Zane Scott

 On November 19, 2013 Zane finally decided it was time to come out! It was a rough pregnancy and I'm glad it's over. I went into labor 6 weeks early and since we now live in Richfield I couldn't have my baby down here that early so I spent 4 weeks lying in bed! Those where 4 very long weeks. But i made it to 37 weeks and 5 days! I kept going to the hospital and they kept sending me home. I finally went in on a Sunday and i was dilated to a 5+ but it was going very slowly and my midwife didn't want to use pitocin. I decided to just go home and wait there for a while. Well contractions stopped but she checked me the next day and i was about the same I went back at 5pm and I was a 6+ with no contractions so i went back home. Tuesday morning i woke up at 5am with contractions I new this time it was for real there was no way i was going to stop after being so dilated. I woke Aidan up around six and told him that this was the real deal annnndddd he told me to wait it out because it probably wasn't. I wanted to kick him! I was real nice and told him i would wait until 7 but if they didn't go away we were going to the hospital. At 7 Aidan says lets wait until 8am that's when i was like no I'll drive myself. So he very slowly got up and went and got his mom we finally left at 7:45. It was just after 8 when i walked in and the nurse checked me. She said I was an 8+ and if my water had broke the baby would have been there. I was in so much pain they called my midwife she hoped in the car and the epidural guy was there in minutes and we had Zane at 9:05 am it was all pretty fast. It was super fun not finding out what we where having and Bridger was very excited he was got a brother. we didn't have a name picked out either but Aidan saw him and said he should be Zane and since he didn't look like any of the names I liked we went with it. I got to hold him right after but he was sure working very hard to breath. much harder then most newborns and they told me he needed to transition and he had 4 hours to do it or they would have to life flight him to Provo's NICU. They put my little guy up to a CPAP machine and tried there very best to help him but nothing really worked. Life flight came and they intabated him and off he went. my doc let me go since the labor went really well for me so we packed and said goodbye to my kids and took off to Provo.

 this is him hooked up to the CPAP at UVRMC's NICU. it looks scary but it was much better then the ventilator.

this is me holding him in richfield right before life flight showed up.

Happy I got to hold him.

This is how he was the first day on the ventilator it was just giving his little body a break from breathing so hard.

The tubes went into his lungs so i couldn't hold him at this time. It was not fun seeing my baby like this.

It turned out that he had pneumonia and had to be in the hospital for 10 days on antibiotics. It was a difficult time and i was torn between being with him and missing my other two at home. I am however just so grateful that they have all these things in place and were able to care for my little guy. he is now 4 months old and smiles and love to watch his brother and sister play. He has been such a blessing for our family.

5 years old

Kysen Zee Allen

this is my nephew Kysen Zee! he was born sept 28th and came into this world at a whopping 11 pounds! but even being such a big baby he unfortunately came with ribs and lungs that are too small and has to fight everyday just to breath. he is up at primary children's hospital and has some of the best doctors working for him but even they are baffled by his condition and have said that that they have seen nothing like this in over 20 years. he is such a cute little guy even tho i still have not been able to hold him i've been able to go and let him hold my finger (and i have to stop myself from pinching his cute chubby cheeks)! him and his parents could use all the prayers they can get so if you could say a little prayer for him that would be much appreciated.

 i do realize i haven't blogged in a while so here are a few shots of us! this is at my nieces wedding.

 we put up a super cute photo booth for people to take silly pics and it turned out super cute!

 this is my niece sadiee on her special day!

 then this last pic is of my family and i that ran man vs mud! I can't wait to do it again next year! i am also looking forward to running the zombie chase in oct! i've already lost 25lbs and am super excited to lose a whole bunch more!

catch up!

i haven't posted in a while so i thought i'd put up some pics of all the happening going on in our little family! Bridger is now fully potty trained...YAY.

the kids and i attended the annual tea party that aidan's sisters have! it was a lot of fun the food was out of this world!

the girls got to dress up as fairies!

this is gracies first time to eat veggies and she loves food! i haven't found one thing yet that she wont eat.

bridger loves his little sister.on september 8th bridger turned 3! he wanted to go to the zoo for his birthday and we did!

he loved the animals but i think his favorite was dancing to the african music at the elephant exhibit!

aidan insisted i put up this pic (i look terrible) however it's pretty funny! gracie spit up all over my face....good thing my mouth was closed =)

we welcomed our newest cousin mya into the fam! the two girls are so cute together.

and finally we made four cakes this summer two in the same week.

it's been crazy busy but lots of fun! now my favorite time of year coming up the holidays! i'm already thinking about christmas!

summer fun!

i love summertime! you can tell that my kids do too since they get so worn out they fall asleep about anywhere!
yes he fell asleep while eating a piece of toast! half is in his mouth!

gracie fell asleep in her bouncer!

this was a full double rainbow but i couldn't get it all in the shot from my condo deck =(

i just thought this was cute!

he loves the water!

we are having a ball with gracie in our home! we are so lucky and blessed to have her!

Gracie's blessing day!

we blessed Gracie on june 5th and it was a wonderful day! she was absolutely beautiful! i finally captured a smile on camera too!
this is bridger showing off his boots for a picture!

this is Gracie with her great grandpa and grandma pickett.

bridger and ari enjoying the dinner.

Gracies aunt ashely and uncle cody...we are so glad to everyone that was able to make it!

this is the back of gracie's dress. i loved this dress is was so pretty!

here is a pic of us and i hate it but i put it up anyways! i still have 20lbs to loose from this pregnancy + all the weight i want to loose after that!

great grandma goodwin holding gracie.

here is another little smile i just love his little girl!

here is the front of her dress...she was the belle of the ball!

i have felt so blessed lately i have been given so much! my children are the best gifts i could ever receive and i love them so so so so so much! i'm grateful that i get to be a mom and i can only pray for the very best for my children! i'm also blessed by all my family and i'm so grateful for all of them that are in my life! Thank you, thank you, thank you, to aidan's parents and grandparents! i don't think we can thank you enough! they gave us a car the day of gracies blessing! (we have been using only one car for most of our marriage) it was an amazing surprise! i'll have to take some pictures of it soon!