A Bigger Family

On November 26th, 2010 we welcomed Colin Trey Fugal into our family. He was 8lbs 12oz and 20 inches long. I started having contractions Thanksgiving night and than my parents were on an airplane arriving at the hospital 5 minutes before Colin arrived. Everything was great besides not getting any sleep that night and listening to Von sleep like a baby. I survived almost all of the contractions without an epidurel until they put me on Pitocen and then I had 3 huge contractions in 1 minute. If I had known that when the doctor broke my water that 5 minutes later I would have to push than I might not have got the epidurel. With 3 pushes Colin came out with the umblicial cord wrapped around his neck. Not hearing him cry I looked around the room wondering why nobody was worried and than all of a sudden Colin was crying. I was in labor for 5 hours and so happy with the cutest little baby in the world. Cody has his good and bad moments, but for the most part he is handling it really well. Now for a little update on Cody. He has started to make this face at me when he does something wrong. It is a little scary, but what is more scary is I think he got it from me. He is starting to talk a lot more. Still trying to get him to use his words. He knows a lot of words, but he just likes to scream at me for stuff. Before Colin was born I thought he was the smallest boy, but now he looks huge next to Colin. He is growing up so fast and now I can't wait to see Colin grow up and the two of them playing together. I have the cutest family ever and I am so grateful for all 3 of my boys.

Changes

Cody and I have had a busy 2 weeks. We went to St. George with my parents to see my dad run in the Senior Olympics out there. While we were out there I decided to drive back to California with them and Cody while Von worked in Salt Lake all weekend. I decided to go because I am not sure when I will get out there again after the baby is born. While we were in St. George Von got on offer on a job. I am so excited for him cause he really wants this job and he has been looking so hard for one. I know with the baby coming in a month we both have been stressed about our living situation and now we have been blessed so we can afford a bigger place. Now we just need to find a good place to live before the baby is born since I am probably not going to be in the mood after the birth. I am really grateful that my parents let Cody and I come out to stay with them for a week. It has been really hard without Von, but they have made it so much easier. I just don't know what I am going to do when I go back to Utah and Von starts his new job.

Sweet Deals

I have been subscribing to a blog called happy money saver and it is truly amazing. Every once in a while she post a coupon that saves me on diapers or gets me a free jamba juice. Now she is giving away a laptop and I really hope that I win it. We need a new laptop so bad. The lady that runs the site is really good at saving money and I look at it every once in awhile so I can learn from her and save more money when I go shopping.

Adventures Of Potty Training

Ok so Cody is just over a year old, but the other day I thought to myself that I should research potty training and see if it's even worth giving it a try before he's 2. With another baby on the way it has made me even more anxious so I don't have to buy diapers for 2 kids. So today I have started my research and things look promising. People have had success with potty training kids around 18 months. I know people that have gone through the whole experience might say it's not worth it and after trying I might change my mind and give up, but I am willing to try. I also have noticed how much Cody watches Von and I and trys to imitate us. A lot of people have said it is easier when they are young because the child doesn't resist as much. Cody doesn't do everything I tell him too, but I try not to give up on little things like telling him not to pull down all my papers and just recently it worked. He has stopped almost everytime. So it gives me hope that maybe he won't be perfectly trained, but we will have worked on it that when he is older it becomes easier for him. I know a lot of moms that have potty trained probably think I am crazy and I probably am so don't try to talk me out of it. I am a determined woman and won't listen to you. So here goes to Potty Training and seeing what we can accomplish. If anyone has positive information about it please let me know so I can add to my success. And yes I will be successful.

Update On Our Lives

I haven't blogged a lot lately so here is a little update on our lives. Cody turned the big 1 and he had an awesome birthday weekend. We hung out with his friend Parker at a water park and went home and opened presents and ate cake while we talked with Bubba and Gamma on the X Box. On sunday we went to Grandma Fugal's for the same thing presents and cake. Cody is walking everywhere. He still likes to crawl, but when he wants to, he will walk across the room and back and follow me from one room to another. Von has been crazy busy. He leaves every morning to go to work and usually comes home around 7 or 8 at night. So Cody and I don't get much playtime with him. He also is trying to find a job which is very very stressful. He is doing a lot better with finding companies that he might like to work for so it is getting exciting. I try not to get too excited cause everytime I do it doesn't work out for him, but he is a trooper and is so smart that I know he will find the job he loves. We just keep praying and having faith that Heavanly Father will put us in the right spot at the right time. I am still hanging in there with Cody and being 6 months pregnant. Everyday I have a different thing to worry about for when this baby is born. I don't think I was nervous to have Cody, but lately I am extremly nervous to have baby #2 and Cody to take care of. He is awesome with other kids so I know he will be a great big brother, but I am just nervous cause he loves to play and have that attention which I am not sure how much of it I will be able to give to him. Deep down inside I would love to be in California by the end of the year so Cody can play outside and have his own room compared to if we stayed here than Cody wouldn't be able to go outside as much with me and the newborn cause it will be snowing and freezing. Anyways, I know things will all work out for us, but it is hard not to have those days when you feel like the world just hates you. I am so proud of Von and Cody. Just seeing those two together makes me smile and know that everything will work out and what a great blessing Cody is and baby # 2 will be.

Cupcake Making

For Cody's 1st birthday I decided I wanted to make a cute cake since I knew I would never make something like this ever again. I have been obsessed lately with cupcakes and I thought that would be perfect since he is just a little guy. I found this recipe for monkey cupcakes. He is a goofball so the monkey part fit him perfectly. I have never made cupcakes before. I know sounds dumb, but I don't bake unless it is from a pillsbury box. I was really nervous, but it all worked out thanks to Von makng sure I didn't screw up. I didn't take a picture so here is the picture from the site I got it from. I was really excited that they turned out so good and that Cody liked them. For other birthdays I would love to keep making this stuff, but it is exhausting. At least I can say I did it once.

What Will The Gender Be?

Lately I have been really troubled by wheter or not we should find out the sex of our new baby. We kept Cody a surprise and it was awesome. I loved being in suspense the whole time and at the very end hearing It's A Boy as the doctor held him. Everybody said it would be really hard and acted like we were crazy. Who in their right minds does that anymore. Well, Von and I are crazy if you haven't noticed yet. We like being different and making people wait in suspense.
I don't know why this time it is harder for me to decide if we want to find out the gender. I think partly because we have done a surprise already so now it feels like a been their done that moment. I get mixed feelings from everyone and Von could care less. Go figure. Although I know deep down inside he wants to do a surprise he just doesn't tell me, but I know that boy like the back of my hand. Well, time is running out for me. I have one more week till I have to decide for sure. So you can all wait in suspense to see what we decide. I am open to suggestions since I can never make decisions.