December 21st

Today we woke up in the hospital and order room service for breakfast and we had the most gross pancakes ever! It tasted like it was really old mix or something i really prefer mckay hospitals food over ogden regional lol. I had a very down day today which isn't like me but i couldn't stop crying. My grandma and my aunt trish came to visit after they left it was time for jarrom to go to work so i cried even more because i felt alone even though jarrom is so much help i was just extremely nervous to be all by myself. My mom came up and stayed until about 10:30 and it was nice to just talk with her. She makes everything better i love my mom. Our midwife came up to talk and make sure i was ok and i just love her! If we ever decide to have more kids (right now its a NO!) she will be the one delivering it agian! While mom was up there we found out that a lady that had her baby today that the baby didn't make it :( it makes me so sad to think about and i am so greatful that we have a healthy little girl that joined our family.

december 22nd

Jarrom got back to the hospital around 3am and i was so happy to see him! We fell asleep and when we woke up i was so ready to go home and pick up the other two kids! It took forever for the nurses to get the paper work to release us good gosh! We started watching cribs on mtv and jarrom decided that he wants shaq's house! I wonder why he has the superman symbol on EVERYTHING yep that is jarrom's dream house. Finally they brought us the paperwork and we went and got the kids! I was so happy to see them! We went and got my meds and went home. Jarrom had to go to work so he went and got in the shower and left :( Wow three kids is really different than two! Mom came over to help which was nice so i wasn't all by myself. Savannah is so in love with Addison! Tanner on the other hand is not fond of her. He wont let me hold him its like he wants nothing to do with me because i had another baby. Hopefully he will come around.

December 20th

We tried to get some sleep today but it didn't work out so well. We walked to the nusery around 5:30 and watched Addisons first bath. we had a few visitors today which included my cousin jennifer, my mom, cheri and all of my inlaws (except zane). Jarrom got today off which was nice and his boss was nice about it but he has to go back tomorrow which makes me nervous about being in the hospital by myself for like 12 hours! Our little addi is doing so good she is a great eater and everything i really miss my other kids though. When cheri and my mom came up today jarrom went down and sat with the other two kids since they aren't allowed to come up since the hospital is having restrictions and no one under the age of 14 was allowed to come up. Jarrom's family leaves tomorrow for mexico and they came up and switched our van out for their new one since they didn't have licence plates on their new one yet. After all the visitors left i got into the jetted tub and relaxed it was so nice to just have that quiet relaxing time just to myself.

monday=labor? (very long) Addisons birth story

We woke up and waited until it was time to go to my dr's appointment at 12:30. I got checked and i was dialated 3+ and 80% she striped my membranes and we went on our way. Well after jarrom said he felt like eating Burger bar because we hadn't been there in a while so we drove to roy and got the best cheeseburgers around and went home. When we got home jarrom joked that he didn't want to go to work and i said maybe he will get a call that my water broke and we laughed about it. Me and the kids took a nap because i was cramping like i had been lately.While we were asleep jarrom got in the shower and got ready for work.
I woke up and i was bored so i decided to go walking but getting out the door with both of the kids i changed my mind. I called my mom up and asked her if i could go hang out with "thema and louise" aka her and my grandma. Me and the kids got to my grandmas house and we talked for a while and i told my mom that i wanted to get my christmas shopping done and she told me she needed to go to big lots.
We went there and found nothing we needed so i finally convinced her to go with me to hobby lobby and walmart on her one condition that i got her ice cream after i agreed lol. I finished my shopping and so did mom. We went to icebergs in syracuse for dinner/ice cream and went back to moms house to eat. While we were eating I just didn't feel right i just felt crampy but i didn't think anything of it, since i didn't get to go to the mall to walk with the kids my plan was to walk on my moms treadmill. I went into the garage and found that it was not plugged in and i didn't want to move it to plug it in. (which later on i found out was such a blessing i didnt walk) I kept going into the bathroom but nothing would come out really and a couple of times i was spotting. We continued to watch tv and my mom made the soup and little smokeys she was in charge of for work while she was wrapping the present for the girl's name she drew for christmas while she did that i did the dishes. I sat down and kept getting up to "pee" it felt like i had to go and i just couldn't but still got up and down countless times. I started getting strong contractions about 9:30 or 9:45 and they were two minutes apart when they started there was no warning. I kept telling my mom that i was just going to go home and lay down and i assured her that i would take main street all the way home. My mom convinced me to stay and time them for a while since they were strong. I was in so much pain but i didn't want my mom to know becasue i knew she would make me go to the hospital and i didn't want to get sent home again. I was having a hard time sitting still and i went into the bathroom for the last time and walked out and said to my mom  "we need to go" my mom said "where" (because i was so dead set on going home and not to the hospital)
We hurried and got the kids in my van and mom called cheri to meet us at ogden regional. As soon as we got in the car the contractions were right on top of eachother and coming about every minute all i could do was cry and it was hard to breathe. Tanner was in the back just staring at me like i was nuts and savannah offered me her water bottle because she said it would make me feel better she is so sweet and thoughtful. My mom kept telling me not to push she was freaking out because i have never gone into labor by myself i have always had to be induced and had never been in so much pain. She kept saying "i can't deliver her i can't deliver her" Cheri got to the hospital before us and went up and told them that we thought i was in labor and they brought a wheel chair out.
Labor and delivery
I could not stand basically to even get out of the van. I said goodbye to my kids and I was rushed upstairs to labor and delievery i didn't even check in they just wheeled me right into the delivery room and i was stripped and put into a gown right then and there. I was checked and i was a 5 and 100% effaced and was still having contractions like crazy and i couldn't get the epidural until i had a bag a iv fluids and they drew my blood it felt like that was never going to happen and i was in so much pain i couldn't sit still i was contracting so bad. I called jarrom and told him to hurry to the hospital. In the mean time my nurse gave me my iv and put this medicine in my iv that was called phenagren and it took the edge off alittle before that kicked in jarrom was there trying to hold my hand and i snapped at him because everything hurt that bad! I felt bad but i couldn't help it. Eventually I finally got my epideral and wow what sweet relief! To everyone that has natural child birth i have no idea how you do it! My best friend jessica and my inlaws showed up not too long after and i don't even remember talking to everyone because i was so loopy from the phenagren. Later i felt like my water broke which it did but only partly. I was only dialated to a 7 for quite sometime and they decided to call my mid-wife to break the rest of it. When kathy (midwife) got to the hospital she broke it and i was ready to push right then and there! I was in shock it went so fast. I pushed for about 10 minutes and our beautiful Addison Lyne Brown! She weighed in at 7lbs 3oz and 19in long @ 2:50am With a full head of dark hair. Minutes after she was born the nurses had to intabate her to make her breathe and we just had to let her cry to try to get the junk out of her lungs. Everyone came in and met her then headed home to get some sleep. I still can't believe i have three kids. I wish the other two would have been the first to meet her. what a great day! I am in love once again! :)

tanners birthday dinner

We didn't end up going to church today because I have still been having contractions so we decided it would just be best if we didn't go. Well Jarrom's mom invited us over for dinner to celebrate tanner's birthday which was nice. We had a nice turkey dinner, it felt like thanksgiving all over again and we all know how much I love turkey dinner! All of Jarrom's family (except zane) are leaving for mexico on wednesday to spend christmas with aagan, valeria and leonardo so we celebrated christmas too. My kids got some byu cups, church movies on dvd, and church clothes. The girls got purple dresses and Tanner got a purple church outfit I cannot wait to have addison and get their pictures done in them. For tanners birthday they gave him a blue church clothes and a leap frog cake toy that he loves. We had pie for dessert and tanner ate a whole twinkie for his "cake" We ended the night with jarroms family by watching planet of the apes which savannah said she didn't like after and she told us that she doesn't want to watch bad shows like that again. haha

contractions!

Well i can honestly say that i have never felt "real contractions" until today! I woke up with contractions every 5 minutes lasting about 45 seconds a piece. This was about 5 in the morning so i called the drs office to get checked out because addi wasn't moving like she should be and i had a non stress test done and to be checked. kathy said that i am still at a 3 and 70 but i am alot more soft so we will see what that means. Later i went and walked at the mall to see if the contractions would do something and kathy wanted me to go back to the office or the hospital later to see if it was real labor. I ended up waiting til my mom got off work and we headed up there at 7 the nurse checked me and i was still having regular contractions and i was at a 4 and 70 and the baby was at -2 station. I walked for 2 hours at the hospital and i didn't progress but the contractions wouldn't stop so they gave me morphine and phenagren to help with the pain.

another drs appointment

37 weeks! I can't believe it. I got checked again today and i am now dialated to a 3 and 70% effaced. We also used a better ultra sound machine and it is estimated that addi weighs 5lbs 15oz which is alot better than the measurment last week i am not as scared lol. We made our induction date which will be the day after tanners birthday so on december 30th at 8am we will be getting induced. After my appointment I went home and cleaned like crazy and walked at the mall for a couple of hours by myself. I finished addisons blanket from my mom today it is brown and pink with cowgirl stuff on it. I am so glad that i have finally finished it!

dr appointment

Today we had our first weekly dr's appointment. She started doing cervical checks I am dialated to a 2 and 70% effaced. Addison is weighing in at 6lbs 11oz! Can you believe that! I find that crazy I think she is going to be a huge baby! I hope we have her early which I haven't even thought about her coming early I am just relaxed this pregnancy so this is the first i have thought about having her early. But her stomach was measuring 2 weeks ahead and everything else was either on time or two weeks behind so i think that that stomach measurements were off i hope......I am very excited that i am almost done and know that by the end of the month our third baby is going to be here! After we got home from our appointment we all took a nap and then me and the kids went to my uncle harolds house so my cousin kenzie could cut my hair and jarrom went to work. After my hair was done (which i love by the way) we went over to cheri's and watched "the help" and and ate nachos. My mom even came over it was a nice night and day.

Thanksgiving

This year we went to my Grandma's for dinner. We would have gone down to Arizona with Jarrom's parents to see his grandma and grandpa fisher, but the funding for us this year is low with welcoming number 3 here soon. Tanner kept eating we thought that he was going to throw up! But he loved all of the food! Savannah didn't even finish her food but Tanner helped with that too. After we went black friday shopping and got everything on our list which was very nice. We had a great thanksgiving and I am so thankful for my "little" family if i can even call it that anymore. Oh on our way home from shopping my friend jessica was driving and it was about 3:30 in the morning and we saw a deer just walking down our street it wasn't even scared of the car or anything it was just hanging out.

savannah with her food

daddy and tanner

tanner eating more than we thought possible

everyone on our table

Trick or Treating

10-31-2011
We went trick or treating at my moms complex and i found it really better then doing it in her old neighborhood. The doors were closer to knock on and there were no stairs to go up and down with the kids. Jarrom had to work which sucked it was the first year since we have had kids that he worked. His work also didn't do a trunk or treat this year. Savannah loved trick or treating at my moms because there was not alot of kids and it was just me and cheri taking her and tanner around so she got to ring the doorbells. She ended up with quite a bit of candy and we only trick or treated for like an hour and a half.

on our porch getting ready to go to grandmas

by our awesome pumkins

at one of the doors

with her stash

with his stash

Black Island Farms

10-22-2011

We went to the syracuse black island farms like we do every year and had a blast. We brought subway with us to eat and the kids had lots of fun playing with the drums and corn cannons, and going up and down the slides. I love that we have family traditions that we do every year no matter what. I believe this is the 4th year we have gone to the black island farms.

our family

all of the kids

amanda's family

cheri, cameron and mom

kayelyn and savannah on the "pig" ride

blurry but cameron, jarrom, savannah and trevor shooting the cannons

cheri, mom and me

playing the drums

we told savannah to go put her face in the hole and she didn't understand that it was for a picture lol

we set savannah right and trevor thinks he is big and bad lol

trevor drumming

Family Halloween party

10-21-2011
This year we made our costumes again and we decided to be the incredibles from the disney movie. Savannah was so excited to spray her hair black, tanner however had to be basically held down to get his face painted and hair sprayed. We had to bleach Jarroms hair in order to get his hair so yellow because how dark his hair is it just kept turning green when we sprayed it. The party was a blast it was at susan and harolds house and they had the cutest ideas to do with the food and it was fun getting together as an extended family it is always a blast. Cheri and Cameron we Kronk and Isma from the emporers new grove, my mom was a leaf blower lol. Amanda was a school girl, Cory was a scary guy with a cape i am not quite sure, Trevor was green lantern and kayelyn was tinkerbell. I was suprised at kayelyn because her dad hates tinkerbell! Here are some pictures from our night.

The Incredibles

cheri and cameron with savannah

daddy and tanner

maranda and kenzie they were "creapers"

clay and kristie

kayelyn



everyone getting ready to eat