WE DID IT!

7 pounds 13 oz- Born Sunday May 2nd and 10:30 pm
Knox Lister Fitzwater!!! So, He is finally here after all the stress, pain, and other good things, we have our little Knox, and he was SOOOOOO worth it! I swear he is such an angel baby. Well, I figure I have gotta tell the birth story and the house is quite, baby is asleep, Holden is states away, Rye is at the gym, and I have some Portia time=)

SUNDAY- We wake up and decide were heading to the hospital we wanted this kid out. I felt like it had to be almost time, but my Dr doesn't believe in checking so I really had no clue. So we leave and get about two miles from home and the car breaks down....ya, my new nice car...lovely =( So,Rye says it's out of gas, your gage was stuck, lets push it to a service station. I, Being the psycho that I am (hormones) start crying and refuse to get out, haha!!! (it's so embarrassing when I look back) I say no, I am just sitting here...So I finally realize I am crazy after rye tries to Reason with me, and we push it to a service station while all the lovely people watch us and don't ask to help. Long story short we end up walking all the way home through a ghetto trailer park....And honestly it was kinda fun! I swear my husband is the best man in the world!

So, we get that taken care of and figure it must be a sign not to go, but we go anyway, haha. So we go in and they say why are you here, and i say I feel like I could be in labor (lie) and so they check me and.......FREAK, I AM NOT EVEN DILATED, COMPLETELY SHUT!!! I wanted to die. But then all heck broke loose. I would have rather not been dilated and sent home for what we had to face next.......

His heart was very irregular, I cried when I herd it......The cord was tightly wrapped around his neck, he had a bowel movement and was stressed so they were worried he had swallowed some already, my platelets were barely hanging in there...I swear there was a never ending list of problems. So, I signed the emergency c-section papers just in case it came to that, and they called in all the specialists, broke my water, unnaturally dilated me completely in less then a hour and a half! and he just popped out!!! He literally just popped out, the Dr was in shock, they thought i was maybe a two-three when they went to check me, but there was a head! long story short, no c-section, and no problems at all!!! He was beautiful, his heart was fine, my fluids were clean, and besides some placenta problems it was perfect! .......just terrifying!!!

I just feel so blessed....I swear I am the luckiest girl ever, and I always wonder why?? I am so thankful for the power of the priesthood, and the man that my husband is. You wonder how you could ever love anybody more then you already do. I will never forget seeing his face the first time he looked up at Knox...... I love my husband and family so much.
Knox is such a great baby! i will update with a post all about him! When i get some more time! Thank you all so much!!!!

.....and he was in HEAVEN

So the moms club in Farmington put together "touch a truck day" Which was so much fun. Holden was in heaven. At the fair grounds they just filled the whole parking lot with trucks. All the different companies from around town participated. They had semi's and fire trucks, military trucks, tractors, oilfield equipment, you name it! And the kids just got to go around and play on and in them. And get a ton of free stuff and food, and they had fun activities. There were so many nice people, and Holden made friends with them all. Every vehicle he got in he would say, "IS my Daddies tractor, mommy is Daddies!" He was in heaven tho! I think it could have been the best day of his little life!

........and the best part is he wont take that dumb hat off!

Baby Stuff....

I know this is a dumb post but I am so proud of myself!!! I have been crafting and sewing. And I know you all think I could do this stuff because of the family I come from, but NOPE, not me, I never participated. But I have had sooooo much fun! I have been making all sort of things for my boys, and trying to learn all the basics of sewing and stuff. Hopefully I can get good enough to start helping my house =) But I have made lots of blankets ( I have tried all the different ways of doing them) and a carrier cover, utter cover (breastfeeding shawl thingy) little scratch safe mittens, cute name letters for their room, Diaper pouches for them (Thanks Heidi) and more! I also have a pillow and bedspread in the process for Hogie (A pieced one!) I am loving learning to do this kind of stuff! But I took some pictures for ya of some of the stuff. And don't be haters, I am learning, and I have limited supplies, I cant just steal from my mom and grandma Rohde, haha!!

My utter cover - Car seat carrier cover, and it's reversible=)


I soft blanky (my favorite) - Some different receiving blankets, I had to make all new, when your child has horrible reflux for the first 15 months of his life, all your stuff get's ruined!

I wanted to make these to help keep me organized, I thought they were fun. Did I say his name is Knox, were working on the middle name =)


I am working on Holdens name modge podge is a great thing!- I didn't make these bibs, Mirinda made them for him, but I Loved them and made some bigger ones for Holden.

And here It is my Great BALL OF JOY!!! my never ending basketball! But I am ready to be done! My body feels like it is dying on me. I am already an old women =( But He is healthy and strong and a cute chubby little guy! I am so exited for him! Oh and the best part is my last ultrasound we saw a head full of hair! We will see th0, Even tho Holden is amazingly cute, I just don't know where we got that little blond haired, blue eyed boy, but we will sure take another!


Oh, and my wonderful sisters started blogging! here are their blog address's, I am so exited! http://familyofmckims.blogspot.com and http://therogersneighborhood43.blogspot.com

I love these guys......

I know.....Yes he does look like he needs a bath 90% of his life! But what do you do =) These are of him eating his easter candy.

I hope everyone had a great Easter! Ours was pretty darn good. I was worried because we have never been away from family for Easter but I have realized we are all we need. I just love my little family. The closer I get to getting my third little boy....Yes my third, haha!!! I get more and more exited. I just love my guys, and I am such a lucky girl. I worry tho considering Holden wont even let Rye rub my back with out yelling "IS MY MOMMY!" So, there are some issues. But really we did have a great little holiday with just us, and I am thankful for the love we have.

Life is going pretty good. I want to thank all of you for your concern and calls lately. Everything is looking so much better and We know we will get this little guy here safely and I will be fine to. So, nobody worry!!!

Holden is doing so good! I have hit a rough patch in motherhood tho!! My baby is slowly becoming a big boy, and I have not helped him make that transition. I walked into my gym daycare friday to get him and he had a train picture he had colored and he yelled so everyone could hear "Mommy look, hes my tootie train, he soooooooo tootie, a tootie pie!!!" (translation-his cutie pie train)

I realize I have got to be careful with the words I use and what I say to him. I need to say like, cool, and awesome, boy words! Rye gets so embarrassed!

Anyway hope you all are doing so great!

10 min. alone =........

10 Min of alone time for Holden, and I walk into his room and......

I find this...


This......


And this........

When I walked in he says " Mommy Help, I wan

mo TRAINS! Mo

trains, and Treaty poos!"

(with that concerned look on his face, below) And that's all he had to say. HAHA! I just laughed. I had been cleaning the fridge out and he must have robbed the trash can and gotten busy. Word to the wise, don't buy a one year old stickers =) They are everywhere! "

Life away from home

Away from home
So, we have had a weird crazy life lately. Two weeks ago Rye's boss called and said be ready by the morning to head to Wyoming! We were all going to go, but I decided I had to much to get done and I didn't really want to stay with a bunch of oil field guys. So Rye headed to Wyoming and I headed to Utah. SO I got to spend two weeks with my mommy. I got a lot of baby things done, and crafty things. Holden got to play with his aunts and cousins, and I got to spend some time with my sisters and Rye's brother and sister, it was a blast! My cousin also went through the salt lake temple so I got to take a little trip with my parents and little sisters. Holden got so spend some time with Rye's parents while I was gone. He loved it! He calls them Debby and Russy! It's cute. The best part about the temple was that I got to sit by mirinda and watch our third get sealed to his beautiful wife. We all three are only months apart and grew up together and also attended SUU together, it was pretty special. Rye convinced his boss to let him go home for this last weekend for Holden's birthday party and I was soooooo happy! because they just told him the night before to plan on being there at least two more weeks. But long story short we are now back in farmington and just waiting for rye to be sent back, I am getting kinda worried about where he may end up. They could send him there, Texas, Cortex or New York......I told him I will kill him If I have this baby alone!

Here are some fun pictures of our visit...These kids just love each other! They got to go swim at aunt sammy's house! Holdens daddy would have been so proud seeing Holden strollering down the street with his babies and rocks!
Yes this did hit him in the face!
One morning I couldn't find these too and they were outside with noahs socks on. no pants and it was freezing!


These are pictures of Holden's party at my house! He was so grumpy, but I think he still loved all his billion presents, and his Thomas cake! his birthdays not until the 24th but we wanted everyone to be there. Rye got me an awesome laptop for Christmas, So I could do what I Love! And I have been working on a video for Holden for his birthday I will post it when I am all the way done, it's pretty cute!

The Game of life....

I hate this game.......hahaha! That's all I really want to say. This post is not meant to be "deep" and meaningful, really I just hate this dumb game.
Explanation: Rye and I got really bored and so I said lets go buy monopoly.....he hates that game so we bought Life. Long story short, I lost.
Why???? Because according to the game of life, I was to poor, didn't have the right assets, mortgage, job, and mostly money..... It didn't matter that I raised Six sets of twin daughters, never split from my main squeeze, had an education with a humble happy person job, and not to mention I never lost my job (like Rye) And I didnt want to go into debt and buy the most expensive beach house, I just wanted to be humble and live in a nice cottage with a bush! ........So, I lost.....Does this mean I am a loser in the real "game of life" because those are really the only things I want out of life, kids, stability, happy marriage, and easy debt free livin....... YES, it does.....according to the game of life...It's an outrage.
It's really sad that we all get so caught up in things that don't matter at all in our lives. I have come to realize I am one of the worst at this, because I really kinda wanted to win, haha!

Our life happenings!

first of all Happy Valentines Day!!!! I love valentines day, mainly because of frosted heart sugar cookies tho!

But anyway life has been pretty darn good for our little family. We have been so lucky this past week. We have been able to spend time with both Rye's and my family. Rye's mom, dad, grandparents, and brother took a trip to see us and some surrounding areas. It was so fun having them here for a little bit. Holden was so in heaven! It was also nice having those men do some chores fro me, haha! what great men they all are! Then the day they left we headed to Salt Lake to watch state wrestling. It was so nice to get to see all my family. they were almost all there. Slade did great. He took 3rd, we were hoping for first but he will do it next year!

The baby is getting so big! It is fun because I get to have an ultra sound every other week. The lady spends about five min checking up on my placenta, then she spends thirty playing with the little man! Rye has had a ton of time off work because of weather, so life has actually felt normal! We have gone and done a ton of fun little family things. Holden is getting so funny. He is starting to talk so good and has the funniest things to say.

for example, Treats/candy are "TreeeeeEEE Poos!!"His trains all have names, like his Happy train, mean lil' train, or his tracty trainy.

But the best thing is his "bad word". It is actually kinda sad. He hears me yell RYE!!!! so much because, of course I am always getting mad at his dad haha, and so he thinks rye is a bad word, or angry word. So whenever he is mad or frustrated he yells, Rye, rye rye!!!

Any how here are some pictures of visiting family, family outings, Holden and his friends, and just life lately! There are a billion!

Holden and Grandma and grandpa - Everyone out getting some grub

Holden and uncle Zack watching chuggington - Holden at state wrestling, some girls had him decked out in all his cool man gear, he thought he was pretty hot! Holden, Noah, and Bentley, just loving each other! She is such a good little aunt

Slade wrestling, he beat this kid
Daddy and Holden at the reservoir in Farmington, it was really pretty, we went four wheeling there.
Holden and his friend Eva, they crack me up
Us attempting to take a family picture! It just never works, Holden was trying to bite my ear!