Spring Break

We went to AZ for Spring Break this year. So much FUN and So much SUN!! Thank you Arizona for our blonde hair and our tanned skin. See you next year!

4 weeks old

I had no intention of making this my growth-tracker when I did it, but it seems only appropriate now, so, sorry Little Bug, you get a Cheese Nips box instead of a cute pink bunny like Macy got.


Here is our boy at birth (1 day old)


Here he is 4 weeks later...
He's getting soo big!


And I took a few of all my "Bugs" while I had the camera out...

I can't believe its ALREADY been 4 weeks (and we are all still alive... High Five!)

Finishing Up the Year

There were quite a few changes that happened for our family in December. Here is a little catch up to finish out the year:

Macers moved to her BIG GIRL BED! This is always so strange for me to let my "baby" move a little closer to independence. Macy did not love her bed the first night, but after Dad joined her for a night, she decided it was okay. Now she does love it. She also loves yelling from the top of the stairs that she "is OUT!" when she wakes up and gets out of bed.

Macy also began lactating (apparently). I was headed to the bathroom and heard Macy ask her baby if she was hungry, so I grabbed the camera and captured her first breast-feeding experience. Now, we see this ALL the time. She even does it in her Nursery class at Church.

Mace is VERY sweet to her new brother. There is no jealousy at all towards him--Only toward me (because I get to hold him all day long--if only she was older and a little less clumsy. She could be really helpful to me!). She just wants me and Greg to leave her alone and let her take care of her brother, aka-her baby. We were worried about her adjustment to the baby, but she had done fabulously. She knows where all of his paraphernalia is and is happy to get me anything I need for him.

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Tyson has done great as well. He feels a bit more attention deprived, however. I guess when you are the first, you are the only child who will ever know what its like to get ALL of the attention and affection of your parents. He loves Hudson very much, too. He told us when we got home from the hospital that he didn't like the name we chose. Greg and I though, oh boy, here comes the Cooper talk (Tyson and Greg wanted to name the baby cooper--clearly, they lost that battle!)-- But instead he said, "I think we should call him Little Bug all snug in a rug". And so we do.

We also moved up in the vehicle department. Poor Greg will have his T-100 for a little while longer. I guess I only moved up in the line out of necessity. I did love my wagon... Here is Macy making her farewell drive before the car was gone. We got a Sequoia, which I love. I feel like a real-live mom now in that big ole thing. I told Greg we need at least 2 more kids now. He says one

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I guess the last thing that happened in December is that I turned 29--- YIKES! I feel too young to be 29 :) Happy 2011 Everyone!

Christmas

Thankfully I was ready for Christmas by the end of October, so the surprise entrance of our Little Bug didn't cause too much EXTRA craziness. We had a wonderful day, Greg and I both feeling like we had already celebrated Christmas on December 17th.

This is what Little Bug did while we opened gifts...

Our "new family" shot. Guess why Macy is sad...

...And now she's happy!

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

Baby Hudson

Our sweet little peanut of a baby arrived exactly 3 weeks early, on Friday, December 17, 2010.

He weighed 5 Lbs. 15 oz., and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Here is his story-- quickly and mostly with pictures :)

My water broke around 3:00am on Friday morning. I was surprised and a little confused. My water broke with Tyson, and I knew right away what had happened. With Hudson, though, I had finally quit wishing for him to come early, and was really hoping that he would come AFTER Christmas. Consequently, it took me about 30 minutes, and several weird self-devised tests, to believe that my water had REALLY broken.

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When I faced reality, I called Shelby, who thought I was joking, then promptly showed up to tend to our sleeping beauties. Then we were off, feeling pretty good about ourselves, having done this twice before.

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We got to the hospital around 4:30am and I was having contractions pretty regularly. I got checked and we'll just say I wasn't ready to have a baby anytime soon, despite the amount of pain I believed I was in (okay, I was dilated to less than a 2-- the nurse did say contractions are more painful once your water has broken).

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We told the nurse we OF COURSE wanted the epidural, called the anesthesiologist, he got us hooked up, and then she started the pitocin. We were off! By 6:00 I was dilated to a 2+ (now we're movin'!).

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So around 9:45 I got checked again, thinking/hoping that I'd made it to a 3 (wasn't it supposed to go fasted the more times you did it-- "it" being labor??) Good news, I was at a 6! Now we're talkin.

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Greg went to get breakfast, and came back 20 minutes later. I told him I felt a bit of pressure and thought I would call the nurse back in a few minutes. He MADE me call her right then, and TA-DA! I was ready to go. Less than 15 min to dilate from a 6 to complete. Now, you're impressed!

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The Dr. showed up within 5 minutes (he was on his way to the bank :) and we had a baby 3 pushes later. Seriously! It could not have been easier to have a baby! I'm sure the fact that he was under 6 Lbs (only by an ounce, mind you) helps. Apparently these hips are good for something. Honestly, though, we are so grateful that he was healthy being as early as he was. We feel VERY blessed to have him here, ready to be fattened like Macy was.

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So, obviously, I wrote the "quickly" part before I began typing-- sorry. I was right about the lots of pictures part-- :)

Upon arrival... My final maternity shots with Baby #3

Ready to GO!!

... and DONE!

Pure joy :)


Greg's mom and sister (the photographer--so unfortunately not seen in any pics) came for the delivery. It was great to have family there.

Tyson & Macy's first sight of their new brother. Love at first sight, wouldn't you say? (At least for Tyson! Mace was mad that Greg gave the baby to Tyson first. Look at her hands ready to go.)

I just thought this was a cute picture of the little bug.

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And there will be many more of these types of pictures to follow, I'm sure.

We all love this little Buggy. I feel like I am playing house with a baby doll he is so cute and tiny. Greg says to live it up, because in a few months he'll look like the other two did. Probably true, so I am enjoying every second of his tiny sweetness.

Welcome to our Family Hudson John Trapnell!

Happy Halloween

How about since I am a bit behind, we just check out the pics from Halloween??

Here is the ever-festive Trapnell Family before the ward Trunk-or-Treat. No masks were allowed, so Wolverine got to have BLUE hair. He loved it! No excuse for mom and dad. I did talk Greg into wearing black at least... Then he got mad because we matched. You can't win, I tell you!

Mace-Face insisted that we do something to her hair too. So, we did. She LOVED getting hairspray in her hair, and has asked for it each day since.

Shelby, who always seems to be around when we need her, said to me, "Noel, you need to take a picture with Mace because you look cute today." I was slightly offended that she didn't think sweats and my signature hair-bun were cute.... I will return the favor when she is 30 weeks prego. And really, don't the braces just make me look sooo cute?? (They are finally off by the way... wahoo!)

Tyson and Drew at their school party the next day...

And then for the main event.... Halloween! This year Tyson made it around the block. Macy rode in the stroller and ate a sucker. The weather was CRAZY! G and I, being the lovers of Halloween that we are, thought about skipping the real deal... but then the nutty trick-or-treaters started coming IN THE HAIL. After that, Tyson was not about to miss putting his costume on one more time. So Mr. and Mrs. Scrooge let him...

Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

Our trip to the pumpkin patch this year was a chilly one. We just ran over quick one night while Faith, Cruz and my mom were in town (after Cruz's surgery). Shelb was our photographer... She did great until the end when she tried to get the kids to lie in the corn kernels... ha ha.

Macers thought she had died and gone to heaven when we put Sadie in her arms.

I did mention that we ran over there, insinuating that there was NO prep-work done on ourselves... and yes, I'm looking quite chubby. These fine ladies would like to have shared a picture of my backside, because apparently, that area has taken the brunt of baby #3. Good thing I can't turn around far enough to see it!