So starting in about January my life seriously became all about baby. As most of you already know I had Jace 7 weeks early and he spent 2 weeks in the NICU. Since my Dr. wasn't exactly sure why my body decided to kick Jace man out early my whole pregnancy was spent taking percautions. I was on partial bed rest my whole pregnancy, with a toddler? Ha yeah right. I also had to go into the Dr. once a week and get a steroid shot in my butt to strengthen my uterus OUCH :(

 

Well, the fun started when I was 29 weeks. Nate had left right after work to go to Salt Lake to help a friend. Minutes after he left the biggest snow storm I have EVER seen in Utah decided to roll in. Minutes after that I noticed I was having strong painful contractions 3-5 min. apart. I called labor and delivery and they said with my history I should for sure come in but with the weather they weren't sure I would make it, not to mention by this time my husband was to Salt Lake trying to make it home in a terrible storm and rush hour traffic. Nathan freaked and called my dad (any of you know my dad and how worried he gets knows that was not the best idea lol). Well my dad was babysitting both of my nephews and Jace just happened to have RSV. Amazing luck right? So I didn't want Jace around the other boys or they might get sick. So my amazing dad came and sat in my driveway with two toddlers just to make sure he was close if I needed him. Well the contractions just got worse and I knew I needed to go to the hospital but I was scared. When this happened with Jace I was stuck in the hospital for a week till he decided to come and I was scared to death of going to the hospital without Nate :( Long story short it took Nate about six hours to get home from Salt Lake, but when he did make it home we decided we better head to the hospital so my amazing mother in law came and sat here at our apartment in case Jace woke up and we headed to labor and delivery. Now keep in mind this whole time we were in the middle of a blizzard lol. I got admitted for a few hours while they monitored me and I was give three shots and two pills to stop my contractions. They never really stopped but they slowed down.

 

Little did we know it would be like this for the next three months. I would daily have contractions 3-5 min. apart and I was at labor and delivery at least once a week getting my labor to stop. I spent one weekend in the hospital because my blood pressure was out of control and once again I was having contractions. They pumped me full of magnesium for three days ugh. That stuff is terrible :( I was luckily able to go home with some medication to take every four hours to keep my contractions under control but the medication made me so so sick. The last few weeks before I had Krew were maybe the worst in my life. I have never felt so close to death before in my life. I felt like no one understood. A week or so before Krew came Nate got really really sick. He hadn't been able to keep anything in him for days and had lost tonz of weight. A huge shout out to the Drysdales for taking care of Jace that weekend that Nate and I were both on our death beds lol.

 

On Tuesday the 26th of Febuary I had a Dr. appointment and Nate was still sick. So I made him an appointment to get what was going on with him figured out after my appoinment. I had felt so sick all day and I hadn't been able to drink or eat much cuz I was so nauseated. Somehow we got our sick selves to the Dr. and when we got there my blood pressure was really high again so they wanted to do some tests so I was sent to labor and delivery again only problem was Nate was still so so sick sooo we ran Jace to Carins and I called my dad and he picked me up and took me to the hospital so Nate could go to the Dr. and start getting better cuz I knew this baby was coming any time and I needed a healthy husband. Oh man I was a wreck and I was still so so nauseated ugh. At labor and delivery they just told me I was dehydrated and they pumped me full of liquid. I was having strong contractions but the nurse just kept saying it was cuz I was so dehydrated. Nates verdict was that he just had the stomach flu and was having a hard time snapping out of it but the Dr. gave hime some medication that helped him tonz. So about the time I was gonna get sent home I started throwing up. Suddenly the nausea I had all day all made sense. I had gotten the stomach flu from Nate. They still sent me home even tho I was already dehydrated and couldn't keep anything down not even water. We were all so worried cuz you can't get that dehydrated when you are pregnant but they didn't seem to care and I thought for sure I wouldn't live through the night lol but seriously.

 

So we went home, I spent the night sleeping on the bathroom floor between throwing up and getting in the tub in between trying to get my contractions to stop. Nate had taken his nausea medicine that we didn't know made him tired so he passed out on the couch. I finally felt like I was done throwing up so I went and fell asleep on the couch. At about 3:30 I woke up and felt like I needed to run to the bathroom and all of a sudden I felt a huge punch in my belly then I felt like I peed a little. My first thought was oh crap no that better of not been my water braking I can't do this right now. So I sat there for a second and more water a little more and more. I stood up and a gush of water. There was no doubt my water had broke, I had the stomach flu and my husband was drugged. I stood there for a second and my adrenaline kicked in and I was somehow able to get ready. I woke Nate up which was not easy since he was drugged lol I ran in the bathroom and stood in the tub cuz seriously I was loosing like buckets of water. Nate came running in and was so confused, he kept asking me where everyone went ha he was so out of it. Its really a miracle we made it to the hospital. As we started packing our bags real quick I had to change at least four times leaving puddles towels and wet clothes all over our apartment the water just wouldn't stop it was so crazy. I asked Nate if we should bring some clothes for Krew and he looked at me like I was crazy and said "what, you wanna go to wal mart right now?' haha I laugh now but it was seriously a nightmare then. By the time we made it to the hospital I was so wet from my water that I was leaving puddles and wet footprints through the hospital haha it was like the movies. By the time I got changed the contractions were extremely painful. I couldn't get the epidural till I was rehydrated and pumped full of liquids through my IV.

 

I only had to endure about an hour of pain. The epidural went smooth and oh man immediate relief. I love that stuff haha. My water broke at 3:30 and I started pushing at 8 and little Krew arrived at 8:21. I am lucky my actual labor goes so smoothly.

 

Having Krew was such a different experiece than when we had Jace. I wasn't able to hold Jace till hours after he was born but with Krew I was able to hold him right away and we were there when they weighed him and cleaned him up and everything. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget.

 

Things were good for about an hour after I had Krew then things got scary. They say red heads bleed more... well the next few hours were full of pain, pushing on my belly very aggressively, and tonz and tonz of blood. I was once again truly scared they consider it a hemorage at 800 and I was at 1500 when it finally stopped. I didn't need a transfusion or anything but it took me a loooong time to come back from losing so much blood.

 

Its been a little over 5 weeks since our precious little man joined our family and we couldn't be more happy or feel more blessed to get to be the parents of two amazing little boys. Its still surreal we have 2 kids but honestly a lot easier than we thought. We were worried about how Jace would react and while there have been a few jealous moments Jace sure is proud of his Krew :) I think I have a pretty good routine down I stay extrememly busy and sometimes its hard to get us all ready and out of the house on time but I really love this new adventure of being a mom to two little men :)

 

Krew is a great baby just like Jace was he never really cries even when he is hungry. If he is ever fussy its cuz he is hungry, he sleeps 4-5 hours at night between feedings and I even get a 2 hour brake(most days) in the afternoon while the boys sleep :)

 

My biggest stresses right now are selling a car and finding a house for our growing family of four :)

 

Oh those lovely contractions

 

Krew Walter Drysdale finally arrived four weeks early on Febuary 27th at 8:21 AM weighing in at 7lbs 3oz and 19 inches long

 

Getting all cleaned up

 

7lbs 3oz

 

Chunky little man

 

Daddy holding his new baby for the first time

 

Our new addition :)

 

Love this!

 

 

 

My dad meeting Krew for the first time

 

 

Because I was so dehydrated they had a really hard time getting my IV in this is the aftermath of that

 

oh one thing I forgot. Krew Spent a day in the NICU cuz he kept having choking episodes when he ate. He was able to come home with us tho which we are so grateful for. I have many more pics. of Krew as he has grown on my facebook and instagram :)

 

 



The holidays 2012

So I realize it has been waaaay to long since I updated our blog. I think I have mostly lacked motivation and I have been terrible about taking pictures on anything but my phone. Also nothing to exciting has happened this looong winter.

 

I will start with a little update on the past few months I think I left off in October so I will start with November (the best I can remember it).

 

We had our first big snow storm this month. We have been getting soooo much snow here in Utah, seriously I really don't remember a year with so much snow. Or snow that hung around on the ground as long as it did. Any way the first big snow storm and Nate and I decided to take Jace swimming. We went to the Clearfied Aquatic center, the main pool was closed and the water was freeeezing so we didn't stay long. It was still a lot of fun.

 

For Thanksgiving this year we went down to Arizona for a long weekend to visit my mom. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures but we sure had a lot of fun. Jace was awesome on both of he 12 hour drives we took. He was really good about eating snacks and looking out the window. We were seriously so blessed with the kids we have! My mom lives in the woods in a really cool log cabin so it really felt like a real vacation. While we were there we headed down to phoenix where we shopped and ate ice cream OUTSIDE in 80 degree weather. It was actually hot! I could def. get used to that. I would love living somewhere with year round hot weather. It was a nice get away and we had a lot of fun! I unfortunately didn't get any pics. :(

 

that basically sums up our November

 

Our December seemed like a blur.We did all the traditional things. Spaghetti factory and lights with the Drysdales, all the christmas parties, spending time with the family. It seems like my mom got to come down in December almost every weekend and she got to come for a whole week for Christmas. I love when she comes cuz she stays with us so I get the most time with her :)

 

Unfortunately our Chistmas this year was a total dud :( Nate woke up that morning with the stomach flu so he spent the day in bed. We didn't even end up opening presents for a few days later. Thankfully Jace is still young enough that he didn't realize what was going on so he wasn't disappointed.

 

Grandma Carin, Cousin Benson and Jace man at the family christmas party. Oh did I mention we have spent like this whole winter being sick? Ugh it has been awful! Jace had croup and in this picture he was coming down with RSV hopfully now the weather has warmed up a bit we will stay healthy.

 

Sweet baby finally got his Christmas the next day. Like always he was spoiled. I can't believe how much he has grown since Christmas! Ugh time goes way too fast.

 

We spent the rest of the week spending as much time as we could with my mom. Mostly shopping and going to dinner.

 

Dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. The medium wing sauce and the soft pretzels were my biggest craving this pregnacy :)

 

Little man just couldn't take a full day of shopping with the girls ;)

 

Dinner at the Timbermine

 

Belly pic. :)

 

Twins at New Years lunch

 

Bowling with the Drysdales

 

We spent New Years Eve with family and rang in the New Year just us two after Jace went to bed and I wouldn't have had it any other way :)

 

 



Fall Fun!

WOW! It has been waaaay to long since I updated this, and I usally do so good. I am gonna get back into it (hopefully) as long as I can find a free second.

 

Sooo much has happened since my last post, and I have totally been a slacker mom and have been horrible at taking pictures. So first I will bring you up to speed on life and then we will have a little picture overload.

 

So first a few weeks after my last post I found out I was wait for it... PREGNANT with baby number two :) It was so not in the plan, my plan was to wait till Jace was four or so but ya know I guess you can't always control these things;) I can't lie it has been kinda bittersweet, I was soooo not ready to deal with pregnancy again (its way to fresh on my mind) and I am totally freaking out about having two babies ahhhh but then again how can you not look at another little spirit entering your home as a blessing? Especially when so many people struggle so much with fertility and such issues. We found out a couple weeks ago we are having another little BOY! I knew it, I am begining to think we got the Drysdale curse ;) We were planning on this being our last but since its another boy we now know there is still another little spirit up in heaven waiting for us :)This pregnancy has been rough, I haven't been sick but because Jace is not walking yet and I am so little my back has just given way :( also because Jace was 7 weeks early they are taking extra precautions which I am grateful for but it sucks cuz once a week I get the joy of going in and getting a steroid shot :( its like oil being shot in my back:( no fun. One last note on pregnancy my sister just found out she is also expecting :D So many little cousins around the same age! I love it!

 

Another big change is my mom got a new job....in Holbrook, Arizona :( as happy as I am for her because her school is paying off, its a huge promotion, and a BIG pay raise its probably the hardest thing I have had to deal with:( My family has been through waaay too much change this year. I am about to go crazy. I can't stand the thought of wanting my mom so so bad but there is nothing I can do about it :( she is my rock, my everything, I need her. Its a big change, its ony been a week so hopefullly things will be better than I am expecting. I just gotta take it one day at a time. I just want happines and success for her :) Most people don't know how close Nate and I are to my mom she is like our best friend :) Hopefully we will make it!

 

Nathan and I are both in school. It makes it hard cuz it feels like we just run in circles around eachother and we have no time to just be us. Hopefully one day all the craziness will pay off and we will both be successful and able to comfortably support our family. I am so grateful to have such a hard working husband that is willing to better himself when he could easily settle for what we have now. Our biggest joy is watching our sweet baby Jace grow and learn and experience new things. And our favorite thing to do is go to the store get tonz of treats and watch all of our shows we DVR on TV :)

 

So here come the pics. :) most are just from the fall fun we have been having! ENJOY

 

 

My sweet little family on the hay ride grandpa Hokanson took us on to pick out our pumpkins

 

 

My sweet boys

 

 

Papa, Jace man and Braxton

 

 

 

Yeah I kinda love this boy more than anything :)

 

 

Jace man found his pumpkin :)

 

 

 

One weekend we took the little mister trick-or-treating at the Dinosaur Park

 

 

Cutest little turtle I ever did see :)

 

 

Jace mans favorite part of the Dinosaur park was swinging in the swing hehe

 

 

swinging and holding the toys and treats he collected :)

 

 

 

 

 

Ready to take our baby our trick-or-treating! zombie love :)

 

 

The boys and their trick-or-treat pales ready to get some candy

 

 

 

Little turtle man can barely fit in his car seat with his shell hehe

 

 

Pumpkins

 

 

We hope everyone had a very FUN and SAFE Halloween!



The past few weeks...BEST time of the year!

Last week we were lucky enough to spend a whole week with my mom, and brother and sister and their families up in Bear Lake for a whole week.

We usualy only go up for a weekend or so but we decided to go all out this year and I think it was much needed for all of us.

We are blessed to own a cabin up in Bear Lake West so lodging is free and we usally just bring our own food up so really it is a very inexpensive little vacation.

We spent a few days playing in the sand and relaxing on the beach. oh man it was so so nice. One day we made the adventure up to Jackson Hole. That was fun cuz it has been forever since I have been up there. It is such a gorgeous little town. The drive is also beautiful. We ate at Bubbas BBQ (its a tradition) and we spent the day shopping :) We were lucky enough to have a couple of days of just nothing where we just napped, played games, read, relaxed and ate junk food all day. One day we went over to the clubhouse pool. It was one of my favorite pool days ever :) I had such a good relaxing time. It was the perfect no stress relaxing vacation. Also I am lucky enough to spend my birthday up there every year :}

We made so many memories that will last a life time and I can't wait to head up there again!

Before I jump right into the Bear Lake photos here is a cute one of my cute hubby and the toad we caught at my dads :)

Little man loved playing in the sand at the lake and grandma spoiled them like always with tonz of sand toys :)

Baby Jace and cousin Isaac

Love that little face :)

All three sweet boys playing together

My sweet nephew

Shopping in Jackson Hole

The gorgeous view from our cabin

So if any of  you know me very well, you know that I have serious knee issues. I am supposed to have a ligament replacement surgery but I just keep putting it off. I really think its time. But no time is a good time. So we went on a walk one night and we took all four dogs and both babies. I had both of my dogs on a leash and for some reason they just wanted to run home. ugh. So as we were going down a loose gravel hill my knee went out of the socket and my right foot slipped on the gravel dragging my left foot behid it. It was a steep hill so I slid pretty far. It hurt so bad and swelled for a couple days and now it looks like a  disgusting wound :( but my hubby was a good dr. and took good care of me. :)

Jace and Grandma sittin' by the fire roasting mallows :)

First time eating grahm crackers and now they are his favorite :)

Grandma and Jace lounging by the pool

My presents from my hubby for my 22nd birthday thanks baby!

I love this man so so so much!

My boys on my birthday :)

For more summer fun and bear lake fun check out my facebook :)

Have an awesome rest of the week!