000-07:00

So, we finally got our Christmas tree up and all the way decorated just a day before Christmas. Go us! Cathy decided on reds and golds this year, so it was very different from the blue and silver of last year. But I think it turned out really pretty.

Jones loves paper. So he really liked opening his Christmas pajamas.

Trina and Kasie got a Wii for Christmas. They were pretty stoked!

Gavin, showing great grandpa his gift card for video games.

Look Mom... I can sit all by myself!

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!!

2008-12-24T14:37:00.002-07:00

Almost Done!!!

2008-12-12T17:13:00.004-07:00

So.. we are getting so close to done with my grandma's floor. All the floor is actually laid now.

We just need to fix a couple things (like finding that darn furnace vent that went missing...), putting in the moulding around the floor and the toe kick around the kitchen cabinets. We have been working on this for what seems like EVER! Really just over a month.

But I think Jones thinks he lives at Grandma Nae's house and he only goes home to sleep at night. We have been over there almost every single night and weekend. Our poor dogs are getting the brunt end of it too. We don't have any Christmas decorations up, so don't even ask when that might happen....

My photography skills

2008-12-06T17:02:00.000-07:00

So, Kiddie Kandids is expensive... So I decided to practice my photography skills with Jones for some Christmas pictures. I am pretty impressed with what I came up with. I lucked out cause he was in a good mood when I decided to do a trial run. I bought Jones this cute little Santa outfit. I was looking for an elf one, to display his perfect little elf ears. But alas, I couldn't find one. Well... so far I got pictures with the hat, but we haven't used the rest of the outfit yet.

Baby's 1st Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T11:27:00.004-07:00

Well... I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving. I want to say how thankful I am for all my family and friends and everyone's love and support. I truly am blessed.

We had a great day. My mom and I worked on getting everything together for our Thanksgiving meal. Jones played here and there (for as long as he could stand each place). His favorite part of the day was in his doorway jumper where he bounced around as Rufus licked his face and hands.... I guess he was trying to clean him, like the puppies. It's gross and we kept telling Rufus to stop, but Jones thought it was hilarious.

Jones was able to partake of our Thanksgiving feast with us. He had his first taste of yams. And he loved them. Up until now all he has eaten is rice cereal and a couple teething cookies. He didn't care for mashed potatoes all that much though.

After dinner we caught up on all our Tivo'd shows.

Tivo= another thing to be thankful for. ;)

Then Kasie, Jones and I played a little MarioKart on the Wii. Jones was a big help lol

Cookie Monster & Santa

2008-11-24T17:58:00.007-07:00

So, Jones really likes teething biscuits, I am not fond of the mess, but they make him so happy. If we could just get better at holding them...

And we were shopping at South Towne on Sunday and I decided to run get Jones's picture taken with Santa. It was great timing. There wasn't a line, he had just eaten and we were done before the spit up came. But my little man smiled with Santa. I'm so proud!

Doing Grandma's Floor

2008-11-24T17:47:00.007-07:00

Sooo. I guess my mom thinks that we should be in business or something... My grandma decided that she wanted wood floor because her dogs are idiots. So, she bought some lovely engineered wood flooring and for her birthday, christmas, kwanza, easter, 31st of Octember, etc... we are installing it. My mom had some crazy notion that it should only take us one weekend. Well... my grandma was supposed to watch Jones while we worked. But of course she seemed to need to work everyday. So, its not easy with 2 people and a fussy baby to do this. So far it has taken us two weekends and a week, and we still have to do the kitchen. But we are waiting for after Thanksgiving for that. Here are some pics.

Yes.. The dogs are wearing diapers, hence the need for new floor. Damn dogs....

Mi Familia

2008-11-13T15:37:00.001-07:00

Get your own Family Sticker Maker & MySpace Layouts.

Halloween 2008

2008-10-31T18:40:00.002-06:00

My little Superman

We didn't do much for Halloween because Jones doesn't have a clue what is going on yet, and we never really did much when I was younger anyway. My mom and I both ended up leaving work early and then we went to my grandma's house (tradition). She made stew, cause my mom doesn't like chili. It was fantastic. Then we just chilled and passed out candy to the tricker treaters.

This is what Grandma Nae and Jones do all day.

Sit and watch TV. He won't let her sit back in the chair.

3 Months!

2008-10-29T18:29:00.000-06:00

I can't believe that my little man is actually 3 months old already. While doing this blog I have been going back and looking at his pictures and it really is amazing how much they change in such a short time. We have to go get his 3 month pictures taken still, hopefully I will get them done soon.

Trunk or Treat

2008-10-27T16:56:00.000-06:00

Lily had emailed me last week and asked if she could come over. At first I had told her that we would just do an activity, but then Jessica asked if Izaies could spend the night on Saturday. So we turned it into a sleepover. I picked up Lily and Lydia around 11:00 on Saturday and then we came home and cleaned the house a bit. Really they played with the toys while I cleaned. Lydia got in the bath tub while Lily, Jones and I ran to get some lunch. Trina picked up Izaies around 3:00 and came to our house.

We had planned to go Trunk or Treating in South Jordan, but we missed that one. So we went to West Jordan park. We didn't leave the house until 5:00 and it only went until 6:00. But we still got a fair amount of candy. Lydia threw a tantrum and so she had to stay home with my mom. It was a really long line, so she would have complained anyway, so she didn't miss much. Izaies was really cute, he would say Trick or Treat and then say Thank You, but then he just stood there looking at them, like there should be something more than just a piece of candy.

Lily was very upset that I made her wear her sweatshirt under her sleeveless dress. Silly mom/person

Isn't Izaies the cutest Batman you've ever seen?

Super tired baby.....

Sunday we played on the Wii and played games then we went back to the wooden playground in West Jordan. The battery went dead in my camera so I only got a couple pictures.

Busy slacker day

2008-10-24T15:41:00.006-06:00

So, I got a lot done today, but also was a slacker. I had taken two hours off at the begining of my shift because my grandma had to go to the eye doctor. So I thought that Jones and I could get some errands done and out of the way. First off I turned my alarm off and we slept in (amazing for a 12 week old!) but luckily my grandma called at 9:00 and woke us up. Then we got ready and did our usual thing.

We went to Fedex to send back our Verizon phones, then we went to the fire station to vote. That took about an hour. Jones did not want to be in his carseat, he woke up just as we walked in and I had to swing his seat back and forth to quiet him. (In hindsight I should have taken him out of it, but who knew it was going to take an hour). When we were finally done with that we still had to take diapers back to 2 stores. So I called and added another hour to my time off. We ran to Target to return diapers there (I have decided that I hate Target diapers). Then we got gas at Sam's Club, $2.76!! And then we went to Walmart to exchange some Huggies diapers for a size 2. I hate that when they get bigger, you just get less in a box. Time was getting tight, but I had promised my grandma that I would grab some lunch on my way over, so we stopped at Fazzoli's and they took forever. So I finally just gave up and called work to take the rest of the day off.

So after that we went to grandma's house and played on the computer. I set her up with a Facebook page (which probably won't get used, like her MySpace page). Then we made a spice cake and played with Jones.

Where does the time go??

2008-10-23T18:33:00.003-06:00

It has come to my attention that I have not posted in over 3 months now. How sad am I? I am going to go back in time now and try to catch up. Starting with my long and boring birth story....

I don't recommend induction...

2008-07-30T18:34:00.004-06:00

Let's take you back in time. Its Monday, July 28th. My doctor scheduled me to be induced early Monday morning because I was now 10 days overdue.
It was definately one of the longest days that I can remember. My mom and I arrived at the hospital around 8am, we were late of course. The doctor was waiting there to get the party started. He broke my water and they started the petocin almost before I had my clothes changed. The doctor seemed in a hurry. Then we had to just wait. There wasn't anything good on TV, that's for sure.
A couple hours later I still wasn't progressing from a 1 but the contractions were "uncomfortable" so I asked for the epidural. That took up some of our waiting time. My mom kept saying that I should feel some pain, but the doctor said that they don't do that anymore. "God wouldn't have created the epidural spot if we weren't supposed to find it". So, then it was more waiting.

My mom playing with her phone. She was wearing my new robe because it was freezing in the labor and delivery room.

Meredith and Lydia came to visit, hoping to meet Jones.
I look like a beached whale.

It wasn't until later that evening, around 8 or 9pm that I was up to 5cm. The doctor actually went home to a birthday party and to bed. The nurses kept rotating. We were on our third bag of epidural and fourth set of nurses. By the time that last bag of epidural was wearing off I actually felt the pain and I started to progress. The nurse, named Misti, had me push a couple times. That made me very sick and I threw up. (I had snuck a Dorito earlier and it sure hurt a lot coming back up) After three pushes the baby was making his way out, but we had to stop and wait for the doctor to get back. I kept falling asleep, even as he was being born. The doctor made my mom cut the cord, she was so grossed out. But he wouldn't take the scissors back. So she did it. I remember a little bit of holding Jones after he came out and then after they wiped him down, but not much....

Jones Rae Bailey Nieser
Born July 29th 2008, 1:30am
8 pounds, 8 ounces
20 1/2 inches

We finished the Floor!!

2008-07-07T19:11:00.005-06:00

It feels likes a major accomplishment. I think that now the floor is in, everything else will fall into place pretty quick. (if we don't think about that my mom is back to work now and so we are both gone all day, and then we have Lagoon day on Saturday that is a major time hog). I will just have to try and keep myself going to get as much done as possible. I was able to get the door & window trim all cut and a couple of the walls' baseboards. They all need to be painted before we can put them in, but that should be easy. We are still trying to decide what to do with the closet doors though....
I'm due in 11 days, but of course my grandma has to work the 15th through the 25th, so he's not allowed to come during that timeframe..... Hopefully we can get a lot accomplished this week.

Oh, and P.S.

I went to my regular doctor again today to get more x rays on my foot. He swears he doesn't see anything and that the swelling is just a really bad sprain. The reason my toes are numb is from the blood pushing on a nerve. If its not doing any better in "another" two weeks, then he wants me to see the podiatrist.... That felt like a big waste of time!!!

Spraining my Ankle

2008-06-25T18:58:00.010-06:00

So... as if being 36 weeks pregnant wasn't enough fun. I fell and sprained my ankle on Friday. I was trying to take the puppies outside and they kept running in the house as fast as I could take them out. Well, I was too far to the side, I guess, and my ankle went over the edge of the porch and I fell right off. Smooth move, I know!!!!

So, this is the lovely image on Friday morning, right after I fell. I have a fantastic road rash all the way down my left thigh.

These two are from Saturday afternoon. We went to the Instacare on Friday night and they swore it is just sprained.

Then I thought I would let the bruises really set in, so I waited some time in between pics.

This is from Monday afternoon. Letting those purples really start to set in.

This is from Tuesday morning. And my OB wouldn't put me on bedrest... I think that's awefully rude! But I have an appointment with my General Practice doctor on Thursday morning to re-check my ankle.

Time's a Flyin

2008-04-25T17:23:00.002-06:00

I didn't even notice that its been months since I have added anything to this blog. I don't think any one reads it anyway, so its not a big woop.
Well, the news since the last update is that I am definately having a boy. I went to the ultrasound and they confirmed it. I kinda knew all along, from the first moment. Its weird. I am 28 weeks today, officially into the 3rd trimester, so its all downhill from here.... LOL I'm getting really fat and I hate getting dressed in the morning. And he is kicking a lot lately, gets the hiccups too.

The Countdown

2008-02-06T18:49:00.000-07:00

Well, I went to the doctor yesterday. Everything seems to be right on track still. The parasite still has a heartbeat. Its weird to think thats inside my stomache. I still haven't really felt it yet, but I'm sure I will soon. I have an ultrasound on Feb. 26th, so I will find out what it is. Everyone keeps asking me, now I can at least give them a date when I should know. Last night my grandma called it Charlie out of the blue. No idea why... It was kinda funny though. I'm like "who the heck is Charlie??" Then my mom said, "watch out, that's how Gus got his name" (that's my mom's cousin, who's real name is no where near Gus....)

News

2008-02-03T16:15:00.000-07:00

So, I don't think anyone reads this yet, I'm sure I'll send it out and maybe start posting things soon, for now I am lazy.
I have been trying to get the news out that I am pregnant. I keep forgetting people though. Its exciting news, but I feel dumb emailing people and telling them. Mainly because I have to explain all the details. Well, I will list them out here....
*knocked up
*not really planned, but not prevented either
*father is in another relationship now, will not be involved
(yes he has offered, but I have declined, he remains anonymous)
So, I am pretty much on my own, except for my family. It will be a big undertaking, but I think I have a great support system and I am prepared to accept the challenge.
So I am 16 weeks along and I am due on July 18th. I should be finding out the sex within the next couple weeks. Everyone keeps asking me what it is. I'm thinking its a boy, cause I don't know what to do with boys. I watched Meredith's (one month old) twin boys Friday night and I successfully changed diapers and fed both of them. I was pretty thrilled with myself. So I might be able to pull this whole mom thing off..... But 2 hours is a lot different than a lifetime.....