A Touch Of Tyrell

It seems like my whole life I wanted three kids. At first, I wanted three boys. Then, I changed my mind to two boys and a girl. In that order.  Luckily, I didn't get my way.  We had Everett and then were so happy to find out that Breckie was a girl. Pregnancy is hard for me and to have one boy and one girl was amazing... especially if we couldn't/didn't have any more.  For a loooooong time I tried to convince myself that I only wanted two kids. After all, we were the "ideal" family. But I knew, deep down inside of me, that I wanted three. I literally could not move on with my life until we had Roxy.  After we miscarried in Feb 2015, I didn't know if I could physically be pregnant again. It was rough. Depression was taking over my mind. Jake had to make the executive decision that if we didn't/couldn't/hadn't conceived by Jan 2016, then we would just have to move on with our lives.  It had consumed me.  I asked Jake to g...

It seems like when you're little you wait all year for your birthday. Everett has been talking about what treat he wants to bring to school for his birthday (birthday oreos) and what cake he wants (Ant-Man) for months.  This year, his birthday fell on the last day of school. I think he had a lot of emotions to sort through on one big day! Before school he convinced us to let him open one of his presents.  Jake picked him up from school and then we all went to go see a movie and eat pepperoni pizza.  The only kid movie playing was Angry Birds... so we saw that and then we went to Barros for pizza. When we got home he opened his other present and waited for some friends to come over.  Once his friends got here, he finally felt like it was his birthday :) They played duck duck goose, limbo, shot Nerf guns at targets, jumped on the trampoline, and then had cake.  Grammy and his Aunt Bridget made him an extra specia...

She's pretty dreamy :)

I'm really glad I was able to make it to kindergarten graduation because it was so cute and I loved watching Everett preform his songs.  At first they had a slideshow of pictures from this year. There was a cute/funny picture of Everett that I barely caught... "I want to be a worker " He knows that Jake goes to work every day and "makes money" so for the longest time he just thought that Jake made money and that he's a worker . It's so cute to see how much he's grown.  They sang the songs that they had been learning all year about each 'cottage' they had been learning about. They were all so cute. At the end they even sang America The Beautiful.  We were in a hurry to get out of there as soon as it was done (because we had a 1-day old!) so we didn't get many pictures... ...but I'm glad we at least got this picture to show the growth of our family over the school year.  We are so proud of Everet...

Our hospital stay was essentially great... but now I understand home births a little more. I was ready to go home the whole time! Maybe its just because this was my third rodeo, but after we were declared healthy I was ready to be alone and in my own bed... although there is something to be said about a bed that sits you up with the push of a button! At 9:00 Jake brought the kids to see Roxy and Nicole came back to take a few pictures of us. After that, he took Everett to school and spent the day with Breckie while I snuggled Roxy.  Late that afternoon Jake came back while the kids went to IHOP with the Millers and spent the evening with them.  I decided that Jake better just go home and sleep with the kids because I'd be fine without him and at least one of us should get some real sleep. That night Roxy gave me some troubles and the nurses were in and out all night to check our 24 hour vitals and stuff. So we didn't sleep but m...

I really love Roxy's birth story. It's so fun to tell and think about.  There are so so so many details about this pregnancy that I have yet to document... but maybe soon I'll get to tell them. Wednesday night (May 18th) right after 9 pm contractions started. I started timing them and by 9:45 I decided I better jump in the shower and get ready to have this baby.  I was so excited. My due date was May 21st and I was desperate to get her out early and if she came on May 19th it would be extra special because that was the day Jake proposed to me 10 years earlier! Jake was in the garage working on his truck this whole time so at 10:30 I went downstairs (all pretty and ready for a date) and told him he better shower because we were going to have a baby! I continued to time my contractions. I really didn't want to get to the hospital and have them send me home. My last appointment had been on Tuesday (the 17th) and I was still only at a 2.  ...