Liam comes home and Christmas!

Well it has been a crazy two weeks but Liam is finally home!! He was discharged Monday afternoon and we are all so happy! Oddly enough he came home on the day of my scheduled C section so he must of had it in his head that the 11th was the day. We just feel so blessed that he had such great medical staff taking care of him. We met so many wonderful people and can't thank them enough for taking care of our little buddy.

Here they are today, I took these two pictures before I took them to there two week check up.

Here are all three kids getting ready for bed.

I like this picture because you can see how much bigger Liam is then Lilly.

A cute close up of there faces.

This was there first time being back together since they were inside of me. As you can see they were very hungry!

Here they are when we brought them home.

Barrick meeting Liam for the first time. Barrick wasn't aloud to go in the NICU with the H1N1 so he didn't meet him until he was discharged. It was cute when we brought Liam out Barrick finally understood what we had been telling him for nine months, and he immediately said "two babies" and started laughing.

Liam being unhooked from all of the monitors.

Barrick after playing in the snow with dad.

A cute close up of our little Lilly.

I realized we don't have many pictures of Scotty and I with the babies so here are some of us with Lilly when we were going home.

We also missed our Christmas post, which Christmas was so amazing! I was so grateful that I was able to be home with Scotty and Barrick.

Christmas Eve we spent with our the friends the Caffees and the Bahrs, and it was such a fun night!! We had a yummy dinner and fun night just enjoying each others company.

Here are the kids doing story of Christmas.

Here they all are in there new Christmas pjs.

Here is Barrick giving Jackson kisses.

Here is our whole family in our Christmas PJS.

Here is both Scotty and I with our little buddy on Christmas!

Christmas night we went to Virginia to Aunt Trina and Uncle Stuart's house and we had such a fun night! We love spending time with them and had yummy food and great company! Here is Barrick with a pair of glasses that he found at there house!

Sorry, Christmas was out of order, but Christmas morning was so fun Barrick was spoiled with lots of gifts and we had so much fun playing and opening presents! Here is Barrick's pancakes that Scotty made for him.

Here is Barrick on his new bike that Gma and Gpa Nelson gave him.

Here is Barrick playing with his favorite gift, his Lightning Mcqueen tent.

Thank you everyone for all the nice comments and support this last few weeks, we love you all!

Twins!

First we need to apologize for the long time between posts, we have been a little busy! Our Christmas post will have to wait until we get more time, we need to get some pictures of the babies up. So here is the story:

Aleese was hospitalized on Dec 15 for pre-term labor. She spent 6 days at NNMC in Bethesda and was released after they were able to calm her down (only took them 6 days haha). She spent the next few days about as miserable as I have ever seen her! She was very itchy and uncomfortable but was still a good sport about Christmas.

On the 26th she went in for a check-up and was once again hospitalized for possible pre-eclampsia. She had been feeling dizzy and had funny changes in her vision and her blood pressure was through the roof! So she spent another night in the hospital. Barrick and I went to pick her up on the 27th and while we were there her doctor told her she should spend one more night just to be safe. She cried. Yeeeah, she was bawling. Who could blame her? She spent 8 days of her Christmas break in the hospital worrying about her two children at home making a mess of things!! But it was a good thing she stayed one more night!

She called me at 2:00 AM on the 28th. Her exact words were "Scotty get in here now! I am bleeding and going to have these babies!" Sooo, I called a friend to come sleep on the couch and listen for Barrick while I drove to Bethesda. Two hours later......

Lilly Anne Stewart came first, 4:28 AM weighing 4 lbs 13 oz. Following her was Liam Walter Stewart at 4:32 weighing 6 lbs 3 oz. Initially they were both doing fine but then Liam started having a difficult time breathing. They were both taken to the NICU but Lilly was given back to us a few hours later. So I will start with Liam.

Liam Walter Stewart

Most of Liam's pictures were taken with cell phones since we didn't take the camera into the NICU with us. He was put on CPAP and after two days of little improvement was given surfactant. He is currently eating fine but still needs high flow oxygen.

What a cute kid!

His first good eyes open picture

Liam on CPAP, guess he wanted to wear a Darth Vadar mask like his Grandpa Stewart (wink wink!)

Most recent picture of Liam, taken Jan 1st

Lilly Anne Stewart

Since coming home Lilly has been eating well and is just a joy to have. She is a little more needy than either of the boys have seemed to be, especially when she is not getting the attention she thinks she deserves!

Grandma Nelson was able to come out and help. Lilly loves to cuddle her Grandma!

As you can see Barrick loves his baby sister! He was hesitant at first, but now he hugs her every chance he gets!

This morning we found Barrick lying next to Lilly watching TV. Now we just need Liam to come home so all the kids can hang out together!

Happy, Happy Birthday Barrick Dear!

Well another year and our little boy is now 2 years old!! In his words "TOOOO". I think back and can't believe that the little baby we brought home from the hospital is now this little boy who makes our lives so full and happy. He is such a fun, active, smart, little boy who loves life and everything in it. He is such a people person, he loves his friends and anyone who will look his way. We are so blessed to have Barrick in our lives we waited so many years for him and can't believe we were lucky enough to have him.

Here is our little buddy in the morning with one of his favorite toys "Melmo" Scotty had decorated the whole house and had all of his presents out and as you can see we had one happy little boy.

Here is Barrick with some new Jammies from Grandma Nelson. There is nothing better then new snuggly jammies!

After that we had to go to Dr. appt. and drop a friend off at the airport and Barrick was a trooper he was so good all day long! Later that night Scotty planned a little get together with a couple of friends, and made Barricks birthday cake. (I will explain my absence in everything later, I was just so happy I was able to be home and celebrate Barricks Birthday at home with him.)

Here are all of the kids at the party eating their cake, and little Jackson snoozing on Diana. Aren't they so cute!Here is Bella giving Barrick his Birthday present. He LOVED it!! We tried to get Lucy in this one but she was not done with her dessert and Barrick and Bellas leftovers. (she is my kind of girl)

Here they is all three of them Bella, Lucy and Barrick!

As you all know Barrick loves balls, and Jackson gave Barrick some tennis balls. So here is baby Jackson and Barrick as happy as can be with some new tennis balls.

Just a cute picture of my sweet little boy!

Barrick blowing out the candles on his cake.

And last but not least Barrick with his cute baseball cake that his daddy made for him. We love you Barrick and Happy Birthday!!

Thanks so much for all of the phone calls and emails wishing Barrick a Happy Birthday we love you all!

Fall 2009

Apologies to everyone, we have not posted in a very long time. We decided to give an overview of everything that has happened this fall, so here it is!

Grandpa was able to come and visit again and as usual Barrick loved it!

For Halloween Barrick was a dragon, this is him at the ward "trunk or treat"

Barrick, Bella, Lucy, and Jonas hanging out after trick or treating

Barrick and Lucy both jacked up on sugar! Yeah, that's the look of a child about to OD.

Barrick and Dad in front of the house, trying to explain why we knock on stranger's doors.

Playing in the leaves after the first big fall! Much better than last year for Barrick.

Another visit from Grandpa, Barrick is so lucky!

Barrick's surgery, he was able to watch TV in the pre-op waiting room. Too bad the day could not go on like this.....

After the surgery. So sad!

Everyone has been asking for a picture of Mom and the twins. This is about two weeks old, but there they are!

We had a few families from the ward over for Thanksgiving. This is Barrick, Bronson, and Easton playing in Barrick's room.

POW and BALLS!!

As you can see we have one little boy who cannot get enough of football, baseball, basketball basically anything that has to do with a ball. He owns every single kind of ball and feels as though he can't go anywhere without these precious belongings.

After getting some U of U apparel from gma and gpa and a matching Redskins Jersey with daddy this is all he wants to wear. Before Scotty left they started a tradition of wearing their Utah Jerseys on Saturday and Redskins on Sunday. I promised Scotty we would carry this tradition on with him being gone the last month and a half. Not only did this tradition include the clothes but Barrick and Scotty would scream POW and run and give each other a chest bump. So as you can imagine Barrick never forgets this and every Saturday and Sunday he yells DADA then POW and runs with all his might to give mama a chest bump. Let me tell you it is a sight, if you can imagine it gets quite interesting with my huge belly and a very active little boy sprinting towards me screaming POW!!!! And of course I LOVE it!!!


Here are some pictures of this cute little boy in his U of U jersey.

And of course his Redskins Jersey. He is saying cheese in this picture. His hasn't quite got the idea that you smile when you say cheese.

Of course Barrick with a football. You can't see Barrick without a ball at least a foot away from him.


Since he loves balls he always wants to wear the clothes that have balls on them. Here is where the story starts- So a couple of weeks ago I thought we were finally in the clear with the transition into the big boy bed. Then for about two weeks he decided that he had better things to do then take a nap. It was a battle everyday!! I don't have toys out for him to play with during nap time so there was nothing to do yet he would never fall asleep. Obviously after a couple of days he got bored and I would hear him get into his dresser and pull out clothes looking for ball apparel. He did this for a while then one day I heard a huge crash and crying...


Here is where I sprinted up my stairs as huge as a cow, scared to see what I would find, and sure enough he had knocked the dresser over, and not only that but he was naked and POO was smeared all over his room!!! He immediately stopped crying and grabbed his ball shirt and wanted me to put it on him!! I about died!!! I didn't know how to react, I was scared because his dresser fell over, I was mad because he smeared poo all over his room, and yet wanted to laugh because all he wanted was to wear a ball shirt!! Well we solved the dresser problem and moved it in his closet which he can't open, and he was fine for a couple of days then sure enough three days later another strip and POO day!!!! Wow is he something else. So Barrick now wears footed pajamas to nap in (he can't take those off) and he is finally back to napping and all of this for a simple ball shirt!!

Zoo and more!

Last weekend Barrick and I were lucky enough to go to the zoo with Nicole, Devin and Jonas. We were very excited and had so much fun! Being home without daddy has made for some long days, so THANK YOU so much for the invite we had a great time!

Here is Barrick looking oh so cute under his umbrella. It was a rainy day but I loved it, the cooler better!

Here is Barrick with Nicole and Jonas. I think Barrick has adopted them as his second parents, all day he would not let me hold him. Poor Jonas good thing he is so laid back!

Here is Barrick with Devin or in Barrick talk "Dadon". As you can see he loves Devin, not only does he say his name, (which is a lot) but Devin has made his list of people who he loves.
I have Barrick tell me everyday all of the people he loves and Devin is now on the list.

Here we are looking at the farm animals. Barrick was throwing a little bit of a fit because Devin was holding Jonas. Heaven forbid he holds his own son. Sorry Devin!

Last, here is Barrick mooing to the cow. I just love that cute little face!!

Thank you again for basically adopting us into your family. The meals, babysitting, walks, dinners, everything has made this time go by so much faster. We really could not have done this without you!!

I had to add this picture in because it has all of Barricks favorite things all in one picture. To start, Barrick had a doctors appt. last week where he was given a bottle and a baby and was told to feed the baby. Given that he really hasn't seen any babies fed with a bottle I was surprised to see him know exactly what to do with it. Since then something sparked and his favorite game to play is taking care of his teddy. He gets the wipes and a diaper and changes Teddy's bum, and he shares his snacks and his sippy with him all day. He also discovered Scottys missionary pictures, so all day long he looks through the pictures and finds Scotty in all of them. Last the phone, because that is how he talks to his daddy. He carry's it around and play talks to Scotty all day. WOW do we miss daddy!

Just some updates:

Scotty- He is doing his inpatiant internal medicine rotation and is starting to like it after a couple of weeks. He is on call every fourth night and works everyday all day so his schedule has been a little crazy. He hasn't loved this rotation but is excited to do outpatient here in DC where he can see a lot of the specialties he is interested in like Gastroenterology, Cardiology, and a few others. He is very busy and only getting busier. Right before he left he received a third calling in church to serve in the YM presidency. Honestly I don't know how he stays sane with everything he has on his plate. Barrick and I just miss him so much and can't wait for him to come home.


Me- I am doing great getting spoiled with all the Barrick love all to myself. I am also getting bigger and bigger! I am now 23 weeks and the babies are doing amazing! It is amazing to be pregnant with two and to feel movement only on one side of your stomach. They already have there little schedules of when they are awake. Her most active time is at about six in the morning, and his is at eleven at night. I am also very busy with Dr. appt. I am going in every two weeks between my regular ob and the paranatologist. I was also just released from the YW presidency so it has been nice to go to Relief Society. In the six years we have been married I think I have only gone a total of maybe three months.


Barrick- He is as cute and active as you can imagine. His daddy is Scotty need I say more! He is growing so fast! He is now in a big boy bed and has now officially fallen asleep in his bed for about four nights in a row!! He is staring to talk and loves anything to do with a ball. His first word in the morning is ball we spend hours shooting balls in his basketball hoop, playing catch, throwing them down the stairs and playing t ball. He has also been living at the doctors office like me. He is still very skinny and because of that we have had to go to many appts. He also has a hernia. Which he is having surgery in November to get it repaired. He is healthy and happy just skinny but they have to rule everything out for his safety. We just love this little guy he makes life so fun!!