Last Saturday was a busy, busy, busy day. We started out the morning with a Tball game.
Rachel and I had just taken our sunglasses off and it was super bright
After the game it was time for a little early birthday party for Cody. It was the perfect opportunity since Rachel was home visiting, and she makes the best cakes! Cody wanted a shark cake this year, so a shark cake is exactly what he got. 6 sharks for a 6 year old boy.
After we ate, we took a little time out to play some baseball out front. After the fun, it was back to work decorating Easter eggs for the Easter bunny.
Last Wednesday Keri, Rachel and I took the boys to JumpStreet. What a FUN place! Since we went on a Wednesday, Cody was only $6 and Trevor and Justin were only $4. The best part was that Keri, Rachel and I got in for free. And I'm not sure if it was only supposed to be 2 hours or if we had unlimited jumping time? But we were there a good 4 hours. We even left and then came back because we all got hungry, lol.
They have a special section for kids 7 and under. It had 3 long trampolines, a big blow-up bouncy slide, and a blow-up jump thinger-ma-jig. We all had so much fun! My face hurt after we left because I was smiling the whole time we were there. Cody wants to go there for his birthday and even suggested having the Tball party there. I think it's safe to say we will be frequenting this place often this summer....Did I mention how much FUN it is?!
2 Saturdays ago was Cody's bat-a-thon and picture day for Tball. Cody did a great job! He hit the ball 76 feet (and when I say 'hit' I mean where the ball stops rolling:) The Coaches had a chance to hit also and Gregory hit it 132 feet (where the ball actually landed for the coaches) I think out of all the Coaches in the League, Gregory got 3rd place. All of the kids received a medal for their amazing efforts.
(It was so cute, when Gregory was up to bat, all of the kids were in the outfield saying 'come on Coach, you can do it..It made me smile)
It was also picture day...the first of many to come.
Cody, Mason, and Trevor
Trevor says some of the cutest things ever! He makes me laugh all the time! Here's some of the conversations we've had this past week...
Trevor: Mom, are you married to Daddy?
Me: Yes, Daddy and I are married.
Trevor: Who's Mimi married too?
Me: Mimi is married to Papa
Trevor: And who is Rachel married to?
Me: Rachel's not married honey.
Trevor: Can I marry Rachel? Her is the best girl and she makes the best cupcakes!
Me: No honey, you can't marry Rachel....but she does make pretty good cupcakes huh?
Trevor: She sure does!
Saturday morning I was lying in bed. Trevor comes in and crawls in bed with me.
Trevor: (whispering) MMMOOOMMMM....MMOOOOMMMMM....what'd you dream about?
Me: I don't know Love, I don't remember.
Trevor: (still whispering) Did you dream about flowers?....Flowers are a good thing to dream about.
Me: I don't think I did, but flowers do sound like a good thing to dream about.
The other morning, I walked into the kitchen and found Trevor drinking straight from the milk jug.
Me: Trevor Glenn! What are you doing?!
Trevor: (swooshing milk around in his mouth like mouth wash and swallows) Oh hi Mom, I was just cleaning my teeth with milk. See! all nice and shiny! (showing me a big smile)
Me: Oh!, well maybe we'll try using a tooth brush and tooth paste next time.
Trevor: But milk is white so it makes my teeth white.......................
(I can hear my Mom saying that it makes perfect sense :)
Trevor is also really into mixing colors so he asks me all the time what certain colors make. My favorite was this:
Trevor: Hey Mom, did you know that milk and brown make chocolate milk?!
I wish I could keep him this small and innocent forever.
So I've been thinking I want to turn my Moms blog into a book for each of the boys to have. Has anyone had a blog-to-book experience? Whats sites are the best?, what sites do I stay away from?
I'm still missing some important stories from some very special people (Who knew my mom best) that I would love to have in there, but I think I have the idea of the book as a whole.
6 months after the hail storm, we finally have our new roof! The company was great! They came out Tuesday for the estimate, started and finished the roof Wednesday and came out today to make sure we were happy with everything.
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!
