wrapping up '12

So 2012 ended pretty crappy buuuuuuttttt there were a few good weeks before. Since its been forever since I last blogged I'm just going to do a picture entry, please enjoy =)

I love this little smirk 

Sleeping baby girl, she had grabbed that toy in falling asleep.

She's too cute

Smoothies with my friend Brianna 

Dollar tree had balloons

Girls at a crazy decorated house, it was FREEZING

They had a donation box for PGE and other costs, very smart and funny

She loved the decorations

Myra brought home some ginger bread kits from a relief society meeting, Naomi loved it!

Playing in the rain in our new rain coat and boots!

Sadly we didn't get a picture there but we went over to Napa to drop off some fish and the girls got to see Uncle Dave and Aunt Doe, Cousin Ashley and Grandma Pauline

Merry Christmas!

We had made some venison sausage for my dad using Kyle's recipe, turned out great!

Merry Christmas Eve!

My parents came over for Christmas Eve dinner and Naomi got to open her presents from them. 

From "Papa" 

From "Nana"

Helping make Christmas morning waffles on our new iron

Look what Santa brought!

Christmas beanie

Naomi wanted to sleep with her balloon, I was going to let her play with in for a minute but she just fell asleep, really cute.

Paige loves watching Naomi when ever she is near and Naomi is a FANTASTIC big sister!

Oh hey cutie!

Protective Ozzy

Naomi loves being near her.

Love them

In her big girl bed now, she does great and even picked out her own sheets! 

Us snuggling before bed <3 best way to end the day. 

So we've been up to quite a bit. Naomi is the best big sister and Paige is a great little baby. We definitely hope the new year brings better things for us than new years day brought. 

ringing in the new year

Looking for a distraction I go on Facebook this morning with status updates of joy and great comings and hopes for 2013 for pretty much every status. I get to start the new year 9 hours in watching my beautiful horse die in front of my eyes. Happy freaking new year......

Backing up less than 24 hours

At just before 11am December 31st my dad calls says Fancy is down and had been for a while the way she was covered in mud and just lying there. He gets her up and comes in to call me. We decided to have him bring her over from the back pasture to the barn. I rush and get Naomi and myself dressed in record time. I was just changing Paige as he calls again she fell and wont get up. EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. I made there in record time, threw the girls at my mom, threw on rubber boots and most literally ran out to her. She was down, shivering a bit, breathing heavy. we tried to get her up and she wouldn't. called the vet who had just gone to lunch but was going to call me back asap. She nosed her stomach, ok so were probably dealing with colic (a blockage in the intestine or worse case her intestine got twisted around its self) My dad and I kept trying and finally after a solid hour down she got up. We immediately walked her to the barn and she was doing ok. I kept her walking assuming colic and not wanting her to go down. Vet called me and said he could be there in an hour and a half. Miss F was getting done walking so we went backwards. We went in tight circles we did everything to keep her up. It was getting almost impossible and the vet showed up! Hallelujah!!! Gave her some pain meds and a sedative. Listened to her heart rate, gut, flushed water and some oil in her and did a rectal exam all leading to twisted gut. He left me with a pain killer and a sedative said to call and if he didn't hear from me he'd call when his shift was over at 8. We crossed our fingers for a miracle and said good bye. She stayed up and when he called right at 8 he said give her the pain meds before I go to bed and see what shes like in the morning. I didn't know what to hope for. Since it happened once she can colic again and that is just no fun especially when I don't live there and have the 2 girls. Maybe it would be better to... Nope just go with the flow. Don't say or think anything and let her tell us what to do. Went down and gave them around 1045, she looked tired, she was shaking, unsteady on her feet, blood shot eyes and cringing at my slightest touch. Say it with me now, EFFFFFFFFFF.......
Woke up January 1st 2013 She was still up, Keith and my dad very optimistic only because she was up. She was shaking, distressed and you could see the dozen times she had been rolling that night. She was pacing pacing because standing she was too unsteady, she was in pain and she was rolling a lot with paper white gums and tounge. I ran up got the other pain med/sedative for her and my phone. Gave the drugs and was leaving a message for our vet when the sedative, which should still allow her to stand, took affect and she literally fell to the ground. She then started to have a seizure with me DESPERATELY trying to get a hold of a vet to come put her down but as I finally got a hold of one, not mine but his partner at the clinic, she was gone, right before my eyes. After 15 years she was gone at 22 years old. She is great. She waited for me, just like my perfect J did.

So yes my favorite holiday is tainted, 2012 ended crappy and 2013 started even worse.

What's ironic is as I'm leaving the Of Monsters and Men song Mountain Sound came on and these are the lyrics: Hold your horses now/ We sleep until the sun goes down/ Through the woods we ran/ Deep into the mountain sound

Forever dedicated to Miss Fancy Poco Diamond 7-28-90 to 1-1-13

She's here....

Well- yes she's here, but let's back track a bit...

Tuesday I had another appointment. When my doctor was checking me she said I had made some really good progress (perhaps because that Sunday and Monday I walked Spring Lake a 3+ mile walk with some hills) My cervix was efacing (?) I was dilated to 4cm and even more thinned out. However since we had been saying all month how she was going to come and she hadn't we made an appointment for me to get induced Saturday evening, my 41 week mark (this evening) and that was that. Off again to Spring Lake both Wednesday and Thursday- yes thanksgiving morning. That afternoon we went over to my parents for the holiday dinner, had a nice time came home and asleep around 11-1130. Well come 230 am I was woken up by a contraction but this one was different from the others and I knew it was happening however my next 2 or 3 were still 20-30 minutes apart. I figured we would be able to wake up normal time with Naomi, around 8, and then head to the hospital. About an hour in I had one that was a little more intense and I guess I was shaking the bed because it woke Keith up and when he heard how I was breathing he knew what was up. It was getting to the point that with the adrenaline I was so cold I was shivering and teeth rattling uncontrollably for a few minutes after a big contraction. I ended up jumping in the shower around 430ish because I didn't want greasy hair at the hospital which speed up my contractions. I was throwing up and other lovely details I'll spare you. At 5 I started calling my parents so they could stay here until Naomi woke up then take her to their place. Well apparently while Naomi was over there a few hours earlier she was playing with their corded land line in their bedroom so they unplugged it... dun dun DUUUUN! So for about 40 minutes I called their house until it went to message hung up and dialed again. We called other family but they didn't answer either, I called a girlfriend of mine who did answer but wasn't home or with her car. During this I had a contraction that I could have pushed and she was coming out. To say I was terrified would be an understatement. I nearly started to cry. Keith was about to wake Naomi up throw her in the car with us drive 20 minutes to my parents drop her off then back to the hospital. Oh and did I mention we were on empty?? I really didn't want to do that. For one I hate waking kids and two I didn't want her to see me in so much pain. I called my parents again, it was nearly 6 now, and eureka my dad answered! I had to throw the phone at Keith because I was having another contraction thankfully not one where she was coming out but intense all the same. We ended up leaving before my parents got there, hated to leave Naomi alone with the door unlocked but we HAD to get going. Got to the hospital around 6 and while still in the car I had another baby is coming contraction and it was all I could do to "hold her in" and I was loosing. Waddled in to the ER check in and had another baby coming contraction to which I loudly told the receptionist. With in 60 seconds I had a nurse with a wheel chair booking me up to labor and delivery me telling her I want an epidural and  her asking me questions like if this was my first and so on. I was immediately brought to a delivery room, asked more questions took forever for me to get from the wheel chair to my bed but in that quick leap I also managed to change in to the gown in one swoop! I had great staff. My doctor was also called. I was completely ready and baby was there. 10cm, efaced everything. So guess what they said about my epidural? Yup, too late... However I didn't have any back labor. The resident doctor (?) had a glove on and would not leave my side for fear she was just going to fall out. Other nurse was amazing I could barely move from pain so she most literally moved me and did what needed to be done, I couldn't pull my legs up so she did, she was a tough cookie, I kept saying I need an epidural even though I knew I couldn't have one and she was so sweet and said if it makes you feel better keep saying that, and you know what it did make me feel better. My doctor showed up and since the "action area" was being handled she was my cheerleader, totally love her. The doctors were blown away with the size of her head and after a few tough minutes she was finally out. At 6:38am less than 40 minutes after arriving she was here, no way would we had made it if we had to drive to Windsor get gas and back to Santa Rosa...When they told me she was 9 pounds 5 ounces I nearly fainted, no really, and had to ask again... I still can not believe I got her out with out an epidural and lived to tell the tale! They didn't need to cut me and I didn't tare that horribly. When I finally got her she started nursing perfectly. So from first contraction to wonderfully huge Paige Haley Gevas was 4 hours.
My mom and Naomi showed up a few hours later. Naomi was only so interested the first time but the second time she was all in to her saying "take this out" when she was in the crib calling her "mine" desperately wanting to show her the painting she did and wanting to hold her so well see. I'll get some pictures but I know a lot of people wanted to hear about it and yes I didn't get induced I would be heading to the hospital in about an hour and a half.

very short sadly

Another appointment today. Things are softening, thinning, lowering all like they should be. Basically everything thing is happening EXCEPT going in to labor! Once again well see if I last another week. Baby is healthy and doing well though. We have to keep reminding ourselves shes not late yet! Soon but not yet! Walking around the neighborhood, going up and down our killer stairs drinking cranberry juice (haha) getting my membranes torn weekly... there's only so much I can do, but like I said from the beginning- I am a firm believer babies come when they want to and when they are ready. Its just frustrating being teased over the past month! The other night I was contracting from 2am to 530am contractions lasting about 10 minutes or so then I would finally drift off to sleep just to have it all happen again, would have been fine if it would have lead to something but alas they stopped... It also will feel, sometimes, that shes trying to push through my cervix, not so much a pain but just really weird discomfort. But still no water breaking and no real contractions. *sigh* Well here I am at 39 weeks and 2 days...

We are also in the boat of not knowing what her name is again. Keith has backed out of Kalyn. I think that Keira might be back on the table but still nothing for certain. We will probably have to just wait and see what she looks like... sigh. Not my style but Keith's just not bonding with any name. 

Well until either next weeks appointment or she finally comes...

#2 update

ok so short and sweet: over the past like 3 weeks I haven't put on any weight which I guess means baby is gaining and I'm loosing? at the same amount? I don't know. 2 appointments ago I was a tight 2 cm.and baby was very low. Last weeks appointment I was about 60% thinned out (and by that I mean my cervix) and was an easy 2.5 cm. Baby still very low and we started the membrane taring/ stripping. Today- still pregnant- I was a very easy 3cm, thinned out to a strong 70% and she only got up about one and a half finger joints before she felt baby's head! I have been having my intermediate contractions and while they have stayed random and inconsistent they have been getting stronger. They are more often in the evening/ night time sometimes waking and keeping me up. joyful. I did walk Spring Lake which is a little over 3 miles with hills yesterday pushing Naomi, which I haven't done since at least just before she was potty training so like 3+ months! I did ok considering. Naomi was perfect then later that day we played at the beach. Hoping that, along with the taring, will get this little girl out. At night I have been feeling either her knee or foot and its so small and so sweet I just can't wait. However it's also starting to get cold and also very hard to put socks on... hmmm hopefully she comes this week!

Getting there

I feel "getting there" is very suiting for this time in our life. I'm getting there with this pregnancy- both in preparing and popping, were getting there with siding, were getting to the holidays and to our 1 year mark with this house.

So I guess start off with the pregnancy, I'm 36 and a half weeks. Had an appointment on Monday and I know its not abnormal or that my doctor had never seen it before, rather felt it, but when she checked me she was honestly a little surprised at how low babies head is. I was 1.5 cm and next week we will start membrane taring. I have been having intermediate strength random contractions some lasting a few seconds some what feels like a couple minutes but probably only one. Ok the gross part, I think I have lost or am loosing my plug. All this along with the taring next week and that this is my second baby the thoughts of her coming around 38 weeks are looking promising, that means only 2 weeks left. I am glad to know that, didn't know how dilated I was until that appointment and now I know how long I have to get things in line. Between Keith's car getting moved to a friends shop, and therefore out of the garage, the rain and this new information, we finally got to clean up the crappy dresser I got for #2 earlier in the summer for $25 off of, yes Craigslist. It was one of those cheap wood and plywood made, tall 4 drawer dressers with the crappy kind of laminate-ish type top. I was just going to throw it up in the room since it will just be going in the closet but Keith insisted that I sand and paint it white. I didn't think it would look very good so I didn't take a before shot but it actually turned out really well and I saw some light blue spray paint we had and made Keith paint the drawers. All in all the dresser has 4 coats of white and the drawers have 2 plus the one coat of spray. I put it all together this morning and it looks great, I mean as good as the crappy dresser could look. Only problem is now I want to paint Naomi's dresser except reverse, blue dresser with the white drawers. Haha I think that one will have to wait... anyways here is the finished dresser:

The siding has been going, slowly but surely. We have also been hung up because the first rains have been coming and its too dark to work by 630... Although I guess we are going to have 4-5 days of no rain, including the weekend, so we are hopeful to find some helpers and get a going on the rest of the front. We did find some pretty awesome rot under the two windows, like so much so that you could punch, not even at full strength, and get through the T 1-11. Keith's plan is to now build a long flowerbed in to the frame under the 2 windows. Add a little class and pizzazz  I have some reserves, like watering but he insists it will all work out. Anyways here are a few more recent pictures. 

The entry way is totally done (for the exception of literally 2 pieces) Looks great though!

So the flower bed will span the 2 windows. 

Rot. Awesome.

With Halloween coming I think I should take advantage of all the "Caution" tape out there and perhaps leave it up? What do you think? 

Also today I got really excited about Christmas. I was in Costco and Naomi saw a play house thing, actually it was just a kitchen but she called it a house and started exclaiming "Mommy! Mommy house! Get house down! Mommy house peeeeease!!!! Mommy, mommy, mommy get house down peeeease! Mommy house!" I told her maybe Santa will get her one for Christmas. EEEEEEK!!! I can't wait!

However Halloween comes first and this Sunday we are hosting a pumpkin carving and pot luck dinner at our place with the Cali Gevas clans. Naomi loved carving so much last year so we plan on clearing out our front room, covering it with newspaper and going to town. I'm really excited for it and hope that over the next few years we can continue this and even have a little party on Halloween and be a meeting place for those living in apartments or not so trick or treat friendly neighborhoods and to just hang out since little kids don't usually go out for very long. 

Anyways. I'm sure I will post again next week after more siding get done (hopefully), my appointment and hopeful progress and Halloween. 

lots of little stuff

Oh man, so like the title says there are lots of little stuff to blog about! Take a look!

Yes I did post this on Facebook but I still love it. It's not every time she'll let me do it and I don't try every day but sometimes she doesn't mind and it's adorable! She looks so grown up with it. 

She has also been maturing SO much! She talks in decent sentences like here she's saying "Dios good cat, I like him too!" and she'll take toys or just random things and say they are friends or best friends and then they hug and kiss. She's getting so good about saying please and thanks which comes out as "anks" and actually the first time she said she also said another first... "mommy" I have always been "mama" and about 2 months ago I became "mom" and its been about 2 weeks now that I have officially been upgraded to "mommy" so you can only imagine when she looked up at me and said "anks mommy" for the first time I melted bad! So sweet. I try to write down all the cute things she says but I forget so much and then the ones I do remember are just cute because of how she says them haha. Her understanding has just increased so much along with her memory and it just blows me away so much! She has also sort of gotten the idea of her bike. She's still a little short for it but she can get it going. Only when she get distracted with turning or something that she gets all mixed up. Keith brought her outside even though I wasn't really down since shes still too small for it and our side walk is far from smooth! Well she went about 20 feet or so and then Keith was going to send her back and she caught a crack and ate it... Tears (mainly out of fright) came, scrapped her nose and knee but so slightly, no blood, no scab, just a little red and a small bruise. It took a while but I did get her back on the bike. I wasn't too stoked on the fall, I know she'll fall and get hurt but I didn't want it to happen her first time out when the bike is just a little too big for her anyways because I didn't want it to ruin her experience so I was really happy she got back on. She also can do a summer sault (is that how you spell it?) maybe 1 in 10 times but still for a 2 year old I feel that's pretty impressive. All the more reason I would love to get her in to gymnastics. And one more bragging right on her, I know I posted this on Facebook too but, Naomi is starting to take dirty dishes and silverware and put them in appropriate places in the dish washer! People say oh good job mom but really I don't ask her to do these things or have her help me load it but she just does it. She is just simply perfect! Such a helper!

Ok I am in love with Craigslist, I know out in Utah it's all about KSL and supposedly its even better than CL but its what I have and I'm in love hee hee. Recent example number one. Our old fridge was leaking and starting to mess up our new floor. Found this one, its a little on the small side but we got it for 50-70% off a new one in the store and its pretty new. Only a couple issues, which aren't really the worst things. We love it. it gives the kitchen a whole new vibe!

So then because the guys like to fish but we can't eat it fast enough and our new freezer is kinda small we desperately needed a garage one, we had wanted one for a long time now but with the new freezer and the increase in fish we were getting desperate. I called on a few around $70-85 but they were always gone. Then I found this one. $30!!! I couldn't believe it! AND the fact we got it! So nice to have. Now when there are deals on food I can stock up and put it in here. So great!

And then this is my last one. It was one of three. In this picture you can kind of see the castle in the back ground, another young mom went with me and got that one. These new would cost $400 +/- and we got them for $75. Yes they are used but in just fantastic shape, not even much sun bleaching! I have it being stored at my parents house and Christmas Eve after she goes to sleep were going to set it up in the living room with either one big bow (depending on how much the dang bow is) or a bunch of little ones. So when she comes down Christmas morning she will have a house! I can't wait to see her expression! I figure we have the room and it will help keep her busy during the rainy days and with me being a little distracted with #2. I'm so excited! 

Ah yes and siding continues!! 

It just looks amazing and when we can get a new light in there, of course that will be after we paint but it just looking so amazing! and yes more and more un level lines are being brought to light but Kyle is a master at hiding the fails the absolute best anyone could! We are so lucky to have him here helping us!

Still lots more to do for the entrance but its coming along and that is all we can hope for! 

Yes back to the construction site of a yard... 

So fall is here and its lovely. What are the best things about fall? Hot chocolate and or cider? Cozy blankets? Warm weather clothing and accessories? Holidays? The beautiful change of leaves? I agree with what ever you think! However all the trees around the neighborhood are green, yellow, red, and there are a lot of Japanese Maples that turn almost purple! So so so pretty! But what do we have in our front yard? This fugly bush tree monstrosity! It has those nasty spiky seed balls too, ouch! and yes its changing colors on the top, from green to brown! seriously? We all want to cut it down and get something else. I want something pretty. Something that changes pretty colors in the fall! Something that when you rake the leaves in to a pile to jump in you don't have to worry about getting gouged by a prickly seed ball! Besides we could use some fire wood haha ;)

See like this red to yellow to green and you can kind of see in the back to the let the dark red. Fall is so wonderful!

Ok on to the Crafty part of this blog, I warned you there was a lot of little stuff! I saw this idea from online (here is the how to blog: http://www.imperfecthomemaking.com/2012/03/simple-thrifty-diy-art.html ) What I really loved about it was this: "I like the idea of shopping for art.  But finding art for a specific spot in a home is hard, isn't it?  I want something that is the right size, incorporates the right colours and is affordable." Which is so true! And laying in bed and looking around it seems like we JUST moved in instead of being here for almost a year. I didn't get the exact foam as she did but same basic stuff. I got a 3/4" by 4' by 8' piece at Home Depot that after tax was just over $8. And the wonderfully sweet guy that helped me even cut it down a bit so it would fit in my car! I got the fabric at Joanns which came to about $22. So I was able to do this for less than $30 with insane extra! Its great!

Finally got it on the wall today. I didn't hang it like she did either, I just used the Hercules hooks we already had. If you don't know what those are google it and buy them! They are awesome! And cheap. And yes, its not centered over the bed, but that is because the bed isn't centered. I need to rearrange the room a bit and get some night shelves, I don't want night stands so were just going to make a shelf, big enough to have a phone charger, light and like a book on it. I'm excited for when it happens. 

Well Naomi loved it SO much but I didn't want to over do the idea that I thought I would try doing her name. 

It was a messy ordeal haha. 

So here's how it turned out. NOT NEARLY AS AWESOME AS THE ORIGINAL!!!! I'm not super crafty but it just didn't work as well but I figured she's still too young to care that much! I thought of another way to do it but still not sure if that would look good. I think hot glue might have helped... Naomi loves it though. When she saw the ones hung in our room she says "WHOOOOOA!!!" and then I brought her in to her room and she does the same thing and says "I like it!" And just now she climbed up next to me and goes "WOW!!! Wow! Its my room!" just from the pictures. I love it! She's adorable. 

Ok so another bump shot. I'm 34 weeks today. Thing's have been going ok. Last weekend I did have some serious sciatic nerve spasms from things widening and relaxing. It was crippling and bringing me nearly to tears... My doctor said I could take Tylenol but it didn't help. Thankfully it only lasted 2 days and since Sunday I have been ok. Knock on wood that it doesn't happen again. 

He's just too cute

Oh yeah ok so this is the new born beanie my most talented sister in law made for the little one. I had them for Naomi and I just loved them and got a bazillion complements on them. If you have a youngster, girl or boy, in your life this is a great gift! Here is one link to her store: http://www.etsy.com/listing/108328597/new-color-newborn-hat-in-navy you can customize the hats to a point as well. Like most of her flowers on the site are white but I asked for pink and well as you can see that was totally doable! 

Well I think that is about it. I know there will be more to post as the siding keeps going up and the pregnancy gets further and further along. Hope you enjoyed and didn't fall asleep!