Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! 2008 has blessed us with a lot of wonderful things and we hope 2009 will treat us the same. To recap the year here is a list:

1) Jake's first birthday! The boys enjoyed their combined birthday party at Fun Jump'n Max!
2) After 5 months of trying for baby number three (aka Baby Tres) we were expecting another baby in January!
3) One of my best friends from Chicago came down to visit!
4) David got an amazing job offer from Klotz Associates to be a part of their design team. We sold the house in just a month and moved on over to Cypress, Texas. It was a huge leap of faith for us, but it has been the best decision all around for us! David is doing amazing things with Klotz such as expanding Hwy 290, expanding the southwest part of Beltway 8, designing Bluewater Hwy (which was destroyed by Ike), and even is broadening his horizons by getting into airport design this year! We are proud of you David for your wonderful work!
5) Austin and I went up to Chicago to stay with Heidi and her boys. Austin's first plane ride was a blast! Even though it was the scariest plane ride for me (we flew through the storm that was flooding the midwest), Austin thought it was fun and loved going "up and down like a roller coaster!" Boys will be boys!
6) We took our first family trip to San Antonio!
7) David and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary! He planned a surprise trip to NYC! I hear I might have a small surprise trip being planned for our next anniversary as well!
8) We were fortunate to have very minor damage from Hurricane Ike.
9) David and Austin went up to Missouri to visit with David's family. Austin still talks about his cousin and great grandma!
10) I went into pre term labor and had to be hospitalized and placed on meds and full bed rest. But - thank the Lord - about a week after I came off of my meds and bed rest we finally were able to welcome ISAAC into our world!! He is such a blessing to our growing family!
11) It snowed in Houston!! The boys loved their first snow!

Future Cooks

The boys enjoy helping David make dinner. Tonight on the menu was meatloaf, onion roasted potatoes, and good ole' mac and cheese!

Christmas 2008

Christmas this year was quite busy! Having our early present with us it added an extra bit of fun. We had a wonderful time at Grandma Mata's and Grammy's house. Jacob didn't care for opening gifts up (weird, I know!!), so Austin had the pleasure of doing it for him. He was in present heaven!!

Merry Christmas!!

From our family to yours! :)

Baby Tres is here!!

We added our THIRD boy to our family and couldn't be more proud!

Isaac David was born on December 20, 2008 at 8:58am.
He weighed in at 7lbs, 6.7oz and 19.5in long.
He has a head full of dark brown hair.
He is very well loved by his two older brothers, Austin and Jacob.

We went to David's company Christmas party Friday night. I was having contractions the whole time (must have been walking in heels for 5 hours! LOL). They started out every 15-20 minutes and by the time we went to pick up the boys from Mary's house they were about every 10 minutes apart. I didn't think I was in labor at this point, because they didn't hurt. We got home and put the boys to bed. Not but 20 minutes later (as we were getting into bed) I was telling David that I think we need to head down to Clear Lake. I'm really good with timing! LOL I got our bags together as David got the boys up and we all headed on down to the hospital. At this point my contractions were ranging from 6-11 minutes apart...still not hurting as bad as the boys did. We got to the hospital an hour later and I was 3cm/70% effaced/0 station. I was still contracting every 6-11 minutes. My mom got there and graciously took the boys to my grandparents house, so they could sleep (it was about 2am at this point). An hour later I kicked into transition labor and had a good labor pattern of contractions every 3-5 minutes. At this point I went ahead and got my epidural since I knew my labors are fast (my contractions were mainly in my lower back as well). My water broke around 6am. At 8:15am I was still only 3cm. I was getting nervous by this point hoping my body would kick into gear. At 8:30am I felt enormous pressure. Nurse checked me and hello I was complete! That's the fastest progression from 3-10cm ever! LOL She told me not to push since baby's head was right there (she was getting the doc up there for delivery). The doc got to my room and we did a few pushes...then out popped our third precious baby boy! Everyone cheered in the room and we instantly fell in love with him.

Here are pics:











He knows his number (Tres) already!!


For the baby guessing game my friend Alison won (she nailed the date)!! I came in 4th and David came in 6th. Not too bad! Here are the top ten guesses:

Rank
1 Alison - - 114.83
2 Lindsayg - - 202.67
3 Jeannie - - 205.17
4 Jenny - - 454.83
5 Kaley(Kalel) - - 472.42
6 Dave - - 529.83
7 Stori - - 611.83
8 Michelle - - 769.08
9 Ashley - - 772.33
10 Pernille - - 788.25

Jeannie - I told you that your guess was a good one! :)

Results and Parties

Jake's results are back and everything is normal!!!!! We are very relieved. The neurologist said 6 out of 10 kids will have an unprovoked seizure (meaning not caused by a high fever, low blood sugar, etc) once in their life. He seems to think he is in the 60%. There is no evidence of epilepsy as of now. If he has another seizure, then we start back at square one and will have to do more tests. We are praying that doesn't happen again! Thanks for all the prayers!

We had David's Christmas party tonight at a country club out in Katy. It was beautiful! There is, of course, much more to this story! ;) To give you a hint...I went into labor at the party. I started having contractions when we were having drinks (well, the boys were, not me!) at a sushi bar before the party. Well...and the rest you will have to wait for! :)

Ironically enough...David picked my delivery date for the 19th. He knew his Christmas party was going to do the trick for me! 5 hours in heels will do it for sure! ;)

Best Friends

I decided to bring out my camera while the boys were playing outside (it was a chilly 41 degrees outside!). I love how well they get along. They truly are inseparable and love each other very much. I couldn't ask for better loving boys...they are the sweetest kids. I hope Tres joins in their circle without a hitch!

Jake's EEG and Tres 37 week appt

We had Jake's EEG done today and it went much smoother then we expected! They had a room that was decorated like a kid's bedroom. They placed him on the bed and put the EEG leads (all 27 of them) on his head. They then turned down the lights and played soft music. David got Jake to lay down on the bed and within a few minutes he was asleep! Yep, it was that easy. They did the test (about an hour long) and he did very well. We find out the results on Friday.

I had my 37 week OB appt and my belly was measuring at 39 weeks. That's exactly where my belly measured with Aus and Jake right before I delivered them (Aus I was 39 weeks and Jake I was 38 weeks). It will be interesting to see if the trend continues!! Tres looked well and I have gained 30 pounds. Here are also some belly pictures that I took...maybe my last set of ones?!

Baby Tres' Bee-tiful Nursery

Here is the nursery that I designed and David put together! He worked VERY hard on putting in the chair rail, crown molding, painting, etc. It looks amazing and I can't wait to add our new addition to our family!

Thank you so much David for the perfect nursery!!!

Appt Updates

Jake's appt - The technician who does the EEG's called in sick (we think that she took a snow day, LOL) so we had to reschedule it for next Wednesday (UGGH!). The neuro pedi did give him a prescription for Valium to use if he has another seizure. So that made me feel a little better. I will have to update again next week...I wish I had answers...

My appt - I had my ultrasound and Baby Tres weighs in at about 6.5-7lbs!!! WOWZA! Yes, at 36 weeks Tres is about 7 pounds. Because Tres' head is engaged in my pelvis already they couldn't get a good estimate of the head. So that's why the weight varies. If I make it to my due date Tres will weigh about 11lbs (babies typically gain a pound a week after 36 weeks). I don't know how I make these big babies?!? I am still 1-2cm, so no change there. My belly was measuring at 38 weeks, so bigger then normal as usual.

We both have our next appts on Wednesday, so I'll update again then. Hopefully with GOOD news for Jake! Thanks everyone for thinking of him!

When we were leaving Jake's appt David spotted Endeavor being piggy backed (assuming they were stopping at Ellington). So I grabbed my camera and snapped away: