Introducing Taige Owen!

I guess its time to share Taige's birth story. I had a planned c-section scheduled for May 23rd but apparently Taige decided not to wait. I had a hard time sleeping the morning of the 22nd due to having contractions. I had a lot of braxton hicks contractions through out my pregnancy and a false labor so I didn't think too much about it. The contractions kept getting worse and coming more often. Since my parents were coming that afternoon and Drew had a few clients he had to go see I tried to wait it out. Around 11:00am I was pretty sure my water had broke and the contractions were getting a lot worse so I decided it was time to go to the hospital. Dade was at my parents' so after I took Landen to school at 12:00pm Drew got home to pick me up and we went to the hospital. The doctor wanted to try to stop my contractions and send me home to come back for my scheduled time the following day. We were hoping that my contractions would stop because the Doctor I wanted to deliver me was the one scheduled to do my c-section the following morning. But after giving me the medication my contractions didn't even slow down and I had progressed to a 2 so the doctor decided to go ahead and do the c-section. I was kind of scared for the c-section because with Landen, since he was stuck, I could feel them tugging and pulling at him and it was so uncomfortable. Then with Dade the epidural didn't work so they had to put me under. Everything went well this time and at 3:44pm Taige Owen Pease was born, 8lb 4oz and 21 3/4inches! I was so excited when I first heard him cry that I actually started crying! I also go to see him right after which was pretty incredible! With Landen because of the problems in the delivery they put me to sleep right after he was born so I never heard him cry and didn't get to see him for 7 hours and since I was put under with Dade I didn't see him for a few hours either. I was pretty happy that everything went so well. My recovery was a lot better also. I was determined to leave the hospital as soon as possible and after 48 hours Taige and I were able to go home!

Taige is now 5 weeks old and doing good. He is growing so fast. Landen and Dade are such big helpers. Landen loves holding Taige and gets so excited when he makes him smile or puts him to sleep. Dade loves to give Taige kisses. To Landen and Dade his name is Baby Taige. We are so blessed to have three wonderful (and crazy) boys!!

 

 Getting to see Taige for the first time!

 My mom and dad, and the boys visiting us at the hospital.

 They sure love their Baby Taige!

 Such tiny hands and feet.

 

The Pease family

Finally cought up!

Drew has been very busy with Advocare, work, school and his internship. He is enjoying being able to help strengthen families. He has to drive all over the Phoenix valley since he does in home counseling so he is tired of driving. We are so excited that he will be all done with school in December!! He gets a nice little brake this month before returning back to school for the summer. He has been able to control his schedule more so we have enjoyed being able to see him a little more! I am so proud of all the hard work he has done to take care of our family. I am so thankful for such a wonderful husband! I know that all this hard work now will be a blessing later.

I am now 37 weeks along. I am scheduled to have baby Taige on May 23rd (we will see if I make it that long). I am ready to have him and be comfortable again. This has been a pretty hard and uncomfortable pregnancy for me. I had a false labor last weekend and it was NOT fun! This baby is very active and very strong. I started feeling him move around 3 or 4 months and he has continued to do somersaults since. We are getting everything ready for him and it has been fun seeing the boys get excited too! I have been staying busy with the boys and trying to get all my projects done. I have posted a few new crafts I have done on my craft blog www.peaseofcraft.blogspot.com and I should be posting more as I get my other ones done.

Landen is doing great in school and is excited to be a first grader soon. He will be done with school on May 30th. I love the school he is in and he has had a great teacher this year. I am so proud of Landen and how well he has done! He is a very good reader and really enjoys writing stories. He loves to be a helper and is always asking to help me do things around the house. It has been nice having that extra hand!

Dade still has another year before he will be in school but loves to go with me to help in Landen's class. He is a big clown and loves to be silly but is still really shy around other people. He is growing so fast I am constantly having to get out bigger clothes. I am so thankful for Tavia because she has been giving us Milo's old clothes so we haven't had to go buy new ones every month! Both of the boys are excited to have a new baby brother. Dade enjoys being able to feel the baby move. A few days ago the baby was moving and he wanted to hear him so he put his ear to my belly. The baby kicked really hard right on Dade's head. He thought it was so funny that the baby kicked his head from inside my belly!

My blog is finally all updated (it only took a month). I am sure I will be posting in a few weeks to introduce our new addition to the family! Here are a few recent pictures.

 36 weeks

The boys enjoying a ride on the power scooter.

 Playing in the sprinklers at the park.

Easter

We had a nice Easter. We colored some eggs the night before and the boys had fun looking for them the next morning. It was nice being able to have Easter at our own house in our own back yard. This was the first year that we had a back yard to look for eggs instead of doing it in our apartments.

 

 We colored a lot of eggs.

 Dade's Easter basket

 Landen's Easter basket

 Dade kept dropping eggs out of his basket.

Their new Sunday shirts and ties.

Makutu's Island

We went with Courtney, Tavia, their kids, and my Mom and Dad to Makutu's Island in Chandler for my nephew, Milo's birthday. We all had a lot of fun! Makutu's Island is a place for kids and adults to play around. They have slides, tunnels, high tunnels and cat walks, and things to climb around on.

 Grandpa and Evie

 

Courtney and Ellie

 

 I even went down being 6 months along. Dade would not go on anything with out me.

 Dade and Milo

 

 Tavia with Ellie

We were pretty worn out while the kids were still running around playing. After being there for 3 hours the kids got pretty tired too.

Advocare Success School

In February Drew and I went to Texas for AdvoCare's Success School! We had such a great time and we were really excited that my parents went with us! It was amazing to get so much inspiration and feel so uplifted. It was really great getting to hear form some incredible leaders! We were blown away by how many people were there fighting for a better life!

 

 Waiting to get in with some great people!

 This was just the main stadium with 15,000 people;there was another room with 10,000 more!

 There is Drew Brees (our national spokes person) in front with some of our other endorsers.

 Andy Andrews was one of the speakers. He was quite a riot listening to. If you don't know who he is I recommend reading his book "The Traveler's Gift".

It was pretty cool getting to listen to our CEO Richard Wright and President George W. Bush have a relaxed conversation on stage.

 It was so nice having Mom and Drew there with us this time. Last time it was just Dad and I. We really enjoyed spending the week end with my Mom and Dad.

 Drew and I with our friend Tyler DeBerry. He is an incredible person and a great leader.

After Success School we were able to spend some time with Jimmy and Alicia and their kids. It was really great getting to see them!

Dade's Birthday

For Dade's 4th birthday we had a nice little family party for him.

 He got a Transformers fire station and both of the boys have had a lot of fun playing with it.

Dade's lego cake.

Dade is our little clown. He is always doing such silly things and making us laugh. He loves playing with his big brother. Dade is still my little cuddle bug and he always wants to sit by me and likes to cuddle up close.