Moroni is 2!!!

While Moroni was sick we didn't want to have a party with kids because we didn't want to risk spreading croup around so we invited Jeff and Becky over and just an intimate little party. It was Moroni's first experience with cake and ice cream and he loved it!! He certainly enjoyed the trucks that were on the top of the cake!

What a crazy month!!! 1 newborn,2 sick kids and 2 sick and exhausted parents

We have had quite the month. Grandma Widmer (Ty's mom) was here helping with the kids and just shortly after she left we thought it would be safe to take Teancum to church. It was our first time going out (other than Dr's visits) and I would give anything to take it back.

We must have caught a bug because that Wednesday Moroni was as sick as can be. Of course the rest of us got sick and it took about 4 weeks to get us functioning again. As soon as we were getting better I woke up in the middle of the night to a horrible cough coming from Moroni. When Ty and I went in to check on him he had a white knuckle grip on his bed post with violent coughs and difficulty breathing. It freaked me out to see him so scared. After several minutes he got control of his breathing, but would not let go of us. On went the longest and scariest night I have had in a really long time. Come to find out it was croup and was going to last a couple more days. All I can say is thank goodness it is only a couple of days. It has been a little over a week and although he still has some coughs he is pretty much as good as new.

Labor and Delivery

This labor and delivery was completely different than with Moroni. Starting around the middle of the second trimester I was having a lot of braxton hicks contractions. They continued to grow stronger and stronger and by the time I was in the last trimester they were as strong as early labor with Moroni. I figured it was a good thing - maybe I would progress more during these pre-labor contractions and the actual labor would be shorter than the 36 hours that I had with Moroni.

The last month of the pregnancy it was like I was in constant labor. I could lessen the contractions if I laid down, but they seemed nonstop. Some contractions would last several minutes with only short breaks in between. My uterus and I were exhausted; the uterus would cramp up with every contraction which only increased the discomfort. I went into the midwife and complained about the discomfort and lack of sleep. She stripped my membranes and and I used a labor tincture and by that night - or early morning we were on our way to the hospital. However, with all the extra pain from the cramping and strong contractions I didn't make it through the natural labor that I wanted. Instead of natural I took the epidural as soon as they would give it to me :) After that it was smooth sailing. The baby was posterior when I could feel the labor, but go figure he turned after the epidural - at least he was able to come out easier that way.

At around 6 in the morning we were ready to push. When the midwife got there it was just a few pushes and out he came. The best part is Ty delivered the baby. That was so cool!! I really loved the midwife and enjoyed the laid back intimate environment that the midwife brought to the whole experience. If we are still here for the next baby I am definitely going with the same midwife. Hopefully I can do it without the irritable uterus and posterior baby!