Coming Home

Just chilling with Auntie Ise

Getting some gas and going to the bathroom at a Sinclair station

I come out of the bathroom and I hear "Mommy, take my picture!"

Beach Day!

On Tuesday we went to Ocean Shores for a few hours. It was about 65 degrees and windy, but the kids loved it!

Tucker man was so happy as soon as we got him out of the car

Landon was having so much fun, he wouldn't stop to look at the camera!

Dipping toes in the ocean with some cousins

Family Reunion

Mike's mother's side of the family had a fun family reunion on Saturday and the kids had a blast! It was at Mike's aunt's house and they live on 4 acres and have a huge, beautiful house. We had fun talking with and meeting family, playing with balls, wagons, swords, water balloons, etc.

Tucker was the only baby and all the little girls ADORED him!

Of course, he loved the attention

Wagon rides!

So cute!

We couldn't find his regular baseball hat, and Landon had grabbed this hat on our way out the door, so we put it on Tucker. Whatever gets the sun out of his eyes!

Our visit with the "Greats"

This past week we went on a road trip to visit some family in Oregon and Washington. Since Oregon was on our way, we decided to stop there for a couple days and visit Mike's grandparents. Our first stop was in Gresham, OR to see Great- (for the boys) Grandma Leymaster, Mike's mom's mom.

There were no toys except the ones we brought, so the boys wrestled a lot

He's just so handsome :)

We tried so hard for him to sit in his Great-Grandma's lap for a picture, but he wouldn't do it!

Our next stop was in Woodburn, OR to see Mike's dad's parents. 

Great-Grandpa Goold and Tucker

Playing on the pillow while the rest of us ate are dinner

Mmm! Chocolate pudding!

Happy helper!

Landon and Great-Grandpa looking at the flag

A broken sandal and two adorable boys

The other day we headed to Idaho Falls to do a little shopping before Mike had to head to work. We had one more stop after lunch before we needed to go back home, and Landon's 99 cent flip flop broke, with no hope to save it. We pulled into Taco Bell for a yummy lunch, and I carried him through the hot parking lot and let him down in the restaurant. His feet were getting really gross, but they always are anyways so I didn't really care. 

While we were eating our food, Tucker was sitting on top of the table munching on some hot sauce packets. His drool was flowing steadily down his arm, leaving little puddles all over the table. When Landon was done with his taco, he started to lay on the table right next to us. Mike was feeding Tucker some food, and trying to keep it in his mouth, but Tucker was distracted by his brother playing, so the food ended up smeared across his chubby cheeks and some even wound up on the table. We were probably an interesting sight! 

We were finally done, and Mike had Tucker and I had the job of lugging out my 2 1/2 year old on my hip. There was a family by the door that were looking at us and kind of laughing. Maybe they were laughing because they saw the drool puddles and baby food on the table? (I promise, we wiped the table off) Maybe they were laughing at Landon's black feet, or the fact that I have a 2 year old on my hip? I walked passed them to leave and they said "You have the most adorable boys!!" 

Well, that made me happy :)

A lovely night out to dinner? HA!

Yesterday was a crazy day. Mike had to work from 8-4:30, and the boys decided to start the day at 6 :( Tucker has a really bad cold, where he just can't stop coughing his little lungs out, poor guy. And Landon is in the stage where he is constantly "needing" things from me, and is starting to be scared of everything. Needless to say, both kiddos were very cranky and it was a very long, hard day for me.

On the menu for that night was a very delicious meal, but it would have taken about 45 minutes just to prepare. I didn't have the energy to make it, so when Mike came home I suggested that we go out to dinner. He agreed, but then came the hard part of deciding where to go. I suggested The Hickory, a yummy barbecue place, but Mike didn't really feel like it. We remembered that we have a Super Saver card with some great deals, so we checked that out. It came down to Big Jud's or Da Pineapple Grill. Delicious burgers and fries, or some tasty Hawaiian food. We ended up choosing Da Pineapple Grill, so off we went.

When we got there, there was only one other family eating there, so I thought we would get our food pretty quickly. The hostess sat us, and we peered at the menus. I chose some a kalua pork platter, and Mike picked some kind of teriyaki burger. I told the waitress what I wanted and she told me they're having a pork shortage, so I'd have to choose something else. Seriously?? Since we'd never been here before, I had to look at the menu again to choose something else, so I asked her if she could come back in like 3 minutes. 10 minutes later, she comes back and I order a teriyaki chicken burger.

After ordering, the waitress brought us our drinks-I got a diet coke, and Mike got a strawberry lemonade slushie. At this point, Landon had gone from the seat next to me, to the high chair, and was now wandering around. Tucker was entertained for a little while looking at the menu and his toys. We got Landon to come back and color on his menu, which he did for about 1 1/2 minutes. Then Tucker got fussy so Mike handed him to me to feed him his bottle. He guzzled it down, burped, and was content. 

Landon then told us he was all done eating (we hadn't even gotten our food yet) and wanted to leave. We told him we would be getting our food soon, and to sit down (He climbed out of the seat and was wandering again). This time he chose to sit next to his daddy, and have some of his drink. The slushie was almost gone because by that point we'd been waiting about 20 minutes. The waitress brought another round of drinks out, thank goodness for free refills, and Landon was finishing off the first slushie when he decided to dump out the crayons in the cup they came in, and pour the rest of the slushie in it. Terrific.

Mike was holding Tucker again, but he handed him over to me so he could clean up the slushie mess. As soon as I got Tucker, he spit up ALL over my lap! I quickly gave him back to his daddy and got the rag to clean my lap. The rag was so soaked! Mike handed him back to me, and we were okay playing with a few toys. More time passed, and we still didn't get our food. The boys were so loud at this point! Landon was mad because he just wanted to go, and Tucker had his cold so he was coughing and just plain fussy. Oh, and he spit up all over my lap, for a second time. 

I told Mike that we needed to get our food to go so we can get out of here. More people had come, and our loud boys were turning heads. When we finally got our food (about 45 minutes later!!!), I asked her if we could get them to go, so she went and got boxes. She brought them back out, but forgot that we had ordered some free ice cream that came with the deal from the Super Saver card. So back to the kitchen she went! Mike finally took the boys outside, and I was still there waiting. I paid the bill, and left the restaurant. On our way out, we saw some friends coming in, and they asked how our food was. I replied "I don't know yet!" We were all ready to just go home and eat!

We got the boys home where Landon could run around and Tucker could just do his thing. I opened the boxes to find 2 hamburgers and fries. Didn't I order a chicken burger? Who cares, I'll eat it anyway. Turns out the food is AMAZING! Oh my goodness, that was the best burger I've  had in a long time! I don't know if we'll be taking the kids next time, but there will definitely be a next time. And hopefully there will not be a pork shortage. What even is that? 

Tucker at 2 months

Tucker is getting so big and so full of personality! He loves:

*his brother, mommy and daddy

*the song "Gagnam Style

*LOVES LOVES having his diaper off. If he is sad or crying, all we need to do is take off his diaper and we get an instant grin :)

*Being naked (goes with above)

*kisses on the mouth

*TALKING! This boy is such a chatter box! There is just so much he has to say always!

*his tongue

*snuggling

Tucker is really a happy baby, and we love having him in our family. He brings such joy to everyone. A few of his nicknames are: Tucker Man, Chubbs, Man, Rolly 

Here are his 2 month stats:

Height: 23 1/2 inches (75th percentile)

Weight: 13.1 lbs (75th percentile)

Head: 41 1/2 inches (80th  percentile)

Overall, he's a big baby and the doctor said most likely he'll be big for a while. That's okay with us though; we love chubby babies!!

Brothers

Tucker's birth story

My due date was January 19, but since Mike started school we wanted to do an induction so he could let his teachers know ahead of time that his wife was going to have a baby and he'd need to miss class. So I scheduled Tucker to be born on the 13th. 

I anxiously called Labor and Delivery at 5:30 am and they told me to come in at 6:30. So I struggled to get out of bed with my big belly to shower. I quickly got ready and kissed my boys good-bye. Landon was going to be watched by a good friend all day and Mike was going to go to his morning classes and then meet me at the hospital afterwards before the baby. 

It was weird checking into the hospital without Mike, and all the nurses kept asking me where my husband was. I kept reassuring them that he was coming after classes. I got into my hospital gown and was walking around the delivery room because I didn't want to get into bed just yet; I knew I'd be in it all day. I saw the warmer where they'd clean up the baby in, his swaddling blanket, hat, and teeny diaper. I'm not going to lie, I was really nervous! I knew just what was going to happen, and what pain I would possibly feel. When I had Landon I had an idea what was going to happen, but I didn't know what to expect.

The nurse finally came in and hooked me up to the IV. Later she came in and put my on the antibiotics for Group B Strep. The doctor came in around 8 and checked my cervix. I was 3 cm dilated, but the baby was at a +3, so he told me he'd be back around noon to check me again. The nurse started me on a low dose of pitocin and let me be. She suggested I take a little nap, but couldn't so I watched a lot of tv. I was getting some contractions, but I was barely feeling them. I asked the nurse when I could get my epidural, and she said the doctor wanted to wait until I was at least 4 cm, and the baby dropped a little lower. Okay.

By 10:30, they were a little stronger, and the nurse kept upping my dose of pitocin. Since I hadn't eaten anything since 6:15 that morning, I was starting to get shaky and really hungry. I asked the nurse if there was anything I was able to eat and she brought me some 7-up and two containers of jell-o. That helped a lot, and the jell-o tasted so good! I guess it's been a long time since I've had jell-o. 

Mike came in at 11:45. I was so happy to see him! He sat down and ate his lunch he'd picked up on the way, and I caught him up on what's going on. He actually had forgotten to bring the camera, so he headed back home again. Luckily the doctor was late at getting to me. He didn't make it until 2:00. I was expecting to have had the baby at this time, so I was a little irritated that he was so late to come in. When he did come, I hadn't progressed so he broke my water. He told me that my contractions are going to get a lot worse now that the  cushion of the water was gone. He also told me that the baby had passed some meconium so they're not going to stimulate the baby until they can get it all out of his lungs. This same thing happened to Landon, so I was okay. I was a little disappointed that I wouldn't be holding him right after he was born, but I knew he would be in good hands. I again asked about the epidural and the nurse told me to call her when I can no longer handle the pain and she'd page the anesthesiologist. Within a half an hour my contractions got a lot worse. 

I called the nurse after about an hour to get checked, and she said I was a 4, but still a +3. At 4:00 I called her again and she said I was at a 5, and she'd order the epidural. My contractions were coming about every minute and getting severely painful. I kept telling Mike I didn't want to do a natural delivery!! I told him again and again to not let me go natural. Poor guy, there was nothing he could do. Around 5, I called the nurse again to check me because I felt like the baby was super low and I needed my epidural NOW! She said the anesthesiologist had to go into an emergency c-section and he'll get to me as soon as he was done. 

I was having a really hard time getting through the contractions. Mike was a very good coach. He let me squeeze his hand as I breathed through each one. He would breathe with me and help me go in through my nose and out through my mouth. At one point I remember my left arm and face getting tingly, and the nurse said I was hyperventilating, and that I needed to focus on my breathing more. It was so hard!

 I called the nurse in at 5:20 ish and told her I needed to push! She said the doctor is on his way and to keep breathing through the contractions. It wasn't until I heard her holler in the hallway  "Tell the doctor to run! And I need so-and-so to come catch, and so-and-so to help" that I realized I'm going to deliver this baby naturally!

I breathed through one more contraction, then the doctor came in, got his gown on, and told me the next contraction I get to push. Well it came quickly, and screaming very loudly I got the baby out in 2 pushes, one for his head and one for his shoulders. Mike said "he's here, honey! He's here! You did it!" It was such a shock to my body what just happened, I couldn't seem to open my eyes. I finally did and told Mike to go start taking pictures. The doctor and nurse told me how good I did. I was really impressed with myself too! I didn't plan on delivering natural, but I did it! 

They didn't want the baby to cry until his lungs and stomach were clear, so it was a few minutes. When he did it was just for a second, then he was content. They placed him in my arms and I melted. He was just so cute! During labor I decided I wanted to name him Jackson, but one I looked at him, I knew he was Tucker. He was 7lbs 13oz, 21 inches long. About a pound and a half heavier than his big brother and an inch longer. And he was a week early! Mike is happy to have a chubby snuggly baby, and I'm happy he's here and is healthy. Landon is so sweet to his little brother and always wants to "hold it". We adore our new addition!

Our new little one

Everybody, this is Tucker Kim Goold. He was born Monday, January 13 2014 at 5:30 pm. His middle name was picked out by his daddy, and is named after Grandpa Kim Goold.