Last week

We have had quite the winter storms lately. Last week when "the big one" hit. (It was pretty bad, but only lasted a few hours. Ryan had to work and said he had never been so scared. He couldn't see more than a few feet in front of him.)We decided to have a pajama party and watch movies.


McKenna joined in on the fun!


The kids got their sleeping bags and got all snuggled to watch The Polar Express.


One of Brooklynn's favorite things is pajama parties and she loved it.


Cameron had fun, but didn't really stay laying down too long.


This is a picture I took towards the end of the storm. Not a great picture, it looked a lot worse in person.

Thanksgiving... I am so bad. I didn't take any pictures for Thanksgiving. This year we spent it with the Oldroyd's. So the night before we went to a movie with my family to see MegaMind. I got to see about half of it. Right away McKenna woke up and started crying. I had to rock her the whole time. Then about 10 minutes in Cameron decided he didn't want to watch, he wanted to play. So unfortunately Ryan walked around with him. But at least Brooklynn got to see it all and loved it.

The next day we had our dinner and dessert. The boys played video games and the kids ran around the house making messes. Of course the three daughters-in-law planned our Black Friday trip. Danielle, Nanci and I go every year together and have a blast. We planned our route and left at 11:30pm. We had a blast. My neice Katie went with us this year too. I was lucky to get everything I wanted.It was a great Thanksgiving.


Every year I do a different thing to write what we are thankful for. This year we made a hand turkey and wrote on the feathers. We have so many things to be thankful for here are some of them...
Ryan- My family, ability to run, good job!
Dani- Best hubby and kids, a good night sleep, the gospel!
Brooklynn- Best fmaily ever, Popcicles and gogurts, Scooby Doo glasses!
Cameron- My cozy Bobo, Cereal, Dinosaurs!
McKenna- Binky, food, swaddling blankets!

Pictures

Doesn't Brooklynn look so Stylin' in her new glasses? I love them.


My 3 kiddos. Got these cute matching outfits and wanted to get a picture. Can't wait till the blizzard is gone and we can take some Christmas pictures. (Don't you love Cameron's battle wounds? Thanks Berkie! Now he has a huge scratch and goose egg on his forehead... The toy box won that one.)


McKenna is one month old today. (As of 3 minutes ago actually.)

Cam & McKenna's stats...

"Let us simplify our lives a little. Let us make the changes necessary to refocus our lives on the sublime beauty of the simple, humble path of Christian discipleship—the path that leads always toward a life of meaning, gladness, and peace."

--President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "


Cameron went to his 2 year well check and I was a little surprised by some of the stats.
He is 36.4 inches tall (90%)
28 lbs and 2 oz. (50%)
his head is 19.4 inches around (70%)


Cameron is a healthy happy boy. He loves to eat and doesn't ever stop moving. He had to get shots at his appointment and just like his silly laid back personality when the nurse stuck him he gave a dirty look and said "OW" Then they stuck him one more time and he looked at Ryan and again said "Ow". He didn't cry one bit. That's my boy! We love him lots!


At McKenna's 2 week apt. She is doing great. At birth she was 5 lbs 14 oz. and they had us go back 4 days later. Then she weighed 5 lbs 7 oz. So not too bad. She just needs to be back at birth weight at 2 weeks.

She was 20.1 inches long,weighed 6 lbs 4 oz,and her head 12 inches around.

She is doing great and I was surprised how much weight she gained. She loves to eat and is a pretty good sleeper. She only wakes up once in the middle of the night and then again between 5:30 and 6am. Not too bad. She is a sweet little thing and we sure love her.

Stay tuned for pics of Brooklynn in her stylin' new glasses. She looks so stinkin' cute. We sure love her too!

Celebrations...

Last Sunday we celebrated a bunch of birthdays for October and November. It was first Cameron's birthday October 15th, McKenna was born October 23rd, My bday October 27th, My grandma Budd turned 86 November 2nd, Grandparents 65th anniversary November 7th, My Grandpa's 91st bday November 18th and my brother blessed their baby Zack.


Smile for the picture...


Everyone singing happy birthday and anniversary to us all.



For some reason I was the only one who blew out the candles. Good thing we didn't have each individual candle that would burn the house down. (it would be 273 candles- that is including the anniversary. YIKES!)


My cute Grandparents holding McKenna. They are so special to me and have been a huge part of my life and growing up.


4 generation picture.


Another 4 generation picture. My mom has 6 grandkids now and these are the only 2 girls so far.


Brooklynn loves feeding McKenna a bottle. We make sure to give a bottle at least 3 times a week. Poor mommy and Cameron spent a year together with only a few hours away from each other. It was a hard year. We are making sure McKenna takes a bottle.

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.