Coleman

So we got to hold him for the first time today around 2pm.....yeah! I was so excited, I also got to try to feed him. It finally felt a bit more real. Our little Coleman has been taken off of the ventilator, and his lungs are looking fine. Now they only have him on the IV and feeding tubes and now we are just working on the feeding. We love him, he is sooo cute, we cannot decide if he looks like Lincoln or not, I think he does, but Justin thinks he just looks like his own and Kristine thinks he looks like Jack. I still haven't seen him with his eyes open, but hopefully soon. Thank you for all who have called and prayed for our little man.

Surprise!

Yesterday morning I woke up early with my Sister-in-law Kristine to go to the sales at Target. I was having some cramping but didn't think much of it. When we got home about an hour later however I noticed that I was bleeding....here we go again, nothing can ever go as planned with my kids. We checked into the hospital here in Provo and they began monitoring me. We were here all day and my contractions were getting closer and closer and harder and harder. Finally the doctor decided the best thing for me and baby was to deliver. We headed in the OR at around 9pm and the baby was born at 9:40pm. 6 lbs, 6 oz, 19 1/2 inches, Coleman Russell Patrick. Unfortunately since he was a little over 4 weeks early his lungs are not completely developed so he is spending some time on and ventilator right now in the NICU. We hope he will come off of that today so that I can FINALLY hold him. So my trip to Utah has become a longer trip, he will be in the NICU they are predicting for a week.

Quick Pregnancy Update..For anyone that cares!

I went to the Dr. on Monday and I finally have a date for my C-Section. December 22nd. It's exactly one week early, i was hoping for 10 days but I guess he will only do a week. He is going in special for me on Monday night so I can be out of the hospital by Christmas Eve, so I can't complain. 25 more days.

I am huge! When my doctor was measuring me he said that I was measuring BIG! its not a surprise, I've always been that way, and then I have really small babies, so pretty much I am a medical mystery! I will not be posting pictures of myself, so for those of you that have been blessed to see me in all my pregnancy glory you can vouch for me.

My new love, ICE. I can't wait until the ice in my glass gets soft enough to chew, I even pour out my water when the ice is ready, and I am dreaming about the ice chips in the hospital.

A week in an half until my 37 week mark, which has meant high blood pressure and bed rest for my other pregnancies, so keep me in your prayers. I would actually like to attend Christmas parties (Bunco especially) to pass the time instead of laying on the couch watching a million baby Stories on TLC. For anyone that is on bed rest for more than a couple of weeks, i don't know how you do it and you are amazing!

Have any of you been watching Celebrity Rehab? If you haven't you really should, it is some good entertainment. Well this guy here is what best describes how I feel every night. He can barely walk and has all sorts of back problems. Well that's me, my lower back just kills when i take a step. Its fine all day but around 8-9pm it is done working.


Well thats it. We are going to Utah for Thanksgiving, leaving today so that will be fun. I am nervous about the 6 hour car ride, but hopfully with my seat heaters on my back i can make it. I just won't drink a lot! Happy Thanksgiving!

T-Ball is Over!

So Jack had his last game on Saturday. After the game he got a medal and a trophy. It kind of weird how they do it here, the parents decided which trophy their kid will get. I of course choose the more practical small nicer, cheapest one, but about half of the parents chose the obnoxious huge plastic baseball player. So of course Jack was upset that he didn't get a big one. I had to do some convincing and tell him that he got the 1st place trophy and the others got the 2nd place one. Here is the proud brother Lincoln cheering in the stands, Go Jack!
Jack on first base after his hit, its funny he gets a base hit every time!

Hey Batter Batter!

Focused and ready to get the ball. Jack runs after every ball, there is normally a dog pile to see who can get ti first, its pretty funny.....except for the fact that when Jack doesn't get there first he is not a happy camper. A couple of time we would hear a loud groan coming from the field if he didn't get to the ball first.

We had a fun season, we are going to skip the winter season, I don't want to bring the baby out in the cold, but we will be playing again in the Spring.

The Biggest Loser

Does anyone else hate this lady???? Why do I even ask, no one likes her. Last night I wanted to kill her when she was being so mean to Phil. She is just evil. I was not happy at all that Ed came back and I don't think it was fair at all seeing as Phil was the biggest loser. Anyways just had to rant. I was sooooo happy when Amy switched and voted with the black team...I can't wait for next week!

At the Park

Lincoln's face in this one is just so classic.
The boys LOVE playing on their skateboard. It makes mommy nervous so they had fun at the park with Shauna.

Shauna had the day off work today so she took the kids to the park and I got some time to myself.

They Really Do Love Eachother

So this is what has been happening all week at our house. On Tuesday I went in to check on the boys before I went to bed and Lincoln was gone, I thought he must have gone to our bed, but when I went to look up at Jack there he was......it has happened every night since. Lincoln is such a snuggle bug, all he wants to do is snuggle, constantly!!! So I think he found his way of getting this every night, and Jack is such a good big brother to let him!

New Baby Names

So I finally made Justin sit down and go through the baby name book and write some down that he liked. he may change his mind.....but for now we have a few names to choose from. Vote on the poll of what you think, not that it really matters but its fun to see opinions.

Brothers

The boys were playing with each other tonight and it was so cute I jut had to tape them. They definitely have a love hate relationship so I cherish the times when they are playing together.

Halloween

We were planning on having the boys just put on their costumes and hand out candy to the trick or treaters, but we soon realized our neighborhood was dead so we decided to take them over to do a few streets. We only made 2 streets when they were asking to come home. They had fun! Notice the flip flops....yeah its still warm here!

Trunk or Treat

Last night we had our ward "Trunk or Treat" it was a HUGE turnout, i didn't know who half the kids were and I know all of the kids! The boys had a ton of fun.Lincoln was a skeleton pirate, I was a little bummed because I was planning on having him be the cute Frankenstein costume that jack was when he was 2, but the thing was busting at the seams, so we used Jack's costume from last year and Lincoln was thrilled to be a pirate.

Jack was a Ninja, and the cutest one you ever did see!

They had a Caterpillar ride that was pulled by a 4-wheeler. So cute and the boys LOVED it!

The boys with their best buddies Connor and Chase

Christmas Wish List

Any of you that read my sisters blog saw that she just posted a Christmas Wish list and it got me to thinking....this is fun. last night Shauna was going with Jack through the "Toys R Us" Wish book and it was pretty sunny to watch the kid dream! Here is my Christmas wish list. I do realize that most of it is dreaming, so I will start out big and then get a bit more practical....Although I do have a birthday coming up next month. With a 3rd child coming this Christmas I am really dreaming of a bigger car. Justin and I love this new Ford Flex.
I love my VW so this new van of theirs really catches my eye as well.

Okay this picture is tiny...Any of you that have been in my house know that we are in serious need of some new couches. I really want some dark brown leather ones.

I know I am probably the only one that is almost 30 without and ipod so I think its time. (remember I didn't have a cell phone until last summer) So I really want Santa to bring me an ipod and and ihome.

I LOVE these products from Bath and Body works, so anything "Sleep" is a good gift for me

And last I could use another mini muffin pan......really bad!

And the most important thing I want this year is a healthy baby with a name (I am freaking out that we don't have one yet, we cannot agree on anything) Oh and it would be nice to just lose all of my baby weight magically by the new year!

Thanks Sissy!

So last night I had a dream that Shauna quit her job at anthropology and said, " I just need to be more available at night to help my sister"..........I know this sounds crazy but I wouldn't be surprised. I just need to give a HUGE shout out to Shauna! I don't know what I did before she lived here. She is babysitting, or hanging out with me when Justin is gone like almost every night. So Thanks Sissy!!!!


Also since she helps me out so much I will try to help her out a little by plugging her here. Shauna has an awesome little business where she does custom paintings of any photo. You can check out her shop, "Little Shop of Shavs", the link is on my side bar. These would make great Christmas presents and right now she is doing a special if you order in October you get $30 off any size.

Getaway for Mommy!

A couple of weekends ago some of my girlfriends and I decided it was time to get away. We took a short trip to St. George to do.......well nothing! It was great, we shopped, ate, went the the R.S. broadcast, ate, got pedicures, and stayed up until all hours of the night just having fun. Alex, Shauna, Me, Rissa and Michelle

And this is a little of what went on at home while I was gone. That's right, forts! Daddy is the ultimate fort builder and as you can see the boys were in heaven!
And this picture was just too cute to pass putting up. Just trying to fill daddy's shoes!

Brain Dump.

So my sister does this on her blog and I have so much going on that I thought this would be a good format to let it all out!

• This whole car accident thing is making me a crazy person. I don't even care anymore, I want money for all of my hassle.....and it has been a ton. I have been going to Physical Therapy 2-3 times a week, which mind you takes 1-2 hours and I have to find a babysitter...pain in the neck, literally


• I went to turn in my rental car on Friday (my anniversary) after 32 days I was so thrilled to get my car back. Well that excitement was quickly gone when i went to turn in the rental car and apparently it had a scratch that was not there when I got the car. I decided against the "accidental" insurance that was $15 a day so guess what, I had to pay $500 to return the car....happy anniversary to me. Even if I would have gotten the extra insurance to cover me from this happening, because I had the car for 32 days I would have paid $480 anyways, so I was screwed either way, and I refuse to be out that money because someone hit me!


• My anniversary was on Friday. Love you Honey, 6 years. We have finally been married for longer than we dated. This January we will have known each other for 12 years. He is the best. We went out to dinner and that was pretty much it since I spent $500 earlier that day on the rental!


• I can no longer sit through a movie. The candy gave me bad heartburn and sitting for that long my my ribs felt like they were bruised, I am just getting really huge and uncomfortable.


• Justin is really wanting this baby to be named after some sort of historical figure, it has to be a last name and he prefers it to end in an "N" since all of our names do........geez, this guy is so difficult. We like Edison, but I am not a fan of Ed or Eddie which would be pretty much unavoidable so I don't know. If you can think of anything PLEASE let me know.


• Jackson learned about pets today at school and Lincoln was so excited to put on the ears and collar that he made. Isn't he the cutest. Jack has had so much happening that Lincoln hasn't been on here as much. Or as he likes to refer to himself, "Stinky Pete" today at the store a lady asked him his name and that is what he told her. Also the last 2 times we have been shopping for some reason when we passes the cases of beer Lincoln shouts, "hey mommmy looks its daddy's drink".....have no clue on this one!