Fallen Danger Foust

Well our little baby boy is here! Fallen Danger Foust was born September 24th 2011 at 3:22am. I went to one of my weekly appointments and they told me I had high blood pressure and protein in my urine so that meant I had pre-eclampsia. The only cure is to have the baby. So we were back at the hospital an hour later.

When we got checked in they gave me a drug called Cytotec to thin my cervix, once it was thin enough then they gave me Pitocen to start my contractions. My doctor broke my water and told me she could feel the sutures of his scalp, things were on there way. Poor Bret had to rub my back during contractions because all my pain was in my back.

My nurse checked me when I was at a 5 and then told me she wanted a second opinion so 2 other nurses checked me. They felt bum not head coming down! So they called my doctor and in the mean time they did an ultra-sound and sure enough his little bum was coming down the birth canal. My doctor said he must of turned...yeah right! When he was born his bum was covered in bloody gashes from her breaking my water!

So they double dosed me with an epidural (which by the way does not hurt at all) and wheeled me into the O.R. at 3:08am and he was born at 3:22am. They were super fast! My anesthesiologist Dr.Edwards was amazing! He told us everything that was going on during the surgery. Bret stood up and watched the whole thing! It was so amazing that they could just cut him out of me like that.

The hospital was incredible! The nurses made us feel like we were in a hotel for 4 days. I had a nurse named Alicia who helped me with breast feeding. I don't think I would have kept up with the breast feeding if she hadn't helped me. I didn't really get the hang of breast feeding until he was about 4 weeks old. Now it is pretty simple, just time consuming. I felt pretty much completely healed around 4 weeks. The scar is very subtle, thank goodness.

Fallen is an Angel baby too! He hardly ever cries unless you don't get the boob to him fast enough! All he does is grunt all day...So cute! He has changed so much, now he looks like a little buddah baby 'cause he is so so fat! I love fat babies!

House Plans...

We have had these for awhile now but I haven't posted them. We are so excited to one day build our dream home! Utah housing has come down so much, but it is still a ton of money to build compared to other states.

This is the front view of our house. I am thinking brown hardy board slats and dark barn red brick. I also want to paint my front door red just like my G'ma Davis!

Here is the back view. I love love love the back or our house! It will be a walk-out basement and our view is of the Rocky Mountains. Oh how I love Utah's mountains! The basement window on the left will be in my salon. Can't even contain myself on how sweet that'll be to work from home with my babies!

This is the main floor. We somewhat copied our friend Robbie's house plans even though his house is HUGE! We used the same concept of turning the 3rd bedroom into a huge master walk-in closet and bathroom. Notice the see through fireplace in the master? Awesome! We will have our 3rd bedroom in the bonus room above the garage. We love the arch way stairs in the front landing. So pretty!

I get to design the whole kitchen. So I am kind of glad we are waiting to build because I keep getting so many ideas on what to do.

Also notice the separate entrance on the inside of the garage? My clients will park on the side of our house and then walk down to the salon. No shoveling needed!

Here is our basement. We are only going to finish the salon since that is the main feature. The other rooms will come later.

The bonus room above the garage. We will probably have Bret's mom stay up in the 3rd bedroom until our 2nd kid is born, then who knows...?

Home Ideas, one day...

So I am a little paranoid about an Armageddon happening. And I know that we should have a better food storage. We just don't have room in our little townhome for any storage. So when we build our new home one day I am bound and determined to include a few things including the canned food. Such as a really cute chicken coop! My parents neighbor's had chickens and I was so envious. I think as long as you don't have a loud mouth rooster then you can have chickens?

What do you think of this weekend project for my handy man?

I also want a solar powered generator! Maybe I'll ask for one for christmas, except I think they are at least $1,500. Yowza!

One thing Bret and I both want is a rain water storage collector. You can either bury them or have above ground barrels. I would rather bury it so you don't have to take up room and they aren't very pretty to look at.

You can use your water to water your garden or wash your car and it's free! I also want a compost tumbler. I am sure we could make a DIY one easily though.

Baby buys...

Here are a few items that we have bought. The first is a convertible car seat made by Recaro. It is really a neat car seat, they make race car seats, which is awesome especially to Bret. Bret's boss Gary bought this for us which was a generous gift! It fits 5 to 70 lbs. and up to 50 inches.

I also am going to start cloth diapering at home. I wont be one of those crazy moms who is swishing their diapers in the toilet at Wal-Mart, don't worry! But I am really excited and have researched hours and hours on cloth diapers. The diapers I am getting are called Bum Genius 4.0 and are sweet! Then I bought some liners to put on the diapers that catch most of the pooh and all you have to do is flush it. Much better then putting feces in the landfill to pollute our drinking water. I also had to buy some organic laundry soap and stain remover.

Here is a break down of disposable vs. cloth;

We also made a count down chain. So cute! We have 55 days left 'till Baby Foust. (estimated) That also means we have 55 days left to decide on a name and get everything ready. oH boy!

Sophia sleep over and Raging Water Madness...

Sophie is always asking to sleep over at our house. She loves sleeping over anywhere. Chris and Emily have decided only to let their girls sleepover at certain family members homes or have their friends sleepover at Chris and Em's. I don't blame them! People are messed up and if anyone ever hurt my girls I wouldn't think twice about hurting them! I can't imagine how I'll feel when our little guy wants his first sleepover? I will just make sure that all his friends want to sleepover at our house because we will have the coolest house on the block! ;)

Anyways, Bret had to watch her for an hour or so before I got off work and they colored me a picture. We let her do a Roman Candle for the 24th of July (the day Utah became a state), then we walked over to Arctic Circle that night. We went to our pool and tried to get her to jump in which she did once and then decided she didn't like it. Stella on the other hand is a fish!

My orthodontist rents out a waterslide amusement park for the day and his patients get in free, their guests get half off admission, and we all get a piece of pizza, cookie, and a drink. It was so busy, it was insane. I didn't think that many people would be there! Let's just say that we will not be doing that again! We had fun and it was funny walking around with my big belly hangin' out!

7 Year Anniversary!

Happy 7 Year Anniversary to us! We were lucky enough to receive a gift card from Bret's mom Laura and her husband Bill to, Ruth's Chris Steak House. It is sooo good! Can you tell Bret and I are major foodies? We of course got the filet mignon and the best ever sweet potato casserole. They even gave us a free cheesecake dessert that was big enough for 5 people!

Bret also surprised me with a beautiful ring that I had noticed once at a jewelry store. So pretty. He is in trouble 'cause he always spoils me way too much.

I ordered him a BYU Rugby sweatshirt. We laugh because there is no way Bret would ever wear anything BYU, but, our friends play on the team and it is so much fun to watch!

Oh and my dad kept teasing me about the "7 year itch" which is funny because our "7 year itch" consists of us having a baby! ha ha!

Don't mind all the pictures of just me, Bret wouldn't let me take any of him...

More Dinners...

Here are a few meals that I have made lately. The first is a cheesesteak sandwich made with sliced cube steak, rosemary potatoes, grilled corn salad, and the best for last...Brazilian Limeade. So good! You put the whole quartered lime in a blender and then strain the pulp. Insanely good on a hot summer night!

The next meal is one that I forgot to take a picture of, so you get to see the leftover bowl of pesto pasta with roasted tomatoes and mushrooms. It was delicious! We had our friends Heidi and John Swalberg over and then we went and saw Horrible Bosses, which was hilarious.

Then the last meal is a basil tomato pizza. I am a little obsessed with basil if you can't tell...

Most of these recipes are from a cookbook called The Pioneer Woman Cooks. I was introduced to it by Paloma Davis, my cousin Nathan's cute lil' wife. Hi Loma! This book is a must have. But let me warn you, nothing in this is low-fat.