The Day After...

We had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed the day of just hanging out and playing with all the new toys. Hallie woke up at 6:30 and came layed in bed with Tyler and me until Annie woke up. I don't think she realized that Santa had come cause she never asked to go downstairs or to go wake up Annie. At 7:10 Annie finally woke up and we all headed down stairs (well, minus the little guy, he was sound asleep). They were thrilled when they saw that Santa had come and that he had brought the toys that they wanted.
Hallie had no problem opening all her presents but we had to coach Annie to keep going. She was more excited about watching Hallie open hers. Tyler and I loved just sitting and watching the girls open and giggle. Christmas really is so much more fun when you have kids to be around.
We all got spoiled this year and want to thank all the Grandma's and Grandpa's that sent the great gifts. We loved each and everyone. Also, thanks to everyone else that spoiled us. Tyler even made us a Turkey dinner. It was awesome. He is really getting the cooking thing down. Oh, by the way, Tyler has a two week break right now and it has been awesome having him home with us. It gives me a good excuse to lay around and do nothing!Annie got the baby she wanted with the pink bow. She has really been into playing house lately and loves finally having her own baby to care for. She kept coming up to me and telling me all the stuff that her baby was doing and asking if mine was doing them to.

Barry finally woke up and found that his Sisters had opened all his presents already, I don't think he minded to much though. He has been trying to smile lately. He did it the other day for each of the girls and they couldn't stop laughing. It was so cute. I love this stage and can't wait for the giggling to start.Hallie got the Princess Island Barbie last year for Christmas but somehow it got broken and lost so she asked Santa for it again this year. It has been singing non stop since she opened it. She opened her dress and quickly stripped her pj's and changed into the dress. She really loves her dresses and skirts and can't wait til it is summer again and can wear them outside.
This is the only picture I got of the Puppet Theater that I made. I will try and get a better picture but for now this will do. It was so much fun making it and seeing them play with it.They got a tent and jumped up and down all day with it. This was a great picture of Annie! Here are a few more pictures of the day. Hope you enjoy them and Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Although it was a blast talking to all of our families on the web cam,We miss you all and hope that the day soon comes that we get to be with you again. I love technology.

Barry loves his Dad and seems to think that only Dad can put him to sleep. Just wait til Tyler goes back to school and I have all day long to do my brainwashing again! Mom always wins!

Merry Friggin' Christmas.

First and foremost, I never posted on Bree's birthday. She is 30. Everyone make up for my slothfulness and tell her how much you really care. And no (tastless) old jokes.


So here are the pictures of things mentioned and things not. Our tree hunt and decorations, the Missouriable weather and our little man. Ahem:

None of the trees were really impressive, but Hallie endorsed this one unflinchingly.

This is post-decoration. Of course it fell over once we got it in the stand, but i rigged it up to not do that anymore, then was told how to fix the stand, so now it really won't do it anymore.

Of course here are the real attention getters though. The girls think that Barry came just so they could touch, hold, kiss and goo over. The close-up picture is from today, so you've got the most up to date look at him. Here are a bunch of 'em. He us doing really pretty good. He has been fussier at times, then others he just sits and stares at everything. He is also doing pretty good about the day/night thing and pretty much goes right back to sleep after eating at night. Yesterday morning Bree was changing his diaper at about 6, she pulled off the old one off, and was working on putting on the new one, when the fire hose went off. She was recovering from that watery attack when #2 fired off all over her and the bed. We did some damage control for that one, and picked little man up and he spewed all over Bree. I think he has a sense of humor, or at least irony and great timing.











Some of the interesting things that have been happening out here involve the sky. I know most places have big dips and swoops in temperature and stuff, but this is really much. Sunday the 14th we were at about 60 degrees. Some rain, but really pretty nice. The next day we were hovering around mid 20's with about 4 inches of snow. Later in the week we had our very first ice storm, pictured here. This is when it warms back up enough to rain, but then immediately freezes again. This one left us about 1 inch of ice. This fell the night before a huge test in school, while they had closed just about everything else in town. (i chipped out this path so's I could take my family out of town).

Now those are the only paths that I keep clear cause we keep having storms that build on the original ice that fell. In fact Chris and Carrie came over before they left and Chris fell and slid down the whole driveway, and after another little skiff fell over the ice, a delivery guy did the same thing. Salt, shovels and hammers don't do a thing against it, in case you are asking yourself why I don't do more to fix it. Is hard. (look real close at the picture of the sign and you can see the rain frozen right to the face of it.) So now a little is coming off the roof and we have big ice sickles. Fun huh?

We stayed here in Missouri for Christmas and are having a wonderful time. So Merry Christmas to all and a post will come later about the day itself.

I Give Up...

I have been waiting to post until I can find my battery charger for my camera but no such luck. So you are getting a pictureless post. Sorry ahead of time for the boring post. Let me just start out saying that being a mother of 3 is a big adjustment. I don't know if it has to do with the fact that it is freezing cold outside and we are stuck in doors going crazy or if I just am having a hard time adjusting. I am going to go with the crazyness!
Barry is getting bigger and starting to get more of a routine with his sleeping. He really his a good baby but has a hard time at night. He cries a lot but then he is great during the day. The girls absolutely adore him and can't seem to give him enough kisses. We have to keep a close eye on him because both girls have picked him up and tried to bring him to me. It wouldn't be so bad if they knew how to hold him in a different position other than around the neck.
We cut down our very first Christmas tree and had a blast doing it. We went to a tree farm and got to pick any tree that we wanted. Hallie was on the hunt for the perfect tree and ended up finding it. We tried to direct her to a different tree cause the one she picked was mostly dead on the inside but she always walked back to the "Perfect" tree. She was so excited to put one the lights and decorations and was a big help doing it. Now both girls ask everyday when Santa is coming... It is going to be a long Christmas Season.
We are staying here for the Holidays and are excited. It will be our first Christmas alone. We are going to miss our families but it will be fun to start some of our own traditions. Anyone have fun traditions they want to share. Especially ones for kids!
I'll post more when we get our camera back up and going. Merry Christmas Everyone!

What can we say?

Just wanted to post a few things here. No real connections, just what I would like everyone to hear and know.

1st thing: Little man is kicking butt. He has gained a pound and is looking really big already. He sleeps pretty dang good, and wakes up every 3 hours at night to eat and usually goes right back to sleep and stays pretty awake during the day. He usually has a few peaceful moments in the morning after Mom feeds him and then he is mauled the rest of the day by his sisters. They think that he is the best thing ever. We have a few more pictures of him and thus we will share.

He has even inspired Annie to potty train a little more diligently now that she is the big sister. She did good yesterday, and has put the big girl pants back on this morning, so we will see how well she holds up. She has been telling everyone that she does, or doesn't like their kisses. Last night putting her to bed, she didn't like mine. "Dad, I not like yoo kisses. I ony yike kisses from mom, and dwama, and Carrie and..." "Good night Annie." About 10 minutes later she is yelling for me. Normally they want some water, or some toy, or something, so I open the door "And dwammas kisses and moms kisses..." So I just shut the door.

Grandma Warner and Aunt Whitnee have been out to visit us this last week too, and we have really loved having them. The girls think it's the greatest thing ever. Whitnee and Hallie and I are going to a movie this afternoon, so that should be fun. I am thinking about taking them to "Quantum of Solace". My they came with us to a mass Thanksgiving we had over at Chris and Carries. My mom made deviled eggs and a KILLER banana cream pie. She has also promised me a big fat batch of potato salad, and if you never have had a bit of that salad... well, let's just say that heaven isn't too much further.

Today we are going to go tree hunting. We are going to a tree farm and gonna cut it down ourselves and everything. We will get some pictures of that fo' sho'. We also have a webcam now. Not really sure what to do with it, any of you with one that want to see our faces or something, we can now do that.

So now to my slightly soap-boxy portion of this post. I will now 'slpain the difference and similarities of M.D. schools, and D.O. schools. I have a few friends in M.D. schools, and so I can tell you what differences I have heard of and noticed for my self. All in all, I think they are about 95% exactly the same. We all take the same classes in the same order at roughly the same time in our quarters. We then take very similar tests to become licenced, we take one called the COMLEX and the M.D.'s take the USMLE. We then all go through the same residencies with the same requirements. Any of either group can specialize in any branch they want, or are qualified for. So the differences. My MD buddies tell me that they take a statistics class (well, one did in one school) and it seems they stress genetics a bit more than we do. They seem to be groomed for research with these two things, well, just a little bit more than us anyway. (I'm talkin' like 2 or three lectures difference in class content here roughly). The MAJOR difference is that they teach us some manipulative medicine (like chiropractic style stuff). We are not chiropractors. 60% of D.O.'s don't ever use their manipulative stuff once they get to residency. 90% only use it for family and friends. Learning to do this, we learn a whole bunch of physical examination skills that would take an M.D.'s skills out to lunch, on his dime. But really once we hit residency we are all about the same. The reason they teach us the back popping is because the founder of D.O. did it, and it really is useful in it's own way. They do not teach it as a replacement for any sort of clinically proven methods of treatment. It is often supplemental to the normal treatments, or to treat things that aren't worth throwing a whole bunch of drugs at. So there you go. *stepping down off of soap box*.

We will talk at you all later.

More Pictures...

Tyler took these pictures yesterday and I thought they were so cute. Barry is such a good baby and loves to stare at you. I was holding him in these pictures. This is my favorite thing about him. He always looks like he is just studying you and really try to figure things out. We are all doing well and adjusting to this wonderful new addition to our family. Thank you for all your love and support. We truly are blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

On another note... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my MOM!! Not only did she come out to help but she is letting us share her birthday with her. She has been such a great blessing to have her. Her and her magic touch are wonderful. We love you Mom and Grandma and are so thankful to have you in our lives.

Barry Douglas Warner

So here we are. Too much going on, but now there is a small lull before dinner, so i sit here with the little man ti tell you the tale.

HARD LABOR. It was hands down the worst delivery of the three. Bree started at about 8 in the morning with a pill that was to soften her cervix. She was about 13 minutes apart for the first couple of hours, then snapped to 3 minutes. She went from a 1-2 to a 6 in about 3 hours. Spirits were high and we were sure that within a few seconds we would be holding the little stud-muffin.

Instead things stopped and Bree went through 6 hours of intense labor fighting for every centimeter after that. She didn't get any real pain relief until about 9:00 that night. She slept for a minute then started the pushing after the 3 hours of very intense contractions.

About 11 the medicine wore off, and Barry was stuck. (see shoulders and head above for visual help as to why). Long and painful story short, Bree did the most amazing showing of strength, determination and stamina that I have ever witnessed. She endured the most pain and frustration that I have ever heard of, and came out a champion. (even with a 24 hour labor of Hallie and a natural childbirth with Annie). Nothing too much can be said for what she has done to get this little guy here.

As you can see he is adorable and pretty dang well loved. When his eyes are open he looks shockingly like my little brother Regan. I will post a comparative picture set later.

He was officially was born at 11:34 PM on the 12th. 7 lbs 15oz and 20 inches long.

Thank you all for your calls and texts and things. We feel surrounded by you even though you aren't super close. I did real well on my tests , and am selfishly asking you to keep praying for us through the next week as we are adjusting and taking finals and such.

Thank you all and we lo

MIssouri loves company

Grandma Borrowman came back last night late. We will post pictures real soon of her, but for right now we can't cause we have to GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE A NEW BABY. More on that to come.


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(excited giggle)

Last Pregnancy Picture

Here it is as I promised! This is the last picture I hope to have taken of me while pregnant with Barry. We only have 5 days left until they induce me but I hope I come on my own. I am dilated to a 2 so lets hope cause the kid is so low that it hurts like crazy to walk, sit, stand, and even move! But my wonderful husband has been so good to me and gives me an awesome back rub every night ( I knew medical school would pay off sooner than later.) I guess to clarify that statement, in D.O. school they learn manipulative medicine which is a lot like Chiropractic work and Massage therapy in one. It is the most awesome thing to have the back rub and then to be able to have my back popped. I love it.
We will keep you updated as to when Barry makes his grand entrance but here is a funny conversation I had with Annie to leave you with:

M: Annie, what is your favorite thing to drink?
A: I like apple juice, and orange juice, and Heavenly Father loves me, and milk, and chocolate milk.
M: What is your favorite thing to do?
A: I like jumpin, and opening doors, and turning on lights, and colorin, and singin, and dancin.

Great reminder to enjoy the simple things in life and be happy!

Halloween

We had a wonderful Halloween this year. Hallie is old enough to really get excited about it and so made Annie way excited for it. On the 3oth we went to Hallie's preschool for a mini concert. They got to dress up and then sang us all the songs that they have learned so far in school. It was so cute to watch her up there with everyone. She really did great and was not shy. She always did what the teacher asked. Here she is dressed up as a butterfly, one of her many costumes this year!
Later that night we went to the Church for a trunk or treat and fun games. Of course, they didn't want to wear the costumes that we got for this year so we pulled out last years costumes. Hallie loves the monkey one and Annie insisted on being the chicken, even though it was 3 sizes to big for her. It was hilarious to watch her walk around in it because the big stomach rotated. I guess you had to see it to appreciate the funnyness of it. They had a ball at the games and loved the cupcake walk. Plus, any candy that they gave to Annie she hurried and put it in her mouth. I think she was afraid that we were going to take it from her!

On Halloween we had another trunk or treat at Tyler's school. Yes, they dressed up in yet another costume. Annie was snow white and Hallie was cinderella. We didn't get a picture of Hallie because she came later with her friend and then threw a fit the whole time because she didn't want to be there! So here you have Annie in the trunk of our van. She was a great helper with handing out candy. Hallie also decided later that this was the fun part about trunk or treating. But the best part for Hallie was that night going door to door. They still wore the princess' costumes and even wore the dress up shoes to go with it. They were troopers. And they did Awesome! By the end of the night Tyler was caring Hallie on his shoulders and Chris was caring Annie and me and Carrie had the buckets of candy. By the way, the buckets were so heavy that when you handed them to the girls they would fall forward. We had a great Halloween and we hope you all did too!

Oh, here is the picture of the beautiful blanket that my Mom made for Barry. I don't think this picture does it justice. I absolutely love it and can't wait to wrap my little guy up in it! Only 7 days til Grandma Comes!!!

6th Folder 6th File

I think this is the first tag that I have done! Go to you 6th Folder and post the 6th picture. It is fun to see what picture comes up.
Look how little (and chunky!) She was. And look at me- oh to be non belly again.

Getting Big...

We just got Hallie's Preschool pictures back. Tyler and I were both in shock at how grown up she looks. I seriously want to know how to stop them from growing up. It really made me realize how precious each day is with them. We had to scan it in and it left a white border around it and who knows why they put that ugly star border but at least you get to see it! She was very specific about how she wanted her hair that day and insisted on wearing my necklace. Isn't she a doll.

We had our friends, Chris and Carrie over the other night and made homemade pizza and carved pumpkins. The girls loved it. Hallie was very into the taking the goop out and loved every minute of it. Annie on the other hand didn't want anything to do with it. She was just content sitting on Carries lap. Oh, and the pizza turned out awesome. I found a recipe in a little kids cookbook and it makes really good dough. Plus, it is so fun to make your own pizza!

Carrie and Annie look like they are having so much fun in this picture!!!
Tyler giddy Happy as usual! He got a 92% on his test today so that could explain the giddyness!
Chris... need we say more!
Hallie's first reach into the pumpkin
A Happier picture of Carrie
And the Finished products! Hallie and Annie's are cats and Tyler made a Strongbad one. The little pumpkin is one that Hallie painted at Preschool.

Of course, I am always the one with the camera in my hands so there are no pictures of me. But I will try to get one final one before the little guy comes. We just got a package from my mom today with the most beautiful blankets in it. I will take pictures of those too. Did I mention that I am being induced on the 12th of November! 2 weeks from today. And only 1 week 6 days til Grandma Borrowman comes! We are so excited ( if you couldn't tell by all the exclamation points, then I don't know how else to get my point across!!!)

Another missing bodypart:

A while back I posted about Bree missing her posterior. It seems now she hasn't seen her feet in a few weeks. Anybody with some help?

My Thoughts...

Since this is a form of a Journal for me, I wanted to share a scripture that I read today. It is in the Book of Mormon in Helaman 5:12 "Remember, Remember, that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his might winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

What a powerful message. Especially in the times we are faced with now. It seems that so many people are having hardships finacially and that the economy is struggling. These are the times when we are so blessed to know and understand the gospel of Jesus Christ. As we turn to him and rely on the foundation that we have built we have nothing to fear. He will never leave us and will always bless us, maybe not in the ways that we want, but he will always answer our prayers. I know that I have seen this in my life. Though the trials I have seem hard and endless, as I continue to pray and turn to the Lord I am comforted and doubt not. I hope and pray that each of us can remember the Lord and build our foundation around him, not the scares of the world. What a blessing we have to teach our children the truths and to help them know of the Love that our Savior has for each of us.

What did you say?

The girls have been especially funny lately. We collected a whole bunch of things that they are saying, and put them here for your enjoyment. (the thing around Annie's legs is the seat to her toilet that she refuses to use)

Hallie has been talking a whole bunch about when she gets married. "Mom, when I get married, you can pick my husband... pick someone nice that needs a mom." We thought that we should put that down for future reference. We won't spoil it for her by telling her that basically all men need at least 4 moms, but only have one. She also just got done telling us about how cute Chris (our friend here) is and how pretty Carrie (his wife... and a friend too, I guess) is. Bree asked her who else she thought was pretty. "Do you remember Cole's mom in Salt Lake? She is beautiful." Bree asked if she thought Brad (Cole's Dad who Hallie had a little crush goin' on) was cute too. "No... he's handsome." She also said that I was handsome too, so there you go.

The real show-stopper this last little bit has been Annie. She has a new habit and a few new favorite words. They go a little something lika dis:
"Annie, go put your toys away ok?"
....

"Annie?"

"OK DAD!" She bows her head and under her little breath "Ya stupid idiot."

We tried to nip that one in the bud as fast as we could, she still pelted people with that one a few more times, but now she just yells "HAAAALLLIE! Idiot! ... is a bad word and it makes people sad when we say it!"

Then the last thing, Chris and Carrie have a dog Rollie who is super fun. She is a full grown German Shepard and is about the size of a small horse. She has a ball when the girls come over to visit.
The other night, the girls were in the back yard collecting these weeds and putting them in a bucket and calling them flowers. They were constantly trying to keep Rollie's nose out of the bucket. Finally the dog got fed up with it and pushed it down with her chin and just started flinging the leaves out onto the ground, then ran off. Annie stood there with the bucket and all her precious flowers all around her shaking her head slowly "Stupid... dog. Stuuuupid dog."

Hallie was in the local high school's Homecoming parade. Her pre-school is part of the high school and she has some kids from there like "teacher Lacey". Anyway, she got to decorate her own bike and was super excited to ride down the street. She wouldn't even wave to me she was so intent on being in the parade. But she got a big kick out of it, and a big pile of candy. Annie is seen here sporting her spoils stuffed into the pants pockets and smeared (of course) across her face.