Happy anniversary and due date!!

This is about as fancy as our anniversary is going to get this year. I'm just happy we have a ten day old instead of spending the day in the hospital! A very happy 9 years to us! Weston has been my hero these past ten days. He has been taking such good care of me! Weston doesn't have a slow, take it easy personality. But since I've had Hudson I've had to do everything very slowly! Weston has been so gentle and patient while taking care of me. He's been so good taking care of Hudson and everything else in the house! I'm so grateful for him and it's been such a blessing watching him take such good care of his family! 

1 week!

Exactly a week ago at this time Weston and I were driving to the hospital. I wasn't in labor but I knew something wasn't exactly right. I was nervous. I never thought anything would go horribly wrong and thankfully it didn't but I was nervous that it would be a long scary day. For the past couple of months I've been very nervous about this delivery. My last two were smooth and perfect. My dr expected the same for this one but deep down I knew it would be different. Again not horrible but different and different always makes me nervous. I did attribute my nerves to moving so close to the due date and thus being far from the hospital. We had a lot of unknowns with new schools, new baby, new house, new ward, lots of change so I felt anxious I guess. Then by 36 weeks I was not dilated at all. Very unusual from my last two pregnancies. 37 weeks same thing. No dilation. My body was being different. My dr wanted to induce me since I was so far from the hospital and he then told me he would be out of town around my due date. The dr was 45 mins away from our new house. He was in our previous ward and a wonderful dr so I kept going to him after we moved but knowing he wanted to induce me and that he would be out of town if I wasn't induced before he left made me feel uncomfortable with using him. There is a new hospital 3 mins away from our new house with an ob in our new ward who everyone was raving about. I thought about switching after my 38 week appt when I was only dilated to a 1 not much effacement (50%) and my dr still pushing for the induction. The next day I decided to indeed switch to the lds ob right next to our house. They gathered all my info and then told me we can't get you on with him because his earliest appt is after your due date but we can get you with a midwife. They asked if I've ever had a c section. I said no, they told me good because a midwife can't perform surgery but with your history that should be fine. This was a Thursday. I was 38 weeks and 1 day. I had my appt for the following Tuesday with a midwife. The following day Friday I had a brief appt with a nurse just to go over my medical history. She mentioned it looks like you were trying to get in with dr Calvert but he was booked out? I said yes and she said I know he will take you on. Let me call you later today to let you know for sure. As I'm driving home ( my short 3 min drive) she calls back and says he would be so happy to see you. He as an opening today or mon but would like to see you today in case you have the baby over the weekend. I almost laughed and said oh I'm not even close to having this baby, for sure not this weekend but I can see him today. I had my appt and immediately knew switching was the right thing to do. He was amazing and I could tell a fantastic dr. I felt good about things. The next night I woke up to use the bathroom. I was bleeding a little bit. Fear. Not a lot of fear but the feeling that this is not good. It was 4:30 am. I waited until 7:40 before I called my mom and said I think we need to go to the hospital. I was having a few inconsistent contractions but definitely not in labor. I was still feeling  the baby move a lot so that was great. By 9:30 we left for the hospital. The labor area was busy. I told the nurse im not in labor, I'm just bleeding a little bit so I need to get checked and then we'll get out of your hair. They asked how far Along I was. I said 38 weeks and 4 days. The nurses looked at each other like your having a baby today but I was still in total and complete denial. In triage they found I was 3 cm, bleeding a little and they took a test to see if my water had broken. It came back that it had but could have been a false positive because of the blood interfering with the test. Because of those three things I was admitted and having a baby that day. Shock, total shock! Since I wasn't in labor I was being induced. Nobody seemed at all concerned about the bleeding, just attributed to cervical bleeding at this point. They started pitocin and contracting kicked in quick. They kept telling me this will be fast and easy. It was 12:30 and  I should have baby by 6 was their plan. At 4 pm after lots of hard contractions I was only a 4 and bleeding a lot more. With each contraction baby's heartbeat would dip dangerously low. Nurses and dr were very concerned at this point. I got the epidural, they broke my water to hurry things along to get the baby out but his heartbeat was getting worse. They had to stop pitocin and hope I would labor on my own. I didn't. My body stopped contracting at a 6. It was 5:30 now. The dr was in my room for a couple hrs just Staring at that heart rate machine. Babies heart rates should not dip below 120. 100 makes them nervous. Ours was at 60. Baby was in lots of distress and not getting any better. When it dipped to 55 the decision was made. It's time to get him out and now!! I was wheeled to the or and very very scared. I was shaking so bad. I really had no idea what was going on. There were people everywhere. They were poking me testing to see if I could still have feeling. I did. More drugs. I still had feeling. I could hear my dr say put her to sleep I need to get him out now. I was so scared!! The anasteologist (sp?) said one more minute I can get her numb. The dr said I'll give you 25 seconds that's all we have. They counted down, did a poke. I said I felt it but not as strong. The dr said go! Lots of tugging, pulling and then a cry! Bless that cry!!  It was over, we did it and I got to kiss hudsons head over and over and over again! I couldn't move, it was the craziest feeling. In recovery I got to hold and feed Hudson. It was wonderful. Then I think my body came out of shock. I had the shakes so bad for three hrs! I was wheeled to my room and my family was there. It was so great to have haylee and Hunter there. I had left them in the morning not preparing them at all that I was having a baby that day. I wanted to snuggle all three of my babies so bad. I had been dreaming of the moment when I could introduce them to a new baby for so long and here it was. I'm so thankful it all worked out and that I did switch Drs and hospitals. The lord knew what was going to happen and he put me in such amazing hands to take care of me and my baby! All of the nurses knew I was so scared. They took such good care of me and were so comforting! My dr especially never left my side. He was amazing!! And now Hudson Crew Teuscher who weighed 7.4 lbs length 20 inches born at 6:16 pm is now 1 week old! It's been a wild ride Hudson but we love having you in our family. You are my dream come true and the answer to lots of prayers!! 

We are going home

Sat night I had a little bit of bleeding so Sunday morning I decided to go get it checked out at the hospital. I told the kids a nurse is just going to talk with me and then I'll be back in 30 mins. 3 days later and with a baby in my arms I'm coming home!! 

Family

My family is my life and that's just the way I like it. It's been the four of us for a long time. Almost 5 years. More than half our marriage it's been Weston and I each with our little buddies. Sometimes on our outings and trips we switch buddies but for the most part I have Haylee and Weston has Hunter. During the week mon thru friday it's me, Haylee and Hunter. I love when I get them both and I don't have to share one of them with Weston. The three of us! So many memories for the past 5 years with these two in tow. Before Hunter came along I had Haylee all to myself. Just her and I and man oh man we became instant best friends from the moment they placed her in my arms.

I loved those two and half years with her. Right before I had Hunter I almost became a little sad thinking our alone time would be gone. I didn't understand how my heart could expand anymore to love another child as much as I loved my little Haylee. Just like when they placed Haylee in my arms, my heart did grow that much more and I knew instantly when Hunter and I locked eyes for the first time that he was my little buddy. I just wanted to eat him up all the time. He makes me laugh more than anybody could and brings me so much happiness. I've been blessed and given a gift for the last two years while Haylee is at school to have Hunter all to myself.

I have been so blessed to be able to spend amazing quality one on one time with each of my children. It's a gift that I now cherish!! It's also been so fun seeing Haylee and Hunter become such close friends. All the time strangers in stores will approach me and say they can't believe how fun my kids seem to be having together. And it's true, they are the best of friends. They are lucky to have each other. I have loved being just the three of us these past few years. Nothing makes me happier than being their mom

In a couple of weeks our family is going to grow from 4 to 5. It's going to be a big change for us as we haven't had a baby in our family for a long time. I often wonder, what he will look like, how he will fit into our family, what will his personality be like? We all can't wait to meet him. We are ready for him. Although our house is still a bit of a disorganized mess, he has no place to sleep yet, or I haven't gone through any of our baby stuff yet, we are ready. We've been praying for him to come to our family for a long time. He may not have clean clothes to wear yet but he will have lots of little fingers and loving arms instantly surrounding him. I can't wait for my heart to expand and grow again. We are all so excited to gain a new little buddy!!

moving is hard work!

A little Family history post. We are on the move again. I've lost track of how many moves this will be for us. Somewhere between 16 and 18 in 9 years. Weston and I started our marriage out driving from Portland to DC. That was our first move. From DC we moved to Rexburg then onto Minnesota. So many of our moves were because Weston sold alarms where we moved to numerous places all over the country from April until August. From minnesota we moved to Boise. In Boise Weston was doing his finance internship with Wells Fargo. We had to live with my sister for a month while we figured out a place to live. Then we moved to Pittsburgh to do alarms again. We then moved to Portland where Weston worked for New York Life. We stayed there for a year and half. A very long time for us. Weston had a job opportunity in Arizona where he moved for a month trying to figure out if that was a good path for us. We decided against it and went back to selling alarms so we moved to Missouri. After that ended in August Weston stayed in missouri to sell alarms for a couple of months. We had Haylee who was 2 and Hunter who was 4 weeks old. I had to find somewhere to live while Weston stayed in Missouri. I decided to stay with my parents for a few weeks and then head back to live with my sister in boise for a few weeks as well. Weston and I lived in Boise for a few months until it was time to sell alarms again and we moved to Arkansas. While in Arkansas we moved to another area of Arkansas. After Arkansas we moved to Boise. Before we left for Arkansas Weston had some good job interviews for medical sales jobs that we were hoping would work out after we got back. Sure enough right we when we got back from Arkansas, Weston was hired to sell dental equipment for Henry Schein Dental. The job was for Spokane. We packed up after being in Boise for two months and headed to Spokane. We house hunted and found our first dream house in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. So moved again. We lived in our first house for 2 years. A record for us. A few offices with Henry Schein wanted Weston transfered there. We had some choices to make. Stay put, move to San Antonio, Tx or Seattle, WA. After many months and lots of praying we decided to move to Seattle, Wa. This move was tough, we had a house that we loved and had to sell and the kids were so happy there. They were involved in schools and had best friends to leave behind, but we felt it was right. Then low and behold a week before we were moving to Seattle, the Portland Henry Schein office called and wanted Weston to come there. So off to Portland. We have been here for 8 months while house hunting and building our second home. We are moving this weekend again but this time it's exciting. Our move 8 months ago was hard and we have felt in transition for a long time. We are so excited to get settled and make our new house our home again.