Til we meet again.

Grandpa Roland's funeral was Saturday morning. I was holding it together pretty well until Grandma started crying and then we all lost it. My mom gave the life story which was really great. I learned a couple things I never knew about him. There was some fun stories about his youth. And some really touching things from his journal. He had an addiction to smoking for years but after 45 years of marriage to my grandma he was able to to quit and he started going to church again. My grandparents were then sealed in the temple for all time and eternity. He wrote in his journal that he didn't know why he didn't do that a long time ago. It's so great knowing that he came back to the church and that he and my grandma will be together forever. It was a hard day emotionally but also filled with the spirit. We spent time together as a family.

After the funeral we all went to our homes and let the kids take naps. Then we met up at Andrea's apartment and went swimming. Robyn and Carlos are in town til later tonight. It's been so awesome to have them here and let the cousins all play together. Sunday we all got together again and hung out at Amanda and Corey's house. 

Today (Monday) was the burial for grandpa. They weren't able to do it on Saturday for some reason. Grandpa was given a Purple Heart when he was in the Korean War. Because of that he had a lieutenant at his burial for the 21 gun salute. It was really emotional to see the officers hand off the flag to grandma. We waited at the cemetery after the ceremony for them to bury the coffin. Afterward we put flags around his plot. 

I'm so grateful to have a grandpa that was so loving and such a great example. I know I will see him again. 

Armenta's are here!!

Yay Robyn, Carlos and their two babies Jeremiah and David are in town! They came down from Wyoming on Sunday but were in Peoria with Carlos's family. They came down for grandpa's funeral. I'm so glad to get to have some time with them. I got to hold David for the first time. He is so big! We weighed all the kids and found out that Jeremiah and Cortney are the same weight, Joshua and David are the same weight. Rebekah is super tiny and so is Noah haha. Andrea is so happy to have all her nieces an nephews in one place. She is like super aunt! The kids all love her. I love watching the kids all play together and us mama's trading off babies. We all got together at Amanda and Corey's house to celebrate Grandpa's life with some if his favorite things. We watched a John Wayne movie, ate salt water taffy, drank Pepsi and ate popcorn. Love you

Labor Timeline

Andrea was nice enough to write a timeline of my labor for me. I love that I have things that were said and done during my labor. We did the same thing for Amanda with her two kids and with Noah when I had him. Its so nice to be able to look back on later. Just so you know its labor so there are going to be talk of placenta, poop, pee and all that. It happens and I have no shame, its labor the way God made it. So here it is.

I started to have contractions at midnight June 13th. I laid in bed having the contractions but didnt think they hurt so I tried to go to sleep. I let Sean know I was having them so he tried to go to sleep as well. (usually he stays up til 1am reading or other such things) The contractions started to kind of hurt so I called Amanda who told me to time them and see how far apart they were. I had 7 of them that were 5 or 4 minutes apart. Sean and I got up and got our stuff ready to leave. Sean carried Noah and the diaper bag and the hospital bag and I carried my phone timing my contractions with an app I had bought earlier. We had called Amanda who then called the rest of the family and told them the news. They all met us at the hospital. Sean had called his mom who also met us there to pick up Noah and take him to her house. The rest is now from what Andrea wrote down at the hospital. 

Amanda was driving like a maniac and we beat Deana and Sean to the hospital. 

1:15am Admitted into triage, almost went to the waiting room with the rest of the family instead of triage. 

1:35am We realize that we're all didiots and forgot to bring a camera

1:45am Andrea heading to the apartment to get camera (ended up using Deana's phone instead because it takes good pictures and quick)

1:46am Sean texted Amanda "6cm dilated 100% effaced. 

2:20am Headed to labor room 5.  

2:25am All of us in the room! (Mom, Dad, Amanda, Andrea and Sean of course) 

2:27am Body tried to push with last contraction 

2:23am Dad cracking up because I (andrea) told Deana her nails are cute 

Nurse asks Deana a question, she holds up her finger (having a contraction) 3 min later she answers

2:41am Puked 

2:42am Puked again and surprise! Peed as well 

2:45am Nurse says she thinks she will be done soon 

Amanda tells Deana she's doing good and Deana says "ok" 

Deana asks "where's my Sean?" he was right there, let her know he was with her

2:47am Called Dr. Hazzelrigg to come to the hospital. Says Deana's "bag is bulging and she's pushy"

2:50am Deana apologizing for her body pushing, Nurse tells her to "breath in, breath out" 

Dad- now we have one bag bulging and one bag not" when Deana got a new puke bag

Nurse Lisa is awesome. So nice. 

Dad- Its now going to take 2 hands to count my grandbabies

Helen is Rebkeah's nurse

2:56am Deana asks if nurse can just deliver, doesn't want to wait to push. Nurse says "i can if I have to but I can't break your water, You cant push until your water breaks" 

2:57am Really feeling the contractions now. Says ow during them. 

2:58am on hands and knees, foot in pee! (ew)

3:04am Hazzelrigg is here! Asks if water has broken yet, turns around to get face mask, water breaks at the same time! 

3:05am Cervix diappeared! Baby is coming! 

On hands and knees

"is this the position you want sweetie?" "uggh ya I don't care" 

3:06am Pushing is allowed

3:08am Deana pooped, Lisa got it away

"i dont know if thats my butt or my vagina?"

3:10am Baby is Crowning 

3:10am episiotomy

3:12am Rebekah MaeDean is born

3:14am Rebekah on Deana's chest, Dr asks if Sean wants to cut the cord, Deana says can we wait until it has stopped pulsing please? Dr watches cord waits til it has stopped and has Sean cut the cord. 

3:15am placenta is out

Deana is holding Rebekah 

3:20am Sean holds Rebekah 

3:24am Deana and Sean kiss

3:26am Deana "I dont have to go to work tomorrow!"

3:28am Bekah grabbed her daddy's pinky finger

Rebekah gets cleaned up and weighed 7lbs 8.9oz, 20 inches 

3:44am Deana feeds Rebekah 

3:51am Rebekah latched on  

4:05am Sean holding Rebekah "It was so nice and warm in there huh? I know it was crowded but you liked it inside mommies belly but you had to come out. I'm so glad to have you now." 

And thats all she wrote folks. I just love my baby girl and my family. I'm so happy everything went so smoothly and couldn't ask for any better. yay for family! 

Post baby body

I have to say I'm pretty happy so far with my post baby body. Still work to do? Well of course. I'd love to get rid of the love handles and tighten up my belly. But for 5 days after having a baby I am quite pleased! My wedding ring fits again. I gained 24 pounds during my pregnancy and this morning I have lost 15 pounds! I only have 9 more to go and I haven't even started working out. I am going to wait a couple weeks til I have more energy and my birthing parts won't be sore afterward. Haha.

I didn't get to my pre-pregnancy weight after Noah until I was pregnant with Rebekah and throwing up all the time. So already feeling good and losing so much makes me have more hope this time around. I feel really good physically as well. I am obviously tired from the sleep schedule but other than that I have a good amount of energy during the day. Taking naps with the kids helps a lot. Noah and Rebekah go down for a nap at 10am so I get to as well. It's so great having Sean home for the next week and a half too. 

Basically I'm just a happy wife and mama. My hubby is super sweet and helpful, my Noah child is adorable and kind and Rebekah is sweet and beautiful. I'm way happy with my progress on weight and energy. Life is going well. We are a blessed home. 

Happy Fathers Day

For Father's Day I got Sean a new baby. Haha. I didn't have a chance to think of something to get him. It's been a busy month with his birthday, preparing to have a baby, having a baby, grandpa being sick and then passing away. I totally spaced getting a gift for him. Good thing his birthday gifts were pretty awesome. I did wish him a very happy Father's Day and have him a big kiss this morning. Also I told him how much I love him an appreciate all the things he does to take care and provide for our family. He is such a wonderful father to our children. He lights up when he cares for them and plays with them. I love how sweet and gentle he is. We are a blessed family to have him in our lives.

When I have time tonight I'm going to make some cute coupons for him for a date out with me, back rub, and other services I can do for him.

I love my Sean so much!! 

Home at last, family reunited

It's so great to be home as a family. Sean and I have missed our Noah bug. I cried the first night after Elizabeth took him to her house. It was just strange to be away from him so long. I'm happy that Sean's family brought him to the hospital for a couple hours during the day. It's just no fun for a child to be there too long.

Our stay at banner gateway was really nice but it's so much better to be home with all our stuff. The staff was so kind and took care of us perfectly. The food is delicious there too! We had family come and visit with us and a couple friends too. We also had a lot of time for just the three of us to chill and get to know each other. Rebekah is such a quite baby so far. She has only cried maybe four times. Sean calls her squeakers because she makes little squeaky sighs as she sleeps. 

Breast feeding is going so smoothly! I am so elated about this. She just latches right on and eats for 30-40 minutes at a time. 

Ondalynn is a sweetheart and tidying up the apartment before we came home. It was so nice to come home to a clean home. 

Noah is getting used to having a sister. He is really sweet with her. He loves grabbing her feet and kissing them. He also blows kisses at her. He likes sharing his toys with her. Noah is just growing up so much. 

Oh and a little brag time. I'm looking skinner already. This makes me super happy. I fit in my old clothes now but they are still a little snug. My wedding ring fits now too!! 

I don't know if you can tell but my mind is kind of scatterbrained right now. Haha. Anyway we are happy to be home. A family of 4 :) 

Grateful for the Atonement

My Grandpa Roland passed away last night around 11pm. Sean and I are in the hospital still. We leave Saturday morning. The funeral will be next Saturday. I'm glad Sean was able to get the next two weeks off work so he will be able to attend the funeral.

I wasn't surprised when Amanda called Sean and told him. As I said in a post earlier my mom and I had dreams for weeks that it was going to happen the day Rebekah was born. I had a moment earlier in the afternoon yesterday in between visitors that I thought about grandpa and how he was doing. In that moment I had a wave of peace come over me and I knew for certain he was going to pass that day. I will miss him greatly and I'm saddened that my grandma will be separated from him for a time. But I know that they will be reunited again in heaven someday. They have an eternal marriage sealed in heaven because of the covenants they made in the temple. My heart hurts for my mom. She loves her daddy and it was so hard on her to be the one to care for him in these last months. I know she has a testimony of the atonement and she knows she will be with again as well. Even with the sadness that comes with death we can find peace and comfort in knowing those truths. It's strange that something that scared me and worried me before would give me comfort now. When I first had the dream of grandpa passing and Rebekah being born on the same day I was so sad and worried it would actually happen. I didn't want her birth to be on a day with so much sadness. Also I didn't want to be selfish and have people with me when they should be with grandma in her time of need. Now that it happened I am happy it was on the same day. Mom was able to tell him and grandma that Rebekah was born before he passed. Also  as his bishop said before it is a reminder of the gospel and our Saviors sacrifice that we have the atonement and can live again. Rebekah's birth is a comfort in this time. And grandpas death is a reminder that life is precious. He is no longer in pain and he is waiting for all of us to return to our Father in Heaven just as he has and be reunited as a family. I love you so much Grandpa. You are missed so much already. He was such a funny man and always made us all laugh. I loved seeing the way he would care for grandma. I hope they have John Wayne movies and bubble wrap in heaven.