Easter

We went up the night before Easter to dye eggs to get ready for the bunny the next day. 

Lyla loving the cool multi-colored ones

Easter morning

Family picture, just a month out until I'm due with baby #3!

Randi's family was in town and they were staying with my parents and Wally came up that day so we had a lot of fun with so many kids for the Easter Egg Hunt 

Finding an egg in the golf cart! 

Ron and family came up for Easter dinner, and Wally requested a family "plank pose" 

Moving to the New House

We bought our first house! It made us nervous, it was stressful, a lot of decisions about what it should look like. But it was the most exciting thing to watch it being built. We would drive over every week for about 4 months to see what they had worked on since we were there last. It was like Christmas coming to see the additions and watch our vision come together. 

We started moving our stuff during the first few weeks of June and every night after Josh got off of work we would take a load over. It was long and exhausting, but it seemed to be easier at the time to not have to do one big move since we just had Rock a few weeks before. When we finally got settled in it was around the 3rd week of June and was so nice to be there and have our FIRST home! 

We started getting several deliveries from RC Willey like our fridge and couch. That truck made me so happy every time it pulled up! 

Not all the houses on our block were finished so as the last few were finished up they had mounds of dirt, dump trucks, and all kinds of fun construction stuff to play on. 

In July, as part of my birthday, we bought out first awesome outdoor home addition: the swingset. It has been played on every day and the kids love it. Best purchase ever. I put together most of it by myself at night in the garage and then Dad came over to carry it to the back and hook the swing part onto the house. It made it really feel like our own house as we added things into the yard. 

Update on the Kids

Lyla- Almost 4.5 years old
Changes clothes multiple times a day. Favorite outfits right now: Dinosaur Dress (this random pink dress she has that she has deemed the dino dress and I have no idea why but she wears it every day for part of the day.) Also her Blue "Elsa" Dress. It is just a navy dress from Gma Green but the only blue one she owns right now so it has become her Elsa Dress. See Frozen obsession below
Frozen obsessed- can quote first 5 minutes and sings all the songs. Don't even own it, it lives at Grandpa R's house but she talks about it constantly
Gets so much joy out of seeing Rockwell, especially when she wakes up in the morning. Always wants to hold him and asks when he can do things like go swimming and when she can take him down the slide at the park
Graduated from her first year of preschool and did a great job at her end of the year program singing and reciting a poem
Still has her imaginary sister Consume but told me she knows she is pretend but she still talks about her daily and can answer any question about her immediately after you ask her.

McKay- Almost 2.5 years old
Usually wants to hold Rock because Lyla is but otherwise doesn't show a lot of emotion toward him, good or bad. He does like to rub his head a lot and says "hi baby!"
Talking like crazy, full sentences
Loves to sing right now, is always "singing" non-descript songs in the car but also will try to sing along with you with songs like Itsy Bitsy Spider and the ABCs
Likes to read books together, one of his favorites is a truck book and also Brown Bear
One of his favorite things to do is tool around Grandpa's garage and get into everything
Loves to help do whatever you are working on
Always says Thanks, (pause) Mom. I think the pause is so cute
Still always up for a hug and currently tells me "I luh(love) you Mom" all on his own and melts me

Rockwell, 2.5 weeks old
Gained just under an inch and a pound since leaving the hospital!
Has officially eaten every 3-4 hours and poops every time he eats. That approximately is 108-144 feedings and diaper changes, whew! No wonder it feels like that's all we do all day.
Sleeping at night pretty well, just waking up to eat 2 times a night
Pretty sure he is going to have blue eyes
Is the light of our family right now and gets lots of love

Jason

A few weeks before Rockwell was due, Dad went out to visit Jason. His health was declining quickly from the cancer. It had only been about 9 months since he had been diagnosed. They had to stop chemo several times because of infections and it didn't help prolonging his lifespan. We didn't even know up until this time that doctors had only given him a year to live anyway.

Dad was already there 2 weeks before, had helped with medical needs, and also finding a place for him to move because he needed constant care that his girlfriend Jenn (that he was living with at the time) wasn't able to provide. A few days after coming home, Jenn called him very upset and frantic telling Dad that she wasn't sure he was going to last very much longer and needed help. He packed up his things and was going to leave the next day, only by the time he got out there, he had passed away. 

On May 14th, just two days before Rock was born, and a day before they had decided to move him to a health facility, he passed away. He was only 43 years old. Mom and Dad left the next day to help with funeral prep. It tore me up knowing that I would miss the funeral, but because I was already overdue and my induction date was only a few days away, I had to stay. I had Rockwell on the 16th, but since Mom and Dad were now in CA they missed his birth. I really wasn't even upset, I was more concerned about everything they were doing and how it was going. I had Rock on a Friday, and that next Monday, May 19th, they held the funeral at Grandma's church building. If there was any way I could have been there, I would have. Rock was only 2 days old by that point, and it just wasn't feasible. 

I didn't have as close of a relationship with Jason as I wished. I lived in a different state than him most of my life. I did talk to him a few times a year, and was always my back up when I had computer problems. (He was a computer genius!) I always tried to convince him to come to both CO and UT, but his hatred of travelling kept him away. It was an ongoing joke whenever we spoke. I even threatened to just send him a plane ticket one day :)  Even as a half brother, I will always hold memories of him close and think about him often. I am glad though that he was close with the CA family and was able to have the support of a very loving and accepting family. 

Love for Rock

The first few weeks of Rockwell's birth have never been short of snuggles and love. The kids loved him from day 1 and request to hold him constantly. 

Since Mac is still in diapers our diaper pile has quickly doubled! 

Lyla loves to dress up her brothers and hasn't waited a moment to start on the next one. 

A onesie that I made for Rock before he was born

Grandma came and stayed at Cindy's house so she was a little closer and came over during the day to help out for the first week. 

Rockwell Clay Green Birth Story

Our sweet little boy Rockwell Clay Green came at 7:33am on Friday, May 16th, 2014

Weight: 8 lbs. 4 oz. 

Length: 21.5 inches 

Here's Our Story:

Thursday night we found out I would be induced at 7am Friday morning. I had little bits of contractions through the last week and more on Thursday but really nothing much and didn't think I was going to have anything other than an induction at 6 days late (yep, he was due on the 10th). Thursday we went to bed probably too late at 11pm and around 1am, a whole 2 hours of sleep later, I woke up with contractions. I still had myself convinced this wasn't it and tried to sleep but the contractions kept coming here and there and becoming more frequent by 2:30. At 3am I was getting pretty uncomfortable and they were coming more consistently at 5 minute intervals. I got up on my knees because I was hurting and Josh woke up and looked over at me and asked if I was ok. I told him I was having a contraction and when he asked how far apart I said 5 minutes and he shot up and said "Babe, we got to GO!" It was cute because he was half awake and delirious and realizing at the same time we were about to go have a baby. He got up, got his contacts in and got dressed. I had already been awake for several hours so I was pretty much ready to go. 

Luckily we had Tyler and Davis there already spending the night since we were expecting to leave around 6:30am for the induction. They were in the living room so we quietly said goodbye and slipped out. Contractions still weren't too bad on the way over and easily maintained and still 5 minutes apart. Here I am LARGE and ready to go. It was exciting to actually go into labor on my own in the middle of the night, a secret little dream of mine! I was SO happy I didn't have to be induced. It gives me comfort to know that the baby and your body is ready to go instead of forcing it into labor.

Amazing how adrenaline (and pain) make you forget that you only are working off of 2 hours of sleep. We were so excited to meet this little guy. We were at the hospital for maybe an hour or so when the contractions started getting really painful and close together, probably about 2 minutes apart. The nurse realized it was progressing rather quickly and asked if I was ready for my epidural and I told her very much so! The epidural was administered, I wanted to kiss the anesthesiologists feet. He truly is a miracle worker. Ok, so its the drugs that are the miracle, but he gets to give it out so I was very happy with him. I tried to rest a little and closed my eyes for awhile. I was very comfortable, not even the IV was bothering me, it was so wonderful.

Then the doctor came in and decided to push things along and broke my water. Not too long after that the medicine started wearing off and within 10 minutes I went from no pain to some serious contractions that were only a minute apart. I had never felt contractions this strong before and it wasn't too fun. Afterward it felt like an accomplishment to endure that kind of pain but at the moment I was counting the seconds until I got more medicine. They called the drug guy back in and he gave me a stronger dose this time. The medicine took a little while to kick in but eventually I was back to painless except this time the drugs were super strong and my legs became complete jello and I couldn't feel them, at all. No pressure, no feeling, nothing. At one point the nurse needed to move my legs to the side and I was looking away. When I looked back she had been moving my legs around and I had no idea. They were that numb, it was crazy. I had never felt that way before. About an hour after the doc broke my water I was ready to go. She came back in, moved my legs around for me and I pushed maybe 3-4 times and he was here. It was also a weird sensation to have her tell me to push and I couldn't feel my body pushing even a little bit. Rockwell came out screaming though and ready to take on the world. One of the sweetest moments and sounds of anything in this world is hearing the cry and seeing that sweet baby you have just carried for 9 months and given life to. It never gets old or repetitive, even after the 3rd time. They didn't get to put him on my chest right away because he had pooped while I was in labor and they wanted to make sure he didn't swallow any of it. So the team of nurses checked him out, cleaned him up, weighed him, and then finally brought him over. He weighed only an ounce more than McKay and was the same length.

The first snuggles after giving birth are the best. Such a tender moment feeling his skin right on mine.

Proud Daddy of now 3 little munchkins

The kids came to visit later that morning around 10:30am. It was really fun to show them the baby, especially Lyla since she has been very curious about the whole process and excited to have a baby. 

Lyla walked in with a big grin on her face and looking super excited. Mac was just looking around looking like he had no idea why he was there. Lyla immediately wanted to touch and look at the baby and Mac looked, said "baby!" and then turned around to sit next to me and saw my phone on the tray so picked it up and started playing games. We all laughed and thought it was hilarious he really showed no expressions toward the situation or anything that was going on.

Lyla was in big sister heaven. She has the inner mother in her already and was excited to hold him. The sweet tender look on her face in this picture just melts my heart every time I see it.

Mac came around and eventually held him and did seem interested but for a short moment.

My three sweethearts.

Throughout the day we had many visitors including Cindy, Wally/Lindsey, Shelly Onofrio (who works at the hospital and came on her break!) and Heather/Daren Harris. It was so nice to have so many people who love us come by and give Rock some snuggles.

The next day we got through all of the check out process and were out of the hospital by 1pm. Cindy took the kids for the day so Josh dropped me off at home and he went over and picked them up. It was fun to see the kids again and they were both excited to see Rockwell again.

Stay tuned for updates on how it is to raise 3 kids!

Baby #3 Pregnancy

Pictures taken in February of 2014. About 6 months along. 

This pregnancy has been similar to the other 2 but also different

Similarities:
Constant infections in the 3rd trimester that are never cured by meds, only make it go away for a week
Migraines went away, but for several months
Went a week over

Differences:
Carried him really low, so he didn't kick me in the ribs all the time which was an awesome bonus
Got sick, but nothing compared to the first 2. I don't think I even threw up once. Just mild nausea. Exhausted though like normal and took daily naps for most of the first trimester
Got big super fast, not sure if I was ultimately bigger at the end though, but felt like it

I Used to Be Cool...

With only a few weeks out until baby #3 is due, we finally broke down and decided to get a MINI VAN! I waited until the last moment to buy it, because I really didn't want a van, but now that we have it I am excited for the endless storage space and seats to fill kids, family, and friends.

We found the van on ksl and bought it from a BYU professor. It was the cleanest one with the least amount of miles so within a few minutes of driving it we agreed to buy it and went home with it a few hours later. I did buy a bumper sticker to put on the back that says "I used to be cool" HA

Welcome to the family silver bullet. Can't wait for the road trips and memories to begin. 

Random Pictures

 Mac found a little hiding spot that fits his cute little body perfectly

Nothing like washing dishes with a diaper and snow boots. Perfect attire for such a serious job. 

This is how I have to put him to cut his hair. He screams and cries if I put him up on the counter in front of the mirror. But with a sucker and movie to distract him he's good to go. 

Josh is making sure the kids get their batting practice in. Pretty good form she has going on! 

The kids were being suspiciously quiet and I came to check on them and Lyla was reading books to Mac in his crib. It was precious. 

Mac lately has an obsession with putting his hands in his pockets. He loves to do it all the time and looks adorable. These two boys are just too cute together. 

Just hangin out in the ottoman for awhile. 

Helping grandpa load the truck. We got a new bed so my parents took our old one (which was theirs originally). Mac felt so big and helpful when he carried the rails over to the truck. 

Mac kept getting out of his crib every night and playing so we decided to just switch him over to a big boy bed. I got this bed from Penny and painted it dark. He takes a long time to go to sleep these days but once he's asleep does really well sleeping in the bed. Nap time though he always goes right down. I love it when they move over to a big bed and their bodies look so little. 

I just realized most of these pictures are of Mac! I need to take more of our little princess soon and add them on :)