Our New Life Together as 3

I still can't grasp that we're parents to this little guy!! It's so surreal going from you and your husband to adding a human being into the mix that you're in charge of!! He's a super good baby, sleeping 5-6 hours in the night time, can I get a hallelujah. There have been 2 nights that have been hellish, with him not going to sleep until 3am and one night at 5am. Both those nights he had a tummy ache and I'm trying to rule out if any of it had to do with what I ate or drank that day. Maybe my diet coke? Hmm, still puzzled about that one. He still gets the hiccups like crazy, he got them 5+ times a day in the womb. The first week I had a couple of days where I was "weepy" that wasn't fun!! One of those days was when the guy on American Idol never left his fiance's side after that horrible car crash...let's just say I had a bloody I-can't-even-breath meltdown!! I was laughing and weeping all in unison because I knew how ridiculous I was being, and couldn't help it!! This week is better and I'm off the baby blues boat, woot woot!! I love to sing to him, even though I can't sing. His favorite song, ok so maybe it's my favorite song, is Baby Beluga. So corny but so cute :D I've attached it for your listening enjoyment!!

No Words...

I'm so in love over here, there are no words to describe the feeling I have for my little Maddox Boyd. I always would read new moms writing about the love they have for their newborns and I would try to imagine it and never could quite grasp the magnitude of love they wrote about until now. Travis and I are so amazed by this little blessing that joined our family on Jan 20th at 7:51am. Maddox was 6 lbs 4oz 20 1/2 inches long. His hands and feet are GIANT and his limbs go on for days!! The running joke is he'll be palming a basketball by next week :D Travis and I  pulled out pictures of ourselves when we were newborns and concluded he is a spitting image of Travis but with his mamas eyes:)

Bags are Packed and His Room is Done...finally :D

Well, it's almost "go time" my hospital bags are packed!! I have one more full day to myself, ahhh!! Maddox's room is finally done, with the exception of a pretty cool light fixture I bought off of craigslist last night my dad is going to hang:D This is his room "Rock N' Roll" with some added monster flair:) So, my best friend Amber and her husband Justin made Maddox a blanket, well Amber made it,  kudos to Justin for picking out the fabric!! They gave it to us after we found out we were having a boy:) it's on the rocking chair in the picture!! Since day one I've looked and looked EVERYWHERE for a boy crib set I loved or even liked for that matter!! They just don't make them as cute for stinky boys, ya know!!?? Soo, I knew I had to enlist some of my troops, who love us, to make his room happen:) A HUGE thank you to my Aunt Michelle who made his comforter, so cute!! My mother in law, Mardell, who made his bumpers, crib sheet, bed skirt, draps and changing pad cover!! There is no way I could have done it!! I'm thankful for their skills that pay the bills, haha, they did such an incredible job!! If you know me, you know I'm the QUEEN of Craigslist and garage sales...love em!! (someday I'll take pictures of my house to show my other great finds) Maddox's crib, changing table and rocker are second hand. We had the rocker reupholstered. The mobile is also second hand, we spray painted it and I attached an old outside yard wind twirly thing a ma gig that we spray painted as well. I wrapped it with wire and beaded the heck out of it to make it "funky" That's as crafty as it gets from me folks:) The shelf is second hand as well, we painted and stuck some fun knobby things on it. Oh I also "white washed" those twig things that were hanging out in my garage, as well as some of the baskets for a pop of color :D  There ya have it, he's going to come out wearing guyliner like Adam Lambert, haha :D 

Christmas and a Baby in the Oven :D

We had a wonderful Christmas this year, in the back of our minds always thinking it'll be the last Christmas alone as a couple, yikes!! We've been married for over 5 1/2 years so we're ready right?! Two of my best friends made it to town so we got the WHOLE gang together, including Miss Harper Blair, for a party at our house!! Complete with eating, a gift exchange and some Wii dancing. I myself was shaking my big pregnant J-Lo :D Who needs an eliptical when you have that game, geez!! 

I had my 36 week appointment today and we found out Maddox is breech, little stinker. Apparently 5% of babies don't flip before they're due to come. Sooo, they sent me to the hospital today and I was hooked up to a stress test for awhile. He's doing swell in there, his face is just wedged into my right rib cage. Makes sense, I'm ALWAYS leaning to the left trying to get into a comfortable position. Anyways, on Thursday they're doing a procedure called an external cephalic version. Translation, they're going to "drug" my uterus and the Dr's going to try and flip him like he's frickin Houdini. Sooo, if this "trick" is successful, great lets have the baby the good old fashion way!! If not, a scheduled c-section in 3 weeks!! That's if he doesn't rupture my "bag-o-water" in the process or if Maddox's little heart rate decelerates and doesn't go back to the normal rate. Then, we'll see you on Thursday Maddox!! Oh and just for your information, his room is STILL not finished. Let me just tell you I'm the biggest procrastinator in the world, ya think?! Haha!! Here are some pictures of our festivites. Wish us luck:D

Ready or Not He's Coming Soooon!!

Well here we are almost 33 weeks...I'm feeling a little nervous because I can now say I'm due next month, YIKES!! We had a little photo op with my belly, I've been bad at taking pictures, shocking I know!! We purchased a camera not too long ago and were giving it a "whirl" Maddox's room is not even close to being done, I should post a picture of that. You can't even step foot into his room, it's PACKED from floor to ceiling with baby shower gifts and clothes. Christmas break is when we're taking that project on, I'll post pics of his nursery then:D I'm starting to get uncomfortable at work these days. The Dr I work for took it upon himself to tie my shoe the other day, he said "Don't worry, I got it" and proceeded to tie it:) so cute! I just read in my 33 week e-mail that you'll start to retain water...well hell, tell me about it!! Haha, I'm getting the pregnancy face, no bueno!! I'm still wearing heels everywhere I go, my OB told me I should probably "get off the heels" no such thing buddy, sorry:( Maddox got the hiccups a couple of weeks ago, I was confused until I realized he wasn't just hitting me in the same spot for 2 min. straight, soo cute!! I can't stop buying clothes for the little guy!! Travis just shakes his head when the Fed-Ex man rolls up. He's got leg warmers, ties and bow ties to last him a lifetime!!  Here's some proof of the belly:D Merry Christmas everyone!!

Baby Bump Update #2

Here we are at 6 Months and 1 week...getting closer!!! This was at the Oregon Coast, me and 5 of my friends loaded up and drove to see Andrea, our BFF that lives in Portland. Talk about good times had by all!! Lots of eating and chatting!!

Maddox's Debute:D

Here we are at 21 weeks in front of my lovely white trash fence, don't you love it;D Finally found our camera in a box and took a picture of the guy! We're so excited to have a stinky little boy, he's got quite the wardrobe already, complete with skulls, guitars and graffiti. Wait till you see his room...we're going to be busy little bees for awhile. So far I haven't felt him kick, unless it is him and I've been thinking it's gas! I'm LOVING fried foods, cheeseburgers, and I drink vinaigrette but the spoonfuls:D Maddox is going to be pickled by the time he's done cooking in there:) Working out has been on the back burner, bad idea, but there's sooo much to do on the house...speaking of, the house update is, we're still unpacking, one day at a time!! We love our little Nampa casa, I'll post pictures soon:)

Here ya go!!

Well, this says it all!! I was sooo shocked!! This night I was having pains in my ovary area like usual when coming up on that time of the month. This night was different!!  We're so excited!! I'm a little over 3 months pregnant!! My little fetus is already getting a taste of profaninty in utero, earmuffs little guy!! I've had no morning sickness at all, I keep telling Travis I can see why women have babies in the toilets!! I don't feel different, besides that I LOVE deep fried foods, oh and my girls are getting bigger, not that it takes much, hehe!! This footage was taken seconds after I peed on that lovely little stick!! We're at my cousins bachelorette party. My cousins Keri and Krechelle were the ones that watched the test turn.

We're Having A....!!!

...Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, wahoo!!! 15 on the right one and 10 on the left. I had an ultrasound last week and he said, and I quote, "Oh, looks like you've got yourself some pearl necklaces in there" laughing I responded that I'm vogue from the inside out ...pearl necklaces, ugh. Lame I know, I was pissed about the cysts just a having a party in my business!! So, with this I also have the endometriosis thing, equaling knife stabbing feelings on the old necklaces. Soooo, Dr. Christensen put me on the Clomid pill last week, we'll see what that does. Hooray for multiple eggs dropping as I type, I can feel myself "ovulate" bizarre!! So that's that!! Other than the baby makin' news on the down and down, our lives are on the up and up in other ways:) 


(NOTE: Not my ovaries that were paparazzied-just an FYI :D)

Trav's Graduation...again!!!

I officially have a Gaylord Focker as a husband!! Travis graduated last night from ISU with a BS in Nursing!! I'm soooo proud of him, he's worked so hard in school just making it one step closer to becoming a nurse anesthetist!! But for now, Hooray for male nurses!! His class had a pinning ceremony that followed the actual ISU graduation ceremony. I pinned Travis on-stage after his professor, Dr. Micki Goodwin, read a little somethin somethin about him. She gave him an award of "Our GQ Nurse" that would be "crushed on" by his fellow employees and his patients. Then stating that he looked like he stepped off of the runway and into his scrubs cleaning wounds, bed pans and all other bodily function fluids. Travis was embarrassed to say the least! Anyways, they put together a slide show of pictures from the rigorous 16 month program. It was fun to see him with all 28 classmates last night and the bonds they had made with each other. I'm proud of you Travis, love you to the moon babe!! Only one more graduation and we're school free, ahhhh:)

I need a cigarette...

I'm soo terribly sorry! I was posting some pictures on my last post, ahem, 10 minutes ago and ran across these lovely pictures I COMPLETELY forgot to post and blog about! Our New Years Eve White Trash Party!! Completing our lovely attire for the nights event is Travis, who looks like Chester the molester for sure, Yikes!! He is sporting some nice handle bars, greased hair, long johns and cut off shorts. Mmm, sexy baby. I was ravishing in a yellow one-piece snap crotch number(makes me shiver just typing those words "snap-crotch") leopard button up and leggings complete with blue high heels and tats on my ankle and foot. I also sported some gnarly purple and turquoise eyeshadow. Did I mention I was pregnant and puffin on a cigarette...haha sick right?! Everyone that attended this lovely event had their own style of WT!! We rung in the New Year playing games and eatin spaghetti-o's outta a can! Here's a little looksie for ya!

Date night, check!

Travis and I went on a much needed date tonight to Yoitomo, an all-you-can-eat sushi resturant downtown in BoDo. It was superb and our new fav sushi joint! Travis is wrapping up school, can I get a hallelujah from ya'll!! He graduates in t-minus 23 days and counting. So his life is in a scramble, trying to get everything done. Let me just tell you this will be his third, yes I said third degree he's graduating with and I'm soooo ready for this guy to work, ahhhh! We still have one more graduation to tackle but that'll be in the future when he gets into anesthetist school. Sooo, this wife is partied out by now. Last graduation, from BYU, we put on a Luau. We pulled out all the stops for this party and even roasted a pig, aww poor thing, to make it an official!! So that's the 411 on my husband. Anywho, this week was my spring break, I only worked 2 days and the rest was spent in bed watching trash (ie 16 and pregnant, Say Yes to The Dress, People's Court, Baby Story, Price is Right, Regis and Kelly) you name it, I watched. The weather has been CRAZY from dorothy toto winds to, sleet, rain, hail and snow! My friend Crystal and I were out a couple of the nights until 3 am, like we're in high school all over again. Eating, playing rock band wii, doorbell ditching, eating some more, talking, and did I mention eating. All this time I'm NOT working out, since January for that matter. I know ouch right! Since the birthcontrol thing, I've wanted to see what my body does not working out, although I feel like a crap, the pounds keep coming off so I can't complain. My running buddy(Crystal) is throwing out the divorce word to me, she hates running alone and I don't blame her, haha! Like I said in my last post, I'm in a rutt and that equals no working out for me. I know, I know the endorphines would help. Well, what also helps is eating all the Cadbury Eggs I can get my gruby little hands on. Wow that was quite the rant. So, Trav and I took some pictures of tonight's outing so I thought I'd post em so you can see we're still kickn'!!