Here goes nothing..

Well.. after over a year of not touching this thing..I decided (with much inspiration from my SIL Shawnie) to start blogging again. I'm not a good journal keeper. I wish I was, but I've never been good at keeping up with it. Same goes for my blog but its the closest thing i have to a journal and so much of life has passed me by without writing down some memories from it so here goes nothing! Too much has happened to play catch up so I'll just go over the major points from the last year!...

-We got PREGO! We found out October 17, 2012 (my moms birthday!) I went to the dr right away and got my blood drawn a few times to count my HCG levels and got on progestrone right away. Was super sick again for about 22 weeks..boo! But then we found out we were having a boy! We were completely shocked! and obviously so excited ;)

-Tommy finally finished his year of hell in paramedic school and graduated!! I am so proud of all his accomplishments. He worked SO hard and it has finally paid off. Poor guy was either always at work or always at school.. all I know is he was never home :( It was awful and we couldn't be happier to be done with that crap!

-Baby girl turned 2! :( This is so bittersweet for me. I LOVE how much fun she is, how much she interacts with us now and how much personality she has..but I miss my baby! She was loving The Lorax movie so for her birthday we threw her a cute Dr. Suess themed party with a few friends and cousins :) She loved it!

-Tommy got hired on with Rural Metro as a reserve Firefighter! Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.. but then not too long after he got picked up FULL TIME! My babes, a FIREFIGHTER! He has worked so so hard for this and I can't imagine a more deserving person for the job :)

Now for the latest and probably biggest :)... Trigger Boy joined our family! June 27, 2013
and heres how the story goes...
I was scheduled to be innduced on Wednesday June 26th at 5am. The hospital called me at 4am and said they were too busy for me and just to stand by until they call and say they have a bed ready for me. So finally at 10:30pm we decided to just go to bed... And of course they call us at 12:30am :) I had laid Lyla down for bed at Kim's house so we were able to just get up, get dressed, and head down.

We got admitted and into a room at about 2:00 and got started on Pitocin at 2:30 and was dilated to a 3. Tommy passed out on the couch while I tossed and turned and watched The Hunger Games and every once in awhile was able to doze off. My dr. came in at about 7:20 and checked me..STILL at a 3.. WHAT! I was completely expecting it to be another all day event of laying in bed doing nothing like it was with Lyla. Well he broke my water and seriously that next contraction was AWFUL!! and they only got stronger and stronger! My nurse came back in at about 8:30 and said I was at a 5 and if I wanted an epidural to tell her now. YEP! Got my epidural at about 8:45 and she had me lay with the big yellow peanut ball in between my legs. They kept losing his heart rate cuz the monitors kept slipping (dumbest things ever) so she had me roll over to the other side. A few minutes later I felt this weird dropping sensation and had no idea what it was! With Lyla I had so many doses of my epidural that I was completely dead weight.. I felt no pain, no pressure.. no nothing! So this was new to me.. it happened again..and then again and thats when I finally decided I needed to tell my nurse. She came in, asked what was wrong and when I told her she said "Maybe your complete!" I laughed,.. She checked me an hour ago and I was at a 5..no way was I ready. wrong. I was at a 10! She called my doc and asked if I wanted to do a practice push to remember how.. I started to push and she cut me off immediately! Said he was too ready and we needed to wait for the dr. Dr. Layton walked in my room at 9:45..had just enough time to get dressed and told me to push when I felt pressure cuz my contractions weren't showing up well on the monitor. So I said ok im gonna push!.. pushed once, started to push again when the nurse said look down..as I did I saw him pull out my perfect baby boy! One push and he was out! Trig Thomas Merrill.. born 6/27/2013 and 9:55am  He was perfect..with lots of strawberry blonde hair..still not sure where that one came from :) We are smitten and totally in love! Lyla loves her brother ..maybe too much :) Our little family feels complete with him here!!

Today he is 6 weeks old..already :( Seriously time goes by way too fast and it breaks my heart. I read some poem the other day and it said something about never getting today back. That tomorrow they will be a little older and a little bigger and to cherish today. I bawled of course. Im trying to be a better mom. I'm trying to be more active and involved with Ly. A little less phone and tv and movies and a little more quality attention time with my babies because tomorrow they will be a little older and a little bigger.
At one month Trig is:
-10 lb 9 oz!
-wearing size 1 diapers
-still can fit in some newborn clothes but mostly wears 0-3 now
-starting to smile intentially at us!
-starting to coo just a little :)
-usually goes to bed anytime between 8-10 (around bedtime seems to be his fussy time so whenever I can get him to sleep it happens!) and then I feed him between 10 and 11. Then he wakes up around 3-4 then again around 7!
-nurses like a champ

We love this little man so much! My friend Marci took the CUTEST hospital pics and My cousin Christie took the CUTEST newborn pictures of him and our family! So get ready for a picture overload :)

Yesterday was Tommy's 27th birthday! We spent the day getting free food to share :) then my sweet mom babysat both kiddos for us so we could enjoy a nice dinner at The Keg (delish!) with my cousin and his wife Wade and Christie. It was so nice to have some one on one time with my sweet hubby. I've missed him! Happy Birthday babes!

Well..I think that about covers the basics up until now. until next time...