Lucas (sorry for the whole, long story)

July 16--

On this beautiful day, our beautiful second son, Lucas, arrived! 

Tuesday started out pretty normal....(at this point of the pregnancy, I had been feeling some Braxton Hicks but not a lot and not often) I went to work for my whole day (8:30 am to 2 pm). Josh was at home with Aidan since our babysitter was out of town. As I was leaving, a co-worker said "I hope I get to see you back here again" to which I said "I hope not". (just because I was SO DONE with this pregnancy) He was like "What?!" (this is a co-worker that everyone teases all the time because we love the reactions he has to everything!) 

Around 4:30, I started to get some contractions. So I hopped on Google Play and found a contraction timing app. They kept coming, even though they were small and didn't hurt! (It was a weird experience because I didn't get small contractions with Aidan, I went right into the painful ones) Josh about now went into the kitchen and starting making dinner, but I didn't tell him I was having contractions until I was sure that they would keep coming.

When I told him, he asked to let him know how far apart they were coming with the timing of them. I did and they were always so weird......some were 2 minutes apart and some were up to 10 minutes apart. They eventually got to around 2 to 3 minutes apart constantly, so we decided to head over to the hospital. Josh called his mom to let him know what we were doing and she offered to come pick up Aidan over there in case I needed to stay. I called my dad at home, let him know we were headed to the hospital, but that him and my mom (when she got home from picking my sister up)  didn't need to come up until I was sure that I was going to be admitted.

We handed over Aidan to his nana and headed up to L&D. They put me in a small room to monitor me for an hour to see if I progressed any. (I had been sitting at 5 cm for about a week at this point) 

The monitoring showed that I was indeed having some strong contractions (still not really hurting at this point) so they sent me upstairs to admit me.

I got checked again and I was at about 6 cm. So they called the anesthesiologist to get me an epidural. (I can not imagine having a baby without one...I know some women can brave it, but I just can't.) It took him quite a while to come into my room, having to give one to another mother. When he finally did, we got that put into me and pretty soon I was at 10 cm. The contractions were very strong then. I was so afraid of hurting Josh's hand, I felt I was squeezing the life out of it. He was so awesome to have by my side. He would watch the monitor when I was having the contractions and letting me know when I was coming down from one, that was such a huge help! Helped to reassure me. 

My doctor showed up and I started pushing. I'm not sure how long I pushed. The only thing I really remember is someone (turned out to be Josh) saying, "if you want to scream to help you push, just do it." So i did and it felt wonderful :)

Then Lucas arrived at 10:55 pm! They let me hold him skin to skin for a little bit before taking his stats and cleaning him up. He weighed 8 lbs 10 ounces and was 21 inches long! He's now almost 3 days old and such a joy already. Just waiting for him to get over the "gotta sleep all day long except to eat" phase!

Here's a few more pictures:

at hospital

ready to head home

big brother, little brother, and mom "napping"

June 29th and July 6th.........special days :)

June 29th--

I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and received my endowments!

July 6th--

A week later......Josh, Aidan, and I went back to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and were sealed together as an eternal family! We have worked so hard for this day since we came back to church in Dec 2011 and it was an amazing one! Here are some pictures:

12 more weeks........

......until our second son arrives! I wish it was closer just to meet him and get the labor over with, but he needs to stay in for 3 more months!
It's going to be a LONG summer!

On March 19th,2013...........

.........we found out we are having another baby boy on July 27th!
Most people already know this because I announced it on Facebook and a lot of people don't read this blog....but I like to think of this blog as my family journal so I wanted to put it up.
This is my favorite picture from the ultrasound:

So far this year .......2013

So far...

We have found out (this was actually in November when we discovered) but that I will be having our second child in August.

Our ward started at 9 am this year. Do you know how long it's been since I've gone to 9 am church? ( I have been inactive since 2007 and just started going back in December 2011)

Josh and I are going to take Temple Prep classes with our ward to prepare to go to the temple and be sealed as a family. (I went this last Sunday, Josh was sick with the flu)

Talking about the flu..........I got it on Thursday and it stayed around until about Saturday morning. Josh then got it Saturday and ended about Sunday night. Meanwhile, I have been having morning sickness 24/7 for the last month or more. It is not fun.

Aidan knocked his cousin, Matthew,  in the eye with a shoehorn at Grandpa Rigby's house (while Grandpa watched!). Matthew had to get stitches, poor little guy.

We lost my Grandpa Rigby about 15 days before Christmas last year (2012) and it's been so emotional for me, even still  to this day. I always knew I'd be sad of course when I lost a grandparent, but the pregnancy has magnified my feelings 100% more.

Well, that's it for now.

Halloween 2012

Josh made a "WILSON" shirt for Aidan and this was his Halloween costume!

We went to daddy's work (our corporate office since Josh and I work at the same company, just different place) for trick-or-treating in the afternoon. We had just walked in (we have a doctor's clinic on site at corporate) and Aidan immediately started crying because he thought we were there to go to the doctor, it was funny! He slowly started to get the concept of "getting candy from strangers" (the safe way of course) and he started to enjoy it a little.

Then right after getting Josh from work, we went to our church for ward trunk or treat. I actually had a lot of fun and I think it's a great idea (my very first one ever). We got another stash of candy. One of the ladies' in my ward was SO in love with Aidan's costume! She kept commenting on how great she thought it was. (I'm sure this made Josh feel good since he made it). Then we traveled to Aidan's great-grandma's house, Nana Bowe's house and then Grandma Rigby's house. 

Needless to say we were tired, but I really enjoyed Aidan's first real Halloween experience! 

Happy 2nd Birthday kid!

I can't believe this sweet boy just turned 2!

We had a party with family and here are some pictures, but only of him eating brownies and ice cream (thank you to my sister, Michelle, who took the pictures). I'm a bad mommy and didn't take any pictures.

He was better this year (he cried, again, while we sang to him) but other than that he was a good boy!

We also (finally) did a blessing for Aidan this night too. Josh and I have only been back to church since December of 2011 so we never got this done. It's done now and I'm proud of my husband for doing it.