28, 5, 1

28 is how old I am now......I feel older, hopefully I still look younger. 5 is how old Riley is :( Now I really feel old! 1 is for being married for 1 whole year! Soooo much has been going on I have not even had a second to spare but now that I am laying in bed and can text in the blog I can update you real quick ;) I cant stay long but I will be back soon, more than likely tomorrow....

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Snow!

So the last couple of days we have been getting slammed with winter storm warnings, and of course since its been fairly nice here we figured the weather man was overeacting again. However, we were wrong! It started snowing here around 7 and so far, it hasn't stopped. We have 4 inches and its still coming down! Thank god I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow, there is going to be waaayy to many wrecks because people here don't know how to drive. Anyways, not my idea of a great day but I get to stay inside :o)

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An Answered Prayer

So tonight I am laying here in bed thinking about the day, and what my day will be like tomorrow and I decided to write a bit while I am still awake. I was so excited yesterday I somehow forgot to do it then...I guess somewhere between yelling at Riley and her little friend to be quiet and go to sleep at 3am, and trying to get the fussy baby to sleep(which never happened) it slipped my mind, but I am thinking about it now so here it is.................................................

ANDY GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!

I am beyond thrilled! He will be working for Aerotech, which is a company that is government contracted to work on the subs and ships. Right now it is a temporary position for 8 to 9 months with the option to reapply for any available position after that. Pay will start at $17 an hour and go up to $25 after three months. Thats about all we know for now but thats excellent news for us. I have been praying my rear end off and I guess this means someone was listening. I will update when I know more.

In other news I have two sick kiddos :o( Riley woke up with a cold and of course Dylan has it too. Both of them were rotten and grouchy all day. I am exhausted from no sleep last night, I have no idea how I am even still awake.....I do need to try and sleep, my house is a wreck and needs to be cleaned, plus tomorrow night I am sure I wont get any sleep. I have to take Dylan in first thing Monday for an ultrasound on her stomach. For the last month she has been puking up tons after she eats and nothing was working that I could do so I took her in to the dr who gave me meds for Reflux. The meds seemed to work for the first couple of days and then stopped. I took her back in and we scheduled the u/s and got her on stronger meds for the Reflux. So far these meds seem to be working but the dr. wants to rule out something called Pyloric Stenosis. I guess this is something that is very rare in girls so I am praying she doesnt have it. If you want an explanation on what PS is Google it, I am way to tired to explain, its nothing that serious though so dont worry.

Anyways, I am pretty tired and so I am going to sign off for now. I will update more as I find out more. Good night!

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Good News?

So its after 3 in the morning and I am sitting here, well, laying here in bed listening to Riley snore(she is sick) and the baby breathe. Andy slept dow stairs because with Riley in the bed there isnt much room and he cant sleep. He felt bad for her since she was in her bed crying because she didnt feel well so he tucked her into his spot and went downstairs. What a great guy huh? So to the point of this late night blog.....I cant sleep, and not just because the kid is snoring but because I am soooo hopeful that a place called Aerotech calls Andy back tomorrow and gives him the job he interviewed for today! Its a government contracted job working on the subs doing various things so its perfect for him. I guess they pretty much told him the job was his if he still has his clearances to get on the base. The good is more pay, less hours, and benefits. The bad is the job is only contracted for 9 months, when its done he will have to re apply for another job with the company, and he will have to do this every 9 months. He is super excited about it and is just as anxious as I am to hear back. Lets all pray for good news! We need some good news right now.

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Ready for the New Year!

I am so ready to say good-bye to 2010. It has been an wonderful year for us filled with many great things.

Andy and I finally became husband and wife January 30, 2010.

I found out I was pregnant March 5, 2010.

 We got orders to move to Bremerton in April and began house hunting.

We found and purchased our home in May 2010, and also found out that Andy would be Involuntarily Discharged from the NAVY.

 I got kidney stones in June and found out I was having a GIRL!!

 Things calmed down for a bit this summer and into fall.

November 11, 2010 we welcomed Dylan into our family, life is wonderful!

 Now December has come and almost gone and soon it will be January and the New Year. We will start all over again with birthdays and anniversaries and life will go on. So many wonderful things have happened to us its hard to even think of the few small bad things that have taken place. Our family has its health, and we are happy. We were fortunate enough to not have anyone in our families seriously injured or taken ill this past year and we hope and pray it will continue through to next year. We had some wonderful visits from family and made some great memories too! All in all I am so thankful for 2010, but I cant wait to see what 2011 has in store for us!

I will sign off with that, and here are some more great photos of the girls!

                                          

 Riley on Christmas Eve

                                                                               
With her bb gun from Larry and Mel                                                                                                 

                                                    

Here is a couple photos of Dylan sleeping, she is so sweet when she is asleep

Christmas

THANK GOD ITS OVER!!!

Ok wow, glad I got that out! I am just so thankful that Christmas is over, I will be even happier when January is over and all the holidays and the birthdays and anniversary is over as well. All the stress will be gone from them and it will be on to new stresses. Christmas did go pretty well. Riley had a great time and was super spoiled as usual. I was totaly shocked on Christmas Eve to get package after package from Andy's dad, mom, and sister! It was really nice that Lorrie made an effort and actually thought of us. Mindy too. It made both Andy and I feel better. Andy called and talked to both of them on Christmas which I think made them happy. Hopefully we can keep working on those relationships. Anyways, it was a pretty good day, however I have decided to purchase a new camera. That was the worst part of the day, I took a ton of pictures of Christmas and guess what? 1 flippin picture turned out and it was of Dylan laying on Andys lap! All the rest were crappy and fuzzy and it pissed me off. So now I have decided to save up a bit and purchase a really good one like I wanted to do in the first place. Anyways.....I am sitting here looking around at all the christmas crap that is up still and its driving me nuts! I really want to get it taken down, and now! Andy is working all week so I will have to wait a bit but its happening soon. I should go, I got up super early so I could shower and have some "me" time. Both the girls are still asleep in my bed. Its pretty nice to have some quiet time actually. I need to check on the baby though, if she makes it 15 more minutes she will have slept for 11 hours! I am so lucky!

We have our baby!!

Well I figured since I have a few minutes I would update you on the birth of our baby girl! We welcomed Dylan Larue to our family November 11th, 2010 at 7:59am. She weighed in at 8lbs 9oz and was 21 inches long. I had a pretty long labor but it didn't really seem like labor to me since I was resting the entire time. I went in to the hospital at 8:30am the 10th for an elective induction and was hooked up to the Pitocin. I started to have regular, painful contractions pretty quickly but the pain was actually not to bad. I know I could have handled it for awhile longer than I did, but the nurses were thinking that I would go into active labor pretty fast because of it being my second baby so they talked me into getting the epidural at 3pm. The whole process was super easy and the epi did not hurt one bit. I was able to sleep and relax for the next few hours. I ended up progressing really slowly and at 4am the dr. came in and was talking c-section which I adamantly refused. Dylan's vitals were all good and she was not in distress at all so I wanted to wait it out. I had had a 18 hour labor with Riley and I was induced with her as well so I knew the drill. At 7am I told the nurse I felt like the time was near and she checked me and I was ready to push. I already knew this because I felt like I was going to drop the baby on the floor at this point. I was crossing my legs to keep her in. The dr. came in about 7:30 and I started pushing and out she came!

They had to take her and suction her really well since she had pooped while she was waiting to come out but once that was done she was good to go.

Andy and I were totally thrilled to see her finally and both of us were teary eyed. I ended up not having any tears which was AWESOME and I felt great right after she was born.

We had to stay in the hospital overnight of course which was fine, Dylan was wide awake ALL night. She didn't cry at all, she just stared and looked around. We ended up having to stay later the next day then we wanted because the nurses were concerned because Dylan wasn't nursing really well and she was a really red color. After they checked her all out and the lactation consultant came in and gave me some breastfeeding tips and we had scheduled an apt. with the pediatrician for Monday they discharged us. Dylan slept all night the first and second night and I had to wake her up to feed her and change her. Last night she was a bit fussy but she was pretty hungry since my milk was just coming in and she hadn't been eating really well the last few days. She still was really good and I have been sleeping fairly well myself.

We had her first dr. apt today and we discovered she is pretty jaundice which made me feel like an ass since I hadn't noticed. In fact Andy was the one who noticed and he isn't medically trained even! The dr. made us get her blood drawn again and said they would call us with the results and what we should do next this afternoon. They never did call so I am guessing everything was ok or will be fine. The dr. said that the jaundice peaks at 5 or 6 days old so she will be at her peak tomorrow pretty much. He also said she was a bit dehydrated and that we need to make sure to feed her every 2 to 3 hours so she can pee and poo the jaundice away. Now that my milk is in that should be pretty easy and she is really eating a lot now. I still do have to wake her up but that's ok.

Riley is sure loving being a big sister. She has already been a super big help and she really loves on her sister. Its so great having two girls, I love it. Andy is in love with her as well. He has been a great help as well but sometimes he has been a bit of a hindrance. He especially likes to wait till Dylan is asleep and then he messes with her and wakes her up again. It is sweet though.

We are all just so in love with her and life is great with a new baby. I will share a couple more photos and then I have to run, I need to wake the princess up and feed her again :o)