since we didn't go on family vacation this year carrie and i decided to do a few things around Nashville...
1. The first was a trip to the Buffalo River for a 10 mile, 5.5 hour canoe trip. Carrie opted to stay with Nash while i took the 2 boys. it was a great trip. weather was hot, man were our butts sore, next time i will take a game day seat cushion...highlight was the rope swing/cliff to jump off - about 15-20 feet or so... the kids both asked a thousand times when they were going to be to the rope swing - it was at mile 9 of a 10 mile trip.... they had fun, the water was super clear and we saw lots of fish. we went with Chris, Andrew and Brady - everyone had a good time with no flips of the boats - however getting stuck on logs was a common... i did have to bail the kids into the water and have chris catch them down stream… this is a trip where having at least 1 other dad is key.
2. Lake Trip to Percy Priest Lake. This was a last minute trip for sure. Seth brought his son – Ashton and Hadden wanted to invite creed so it was the 4 kids and 2 adults. We rented a pontoon that had a latter to a top deck to jump off and a slide going off the top. We pulled the kids behind the boat with a tube and got to try to throw them off like our dad’s use to do with us.. but with a 90 power engine – not the easiest thing to do but we figured it out (slack in the rope and then rip the tube out of their hands) - no injuries resulted from the day. the highlight was probably tubing and jumping off the cliffs…it was a fun day.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
school starting
School starts this week for both hadden and spencer. Hadden will be going to 2nd grade and will have the same teacher he had last year - Mrs Rainbolt. he really did well with her last year and she was moving up to 2nd grade and were given the option to have her for a 2nd year. Spencer will start Kindergarden and think he will have Mrs Meyers - who hadden had for first grade and we both really liked her as well... they are both excited to start school and Monday night is the ice cream social to see what other kids are in there classes.
summer coming to an end
Hadden and Spencer have had a busy summer. Hadden went to SAC which is at the elem school nearby - they have games, art, labs, field trips (bowling, zoo,swimming every Thursday) - he did this on the days Carrie worked which were tues/thursday. these same days Spencer would go to his school where they had different theme weeks. one week that was probably his favorite was carnival week - they would win tickets and then at the end of the day get to pick prize based on the number of tickets they had.
Hadden also enjoyed a week at camp where some of his favorite things to do included. hiking, zip lining into the lake, shooting the Beebe gun, climbing the 40 foot climbing wall (i didn't make it to the top), playing sports, dodge ball etc... sounds like a kids dream week. next year Spencer will get to go. while hadden was doing that i had a week to spend with Nash and Spencer. Spencer and i went to the park and he road his bike around the 1 mile loop while i ran and then he would play for a bit until he was hungry and then we would go to lunch... we did this 2 of the days during the week and he brought his buddy Sam both days...it was fun to spend some one on one time with Spencer.
1.. some random things Said this week - hey look guys a rainbow.... spencer - yeah - god is shooting it down - it is his way of saying there will not be another flood....
2. greg to carrie - i can't believe you have not seen JFK. Hadden - who is jfk - john kennedy - our president who was killed.... spencer -- yeah.. he was shot in the head and killed during a parade. i learned it in school....
baby is crying.. will continue this later...
Hadden also enjoyed a week at camp where some of his favorite things to do included. hiking, zip lining into the lake, shooting the Beebe gun, climbing the 40 foot climbing wall (i didn't make it to the top), playing sports, dodge ball etc... sounds like a kids dream week. next year Spencer will get to go. while hadden was doing that i had a week to spend with Nash and Spencer. Spencer and i went to the park and he road his bike around the 1 mile loop while i ran and then he would play for a bit until he was hungry and then we would go to lunch... we did this 2 of the days during the week and he brought his buddy Sam both days...it was fun to spend some one on one time with Spencer.
1.. some random things Said this week - hey look guys a rainbow.... spencer - yeah - god is shooting it down - it is his way of saying there will not be another flood....
2. greg to carrie - i can't believe you have not seen JFK. Hadden - who is jfk - john kennedy - our president who was killed.... spencer -- yeah.. he was shot in the head and killed during a parade. i learned it in school....
baby is crying.. will continue this later...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Things kids say
Since Nash has been born Spencer and Hadden have had some pretty funny moments.
1. Hadden on Monday saw carrie breastfeeding for the first time with Nash. He ran over and started to whispering to Spencer and they both ran over and said -
S/H --what are you doing?
C " Nash is eating"
H/S - what is he eating ?
C --Milk ---
H/S --How does the milk get there?....
Spencer - He is eating off your boob...
S 0 did i do that when i was a baby -
Carrie - yes ,
spencer --uhhh gross....
Hadden - holding him Monday morning when he has a big poop --- " i don't think i want to hold Nash anymore today.
1. Hadden on Monday saw carrie breastfeeding for the first time with Nash. He ran over and started to whispering to Spencer and they both ran over and said -
S/H --what are you doing?
C " Nash is eating"
H/S - what is he eating ?
C --Milk ---
H/S --How does the milk get there?....
Spencer - He is eating off your boob...
S 0 did i do that when i was a baby -
Carrie - yes ,
spencer --uhhh gross....
Hadden - holding him Monday morning when he has a big poop --- " i don't think i want to hold Nash anymore today.
Nash Edward Meyer - July 8 1:55 PM
Today i am going to recap the day that Nash was born. It started with Carrie and I waking up at 3:30 or so to get to the hospital by 4:30 so that carrie could get induced.
1. 5:00 - carrie is hooked up to all the IV's and the drug to start the contractions starts.
2. 5:15 - flo and i head to mcdonalds to grab a little breakfast and coffee before the big day gets going to fast.
3. 5:45 - we are back to the hospital and carrie is doing well - laying in bed having some ice chips.
4. 6:15 - this is when the excitement begins - she gets up to use the bathroom and when she comes back the nurse plug her back in and we can tell something is not right.
5. 6:16 - 6:20 or so ---nurse is moving carrie to side to side and calls in 2nd nurse and the dr. they are in there quick. the dr then calls and says get the ER ready for an emergency C- section. it has gone from 1 nurse to 8 or so folks in the room and i am scared and not sure what is going on.
6. 6:25 - the baby's heart had decelearted so they back off the potosum (contaction Medicine - from 6 to 0) - carrie and the baby are doing okay. The Dr and Nurse say to be prepared for all day birth.
7. 6:30 - 9:30 - i do lots of walking, carrie sister Ashley arrives. things are progressing slowly - she is back on the contraction medecine. nothing is happening quickly.
8. 10:30 0r so - go to break the water and the baby has moved up to high -- to dangerous to break the water. the waiting game continues. Carrie is doing well. The baby likes it when she is on her left side in the bed - when she moves to her right side the baby's heart rate falls. she stays on her left side the rest of the labor.
9. 11:00 - grab jason's deli for lunch with 5 guys fries for a side.
10. 12:00 or so - they nurse comes into check carrie and says you are dialated to a 6 but " uh... i think i feel the baby's hand on his head" i had not heard this from the other 2 times carrie gave birth. the nervous part of me says this cannot be good.
11. 12:30 or so - the Dr comes in and says there are 3 options. because the baby's hand is on the head if they break the water the hand could fall out and an emergency C-section would need to occur, two - the hand is moved and everything proceeds as normal, 3 - we wait --- at this point i turn white as a sheet and need to walk so i proceed to the hallway to walk while the water is being broke. Needless to say it is extemely good news that i never decided to major in medecine as i do not have what it takes to be in the hospital very much.
12. 12:35 - the water breaks - everything is good.
13. 12:35 - 1:30 - carrie is having lots of contractions - big ones. she is comfortable but starting to feels some pressure.
14. 1:40 - she calls the nurse - she is now dialated to 10 - Nash is ready to come.
15. 1:50 - 1:52 - she starts pushing - i can sense from the dr's a sense of urgency.... they are not letting her have any breaks between pushes.
16. 1:55 - the 3rd of 4th big push and Nash is hear. He had is hand between the cord and his neck and the cord was wrapped around his neck. the dr indicated we had a min or 2 more before a C-section would have happened.
Nash- right at 9 hours of labor and daddy was a nervous wreck but it was so great to see how great carrie did. She did great and Nash was healthy baby boy. 7 lbs, 15 oucnes - 19.5 inches long and all the tests came out great. He passed his hearing test on Saturday morning.
Our friend Sarah was the nurse on the baby floor both Friday and Saturday night so she helped take care of Nash which was great. We left the hospital by 11:00 on Sunday July 10 to come home. Hadden and spencer stayed with Carries parents - they came to visit there brother on friday and held him and gave him hugs / kisses before heading to Carrie's parents. they had a great time there hunting and playing outside, going to the creek to swim running around.
1. 5:00 - carrie is hooked up to all the IV's and the drug to start the contractions starts.
2. 5:15 - flo and i head to mcdonalds to grab a little breakfast and coffee before the big day gets going to fast.
3. 5:45 - we are back to the hospital and carrie is doing well - laying in bed having some ice chips.
4. 6:15 - this is when the excitement begins - she gets up to use the bathroom and when she comes back the nurse plug her back in and we can tell something is not right.
5. 6:16 - 6:20 or so ---nurse is moving carrie to side to side and calls in 2nd nurse and the dr. they are in there quick. the dr then calls and says get the ER ready for an emergency C- section. it has gone from 1 nurse to 8 or so folks in the room and i am scared and not sure what is going on.
6. 6:25 - the baby's heart had decelearted so they back off the potosum (contaction Medicine - from 6 to 0) - carrie and the baby are doing okay. The Dr and Nurse say to be prepared for all day birth.
7. 6:30 - 9:30 - i do lots of walking, carrie sister Ashley arrives. things are progressing slowly - she is back on the contraction medecine. nothing is happening quickly.
8. 10:30 0r so - go to break the water and the baby has moved up to high -- to dangerous to break the water. the waiting game continues. Carrie is doing well. The baby likes it when she is on her left side in the bed - when she moves to her right side the baby's heart rate falls. she stays on her left side the rest of the labor.
9. 11:00 - grab jason's deli for lunch with 5 guys fries for a side.
10. 12:00 or so - they nurse comes into check carrie and says you are dialated to a 6 but " uh... i think i feel the baby's hand on his head" i had not heard this from the other 2 times carrie gave birth. the nervous part of me says this cannot be good.
11. 12:30 or so - the Dr comes in and says there are 3 options. because the baby's hand is on the head if they break the water the hand could fall out and an emergency C-section would need to occur, two - the hand is moved and everything proceeds as normal, 3 - we wait --- at this point i turn white as a sheet and need to walk so i proceed to the hallway to walk while the water is being broke. Needless to say it is extemely good news that i never decided to major in medecine as i do not have what it takes to be in the hospital very much.
12. 12:35 - the water breaks - everything is good.
13. 12:35 - 1:30 - carrie is having lots of contractions - big ones. she is comfortable but starting to feels some pressure.
14. 1:40 - she calls the nurse - she is now dialated to 10 - Nash is ready to come.
15. 1:50 - 1:52 - she starts pushing - i can sense from the dr's a sense of urgency.... they are not letting her have any breaks between pushes.
16. 1:55 - the 3rd of 4th big push and Nash is hear. He had is hand between the cord and his neck and the cord was wrapped around his neck. the dr indicated we had a min or 2 more before a C-section would have happened.
Nash- right at 9 hours of labor and daddy was a nervous wreck but it was so great to see how great carrie did. She did great and Nash was healthy baby boy. 7 lbs, 15 oucnes - 19.5 inches long and all the tests came out great. He passed his hearing test on Saturday morning.
Our friend Sarah was the nurse on the baby floor both Friday and Saturday night so she helped take care of Nash which was great. We left the hospital by 11:00 on Sunday July 10 to come home. Hadden and spencer stayed with Carries parents - they came to visit there brother on friday and held him and gave him hugs / kisses before heading to Carrie's parents. they had a great time there hunting and playing outside, going to the creek to swim running around.
Monday, June 27, 2011
June is almost gone
Summer is in full swing. The kids have had a great summer so far.
1. a week of basketball camp followed by swimming and playing at Devins house. Spencer likes basketball and this was his first experience with a camp.
2. a week off then a week of soccer camp. about 3 hours a day with devin, john, sam -- hadden and spencer had a great time. it was just what we needed for hadden to decide on his own ( with Devin's help maybe) to play soccer this year instead of flag football.. (thank you)....
3. had a week off and last week hadden went to a week of sports camp at thompsons station church.. everyone got some kind of award -good sport, good story teller, etc.. hadden got mr baseketball.. he is really enjoying getting outside and playing.
4. spencer had a game week last week at school - the carnvial.. so they won tickets each day and than got to pick out a prize to bring home.. yeah.. one more thing to throw away...
Spencer unlike hadden had not shown an interst in riding his bike without training wheels for a while. he loved riding his scooter though.. after some prodding from hadden he decided last week to give it a go and after 1 good fall it is his new favorite thing to do. everyday he when we get home from school he wants his pair of socks so he can put on his tennis shoes and go ride his bike...
hadden likes to shoot his bebe gun-- we went on a rabbit hunt out in the field near where we live..... it was pretty overgrown... spencer and hadden were able to shoot at a lot of birds but did not see any rabbits... on the walk back home i asked hadden if he had fun " No.. we didn't shoot anything".... mmmmmm
Carrie is almost due. the date of july 8th has been set for the day we get to meet our new son....I took care of shuttting down the factory last week..recovery was not bad at all.....
4th of july weekend is ahead with some swimming, pig/goat barbeques on the horizon.. until next time
1. a week of basketball camp followed by swimming and playing at Devins house. Spencer likes basketball and this was his first experience with a camp.
2. a week off then a week of soccer camp. about 3 hours a day with devin, john, sam -- hadden and spencer had a great time. it was just what we needed for hadden to decide on his own ( with Devin's help maybe) to play soccer this year instead of flag football.. (thank you)....
3. had a week off and last week hadden went to a week of sports camp at thompsons station church.. everyone got some kind of award -good sport, good story teller, etc.. hadden got mr baseketball.. he is really enjoying getting outside and playing.
4. spencer had a game week last week at school - the carnvial.. so they won tickets each day and than got to pick out a prize to bring home.. yeah.. one more thing to throw away...
Spencer unlike hadden had not shown an interst in riding his bike without training wheels for a while. he loved riding his scooter though.. after some prodding from hadden he decided last week to give it a go and after 1 good fall it is his new favorite thing to do. everyday he when we get home from school he wants his pair of socks so he can put on his tennis shoes and go ride his bike...
hadden likes to shoot his bebe gun-- we went on a rabbit hunt out in the field near where we live..... it was pretty overgrown... spencer and hadden were able to shoot at a lot of birds but did not see any rabbits... on the walk back home i asked hadden if he had fun " No.. we didn't shoot anything".... mmmmmm
Carrie is almost due. the date of july 8th has been set for the day we get to meet our new son....I took care of shuttting down the factory last week..recovery was not bad at all.....
4th of july weekend is ahead with some swimming, pig/goat barbeques on the horizon.. until next time
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Spring to Summer
I always intend to write more on here and i look back and see that it has been since Feb since my last post. time flies....
1. Hadden's basketball team -7 and 8 year olds got 3rd place out of 18 teams in there little division. all the kids improved greatly and it was a fun season to coach. the game we lost in the semi's was tough.. lost by a bucket or so.
2. things kids say continue to crack us up:
Hadden -what happens if you don't go to heaven - spencer ---you go to the fiery pit.
hadden - spring of 2011 - getting caught in a few lies - spencer - though shall not bare false witness.
Spencer - who is that with big mike (pat's brother) - that is his ex wife but they still get along---spencer - did they not keep their marriage vows? before carrie can respond ---thou shall not commit adultery....
3. Spencer turns 5 March 30. He has several of his buddies to goofballs to play and have a good time. His theme is a soccer party. He is also in the middle of playing soccer and has had a great season. he scores in nearly every game and the last game scores 4 goals.. a good season to say the least.
A trip to the beach and Birmingham mixed in here as well. everyone is going good there.. the kids enjoy the Birmingham trips seeing everyone and playing with cason and kiley..
4. Hadden is playing on the 7-8 year old machine pitch baseball league. is has played all season at 3rd base and is quite the little player with a great arm. his team has finished the regular seasons 10-2 with several good teams. Tournaments start this week and next week.
hadden has finsihed first grade and excelled in school. he really likes to write and read. he is through his 2nd harry potter book and in the middle of his 3rd book.
spencer has had a good year in school and is now reading to carrie and i at night. we are curious how kindergarden will be because he can read pretty well and is doing small math. so we will see.
Carrie is good... 8 months pregnant and we are still trying to decide on a name for the baby... Flynn, Beckett, nash and Thatcher are the finalists...flynn has been eliminated and it looked like nash was in the lead but rounding the last corner it appears he broke his leg... now it is thatcher and Beckett... with thatcher as a 5-4 favorite and Beckett as 50-1 long shot.. we will see...
Summer is here.... more over the next few days.. unless my next post is 3 months from now which is the norm....
1. Hadden's basketball team -7 and 8 year olds got 3rd place out of 18 teams in there little division. all the kids improved greatly and it was a fun season to coach. the game we lost in the semi's was tough.. lost by a bucket or so.
2. things kids say continue to crack us up:
Hadden -what happens if you don't go to heaven - spencer ---you go to the fiery pit.
hadden - spring of 2011 - getting caught in a few lies - spencer - though shall not bare false witness.
Spencer - who is that with big mike (pat's brother) - that is his ex wife but they still get along---spencer - did they not keep their marriage vows? before carrie can respond ---thou shall not commit adultery....
3. Spencer turns 5 March 30. He has several of his buddies to goofballs to play and have a good time. His theme is a soccer party. He is also in the middle of playing soccer and has had a great season. he scores in nearly every game and the last game scores 4 goals.. a good season to say the least.
A trip to the beach and Birmingham mixed in here as well. everyone is going good there.. the kids enjoy the Birmingham trips seeing everyone and playing with cason and kiley..
4. Hadden is playing on the 7-8 year old machine pitch baseball league. is has played all season at 3rd base and is quite the little player with a great arm. his team has finished the regular seasons 10-2 with several good teams. Tournaments start this week and next week.
hadden has finsihed first grade and excelled in school. he really likes to write and read. he is through his 2nd harry potter book and in the middle of his 3rd book.
spencer has had a good year in school and is now reading to carrie and i at night. we are curious how kindergarden will be because he can read pretty well and is doing small math. so we will see.
Carrie is good... 8 months pregnant and we are still trying to decide on a name for the baby... Flynn, Beckett, nash and Thatcher are the finalists...flynn has been eliminated and it looked like nash was in the lead but rounding the last corner it appears he broke his leg... now it is thatcher and Beckett... with thatcher as a 5-4 favorite and Beckett as 50-1 long shot.. we will see...
Summer is here.... more over the next few days.. unless my next post is 3 months from now which is the norm....
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