Once Again We're Playing Catch Up...

I was doing so well with blogging, but lately I've been figuring out how to take care of three boys. David has decided that his life isn't fun unless he is making messes...I have cleaned up a dozen broken eggs from off the carpet, spilled milk all over our couch, flooded bathrooms and soggy floors, laundry detergent piled all over, spray on sun screen off our dining room floor...and so many more I just can't remember them all! So that has been my life so far, hence, the no blogging. But here are some pictures of what has also been going on with our lives.

Gabe was blessed over Memorial Day weekend. My brother and his family were visiting from Utah so we thought it would be a great opportunity to have everyone together. It was great being able to spend time with my sister and brother and their families. And yes, you see correctly that Ashley has the only granddaughter. We are a family of boys! haha It was also great getting to spend time with Brandon's side of the family...although, I don't have any pictures of them (we really need to work on that). David and Jacob loved being outside for pretty much the entire weekend.

He looked so handsome in his little button down shirt and vest! And just look at those blue eyes!

He actually started smiling right after we came back from Maryland...it's so cute!

Jacob loves to put things on his head. Hats are his love but their Grammy got them these cute masks and Jacob will tolerate them for a few minutes before taking them off. Luckily, I was able to get a couple of cute pictures first!

I tried to get a group shot of my boys but lately, David hasn't wanted anything to do with the camera, so his smile is fake and he's trying to get away and Gabe is screaming his guts out, so it's not the best picture. Jacob is adorable though... :)

We do have a pool that we could go to but I can't handle all three boys by myself, so I made do with what we had. I just dumped all their toys out of this bin and filled it up with water. They loved it and it kept them busy for a good 45 minutes. It would have kept them busy longer, but I was dying of heat and I didn't want them to get burned. David threw a tantrum coming back in though, so it might be a repeat thing!

A rare picture of me! haha But I got my hair cut...super short, as you can see! I've never had it this short before and I'm still not quite sure if I like it or not. I have my good days where I love it and my bad days where I hate it, but I guess everyone can say that about their hair.

Another cute picture of Gabe...he's getting so big and growing up too fast! Still has his red hair though!

Jacob loves to hold his little brother

Another attempt to get them all together...and again, Jacob is adorable!

I'm not sure why David is trying to pick Gabe's nose...but again, another cute picture of Jacob. haha

I'm cheap and I don't want to pay money to get someone to take professional pictures of Gabe, but I do want a good one to hang in our house so I've been trying to get a good picture myself...these aren't that bad! :)

So not much has been happening in our lives...we are pretty much living day-by-day (that's about all I can handle right now). Hopefully as the boys get older and a little less destructive, we'll be able to do more fun things! 

David's 3rd Birthday

We aren't a party family...more of, I didn't feel like putting together a birthday party right after having a baby, so we decided to celebrate it just as a family. David's 3 (he turned 3 on the 28th), he doesn't know and probably doesn't care that we didn't throw him a party. That was also my thinking about making him another huge cake. Last year, I did Buzz Lightyear and it turned out great (if I do say so myself), but he didn't even touch it and could've cared less about it. So I decided I wasn't going to decorate the cakes until they can be fully appreciated! haha We just went to the store and got an Angel Food cake, smothered it in whipped cream and put strawberries around it. It was a much bigger hit, and he actually ate one or two bites (surprisingly he's not much of a sweets boy...I guess I shouldn't complain, Jacob definitely makes up for him! lol). 

Blowing out the candles

My big, cute 3 year old!

Jacob- waiting for some cake

Opening some of his presents

It's a little blurry, but I just love his face!

Jacob the Garbage Truck! David wanted McDonald's chicken nuggets for his birthday dinner so we got him a 4 piece, as well as Jacob. Well, Jacob ate all of his and when we put him down he climbed up into David's chair and finished his!

And of course I had to add a couple of pictures of Gabe...our little red head! He's just a little cutie!

He's a month old now, but it still seems like yesterday when we had him...before you know it, it will be his 3rd birthday!

David and Jacob just love him...they are such good big brothers!

Just love this picture of him

and I love this picture too!

*And on a side note, I turned 26 on the 25th of April...I'm on the downward slide to 30 now. *sigh*

Cookie Cutter Kids

Cookie cutter kids- that's my term for siblings that all look alike. I love looking at families that have kids that all look alike...and now that's me!!

David

Jacob

 Gabe

I can't wait to see what they all look like when they get older!!

Welcome to the World!

Introducing Gabriel Thomas Lyons!

Born: April 11, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Weight: 8 lbs 9 oz

Length: 21 inches

Birth story (for those of you who are interested): Tuesday, April 10th, I had a doctor's appointment and he checked to see if I was progressing at all...I wasn't. So we began thinking that this little boy wanted to wait all the way until his due date (April 16th) to show up. I came home and went about doing my everyday chores and such and that night decided to go food shopping so we could be prepared for the next week. Lets just say by the time we finished I felt like he was going to drop right out of me right then and there! It hurt so much to walk around! Well, we went to bed still not thinking anything was going to happen. Jacob started crying at around 3:30 for his binky so I got up and put it in his mouth and had a contraction while bending over! I laid back down and continued to have some contractions that were about 10-15 minutes apart. I just laid there because I couldn't sleep and I didn't want to wake up Brandon just in case this wasn't the real thing. But they started coming a little bit closer together and getting a little harder...still I didn't wake Brandon up, but luckily he got up to go to the bathroom and then asked how I was doing when he laid back down so I could tell him I had been having some contractions for the past hour or so. We just kind of laid there for a little bit, before I decided to get up and do something productive. I thought if I wasn't going to sleep then I had better do something better with my time. So I cleaned! 7 o'clock rolled around and Brandon asked if he should go into work or not. I told him to go because they weren't terrible yet and still 5-7 minutes apart. I told him I would call him when they started being 2-3 minutes apart...so he left. David got up and I got him something to eat and stuck him in front of the tv. (I didn't want to have him under my feet while I was trying to breathe through contractions.) I called my mom and told her that today was probably the day and while I was talking to her the contractions started coming closer and really hard. I called Brandon and told him it was time...this was like at 8:30 so he really didn't get much work in. Jacob was still asleep so I decided to jump in the shower because I was having some bad back pain. While I was in there, Brandon got home and got the boys dressed. At 9, we headed over to the Torres' home to drop the boys off and then headed to the hospital. We got checked in at 9:30 and I was dilated to a 4! So they said I could get the epidural any time I wanted it...I lasted until about 11! haha By this time, I was dilated to a 6. I decided to call my mom afterwards and let her know what was going on. I talked to her for about 45 minutes and at the end of our conversation I started to get really uncomfortable when a contraction hit. It wasn't until I got off the phone that I realized that it was some intense pressure down in that area. The doctor came in and checked me again and I was fully dilated! I went from a 6 to a 10 in 45 minutes! We still had to wait a little while before I could push because our nurse was out to lunch...but around 1 they came in and started setting everything up. They said I could do a couple of practice pushes, which I did, and they said they could already see his head. I pushed a couple more times until he was crowning and then my doctor told me to stop! He said he wanted to let my muscles stretch a little before continuing to push so there would be less chances of tearing. Well, I stopped pushing but I could feel him sliding out...just my breathing was pushing him out but my doctor was telling the nurses to hold his head in!! Our main nurse turned to the doctor and said, "He's coming out whether you want him to or not!" So he told me to push and 2 pushes later Gabe was born at 1:38 pm! We were shocked to see a full head of red hair, but have since gotten used to it and love it! As weird as I thought it was for my doctor to tell me to stop pushing, it definitely worked! I didn't tear at all and have felt great ever since! So to all those women out there...tell your doctors to let you stretch a little before trying to push your baby all the way out! haha

We are so very happy to have this little boy here and can't imagine life without him already! David and Jacob are wonderful big brothers!

Comparison Pictures

38 weeks pregnant with Jacob...he came 2 days later.

38 weeks pregnant with Gabriel...let's hope he's like his brother!

I don't know what you think, but I definitely think I'm way bigger this time around and lower too (let's hope that's a good sign)! I'm ready for this little man to be here! Hurry Gabriel, please hurry!!