Isaac Robert Wright

Three weeks ago today our little boy was born! Hard to believe it's already been three weeks. He is such a sweet little guy and his big brothers adore him. Owen loves to put his binky in and comes over to him saying how cute he is. He isn't a huge fan of holding him and told him the other day "Isaac! Stop crying!!" Spencer is a great helper and loves to hold him. He tries to make him laugh and thinks its funny to do crazy things for him. I am sure he's laughing inside and someday we will be able to hear it. 

 Big brother for a second time! 

 I think this is one of two times Owen has ever held Isaac. Which is probably better because when he is done he doesn't give any warning before pushing the baby off and trying to get up. 

 All four of my handsome boys! 

Birth Story: 

Isaac was born Tuesday morning at 10:26am. He was 8 lbs 5 oz and 20 inches long. My mom was flying in that day at 5pm and I was scheduled to be induced Wednesday morning. Owen was 9 days late and I still had to be induced. I wasn't sure I wanted to wait 9 days again and didn't want my mom to have to go back home before I even had the baby, so we decided to schedule an induction for my due date. 

I didn't anticipate going into labor on my own. It's what I prefer obviously, but after Owen I figured I'd always be past my due date. I even flew up to Salt Lake 3 weeks before I was due for my Grandpa Burkinshaw's funeral. It was so nice to be there for it though. And Isaac's middle name (Robert) is my Grandpa's name. 

Anyway, the boys and I went to one last (crazy) appointment Monday morning. I was dilated to a 3 with not too much else going on. That day I was having some contractions on and off but nothing too serious. But I woke up Tuesday morning around 1:30am. I was definitely feeling contractions and they were pretty regular. I decided to take a shower and get everything ready to go to the hospital. After getting ready I started having doubts about if I was actually in labor and was stressing a bit about sending the boys to someones house so early - since my mom wasn't in town yet. So I sat on the couch for a while timing my contractions. They were getting more painful and so we finally decided around 5am it was time to go. I also tested positive for group B strep and needed to have the antibiotics 4 hours before I delivered so that was another motivation to get going. I called my visiting teacher and she came over to our house to wait for the boys to wake up and we were off to the hospital. I was not too impressed with the hospital we went to. It took an hour after getting there for them to check me and get the antibiotics started. After telling them multiple times that I had group B strep and my labors were usually pretty fast. It was a little after 7 that they finally started the antibiotic. There was a c-section at 7 so I had to wait to get an epidural. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get one in time. Bryce kept telling me how great I was doing and that I could do it without an epidural. I actually considered it for a little bit. While I was waiting they gave me some pain medicine. As soon as she put it in through my IV I started feeling dizzy and a little loopy. It was so weird! I was dilated to an 8 and still no epidural. I was really thinking maybe I can do this when the anesthesiologist came in. Sweet relief! :) It was the best epidural I have had so far. I could still actually move my legs and felt the pressure everyone has always talked about. After getting the epidural my contractions were getting really strong and soon I was dilated to a 10. They wanted to have me wait since it hadn't been 4 hours since starting the antibiotics. So we waited. The baby's heart rate started doing funny things but they still wanted us to wait. And then a little after 10 my water broke. And there was meconium in the amniotic fluid - which is a sign that the baby is in distress. And they still wanted me to wait to start pushing!?! Mind you there is still a good half hour before they can start the second dose of antibiotic 20 minutes early. There was no way the baby was going to wait around for that. So the nurse got the doctor and after a few pushes our nameless child was born! We didn't decided on his name for a good 24 (probably more) hours after he was born. I thought he looked a little purple and it took him longer than I thought it should to start crying. But thankfully he was fine and had no complications from the strep B or anything else. He was great in the hospital. Was a good eater and slept a lot, even with all the poking and prodding from nurses every few hours. We were ready to go home when it was time! (I probably missed some details - it's late and I can see my sleep time slipping by!)

Naming Isaac was not an easy thing for us. I decided next time we are for sure picking a name before we get to the hospital! It's funny to me the names we have picked. None of them were names I ever thought I would use. But they are all ones we have loved and fit our boys perfectly. So after a lot of talking and thinking we finally decided on Isaac Robert Wright. And although I still sometimes catch myself calling him baby Owen, it is the perfect name and we are in love with our little Isaac! 

Overdue Update

Can you believe that this guy graduated? And passed his test and is now a licensed Physician Assistant?!?

I can hardly believe it myself. Seems like not too long a go we were just starting. Bryce is so happy to be done and ready to start working! 

So for a little update. Bryce got a job with a group of cardiothoracic surgeons in Phoenix! He is really excited about the job and also the location. We moved out of our third floor apartment last week and are living with my parents in Oklahoma until Bryce starts the beginning of October. Can't say I was sad at all to leave our apartment. Never having to walk up those stairs again carrying groceries or two boys sounds great! But we will miss all our friends in Wichita. It was a great two years and we are grateful for friendships we made and things we learned. And we are excited for new adventures ahead of us. Although I wish someone would just find us the perfect location and place to live in Phoenix. We are open to any advice from anyone who has ever been there - because I have never been to Arizona in my life! 

Our other big news is that we will be having a new baby the end of January! We are so excited. Even the boys (for now) are really excited about the new baby. They will both be great helpers, although I am sure it will be a bit of an adjustment for everyone - especially Owen. :) We find out next week if it's a boy or a girl. And while I may be secretly hoping for a girl, we will be happy with another little boy too! 

Now for an update through pictures! 

Bryce graduated in May! His mom, dad, Grandpa, and sister Sharayne all came out for his graduation. We had a lot of fun and are so glad they made the long trip out!

Bryce had one last rotation to do after graduation, so he wasn't really done until July. And then he took his test August 10. So really we feel like he is just finally done with it all! And good news is he passed!!! So now we can really start planning our lives. 

 These two hooligans have kept me busy while Bryce was busy working and studying. They are such great little boys and I can't think of any better way to spend my time. 

 Except maybe the few times that they are yelling and fighting...

...and just being crazy. But those don't happen very often. ;) And I still love them then anyway. 

Spencer is my little helper. He always helped unload the dishwasher in the mornings. He has always been very good about helping around the house.  

We're still working on this kid. I'll cut him a little slack because he is only 2. But pretty soon he's going to have to start pulling his own weight! 

And just because I have to document it - this is our classic Owen face. He loves to grit his teeth together. He looks pretty mean and sometimes likes to attack you, but he really is a sweet little boy. 

Still here.

It's been a while. Does anyone even look at blogs anymore?? Probably not. But we are finally getting a new camera and I just feel a need to start blogging again. We'll see how long it lasts! 

There is finally an end in sight for PA school! Only a week left in Bryce's last rotation. Then graduation, then his preceptorship, and then...a real job!! We're still working on finding a real job. But it will come. :) 

The boys are getting so big. They are best friends and play so well together - most of the time of course. 

Spring seems like it's taking forever to get here! The other day it looked so nice outside but was actually pretty cold. So we opened the windows and pretended we were reading outside in the sunshine. 

A while ago I decided to go through the alphabet with the boys. Nothing too fancy, just simple ideas. And we track our progress by making a page for each letter in our ABC folder. Last week we did X-ray and found a child size skeleton to print out online. For some reason Spencer thought he needed his sunglasses? Owen thought it was cool for about 2 seconds, Spencer thought it was cool for about 2 minutes. And then they both ran off to play with their cars and crash them into each other. Story of our lives. 

Summer In Review

Wow. Has it really been May since I last posted?! And is it seriously already almost September?? 

Well our summer was wonderful. Bryce started his rotations for PA school. He is loving it and will be an awesome PA. The boys and I just tried to stay busy. We spent about at month at my parents house while some of my other siblings came to visit. Here is a little review of what our summer was like. 

Ice cream.  

Quite a bit of ice cream actually.  

Staying hydrated was a top priority.   

We loved eating lunch on the back porch.  

And there was our little oven fiasco. This was before church on Fathers Day. Spencer was making car muffins. I actually helped him fill the pan so every muffin was full.  And I kept telling myself that I had to remember to take these out before we left for church. 

But of course forgot until a few minutes after I turned the oven on to preheat when we got home. Actually not until I started to smell melting plastic. I don't think we had a single matchbox car that was left out. But they still play with our melted cars. Who needs wheels that actually work anyway, right?? Right Spencer??

I think we went to the Kiddie Park four times this summer! The boys loved every minute of it.  

Owen maybe didn't love the roller coaster so much, but he definitely loved the little cars. 

We had a lot of time to play with cousins. Here's Spencer, Olivia, and Aislee playing hide and seek. Aren't they so sneaky? Always took forever to find them. 

We went to some museums. This was a tornado simulator. The kids really loved it. Even Owen, though at this point he was ready to get out. 

 What is summer without going to the lake and riding on the tube? Aunt Julie and Jack were kind enough to let us go out with them (and grandma) for a few days. Spencer and Owen both loved riding on the tube. 

We also did quite a bit of coloring. Spencer could color forever. And he is getting so great at staying in the lines and everything. Owen, well he mostly scribbles a little, gets up runs around, comes back to sit down, dumps all the crayons out of the box, then runs around a little more. He's what I like to call crazy. :) 

The boys of course love to play games or watch videos on my phone. Owen used to be really good at just sitting and watching. He's now discovering that he deserves a turn too.  

Just hanging out, eating some apples. It was one of those days so I plopped them in front of the TV so I could make dinner in peace. :) I gave Spencer his leftover apples from lunch. After a few minutes I overheard Spencer saying "Owen! Owen!!" in a kind of grouchy voice. I was ready to tell him he needed to be nice when I hear him say "Owen, do you want an apple?" Spencer really is my sweet little boy. He is very good at sharing and looking out for his little brother. 

Most important, we spent as much time as we could lovin' on our daddy! 

I Got You Buddy!

Spencer is such a great big brother...

The only question I have is what does "This will take for a longer!" mean? 

Leaving on a Jet Plane

My little sister is getting married on Friday, so tomorrow we are flying to Utah. Bryce can't make it because of school, so I get to fly all alone with these crazy boys... 

I know Spencer will do fine. It's this guy I am a little worried about.

He is all over the place. And doesn't like to be stopped. Luckily someone let us borrow a portable DVD player. And I may be packing some emergency m&m's. Just in case it gets really bad. :) 

We are so excited to go to Sarah and Zak's wedding. Spencer has been talking about it for months and is really excited to fly on an airplane! Hopefully I will remember to pull my camera out and take some pics. So maybe I will finally start updating the blog a little more. 

Just because they are so handsome! Am I a lucky girl or what?

One!

Our little Owen turned 1 today! The year has gone by so fast. I just spent the last 20 minutes looking at pictures and videos of Owen's first few months. It is amazing how quickly they grow. And it has been so fun to watch Owen grow and see his personality. 

Anyway, we had a pretty laid back day. Daddy spent the day studying while we played, went to Target, and made Owen's cupcakes. Then we all went out to dinner at Outback (Bryce's choice because tomorrow is his birthday!). I think we have decided that from now on to celebrate our birthdays we will go out to eat by ourselves!  At least I decided that. :) 

After dinner we came home, sang happy birthday and ate some cupcakes. 

On to the pictures! 

The birthday boy!

Ready to open some presents! 

I tried so many times to get a picture of Owen by himself in front of his door. But he only held still when Spencer sat next to him.  

The cupcakes. Owen really loves playing with any type of car right now. And I decided to do something fairly simple since it was only going to be us. It took me longer than I thought...mostly to make the cars out of homemade marshmallow fondant. But it was fun to try something new and turned out good enough to please Owen (and Spencer). 

Owen with his cupcakes. Notice how far away they are from them. :)  

Singing happy birthday. You will notice that I started out singing in a different key than Bryce chimed in with. He told me he was trying to make it sound bad. Because that's just what his family does. :) 

Owen was ready to dig in!

He ate the whole cupcake no problem. And made a huge mess of course! But he loved every minute of it.

And of course a picture of Spencer eating his cupcake. He was more excited about Owen's birthday than Owen was. And we had to talk multiple times throughout the day about it being Owen's special day and these are Owen's presents, etc. He did pretty well, but kept talking about his birthday in October. :) 

Funny that the balloons have kept Owen more entertained than any of the toys we got him for his birthday!