Happy Birthday to My Little Man

I cannot believe a year ago we welcomed this little guy into our lives.  If only I knew he would be as crazy and fast as labor and delivery was!  He brings such happiness into each of our lives.  He is full of smiles all the times.  He is fast and into everything.  Nothing slows him down unless he is sleeping, when and if he sleeps!  He still is rarely sleeping through the night.  He still adores his sister and is usually on the hunt for her.  He refuses to talk, he just yells jibbers.  He loves to play.  He loves things that move.  He loves to throw things and has quite the arm. 

Easton, I hope you know how much we love you.  Your hugs melt our hearts, but we could do without our hair being pulled.  Sometimes we wish you would just slow down and watch a movie while we are trying to get things done, but I know one day we will miss these crazy days.  We love you baby Figaro, we are so happy you are finally ONE!!!

 

 

Easton Archer

Easton Archer

September 8 2013

 

These past 9 months have flown by if i look back on it.  During, not so much.  Throwing up daily, heartburn, aches, tiredness, the whole 9 yards. Pregnancy is NOT for me. I am so glad it is over! It makes it all worth it though right?!

So Thursday September 5th I had my 39 week appointment. I was just ready to be done. Lets be honest, Kendyl was born already.  I had the Dr strip my membranes and I understand it either works or it doesnt within 24 hours.  I didn't even have as much as a single cramp after. I thought I would be pregnant forever! I was telling people I was going to give birth to a toddler. UGH!

Friday went by, Saturday went by, went to bed all ready for church the next day.  I was woken up at 4:30 am from a  mild contraction.  The next one came 10 minutes later....this went on about 4 or 5 times then I decided I had to pee. Then I couldn't sleep, so I was getting Kendyls church clothes all laid out when BAM a contraction hit me like a ton of brick. 2 minutes later...there was another one. Again and again i let this go on for about 10 minutes. I woke Jase up and told him I was going to take a bath to calm these down but that I thought it was time. I didn't evenget to dip my toes in the water before Jase said get ready were going from me screaming cause I hurt so bad. 

We threw what we could in the car, and drove Kendyl to the sweetest neighbors house ever, Tarah's! (I owe her beyond belief). We left our neighborhood at 6:33 and Jase was literally driving 100 mph. We called the hospital and said get the dr there now! The hospital is about 30 minutes away, without traffic and the awful long stoplights. How we didnt get stopped at a single light ill never know!

We got to the hospital and I was screaming to get me an epidural. The nurse checked me and said sorry, your a 9, no epidural for you! I broke down and started crying and telling them that I didn't even read about a non epidural birth and that I didn't know how.  It didn't convince them.

The nurse grabbed one of the doctors that was there to stand in the room until my Dr got there. All the while, nurses were drying the barely mopped floor, throwing things together and trying to get me not to push. (There is NO stopping the urge to push!).

My fabulous Dr came in and immediatly got to work.  Jase was busy fanning me because I was sweating like a crazy lady. All of a sudden at 7:30 on the dot our baby Easton was born!  ALL NATURAL BABY!! woo!  And to top it off, all that crazy pain was gone!  He was healthy as an ox.  He weighed in at 8 lbs 3oz and 20 inches long.  I actually got to hold him unlike Kendyl! 

He ended up having Jaundice so he had to go under the lights just like his big sister.  I handled it a lot better this time around.  We were released and all got to come home together!

 

 

 

 This is the amazing Dr. Tobia!  I am so glad he was my dr that delivered the little man.

 Kendyl was so excited to meet him.  She said ohhh he is so cute!  Then immediatly asked if I could play barbies now! (I guess I was a lousy barbie player the past couple weeks). She also picked him out a birthday cake, we sang happy birthday and ate ourselves happy!

 This is right after giving birth! Dont mind my nasty sweaty bed head hair!  :)

 Here he is!

Kendyl is such a proud and happy big sister.  She said he doesn't have to sleep on the porch anymore!  She also is convinced his name is Easton Figaro!? 

We are all adjusting to life with 4 at home.  Between the no sleep, constant feedings, bug still grasping potty training, deer hunt opener and shipping season, were learning!  Were So happy our MIMI could be here to help us out! thanks mom!

surprise.....

Well, the cats out of the bag! Little Kendyl bug is going to be a BIG SISTER!  I would love to say she is beyond excited but in all honesty, I don't think she really knows.  Plus when this baby does come, I think it might rock her world, even though her world is being rocked right now! 

So, Im 13 weeks along now and due September 12, 2013.  Like I was with Kendyl, Im BEYOND sick.  I would dare say Im sicker this time then I was with her, and she was bad.  I have gone in 7 times now to get IV fluids for rehydration.  SEVEN!!  I am beyond thankful for those here on the ranch that have bent over backward to help me out.  From pretty much raising Kendyl, to sitting with me during infusions, to making me food and picking up my few groceries since I havent been in weeks.  Poor Jase and Kendyl are starting to get creative on what to eat.  Jase always says im lucky the fish are free to catch.  I always say Im lucky we have a camp chef and he can cook them outside!

Kendyl has been a trooper with a sick sick mom.  She is always quick to ask if im feeling ok. She says, you happy now?  Then when I am barfing up everything including my intestines, gizzards etc, she is quick to come check on me, hug me, wipe my tears and say "Be Brave Mom."  This in turn makes me cry a whole lot harder with how sweet she truly is.  She has watched every movie we own multiple times and even lets me pick a few shows.  As long as it is Big Bang Theory, Duck Dynasty or Ellen.  We love to laugh together, because in that little moment, all is well. 

At 13 weeks I have lost 9 pounds.  My pants fit great, but I think Im tired of losing weight!  The only thing I think I have craved is water with lemon in it and blue raspberry dum dum suckers.  I have adversions to EVERYTHING, even doing the dishes, so dont come visit me anytime soon.  I secretly despise those who "LOVE to be pregnant" and "feel like they are glowing" and "concerned they havent had morning sickness yet."  For real....for freaking real?

Until next time....Ill be in the bathroom!  

Kendyl is HERE!!

And what a ROUGH start she had!

She was born November 10, 2010 at 5:47 pm. Boy this labor was a breeze. If my whole pregnancy was this easy I honestly would be happy to have lots of kids! :) AND she even came 1 week early. She must have known that we HATE when people are late! She fits right in! Anyway, she was born with a little bit of pnemonia, and she couldn't keep her oxygen levels up. So they whisked her away and put her in NICU. This was the hardest time of my life. I felt so guilty thinking it was something I had done or something I could have prevented. I was so sad and I just cried and cried. Then to top it off she ended up with Jaundice and then we couldn't hold her. She had so many monitors and cords and machines then she had to get a feeding tube. I just felt so bad and I wished I could have taken her place. The nurses and doctors were so great to us and tried to make us as comfortable as possible since I was discharged and my baby was sick still in the NICU. Finally after 4 LONG days we got to take her home as long as we took her back to the hospital for the next few days to get her niliruben levels checked.

Having Baby Kendyl home is the greatest thing ever! She is so fun and such a happy baby. She smiles ALL the time and just makes us SO happy. I love that i get to stay home with her all day long and play with her and hold her and watch her grow! I love when she sneezes and makes all the other cute noises that she does. She is great and we love her!

So anyway, were gonna try and post better now since were gonna be moved out of Utah for a LONG time! were gonna miss everyone! (and maybe we will get the hang of this posting thing and make it better and funner cause were So new to this!)