Even More Troy...

It sure seems that we only take photos of this little guy when he is wearing that orange outfit. We gotta start taking more! He is getting so plump, and less grouchy. Brooklyn hasn't quite learned that you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. The last photo is right before she has her finger halfway up his nose. The poor little guy is very patient with her, but he must be able to sense when she is done being sweet and starts to "explore" because he starts to cringe a little. Despite all that she is a great big sister and loves her little dadda (brother) very much.

Bronco Season Opener

One of the reasons I miss Boise is because of the Boise State Broncos! It is very difficult each fall when college football is on the horizon. Since most of BSU's games aren't televised nationally, or even regionally I am forced to watch on the internet (which is isn't as fast as I would like). Regardless, I try and make the most of it and as anyone I interact with in Seattle, I definitely show my colors. Here are some photos of me watching the home opening 49-7 victory over Idaho State, and Brooklyn and Troy taking advantage of every photo opportunity they can:

A Weekend in Seattle

Hi All,
My brother Brett and his family came to visit this last week. Simultaneously, my nephew Jaryn flew up, and we all enjoyed a Yankees-Mariners game, or two. Here are some photos. It was nice to spend time with my Brother and his wife Colleen, and to see how my nieces and nephews are growing. They are great kids! Fun, obedient, and extremely intelligent. And Brooklyn loves to hang out with other kids, especially her cousins! Here are a few photos.

At the age of 17 (18 in 12 days), this was Jaryn's first major league baseball game. I'm glad it was a good one and he was able to experience a win (which are few and far between for us yankee fans this year). I'm glad he was able to go to one before he goes on a mission in one year.

Thanks for comming to visit guys.

Jordan Enjoying some Cotton Candy

My Baby girl and Me

Yankee fan since birth!

Jaryn and his newest cousin

Andrew

Brooklyn & Andrew

Brett and the boys (the mobile ones at least)

Baby Zachary

Soo cute!

These tutus are so cute! They would be great for pictures or special holidays. Check them out!



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More Troy

Troy Oliver's birth story

August 15th, 2008 I woke up at 4 am with regular contractions coming every 5 min. I timed them for a couple hours until Erik woke up. I sent Erik off to work because they didn't seem to be getting any worse. They slowed down after a couple more hours, but were still coming about every 10 minutes the rest of the day. I took Brooklyn to Southcenter Mall, and we walked around for about 2 hours. I wasn't trying to start anything, it was just really hot, so we went there to cool off. We walked around for about 2 hours, and got some pretty funny comments from people. Several people asked me when I was due and when I would say "two days ago," they would reply, "oh my, you should go to the hospital!" One lady was especially concerned when I was clearly having a contraction while talking to her. Pretty funny.

August 16th, 2008 I got out of bed at 2 am because I was having regular contractions again, and I just couldn't sleep. I timed them until 6:30, then decided to hop in the shower to go to the hospital since they were consistantely coming every 4-5 minutes. Well, I called the hospital, and they said what I knew there were going to say, "Drink some water, and lay on your side because you're probably dehydrated from the heat yesterday." Ya, ya. I told the nurse I HAD been drinking water ALL night because I knew they would tell me this. It just happened to be a lunar eclipse that night as well, which apparantely brings in a lot of people for labor. Anyway, so they were full. I told her I would labor a couple hours at home then so I didn't have to wait in the waiting room. At about 8:30am, I had had enough and told Erik we were going to the hospital, I don't care if they're full, they have to admit me if I'm in labor. So we dropped Broolyn off around 9:15 with our good friends and we headed to the hospital. Dropping her off hurt more than the contractions.

We get to the hospital and they send me into triage to be monitored for a while. My blood pressure was really high when I came in, so they wanted to pay attention to that. It went down to it's normal rate after about an hour. Since my Dr. was out of town, I was relying on the on-call Dr. to admit me into the birthing center. Of course my contractions slowed down, so the nurse told me it probably wasn't going to happen even though I had progressed to a 3-4. Fortunately, they sped up and got worse, so the FINALLY admitted me at 1:30 pm. I was already asking for the epidural. Ok, to be honest, I was asking it when I entered triage. :)

I got the epidural at 2:30 pm and Dr. Channel broke my water right after. I was at a 5 by this point, 80% effaced and -2 station. Dr. Channel checked me again at 4, and I was still only 5-6 dilated and -1 station, so they started a pitocin drip in my I.V. By 5:30 I was at a 10 and 0 station so they had me sit up for about a 1/2 hour to labor down. I began pushing around 6:10, and Troy Oliver made his appearance at 6:24 pm, after only pushing through 2 contractions (about 5 1/2 pushes in all!). It was extremely fast. I didn't even know his head was out until they laid him on my stomach. He came out crying, which was a relief since Brooklyn was blue and not crying with the cord around her neck. They laid him on my chest right after and cleaned him up. I remember thinking, "Eww, this is kind of gross, but I can't help but kiss and love him!" I looked up at Erik and it was so sweet to see the tears in his eyes when he saw our little boy. We are very proud of our sweet little guy!

Troy Oliver Paternoster 08/16/08 8 lbs 7 oz 19 3/4 in

Siblings????

Brooklyn Joy - 2 Days Old


Troy Oliver - 3 Days Old