McKenna Mae's Pictures

(CLICK ON THE RIGHT TO TURN OFF MY MUSIC) This is a song on the Taylor Swift new cd. It is called Never Grow up. I love it. It reminds me of my girls and life right now. I don't want them to get any bigger. I love them at their ages and am scared for life to change. (I don't want to get older either.) So girlies Brooklynn and McKenna (and even my boy Cam) remember all the fun things life brings and all these fun memories you have as a youngster. Live life everyday and enjoy it.


This is a blanket that a good friend made for McKenna. I loved the color and how it matched her hospital bow.


LOVE LOVE this picture. Mostly because it is so true. Daddy does adore his sweet McKenna.


Can you believe how tiny she is? What a little squirt.


Oh, I caught a gas smile. So I know babies mostly smile because of gas, but when I tickle her chin I can get a smile and Brooklynn use to smile when I would sing to her. So.... there!


My mom got her these cute jammies. I just love the little Cindy Lou Who nightgown.


They took a picture like this in the hospital, but I am not paying a ton of money to buy their pictures when I can take them myself. So, I think I did a pretty good job. I think it is precious. Holding her daddy's finger. You can really see how small she is by the size of his finger and her little hand.


Just another favorite showing her cute face. I love my girl. Although it has been a tough adjustment going to three kids, I wouldn't change a thing. I love my three kids and each of their different personalities. We are starting to get a schedule down. I guess it isn't so hard having three it is just that the other two are always wanting to touch and hold her. Cam has attempted to get her out of her carseat and Brooklynn even picked her up today. I just can't leave McKenna alone with them. Hopefully their excitement wears off and things will calm down. On a side note I went to the store today by myself with all three kids. It went great!

My Birthday

Last week was my birthday and it was a little strange since I had only been home from the hospital almost 2 days, had a new baby that both nights home was up all night. Plus my hormones were crazy. But of course my sweet hubby and kids made it great. Ryan bought me flowers and wrote me the sweetest card. Most people know Ryan by his jokes and sarcastic personality. Not everyone realizes how sweet and romantic he is. He always personalizes my gifts and is so sentimental. He will buy me a book or cd and write me the most amazing card that tells me why he picked that and what I mean to him. This year he brought me flowers for our 10 year anniversary of our first date. (Let me just say that I forgot.) Also he wished me a happy anniversary on the 10 year anniversary of the day he proposed too. (again I forgot. But both nights he had been at work the night before and had seen the date, I just got up and didn't realize yet.) He is just so thoughtful.

Ryan always makes me cry by his sweet words. Here is just a peice of what he wrote me in my card.

"Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day. I want you to know how much I love and appreciate all that you do. You are the best wife, mom and friend I could have ever wished for. I am so proud of you and who you have become. I love you so much...."

I have the best hubby ever!

Since I had diabetes during my pregnancy I went 3 months with out eating cereal. It was so hard, cereal is my comfort food especially during pregnancy. I LOVE buying the Halloween cereal and couldn't even have any. So Ryan bought me a few boxes to make up for it.


Our printer has broke twice and I haven't been able to print anything for months. I have gone to neighbors and family and used their computers. We have bought new cartridges in the past but it didn't fix the problem. Finally we figured out what was wrong and Ryan bought new stuff to fix it. Yay! Also when I am ready and back to normal, Ryan is taking me shopping to buy some clothes. I can't wait.


Brooklynn & Cam picked out the new Taylor Swift cd for me. Brooklynn Loves Taylor Swift.



Of course she had to draw me a card. What a little artist she is.

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween month and did some fun activities. I have too many pictures, so I just did a slideshow. We went on a witch hunt at Gardner Village, Brooklynn's preschool had a Halloween party/parade and then the other pictures are of Halloween day. Brooklynn was Alice in Wonderland, Cameron is Charlie Brown, McKenna is a pea in a pod and we are the farmers. Hope everyone had a happy Halloween.

McKenna Mae Oldroyd

McKenna Mae Oldroyd joined our family Saturday October 23, 2010 at 8:37 P.M. Finally... I know I was only 37 1/2 weeks, but when you have one early and you are borderline preeclampsia it feels like you wait forever. Especially since I was having contractions at the same time each night for almost 2 weeks. Friday night I didn't get woke up with contractions and most of the day was calm. I was thinking "this is the calm before the storm. When I woke up Saturday morning to rain/snow I knew it was coming. Most of the day was pretty calm with few contractions. The night before Brooklynn said a prayer that I would have the baby later the next day. (She had a birthday party she really wanted to go to.) I dropped her off at the party and the contractions were getting harder. Not but 30 minutes after I picked her up, I knew we should go to the hospital.

We got there around 3ish and I was only a 3+, great, they are going to send me home again. So we waited the hour and surprise I was a 4. The nurse thought my doctor was out of town and I started crying. I now wanted to be sent home cause I didn't want a different doctor. Luckily she called and he was around. About 6:30 I got the epidural and then the on-call doc broke my water and said I was still a 4. Even though I had the epidural I was still feeling the contractions. I knew once they broke my water I would start dilating. About an hour later I told the nurse that I was feeling a lot of pressure and she checked and I was a 9. It went so fast. They called my doctor and didn't even have me start pushing until he got there. With Cameron I pushed about 45 minutes and this time it was only 2 and she was out. My heart rate did the same but didn't go to 170 like with Cam just 160. Things went well and I was glad it was an easy delivery.


When I saw her I knew she was tiny, but didn't realize how small. She was 5 lbs. 14 oz. and 18 1/2 inches long. I was sad that her new going home outfit would fit her, luckily I packed a preemie outfit just in case. I felt like it was deja vu. She looked so much like Cameron. Once you take the hat off she looks different, but you can tell they are related. The top picture is Cameron and bottom is McKenna.


A very happy Big Sister, loves the new baby.


After exploring the hospital room and pushing a bunch of buttons, Cam snuggled little sis. too.


Grandma Bean with her 6th Grandchild.


Grandma Oldroyd holding her 16th Grandchild.


Family of 5.


Leaving the hospital. What a teensy thing.

37 weeks and counting...

I am 37 weeks and about 1 day now. Last week at 36 weeks I went to my doctor and everything was going well. I actually gained 2 pounds, I had been losing weight and it was good to see it go in the right direction. Still measuring 3 weeks small though. I have to do weekly Non-stress tests and weekly Ultrasounds to keep an eye on the baby. At that time my baby was about 5-5 1/2 pounds and looking strong. He told me that I was a 2 and 75% effaced. That was exciting because with Cameron I delivered at 37 weeks and was only a 1 and 80% when they started me.


Every time we asked Cameron what he wanted for his birthday he said "baby, bobo (blanket)" Last thursday we went to Gardner Village and walked around a bit. In the middle of the night I started having contractions and they were about 5 or 6 minutes apart. I started getting nervous when they got a little harder and closer. We went to the hospital and the nurse said they were now 2-4 minutes apart. It was so funny because it was Cameron's actual birthday and we thought he may acctually get a baby for his birthday. Unfortunately after the hour I wasn't progressing and was sent home. At least we got to have a fun day with my buddy for his birthday.


I have continued to wake up (almost at the exact same time) with contractions. They are very close together but not hard enough. Monday I went back to my doctor for my 37 week apt. This time I lost a 1/2 pound, but nothing to be worried about and am measuring at 32 weeks. Which they said was normal now since she has dropped. My protein goes back and forth between traces and 1+ and my Blood pressure was a little elevated, but not quite enough to induce me. I was a little disapointed that I was measuring the same as last week- a 2 and 75%. With out too many details my doctor said that my body is ready to have a baby, but just not getting there with all my contractions.


I knew I only had two days until Ryan had to go back to work. Now I don't mind baking her a little longer, but really don't want to deal with the stress of not having my husband around at night and going through the pains by myself until he can meet us at the hospital. Unfortunaly it didn't happen yet, so the next couple nights will be scary for me. (especially since I wake up at 2am until about 6am of night with contractions.) I have also had cramping and contractions pretty consistenly for about 48 hours, but they just aren't hard enough to do much. I did go to the hospital again the other day for other reasons (not contractions), but to get something checked out and I was pretty sure they wouldn't keep me. I was happy to find out I was now a 3 and 80%, so all my contractions did do something. They kept me there to see if I would change, since I was having contractions under 5 minutes apart. My protein was now a 1+ and my blood pressure was still elevated. After an hour they checked me again no progress. My blood pressure was the same but only a few numbers off what it would be to be concerned and start me. I was sent home again. (I knew it.) So I just have to deal with a these contractions and wait until they are a little harder. I just wish they didn't keep me up all night. Oh well, my little angel will come when she is ready. I can't wait to hold my little angel and see what she looks like.

Cameron's Birthday

On Friday our Cameron turned 2 years old. I can't believe he is getting so old. And he is going to be a big brother soon. Everytime I would ask him what he wanted for his birthday he would say Baby,bobo (blanket). Well he almost got his sister on his birthday, but it didn't happen. I will write about that later.

At 2 Years Old Cameron:
~Is finally starting to talk where people other than Mom know what he is saying
~Sleeps 12-13 hours at night, plus a 2 hour nap during the day.
~Loves to sing Popcorn Popping, Twinkle Twinkle and Sunbeam song.
~Is a big tease to everyone, especially his big sis Brooklynn.
~Likes storytime, although he doesn't listen to what I am reading, but gets his own book.
~Loves to play puppy, but doesn't like the real thing.
~He is ALL boy
~His favorite food or snack is cereal.
~Just learning to enjoy tv and movies.
~He loves phones and remotes, not fake ones... the real thing.
~Cameron is a both a mommy and daddy's boy. It depends on the day and situtation.
~Loves food, any and all. He will climb on chairs, get in the fridge, freezer, and counters to find it.
~He is very sweet and ALWAYS has to give hugs and kisses. Especially to stall at bedtime.



On Cam's birthday we went to Gardner Village on a witch hunt with the Oldroyd's (I will post those pictures soon.) Then back to Grandma Oldroyd's for pizza and cupcakes. First we lit the candle and he blew it out right away. Then when we were first singing Happy Birthday Cam had a HUGE smile on his face and was so excited he all of the sudden fell off the chair. OOPS! Too bad I didn't get a picture or video. It was funny. Don't worry he didn't get hurt.


We were going to make birthday breakfast on the morning of his birthday, but had a few issues (I will write what happened on my 37 week pregnancy post) We made up for it on Saturday morning. Brooklynn was a big help making it with daddy. Breakfast was all done and Cameron was still asleep. We opened his door and he was so excited for one of his favorite meals... pancakes.


At the Oldroyd party on Thursday Cameron was too distracted and didn't really open gifts, but now that they are opened he loves all his presents. Friday night we had just a family birthday celebration and gave him a couple more gifts and had a cake. I was surprised how much he liked the books. Cameron got a lot of fun gifts from cousins and us dinosaurs, two frisbee balls, clothes, sunglasses, a new bobo (blanket), books, a little backpack like his sisters (so he will stop carrying around her purses), a train and car. I am sure there are a few more, but he was spoiled.

Conference Weekend and Other fun stuff...

Over conference weekend Ryan had St. George Marathon and my doctor suggested because of my history it was best I stay home. So I started out the weekend having a girls night and went and saw a scary movie (since Ryan won't go with me) We had so much fun.

Conference and St. George Marathon

I was trying to think of what I could do with the kids. Saturday we decided to paint pumpkins. Of course this is Brooklynn's favorite thing to do.



Cameron got his hands dirty too and joined in.



Sunday we finished the pumpkins and put stickers all over them. Let me also add that Brooklynn loves conference and between the two days (8 hours) She acctually sat and watched about 2 hours.



Cam had more fun sticking the stickers to other things, but we eventually got some on his pumpkin.

We ended up having a lot of fun that weekend. Although we missed Ryan we kept busy. By the way Ryan did AWESOME at the race. It was his personal best and ran the 26.2 miles in 2 hours 49 minutes and 50 seconds. Ryan was 11th place in ages 30-35 and 47th place out of 5,900 people. Way to go Ry!

Muffin Tin Lunch

I don't always post them, but we still occasionally do Muffin Tin lunches. The kids love them and usually eat great when we do it. I gave the kids a new book I ordered from Brooklynn's school and so we had a Halloween/orange lunch.



Cam loves it!



Berkie does too!


The Hunger Games

Over a year ago my friends have a little book group and it was my turn to choose a book. My sister-in-law told me about a book she just read called Hunger Games and I told the group that was my choice and after explaining the plot I got some weird looks. So then the next time I told them I might change it and two girls told me NO! They had already started and LOVED it. So we got addicted to the series and so now we just discussed the third book at another meeting. Lindsay was so cute and ordered cupcakes from a neighbor who owns Sprinklebelle. Aren't they awesome? They taste good too.

Gracie's birthday party!

My neice Gracie had her 3rd birthday party a few weeks ago and we had a great time.


Ryan's sister and her family couldn't come to the park, so we are missing one of the little girls. But here are the others.We love our girls!


Here are our little trouble maker boys. Cam has decided to join thing 1 and thing 2 in their mischievous ways. But they sure are cute.


The kids had fun playing on the swings.


It was fun watching the kids do the pinata. Every time Cam hit it his tongue stuck out so far. Brooklynn was very dainty and girly when she hit it. It was Brady who finally broke it open.

Luke Alexander Dennis

My nephew Luke was born on September 13th at 5am. Here is a picture of my mom with him.


Luke is my brother Josh and his wife Johana's 3rd boy.


Luke is sure cute and he looks a lot more like his oldest brother Caleb.


We love you Luke, welcome to the family.

I ♥ faces- chalk

I haven't done one of these in a long time, but this one sounded fun. I had some energy today and so we played outside a three different times today and did some chalking. Isn't my girl so cute?

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