Life with a new babe

Having Rigdon in our family has brought nothing but joy. We love this little man so much. The first week Rigdon was born Shaun was home with us and my mom was helping me out as well.  Then the next week was going to be the true test....Shaun back to work and my mom back to CO. It was also Fall Break so Ryker didn't have school. It was a bit hard because my kids get bored so easy but I didn't want to  take Rigdon out. So we did venture out to San Tan mall so they can play outside and go to the Disney store to look.  So here is Rigdon's first outing....yep he slept the whole time. 

Good Boy!

Shantay and Briss Briss came for a quick visit to see Rigdon. Oh I love this love girl. She is so so beyond cute and has such a fun personality. Abe and Shantay are now off to Idaho for a few years, while Abe goes to school. I will look forward to many more visits.

Ryker loves weapons his Uncle Blake got him this fake gun and Ryker takes it everywhere. He said he would protect us all from the bad guys with it. So if an intruder broke into our house at night, Ryker was ready for him.

Now that the weather is slowly cooling down the kids are outside playing all the time. I was in feeding Rigdon and hadn't checked on the kids in a while and I hadn't heard from them in a while, which is unusual because normally one comes in to tattle on the other one every 5 mins. I finally go check on them and Ryker had turned the hose on. They were having a blast jumping with the water. I smiled and said...."be careful" and went back in the house. Hey as long as they are playing nice and not bugging me, I don't care. =)

Rigdon's first bath. He loved it, well he wasn't smiling or anything but sat and looked relaxed as we gave him a warm bath. Since he is my only baby to have this much hair, it is funny to have to wash it all the time because it get greasy really fast. Mostly because the kids are always touching his head.

Rigdon 2 weeks old

 Poor kid, his big brother and sister are ALWAYS in his face......they just love him to pieces. I love how Amelia calls him Rigg Riggs or Little Buddy and Ryker calls him Bud. They always want to check on him sleeping. I'm glad they love him so much but wish they would give him some personal space =)

We went to the Vertuccio Farm with our friends the Spindles. It is a cute little place right off of Power road.  The kids had so much fun going through the corn maze, riding the tractor train thing and just being silly kids.

Ryker, Jackson, Bryce and Kyla

Ryk, Bryce, Kyla and Jackson (Millie didn't want to be in the group shot) we were also missing Porter- 5 months and Rigdon- 3 weeks

Amelia boycotting the group picture

Riding the cow train

Go-carts with dad

Here is sweet Rigdon 3 weeks old. He really has been a good baby. He started getting fussy when he was about 2 weeks old but we realized he always had gas so we solved that with those lovely anti-gas drops. 

 Next up ....... Halloween 

Rigdon Shaun Martineau

Our little man is here and arrived Wednesday, September 29, 10 at 7:16am. Here is the story.

Tuesday I had a doctor appointment and I was dialated to a 4 and the Dr said any day. Well That evening I really wanted to go to my Tea Party meeting and since I wasn't feeling anything I convinced Shaun to let me go. I got home and all was well. I was of course not sleeping much through the night because I was so uncomfortable and so I asked Shaun to sleep on the floor so I can take up all of our king sized bed. He willingly made his bed on the ground. Well around 2:30 in the morning a "pop" occurred and water went everywhere. Sorry for the details but it was the funniest feeling ever. I sat up and said....."well Shaun it is time to have a baby, my water just broke". I wasn't really packed so I threw some stuff in a bag, grabbed the kids and drove them over to my in-laws.

We got to the hospital around 3:30am and they checked me and I was dialated to a 6. They got me to my room, started my meds for my group b strep and the epidural lady came in. I was numb and comfortable by 5:00am. So Shaun and I sat and talked for a bit. I started texting my mom who was going to be flying in later that day. I called Sarah to come down to the hospital, I needed a photographer. (so you can thank Sarah for all these wonderful pictures). I told her to come be there around 7:00am.

We are not flashing gang signs, just showing this is our 3rd kid =)

Sarah comes strolling in around 7:00am and a few mins later the nurse comes in to check me. I was now at a 10 and ready to go. They put my legs in the stirrups and the nurse said, ok push you are having a contration...I pushed but couldn't really feel what I was doing so I asked the nurse "am I pushing right?" Then Dr. Holmes said, ok here he comes and lickity split out pops our sweet baby boy. They took put him up on my chest and normally I'm crying for joy at this point but I just stared at him and said "that's it, he is out". It was weird not having to push and do a full on workout having a baby. Sweet Rigdon was 7lbs 11oz and 20.5 inches long.

Good ol' Dr Holmes!! I just love him and grateful he is my Doctor.

Proud new parents

Seiously, It was so nice not to be exhausted afterwards.

Millie brought treats for baby brother.

Our little family, well not so little anymore.

Male bonding

My mom and sister flew in a few hours to late but were excited to meet the new little guy.

Wugs, Mom, Rigdon, Me, Sarah

He of course sleeps most of the time but after eating I would try and keep him awake for a bit, and he would be so alert. Ryker and Millie didn't have as much hair as he does. I just love it!

Oh isn't he the handsomest boy ever!!!!

Ryker just LOVES his baby brother. He is so sweet to him and loves to touch his squishy checks.

Amelia is the other mother hen. She wants to hold him and feed him and burp him.

The kids have been great, they have actually been playing better together this past week. So I hope they continue to play together and have fun together.

Rigdon has been the best baby. He eats, stays awake for an hour then sleeps for 2 or 3 hours, then repeats. He is very content and I love to just sit and stare at him. I hope he continues to be this amazing. Well I'm in love all over again and can't believe I have 3 little kiddos. Being a mom is the hardest thing ever but SO worth it. I'm so grateful for the AMAZING family and friends who have helped us out. What a true blessing Rigdon is and I'm so glad I'm his mommy.

End of September

Well here is the wrap up of the month of September. Ryker's school has a "Dads Club". They plan activities each month for dad's to go do with their kids. This month they went to the Diamondbacks game. I drove Ryker over to Shaun's work and from there they went to dinner then the game. The next few pictures will explain the headband thing =)

This month Ryker also started Karate or actually Taekwondo. I made a bunch of Ninja turtle costumes a while back so when he started Karate, he wanted to wear the headbands. Here is Ryker showing off his fierce moves.

Millie is trying to copy him =)

As most of you know I'm on my neighborhoods HOA board and over the Social committee. We wanted to plan a huge carnival night in November but with new baby and such we had a movie night instead. We rented this gigantic screen and had snowcones and popcorn. When the sun went down we watch Monsters vs. Aleins. It was a blast and I hope the communitty enjoyed it.

My friend Amanda and I working the machines. She too is on the board so we have lots of fun together. Mind you I was 39 weeks pregnant. I thought after this night was over I would go into labor but no luck =)

It was a good thing I didn't have the baby yet because the next night was Women's Conference, which was wonderful as usual, very uplifting. Then afterwards many of my aunts and cousins went over to my grandmas house for some food and visiting time. I LOVE these girls and missed the ones who weren't there.

Well that sums up September, oh I forgot, I ended the month with having a BABY!!! It was a great month =)