Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Canon

Canon Geddes Oliverson was delivered by his dad on December 9. He was born at 39 weeks and 8 pounds exactly. I was shocked to have such a big baby. He was born 10 days earlier than his brother and weighed 1 pound more.

Brad had to leave for an ICU rotation in Portland the day after Canon was born. Maven has transitioned well to the new baby but not as well to having his dad gone. We look forward to the one day a week we get to spend with him.

Eventually I'll get around to writing the birth story. But for now I just wanted to share the news that our baby boy is here safe and sound and we couldn't be more in love.

Ready to POP

My entire pregnancy we've been secretly hoping this baby will come early since Brad starts an ICU rotation at the VA hospital in Portland. His program director has made it pretty clear that his chances of being able to come home for the delivery are pretty slim. Excuse me for complaining as an emotional and very pregnant wife. They haven't exactly been accommodating or even understanding of our situation.  Deep down I know it will work but the window of opportunity is closing in on us. We went from praying he wouldn't come yet for our last minute travel plans back home and now it's HURRY and come before his dad leaves. THIS POOR KID. 

I'm 39 weeks on Sunday and Brad leaves for Portland on Monday. EEEK, I'm getting really nervous.

Regardless this is how I feel. I'm "READY TO POP" sooner rather than later PLEASE :)

Thanks Brad for taking some maternity pictures for me. Being this big I didn't exactly feel like doing the whole timer thing.

November {Carma Larson Geddes}

November flashed by so quick I still feel like I'm trying to get a grip on everything. I definitely started nesting and trying to wrap everything up with photo sessions and photo orders. Brad finished working the night shift and started an ER rotation.

Unfortunately on Friday November 16 my dad called me to tell me my Grandma Geddes fell. At the time he didn't know much and made it sound like everything would be OK. Later that night I was informed that she was life flighted to SLC and the fall was caused by a severe stroke. Being 37 weeks pregnant I didn't think traveling to see her was an option. So I anxiously waited around for whatever news I could get.

By Sunday my Dad told me he would do whatever he could to help me get back home. That's when I knew it was really serious.  However being 37 weeks pregnant traveling by myself with Maven was out of the question and Brad was scheduled to take his boards. This is when homesickness really sinks in and I would do anything to be closer to my family.

On Tuesday my grandma was transported from SLC back to her home in Banida ID where everyone gathered by her bedside. By this point 18 of her 20 grandchildren had made it from all across the United States to see her. I got doctors permission to travel as long as Brad was with me and I could get a non-stop flight. I had a flight scheduled for the morning of Sunday Nov. 25.

She was surrounded by family when she passed away Saturday November 24. I didn't make it back in time to see her but I was able to be home for her funeral which was held on Wednesday November 28, 2012.

I am so blessed to have amazing grandparents. I grew up across the street from my grandma and she was always there when I needed her. She spoiled me, took care of me and supported me in all of my crazy adventures. I'm so grateful for her and the life that she lived. It's hard losing someone you love no matter how much time you were blessed to have with them. I'm so grateful for the knowledge I have of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that I will see my grandma again.

This is a link to a video my cousin put together from when she was young. It's the old school kind of footage.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31825720/UncloudyDay2.m4v

October

Besides Halloween we had a lot of fun stuff happen in October. Brad was busy as usual on an internal medicine rotation and I was busy with taking pictures. But whenever we had a chance to get away we did. We went to Woodburn and found this great pumpkin patch.  It had all the typical pumpkin type of stuff but it also had a paintball cannon, potato cannon, and a huge PUMPKIN CANNON that was totally awesome. I don't know who had more fun, Brad or Maven.

Maven is currently obsessed with airplanes. He is constantly flying one whether it's a toy, his hand pretending to be an airplane or a paper airplane. He can hear them from forever away and has to stop wherever we are until he sees it. It's getting a little frustrating with this overcast weather because he can hear them but rarley do we see them.  Brad got him this little airplane from a hobby store and whenever we get a chance we take it out flying. Maven LOVES it.

I'm sure a lot of other stuff happened but when you get as far behind as me on the blog that stuff goes missing.

More of September

Since I am constantly trying to catch up on this blog I'll let the pictures do most of the talking. It's been so much fun hanging out with my two year old. Brad had a crazy busy month working in surgery and putting in some extremely long hours but we took advantage of every second we had with him to celebrate our birthdays. That's right Maven isn't the only one that has a birthday in September. I turned 27 on September 12 and Brad turned 31 on September 17. It was a busy month but tonz of fun.

Maven Turns 2

Maven turned TWO on September 6, 2012. It was a fun day. Grandma Geddes was able to make a trip out to visit. She did a good job of spoiling all of us but mostly Maven. On Maven's birthday we woke up at 5:00AM. Yeah I'm a crazy mom that woke her kid up early on his birthday but it was the only time he would see Brad before he left to work. We had Birthday Confetti Pancakes for breakfast and opened a few presents.  We spent the day our on the town and playing with the train set he got from Grandma Oliverson. And of course we took naps to prepare for the birthday party. Instead of making a cake we opted for Maven's favorite things...COOKIES. We had a cookies and milk birthday party. It included LOTS and LOTS of cookies and lots of friends.  Brad got home just in time to celebrate with us. And of course Maven had to blow out a candle so we got a cupcake for him.

Maven is such a fun 2 year old. I love this stage. Most days I think I'm going to go crazy I'm so exhausted just trying to keep up with the boy but he constantly makes me laugh at the things he comes up with. And he does try to clean up after himself when he spills. He is the cutes when he says "Sorry Mommy" So it's impossible to stay mad. He LOVES to climb.  We'll give credit to the awesome rock wall he has. I'll post more videos on that later. He is all muscle's which puts him in the 10th percentile for weight and 50% for height and head circumference. I don't know what I would do without this amazing little guy. It kills Brad that he can't spend more time with us but he does his best and we take advantage of every moment he has off.