Christmas Pictures

Last weekend Wendy and I got the boys together to take our Christmas pictures! We had a good time, minus the boys whining about needing a drink to help make them smile! Miss Brooke was quite fun to watch, she really loves the camera! She would turn her head and pose or clap her hands together under her chin...It was too cute! They turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

I think we're almost ready for Christmas! We have almost all of our gifts bought and wrapped, all the decorations have been up for weeks, the Christmas movies and music have been playing and we are anxious to see all of our family! I LOVE the holidays!

Thanksgiving

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving!! It is always a blessing to be with all of your family!! Mr. Wright, Wade and I headed to Stamford wed. night and stayed with my parents and we got up and had Thanksgiving lunch with my family in Abilene! (brother, sister-in-law, dad, mom, sister, wade, me, mr. wright)

(Wade in his Acorn outfit!)

Then we drove back to Lubbock about three and had dinner with Brody' family and our sweet friends the Sinclairs!

(mr. wrights sister & BIL) (sinclairs)

Wade loved all the noise and attention but by the end of the day he was worn out from traveling and being past around!!

Friday we spent the day getting the lights on the house and the tree up! Wade LOVES the Christmas tree! We set his bouncer in front of it and he falls asleep ooking at it!! Next year robably won't be anything like hat haha! \

The Holidays are always so much fun and my favorite time of the year! Having my own family makes them even better!!

A week at home, and a deer

Last Tuesday Wade and I made the trip to Abilene with Mike to visit Grammy and Poppy! He had a meeting there so mom met him and Wade and I stayed the week! I needed to get some of my online classes done and it was just nice to visit them without cramming everything into a weekend! We got the lights on their house, shopped around Abilene, and just lounged around and watched Christmas movies and went to the Nutcracker (a tradition the Lundgren girls have)!! It was so wonderful!! However, we we're so excited to see Mr. Wright Sunday when he came to pick us up!
Poppy and Wade are getting sleepy!

Grammy and Poppy lovin on their boy!

We didn't get our things together until after dark on Sunday and Mr, Wright was tempted to stay but in the end decided to go ahead and get on the road. So about 9 when pulled out of the driveway. Mr. Wright had partaken in one or two adult drinks with Poppy so I needed to drive! I was fine with that as we make the trip monthly and I could probably drive it with my eyes closed! However, it is SOO dangerous this time of year with all the animals out at night, especially deer! Grammy had mentioned to me before we drove off to pay close attention to them and not to drive too fast! So about a 5 miles out of town everything is going good but I was approaching a car and had to dim my lights, due to the matter i failed to see a bug eight point buck coming from the bar-ditch until he was at the shoulder of the road and he ran right into my new car, or I ran into him shall i say! Thankfully, the Lord was watching over us and we were not hurt!! I just cried because it hit the front passenger side of the car which was Wade's side! I don't want to even think about how bad it could have been! Other than a HUGE dint in the door and a broken head light everything else was fine! Dang deer know how to do some damage though! $2000 bucks and a new door later my car will look new again!! Needless to say we will be leaving to and from Stamford EARLY on Thanksgiving!! Happy Holidays to all!!

2 Month Shots

Today Mr. Wade got his first round of shots! I had been dreading it for a few days now but to my surprise it was better than I had prepared myself for! I figured I might cry with him but my little man was really tough! He didn't even start crying until the third stick! And what a wonderful feeling it is to know that he is comforted when I picked him up and loved on him! He also had to have a sonogram done on his hips. Dr. G thought they were a little laxity and wanted them checked out in case he needed to be in a brace to correct the problem! Thankfully, they looked great and he won't be needing a brace!

He's growing so fast! He weighed 13 lbs and was 24 inches long! That's the 75th percentile in weight and 90th in height!! I can't believe he's grown 4 inches in to months! I can't image how big he'll be in January! I tell him his mommy likes him just they way he is so stop growing but he doesn't seem to be listening to me, go figure!!

His sleeping habits have gotten MUCH better!! Letting him cry was hard but it has been worth it!! The first night he slept 12 hrs!! He woke up once for 30 mins to eat and went right back down!! It was glorious!! The other nights have been pretty good too!! I'll take a 5 or 6 hr stretch rather than 30 mins at a time!! Hopefully, with the help of Tylenol he will sleep good tonight too! He wasn't feeling to hot the rest of the afternoon so we'll see!! Until next time...

Crying it out...

So we're trying the let Wade cry it out thing and let me just start by saying IT SUCKS!! It just breaks my heart to listen to him in there crying because he wants his momma to come and pick him up and hold him till he falls alseep in her arms! That's the problem though, Mr. Wright and I have ran to his rescue everytime he cries and now we can't seem to get any sleep or get anything done during the day! He literally SCREAMS bloody murder if I set him down for longer than 5 or 10 mins during the day...and when I pick him up he's fine! And this past week he's decided when we put him down for bed to only sleep 30 mins at a time because he knows we'll hold him and sleep with him in the recliner. It's gotten worse this week though and the way he cries when I put him down I wondered if he didn't have an ear ache. So to relieve my mind before we went to crying it out we took a trip to Dr. G's office today. Other than thrush (which he's had for a month and she switched us to a new medicine today) he was healthy and just spoiled rotten!

Please someone tell me it gets better and easier! I am not liking this! My mom says she never let us cry it out, that if babies are crying they are crying becasue they want something. Well i know what he wants, to be held!! Although it is hard i can already tell it is working. I put him down and he cries for about 10 or 15 mins and then he's out! Then when he wakes up 30 mins later I just let him cry himself back to sleep! Prayers for strength and not feeling like a HORRIBLE mother are needed and greatly appreciated!!

Oh and he weighed 13 pounds today!! What a chunky monkey!!

(Really mom, your not gonna pick me up)

2 Months

Happy 2 months my precious baby boy! He turned 2 months Oct 30th! He is growing so fast!! here are a few things about Wade right now!

• your still not sleeping through the night! I'm lucky if i can lay you down without waking up nd if i can you may sleep 3 hrs. and thats in the bouncer, you hate the crib! Most nights you and i sleep in the recliner!


• you love your pacifer, sometimes you would prefer it over your bottle if your tired!


• you always get the hicups when we lay you down flat!


• constipation is a frequent problem we deal with!


• you love to ride in the car, you usually fall sleep within 10 mins


• you love bath time, ifyour fussy we put you in the bath and you relax in no time


• you love your daddy but you are a momma's boy (Which i love)


• you make eye contact when we talk to you


• your still only eating 3 1/2 to 4 oz at a time! usually every 3 hrs


• you don't like to be set down for long periods at a time!

That's all I can think of right now! He changes every day!

Trying to get Fit

Well, i'm not pregnant anymore, I've been released from the doctor, the time as come to shed all these unwanted pounds! I have NEVER felt so unattractive in my life! I can't believe I felt so sorry for myself on bedrest and just ate and ate! So now it's time for some self discipline, a good diet, and some hard work! I started the p90x program today and oh my gosh is it hard! This fatty can't even do one TRUE push up much less a pull up! Not sure how I'm suppose to get fit doing something I can't even do properly! I'm also fixing to start the couch to 5K program! I think if i will just put my headphones on and get to it i'll learn to like running again...once i get back in to shape a little! I've learned that if I ever start to see some results i'm hooked! I love it because i tell myself, "if i lost this much doing this think how much i could lose doing this." Why is losing weight so hard though! It's so easy to curl up on the couch with a movie instead of heating the road! Wish me luck!!

On a lighter note, I'm the proud owner of an 06 pewter Z71 tahoe! We ran down to Abilene saturday after Mr. Wright got off work and traded! I'm loving it! It's so much bigger than our pathfinder and it's got all kinds of fun things! It has a dvd player for Wade (which we won't need for about a year) and a sunroof and heated seats for mommy! Wade did great for such a long trip! We figured we drove a little over 400 miles from 1 to 11 p.m saturday! Thankfully he loves the car and slept pretty much the whole trip!

A Child Changes your thinking...

I knew that our little man would change our views on life but it cracks me up just how much Mr. Wright's thinking has changed. Two weekends ago Wade and I went to my parents house for the weekend, Mr. Wright had to work so he stayed here. Well, Sunday he called me and said he thought we needed a new couch and he was at Ashley's looking for one. How random...my tight husband thinks we need a new couch? Sure enough, I got home and not only had he bought a couch but a leather one at that. Now why does this matter you ask?? A year ago I begged Mr. Wright for a leather couch but he said even if we were going to buy a couch it would not be leather...now he says leather will be easier to clean when wade starts walking. OK I agree with that. So last week he calls me to tell me to check my e-mail and what do i find?? A picture of a car! Yes, that's right ladies and gentlemen, now he says we need a bigger car with air vents in the back for Wade! It cracks me up what a baby can do! So tomorrow we are headed to Abilene to look at a Tahoe we found! It's going to be another short but fun weekend!! Here are a few more pics of the kid!!

this and that

Well, i've managed to do it again! I've gone three months with out even looking at my blog! You would think I would have been on here all the time since i was on bed rest for three months..but i wasn't!

As most of you know..our precious boy entered into this world on August 30th at 11:02 p.m. 6 lbs 9 oz and 20 inches long! I delivered at 36 weeks and 2 days and although he was early i was never more ready! After 2 weeks in the hospital worrying, 3 months on bed rest worrying, monitoring twice a week, and that dang progesterone shot weekly it was time! Wade and i were both ready! He had been sitting on my cervix for several months!

I was up all night Saturday night having contractions, so early Sunday morning Mr. Wright took me to the hospital where i was monitored in triage for an hour. Dr. Killeen came by and said i was barely dilated to a 1 and that he felt i had another week or so in me so he gave me an ambien and i went home and slept! After 4 hours of sleep I woke up to a huge contraction and my water broke! Mr. Wright and I made it to the hospital around 6:30 and at 11:02 Wade arrived! Thankfully he only had to be in the oxygen chamber for 5 hours instead of going to nicu.

(Waiting in triage)
(after water broke..leaving for the hospital)
(waiting)
(uncle brant, Grammy, and aunt Magen waiting patiently with me)

(he made it) (strecthing out)

(family of three)

I can't even begin to explain how wonderful motherhood is! I never imaged i could love someone so much! That only hours after holding him i would die for him! He was truly worth ever moment i had gone through to get him here (with the grace of God that is)! Our Lord truly is amazing! Here are a few pictures from the eventful day! enjoy!

Warning...this is a long post without pictures...read at your own risk!

So wed. I went to Dr. Atkinson's office for my progestrone shot, to be put on the monitor and for them to check my cervix. Just another weekly visit for me pretty much...so I thought. When I got there I got my shot and Wade looked good on the monitor and I wasn't having anymore contractions (the medicine was workin) so all that was left was to check my cervix. So we go in and she looks and says "oh no, i think it's funneling." WHAT!!! How could that be? I've been on bedrest for a solid week and I was GOOD too. I got up to get a drink or something to eat...went to the bathroom and laid back down on the couch..."so what does this mean?" ..well turns out when they would press lightly on my belly (which acts as a light contraction) my cervix would open and the baby was right there at the opening cause he is already so low. Even when they weren't pressing on it though it was slightly open and pressing up which tells the doctor my cervix is getting ready to thin and dialte. SOOOOO here I am in the hospital on bedrest. I cried for a good day cause there was so much I still had planned to do at home. I'm over it now because I know the main thing is that Wade cook longer in my belly. All I want is a healthy, fully developed little boy. If that means laying here until he's ready to enter this world then that's what I'll gladly do for him.

Yesterday I got a pump put in that distributes medicine all throughout the day. The medicine keeps me from having contractions and so far it's working...down side is that they have to change it every 10 days. This means redoing the whole thing. It wasn't horrible but sure wasn't fun either. They basically stick a needle up under my thigh and run a small cathiter in my leg...pull the needle out and the cathiter stays in...then I get to carry this cute little pager looking thing around everywhere.

Please just keep us in your prayers...Our goal right now is to make it to 30 weeks and then to 32 weeks and the to 34 weeks. Everyone will feel so much better if I can make it to 34 weeks...That's August 14th so that's what I'm shooting for! I just hope that's what Wade's shooting for too!

(sorry there aren't any pics...my camera is being fixed and then I'll post some belly pics)

Baby, bedrest and Summer

Well I think I officially STINK at blogging! I mean it's been 7 months since the last post! A LOT has happened since then!

As most everyone knows...Mr. Wright and I are expecting our first baby in September! We're so excited! We hadn't planned it but we know that the Lord certainly did and that makes this little miracle even more of a blessing. We're having a little boy! Michael Wade. We will call him Wade though! Michael is Mr. Wright and his dad's first name and Wade is my dad's first name. We thought it would be special that he be named after his daddy and both grandads!

We had SO MUCH fun telling our parents we were pregnant because it wasn't planned they we're REALLY SURPRISED and excited!! Wade will be the first grandchild for my parents so they can't wait for him to get here. Dad already has a little gun picked out for his hunting buddy!

I'm 26 weeks tomorrow and they put me on bed rest yesterday. They have been watching my cervix for about a month due to change in length. It was real short yesterday and I was having mild contractions so they told me to park it. I had two steroid shots to help his lungs develop and I am taking medicine every six hours to keep me from contracting more. Luckily they said we could finish our last three birthing classes...so that will be one outing a week and they said I could still have my baby showers so that's exciting! Right now I'm totally focused on keeping my sweet angel in my belly to cook longer.

With all that said...I'm done traveling for the summer...well until he gets here actually. My mom was really sad to think that I would be home until the end of August or Sept. I say August because they told us they are just wanting me to a least get to 34 weeks which would be some time in august. It is said to think that I won't be there for 2 or 3 months. Luckily my family is fabulous and will come visit a lot. Hope the grandparents can come some too!

Ok I think I've got the three people that even read this filled in for now! haha Since I'll be home for a while I'm sure I'll be updating a lot more. This was a long one! Here are some pictures of the day we found out we we're expecting and of our sweet angel

look at that sweet foot!I already love that sweet face!Looks like his daddy...but maybe with his Mommy's nose!

Look at those fingers!