The Best Christmas

I knew we would get to wear that reindeer outfit!

Four Generations... Jason's Mom Susan, Jason with Tyler, and Jason's Grandfather, David Carey.

Kamryn holds her cousin for the first time.

Uncle Steve and Tyler

Matt and Caleb with their new cousin Tyler

Dad's favorite "sef portrait" shot :)

Marcus and Penny kept an eye on Tyler while Jason and I opened gifts Christmas morning.

It was Spencer's first Christmas with us too.

The best gift this Christmas was Tyler!

We were released from the hospital on the 23rd, we couldn't have been happier that we had Tyler home in time to celebrate Christmas! Jason and I LOVE Christmas and we will never forget this year! Jason's family came over to celebrate with us on Christmas day, as did my brother Steve and his twin boys Matt and Caleb. Jason's grandfather was in town from North Carolina so four generations were together at Christmas this year.

Worth the Wait

Grandpa Hunt

Grandma Hunt

Grandma Peppmeier

Ready to go home.

Tyler's hearing test.

Just before going in for the C-section

I went into labor at about 11:30pm on the 19th of December. That afternoon I had a brief 15 minute period where I was having contractions that were stronger than the normal Braxton Hicks I was having, but it passed and I didn't think of it again. That night I was by myself downstairs, I hadn't been able to sleep in our bed because it made my back hurt. I went to bed feeling a little sick to my stomach and it just wouldn't go away. I finally accepted that I may throw up and I started making my way towards the bathroom where I did indeed throw up. Almost immediately I started having contractions, about 3 to 5 minutes apart. I waited about an hour, to see if it would pass, like the ones I had that afternoon, but it did not. I went upstairs and woke Jason... this had to be it. We sat in bed with Marcus, Penny and Spencer all there the whole time and charted the contractions. How long were they, how far apart and also how many times did I throw up. We made a couple calls to the Labor and Delivery nurse and finally at about 5am on December 20th we headed to the hospital. I was very dehydrated when I was admitted and Tyler was not a happy boy inside of me. He had a very fast heart rate and we both needed to be stabilized. They hydrated me with fluids and we both did much better. Tyler was having some periodic abnormalities with his heart rate. It would be very fast at times and then too low at other points. The doctors were concerned about his heart rate and were unsure as to why it was happening. I was not progressing and I also had a low blood count and they became concerned that I may be bleeding internally. On the night of the 20th, I got a sleeping pill and a shot of Morphine to get me to sleep for a few hours in preparation for induction the following morning. Jason and I slept and a 5am on December 21st they started inducing me. Not long after it started, Tyler's little heart took a dip again and the doctors stopped the induction to re-stabilize us. In that 24 hours we had gone through 5 shifts of doctors and nurses, the next doctor on duty, OURS! She gave us a couple choices... try to induce me again and see what happens, possibly going to C-section or, go straight to C-section. Jason and I had already talked it over and we did not want to risk either Tyler or myself getting into a crisis and having an emergent situation on our hands. We decided to go straing to a C-section and at 11:49am on the 21st our baby boy was here! 7 lbs 6 oz, 19 1/2 inches long... Tyler Anthony Hunt.

I'm Pregnant

This was 1 week before I had Tyler... I had spent the afternoon doing yardwork, trying to induce myself

9 months

12 weeks

10 weeks

9 weeks

We found out in April that I was pregnant! We were so excited! We immediately started buying necessities and planning for our new arrival (due January 1st, 2010). We had every intention of taking pictures of my growing belly every week but that did not last long... it became more of a before and after in the end.

October 2009... Halloween

Sara, Shawna and Trish

My friend Trish came to stay with us and we went to our friend Shawna's Halloween party.

October 2009... Hunting

Brrrrrr

Jason and his Dad go hunting every year. They go for a week and this year Marcus joined them.

August 2009... Enchanted Forest

Caleb, Jack, Will, Doug and Matt

Jack and Will... in front of Jack and Jill

Doug and Kelly came to visit frm Montana this August. While they were here we made a stop @ the Enchanted Forest. Our grandma used to take my brothers and I when we were litle. It was fun to spend the day with Doug's family and my oldest brothers boys too.

June 2009... Westside Medical Center Ground Breaking

Jason has started a new job for Kaiser. They are building a new hospital in Hillsboro, Or. The city of hillsboro and Kaiser Permanente had a huge celebration for the ground breaking ceremony. Jason is among the many seen here "breaking first ground".

June 2009... New Jersey

New York from Hoboken

Times Square

Yankee Stadium

This was on our ferry to the Yankee game, in front of the Brooklyn Bridge

New York from Hoboken

Dan and Brynn

In May, we went to visit the Patarozzi's (Dan, Kim and newest addition, Brynn) in Hoboken NJ. While we were there we went to a Yankees game at their new stadium. Dan and Kim live directly accross the Hudson river from New York so the views from walks we took were incredible. We took a day trip into the city and saw ground zero as well as the progress on the 911 memorial construction. We also went to the Natural History Museum (where Night at the Museum) was filmed. There was a life size whale hanging from the cieling!