First Week Home

The boys were born on a Wednesday night and we were so thankful that by Friday morning everyone had been cleared to go home.

We had spent so much time down stairs getting our living/sleeping area ready for the boys that we didn't remember to do anything on the main level.  So once home Jamie and I brought down the pack-n-play to set up as a changing area/place for the boys to sleep.  Eventually Jamie went to pick Henleigh up from daycare and we started on her afternoon/night time routine.  We were happy to be home and Henleigh was happy to have us home.  Once Henleigh was in bed we realized that we didn't have a changing/feeding area set up downstairs so we decided to sleep on the couch and the boys in their bassinets on the floor next to us.  It is funny how things come back to you, by 5am we had remembered all those little tricks that we used with Henleigh and finally got some sleep.

Monday was the boys first doctors appointment and we got to try out the Suburban with all the car seats.

Then came Tuesday night with a screaming 13 month old, who had a fever.  Tylenol and some snuggles later she was back in her crib (her choice) till morning.  She of course stayed home with us and good thing she did because she started to develop all of these little red bumps on her hands, feet, and around her mouth.  I called the doctor to see what they said, basically they told us Tylenol to keep the fever down and make sure that we wash our hands a lot.  The bumps got worse, she didn't want to eat, and she still had a fever.  I ended up sending a picture of her hands and legs to Natalie. Her guess was Hand, Foot & Mouth disease, which I agreed with after some reading.

So we ended up having all 3 kiddos home with us for the week.  Most days none of them got out of their pj's and they slept for hours.  Us on the other hand spent our days washing our hands and cleaning everything 3 and 4 times over to make sure that no one else got sick.  We were very happy when little miss seemed to be back to normal and we could get back into a routine.

Blogging...Going to Try This

So when we found out we were pregnant with TWINS a girl friend of mine suggested I start a blog about our soon to be crazy life.  I mean come on 3 under 1.5 was sure going to be an adventure.  So here we go the adventures of #LahockiPartyof6!! and if you were wondering the 6 includes Ruben our big furry chocolaty lab.

Insert big Family Picture 

well we don't have one yet but soon! :-)

The Second Time Really is Easier

We are over the moon excited for our TWO new additions to our family.  Garrett & Hunter!!  And to be completely honest the second time is so much easier.

Now I wouldn't say that carrying TWINS was easier because towards the end I was truly done (tired and everything hurt), but the whole labor thing was a breeze.  To start I walked around 5cm dilated for about a week and never felt a contraction.  Once they finally did admit me to the hospital at 6-7cm dilated I still hadn't felt a single contraction.  We even stopped at Target and picked Henleigh up from daycare before heading to the hospital.  The dr at the OB was shocked that I was still walking and these babies hadn't fallen out (her words, not mine).

We were admitted to the hospital around 6:30, by 7:10 I had bent 2 needles for the IV and the shift had changed so I had a new nurse and a plan.  Because of my history with pitocin and epidurals they decided to give me the epidural first then pitocin.  Which was fine by me, I still wasn't feeling any contractions.  While they were getting everything set up for the epidural and the pitocin the dr went and delivered the twins next door and said she would break my water when she got back, she broke my water around 8-8:30.  From there it was just a mater of waiting.

Some history for you... My daughter's (Henleigh) labor was 24-25 hours and I was also induced.  Once I was 5cm dilated I asked for the epidural and shortly after my heart rate dropped and so did hers to they stopped pitocin. This happened 2 more times before they could stabilize everything and I started dilating again. With Henleigh I also never felt any contraction during labor which had been a concern of mine for this pregnancy.  In the end Henleigh was born on May 14th.  When we went in for the boys my sister-in-law (Tammy) and my mom thought it would be awesome if the boys were born on June 14th.  The nurse and the dr accepted this challenge!!

At 11pm on June 14th I asked Jamie to call for the nurse, I wanted to be checked again. Sure enough I was 9.5cm.  Since I was having twins they decided to deliver them in the OR just in case their was complications. This was a topic of discussion as well since the dr really wanted to deliver them in the room, the nurse and charge nurse wanted to deliver them in the OR. In the end the nurses won.  I was wheeled into the OR at 11:17pm and Garrett was born at 11:25pm followed by Hunter at 11:35pm.  In total we were in the OR for about 45 minutes, it took the nurses longer to set the room up than it did for me to deliver both boys naturally.

Camper Mod-Part 2 (ABS roof, curtains, & cushions)

August/September 2016

Remember that trip home where he noticed the roof flapping in the wind well, on the ride home we created a plan.  He would work on the ABS roof and I would work on making new cushion covers and curtains. By the time we were 20 miles from home I had already ordered the plastic beads and had sent a picture of the MEK (found at Lowes) to his phone. We had a deadline, my sister was getting married in October and we were camping! Hence the plan.

That next weekend Jamie started by cleaning all the cracks and re-gluing and pieces of the plastic that had come off. Once he started it was like he could never stop.  Every inch of that roof was scrutinized and every crack was scratched out.  He also made sure to drill holes at the beginning and the end of each crack to make sure that it didn't crack anymore.  My parents had gone away that weekend and when they got home they weren't sure what to make of project we had started.

Before starting to clean out the cracks he started to mix his "slury" knowing it was going to take a while to get it right.

While sanding down the "slury" Jamie ended up breaking the palm sander (opps!). That was a quick trip to Lowes before he could finish. We also spent a small fortune in sandpaper.

During the week I had researched what I would need to remake the curtains and cover the cushions.  My mom had taught me from a young age how to sew, and thank goodness she did. Saturday came and my daughter and I were off to the fabric store and Target with our list of things that I couldn't order on Amazon.

From Amazon I ordered RV glide tape and elastic.  I had read the Pop Up Princesses tutorial on how to recover the cushions and followed this tutorial from Craftsy for the curtains.  Before taking our friends camping in the spring I had bought some cheap curtains from Target and used those for the front window and one of the beds. I decided that I would modify those and just buy more to finish the other windows and the other bed.