Playing in the snow!

Well it snowed last night and it is cold, but not as cold as it has been. We decided to suit up and give the snow a try. Mattix was not a fan but Vella has a good time. We couldn't get our snow to roll up into a ball very well, not quite warm enough. We made makeshift snowshoes/boots out of grocery bags.

 Mattix wouldn't keep his gloves on, probably a part of his misery.

 Momma and boy wonder with a huge snowball.

 It is hard to get your kids to look at the camera for a picture. We took 4 and this was the best, even though Mattix is looking a little under the weather ha ha.

 You have to eat fresh snow.

 Vella says "Sure, Ill try it out."

Diaper bag hat!

I love this man so much. He is so much fun!!! He is my best friend and I'm so happy I get to spend eternity with him!!!!

Picture update!

The kids are really good with her! They have done an amazing job adjusting to having a baby at home.

You can see little Brynn looks a lot like V when she was a baby.

Mattix hit the corner of his head on the bed, poor guy. He is a tough guy though.

Sleep Talking

So I woke up this morning with a message from my wife.

"Haha..you woke up shouting dirty beggars! And I said what? And you said, "damn beggars!". And I said what? And you. Pointed at the bed ( at this point you were standing on the bed) and said, all those damn beggars!

You did a weird twirl thing into bed and I Asked what you were doing and you said you were doing it like the ninjas because you thought that's how I liked it LOL"

I am not sure how I am supposed to respond to this... I am not even sure I believe her. To bad she didn't have it on video.

Brynn Lee Thompson

I had our new little girl on the 17th! It was such an awesome experience. I wanted to record my thoughts while things are still fresh in my mind. My water broke at home around 10:30 a.m. I wasn't really having contractions so I got the kids and myself ready and told Greg to come home because we were going to have a baby! Thankfully, he had finished his final that day. The week before I told Greg that whenever I went into labor I wanted to eat a hamburger before going to the hospital, so the first thing he asked when he got home was where I wanted to go eat :)  So we dropped the kids off at Cindy's and went to Five Guys, of course! It was really yummy! I finally called my midwife and she said to come to her office before being admitted to the hospital. I did and I was only dilated to 3.5 cm. While I was there she stripped my membranes and said we would see how things went. Water got everywhere. I feel bad for whoever had to clean up that mess! She guessed I would have the baby around dinner time. I was hopeful, but wasn't convinced because I was still feeling great and wasn't really having contractions. I was admitted and hooked up the the monitor to see how things were going. The midwife came and visited me once I was settled in. She brought a telemetry monitor so I was able to get up and move around to try to get contractions started. Greg was so funny. He played ACDC for me while I was moving around. A nurse came in and said she had never heard that kind of music playing in that setting, haha. I started feeling contractions around 2:30 p.m. and the midwife offered to let me get in the jacuzzi. I didn't really want to because I wanted to wait until I was really hurting, but she said she thought I would have the baby pretty fast, so if I didn't use the tub right then, then I might not be able to at all. She checked me before I got in and I was at a 5. I hung out in the tub for a while, and it was really nice!! It totally changed the way my contractions felt. I was even worried it was slowing my labor down because I felt so much relief. I now understand why women want water births!I started feeling more crampy so I asked the midwife when she thought I should get out. She said whenever I felt like I needed to push. So I waited a few minutes and I told her I didn't really feel like I needed to push, but I thought I could feel the baby moving down. So she told me to get out and go pee. Haha, I was like... okay? So I sat on the toilet, and told her I couldn't pee, but that she should probably check me. She checked me right there, on the toilet and all, and asked if I wanted to feel the baby's head! I did and it was kinda cool. I walked over to the bed and laid on my side and after a few pushes the baby was out! It was the strangest thing because I never felt that "urge to push". My contractions seemed like they were further apart than normal and after a couple of them the midwife told me to just push whenever I had one. They brought the mirror so I could see and I think that helped a lot since I never felt like I needed to push. I appreciated not feeling rushed. With V and Mattix I felt like there was some kind of time limit to how long I could labor. It was totally different this time and a lot more enjoyable. While I was pushing everyone in the room was making guesses at how big the baby would be. Greg was the closest at 6 lbs 2 oz. Everyone else guessed in the 4 and 5 lb range, haha. Greg knows better...I have mega babies! She was born at 4:13 p.m. weighing in at 6 lbs 4 oz and was 20 inches long! Brynn was born screaming away, so I was able to delay the cord clamping. I got the natural birth I wanted. It was one of the coolest things I have ever experienced, and better than how I ever imagined it! Everything went really smoothly and pretty fast once things got going. Delivering the placenta was a different story. Oh man, it was awful! After Brynn was born it felt like I stopped contracting totally. The midwife gave me a decent amount of time before pushing on my tummy to help the placenta come out. Once it came out I was bleeding a ton, so I got a shot of something and a bag of pitocin to help. I had to hang out in the delivery room for a few hours afterward. Brynn was on a nasal cannula to help her breathe for less than a day and has been doing really really well!! All she needs to do is get up on eating. She is sleepy, so it's hard sometimes to feed her. She does really well with nursing, but she has a hard time finishing the amount she needs to eat, so she is gavage fed the rest of her food. She makes the cutest high pitch noises! She is really sweet and I think we will be able to bring her home soon. I am pretty tired from going back and forth to the hospital. I am back and forth every hour and a half. They will bottle feed for me, but she doesn't always eat as well so they want me to me there. It's rough. I feel bad for Greg. He has really been taking care of everything with the kids and the house, and I am so grateful. I can hardly wait until she is home and we are back on a schedule. I think Greg will appreciate that, too!!

 

 

 

Hahaha... everytime V sees me pump she does the sign and says,"Milk!". Funny girl

 

Oh, What a Week! 32 Weeks Pregnant Update

So, I had a Dr. appointment last Tuesday and it turns out I was in labor! I have been getting ultrasounds of my cervix to see how things are going (if that's TMI then you better stop reading there haha) and that's how they knew what was going on. I knew what I was looking for during the ultrasound, and when I didn't see it I was a little confused. The tech looked a little shocked and was like, "Uhh stay here and I will be right back. I need to talk to your midwife." I asked her what was going on and she was hesitant to tell me. I told her I had a good idea what was going on because I was familiar with the ultrasound, but it would be nice to have some clarity. She said that my cervix was completely thinned and the bag of waters was bulging. (Bag of waters-that almost always makes me chuckle!) I could hardly believe it! I was wheeled straight from my appointment to be admitted to the hospital. The Dr.'s office is in the same building as the hospital so that made things easy. I was put on medicine to postpone labor and also given steroid shots for the baby's lungs. The NICU nurses were in and out of the room setting up and it was kinda crazy. Everyone at first was telling me if they were able to stop labor from progressing then I would be stuck there until I was 36 weeks. The whole time I kept thinking about how I wouldn't be able to hang out with my kids and how sad I was about that! I was only having a couple contractions an hour and the Dr. said that it was probably just enough of that that caused things to be how they were. I was able to leave after a couple of days and put on meds and strict bed rest. Blah! I feel like I am constantly contracting, laying down or not, so this baby is probably coming sooner than later. I am glad that I was able to get the steroid shot and am also grateful for the extra time our baby girl has had to cook! Cindy has been taking care of my kids, and I am SO grateful for that. It makes me sad because I miss taking care of my kids and spending time with them. I also feel bad for Cindy!! I just try to remember this is will be a short time. Thank you to those who have helped us! We really appreciate it!

Chicken Nugget!

Sorry my house is a mess! We still have stuff that needs to be put away from our trip to AZ. I am also sorry that my annoying laugh is throughout this video!