Teething...

Oh boy, the joy of motherhood.

I seriously LOVE being a mom, I really wouldn't have it any other way, however there are times I wish I could just go somewhere and hide for a few hours.

Joseph is teething now, he's got 3 cute little teeth on the bottom.

No more him sucking on my chin anymore to give me kisses.

Their sharp little buggers, I don't blame him for fussing all the time and wanting to cuddle but man some times I feel like I could go crazy.

He was doing SO well in his crib sleeping all night, but now he wakes up screaming and no matter what I do I can't calm him down. well that was until I bought more Hylands teething tablets and those things are AMAZING!!!

Seriously all you mom's out there with teething babies should try them out. Best thing is their all natural!!! Joseph LOVES them he'll bring me the bottle of them so I can give him more. I tried them, they really just taste like powder sugar to me, it didn't do anything to me, but it has to do something because every time I give them to Joseph he seriously will calm down and the fussiness stops for a couple of hours. When ever Joseph will let me take a picture of his teeth I'll post them.

It's been awhile

How about a few updates on us Barkers.

Tanner
he now has a new job at t-mobile, Idaho Power were getting rid of meter readers and so Tanner was lucky enough to find a job before he was laid off at Idaho Power. yes it is a pay decrease but we get by just fine. He just started another semester of school boo!!! with him doing school in the mornings and having to work nights we never see each other. But we are making the best of things.

Joseph,
He's already 9 months! can you believe it? he's lived as long as I have carried him. He is crawling, pulling himself up, letting go of things, and he's actually stood up by himself twice (not realizing it) I am so proud of him! he is growing up SO much, soon he's going to be walking. He also is talking a LOT his favorite words are dog, mom, Dada, g ma, g pa, and baba. the Dr said for his age he's advanced at talking :-) we've got one smart little tiger. He loves dancing to music he's always bobbing the head and waving the arms. he loves the beach boys song Barbara Ann he'll even try and sing a long! awe he is the love of this family.

Me,
Well I guess not to much goes on with me. I'm enjoying being a stay at home mom. Joseph is my world and I don't know what Tanner and I ever did before he was born. Granted I am the worst house wife in the world we don't seem to mind as long as we're happy. It is however embarrassing sometimes. However I am getting better at it. My cooking skills may never improve however with Tanner working nights I never think to cook anymore. We spend our mornings cuddling and watching lost until he leaves. but now that he has started school we hardly see each other. Joseph is eating real food now so maybe I'll start cooking dinner again for him. I'm getting discouraged, losing weight seems to be impossible for me. I've never had a problem with losing weight until now, and now all i find myself is looking in the mirror not happy and wanting to go anywhere. However for doing my dads sign for his business he bought me a bike and a bike trailer and now that its not SUPER hot out I'll go ride with Joseph, he has a cute helmet.

The Barkers as a Family,
Tanner and I have been married 2 years! time has flown by SO fast... We made everyone think we had a vacation planned. Where did we really end up going? home sweet home. My mom watched Joseph Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and half of Wednesday. longest time we've ever spent without Joseph, but spending that time with Tanner was the best thing ever. We went and watched movies, and went to Tucano's yummy!!!! One of my favorite restaurants. We wanted to float the River but I ended up throwing away my bathing suit by accident, how retarded am I? haha. but we had a blast. That's what's new with us Barkers we're loving life and making due with what we have for now.

Time is just flying by!!!

Pregnancy seems like its 9 years and not 9 months. Once your little one is here its like they grow up so stinking fast!!! Joseph is just getting so big! I started him on rice cereal and solids at 4 months hoping that he'd eat enough and sleep through the night again (yeah only worked for like a week) it's so fun watching him try new things and seeing if he likes something or doesn't. or the face of "i'm not to sure about this"

Now he is 5 months old and just growing like a weed! He can roll over both ways he now actually likes his belly! he's very talkative and i'm getting him to say "hi" and working on "ba ba" he's closee to sitting up on his own too! Soon he'll be crawling he loves getting on his hands and knees but gets very frusterated when he can't move anywhere. when he kisses me he'll grab my face and suck on it. he only does that to a select few. I have a bouncy saucer for him and he LOVES jumping! Tanner will stand in front of him and start jumping and he gets a look like "hey i can do that too" and starts jumping with him. I love the way his face lights up when i walk in the room or tries to escape someone who's holding him to come to me. being a mom is the best thing in the world and i wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! here's some pictures of him just because he's so dang cute!

Denver trip and Pictures

So for my birthday present I asked Tanner if I could go to Denver with my parents so I could meet my new niece and nephew. He of course said yes, so we bought my plane ticket and on Feb. 16th Joseph, my mom and dad, and I headed to Colorado. Joseph did amazing on the plane, slept the whole time except for the last 10 min. and he was just as happy as could be. In the airport I've never seen him so alert and interested in EVERYTHING!!! he just loved all the hustle and bustle. We headed to my brother Marc's house to meet Miri, and Jaxon. both of them are just perfect!!! Miri was born just 9 days after Joseph so Nov. 18th, 2009 she is so cute but when she gets mad she sure has a temper. I was expecting her to be so much bigger than Joseph. she was 2lbs bigger then Joseph when she was born. but Joseph was HUGE compared to her, she is just a petite little thing. Jaxon was born Feb. 2nd 2010 and SO cute! he's going to get bigger then Joseph I just know it. at 2 weeks he was already 9lbs Joseph was 10lbs at 2 months. I love seeing my family I was sad not all of us could be together at once and that I left Tanner back in Nampa to be on his own. longest we've been apart since married. My nieces, Kirra, Kylie, and Paige are all so big I can't believe how fast they grew up. Paige is just 2 and is so stinking smart! to smart for her own good too. Kylie is way to tall for being 6. Kirra who is 9 is shorter then her crazy stuff! This trip was a little much for Joseph wasn't used to all his aunts and uncle's and wouldn't go to bed at all unless I was right their with him. so he slept in bed with me. and he would peek every now and then to make sure mommy was right there it was pretty cute. Debbie, Nikki, and I wanted to get pictures with all the 3 little ones so we went and got them done and they turned out great. the blessing outfits my mom made all of them, she did a great job! enjoy the pictures!

Nov. 9, 2009

Sorry it's taken me SO long to blog, but life with a baby seems to be taking most of my time the only time I can ever get online is on my phone and I can't so much blog on that :-)

So Joseph Paul Barker was born 11-9-09 at 9:36pm weighing in at 6lbs 7oz and 21inches long. He's now almost 2 months old (crazy how fast time flies when your not pregnant) I took him to the doctors Christmas eve because he had colick SUPER bad and I wanted to make sure that the formula I had him on was okay, (I had to quit nursing because of the colick) but I now have him on a very sensitive formula which has worked (thank goodness!!!) but being about 6 weeks old he is already 10lbs!!! growing fast which is a good sign!!!

Now labor the LONGEST day I think. We went in at 8:30 and they induced me around 10. They only used a pill that would get contractions going an hour later I was dialated at a 2 and they were able to break my water. Now the only way my contractions would start going most was when I walked so my mom and Tanner took shifts walking around the maternity ward with me I walked about 4 or 5 mile. (no lie) however Joseph was not positioned right (he was head down face up) Their supposed to be head down face down. so he was not taking contractions very well. So I had to stop walking and lay on my left or right side only. But contractions still came. Boy I can't explain the pain of contractions. I lasted for a bit and then asked for a IV pain medication and boy did that do wonders also made me act like I was high (only Tanner and my mom could explain what I was like) (don't worry all was safe for the baby or I wouldn't of taken it) Well finally about 5cm I begged for a epidural (how anyone can do with out is beyond me) but that is the best thing EVER!!! any who finally at 8:00pm they decided to do the Pliocene Joseph's heart was just strong. They then estimated I'd dialate a cm an hour so I wouldn't deliver until after midnight so Not feeling pain I fell asleep as did Tanner. I did wake up feeling some pressure but ignored it since I had NO idea what it felt like. Then all of a sudden 3 nurses rushed in since Joseph's heart rate dropped. They checked and said "no wonder why he's crowning she's ready to push" (only an hour later.) It only took me 30 min to push 5 sets all together. It would of been sooner but since they had turned off the Pliocene I wasn't contracting anymore so they turned it on and there I went. They did unfortunate have to "suck" Joseph out couldn't wait, his umbilical cord was tightly wrapped around his poor little neck. He came out purple. So of course I wasn't able to get him right away. so there is Tanner, my mom and mother in law checking out the new baby while I'm laying on the table bawling because all I want to do is hold my baby. my mom though did take pictures of him so I could see him some at least. about 30 min later he was fine and they asked Tanner if he wanted to hold him first. But being an amazing husband as he is told them to let me hold him first. Boy was I in LOVE!!! although he did look like an alien :-D his head finally went down about the 3rd day. My hospital stay however was NOT pleasant I am not a fan of Mercy Medical. Worst stay ever, if it wasn't for my mom I would have NO idea what to do. But I have a beautiful baby boy and I couldn't be happier. (here are some pictures, but remember I just gave labor) oh and it turns out you swell HORRIBLY bad after labor!!! on the side note I had gained 32lbs while pregnant and have lost 22lbs already! almost to my pre pregnancy weight and then I'll try and lose extra weight if possible!!! Being a mom is so great and I love it!!! Joseph is not 7 weeks and smiling a cooing ALL the time! I sure can't wait until he finds his cute little hands. Oh also while walking the halls of the maternity ward Tanner and I got a call from my dad saying our offer was accepted on our house!!! yay!!! we are moving in currently and I'll get pictures up when I can!

Being Weighed in. Its a bright world for him

The First Family PictureProud Grammy (Tanner's mom)Proud mommy yet VERY TIRED!!!He's all swollen but still CUTE!!!Thumbs up dude (about a week old)First Smile on camera (and not because of gas)hahaHo!ho!ho! Merry Christmas!

Nearing the end...

That's right I go in on Monday the 9Th and don't expect to come out without my baby boy!!! Time has been interesting, it has gone fast but has also gone by SO SLOW!!! This last week is killing me! Pregnancy sure is interesting I'll tell you what! How much a women's body can change and do things that it never has. But Tanner and I are both excited for it to be the end and to meet our little man! here are some belly shots I took in time.

Me at 15 weeks. I started showing RIGHT away, everyone kept asking if I was having more then one :-( and the funny thing is I wasn't gaining any weight either.

My sister Nikki and I. I'm 18 weeks and she's only 17. she looks bigger but it's because she's shorter. boy my hair was short in this.

6 months and I'm only half the size...

6 months still, but where are my feet?

6 1/2 months and still growing...

7 months a.k.a 34 weeks. now I guess I'm off on these. I guess this is technically my 8Th month, since we're pregnant for "10 months" but I just say I'm pregnant for 9 months.

7 1/2 months. when you think you can't get any bigger you for sure can!!!

And this one was just taken a week ago at exactly 28 weeks... any boy oh boy I am STILL growing! I'll have to take a picture on the way to the hospital. I've dropped SO much I can actually feel his head hit my pelvic bone! But giving life is SO amazing! But I'm for sure waiting again to have another one! I'm still throwing up everyday. I was one of the not so lucky ones to get morning sickness the whole pregnancy. I also feel like a water balloon. everything is swollen, feet, hands, face, and arms. I miss not wearing my wedding ring, and I don't like the way people will look at me BUT I know I did this the correct way and that's all that matters! I'm ready for this little man to show himself! 6 days still seems so FAR away! but I'll make it, I just have too!!!

In other news, we are STILL waiting on a house, it seems our luck didn't come in hoping we'd have one by the time we had Joseph, but oh well... We have heard progress and they are hoping to get us in by the middle or end of Nov. but we'll see. I do just want a house already! note to self short sales take forever and are very stressful! but in the end we'll be saving a ton of money and we'll have a house of our own and not have to deal with landlords :-) well I love you all and next time I write on here will mostly likely be about our new son Joseph... (unless we were fooled this whole time and he comes out as a she... haha)

nesting...

So you always hear about it and read about when a pregnant lady is nearing the end of her pregnancy she starts a nesting stage. I never really thought I would go through it, but I find myself anxious about getting everything done and ready RIGHT NOW!!! we are still waiting on a house so still living with my parents so our room we're trying to make space for a baby for now and its no easy job. Tanner works all day and has school all night and homework I can't have his help all the time and I feel so helpless since I can only lift and do so much. It gets intense that I actually start shaking because I want to do something and I can't. Oh another joy of pregnancy! ha ha... only 4 weeks left of being pregnant and then i'll have a son who will rely on me 100 percent. I'm a bit scared I won't be good enough but I'm also so so so excited to being a mommy!