Do you ever have one of those days where you know you're being tested?...Yesterday was one of those days. I started out the day by going to Meghan's yard sale. Everything was fine and as I was talking to Meg, Cody was sitting in the drivers seat in the truck pretending to drive. When it was time to leave, my truck wouldn't start. I tried to start it almost 5 times and Meghan's Dad even tried with no success, so it wasn't just me. I called Gregory and thank goodness he was at the Home Depot down the street. He gets there, turns the key, and the truck starts. OOOpppss. After that, it was on to Sams Club. Things were fine there, the boys behaved themselves and my truck got us home just fine. As I'm walking into the house with my arms loaded with Sams club goodies, I notice our kitchen is flooded. Great! That can only mean one thing....Greg's fish tank....yup, sprung a leak somewhere. Since we already had a fire issue with this tank once, I wasn't taking any chances. I just unplugged everything. I don't know exactly what happened, but it stopped draining. Bad things happen in 3's right? 2 down, 1 to go...and then I get a text from Gregory asking if I put insurance on my mom's house yet. Why no, I haven't. The stupid stove caught everything on fire!!!!!! Ok, I have a serious phobia of my house burning down, and for good reason. 3 fires in 3 years. I did the same thing at my moms when we were moving out to Litchfield. She has this electric cook top stove with the knobs on the side. If you set something on the stove, it will turn on. I guess there were some papers and boxes that caught fire and the hood above the stove caught fire inside. Luckily, the house is still standing and is, cross our fingers, just fine. I can't be certain, but I think someone is trying to give me a heart attack.
I don't know about everyone else, but have you noticed a change in the atmosphere? Since the beginning of this year, there has been more loss, more heartbreak, more turmoil in peoples lives than I can ever remember. I have just decided to blame everything on Obama. It's the only reasonable explanation right?
For all of my fellow Twilighters out there, you will understand this. Remember the part in Twilight where Edward follows Bella to Port Angeles and they go to dinner and the waitress was giving Edward they "eye", but Edward paid her no attention? Totally happened to Gregory and I last night at dinner!!! Greg and I went to eat at Westgate last night at an "anonymous" restaurant for his bday and the waitress was totally checking out my hubby (how could you not though, have you seen my husband!) I had to giggle a bit because he had no clue. He even turned down her offer for a free bday shot. He's been trained so well :)
I just wanted to let everyone know that we placed my moms ashes in her niche at SOV yesterday. She has a great view of the morning sun, her favorite kind of a tree, a jacaranda, and maybe a bit of the golf coarse :) And of coarse, in the #10 spot. Greg, the boys and I gave her one last kiss and today the staff at SOV will be saying their goodbyes.
On a much lighter note, we had a little family photo shoot yesterday with Brandy. I am so excited about these pictures! We haven't had the boys pictures taken together in over a year! I know, I'm horrible, but you can get a sneak peak on her website, www.heritagecupboard.blogspot.com
I started priming the inside of my moms house today (the texture guy came yesterday) and I kid you not, I used a gallon and a half of paint for just 3 walls!!! The old plaster in that house just soaked the paint right up. I'm hoping the primer will do its job (we bought that kilz primer) soI don't use as much paint. An almost 1100 sq ft house could turn out to be very expensive! I'll take some pictures when I'm there tomorrow and post them.
On a side note: Our sweet Trevor baby had a bad fever for 24 hours. I think we finally got it to break though? Greg went to Walmart this morning at 3 o' clock to get a thermometer. His high temp was 102.8, but I know it was higher than that before we gave him some medicine. It's funny to me because even though I know exactly how to treat a fever, I would always call my mom in situations like that. It's so hard to not pick up the phone and have that familiar reassurance that everything will be just fine........................ I miss my Mom........
Cody was born in Yuma, AZ on May 10, 2005. He was born at 2:54 on a Tuesday morning. He was 7lbs 2oz and was 19 inches long... I think back on it now, and all I really remember was being in pain for the whole day. I had a Drs appointment Monday morning and my Dr stripped my membranes. Yes, it's as painful as it sounds. After my appointment, Greg and I went and walked around Wal-Mart. Sounds funny, but it was the middle of summer in Yuma and Wal-mart was the only cool place to walk. I had been having little contractions here and there but nothing substantial. After walking, we went home and waited a while. Finally by 8 o'clock that night, I was ready. The hospital was 30 minutes away. Once I got into triage, I wasn’t dilated enough to be admitted so 2 more hours of harsh contractions walking around the hospital. I do remember Greg being a wonderful coach though. It seemed like the only thing that would help was to sway side to side. Im sure it probably looked like we were dancing. Finally around 11:30 they admitted me. I had my epidural and I was set. They called my Dr around 12. Too bad for me it took her 2 and a half hours to get there!!!! I always wondered what took her so long. I think I had to push maybe 5 times and there he was. My mom and Greg’s family made it just in time. They drove down from Phoenix just in time to see sweet Cody Boy. Cody was a colic baby which made for long nights and hard days. I think he was pretty much over that by the time he was 3 months. He has always been very expressive about what he likes and does not like. He makes it very clear when he wants or needs something. There is really no ignoring him, b/c he'll find a way to get what he wants. He is also very stubborn and hard-headed, but at the same time he is so cute, it's hard to be mad at him. Ever since he was a baby, he had to touch my hair in order to fall asleep. He still does that. He's a mama’s boy when it comes to cuddling, but he also has to get in his wrestle time with Daddy. Cody loves all animals and animals seem to love him (could be he always has some sort of food on him). He loves to play cars and trucks. I think he must have 100 hot wheels. My mom got him a spring horse that he loves to play on, especially when Gregory is watching Westerns. He gets his cowboy hat on and his play gun stuck in the back of his diaper and just goes to town being "Cowboy Cody." It’s so much fun just to watch him play and use his imagination. He is such a wonderful, free spirited little boy. He is also turning out to be an awesome big brother.
Just a quick tid bit...My best friend Kate and I found out were due a day apart last March. Her due date was November 19th and mine was the 20th. Well, Kate had baby girl Riley the same day I had Trevor! What are the odds right?
Trevor was born on Wednesday November 21, 2007 at 10:19 in the morning. He was a big boy at 8lbs 12oz and 21 inches long. I was induced with Trevor because there was no luck with stripping the membranes (twice) and I never had any contractions. I was supposed to go in early morning on the 19th, but the hospital was too full. So, I was put on a waiting list. Finally, around 11 at night on the 20th, I was called in. I had sent a text to Kate to let her know I was on my way to the hospital and her husband Cody text me back to let me know she was already there (we delivered at different hospitals). Once I got there, they gave me patocin to induce me and an epidural a little while later. It was great! The delivery part of it was nothing. I had to push maybe 3 times and he was born within minutes, healthy as could be. However, a little after he was born I started to feel nauseous. I ate some yogurt and sure enough it came right back up. I sat up in bed and saw white spots everywhere and heard ringing in my ears then blacked out. They took some blood work and it said I was anemic. I was having lots of blood clots coming out. The Dr ran in and started cleaning me out and pushing on my stomach and let me tell you it hurt like heck. I like to think I have a pretty high pain tolerance too (2 kids before this, 2 tattoos, and a couple of piercings with no complaints) but this sucked!!! I was shaking uncontrollably; I thought I was having a seizer. I guess I was going in and out of it, b/c I woke up later and Greg had put a rose on my chest. I remember waking up and asking him if he thought I died. It was probably one of the scariest times of my life (besides Greg leaving for Iraq). Im so glad my mom was there to explain to me in English all the Doctor lingo. I did get to go home for Thanksgiving with a beautiful, healthy baby boy. This was a big deal because I had some scares early on in my pregnancy. On the first ultrasound, we found out that my placenta was sitting way too low so it was squishing Trevor’s kidneys. They were way too small. That was terrifying for both Greg and me. After a couple more ultrasounds and a visit to a perinatologist (sounds serious right) we found out everything was fine. I couldn’t figure out what the big deal was for having small kidneys. I mean, there are two of them. Turns out after some research, it can be a sign of Down Syndrome. It was very scary!!!! We are so blessed that Trevor is healthy! Trevor is turning out to be an angel baby. He rarely cries and sleeps all through the night. He smiles all the time and loves to look at the color blue. He loves to watch Cody and always smiles when he gets to take a bath. Trevor just seems to love life. It is so much fun just to sit and cuddle him. He makes the cutest cooing sounds. I can’t wait to see more of his personality. It just goes by too fast. Greg and I are so blessed and we are reminded of that every time we see our beautiful boys.
Justin Gregory Tieman was born Friday September 18, 2009 at 9:11 in the morning. He weighed in at exactly 7 lbs and was 19.5 inches long. Everything in a time period of about 36 hours happened so quickly. I had my Dr’s appointment at 2 on Thursday and when I was there, he asked if I wanted the 12 am or 4 am spot to be induced. I took the 12 am spot. Gregory and I made it to the hospital around 12:30, checked in, and then went up to Labor and Delivery. I was given “the gel” around 2:15 am and by 2:20 I was already having small contractions. My nurse had me get up and walk the halls for about 40 minutes. I’m not sure what time I had my epidural? It was with the first nurse I had, so sometime between 3 and 6 am. I got a new nurse around 6:15 and she let me sleep for about 3 hours to get some rest. She came in 8:45-9:00 to check on me and see if I had dilated at all. To my surprise (and hers), I was fully dilated!!! I had slept through all of my contractions! It’s a good thing my Dr was just down stairs getting ready to come up and break my water. I felt so bad for him. I pretty much shot my baby out at him. I pushed 3 times (for about a minute) and he was out. They did have to use to vacuum on him because I already had some abrasions and was starting to bleed. Luckily I got all the medicine I needed and then some to help with the bleeding and everything went really well. I was able to leave the hospital the next day, feeling pretty good. Justin is only a couple of days old, but he is already such a blessing for our family. He is a wonderful baby and absolutely beautiful. Cody and Trevor can’t seem to get enough of him. They love getting to help feed Justin. They are such good big brothers! With Justin now here, I feel our family is complete. Gregory and I couldn’t be happier to have 3 wonderful boys in our lives!
Gregory and I have been together for 16 years, and we are in our 12th year of being married. We have three wonderful boys and a beautiful little princess that keep us busy non stop. Greg is a former Marine, now working for the FAA. He is also a Scout leader and when there is time, helps out coaching the kids sports. I am lucky enough to be in my element, working with kids for Head Start in the WESD and also going to school to become an SLPA. We live each day as its own and try not to take too much for granted. We have been very blessed to have such an amazing family.
