A Flagstaff Winter

So when we moved to Flagstaff we knew that there was snow. But we didn't know there would be this much snow! This is our second winter here and we've had storms but this one has been a nuts. Its been fun watching the snow these last couple days. I know everyone has been asking how things are up here so here are a few pictures. With MLK day and school being cancelled Thurs and Friday, Gary has only had a couple days of school this week. It has been nice having him home and we've been taking advantage of it. This was our street today.

Here is our backyard. Our six foot fence is over halfway covered.

My car is in there! We aren't even trying to get it out. Not like we are going anywhere! Ha ha

After watching all the snow falling the last couple days, Dillon decided he wanted to join in the fun. Thanks for the snowsuit grandma and grandpa!

Gary worked his tail off getting all the snow cleared. Our landlord gave us a snow blower to use and we are so grateful.

Gary and I went for a drive last week before the storm. We went down and saw Lake Mary. It is really pretty in the summer and the winter is gorgeous.

Dillon loved it. He usually doesn't like having things on his head, but I think he was happy to be out of the house!

The lake was frozen over and there were people there ice fishing. It looked fun and very cold.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Don't look at me mom! I didn't make this mess!

It's laundry day!

All smiles!

I am not sure if the title applies more to Angela and I or to Dillon because he is smiling all of the time now. I am supposed to be working on a mid-term right now but I am putting it off (probably due to the anxiety that taking mid-terms usually produce). So as a result of my procrastination I thought that I would share with you an adorable picture of Dillon right after one of his baths the other day. He did not like his baths the first couple times, but now they are like the highlight of his day (when he gets them).


Here are a couple other pics of Dillon smiling.


I swear this kid is going to be a big heart breaker one day!

Picture update

There has not been too much going on up here lately so we thought we would update our blog with a few pictures.

These are a few pictures of last weekend when we were in the valley at Angela's parent's house. If you look closely he is making that funny face because he has some spit-up dripping down his cheek in the first picture. We love the funny faces he makes.


We love the look of his face in this picture. Dillon always lifts his eyebrows up like this.

Over Labor Day Becky and Tyler came up to Flagstaff and stayed at our house for a couple days. We got these cute pictures of their baby Lowe and Dillon together. It is crazy they are only a few months apart and Lowe looks so big next to Dillon.

Dillon got to see his cousins over Labor Day weekend as well. They were all so excited to hold him.

Dillon loves to put his hand up to his face like this when he is sleeping. He always looks so peaceful when he is asleep.

Dillon's bath and more pictures

We had to post some pictures from Dillon's first full bath today. Unfortunately he did not like it too much as you can see from the pictures.

He is looking at us like we betrayed him or something. Every time we look at this picture we can't help but crack up. (I know we must be terrible parents)

He has the cutest little body!

This is what we call "Milk Drunk" when we are burping him.

We love his hair.

He loves to stick out his legs like this. Look at those cute rolls on his thighs.

Warning: Long but adorable post ....

*Note: This is like the fifth time I that I have sat down to write this. I keep getting distracted by how cute Dillon is and then I end up putting off writing this post so that I can play with him or help Angela out.

Well I have been meaning to give you all an update on how Dillon is doing and give a little account of how the labor and delivery went for Angela.
Well on Saturday morning we went down to the hospital for Angela to be induced. Neither of us could sleep Friday night. It was like the ultimate "night before Christmas" jitters. So we got to the hospital around 7:30 in the morning and they gave Angela the prostaglandin gel around 8:00 to induce labor. They decided to induce her because she has had high blood pressure for the past few visits and she finally hit the 39 week mark. When they gave her the prostaglandin gel she had to lay down for an hour then get up and walk around for an hour then they would repeat this process again. After the first application of the gel Angela started to feel her contractions increase in frequency and duration but they were still pretty light. Then around 10:00 am they gave her a second course of the gel. During that hour when she had to lay down we watched some Arrested Development on my laptop to help get her mind off of the growing contractions. She was actually able to sleep for some of this hour which was great! Then when 11:00 came around and she had to get up and walk around the contractions started to hit on full throttle. She was hardly able to take a single step before the next contraction would come. She was obviously in pain and there was not much that I could do. So the nurse came in our room and filled up the tub in the bathroom and turned on the jets so Angela was able to relax in the hot tub during this part of labor. Before going into labor Angela did not think she would like the hot tub but in the end it ended up being a lifesaver for her! She was really relaxed between contractions in there. After a couple hours of laboring in the tub we got out so the nurse could check to see how dilated she was. Angela was only 3 cm dilated at this point. She started off the day at about 1 1/2 cm dilated so we were thinking that this labor would be a long process. After getting out of the tub they felt like Angela's contractions were regular enough so they did not need to give her the third course of the prostaglandin gel. They also said that if she wanted an epidural that she could get one now because she was having strong frequent contractions. So the anesthesiologist came and gave Angela an epidural. They noticed that although her contractions were strong and frequent, they were not following a regular pattern. She would get like three back to back then a few minute interval followed by another cluster of contractions. So along with the epidural they gave Ang some pitocin to try to regulate her contractions more. Angela felt MUCH better after getting the epidural but after a few minutes she felt like she was not getting much relief on her right side. So they had her lay on her right side to have gravity help spread the medication to that side. After a little bit they had the anesthesiologist come back in and they gave Angela some more medication. Eventually her right side felt better but a portion on her left side started to hurt. She did feel much better overall though. She was very relaxed between contractions and the contractions were not nearly as bad as they were prior to the epidural. The nurses decided to check Angela again to see how dilated she was. We did not expect her to be very far along because it took us a while to get to 3 cm and since her contraction were not occurring in regular intervals they thought she would not be getting the most out of each contraction. Well they checked Angela and she was already 8 cm dilated! We expected her to be like 4 1/2 to 5 cm dilated because it had only been like 2 hours since they checked her and she was only 3 cm at that time. Her water had not broken yet but it was really close to breaking. They got our doctor and he broke her water and before we knew it she was already pushing! Angela only pushed for like 30 min before little Dillon Boyd Tenney was born! It was so crazy to see all of his hair coming out. They had a mirror which helped Ang a lot because she was able to see her progress after each push. After Dillon was born they put him on Angela's chest and cleaned him off. We were both instantly overcome with so much joy and emotion. We were also shocked at how much hair he had. He came in weighing 7lbs 8oz and about 19 3/4 in. He was born at 6:37pm which was much quicker than we expected since we were induced at 8:00am and did not start getting real strong contractions until around 11:00am. They figure that the epidural did not totally take because she was progressing so fast that it could not totally keep up. Well enough talking. I know you really just want to see some pictures of Dillon!

This is when we first got to the hospital before Angela was induced (notice she is still smiling)
This is Angela feeling much better after getting the epidural
This is a video of Angela explaining how she was doing after the epidural


One big happy family!

This is a video of Angela and Dillon shortly after Dillon was born


Some of these pictures are on facebook, but since not everyone has that I will repeat some of them.
On the way home from the hospital
Laying in his crib
Tired mom and tired baby
How cute are they together?!
This is a picture I took just before writing this post. It gives you a good idea of how beautiful his eyes are. Isn't he so cute?!
Yesterday Dillon had his five day check up and they were surprised because he still weighed 7lbs 8oz. Usually they loose some of their birth weight by their first check up. Our pediatrician expected him to be like 6lbs 12 or 14oz. So he is feeding and pooping really well! He is so sweet and he sleeps most of the time. He is a really good baby. He usually only cries if he is hungry (which is a lot) or if he needs to be burped. Other than that he is pretty content most of the time. My parents came up the day after he was born and spent the day with us and Angela's mom came up here on Tuesday and will be here until Sunday. She has been such a big help. She helps take care of Dillon at night in between feedings so Angela can get some rest. It has been so nice!

It's a boy!!!

Dillon Boyd Tenney was born on Saturday, 8/8/09, at 6:37pm, 7lbs 8 oz, 19 3/4 in!!! He is seriously the cutest baby in the world (but I am so unbiased and all). Angela did such a good job. We will give you more updates soon but we wanted to let you all know the good news.