Easter Happenings

Our Easter fun started out dying eggs with Breckin's little friend Levi. They took it very seriously and were very concerned about who's egg was whose while also doing some great color mixing. Thankfully Mimi was here to lend a hand and Tanner wasn't too impressed!

For Easter weekend Bob and Holly came to visit. We went to the Rabbit Romp at the Zoo for an Egg hunt, Breckin thought it was great (he was most impressed by a fuzzy caterpillar Daddy found) and it was a beautiful day for a walk around the Zoo. However I was feeling pretty sore by the end, I think I forgot that I had just given birth two weeks before.

Easter morning was relaxing, the boys got a few things in their Easter bags that I made and then we did a small egg hunt.

The most exciting part of the day was when we got to go ride in Grandpa's big Truck, Breckin thought it was the coolest thing ever! (and Tanner slept through it!)

Tanner's First Week

Oma and Opa came to visit during Tanner's first week which was so nice for Breckin to have some extra love and that they got to get to know Tanner. Rob was still off work so everyone was able to get out of the house while Tanner and I rested. Breckin enjoyed going to the hobby store where he got some new Thomas trains and little glider airplanes. Another outing that we thought Breckin was going to love was going to Evergreen Waterpark, we had talked about it with him and he was so excited to go play in the water and see the big airplanes. However once he got there it was too loud for him (it was spring break so there were lots of kids on top of indoor waterpark sounds), he just kept covering his ears and saying he wanted to go home :( So Daddy brought him home and him and Oma and Opa spent the rest of the day there. Once they came back we went to a special dinner at our favorite Moroccan restaurant where the owners made a special dessert in honor of Tanner. 

The Arrival of Tanner Andrew

Disclaimer: This is long, so skip over if you'd like!

My greatest fear towards the end of pregnancy was that I wouldn't know I was in labor, sounds weird, I know! But I had been having so many contractions for so long that I was just used to them and didn't think I would be able to tell once they meant business! After 36 weeks I was taken off of bedrest and figured each night that it would be the night that I would go into labor. A week later I was convinced that I would go overdue! However on Saturday March 24th it was a gorgeous day and we decided to walk into old town Sherwood and back, this was about a two hour walk and pretty strenuous for big ol' prego me. Then all afternoon it seemed like my contractions were getting worse but I didn't pay too much attention to them. I started timing them in the late afternoon and they were 2-3 minutes apart and I felt pressure but still wasn't convinced. I finally decided that before it got too late I should go get checked out but figured they would send me home. Our sweet friend Sara came over and sat with Breckin after we put him to bed and my dad headed up to take over if needed. I was sent to triage and a nurse checked me, we were all surprised that I was already 6cm and almost 100% effaced! They got me into a room and I enjoyed a long relaxing bath in the jacuzzi tub. I was totally comfortable and when the doctor checked me and I was only at 7cm we decided to try breaking my water. Well things got much more intense at that point and within a half hour I was telling everyone that I felt like I needed to push, the nurse kept telling me not to because she was sure I wasn't ready to yet. After much more insisting on my part she decided to check me and discovered that Tanner's head was right there and things got a little crazy while they tried to get the doctor and things set up. Once the doctor came in, I gave two pushes and Tanner was here! Poor things was purple from coming so quickly but totally perfect!

Tanner Andrew was born at 1:29 a.m. on March 25 weighing 8lbs 3oz and 19inches(I was shocked as he was still 2.5 weeks early!)

Breckin was ecstatic to meet Tanner, he loves him to death and is taking the role of big brother really well!

With Papa

Breckin was tired of pictures at this point

Daddy and his boys

We can't tell what color his eyes are yet but he has a head full of hair!

All ready to go home!

Not so sure about the carseat but liked it once the car was moving

We are loving our new addition! Tanner is so easygoing and really only cries when you change his diaper. He is a loud little guy though, always grunting and making noises, he sounds like a little piglet! He is eating like a champ but I am noticing signs of a food sensitivity so I am cutting out dairy since it is the most likely culprit and hoping that is all it is. He doesn't seem as bad as Breckin was though.

The Last Stretch

I have been really bad at keeping up on our blog but I have an excuse, our computer broke! I am now just trying to pick up with recent events and will do some catch up when I get our pictures off of the old computer.

Anyway, here are the details from last couple months of my pregnancy! First off, belly shots:






I was really uncomfortable this pregnancy, I just always hurt! And to top things off, I had preterm labor complications. The weekend we were supposed to go down to Medford for my baby shower, I had been having contractions all week and finally decided to get checked out because they were very consistent, well the doctor felt like I was at high risk of going into preterm labor and so he didn't want me leaving town. At this point I wasn't on bedrest but was supposed to take things easy and watch for contractions to get worse. Things seemed to be going well until around week 34 when I noticed my contractions closer together and so we went into labor and delivery and they determined that I was in preterm labor and admitted me and put me on Magnesium Sulfate in order to stop contractions. That is some nasty stuff, I got extremely hot and vomited and was pretty miserable while on it! Excuse the gross picture, I was pretty drugged up and puffy!

After three days in the hospital and getting my contractions down to a few per hour I was sent home on strict bedrest. This was very challenging with a two year old who wanted to be right next to me at all times! Thanks to all of our awesome family who came to help out with him, it was bearable. Breckin loved spending quality time with Papa, Cousin Zoe, Aunt Julie and Mimi.


When Mimi was here she helped make these awesome rainbow cupcakes for St. Patrick's day!