INTRODUCING................

Brady Dean Crowley

Brady arrived 2 weeks early. On December 7th @ 1:15pm. He weighed in at 7lbs 1oz, and was 20.5inches long.


I will post his birth story soon. He had a rough start, but he is doing fabulous. Could he be any cuter?! I don't think so.

36 weeks! AAAH, can you say GINORMOUS?!?!

Oh, my goodness I have grown so much since my last pregnancy post. What happened???? Oh I know... I am now 9 months pregnant. Oh, how the time has flown by. I saw my doctor today and she's pretty sure this guy is going to be BIG. She said my tummy felt like all baby. That he is completely taking up every bit of room in there. I was also told that I am dilated to a 1. Not much but, atleast we're making progress! I have been having a few contractions these last couple days. Nothing constant, but definitely REAL contractions not just the Braxton Hicks I've been experiencing. I can't even tell you how excited I am for this little guy to get here. Not too much longer!

Ok i just did like 4 posts. Sorry if they don't make alot of sense, I tried to hurry and whip them out.

32 weeks!

Wow, I cannot believe that I am 8 months already. The time has gone by so fast. I am getting so excited for this little man. I have still been feeling great. Just the usual pregnant aches and pains, but other than that great. I'm still craving Ice water all the time. At my last doctors appt. My measurements were right on with what I'm supposed to be 32cm. So he's finally settling into my pelvis. This kid moves so much it's unbelievable and he's so strong, his kicks and punches hurt. I can feel alot of movement towards my back and tailbone it's really strange. He hasn't given me stretch marks, heartburn or indigestion yet. Which is awesome, but I didn't get any of that with my other two either, so I may not get it at all. I have already begun nesting which I kinda go thru the whole time, but lately I've been a little insane, at least that's what Eric thinks. I wake up in the middle of the night having such an urge to clean something, and then I can't go back to sleep. It's usually something totally random too. I feel like I still have so much I need to do before he gets here. I'm not worried about it tho, I am just really enjoying being pregnant.

Pumpkin Patch and Pumpkin Carving

On Friday we went to the Pumpkin patch with Kenden and Tates school. They got to go on a tractor pulled hay ride, pick out a pumpkin, have popcorn, ice cream, and apple cider. The pumpkin patch we went to is pretty small, but its so cute and they have a fun little hay maze for the kids and a few animals which my boys just loved.






We carved our pumpkins that weekend. Well Eric and I did most the carving. It's quite funny with all the nasty things the boys touch and play with snails, worms, snakes, whatever. They would not stick their hands in the pumpkins and pull out the seeds and stuff. Kenden kept saying that he was NOT touching the pumpkin slime. Such weirdos. Kenden told Eric that and it's a direct quote "Dad you have some super impressive pumpkin carving skills" lol! That kid cracks me up.

Poor Kenden

The Sunday evening following Sunriver. Kenden and Tate were in the bath, all of a sudden Kenden wanted to get out cause he was cold, this is super abnormal for Kenden to willingly get out of the bath. He usually fights it. He kept telling me he was really cold, then shortly he started running a fever. It kept going up and down, the highest I got it at was 102.5. Sunday night was rough, I didn't get much sleep. He started throwing up, and I couldn't get the tylenol to stay down. I called the pediatrician first thing in the morning, but couldn't get him in til 4:00 monday afternoon. I was a little hesitant to take him in cause Tate had the flu the week before. I took him in and they didn't do much for him. But I thought I better get Kenden checked out. Especially, with the H1N1 going around. Kenden slept practically the whole day monday and when we were at the docs I had to strip him down and put him in a gown, he also had to wear one of those stupid masks. He looked so pathetic. He kept dosing off on the table. After the doctor came in and examined him. She decided they would test him for the swine flu. We got him to take some motrin to try and get his fever down and they tried to get him to eat a popsicle. He normally loves popsicles, he took one lick and said "I really don't want that", I asked him what was wrong with it and he replied "It tastes like pee!" I couldn't help, but laugh. Here he was so sick and weak. And he tells me his popsicle tastes like pee. how does he even know what pee tastes like? lol! He ended up throwing up the motrin. The doctor came back and said he had tested positive for the swine. eeeek! I was so scared. She prescribed the Tamiflu, and told me that I should probably call my ob right away and have her put me on it too, even tho I had got the H1N1 flu shot a few days before. I could still get it. That night it got a little scary everytime I would wake Kenden up to drink a little water he would just stare at me like he had no idea who I was or what I was trying to say to him. I did get him to finally keep tylenol down and I had to use a syringe to give him water every 20 minutes. I think that he was in such a deep sleep that when I thought he was awake he really wasn't. By tuesday the kid was a completely different kid. He was doing so much better. By wednesday he was pratically 100% again. I have to say that I was expecting alot worse from this swine flu.
Here is a couple pics of Kenden Sunday evening when it all started.




And of course Tate wasn't feeling sick at all. Such a goof!



And by the way in case your wondering why my kids are never wearing clothes. It's because I can't keep them on them. They strip the second they step foot in our house. They are getting better by atleast putting on a shirt if company is over.

Sunriver

A couple weekends ago we went to Sunriver. Eric's whole family on his moms side was there except for his lil brother Trent and his sister in law Heather. It was a surprise for Erics stepdad 60th birthday. It was so great seeing everyone. The boys love seeing their cousins. Tate is especially in love with his cousin Kelsey. It's so nice that he loves her so much cause I didn't have to worry about him and constantly check on him. I knew wherever kelsey was I was sure to find Tate. We were a little dissapointed with the little shopping center there. Almost all the stores were closed, it was kindof sad. We did alot of visiting, playing card and board games, eating good food, just had a really great time.


All the Beam/Crowley cousins on Erics moms side, except for 2, Taylor and Drew. They had to leave early, because Drew got sick.



Of course, in one of the stores Kenden found something he wanted, it was a 4D frog puzzle. He named him Sedrick.




Tate and "his Kelsey"





Tate and Kenden playing GO FISH! Kenden loves him some apples.


Eric being so handsome.

I added some new conversations with the boys to my sidebar. They are kinda funny. You should read them.