Bigger and Better Things

Okay I admit it! I'm a slacker. But I do have a slightly good reason, other than being a busy mom of two little ones. I did finally find out why I was feeling so tired and cruddy all the time, and why I had lost 35 pounds after having Beck. Turns out the little stinker took all my iron reserves during the pregnancy. With the bleeding so badly during the labor and after giving birth, this experience left me with an iron level of 6 and a normal level is between 12-15. I also had a hemoglobin level of 8.2. Anything below 8 requires a blood transfusion. So after 8 months, I finally found out why I felt so yucky. To correct this, I went and got weekly iron IV's for a month sitting next to all the people who were getting chemo. I'll just say, I was glad I was only getting iron being I was the most lively person in the room. Another excuse why I have not blogged in so long is I have been working on a quiet book for Regan and finally got it done. With that, and being under the weather, and the always present headaches, just everyday chores led me to allow blogging to take a back seat - sorry. But the big news is....we finally got our transfer. Yeah !!!!!! So Caleb's new office will be in Fairfield, California and we hope to be buying a house in Yuba City. Hopefully Caleb can transfer to a closer office to Yuba city within the next 6 months after he transfers. Caleb reports to Fairfield September 1st. We are so excited to be moving closer to family and friends. Here are some pictures from the past 8 months. I know it has been way to long, but it's better than nothing right?

Catch Up

Well, it time for an update, it's been a little while . We blessed Beck at our house and both family's came down for that. We had a great time with everyone while they were here. We also celebrated Regan's birthday. She was really spoiled rotten, but isn't that what grandparents are for? She really loved having everyone here to play with. We went to Chuckie Cheeses for the big 3 celebration and back to my parents hotel to open presents and have cake. Beck is getting bigger by the day and doing a good job of keeping us on our toes at night. But that's his job right? Here is what you all have been waiting for! Here are the pictures.

Father and son, sooooo cute!

Grandpa Stewart, Caleb Stewart, Grandpa Buttars, Great Grandpa Quist.

Regan riding the horse game at Chuckie Cheeses where a kid can be a kid!

Happy birthday the Big 3 !

Better get out of the way!

All Clean and so cute !

A little grin for Mommy.

Just a little cross eyed, we still love him!

Quick Baby Update

Well, today we took Beck to his first pediatrician appointment to get his first check up and to get circumcised. He weighed in at 8 pounds even. So, he gained 6 oz and measured 20 1/4 inches, so he grew half an inch. Regan has been adjusting well to her new brother. We are mostly just working on her listening skills. At 5 days old, Beck could roll over from his stomach to his back. What can I say, we are so proud! It has been so nice having Caleb home, he is such a great help. Regan always has more fun when he's home. We are looking forward to Beck's blessing. Both family's are making the trip to participate. It will be great to have everyone together. We are really excited. Regan can't stop talking about it and is constantly reminding us of the upcoming event. Here are a couple new pictures.

Tummy Time

So deep in Heavenly thoughts.

Father and son bonding time.

It's About Time !

He is finally here and we are so glad he is! Beck Owen Stewart was born July 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM, weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces, and was 19 3/4 inches long. Caleb and I went to the hospital at 7Am that morning to be induced but the labor and delivery were really busy. So, we were shuffled around until about 3 pm when I was induced. Sorry if this is too detailed, but I was already 4 cm. They first gave me an epidural, then broke my water (which had (miconium) baby poop in it), and started pitocen. I had a student put in my epidural and lets just say I wont be doing that again! He had to do it 3 times! Then the Doctor supervising took over which after all of that, my epidural still wore off at the very end. So, I could feel everything. It was great! After about 5 hours of contractions, I was not quite dilated to 10. They were going to give me an hour and then I would have to have a C-section. Five minutes before they were going to take me in for C-section surgery, I was able to push his head down and have a nice painful natural birth. I pushed for about 15 minutes and then Beck was here! They took him over and suctioned all of the poop out of him. That took about 20 minutes before we even got to hold him. Caleb went and checked on Beck while in the mean time, they had alot of trouble stopping the bleeding. I didn't really get to see or hold him for like an hour after he was born. The whole night he didn't even cry unlike the baby next to us in the shared room that cried all night. We finally were discharged and are loving the time at home. Regan is such a good big sister and tries to feed him food from her play kitchen. Beck is doing well and has a great temperament so far, he hardly ever cries. We feel so blessed have such a sweet spirit in our home. It has been so nice having Caleb home, he is such a good dad and I have enjoyed seeing him help take care of Beck. He is so loving towards Beck and Regan. He is a great dad and I feel so blessed. Now, here are the so long awaited pictures!

Waiting for the fun to start!

Cheese!

He needs a manicure.

All covered in baby poop, but still cute as ever!

Getting ready to go home!

Leaving my shared room with a fussy roommate.

Lets hit the road!

Before

After 20 pounds in 3 days, not too bad!

Just Waiting For Baby

Here are the pictures of the nursery I had a ll the bedding custom made and painted all of Regan's old furniture black, then added the vinyl decals to the wall. Just thought I would share. Hope he comes soon!

Sorry couldn't get these two to turn.

Finally

Okay people, I guess I will put you all out of your misery and update the blog and upload a few pictures. Not much has happened, just waiting for this baby to come and trying to get everything ready. I almost have the nursery all done. I will post pictures when I get everything the way I want it. Caleb signed his first year paper work, so he officially has a job for the next 30 years with the California Highway Patrol. Yeahhhh! I am having a baby shower this Saturday and my mom is coming up for that, so we should have fun with her for a few days. Regan said something really cute at dinner the other night. We were having some soup with rolls and Caleb was putting some honey on his roll. The honey jar was in the shape of a bear so Regan asked, "Can I please have some teddy bear on my roll." Regan seems really excited to have baby brother in our home. I have a hard time keeping her from trying to put on his clothes. I have been feeling a little better lately so I am trying to take advantage of that time to get everything ready and getting the house cleaned. I even did a little spring cleaning and washed all the walls, base boards, and repainted some of the base boards. Was that a task at 8 months prego! I don't recommend it! Lucky, my husband is nice and helped me clean them. What more could I ask for? Well that's all for now, here are some long awaited pictures.

Here is my push present for having a baby. Stupid excuse to get a present, but Ill take it. Sorry for the flash but you get the idea. It's about 2 1/2ft tall by 4 1/2 ft long, so it's pretty good sized canvas. I really love it.

Regan is getting so big! I can't belive she is almost 3. What a big girl.

Okay, I gave in and posted a prego picture. This is at 8 1/2 months and counting down the days!

Shout Out To Nessa!

I just wanted to take a minute and recognize some of my sister Jenessa's many talents. I am so proud of her. She does so many things that inspire me. Where do I start? Jenessa writes music as well as lyrics. She also plays the harp and piano. She also writes beautiful poetry. My favorite thing of all is her beautiful voice. In the clip below are some of her senior pictures put together in a slide show, to a song that she wrote. She played the harp too, and sang. I thought some of the family would like to hear it. She did such a good job!

Reganism"s

Her are some of Regan's vocabulary terms that are unique to her. Some of them are quite interesting.

Good girl nice

I asked Regan, "What number is this." The number was the number one. She said, "It is a pencil."

It amazing

Mommy feel well

She calls her big girl bed her good girl bed

I'm proud of you

So smart

I yike it

I yove it

She calls an elbow a belbow

Muffin is a nuffet

She calls her play kitchen a chicken, so when she wants to play with it, she says play chicken.

A taco is- calkco

She calls chocolate milk-shotgun nilk

When Caleb sings "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam," instead of beam she says beep

She calls dark-gark outside

While singing the ABC's, she sing's L, M, N, O, Pete

A gummie bear is a baby gare

nummy good

Jess you okay

Vacation Fun

It's about time for a new update. A lot has happened since our last post. We spent a week in Las Vegas with my parents and had a really good time. It was nice to see everyone. I think Grandma and Grandpa Buttars enjoyed seeing Regan in person rather than over the video phone. She really enjoyed seeing them, not to mention the new toys she scored. I celebrated my birthday in Las Vegas and was not expecting anything really in lue of gifts. Caleb surprised the socks off of me with a beautiful white gold 3 stone diamond bangle bracelet. I love it! Thanks dad for the hook up. After we left Vegas, we were on our way to Caleb's parents house. About 2 hours into our 10 hour drive, Regan threw up all over herself and continued to do so until we got to Caleb's house. We figured out she had the flu. The next day, she had a bad a case of diarrhea. We thought every thing was fine after that, until the night before we left for home, Caleb and I both got the flu. Caleb felt pretty well by the next day. However, it took me 4 days to get over my case of the flu. That brings us up to current time. Here our a few pictures from our trip.

I must say I'm looking nice and fat in this picture.

Regan thought the fountains at the Bellagio were "Amazing," if you were to phrase it in Regan terms.

Riding the giraffe at FAO Schwartz

Regan and daddy playing the big piano. Here is my $8.00 ice cream that in actual size was a little bigger than a golf ball. If I knew how much it was, I would of have not gotten any. I got up at the register to pay and almost had a stroke.

Here is my new bracelet. Thanks Caleb for the great surprise.

Impatient !!!!!

So Caleb and I were very anxious to find out the sex of our baby. Problem is, I'm only 15 weeks along and my next ultrasound would probably be around 20 -22 weeks. I could not wait that long! So Caleb, Regan, and I went down to Victorville Elite Diagnostic Imaging. We paid 40 dollars for a gender check! Before we went, I called and asked what the ideal age of the fetus is before you can tell the sex. She said between 22 and 28 weeks. I knew that was a crock, so I told her I would take my chances. I was so glad I got the same stenographer that had done my first ultrasound! Remember, it was when the Doctor could not find our peanuts' heart beat. It was cool to see how much the baby had grown! Right away it was evident that the sex was visible! The stenographer said this baby is a 150 % BOY. Yes, you heard me! Deep inside I felt it was a boy all along. But honestly, I'm really scared! I know nothing about boys and quite frankly, little boys scare me to death! I always picture those naughty little boys in sacrament meeting, screaming and giving their mothers a run for their money. I'm still am getting used to the whole idea, but I'm sure by the time he is here (it's really weird to say "he"), he will be loved very much. Regan saw me scanning the ultrasound pictures onto the computer and she said, "Baby brother." She will be a good big sister!

Our little boy would not hold still! After the ultrasound Caleb asked me if I could see him bouncing all around. I told him, "I feel him bouncing around." Later, Regan was just looking at the pictures that I copied to the computer and she said, "Baby Brother, I yike Baby brother! Cute." She's such a cutie!

In the picture above you can see the two hemisphere's of the brain. That's pretty cool. Even though he still looks like an alien, I'm sure he will be handsome. Only time will tell. Only 25 more weeks or 175 days until his birthday.

Happiest Place On Earth

Hope everyone is enjoying the new year as much as we are! A few days after Christmas, Caleb's parents came down for a visit. Regan was shy for about 5 minutes after their arrival and then got right back into her normal, "I love grandma and no one else," routine. I guess I can't blame her, she is really fun! I took on the roll of disciplinarian. Every time she did something she usually would get in trouble for, she would call out for grandma to save her from corner duty. While Stewart's were here, we went to Disneyland for the day. I was really excited because I had not been since the 7th grade! We prepped Regan by showing her pictures of the characters before hand so she was aware of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. We arrived at Disneyland right as the park opened. Every time we saw a picture of Mickey Mouse, we were notified by Regan. She excitedly screamed, "Mickey Mouse!" He was, as you know, all over the park so we heard this quite often! We took Regan on the Dumbo ride after checking in. At first, she was hesitant. But once she learned you get to push a button, she wanted to go again when the ride was over. She tried to get in another Dumbo seat. Caleb, Darrell, and I went on "Splash Mountain" which I had never been on. We also went on "Tower of Terror," which I loved! Then we went on "Soaring Over California." That was fun! Later we took Regan on the "Jungle Tour" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride. Then we took her to the "Bugs Life" 3D experience where she had a lot of fun. Regan had a really fun time and we were glad we were able to go! We all had a great time!

The car ride to Disneyland. She is ready to go bright and early!

Here we are, at the happiest place on earth!

Regan, Caleb, and Donald Duck. She didn't like him very much.

"Jungle Cruise" ride with all the animals.

DUMBO!!!!!

We were lucky to get her to sit by them.

Waiting to go sit down for a "Bugs Life."

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !

Regan owning the "R" at California Adventure !!!!

Grandma, Regan, and Minnie Mouse!!!

MICKEY MOUSE !!!!!!

Regan finally crashed on the way home with her Mickey Mouse.