Baby Tag

I got this from  another blog and thought it seemed kind of fun to do.  

1. Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? At home in my bathroom.
2. Who was with you? I was by myself.  Then, I called Lance on the phone.  I probably should have waited for him.
3. What was your first reaction? I was shocked.  I couldn't believe  it.  I took another test to be sure.
4. What was your husband's reaction? He was so happy.  He left straight from work and came home to be with me.
5. Who was the first person you told? Lance, of course.  And then his mom.

6. Were the pregnancies planned? Definitely!
7. Was everyone happy for you? yes
8. What was the sex? Boy
9. Did anyone throw a shower for you? Lance's Aunt threw one and then my sister and sister-in-law 
10. Did you get any outfits you wouldn't use? I think just mainly the newborn ones.  He was so big that he never fit into them! 
11. How much weight did you gain? A lot!  I don't think I would want to admit that.  
12. Did you get stretch marks? Yeah...they came all at once.  They came so fast I couldn't avoid them.  
13. Did you crave anything crazy? Not really, but there are things that I wouldn't eat like chicken 
14. Who or what got on your nerves the most? I'm not sure
15. Where were you when you went into labor? I never went into labor.  I got induced and still never labored
16. Did you have any complications? .Previous to being induced I was going into the hospital to be monitored about everyday for high blood pressure. They finally induced me and I never really labored. I was at a 1 forever.  Then, finally I started dilating 1 centimeter every hour until I got to a 5 and then it just stopped.  By that point, I had been in the hospital for so long and had been "laboring" for so long  that they did a c-section.  Well, when they did the c-section, I could feel half of it, which was horrible, so they had to give me medication to knock me out.  I saw them pull Jace out and that was the end of it.   

17. Did your water break? No, they broke it for me

18. Who drove you to the hospital? Lance
19. Did you go early or late? pretty much on time, I think I would have stayed pregnant forever had they not started labor for me. 
20. Who was in the room?Lance, Dr. Rappleye, anesthesiologist, and lots of nurses
21. Did you video tape it? no
22. Did you have any pain medication? I did get the epidural.  I didn't need it when they gave it to me, but I was afraid if I sent them away, they'd never come back. The epidural didn't work like it was supposed to though because I could feel it in the end
23. Did you have a c-section or natural? C-section.  I didn't want it that way, but after so long, I finally agreed to it because I knew it would be better for Jace.  I'm a little afraid for my next birth experience.

24. What was your reaction to the birth? I wasn't really awake for the birth.  I was knocked out by the medication they gave me
25. How big was the baby? 9 lbs 10 oz...yeah, he was a biggie!
26. Did your husband cry? I think so.  I wasn't awake for his reaction 
27. When is the next one coming? Maybe in a year...I'm enjoying having just Jace to think about having another one right now
28. If you could would you do it all over again? Of course. It was one of the greatest moments of my life!

Just a few cute pics

I haven't posted many pictures lately. After I posted last, I felt guilty and got the camera out and took some pictures of Jace and a few more of the puppy so you can see how Jace is growing.

This is my happy little boy. I can actually rarely get him to look or smile for the camera, so I was happy that he was smiling for me.

This is the rocking dog that we got from a neighbor. He never cared for it, but he loves it now, especially that he now knows how to get on and off it on his own.

Today, Jace learned how to use a spoon on his own. You can see here he was using his right hand.

And here he switched to his left hand. He's still trying to figure out which hand he is. I think he's just ambidextrous. After he learned he could do it on his own, he would freak everytime I touched it and tried to help him.

You can't tell what this picture is very well, but Jace got a hold of the puppy. I wasn't supervising him very well. He loves to give loves.

Jace got this plastic toy pen thing from grandma Rowley. It's great because it functions as a toy and a play pen at the same time. The other day, we put the puppy in it while we went to work.

That hole in the right hand corner is the hole we didn't notice was there and is where the puppy got out while we were at work. Oops! I guess I should've checked it out a little better.

Living by the Mountains

Today, I had a very scary experience.  I've always thought living in Tooele is great, at least since we've lived here.  That is....until today.  I was outside taking my dogs potty.  I have a fear of them being outside alone since the death of our puppy.  And we have dogs that moved in next door that are big and loud and I'm a little afraid of them.  Well, today I'm out with the dogs and our bigger dog, Whitey, starts barking at something out front.  Well, I look through the fence and see a bunch of trucks that almost look like animal control trucks.  Someone has called animal control on me before, so I was a little concerned that they were after me.  One of the trucks happened  to be a wildlife truck.  So, anyways, I'm curious about what's going on, so I take the dogs inside and go out front to get our garbage can and to see what's going on.  A lady comes up to me and asks if I've seen anything out in the field in front of our house.  Oh...sorry...I neglected to mention we live across the street from a field.  Anyways...I tell her no, but then I ask her exactly what it is they are looking for and what does she tell me?  A mountain lion.  I about freaked.  I grabbed my garbage can and ran back inside.  I watched out the window for awhile and there were several people out in the field looking around.  After awhile, they all left.  I have no idea if they found anything or what happened.  I'm now scared to death of a mountain lion picking me or one of my dogs up and running away with me.  I get anxiety really bad, so this didn't help anything.   I don't think I can ever leave my house again without the fear of something happening to me!

I'm a sucker!

I haven't blogged in a long time. I guess I feel guilty because I never take pictures anymore. I'm a horrible mom that doesn't take pictures of Jace very often anymore. I guess it's because I don't like our camera. It's very slow. It delays, so it never moves quick enough to catch the good photo moments. I told Lance I want a nicer camera because it'll convince me to take more pictures, but he's satisfied with what we have. I guess until I win the lottery or something big happens, I'll get by with what we have.

Not much has happened lately. Jace is walking better and better everyday. He's not looking so much like a chimp as he used to. Now, he's kind of turned into Frankenstein. He walks a lot with his arms out in front of him. I know he can walk very well, but he's just very cautious and doesn't like falling, so he will still get down and crawl a lot.

I'm hesitant, yet excited, to announce that we have a new addition to our family. We got a new puppy. I know...I'm nuts! With our bad luck with dogs, why did I give in and get another one? A couple weeks ago, Lance found some miniature schnauzers for sale in Erda, which is very close to Tooele. I saw the pictures and fell in love. I kept telling Lance that it was a terrible idea and he told me that we could just go look at them. Of course, looking at dogs just isn't looking. I always give in to taking one home with me. Just as I suspected, we went and looked, and I loved them! I'm a sucker! I always give in to Lance's ideas and then I end up doing something crazy. We didn't take it home that night because it was still young. It gave me a couple weeks to really decide "do I really want another dog?" The other day, I got a call that little Schroeder was ready to go home with me. So, I went and got him and I love him to death. He's still only 6 weeks old. Yeah, he's a youngun', but the owners thought it was better that he go to a new home soon. He's so sweet and cuddly. I picked the cuddliest dog they had and the one that seemed the least curious of them all. He's such a good puppy. He's really picking up on potty training I think pretty well. He's had his accidents in the house, but what puppy doesn't? Anytime we do take him out, he goes potty right away. The first night in his crate was what was to be expected. He cried all night. We put our other dog, Whitey, with him and I think it helped calm him down a little. Last night, we didn't get home until 1:30 in the morning, so we were all so exhausted that we put the puppy downstairs so if he cried, we wouldn't have to hear him. Does that make us mean parents? Anyways...I hope we have better luck with this pup. The holes in our fence are being filled this week so it will lessen the chances or something happening.

Schroeder really likes to use Whitey as a chew toy. Whitey just puts up with it, just like he does Jace climbing all over him.

He reminds me of stuffed animal when I look at him. He's very soft and furry. Jace would treat him like a stuffed animal if we would let him. He would squeeze him if he could.

Things are going well in the Rowley household though. We have a big superbowl party coming up at the beginning of February, so hopefully I'll be able to catch some pictures then and have something to post about.