OH HAPPY DAY!!

First of all this is Cooper's new toy. It's really his birthday present, but we didn't want to wait until the end of June to get it. He cracks me up. He likes to go up the rock climbing side, but he just uses one foothold and then pulls himself up!!


2nd of all I am officially off of bedrest!! Yeah 10 weeks and kind of this week and now I am on the home stretch. Of course now I bet I won't be having this baby until my due date!! About a week ago my contractions started feeling different and I metioned to it Tyrel and said how they feel like they are pushing into my lungs and I can't breathe. So I didn't think much about it and today at the Dr. she was measuring my stomach while I was having a contraction and said oh you are having a braxton hix (spelling?) because I feel it pushing up in your lungs. real contractions tighten everywhere and that is what helps push the baby down. So now I am bummed, beause they aren't realy contractions. She said that is normal at the end because my body has started to get used to the contractions. So we'll see. I am doing anything and everything to try and get this baby out. Also one more thing they measured the baby on an ultrasound and his head is like in the 90 something percentile. LUCKY ME!!! Good thing I get an epidural!!!

Baby Update!! 11DAYS!!

Well I have officially started my countdown of when I get to go off bedrest. 11 DAYS!!! Well actually starting this Saturday if I go into labor they won't stop my contractions and she said normally they would let someone go off bedrest then, but since I have 3-4contractions an hour laying down and they start up quick when I'm sitting up or standing she prefer I don't really do much until next Saturday since she thinks I'll go into labor fairly quick. So next week she said if I want to go out to dinner or something that would be fine. I also got to go off the yucky medication they've had me on since I am having contractions taking it. She said to take it if my contractions pick up. It's crazy I have spent so much thought and effort into not going into labor that I just realized in a few weeks we are going to have a baby!!!! I am excited!! I can't wait to see what he'll look like. Of course getting into shape again will be a rough road since I have been on bedrest for 9 weeks already so my muscles are defiantely weak!! My arms get tired putting on make-up.

April Showers Bring May Snow?!!!

So I thought I would post a picture of what we woke up to yesterday morning!!Can you beleive it!! I had to make a footprint outline of our driveway so when I backed out of the garage I didn't go into either ditch on the side of the driveway that I could see at all everything was just white!! It staye most of the day, but not all has melted away!!

Happy Mother's Day

K well these flowers aren't for mother's day, but Tyrel did get me a pot of mini roses and a shiatsu message chair for mother's day. These flowers in the picture are from a couple weeks ago. Tyrel had them delivered just because. He feels bad that I am on bedrest for so long and is proud that I stay down to keep this baby in. They are so pretty. I have such a great husband. He was great for mother's day too, but really he has been cleaning house, taking care of Cooper, running errands, and waiting on me whenever he's home. So it's like mother's day every weekend. I am been so blessed to have a husband do so much during this time and not comlain one bit. Also Tyrel brought me the mother's day gift home from church which was a flower, a cute story, and a 12"x14" picture of the new 1st presidency. I am so excited I have been wanting a new one, of course my old one was 8x10 so now I need to get a new frame too. Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day too!!

Suprise Visit

Well Tyrel called me at 6am on Thursday to go pick up his Dad and Coy who broke down about 10 min from our house and their truck didn't get fixed until late afternoon Friday. Tyrel was also home on Friday because Thursday he hit 70 hours and with a CDL legally can't work more than 70hrs in a row. So Cooper and I had some good company this last weekend. On Friday morning Tyrel put Cooper in Grandpas lap to watch a show and he fell asleep!! It was crazy! First of all he had only been up for like a hour so it wasn't even nap time and second of all my son falling aleep in your lap, never!! The only time he has fallen asleep on me is when he's running a high fever! He slept on Grandpa for over an hour. It was so cute!! I also took this cute picture of Cooper in one of Tyrel's Cowboy hats. Cooper had a blast with Grandpa and of course Uncle Coy who we have seen a lot of lately and taught at least two new words to Cooper everytime he visits. His latest is Sponge Bob, which is funny because Cooper won't even watch Sponge Bob, but uncle Coy does so that makes it cool to him. I can get Cooper to say anything or eat anything if uncle Coy says it or eats it. We were glad to have the suprise vistors!!

34 Weeks!!

I can't beleive I have been on bedrest for 8 weeks!! Crazy uh!! My contractions have picked up, but I just go in I get a shot, they monitor me and then I get to go home. I hate going in, but the little voice in the back of my mind says if you wait to long you could have this baby and as tempting as that is, it's also very selfish, so I go in for a few hours and then get to come home. Last night I told Tyrel to just stay home with Cooper and I would just go in alone and call if something changed. We are so blessed to have come this far and as old as bedrest is getting and really have to lay down all day not even sit up that much, we are very grateful that bedrest is working. Speaking of which I better go lay down, because I really hate going into the hospital now.

Learning a New Game

Well today was gorgeous out, no wind today, which is a big deal for where we live. I was especially glad it was a good day because Tyrel was home and Cooper had someone to play with him outside. So we busted out the kid horseshoe set. I thought I got some way cute pictures. Like our beautiful grass?!! I guess in our are where we live no one has grass because the water is way expensive. Our neighbor said just to water his tiny patch of grass and his trees and plant costs him about $250 a month, so if someone does have grass it's just a little square. Bummer uh? This area doesn't have city water is has well water.

Yeah 33 weeks!!

I can't believe I have been on bedrest for 7 weeks already!! Yes I am stir crazy, but at the same time it's been 1mo and half since this fun all started!! I have like 3-4 weeks for bedrest ahead and then I am done!! I did have to go the hospital Thursday afternoon and got to come home Friday, because my contractions picked up and I couldn't get them to stop so that was a bummer, but having to go to the hospital really makes me behave at home, because I really don't have to go back unless I am in the safe zone and am having the baby!! I was behaving on Thursday, but for some reason started contracting every 7-10 min. At the hospital they gave me some medicine and got them back down to 2 an hour which is what I normally have so they let me come home after enough nagging by me. Baby is doing well and has dropped a little so we'll see how much longer he hangs in there!!

Pics from this weekend!!

The other morning Tyrel was trying to head to work, but Cooper just cuddled right up to him and wouldn't get down, which is a big deal for Cooper because he is not he biggest cuddler, but he knew daddy was trying to leave and couldn't resist holding his boy.


With things being so busy and me being on bedrest I try to get someone to take Cooper to the park every once in a while to get him out of the house. He loves it, especially when Daddy or Uncle Coy takes him. He loves Uncle Coy. He copies everything he does and says, which if you know Coy that should make you a little nervous!!! He's asked for Coy at least once a day since he left and of course Tranell's dog Dash.

The Big Move

Well last week and weekend was crazy!! We moved. How did we do it you ask considering I am on bedrest?!! Well first of all Loretta (tyrel's mom) and Coy (his brother) came down here last Wednesday night to help out. Coy broke his arm so his job was to play with Cooper while I went from room to room with Loretta giving her direction. The main packing was the kitchen. Tyrel had already done the office and little stuff here and there. Then on Saturday our ward for church was a huge help!!! There were about 10-15 guys with trucks and a moving truck that showed up at 9am to move stuff over and then as I was at the new house directing traffic 6 women from our ward showed up to unpack my stuff. I was not expecting that so I had them unpack the kitchen, bathroom, and they set up the beds and made them. I was finally able to convince them to leave and that we would be fine. By the way this all happened in 2 hours!!! Can you believe it. Then by Sunday night between Tyrel and my in-laws everything was unpacked and put where it belongs!! Tyrel's sister also showed up Sunday to help. Then on Monday Loretta, Tranell, and two ladies in the ward showed up to clean the old house!! Then Tuesday everyone headed home. I was so humbled this weekend. I could not believe all the help we had!! It was incredible. I am no idea how to properly thank everyone that helped!! So if anyone has any good ideas for me let me know. I have no idea how things would have gotten done with me not being able to lift anything. How do people survive without family and friends and the church?!! I kept telling my mother in law that if she was too busy to help that would be fine, but after this weekend I don't know how I would have gotten in done without her.

Fun Weekend!

This weekend Tyrel's brother Coy came for the weekend. Cooper, Tyrel, and Coy had a blast hanging out. Just the boys!! Coy and Tyrel got Cooper a little Turtle Sandbox and he has loved it. He loved dirt and rocks! I can't wait to live somewhere long enough to make a big one, but this will have to do for now. Tyrel and Coy also took Cooper to the park. Cooper had a blast with Coy. Everytime he couldn't find Coy he would say "Cu Gone" and would sit right next to him on the couch whenever we were watching tv. As for me things are going very well. As long as I rest a lot and only get up here and there the contractions won't come more than 1 or 2 an hour. I am 30 weeks now!! I can't believe it's already a month since this whole mess started. But we are very blessed that this baby is not wanting to rush into this world too quickly!!

Catch UP!!

Well I am finally back home in Flagstaff. The doctor's in Phoenix on Monday released me to come back home!! It feels so good to be home. Cooper and I are just taking today to enjoy being home. More than me Cooper needs to just take a break. He has been playing with cousins for two weeks!! The doctor gave me clearance to take care of Cooper myself just to take it easy, but I do have to go to my doctor here tomorrow so they can give me specific instructions because they are big believers in high elevation contributing to preterm labor. So far the contractions are not doing anything to my body so as long as I take it easy I think it will be good!! Before all this I would ignore the contractions, so now I just need to lay down as soon as they start up again, not wait until they are 3min apart before I listen to them. I still have one or two an hour especially if I am up walking around.

Also I do have Easter pictures of Cooper going on an Easter Egg hunt with my sister and Tyrel. My sister took those pictures so I will post them as soon as I get them. No cute Sunday pictures though. I had just got out of the hospital and didn't go to Church and Cooper had pink eye so Tyrel stayed home with him too!!


Well I thought I would post a couple pictures that I have been wanting to for a while. These pictures are from the Phoenix Sports show that Tyrel's family came down for to set up their booth for their Outfitting business. It was so cute when Cooper when standing on the table I started singing shake your booty and he gave us a good dance shakin his booty!!



Here is just a fun day of playing with Play Dough!!

Home Sweet Kind of Home

Well I am out of the hospital, but at my sister's. They agreed to let me come here, but I have to still be on bed rest. Next week I have to go back to the hospital for a check up and see if they are going to let me go home to Flagstaff next weekend. Bedrest is hard, but easy at the same time because everytime I get up I get a contraction, so that helps me realize how important it is to stay down. I am so greatful for family and Tyrel doing so much to make sure I rest. Can't wait to be back at my own house though, I think this crazy schedule is starting to take its toll on Cooper.

Hospital Update

Well it's been a crazy week!!! The last few weeks I have had contractions off and on and my doctor told me not to worry about them, then on Monday they started coming pretty hard every 3 min so that afternoon my doctor came in and ran test and said I was in preterm labor so I went to the Flagstaff Hospital and they druged me up pretty good to get the contractions to stop I was so out of it I couldn't even pick up my hand or barely open my eyes. Then the next day they airlifted me to phoenix to a hospital that can handle a 26 week old baby if I went into labor. So since Tues I have been here in the St. Joe's Hospital in Phoenix. Today they took me off the medication and so far so good only a few contractions here and there. So they are discussing letting me go to my sister's house here in Mesa to be on strict bedrest. I can't go back to Flagstaff until at least 28 weeks because the hospital up there can't handle a premie until then. So luckily I have family here in the Phoenix area or I would be stuck in this hospital until I was 28 weeks. So tomorrow they will decide if I get to go all depending on how I continue to do without drugs. But they said if they let me go to my sister's I have to act like I do here where I can't get up except to use the rest room. The survival rate of my baby if I deliver is 90%, but then the baby would be in the hospital for like 14 weeks so we don't want that. We want this baby to stay inside as long as possible!!! The nurse told me to be extra careful because if I do go into labor they probably won't try to hard to stop me since now I am in their eyes in the safe zone, but that is still too risky in our eyes so it's going to be a long a couple months of sitting on my butt not doing anything. I am so grateful for my sister's and their willing to take Cooper and let me sit like a slug at their house for a while. Tyrel is worried about me getting up and trying to do stuff for Cooper and would rather have me stay in the hospital, but I promised him if they let me go I will not do anything, I can't I have to think of this little 2Ib 7 oz baby that is not ready to come into the world yet!! Through prayers we know everything is going to be fine as long as I do my part. We have not been worried and everyone at the hospital has been so great I am anxious to get out of here, but at the same time being here had kept our worried to a minimum. I will keep you updated tomorrow we will know more if they let me go home or not!! Sorry this was kind of wordy!!!!

80's Music

So I have been trying to post something for two days with pictures and everytime I try it wouldn't upload my pictures. So instead I took a little time to make a music playlist of some of my favorite 80's songs to clean my house to. Hope you enjoy!! Also as an update we are doing great. Cooper is getting so big and saying a few more words. Tyrel still works hard about 65 hrs a week and travels here and there during the week. As for me this pregnancy is going great. So far this baby is lower than Cooper was so he is occasionally in my ribs, but not all the time like Cooper. I feel great working out everyday and having fun in the spring weather with Cooper. We are all healthy and enjoy every time we have together as a family. Hope you are all doing well also!!