A Good Tieman Place

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Action Sports Event

Today Greg and I took the boys to Westgate for the Nissan Action Sports Series. They were showcasing top FMX - freestyle motocross and BMX riders, along with some of the country’s best skateboarders, and inline skaters. It was such a great day for weather here, that we had to be outside doing something. Cody and Trevor had a lot of fun watching everything. I think Cody found what he wants for Christmas too...a dirt bike..maybe someday.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

TWILIGHT Anyone!

Thank you Tiff for asking Meghan to send this to me!

FYI-You can click on the 'videos' to watch the first 2 trailers and the fight scene...I cried...Yes, I'm a loser..or a 12 year girl trapped in a 25 year old body? :)

And, He Walks!

Trevor is loving all the mobile stuff he is learning. He wont walk by himself yet, but he loves to push this little music walker around. Sorry, you kind of have to tilt your head to the right to watch the video.

Trevor had his 10 month check up today...A little late, I know. He weighed 23lbs 11oz and was 30 1/2 inches long. I weighed him the other day and he was exactly 25lbs though. I feel so bad that I didn't write a 10 month post for him! I don't think there are words to describe how good he actually is. My friends tease me that I put alcohol in his bottle to make him so calm, but he is naturally just a wonderful baby, thank you very much! :) He has 8 teeth now and loves to use them. He eats everything we do. I told the Dr that this morning and he said, 'you know, some mothers will tell me that their kids eat everything, but I really believe you when you say he eats everything." He is seriously the size of a one year old now and so stinkin cute. He loves to point at things. He always has his pointer finger out. Today he was stinky, and made the stinky sign, waving his hand in front of his face, it was so funny. He loves his dad! He gets so excited when pictures of Greg come on the computer and says Dada. He is learning how to shake his head 'No', wave bye-bye and is really learning the cheesy smile. We say cheese, and he always gets this big grin on his face. And the best thing is, he loves to give kisses! Cody still loves him too. Cody can be rough with him, but I think it's more of him testing me to see what I will let him get away with. We are so blessed to have such and sweet and wonderful little man.

I'm A Penguin

This morning Trevor had a Dr's appointment, so I had to set the alarm to get up kind of early (anything before 9 in considered early around this house) Cody gets up to go to the bathroom and I finally sit up, still half asleep. All of a sudden Cody comes out from the bathroom with his underwear around his ankles, flapping his arms and says "I'm a penguin, I'm a penguin!" How the heck does he come up with these things so early in the morning? Thanks for the good laugh Cody!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

New Movie Poster

Here is the new Twilight movie poster!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Tolmachoff Farms

Last week, Keri emailed me and suggested that we take the boys to a pumpkin patch and that I should invite my wonderful, amazing mother and some of my friends. I was so happy that my mom, Jacy and Meghan wanted to go! Greg had school and was bummed that he didn't get to go, so we waited on picking a pumpkin until Greg goes with us. It was a lot of fun. I haven't been to a pumpkin patch in so long. They had a little train ride, a petting zoo, a corn field maze (which I've never been in before) and some other play things for the kids.

Me (still sporting my Cards shirt), Meghan, and Jacy

Cody trying to peddle the cart

Payson and Jacy

Mimi Keri giving Cody a push

Cody and Caden

Caden, Payson and Cody in the corn maze

Cody, Payson and Caden in the pool of corn

Mimi Keri burying Cody

Cody and Caden on the BIG tire showing of their muscles

Me, Trevor, Jacy, Bailey, Meghan and McKylah

Bailey, McKylah and Trevor

Trevor grazing on some grass

The train ride

Cody!!!

My sweet Trevor

Cody didn't want to come take a picture with me, but Caden and Payson were more than willing. Cody finally decided he should join in.

If you enlarge this picture, you can see Trevor's smile

McKylah and Trevor talking about who knows what

Cody on the Tractor

Cardinals Game

On Sunday, Greg and I were lucky enough to go to that amazing game against the Bills...or maybe we should call them the calves? :) And thanks to all my friends that declined our 2 extra tickets, you know who you are, but I won't name any names...Jacy, Natalie, Meghan, and Francesca :) I still love you guys though.
It was Greg's first Cardinals game ever! And he actually had a lot of fun! While we were watching the game he was like 'hey, the Cardinals are pretty good, maybe we should get jerseys' which is just so funny coming from my husband b/c he always gives me a hard time for watching football. One of our long time friends, Chris Tobler, was also at the game so during half time we went down to meet him (we were in section 418 and he was in 103). Walking through that stadium at half time is like driving in rush hour traffic on a Friday, so I was walking being Greg holding onto his pocket, and for some reason people still like to stare. So I asked Greg if he still gets mad if guys stare at me and he said, 'yah, why do you think I want you to walk behind me? In case I have to turn around and punch someone'. Who am I kidding, I know that guys don't stare anymore, but it made me feel good that he is still so protective of me. He really has gotten a lot better though...in high school, he would literally punch someone if they were staring too long.
Anywho, to sum up our day, we had a great date and I cant wait to go to another game together.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Zoo Trip

Wednesday was a busy day for us. We had play group in the morning, then we all went to Peter Piper for lunch, and when we got home it was time to get ready to go to the Phoenix Zoo. They were having a welcome home thing for OIF/OEF Veterans so we got in for free! It was a lot of fun. Cody was so excited to see the Tiger! It was kind of funny because all the animals came so close to us. It must have been close to their feeding time...or maybe they just wanted their picture taken:)

Cody and Greg

Cody really wanted to pet the Tiger.

These little Meerkats were so cute...They came right up to us.

Daddy feeding Cody to the Lion

Cody sitting next to the Baboon

See! I swear this Baboon came up to poise and have his picture taken

Me and Trevor

This picture just makes me laugh

Our Family! Thanks for taking our picture Tina

Sweet Trevor baby! Have I mentioned how good this kid is!

Yah, He wasn't too happy to have shoes on

Preschool, Week 5

This week was our week preschool...I can't believe it has already been 5 weeks since we started! Tuesday, Cody was so excited for his friends to come and play. He kept looking out the front window waiting for everyone to get here.

This week, our letter was 'E', so I had the kids do some Marble Egg painting. They all really seemed to enjoy it (It was one of the things we did a lot of at the YMCA for the toddlers and preschool). You get a small box, print out whatever shape or object you want to paint, pick three colors, get some marbles, and have the kids shake the box back and forth so the marbles roll throw the paint. I should have taken some pictures, but I didn't. On Thursday, we learned about the number 5. I was going to have them do hand prints, but they all just wanted to paint instead, so that's what we did. The kids had a lot of fun jumping on the trampoline Thursday. They were all so good.

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!