Brylee's Birthday and Riggins' Blessing

Little miss Brylee had a birthday last month.  Every year I promise myself that I am going to not let her birthday get overshadowed by Christmas and everything else. Sadly I failed again this year, dang it. We ended up needing to do little Riggins' blessing the day of her birthday. So we had his blessing early that Sunday morning and then had a nice birthday bash for Bry afterward. Luckily that girl just doesn't care one bit that she was sharing her special day with her brother. 

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL

4 YEARS OLD!

I seriously just love this little girl to pieces.  She brings so much joy into our home.  Her nickname is Smiley Brylee and it fits her perfectly.  She has the funniest sense of humor. Ever since her birthday she always calls herself the four year old. For example I'll go ask the kids to go put their shoes on and Bry will say 'the four year old has her shoes on.' Or she will say 'the four year old is ready for some lunch.' Haha. This goes on all day every day.  I am so grateful for Brylee. She is my sweet little ray of sunshine everyday and so helpful. 

Here are some pictures from Brylee's party after Riggins' blessing.

 Brylee had a pinkalicious/princess party this year. She loved it!

 Three of my favorite people!

 It was so fun having nearly everyone here for Riggs blessing and Bry's party! Those kiddos are sure loved!

It really was such a great day. I'm not going to lie, I was super duper stressed that weekend but everything turned out perfect. One of these days I'll learn not to let myself get stressed out over fun things like this.  

I'm really mad because I didn't get a really good picture of Riggins after his blessing. So today for church Rhett put him in his outfit.  We were shocked to see it fit and is actually almost too small! Geez, this boy is growing fast! Anyway, this is a picture of Riggins from today in his blessing outfit.

 And I had to post these last two pictures because they are hilarious. Brylee got a little bed for her baby dolls and the girls have been obsessed with putting Riggs in it. And he actually loves it and fell asleep the other day. No worries, I don't leave his side when he is on that tiny little bed.

Riggins Todd Warren

Wow! I have a ton to update on! So much has happened these last few months. I guess this is just going to be more of a pregnancy/birth update and hopefully I can update later on all the other fun things we have been up to. 

So I went to my regular appointment when I was 33 weeks 6 days. I told my Dr about how I had been having a lot of contractions and some were painful. I honestly thought that was normal with this being my third baby, I just assumed they were braxton hicks that were being annoying. The Dr kind of freaked out on me for not calling in earlier and then made me get undressed so she could check me. Turns out I was 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced.  I felt super bad and guilty that I hadn't called in about my contractions earlier. My Dr instantly put me on bed rest and sent to me over to the hospital to get my first round of steroid shots for the babies lungs.

 Bed rest sounded completely impossible to me.  I had no idea how I was going to be able to handle it.  My girls keep me super busy and Rhett was so busy with work I always joke that during this time of year I am a single mom. Anyways, I can't believe how many people stepped up and came and rescued our family! My sister jumped in her car and was at our house to help me the next morning. She ran millions of errands and took such great care of me and my girls.  Then my mom came and took care of us when Briky had to leave.
I also couldn't believe how gracious our ward was! I received so many meals, phone calls, and people taking over my lessons. I feel so blessed to have all these amazing people in my life. I hope one day I can repay everyone.
My dad, Jaxyn, and Kiyoshi also came and surprised  me one Sunday afternoon. 

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One thing I really struggled with during bed rest was how much I was missing out on. There were so many fun Halloween activities we had planned. Luckily Rhett and my mom took the girls out to their activities and trick or treating, but I was still sad I wasn't able to go with them.

By the time I was finally off bed rest (which was only three weeks) I was kind of depressed and really sore.
When I was 37 weeks the Dr took me completely off bed rest and off my medication to stop my contractions.
I had seriously no energy at all since I had just been laying down for a few weeks. I have had a hard time getting up and back to any sort of routine. I get wiped out by just doing the dishes or putting a load of laundry in.  I feel like such a wimp!

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 Rhett kept warning me that I needed to have my bags packed just in case we had to rush to the hospital. I told him to take a chill pill and that I was seriously convinced that I was going to go full term if not passed my due date. I had read lots of stories of women being put on bed rest and then the dr's had to actually be induced. I knew that would be just my luck. haha.

So Rhett and I went into my appointment when I was 37 weeks 6 days and the Dr checked me and said I was 5 cm and 80% effaced and that I should just head over to the hospital. I was in shock. Haha. I should have listened to Rhett cause we had to run all the way back home to pack our bags. By the time we were headed back to the hospital my contractions really were starting to get uncomfortable and I was starting to get really nervous because I knew that it was going to happen that day!

When we got to the hospital they got my IV in and had me all hooked up to the monitors and said I could receive my epidural whenever I was ready.  For some stupid reason I kept putting off getting my epidural even though I was really uncomfortable. I really wish I had just listened to the nurses and Rhett and gotten my epidural sooner because when the Dr came in to break my water I about died! I couldn't believe how badly it hurt. And then my contractions really kicked in. I knew I was ready for my epidural. It was seriously the BEST thing EVER! I instantly felt better. It was actually best I had felt in weeks, haha.

So when I delivered my girls I had the roughest deliveries.  With both I pushed for 2 hours and still needed the vacuum to get them out. So I was absolutely terrified about pushing this little guy out.  I could for sure tell when it was time to push this time around, but I was dreading it so much I didn't tell anyone for awhile that I needed to push. Finally my nurse came in and checked me and said 'okay, lets do this.' Ahh! I was so scared! 

Rhett had been joking with the nurses and dr that he was fully qualified to deliver our baby since he had delivered so many cows and sheep. haha.  So when my Dr came into the room she walked over and threw some scrubs on Rhett and said alright then, come deliver your baby boy.

Not even joking, she had Rhett do everything, and it was probably the coolest experience I've ever had! And it turns out I was stressing and worrying about the delivery for no reason. I pushed for nine minutes and he came right out! Such a cool experience. 

The sad part was because he was a little bit early poor baby boy had a hard time transitioning to being out and couldn't breathe very well and had a temperature.  Luckily after about 45 minutes he started to recover and I was finally able to really hold him and love on him.

Riggins Todd Warren was born at 9:29pm and weighed 6lbs7oz and 19.5".

Since Riggins was born so late at night the girls weren't able to come meet him until the next day. 

But it was so fun to watch the girls see him for the first time! They loved him instantly!

 This is ONE PROUD DADDY!! Can you tell? (:

 This boy is for sure very, very loved. We are always fighting over him. He very rarely isn't being held by someone. I have to say that I am quite selfish and really hate giving him up. Haha. I seriously can't get enough of him. 

I have tried really hard to take it easy since he was born but it hasn't been that easy. Between Thanksgiving and the girls's activities and school we have been pretty busy.  I haven't quite got the hang of our new routine, but I'm sure it will come with time.

I am soo incredibly grateful for this little boy. Welcome to our family Riggs!!

The BEST news ever! And our summer.

I am sure most of you have already heard that baby #3 is on the way from facebook and instagram, but I'll post about it anyway. I am just soo excited for this baby! Rhett and I had seriously considered just stopping at two kids because my pregnancies are so hard, but I REALLY wanted just one more! I am super grateful to be pregnant again, even if it is hard.

This pregnancy hasn't been much different than the other two.  I'm still sick and miserable and losing weight.  But this time I think I have it down to a science and know my body a little bit better.  And because of that I think I have been able to skip the PICC line and IV'S.  I probably could have used an IV a couple times, but I made it through and baby boy and I are doing just fine.

Within just the last week I have felt a ton better!! I can finally EAT!!! I can tell it has been a shock to my body to be receiving so much food, but I don't care! I have MISSED food SOOO much!!! I love waking up hungry!! I still get sick at night and don't feel 100%, but I will take what I can get! 

And PS, I thank the person that invented nausea meds.  Those people are going straight to heaven!

 I'm happy this little baby is a BOY and I can only hope he will be a little Rhett, the world could use another Rhett. I am so used to buying girly, frilly, things so buying boy stuff is going to be a huge change for me.  But a FUN change. I found these cute outfits and Sam's Club and just had to buy them!

I keep telling Rhett that I think Heavenly Father blesses me with being able to feel my babies move early because during times when I thought I was going to die from feeling so sick I would feel the baby and it would change my whole mood around.  I have been feeling the baby move for a good two months which has been amazing.  The ultrasound tech said it was because of where my placenta was attached and that the baby is laying in just right spot for me to feel him move all the time.  It's amazing and NEVER gets old.

Here I am at 17 weeks

And this picture was taken yesterday

21 weeks pregnant

Pretty good growth spurt if you ask me!

So, I decided to just throw the rest of our summer stuff into this post.  Because who am I kidding, by the time I get back on here to blog school will probably have started and I will have a bunch new stuff to blog about(:

Rhett gets us into those RZR's as often as he possibly can. Those things have been an awesome stress reliever for him. He works so much I'm just glad he has something fun to do when he does get a nice little break!

My dad had let us borrow a couple of his dirt bike's.  Every SINGLE day Rhett gets home from work he takes the kids on a quick ride around the neighborhood. They all love it!

So even though most of my time this summer has been spent with me laying on the couch doing NOTHING I have tried to keep the girls busy and happy. 

We also went on a quick/long road trip with Rhett to Nevada for work.  It was nice for us girl to get out of the house. We really enjoyed our time with Rhett and the girls did surprisingly great in the car.

We went up to Driggs for a little 4th of July celebration.  We endured a BIG storm that came through.  The wind and rain was crazy there for a little while.  Once the storm passed it was great though.  The girls even got to see Snow White.  Some of the Beach Boys and Lee Greenwood performed and it was all for free.  I love free(:  Haha.  But really, it was a fun night.

The girls did catch the stomach flu this summer which was awful! Try dealing with that with morning sickness! BLEH! Luckily only Brylee threw up.  But they both had awful nausea, fevers, and headaches.  Poor things :( 

The girls slept on our bedroom floor that week so I could help them easily during the night if they needed it.

Bry was so, so sick one night and so miserable.  She asked Rhett to give her a blessing out of the blue. After the blessing Brylee got a good nights sleep and woke up feeling much better. Now she loves to tell everybody about her experience with her daddy giving her a priesthood blessing and how it made her better. It makes my heart so happy every time I hear her talk about it.

We have had this cute boy come stay with us TWICE this summer!! I love this little brother of mine. Uncle Cooper is the BEST(:

Some fun days at the park!

And of course most of our days are spent at home because it just takes so much out of me to do much else.

So we have been trying to get creative with some fun crafts for the girls to do!

And these are just some fun random pictures of my girls being silly.

I sure love them and feel so blessed that I get to be their mom. 

They are the BEST!

Hope this post wasn't too long! Kind of an overload, haha.  

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

So I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted! I have a ton to catch up on! We have been super busy lately. I have been soo stressed for the past year trying to get our our townhouse sold.  We tried using a realtor for the first 6 months and then we did by owner after that.  It's a little scary selling a house yourself, but it ended up working out great! I am super glad it is all over with and that we found such an awesome, cute couple to buy it.  The girls are really miss our cute, little town home and all their best friends but I am in heaven where we are now.  Because we were able to find our perfect home just in time. The house we bought was literally on the market only a day before we snatched it up! Which worked out perfect for us so we didn't have to rent an apartment and have to move twice! 

So goodbye townhouse

HELLO BEAUTIFUL NEW HOUSE!!

We are so in love with our new house.  It really has been a dream for us.  Rhett and I have either lived in an apartment or townhouse for the last seven years of our marriage so this has been amazing!! 

Closing on our townhouse was the easiest thing ever.  But closing on this new house was the biggest headache.  I'm just glad it's over.  

We moved into an awesome ward and they have been quick to put us to work.  Rhett is the sunday school teacher for the 12-14 year olds and I am the new beehive advisor.  It's a bit terrifying for me since I have bever served with the youth but I really do think it is going to be so fun.  All the girls are so cute and sweet and I can't wait to get to know them a little better.

The house we ended up buying is in Rigby.  My biggest worry and stress was what should I do with Tacey and school. We moved in April and I was worried about yanking her out so close to the end of the school year.  After a meeting with her teacher and some thought and prayer we decided to just leave her in her school in Rexburg.  Which meant a 20 minute drive each way every day.  BIGGEST PAIN IN THE BUTT!! I was making 3 or 4 trips to Rexburg a lot of days to pick up/drop off for school and dance.  I am still happy with the decision to keep Tacey in her class but I am SOO HAPPY school and dance are DONE!!! It has been super nice not having anywhere to go these last few days.

We really do love our new home and are so excited to start this new chapter in our lives!