Today was family day up in Payson. Although half of the family backed out at the last second ( I wont name names, but you know who you are :) John, Keri, the boys and I had a GREAT time!!!
We started out the day at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park . I had never been before, but what a BEAUTIFUL place! It was overcast all day, in the high 60's and then it started to rain as we were going down to the bridge. We started out with the waterfall trail.
Next we headed over to some viewpoints.
Then down another trail for a better look at the big waterfall and the natural bridge. We also had some great family photo ops.
After our hike back up the mountain it was time for lunch. Cody was cold...the end of July...in Arizona!!
After we were all done at the state park, we decided to drive an hour east to Woods Canyon Lake. Its one of my favorite places and reminds me of the summers my mom and I spent camping there. It was 50 degrees when we got there with a nice steady rain. Cody and I got out and hiked down to the lake for about 10 minutes.
After that it was back down to Payson for our last stop of the day, Green Valley Park.
Beautiful scenery. Awesome weather. Great company. Well behaved kids= A Great Saturday!
So I've decided to try out Nutrisystem...
I was doing really well and lost 12lbs but thats where it stayed. It got me to the weight I was at before Trevor but I'm going for (as I like to call it) the pre-Cody body. For a meal delivery service, the price really isn't that bad. It comes out to around $3 per meal. I'll let you know in about 2 months how it works.
I'm sure most of you already know, thanks to facebook, that our old Litchfield house burned down last week sometime. Thankfully we no longer owned it and no one was living there at the time. My Brother in law and Jenna were very lucky their house didn't catch as well because I think theres only about 5-6 feet in between houses. I think the cause for the fire is still being investigated? But seeing as how there was no power to the house, it seems very strange for a fire to start on it's own? (We had that close call a couple of years ago when the outlet caught fire) My money's on the bank considering the ridiculous amount they purchased it for?
One of Keri's good friends has been nice enough to let us crash her pool once a week...The boys love it!
When your dad is a tinker...
He builds fun
zip lines that send you and your brother flying across the backyard.
I know it's horrible but this is the first year Cody is taking swim lessons. Thank goodness he loves it!
Cody is highly impressed with the demonstrations his teacher shows them. Every time he shows them something new, Cody says WOW and Whoa. Cody also insists on being the first one to try out his new skills. We got there a little early on Tuesday and watched the dive team dive off the diving boards. I asked Cody if he wanted to do that someday and he said "Yah, but I'll sink." (Funny, he knows he would sink, but still wants to do it?) I told him he of coarse has to learn to swim first. One step at a time.
Thank you to Keri and Rachel for helping me with the boys...The Phoenix Fabulous Fourth was jam packed with people.
I was looking back on the blog and realized I haven't posted anything about my sweet Trevor boy in a long, long time.
Trevor is a riot! He will say something on a daily basis that makes me laugh out loud. And even with Cody as his big brother, he is still somehow the sweetest kid ever. As a stranger at the museum said, "he marches to the beat of his own drum"
Last week we were driving to the mall play area. Cody and I were talking and out of nowhere Trevor says "Excuse me mom, can I have a balloon so I can go up into the sky?"...completely random
When he wants me to open his juice he says, "mom, can you please open my grapity-grape juice" (he' a big Wow Wow Wubbzy fan)
Another time we were driving and he says "look Mom, I'm an astronaut." He had an orange trick-or-treat pumpkin on his head.
The other day, Trevor came to tell me he needed a purple crayon so he could draw me a heart.
He is probably the most polite, thoughtful child I have ever met. And I'm not just saying that because he's mine. I'm not going to say he doesn't have an ornery side because he does, he's 2. When he knows he did something wrong, he laughs and tells me I'm so silly and his laugh makes me laugh. It's hard to stay mad at him for long. I just love that little boy!
All About The Kiddos
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!
