Halloween 2013

This Halloween was a little different.  First, we had to carve pumpkins!

That was so much fun! Blaikley really got into it. I'm looking forward to doing it again next year!

Home with an almost week old baby didn't make me want to walk around in the cold too bad. Thankfully daddy was willing to take Blaikley out and about!  

Blaikley's amazing aunt Amy made her a shiny fairy costume! It was so wonderful to have one less thing to worry about. Thanks Amy!

She kept saying "I fly!" And running around! It was absolutely darling!

They only went down one street. Daddy kept talking and taking too long. Even though Blaikley was bundled up she told Jed " I'm cold daddy. 'Ets go home!" 

Kenzley hung out with grandma Lisa and Mama while daddy and B were out.

Blaikley just wanted to cuddle when she got back :)

More about Kenzley

One other difference between the Preston hospital and the Logan hospital that kind of bothered me was that they didn't put the baby in pj's or warmer blankets. I ended up having Jed bring some from home. I'm glad I did too since this one was an extra small sized newborn. She was only able to wear them once. Blaikley wore these just once too. They came from my aunt Carri who's daughter, Millie, wore them! 

It's not the best photo but it was our first night alone so I did my best :)

Also in Preston, they had big, comfy recliners where in Logan they had a chair and a couch. Some rooms had more room in them but our room was a little more cramped just because of the way it was set up. Jed stayed with me both nights in Preston because he could get pretty comfy in the chair but he went home both nights while I was in Logan.  It worked okay and Blaikley liked having daddy kiss her goodnight and wake her up, but I would be lying if I said I was glad to be by myself. :). I really had good nurses so it wasn't too bad and I'm not complaining! I just want to document our experience!! 

On Friday my parents took Blaikley back to our house for lunch, playing in the park, and just keeping her busy.  Jed's brother Flint and his oh-so wonderful wife Amy came by for a visit before going to young men/young women's.  Amy kept us in food for days before and after. I will be forever grateful for her kindness, generosity, and example. Love you Amy! 

Also that evening, Jed's mom and dad came by! Stetson and Makayla where with them but they weren't allowed into the room. Jed was able to take Kenzley to the window so they could get a good look at her. Those two sweet kids as well as grandma and grandpa Pugsley brought us some beautiful flowers!  It was a wonderful and exhausting day :). I didn't get much sleep that day and I paid for later but it was so wonderful to show off our sweet little red head! Much too excitement to get any rest :) 

Kenzley was officially named at two days old!!  Blaikely named herSaturdaymorning :) 

Jed, my dad, my brother Robert and Blaikley went to Salt Lake City for a snowmobile show on Saturday. My mom and I had a wonderful time chatting, watching tv and taking turns cuddling Kenzley. My brother Travis drove down from Rexburg to come visit and get some loving on Miss K.  He brought some his homework and ended up staying and visiting for most of the day. We video chatted my brother Scott and my brother Denton called and chatted for a while as well. It was a wonderful day that made me feel so loved! I'm incredibly moved that all of brothers contacted me in someway and showed their love and concern.  I am so grateful for my brothers! That day I also received flowers and a teddy from my Grandma Jerri and Grandpa Jim.  It was a great day!

Mom, dad and Robert headed home bright and early Sunday morning. Travis had a date in Logan Saturday night that ran later then expected. He ended up staying at our house that night and left early Sunday also.  I had one of my favorite nurses of the whole time Sunday. Jed and Blaikley left the house a little later. They made a few quick stops in Logan before coming to the hospital and surprised me with a new pair of socks and Kenzley with a new onesie!! Such thoughtful souls!!  

After a shower and general hanging out, we were told we could leave that day. Our nurse Sunday was so wonderful that she made us sad to leave. The whole process was kind of rushed.  I really wanted to try savoring the moment but there must of been someone needing our room or something. We didn't even get to tell our nurse thank you and goodbye.  But I pushed for Kenzley to get a bath and get in her outfit before we left. *side note: I don't know if it was because Blaikley was our first, but we got a big load of formula, diapers, binky's, preloaded bottles... All kinds of things sent home with us. Again, not complaining, just comparing. They also had to check that we had the carseat installed correctly and a bunch of hubbaloo where as Preston just needed to see you carseat. Funny Utah :). 

Blaikley wants to hold and get a picture with Kenzley as often as possible. 

 

Getting ready to get loaded up and head home!

All ready to go!

We are home!!

She's perfect!

Daddy is in heaven!

And so is Blaikley :)

So beautiful!

Blaikley is on the left, Kenzley on the right. They look so much alike!!

Love my girls!!

Kenzley Beau Pugsley

We did it!! We welcomed our second baby girl into the world on Friday, October 25th, 2013 at 8:20a.m.  Here is her birth story...

Things went a little more smoothly with Kenzley's pregnancy then with Blaikley's. I was able to keep my weight down (171lbs vs 199lbs) as well as my blood pressure (151/90 at the highest vs 210/160).   I started my pregnancy with Dr. Todd Millar in Tremonton and switched about 12 weeks to Dr. Gary Fowers in Logan.  No particular reason, Dr. Millar was very nice, but I never felt 100% okay with him as my OB doctor. Many women have loved him, but I just never 'felt' it. With Blaikley's doctor, Dr. Jacob Curtis in Preston, Idaho, I loved him from day one. I was treated like a queen by the whole staff, he was also our family doctor, and the hospital treatment was next to none.  I was really sad he was no longer our doctor but I couldn't justify the drive.  I'm getting off track. Dr. Millar is a great doctor, just not right for me. When I ended up switching I felt right about it. I don't 'love' Dr. Fowers like I did Dr. Curtis, but it was fine. His staff was wonderful and the hospital was still great. 

Dr. Fowers allowed me to consider a v-bac (I had an emergency c-section with Blaikley) and I was so in love with the idea! But the more I prayed about it, I knew it wasn't going to happen.  And with my family being so far away, and dad's trucking company being so busy with the possibility he would have to drive to Alaska and be gone for a few weeks, it was easier and way less stressful to schedule a c-section. I know a lot of women do not agree with my decision, but that's just it, it's my decision that I did not take lightly. Jed and I both prayed about it and we both felt that it was the right decision.  I was slightly annoyed with Dr. Fowers too.  I felt like he kept trying to talk me into a v-bac because from now all of my babies have to come c-section, which also 'limits' how many babies I should have. However, hello, I have MS. I already am limited in regards to how much I can handle. I had to tell him that several time. It was annoying.  Enough ranting :). 

So we decided to go a headed with a planned c-section. I kept having Braxton hicks contractions, but, like with Blaikley's, my body never started anything. No dilation, no water breaking, no real contractions, nothing.  I am a little sad about that. The crazy hormones don't help. A part of me aches to have the labor pains, so go through the process of labor. A little bit of me feels like I'm not a 'real' woman. I know it's silly and more then anything I am SO grateful my babies have gotten here safe and sound. It's a selfish thing to feel bad about it, but again, it's my feelings and sometimes you can't help how you feel.  

We ended up deciding to schedule the c-section on Friday, Ocotber 25th.  The very same birthday as my dad, one of my best friend's, the one and only Mrs. Ashley Nicholason, and my brother Scott's very sweet and adorable girlfriend, Miss Heather Renfro. Big day!! The c-section was scheduled for 7:30a.m. And Jed and I to be there two hours early, which meant we had to leave our house at 5a.m.!! My wonder family (my mom, dad, and brother Robert.  Travis is going to school in Resburg, Centon is working like crazy and Scott is going to school in Lewiston, Idaho!) came down the night before so we would have help with Blaikley. 

Here I am, 39 weeks 5 days along with Kenzley at 5:35a.m. In Oct. 25th!

We got checked into the Logan Regional Hospital dark and early :). We were in a Labor and Delivery room even where I preceded to changed into a gown and go through all the fun paper work and blood process. In an emergency c-section, you usually already have some form of drug in you. With Blaikley I had the epidural in, so when the c-section came they just cranked it up. In a normal scheduled c-section, you walk to the OR and meet the anesthesiologist for a spinal block. I had two things going against me for that... My MS and my factor five.  The anesthesiologist, Dr. Mortenson, came in to chat and explain things.  Basically he told us that a spinal can exasperate the MS and cause a lot of problems, so he proffered to do an epidural. The epidural had the problem with the Factor five because I had been taking baby's aspirin per doctor instruction. The other option was to go completely under, but that has a whole of risks in and of itself.  After a little discussion we all decided the epidural sounded best. Dr. Mortenson got it started right there in the L&D room. My nurse, Brooke, was absolutely wonderful. The poor thing was pregnant and the needle made her queasy but she was a trooper. She was one of my favorite nurses! She was there through the section and recovery and saw me up to my room on the third floor. I wish I could've had her the whole time. 

Once in the OR we just had to wait for the epidural to get completely saturated. Once that happened they got to work. Jed was with me the whole time. He actually stood by left arm and peaked around the curtain so he could watch the whole procedure. The nurse was quite impressed he could watch his wife go through that and not get sick.  The staff was fun, played old country music and joked around. It was a wonderful environment.  Then my sweet baby came into the world at 8:20a.m.

She cried immediately. It is the most wonderful sound a parent will ever hear. 

The nurses let me see her for a few seconds right away. Then they weighed and measured her. She was a whopping 9lbs 02oz and 21 inches long! 

Boy she was a chunk! Blaikley was 22.5inces long and 7lbs 14oz, so she was a bit bigger :) no wonder my backed aches more!!

As they worked over Kenzley, they continued to work on me. Dr. Fowers discovered a few adhesions on my uterus that he left since they aren't causing any problems right now. But it's good to now they're there. after a bit they brought her over to me to hold, kiss and love on for a while. In the last 15 or so minutes they took her to the NICU for observation. They brought her to me in the recovery room. I love holding my newborns skin to skin, knowing I am keeping them warm and safe. 

Recovering and enjoying being together.  I also got to nurse for the first time here and she's a natural!!

From there we want to the third floor and to our room for the next three days. My parents brought Blaikley to the hospital at 8:30a.m. and we're able to see her pretty quickly.  After awhile they of visiting and loving baby girl they took Blaikley home and came back later. 

in our room. I was feeling pretty drugged up and sore but all I wanted was to cuddle my girls. Blaikley loved her from the very first second. 

All she wants to do is hold and kiss her. Baby didn't have a name until the next day. We let Blaikley decide between Tayley and Kenzley. Really, after seeing her red head I knew it would be Kenzley but I wanted her to feel like she had a real say in it :)

I've got a diaper to change and a toddler to put bed but I will post more pictures and stories as soon as possible. 

Much Loves!

Have you heard? And other thoughts...

We are having a baby! Another girl! How we got so blessed to have two little ladies I have no idea, but I'm beyond excited! My aunt Jaymi made this statement that brings tears of happiness more then anything I've heard lately, she said "You and Jed are giving Blaikley something neither one of you had... A sister!" Isn't that the greatest thing! I just love that!

On one hand, I'm a little nervous about the teenage years. Since I don't have first hand experience I can only go off the stories of friends and loved ones about the years of fighting over bathrooms, hair brushes, boys, and clothes, but I couldn't be more excited. The Lord must know how much help I'll need down the road and He is sending me the sweet little angles I'll need.

This baby is going to nicknamed Cricket until we decide on her real name (Jed's favorites are still Agnus, Behula, and Cricket. One is fine for a nickname. The others are fine for animals. I like Taylee so far but we still have four months to decide). Also I'm calling her Cricket because her little movements look and feel a little like a cricket bouncing around. Here's a few pictures....

This is Cricket at 17 weeks and 1 day

And this is at 19 weeks and 4 days. I'm now 22 weeks but haven't taken a picture lately. I'll get on that later today. And now a few pictures of Miss Blaikley!

I love that she has to have the hood up :)

She's starting to get her own sense of style and I LOVE it!

I took her in for her two year checkup and the poor little thing had an ear infection and a sinus infection :( oh she was miserable but still lovey and cuddly. She is a tall and skinny little miss though! She weighed in at 25 lbs (which puts her in the 25%) and was 35.5 inches tall (75%). She's definitely built like a Pugsley.

She's has been super funny lately. For her second birthday grandma Lisa and grandpa Mark gave her a play kitchen! And a few other cute things, like a stick pony and bubbles! But man does she love that play kitchen. She bakes her daddy and I good treats all the time (cupcakes) and has us eat them from cups almost every night (don't worry, it's all plastic toys that came with the set up, I don't let her bake by herself). Or she will make something pretend, put it on a plate and bring us a fork and 'swoon' (spoon). Grandma Sally and papa Wayne gave her a baby and a stroller and she pushes it everywhere e eryday. It's pretty adorable what a little mommy she is.

Blaikley is a very loving little miss and makes sure everyone in the room is included in whatever we are doing. She's super polite and says her 'peas' and 'hank you' (please and thank you) all the time. Blaikley is getting to be quite the talker, but her favorite is to copy cat. She repeats almost everything she hears and it's pretty darling. She is starting to want to count, but doesn't quite grasp it just yet. It's pretty much 'one, two, nine, four, nine.... Two, nine, yay!' Which is pretty adorable :). She's getting her colors down. But one of my favorite things is that SHE'S POTTY TRAINED!! She's not quite there with night time yet but she's getting closer. And she's only had one accident in the past week. Which, I selfishly get a little giggle with that accident. She got to go visit grandma Sally and papa Wayne for a few days last week (I'll post on that in a minute) and while she was there I sent panties and pull-ups. And since she's been mainly in panties for the last few weeks at our house, grandma kept her in panties at her house. Blaikley went with papa to irrigate the orchard. The orchard is down the field in front of the house. She walked all the way down by herself. And then she peed her pants :) big time. And the sweet little thing wound not walk back to the house. Poor papa had to carry back. And if you know papa and how anything potty related grosses him out you would be giggling too :)

This last week was our wards turn to clean the temple. Jed and I haven't had the chance to visit the Brigham City temple since we went through the open house and thought this would be a great chance to go through a session and then stay to clean. But the cleaning assignment went from 8:45pm to midnight on Friday night. Yikes! We still haven't found a babysitter and since we wanted to go down early I really didn't want to try finding someone who was new to Blaikley when it would be such a long night and would require bath and bed. Grandma Sally had to be in town Thursday, so she and uncle Brick came and got her Thursday evening and we picked her up Saturday. It was a good few days for both of us.

Jed and I don't go on dates very often. The last times it was just the two of us was our anniversary in March. So we took the opportunity to make Friday night a full date night, and it truly was wonderful. We had to stop at the bank on our way out and it took a little longer than we planned. The Bringham City temple also has a funny policy where you have to call ahead and schedule an appointed to do a session. When I called Wednesday they were full for the 5:30pm and 6:30pm sessions, and the 8:30pm would've been too late, but it was full too. I called again when we left Tremonton and they were still full so we decided to have dinner in Brigham City. We went to the Chinese Buffet since I had been craving Chinese for a while and it was DELISH! Definitely hit the spot. Afterwards we went to Shopko. Do all Shopkos not have a maternity section? The one down there didn't. But it was so nice to walk around and browse with Jed.

Then we headed to the temple. It truly is so beautiful. All of the windows are uncovered so a lot of natural light comes in and it's just beautiful. All of the following pictures are of the Brigham City Temple. All of the ones from inside of the temple are from the churches website lds.org. You can find more information regarding temples there or feel free to contact me and I'll answer questions as best I can or I can get you in touch with local missionaries who could answer your questions if you're interested in that. Enjoy these pictures and then I few thoughts to share before I close down this post.

When we arrived at the temple, we were asked to do sealings. Jed and I haven't done sealings since we were sealed together also we jumped at the opportunity. (Sealings is where a couple is sealed for all time and eternity. If you are also getting married that day, like with Jed and I, you are married and sealed together as husband and wife forever and eternity. If a couple is married outside the temple, our belief is that the marriage ends in death. However, as Latter Days, or more commonly known as Mormons, we believe marriage and families can tied together forever and when you are married and sealed in the temple, your children and all future children are also sealed to you. And when they grow up and get married and sealed, they remained sealed to you, but also get sealed to their spouse. This is how families are sealed together. If a couple is married outside the temple, they have the opportunity to be sealed to their spouse and children later. And any children adopted after a sealing can be brought to the temple to be sealed with their family. I hope this makes sense, but let me know if it doesn't and if I can answer any questions.). Anyway, in the temple, after we have completed work for ourselves, we do work for the dead. Baptisms for the dead is most commonly know, but families can be sealed through a proxy as well. It was an amazing experience, once I hope to participate in again soon. The spirit was so strong and wonderful. I lost it every time a child was sealed to their parents. Such an amazing opportunity.

After that we met up with our ward and were prepped on cleaning the temple. That was also an amazing experience. What a wonderful way to show our gratitude for temples and to perform service to our Heavenly Father. I did end up getting over heated and exhausted towards the end, but thankfully we had a lot of people for the ward there to help pick up where I needed to stop and we were all able to finish a little early. Also, the water from the fountains wasn't quite cold enough but the wonderful temple workers had some ice cold water hidden and we able to help cool me off and with the help of Jed, the workers and some great ward members I didn't have a full on MS attack, which I'm very thankful for. That would've been a little embarrassing.

Well, I think this is a long enough post and I better go take advantage of the rest of Blaikley's nap, shock she'll probably wake up in about five minutes or less :)

Loves!

-Cami

 

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Just a quick note

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas season.  We sure did!! We were blessed enough to be able to to to McCall with my family, and spent a few days with Jed's family in Park Valley before and after.  We went snowmobiling, snowboarding, did a little shopping, lots of cooking and baking, played games and watched movies.  It was absolutely wonderful and I wished it lasted a month.  We were spoiled with wonderful and thoughtful gifts.  It was absolutely perfect.

Well, anytime at home is perfect.  We didn't get to spend too much time in Parma on the Ranch and I didn't see a few of my revlatives and their families that I wanted to, so Blaikley and I are back again! :) And it's great!

My brother Scott had a wrestling tournament in Bulh, Idaho this past weekend and afterwards, my mom and dad came and spent Saturday night at our house.  Jed had to work both Saturday and Sunday,  just feeding and taking care of animals morning and afternoon.  We left after he got home from the morning shift Sunday.  We traveled the slightly longer way and went through Pocatello, but that was perfect because dad treated us to lunch at Sizzler.  After that we trucked it on home. Blaikley was such a trooper in the car! As usual, but sometimes you never know how the ittle toddlers will act, but she was wonderful! My brother Robert has gracisouly offered his bed to Blaikley and I and he is sleeping on the couch.  I truly have the best siblings.  I love how we all truly love each other so much!  I know it wasn't always like this, but we all get along well and it makes coming home just that much better. 

Mom had to go into the office for a bit today, so Blaikley and I are going to surprise her with srubbing the bathrooms and having dinner ready when everyone gets home.  

I do need to apoloize for ignoring my blog all the time.  If you follow me on Facebook, though, you'll get pictures updated the most frequesntly.  

However, I can't leave off the best blessing I have..... my husband.  It was his idea to have me come back home for a week and spend this time with my family.  He knows how homesick I get.  I try not to complain too much, but it must show how much I wanted more time with my family and he helped me arrange it all!  He is so wonderful!! He truly wants me to be home and enjoy my family as much as I can! Poor guy is home all alone in a cold house and I didn't get as many dinners put in the freezer as I intended, but lets be honest, the guy is a way better cook than I am!!

Okay, I need to get started on things around here.  Maybe I can keep the blog up for the week I'm here :)

Much Love!

   -Cowgirl Wifey