My Dancing Princess!

This handsome man is home with again!!! I know it wasn't a TDY like most peoples separation from their hubbys but it was rough for me. This week has gone a bit better since we have dad home in the evenings again. 

Kadi is still excited he is home, daddy typically puts her to bed while I nurse and put Teagan down. 

We got new pjs she had to show off.

This week has been fun for Kadi because she also got to start dance class!

I think it is important that she has something that is hers. It's tough sometimes when she has to wait to play with me since I have to nurse or change or soothe Teagan. So needless to say she was excited to have something special.

She dances CONSTANTLY!!! I love watching her during class, and she loves watching herself in the mirrors!

Last year we had class on base taught by a friend of ours. This time we are at a STUDIO, so exciting!!!

Miss Linda does so good with that many toddlers...I would totally loose my patience with those kiddos.

They have ballet...

and they learn tap...

and don't forget tumbling!!!

So fun!

I can't wait to see how she excels.

The only down side to have a busy crazy Wednesday is Teagan is pretty worn out by the end of the day.

Cranky or not I still think she's adorable!

Our first TDY

This was a tough week.

Travis had his very first TDY. He hasn't left for AF related stuff since he interviewed for residency...5 yrs ago!!

He is the chief of the Immunizations clinic so he headed to San Diego for an Immunization leadership workshop. He was gone for 4 days...so it wasn't that long.

Considering I have a crazy 3 yr old and 3 month old it was still a little daunting. 

So off he went...

He left 12 hrs later then he was supposed to but when you have several offices signing orders and what not sometimes things get screwed up. No real complaints though because he still left.

He ran into one of his residents that he worked with...Katherine Pearson. She is stationed in Louisiana. Such a sweet family, hopefully we'll get to see them again sometime during our career

He had to show me where he got his authentic mexican food.

He said he it was very tasty but totally looked like a whole in the wall place.

The training was at a Naval base in San Diego. So there are cranes and ships everywhere.

He originally had a surfing lesson scheduled but with the mix up with his paperwork he had to cancel it. I felt bad for him but he still got to go to the beach...happy man.

he sent me another picture of all the seaweed he washed off after swimming in the ocean.

Totally unappealing if you ask me. 

Just a few pictures he sent of the area.

So sure he wasn't gone very long but we missed him. We were very blessed to have Grandma Judy come stay with us for a couple days so that Kadi had someone to play with. It is such a blessing that we live so close to family that can come and be with us while Travis is away.

Thank you for taking care of my family.

My Little Slice of Heaven!

So today I am just going to post the beauty of our area.

I know Travis is leaving soon so I HAD to get out and play with the ponies. Our black and white beauties have their own buddies out in the pasture that like to follow them everywhere.

The tri-color is Raen, she's another draft cross and owned by another doctor in the med group. The sorrel is Ginger, a quarter horse and owned by a sweet young couple. 

Raen LOVES Sid and Izzy!!! They are normally inseparable...makes it pretty hard to catch mine sometimes.

I took Sid out by himself for the first time.

 He was so well behaved...seriously better than Izz most of the time.

 I can't wait to continue this adventure with this young boy.

Sure he is young (3 yrs) and it will take some time, patience and energy, but it will be fun. And in the end we will have 2 horses that Trav and I can ride together.

Everyone LOVES Teagan!

So Mom and Travis must be right, I must be healing better this time. Because all I want to do is get out of the house. I have MAJOR caring fever!!!

So I woke up on Tuesday morning and decided we were going to Helena. I totally surprised Travis and Mom...especially since it was a total last minute thought.

Sadly I wasn't expecting the carosel that Kadi likes to ride on was closed. Of all the day to be closed...Tuesday, really come on!?!?!

We still explored and enjoyed getting out of the house. 

Mom loves exploring state capitals so she was pretty stoked.

Teagan didn't mind too much, she slept through most of everything we did. 

The rest of Travis' paternity leave was spent chilling at home, going to the community pool, and watching movies. And of course holding the precious newborn.

So I LOVE taking candid pictures...I like that better than the posed pictures. It shows that we were actually enjoying being together...in my opinion.

She looks so different than Kadi. We are going to have some drop dead gorgeous girls! Look out world...

Hope you can handle the beauty!

Teagan's Arrival!

This story is long, traumatic, and truly blessed.

You are not required to read it all but you are required to be respectful.

So those that don't know I have multiple medical problems. I have Hashimotos disease (hypothroidism), and chronic hypertension (high blood pressure) along with my multiple aches and pains from everything I have put my body through.

So with Kadi's pregnancy I had issues with my blood pressure from about 20 weeks on...thats why they induced me a week early. This pregnancy had been going better, semi normal blood pressures through out the pregnancy. I am taking 2 different blood pressure medications now so that helped.

As my due date neared I was getting more uncomfortable, more moody, and the blood pressures started to rise. I was trying my luck with a v-bac this time around and just hoping my doc saw eye to eye with my desires. Since my blood pressure was getting higher she was getting doubtful that it would happen. She had given me a no later than date. This meant that she was going to schedule a c-section on the 27th of May and if I went into labor before then great but if I hadn't then the surgery would happen. We were determined that we would try anything and everything that can cause labor and mom would be here in time to watch Kadi and help us in anyway. 

Well because I was starting to have high blood pressure I was going in for Non-stress tests (NST's). I would go in twice a week to sit and be monitored. I had made it to a few appointments with nothing to report. So on the 20th of May I was trying to decide if I was going to go to my NST appt the next day because I didn't have somewhere for Kadi to go.

Well out of no where a friend from the barn offered to watch Kadi since she didn't need to report to work until 2p...the appt was in the morning. So I was set, I was able to go in early and relaxed. I had felt pretty good that week, better than I had in a while, so I was pretty sure it would go well. Boy was I WRONG!!!

As she took my blood pressure one look at the nurses face and I knew it wasn't good. She left the room to get another cuff convinced she had read it wrong...nope she hadn't it really was 184/122!!!! So to the hospital I was headed!!!

I immediately called Travis...I have his clinic number now but didn't then. He would leave the clinic as soon as he could. I headed home, trying to stay calm, to back and make sure Kadi had somewhere to go. My friend Angela met me in the drive way and kept Kadi busy as Trav and I packed and got in the car. I'm not sure Kadi really knew what was going on. 

So as we pulled up to the hospital we knew they would do TONS of blood work to make sure I was still doing ok and we would get set up in our room. Surprisingly we were really at peace...we had talked about how this must have been the plan Heavenly Father had. He sent my friend to watch Kadi, got me to go to the appt, and kept mom safe as she drove here. We don't know why this was happening this way but it was and we felt at ease.

We got to our room and just relaxed for several hours (they had a emergency surgery still going on). I was doing well and Teagan was as well so no one felt rushed. By 3pm we were heading to the surgery room.

Such a difference taking our time WALKING to the surgery compared to being rushed with Kadi. 

I felt so goofy having my picture taken, but they don't allow cameras in the room so this is what we got.

So the surgery took ALOT longer than Kadi's delivery. Of course Kadi was in distress and Teagan was not, it was me this time. 

The surgery and prep were more laid back this time with small talk and jokes. After they delivered Teagan Travis went with her and then they finished with me, and that took FOREVER!!!

They fixed my old scar and cleaned up the scar tissue from last time. It felt like an eternity before I got to see them again. They kept me in recovery a while cause my Bp was NOT going down. Eventually we were able to head to our room. Teagan was precious and nursed right away, such a champ.

She was and is the queen of grumpy faces.

Another long skinny girl!!!

Both girls have a version of my birthmark on their foreheads.

This hospital is strictly a sleep in rooms. Which means the nurses do not take the babies, there's no nursery. I am fine with that since I want my babies to nurse as much and as often as they want.

We were so blessed with wonderful friends, family, nurses and a doctor who took care of us. Mom got to Great Falls Saturday night (safely) and took Kadi from our friends the Hughes so they could play. we loved the visits we got. I missed Kadi like crazy but I enjoyed the down time before I tackled the job of mommy of two. 

I love my girls!!!

My Due Date is Tomorrow!

Boy has this week already FLOWN by.

I can't believe we have been home for a WEEK!!!

It really hasn't set in yet. I mean with Travis off work and mom here I haven't really noticed that anything has really changed all THAT much. 

I am tired, sore and sleep deprived...that's really it.

We have been blessed SO much this week though. I have to say that the Med Group here is AMAZING! They have taken such good care of us. We really only had maybe 2 days that someone hasn't brought us food...and enough to feed an army too. Trev is off for a good long time and Teagan is gaining weight so I'm pretty relaxed for now. 

I can tell I'm a little more sore this time although mom and Trav say that I'm moving SO much better and look so much better than last time...I guess that's good.

I already have cabin fever though. Going from super active with Kadi wanting to do everything and be everywhere to sitting on the couch nursing is kinda a shocker. 

I will say this...tomorrow being my due date and Teagan being almost a week and a half already is CRAZY!

Daddy with another princess to call his.

I love taking these pictures...mid-nursing snoozes.

Kadi is in HEAVEN!!!

All she can say is "Baby sister Teagan" and smiles and giggles. She is THAT excited!

She CONSTANTLY wants to touch her head and to hold her. She was scared at first, especially to sit next to me because everyone kept telling her I had an booboo on my tummy. She is so soft and gentle though. I couldn't be more proud of her.

It was time to go home and little miss "Magoo" was already showing her true colors.

Baby Kadi

      Baby Teagan            

Once home it was time for snuggles. 

Can anyone find any similarities between the girls?

They BOTH have my mom's ears.

Similar noses

They BOTH have daddy's lips...

But that's all I can find...other than their AWESOME skin tone that is from Travis' side of the family FOR SURE!

I told you Kadi is in love!

This was last Sunday when we came home. Kadi couldn't wait to hold her again.

Such a proud Big Sister.

This was while Travis and Kadi were getting our weekly dose of pizza (every Friday is pizza night).

They were practicing their faces...this is SURPRISE!

Welcome Teagan!

My I introduce my sweet princess...

Teagan Keela Sloan

Born Thursday May 21st at 3:59 pm.
5 lbs 8 oz | 19 3/4 inches
 She has gorgeous grey eyes (that look like they'll be blue) 
and a head covered in lovely dark brown hair.

I know it took me so long to post this but...she naps but big sister only naps every now and then.

Stay posted for more!