Thad's Story

So I finally  have internet access. That's why I haven't been able to do the blog earlier and Brian has been too busy with school and work to sit down and do it. As most of you know our baby boy is finally here and he is amazing! Labor and delivery went picture perfect. I'll tell you the story as fast as I can:-)

I woke up at 1:30am to use the bathroom to figure out that my water had broken. It wasn't much so I was in denial at first because I was prepared to go another week before he came and I was super nervous about delivering a child and becoming a mom. So I wasn't feeling contractions or anything and I had spent the entire day cleaning my house but I hadn't washed my hair for a few days...I took my time and took a shower, washed and dried my hair, finished packing, called my co-worker to take over boot camp at 6:30am and then we headed over. We got to the hospital at 3:00 am and I was so nervous, but so excited too. They started me on pitocin cuz i was only dialated to 1 cm when I got there. My dialation was quite slow so I didn't get an epidural unitl 11:00 am cuz I new I was going to be there for a while and I didn't want to be confined to the bed for that long. I was so happy when that medication got into my system and I couldn't feel the contractions anymore. I can't even imagine going through labor and delivery without one! I admire those that have. Anyways, I was only dialated to 4.5 cm when my nurse got off her shift at 3:00 pm and when the next nurse came to check me about 45 minutes later I was at a ten!!!! It was so crazy how fast it happened! She gave me a few minutes, we pushed on 2 contractions, she called the OB, we pushed once before he got there and then We only had to push on 5 or 6 more contractions and then he was born at 4:48 pm. It was probably the most amazing experience of my life and i really can't believe how happy my little baby makes me.

So he's been here for 2.5 weeks and the time is just flying. It's been an adjustment being a mom, but the most rewarding adjustment I have ever made. Brian is an amazing father and it is so fun to see them together. He's sleeping pretty good in 3 hour increments at night, so we can't complain too much. He is just a treasure:-)

Thanks for all your comments, he really is such a doll and I hope you enjoy these pics!

Me 3 days before he was born. I just look like a fatty, not 9 months pregnant:-(
Right after I got my IV at the hospital
Weighing him right after he was born
Holding my precious baby boy for the first time
First family photo:-)
JUST SLEEPING

Haley, Bre, Me and Thad
In his car seat for the ride home from the hospital. He's so sweet.

Thad

Thaddeus Brian Monsen was born February 11, 2009. More pictures to come later.

Graduation, Christmas, Almost Done with Pregnancy!

Here's me in my grad garb...I graduated in the summer but I couldn't walk til December. It was a long time to wait, but it was worth it! Graduation only lasted about an 1.5 hours and we were done!

Brian on our own little Christmas morning in Logan on the 23rd. We had a blast and his main gift was the sweet church shoes you see next to his legs.

I got a jewelry box that I have been in dire need of. We had a ton o' fun!

Us in front of our own Christmas tree. It is really and it was a lot of fun to have around during the holidays.

Us on Christmas day at my parents house...Me looking nice and PLUMP!

Brian and Kache at our Christmas Day shin dig at Brig's house.

OH AVERY! is all I have to say for these adorable pictures. She is such a doll face!

This was our romantic New Year's kiss...Brian had a huge cold sore on one side of his mouth. It was pretty nasty.

Sisters are the best! We had a ton of fun at Brig's house on New Year's Eve too:-)

The kiddles had some cabin fever at Grandma's house so our journey down to the park started with me, Avery, Rett and Caden, and ended with Rob, Brig and Kache. A walk down to the park got a lot of their wiggles out.

Brian catching Avery and me by surprise!!!

Kache was a bit jealous when Avery started hanging all over Jen, so he got right up there too.

Oh Macie babe! Isn't she adorable? Brian and Macie have some sort of connection and he got all the best smiles out of her!

So there are some fun pics to look at. We had a way fun break and it was kinda cruddy getting back into real life, but now that we're back into the swing of things it's really not so bad. I have about 5.5 weeks left til my due date and we get more excited every day. We finally bought a pair of shoes for the little tike over the break, but other than that we have yet to buy him anything. My sister is bringing up her crib, dresser, bassinet and some other baby essentials this weekend and that will help to make things feel a little more real once the nursery is ready. Again, we are so excited and have not decided on a name. We have a few in mind, but we haven't felt the pressure to make a decision yet. It will come...and so will he....eventually:-)

I have been feeling great and am working a lot still at the gym up here. I teach 5 bootcamp classes MWF and have a few personal clients inbetween. Brian is still working at Logan Coach as an accounting clerk and that is going well. His last sememster of his Bachelors is a bit busy, but he's a trooper and does really well with school. He is in the process of applying to grad school (just a couple) so that is exciting and hopefully we will know soon where we will be next fall for school.

Again, life is good and I probably won't update again until I have the baby, so we love you all still and love hearing from you.

H-Ween, Cancun and Dos Mas

So, life is good. We have been getting along great and have some fun, great weeks behind us. Halloween was fun with the fam and the kids were freaking hilarious. Brian wasn't able to come cuz he had to do some silly accounting thing, but I had fun trick-or-treating with the little tikes.

From left to right: Caden(Skunk), Laney (witch), Avery (my fav little pirate), Me (they locked me up cuz I'm so hot), and Tyson (Darth Vador)

Me and my sisters:Haley, Me, Brigitte and Jen. I was obviously the most festive.

Don't be too jealous, but we just got back from spending a week in Cancun with Brian's family. It is his parents' Christmas present to the family and I would have to say it was probably the best Christmas present I have come in contact with. (Besides the obvious) We had SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much fun. It was so incredible to be in the that place. Everything about it was so amazing and it is so something I would love to do again in the years to come. We spent the week at an all-inclusive resort: we were at the beach most of the time, ate all the food we wanted, got all the non-alcoholic beverages we desired, and just basked in the glow of the Mexican sun. There was 12 of us that went, and we got some stares, but we could have cared less. It was really an amazing trip and it was so great to do something big before the babe gets here.

On the plane from Denver to Cancun. Aren't we cute;-)

At the shops down town in Playa Del Carmen. They had a lot of fun cheap stuff and The Mexicans are hilarious.

Playa Del Carmen

Our friend Herman. We found him scuttling around on the beach after we went on the paddle boats and saw 2 giant sea turtles and a bunch of sting rays

My Sweet henna tattoo. Everyone got something really cute and tropical, but I thought this would be the best way to express my love to Brian...his name permnantly on my foot for 2 whole weeks. I'm considering making an appointment to make it indefinite...?

Kayaking on the Ocean at the resort.

Tulum: the Mayan ruins. We had an LDS tour guide and it was way awesome! There were so many cool things to learn about. We can't give blood for one whole year now.

The beach at Tulum. It was really breathtaking. The picture doesn't give it justice either!

On a little jungle path to go cliff-jumping at Xel-ha where we had just got done snorkeling. Wow, it was such a great trip.

We look a little gooney, but this was just the sweet scenery we had at our resort everyday.

The wonderful beach we sat at for 6 days straight. I really can't wait to go back.

P.S. Things are going great with the pregnancy. Sometimes I forget that I'm pregnant cuz I'm mostly just chubby and I have to remind myself to be careful when I'm at work and stuff and be sure to not lift weights that are too heavy or something. I really can't complain at all about pregnancy. I don't love love it or anything, but I know many people have had it much worse. We're still not set on a name, so thank you to those that have given suggestions and we are greateful for anymore that anyone has to offer.

Brian is doing great in school and he was offered an internship with the accounting firm Deloitte and Touche for next summer, and that is basically a job offer for when he graduates in the summer of 2010. It is so exciting to know what we will be doing when he is done with school.

Ok, that's good for me. kind of an overload for me so I'd better quit while I'm ahead. Thanks to all for reading and sorry I don't respond to what everyone says. I'm not on the computer much and I'm just bad at responding, but we love hearing from all:-)

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Boredom Galore!

So, I guess I'll finally update again. I get really overwhelmed when I don't do it for a long time, so done't be mad if this isn't too impressive. Well, life is ok right now. Brian is SUPER SUPER busy and doing a great job in school and recruiting. He's interviewing with the Big Four accounting firms right now hoping to get a summer internship with one of them, and that will essentially seal the deal for his job right after he finishes his MAcc. He took the GMat a couple of weeks ago and did outstanding and it has kind of opened our eyes to some different possibilities for Grad school. We might just end up staying in Logan, but we might go out of state too. He's going to apply and we'll see what happens. It's kind of exciting to think about getting out of Logan though.

Like I said, Brian is super busy and so is EVERY other single person I know except for me. I mean, I'm glad I'm graduated and all, but I would take a crazy schedule of school, work and homework any day over 13 hours a week and Planet Beach (no offense to PB, I'm so so so so grateful to Bre for giving me something to fill up some of my spare time) and 6 hours a week at the Sport's Academy (SARC). It's just a slow start at the SARC getting all the training in and stuff cuz the kid I'm training with and my boss are a part of the rest of the world with busy schedules and they can't dedidcate all day to this job, so it's coming slowly, but surely. I've really done everything to fill my time. My house is spic and span and sow is my car. Hopefully will be done with all the training next week and I can start with clients. I'm still a little nervous, but very excited to get this show on the road. So if any of you out there are reading this and wish your life would just slow down for a minute...JUST THINK TWICE!!! I really don't think you would like it.

So enough of my complaints, I just needed to unload. Life is still overall good and we find out on October 2nd what sex our little babe is. I don't really have a feeling, but I just wouldn't be surprised if it was a girl. Everyone in Logan seems to be having a girl and it's kinda weird, but I definitely wouldn't mind if it was. I know it's kinda cliche, but as long as it's healthy I really have no preference at all. I'm feeling a lot better lately and I don't look prego yet, so I'm being grateful for that while I can, cuz I know it's just going to pop one day. I'm excited though!

Well, I hope that was an Ok update. Love all y'all lots!