Announcing BABY ROCKWELL!!

Yes.... That's right, Baby Rockwell is due April 2014! We couldn't be more excited about the new addition to our family! After trying to get pregnant for almost a year, it is such a blessing to finally be pregnant!

The story.....

I had pretty much given up all hope of getting pregnant. I was so discouraged and couldn't stand any more "negative" pregnancy tests. Yes, I was one of those people that took a test every month, hoping, just hoping, to be pregnant. Every time that stupid stick would say "not pregnant" I would cry. Why do I do this to myself?!? Well August 24th comes around. I am a day late, and I wake up when Ted leaves for work. I don't know why, but I had the thought, "Hmm why not see?" So I go pee on the stick and it instantly shows positive! WHAT?!? I couldn't believe my eyes! I call Ted (he'd already left) freaking out! I had to pee on another stick just to make sure (with Ted on the phone of course :P) and it was positive again! Tears of joy! I couldn't believe it, FINALLY!

We are currently 12 Weeks and 3 days! I have had a relatively easy pregnancy so far. I have thrown up a few times, and am always tired. But compared to others, I cant complain. At our 9 week appointment, we heard the heartbeat for about 2 seconds. It was so sweet, but I cant wait to hear it for longer. We have an appointment on the 23rd and they said we will be able to hear it much better then.

So far I haven't had any weird cravings, more like random ones. So far I have wanted McDonalds pancakes (at like 9 PM). It was so cute, Ted said that he would wait up until midnight to get them for me if I wanted. He's such a good hubby! I've craved Taco Bell nachos (yep just the chips and cheese), chewy spree, chocolate milk, and caramel popcorn. Yeah, all these things are not healthy at all. But oh well :)

We don't have a preference on the gender. Just a healthy baby will do :) Dylan is convinced it is a girl, even though he really wants a brother. I have had dreams about a baby girl. But we will see. Either way the little one is loved and adored by many.

My goal is to track my progress every week or two so that I remember these moments in the future.

Baby Rockwell, we love you and are so happy that you decided to join our family!

Slacker!

I have been such a slacker when it comes to writing on the blog, I can't believe my last post was about a year ago. My goal is to start writing more frequently. There's some exciting news in the Rockwell house (next post) and things have been going really well. Dylan is in 4th grade, and I cant believe how big he is! He is the funniest kid around, and we love every bit of him! Here are some pics over the past year.....

 M&M World in Vegas

 Visiting Nana & Papa in Colorado

 Mining in Colorado

 Fathers Day 2013

 Family Pics 2013

Such a stud!

Surgery

I saved my last post when things became a little crazy. Ted was out of town for work, and my body decided to get sick. I felt like someone was stabbing me in the back. I also had severe abdomen pain. The pain was so bad that I was almost in tears. This started about 10 PM and I waited until 9 AM to go to the Urgent Care Doctor. He pushed on my stomach, took some tests, and told me that he was fairly confident that I have a problem with my gall bladder. He strongly recommended to go to the ER. Well, I didn't like this idea so much. When I called my mom and told her what he said, she said I needed to go to the ER (I may be 23 years old, but I still listen to my mom sometimes). I went into the ER and they did some blood work and did an ultrasound. I had no idea what they were looking at. But when the ultrasound tech left the room she said, "Well, good luck to you." I turned to my sister in law and said, "What does that mean?!?" I knew something was wrong when she said that. The Doctor came in and told me that my gall bladder had stones in it. The reason why I was in so much pain was because a stone was passing. She said that they will have to remove my gall bladder, and that I need to meet with the surgeon in the morning. Ted (being the loving husband he is) drove home as soon as I got word that I would have to have surgery. We met with the surgeon and he showed us the ultrasound. I didn't know what to expect, but you could see all these rocks in my gall bladder. You are not supposed to have any stones at all. It looked like it was 3/4 full of stones. I went into surgery the next day. They had to do 4 different incisions, and took my gall bladder out through the cut in my belly button. In the recovery room they showed Ted, my mom, and I (although I don't remember it) my gall bladder. The surgeon said it was literally full of gall stones. He was shocked at how many there were. He said I was way young to have these types of problems. Surgery went really well though. We went to my parents and stayed almost a week because they have a recliner (which was so much better than laying down flat). Ted and my mom took such good care of me! I am so lucky to have them! I went in for my check up and the incisions are healing well. This experience made me so grateful to have such a loving family! I don't know what I would do without them! Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I can't wait to spend it with my family! I am one lucky girl!

This is a Willow Tree that Dylan got for me. It says Mother and son celebrating the bond of life between mothers and sons. I absolutely love it! He also got me flowers and a stuffed puppy. I got flowers from my sister in laws and in laws. They were all so pretty!

Happenings :)

Life has been pretty crazy around the Rockwell house! We are getting ready for Halloween coming up in a few days. Dylan chose to be a ninja for Halloween (even though he was a ninja last year) He is very excited! Holidays are always so much more fun with kids! An update on Misty- we went to the vet and she has to have her cast on for 3 more weeks! Poor thing! She absolutely hates having to have the cone on, but I am not going to pay for her cast to be replaced again. So cone it is :) Luckily she only has to wear it when we are gone. I have been crazy busy trying to organize a Women's Expo that is coming up on the 10th. Luckily things have come together pretty smoothly. I was finishing this when.....

A Week from HELL

The title says it all! This week has been a week from hell! On Wednesday night we went up to my parents house for dinner. Ted gets home first, calls me up and tells me that Misty hurt her leg. I get home, assuming that its no big deal. But I take one look at her back leg and I know something is not right. We then called all the vets in Tooele to see if anyone would come in to see her (Its around 8 PM). No one answered, so I called a 24 hour animal hospital in Salt Lake. Ted had to stay home with Dylan to get him ready for bed. I drive Misty in to the hospital. We get there and have to wait about 30 minutes for the doctor to come in to see us. He takes one look at her and says that its broken, he's just not sure how many bones she broke. He then proceeded to tell me that it would be $75 for the visit then $230 for one x-ray and more if they needed more than one image. I start freaking out, but tell them to go ahead. He shows me the x-rays and I immediately could see broken bones, and not just one, MANY! He then tells me that she will have to have surgery. I just start bawling! He told me how much the surgery would cost- then start bawling even more! I call Ted and I am a total wreck! Poor Ted, not only did he have me bawling, but Dylan crying too. The doctor said she would either have to have the surgery, or probably be put down because without surgery she would be a three-legged dog with no quality of life. Having the amazing and loving husband that I do, he said to go ahead with the surgery. She stayed overnight and then had surgery the next morning. After the surgery was complete the doctor said that she broke it more than he originally expected He said it was like a jigsaw puzzle, that bone fragments were everywhere. But he said that he is confident in his work, and that its as close to perfect as he could get it. I was able to go in and visit her for a few hours. She was able to come Friday. We were doing great.... until today.... I had to go into work and I was gone about a hour. I come home to find that she chewed off her cast. Stupid dog! So then I had to drive her back to the vet and get it re-casted. Ohh what's money right? Lets just pull it off our money tree growing in the back yard. Some people might say- shes just a dog. But she isn't, so is OUR dog. She is a part of my family in every way. It was so lonely to not have her here those few days. So now she has a cone to keep her from chewing it. At least I get some comic relief from her with the cone. She runs into everything and gets stuck quite often. I find it hilarious! Hopefully all goes well and no more emergency visits to the vet. Here are pictures of her x-rays, crazy stuff!

 This is her leg broken. The two middle bones were broken in 4 different places each

 Here is her leg with the pins in- the doctor did a great job!

And there's the cone- she hates it lol

FINALLY!

We FINALLY have a court date! It is set for October 12th at 10 AM. Words cannot describe how happy I am that we are finally going to be in court for more custody of Dylan. It has been an extremely long and drawn out process. Sad thing is, this is just the beginning. We are filing for temporary orders to be in place, until we can have the child custody evaluation done. The catch- it takes 2-3 months to complete the evaluation and we haven't even started yet. We are hoping to have custody of him starting the 12th, and have it be that way after the evalutation. It is so sad to see the effects that this is having on Dylan. Last night he just keep saying, "I hate when I have to leave." It breaks my heart every time! We are extremely hopeful that things will go well in a few weeks. We just have to keep postitive and know that the Lord has a plan for Dylan. We got our family pictures back and man am I one lucky lady! I have two handsome men in my life! Enjoy  :)

 This was Dylan's pose idea- he just jumpred right in my arms lol!

 The boys- serious faces- I love Dylans lol

 Love these two more than anything!

One for the memory bank :)

We were doing homework with Dylan yesterday and he finally decided that he wanted to tell me about his girlfriend from school. He told Ted last week, but swore Ted to secrecy about the subject. But lets face it- moms know everything. But I went along as if I didn't know anything. So yesterday he finally decides to tell me that he is madly in love with a little girl named Tiffany. He then proceeded to tell me, "I chase her. She chases me. It's complicated." Ohh my goodness did Ted and I BUST UP laughing! Where does he come up with these things?!?! Ohh boy he is a funny kiddo! This morning he and I just snuggled for a few minutes before he got ready for school. I am so lucky to be his mom! He is such a blessing in so many ways! Love my little family!