Random events during Papa & Ahwee visit

High-fives for new brothers

New toys from little brother

Kisses from Daddy

Grandma time

Papa tickle time

Big Brothers RULE

TV time

Duck...duck....

Holy leaf!

Ahwee time

Throwing leaves

Jumping off rocks

Auntie and Nick time

Stroller time

Pool party!

The weather has been amazing so we ventured out to the pool.  Ry had a blast playing in the water with Dada and Papa.  My mom and I had a blast sittin' in the shade with the little one.  His first major trip anywhere.

Throwing a ball and hitting Papa is the funniest thing ever!

Passssssed out!!

I'M 0 MONTHS OLD

And so it begins again.  The monthly pictures!!  Since he's only zero I will give just a few updates.  As of today, Trev is 5 days old and just an amazing baby!  I know we are still in the super newborn phase but he is so calm and alert.  I never hear a peep from him unless he is hungry and even then it's just a short cry.  My milk didn't come in fast enough so I had to give him formula which I am not too happy about but he seems to be doing fine.  We are now doing as much breast milk as we can and then formula when necessary because he seems to want to eat more than I can provide.  He has been doing awesome at nights but maybe that is because I let him sleep on my chest (probably a big no-no but I LOVE it!)  Most nights he only wakes up to eat and then Mama puts him back to sleep. A few times he was up from 4-5am but all he did was look around.  No crying or fussing at all.  We are seriously in love with this little one and are so happy he is finally here.  Big shout out to my parents for staying with us and helping.  Mostly for entertaining Ryden.  He sure loves having them around.  We even convinced them to stay until Wednesday so get as much play time in as you can RyRy.  Then it's time for the real world.  Me with two boys...solo!  Scary but I am ready!

He's here!

Trevin James MacMaster

8/30/11

1:53pm

7lbs 11oz

19 inches

He's finally here and only a day past his due date.  Jason and I were under the impression that he would be super late like his brother so when I started contracting at midnight I didn't think anything of it.  Just normal cramps right?  A half an hour later my water broke.  Then I knew it was time.  Super Aunt Melinda came to our rescue and drove about 45 minutes to come stay with Ryden while we headed to the hospital.  We checked in around 4am and then the waiting began.  I was only 3cm dilated so began the walking.  I will spare all of the major details but around 6cm I decided I would go for the epidural.  All was well for a few more hours but I wasn't progressing very fast.  Doctor discussed giving me Pitocin to speed up delivery but I wanted to wait it out for a little longer.  Then, for some reason the epidural seemed to wear a little and the pain was a little intense (to say the least!). The nurse ran in and I had dilated from 6cm to 9cm in about 30 minutes.  Time to push....eleven minutes later Trevin arrived.

Hospital pictures after giving birth are SOOO flattering!

Us with Dr. Cobb...nicest doctor ever!

My parents were great.  I called them at around 1am when I went into labor and they were headed to Cali a short time later. They stayed with Ry to relieve Melinda and Teresa.

Grandma T-Dawg

Ryden's cool skateboard ramp that Trevin got him

Time to go home!  Yes we booked it out of there after only 24 hours...peace out!

What a great experience.  The hospital and staff were amazing!  I would say I would do it all over again but hmmmm....

  

40 Weeks

So this post is a little late.  We all know Trevin made his big debut one day after his due date (post to come soon about that).  I was honestly expecting to go another week with him in my belly like his big brother did.  But he had other ideas.  Good thing because I was so ready!

A few Ryden updates

- Ry is getting ready to be a big brother.  He talks to my belly and gives it kisses.

- We installed the car seat in the car and Ryden always points to it and says "Trevin's seat"

- We are doing awesome on the potty training!  He wears big boy pants whenever we are at home and never pees in them.  We just need to work on him telling us when he has to go.  Then I think we can venture out in public with underwear on.  The other downfall is he will not poop in the potty.  Seems to stress him out a little bit.

- He has adjusted like a champ to his big boy bed but his bedtime seems to be getting later and later.  That is why we try to do early naps.

- He talks so clearly now and I laugh at the things he says.  He picked up my bra the other day and said "Mama's boobies" 

- The boy loves his temporary tattoos as you can tell.  Dada gave him a sleeve the other day 

-  He loves his little pool.  He will play outside for hours!  The weather has been amazing here so its nice to just hang outside all afternoon.

I think Dada enjoys it too

This picture was taken 9 days before my due date.  Now it's down to 7.  We are ready! (as you can tell from my oh so happy face in this picture)

Welcome to the two year old club Moses

Moses had a pirate themed birthday at the park on Saturday.  I am officially the worst photographer ever because the picture above is the only one I got of the birthday boy!  I did get a few pictures of some pirates

Miss Ainsley was there and Ryden had the best time making her laugh

Seems every time I hold the little girl she starts crying...hmmmm...not a good sign.  But I still hold her every chance I get!  Sorry I don't have more fun pics but these days I don't have a lot of energy to do much!  Happy Birthday MoMo!

Trev's room...finally done!

Sorry for the horrible pictures but you get the idea....

Cool surfer mural on the wall

Cute picture my friend Julie did....she wrote his name in the sand and gave it to me for my baby shower...love it!

Hand-me-downs from Ryden...these walls are still a little bare.  Need some work

Picture of Mama, Dada, Ryden, and Trev in the belly

Simple for now.....will try to add some more pictures once I get Trev's newborn photo shoot done

Pax rolls into town

The Izzets came to town from Phoenix for a quick weekend visit.  On Saturday, I met up with them at Legoland.  Ryden and Pax were so funny together.  Lots of hugs, holding hands, and sharing snacks.  We had the best time!  Jade and Adam were super impressed with the mini lands made out of Lego's...I was bored.  Ha!

Jade and I were watching the boys while they played in the play area.  They got out of our sight and when they rounded the corner we found them holding hands.  We cracked up!

We also managed to ride a few rides and play on some slides

By 2pm we were all tuckered out (Jade is preggers too..due in January) so we headed back to my house.  The boys played in the backyard for a few hours straight while we watched.  The swings were a hit

The next morning the boys seemed to do a complete 180.  Pax was wanting to wrestle with Ryden and of course Ry is my sensitive Sally and would cry when he did this.  They were both in moods.  No more sharing, holding hands, or hugging.  Oh well...at least we got one good day.  Thanks for visiting guys....see you soon hopefully!

Happy Birthday Nick!

Last weekend we celebrated Nick's birthday.  Another year younger..

Nick's mom was in town from Brazil.  So nice to meet her.  She is an awesome lady and a great storyteller.  We had a good time hanging out and eating cake made by Melinda (it had fruit in it...so healthy!)  Happy Birthday Nick!

36 Weeks

4 more weeks!!  4 more weeks!! 4 more weeks!!

It's all becoming more real.  Jason and I are going to be the parents of two boys in less than a month!  This pregnancy has flown by and lets hope the last month does as well.  Every thing is fine with my placenta which means I will not need a C-section unless for other reasons.  My bag is almost fully packed and ready for the hospital (babe can come anytime now although we hope he doesn't).  We are very excited to meet this little one but everything also seems a little surreal.  But we are ready.  Let's do this!