Lego Museum

Over the summer Spencer came up with lots of ideas to get through the days here at home, and one of those ideas was a Lego Museum! He's so creative, I don't know where he gets it from. 

Here is the whole Museum on his bed. 

As you can see he even did little notes below the creations so you would know their title and what they did. I was just happy he was writing a lot while on summer break from school! 

Let's start our tour:

The first creation is called: Platform Ship, it and its brother are not useful for fighting.

 X Fighters Brothers: in attack mode are brothers.

Pocket Ship: an old fashioned rocket ship.

 Pie Sled (maybe?): This is a pie sled, it is a bad defense, a (something?) ship, but yummy. 

Coin Ship: a two part ship. It is a really good ship to destroy. 

The Coin Ship put together. 

The Coin Box: a place where you can put your coins. 

Bomb Holder: a good place to put bombs.

Rainbow Snake: a long colorful snake. 

A Ship: Is a good ship to use during battle. 

And this concludes the tour of the Lego Museum. 

I love how Spencer made such different ships and thought out what would be good for a battle or not, such creative juices flowing!! 

Coming Home with a Baby!!

Here is W holding Preston at the hospital. He was so great with Preston and loves this little baby so much! I love that we have such great cousins for our kids!!! 

Here is what we came home to from the hospital! They did such a great job at welcoming us home! The computer is out because they had the song "Baby, Baby" by Justin Bieber playing. Which became an inside joke, because I was told that I could have music playing while the baby was born, so my sister and nephew were all into figuring out the BEST song to have playing while baby was born, one of which was "Baby, Baby". I declined this offer and did not have any of my music playing, but while they were stitching me up I did hear some music being played. Also one thing I love about this picture is that Spencer and his cousin seem to have the same expression on their face. :) 

The marshmallow names they got ready for Preston. So cute!

 The pretty flowers (that were purple and blue, not pink) they got me while running home in the down-pouring rain one day. 

And we are home!! YAY! I was so ready to be back home. 

And we were all excited to have Preston home with us. Hmm...this could be counted as our first family picture. 

Preston at the hospital while sleeping. He's so cute.

Tyler was a champion husband this week. He came to the hospital and just sat with me during the day so I wasn't lonely. He did get a little bored, here he is playing video games while holding Preston. The first time of many. 

Preston while at the hospital and his first week home had the smoothest skin and it was just so...pretty! 

 Here he is at home on the first day, see how his skin just is smooth and pretty?!!?

 Aunt Liza (or Aunt Ya-ya) and Preston. She was my life saver this week of helping out with Spencer and then also taking care of me and our apartment. THANK YOU!

 Sleeping Preston.

One last thing....HAPPY one month BIRTHDAY PRESTON!!! 

Introducing...

....the newest addition to our family!! 

PRESTON!

We are so happy that he is apart of our family now and we get to just cuddle with him whenever we want to, it's the best! So, I have to write down how he came into this world, because this is what is happening in our lives right now. The past month has been SUPER busy, and sadly I'm too far behind on posts, so hopefully I can catch up. 

On Monday, August 13th, we headed to the hospital about 5:30 in the morning. My sister and her son came to stay with us and Spencer while we went to the hospital, which was a life saver!!!! THANK YOU so much to them and all the help they gave us. Anyway, we get to the hospital, I get into my lovely gown and we go to the room where I would wait to go to surgery and then come back to after surgery.

Yes, I had a scheduled c-section, because Spencer was an emergency c-section and huge, and so we didn't want to have to try to push a big baby out the second time around. Which I was fine with. While getting ready for surgery they asked tons of questions, and I got my IV in, which is no easy feat. I have HORRIBLE veins, really. Every nurse thinks I don't until they try to look for one and can't find any. I get blood taken from my wrist/hand/elbow, it's weird. Anyway, the nurse could only find a good juicy vein for the IV on the back of my forearm, which I was okay with, I hate needles so not being able to see it was alright by me! We waited around more, and I met the anesthesiologist, he was very nice and I heard one of the best. Then Tyler got into his scrubs, I got my fabulous hat on, and drank this really bad spicy antacid juice. Blech, luckily it was only 1 oz.  

Then the doctor was ready! I was super nervous, last time with Spencer I had an emergency c-section, and was put to sleep during the procedure because they needed to get him out ASAP! So this time I still didn't know what to expect and was VERY afraid I would feel pain and I REALLY wasn't looking forward to the epidural. 

I get into the surgical room (without Tyler, he wasn't allowed in until they started the first incision), and sat on the table to get ready for the dreaded but grateful epidural. And guess what we found out? My back is weird!!!! He had to stick me THREE times with the needle and it hurt. But when it finally was going I was glad to feel my legs slowly going away, and happy to get one of those microwaved warm blankets on me! The anesthesiologist was apologizing over and over again about having to stick me three times and me hating needles, and then it totally ruining his rep of being one of the best. I kept telling him it was fine, because I really couldn't feel anything.

Tyler came in, we both talked with the anesthesiologist more, and then all of the sudden the doctor says "You're going to feel pressure." Which means, the baby is coming! I was again worried about the pressure, but felt NOTHING!!! Then he came! (Pictures below are of him actually coming out, so if you are squeamish you can skip over pictures).

This is when the doctor was telling me what he looked like: "He has a big head! Oh, the cord is wrapped around his neck twice. He has strawberry blonde hair, it's kinda reddish! He's a good size baby boy!"

And I heard his cry and it was BEAUTIFUL! (thank you to our anesthesiologist again for taking these photos)

My doctor and baby Preston with those fists right at his face, a trait we have realized he has, always has his hands up by his face.

Getting cleaned up, still not happy.

All nice and warm and happy.

Meeting Daddy for the first time!

Seeing him for the first time made us so happy. He is the baby we have waited SO long for, and finally he is here!

Happy parents with their second son. 

Daddy and Preston.

Mommy and Preston, I couldn't hold him, but I got to kiss on him some. 

I love my little boy!

After we had our time with him, and they were not quite done with me yet, the nurses and Tyler took Preston to the nursery to get weighed and measured. We found out while in the recovery room that he was only 7 lbs. 9 oz! We were floored that he was so much smaller than Spencer, but happy that he was healthy. He does have the long legs, long fingers and long toes just like Spencer. 

I stayed in the recovery room for most of the day, things were not going as great as they hoped, but everything was fine by mid-afternoon with me. Which I was happy about and could soon see Preston again. When we got to our room, Liza and the boys had come to the hospital. So I got to my room that I would stay in for the next 4 days, and then Spencer came to see me and his new baby brother!

Spencer meeting Preston for the first time. He feel in love immediately! 

To finish up this story I was in the hospital until Thursday and the recovery from the surgery has gone good. Tyler has told me that I'm doing much better this time than last time, so that's good. It's been four weeks today since I had Preston and the pain isn't completely gone, but definitely NOT as intense. We are just so happy to finally have Preston here with our family. I can't believe that we are a family of four now!!! YAY!!! 

11th Anniversary!!

Today is our 11th anniversary!!! I made a little movie for Tyler to show him how much he means to me. Hope he and you all enjoy it. 

Now I have to say a few things, because Tyler has been an AMAZING husband. I'm so glad that we met, fell in love and got married, he is everything I've ever needed, and only in the past few years have I realized that. Heavenly Father truly was looking out for me and guided him straight into my life, which I'm eternally grateful for. Tyler is everything to me, and is always there for me. He does anything and everything for me, especially now that I'm so huge and uncomfortable being pregnant. He helps to calm me down, literally, no joke. When I was in the hospital being checked for high blood pressure, it was around 119/89, then Tyler walked in and talked with me and it dropped to 115/82. He's got some power! There are so many things I love about him, but I especially love that he makes me laugh, and tries to daily. He also has such a love for kids, maybe because he sometimes is like a kid himself, but they love him too and love to play with him. It's a goal to be a favorite uncle, and he's doing a good job at it. 


Tyler is also an example to me. He helps keep our family faithful and getting our scriptures read. He teaches both Spencer and I so many things about the gospel. He is intelligent also in all other areas, which can be frustrating that he knows so much, but it's great too. I love him with all my heart, and am so glad that we do have forever together, makes getting through life a lot easier when you have someone to lean on and trust completely. 


I love you Tyler. 

37 Weeks

Here I am at 37 weeks, and ready to be done...almost. 

Spencer took a picture of me today, sorry for the blurriness of it all, and I do look like I have grown since the last picture I took at 34 weeks. The baby is probably between 7.5 lbs and 8 lbs. right now, and I still have two weeks to go. In fact, because I am having a repeat c-section, and he's on the bigger side they are going to have me go in to have the baby at 39 weeks!!! Which is two weeks away from today! I'm very excited about it, but know that these next two weeks are going to be hard still. 

For the past month my doctors have been keeping a close eye on this little man's growth and also my blood pressure. One appointment I was up to 150/110, but after a 10 minute rest I went down to 120/80. My normal is 110/70, so they have been concerned with it the past two weeks of having it at 120/90. So far, thankfully, I have not been diagnosed with preeclampsia (which is high blood pressure and could be bad for baby and I). I've gone to the hospital to do tests, I've had more blood drawn at the doctor's office, and everything comes back okay, it's just those darn numbers won't go down when they take the blood pressure. At least though, if anything does or did happen I'm close enough to the due date that having the baby would be no problem.

How is the little guy doing so far? GREAT! He moves constantly (not even kidding one bit, even at 3am and then continues for an hour of moving around), punching and kicking has not let up one bit, and so I'm pretty sure my insides are black and blue. He gets hiccups at least 3 times a day, and has steadily been growing. My belly has become a source of entertainment for me with the kicks and bulges coming out every which way. 

How is Spencer doing with all of this? Pretty good. He has been the most patient kid in the world this summer with a very pregnant mom not wanting to sit out in the hot sun (we try to get to the parks in the morning when it's not so hot), and we have played lots of games. He is getting excited and is always concerned if I feel pain of any kind (braxton hicks have also made their appearance). He's going to be an awesome big brother. 

So that is the update of the pregnancy. Next post will be more of the creativity of Spencer. 

Marshmallow Structures

Here are our Marshmallow structures that we made one day. 

This is my man, and Spencer made me a dog with blue ears, and a small door. 

Spencer's creations were a man riding his dog, and another door.

The artist and his creation. 

We'll probably do this again, but use small marshmallows along with the big ones. I thought it was great Spencer figured out how to make other things besides a person. I was stuck after that. Glad he's around to help me be more creative. 

34 Weeks

Here I am at 34 weeks with Baby boy 2, and as you can see no wedding ring can be found....reason being is that it's so dang hot and I swell. Tyler and I agreed that we didn't want to have me have the ring cut off if it got too tight, so no ring for now. :( Which is sad, but I had to let you know, so you didn't think something else was going on! It also does not look like I grew in the last 6 weeks, but I have, and I feel it! 

My doctors have been keeping a close watch on this little boy, and wanting to make sure he doesn't get too big. I had a sonogram 3 weeks ago and baby boy was in the 60th percentile for weight at 4 lbs. 1 oz. So no worries, except my doctor saw me last week and was saying that I didn't look very big. But with Spencer I didn't grow very large either. I held him real close, and probably looked like what I do right now when I gave birth to him. It was a surprise to us all that a 9 pound baby could fit in there. So, yes I'm still sure this boy will be big, even though I'm not sticking out much for other people. For me, I feel like I'm already over due. 

One other thing about this picture is that I'm 90% sure I was having a braxton hicks contraction while the photo was taken. Normal, but trying to smile when my tummy is getting tight, not so easy. 

So far this pregnancy has been very different from my first, lots more little aches and pains. This boy is also WAY more active than Spencer ever was, and he gets hiccups more often too. Spencer I could tell what time of day it was because it was always at 6pm at night. This one likes to hiccup during the afternoons, after dinner, after ice cream, oh and his favorite time is right when I'm trying to fall asleep. Other than that, things have been going very smoothly. I washed the baby clothes and blankets the other day and it was so fun to know that in just barely over a month this little one will be here!!! YAY!! We cannot wait to see him, hold him, cuddle him, love him, and kiss him.