Liz Aubrey Tribett

I'm a bad mom and waited until my child was a whole week old before blogging about the adorable little thing. We had our baby girl last wednesday at 9:50 am. She weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was 19 3/4 tall. We went in at midnight on Tuesday and I was given a cervidil, at 5:30 I asked for pain killers through an IV which came with phenegran, which knocked me completely out to where I don't really remember most of the day. 6:30 I was given an epidural, which I slept through. 8:30 my water broke while they were checking me and I was dilated to a 5-6. 9:05 I was complete and ready to push. I pushed but don't remember much again because of the phenegran. I slept in between pushes and then at 9:50 she popped out, litterally thats what it felt like. We are loving having her home and can't get enough of her. She is spoiled rotten already and she knows it. We are having to stay low for awhile and are pretty much confined to our home due to all the illnesses out there so we sleep alot. She loves her boppy and will sleep hours in it.

The pictures are out of order and i'm too lazy to fix it but enjoy the pictures




this is what she thought of the doctor we had to see on monday. I'll have to save that for another post.


The best doctor ever! I highly recommend her.

37 weeks

I am 37 and 5 today and thought i'd update you a little on what's about to go down with this whole pregnancy. Exactly one week from today, Sept 9, I will be induced and Joe and I will be parents. I'm not gonna lie, I am completely stressing out and I don't know if I am going to be able to handle it all. Obviously it's gonna happen so I just need to prepare myself. It's been fun and we can't wait to see Liz. We have pretty much everything done except for our own bags packed. I wouldn't say i'm nesting because what I normally would enjoy doing i'm dreading because i'm too tired to do anything but i'm pushing myself through it and getting it done. My last day of work was last Thursday so I am just enjoying my last week and a half off for the rest of my life. Wish us luck!

Baby Shower

This past Saturday my bestest of friends threw me a baby shower. It turned out great with lots of good food and great gifts. I also had the privilege of having my two sisters here for it. Even though it was a short trip it meant the world to me that they were here for it. Thanks everyone who helped out and thanks everyone who came.


The AWESOME cake that Melanie and Katie B. had made just for me. It looked amazing and even tasted even more amazing.

I hate the fact that it looks like either A. I could eat one of them or B. it looks like I already did eat one of them.

Since us girls are rarely all together we took advantage of the one day we had together after the shower and went and pampered ourselves. Ty was so good the whole day and let me hold him. I guess I have lots of good cushion because was asleep on my shoulder for most of the afternoon. The best part is when he fell asleep on my tummy. He loves baby Liz already!

Weigh in

Don't worry, I refused my weigh in today BUT we were able to weigh Liz. She has gained over a pound in two weeks weighing in at 5 lbs 9 ounces which puts her in the 65th percentile. My poor body. I'm only 34 weeks pregnant. Looks like i'll be refusing the rest of my weigh ins if she's gonna keep this up. I told work to go ahead and schedule my c-section. Joe's reaction to this all was "I'm excited!" My statement back to him was "My V-gina isn't excited". Then he told me that I needed to lay off the ice cream because she obviously likes it way too much.

wish me luck!

Babycare Basics 101

I thought it would be good for Joe and I to take a class and learn about babies before we, well before I, bring one into this world. We signed up for Babycare Basics since it was just an overview of everything. I'm glad we went, it was very informative and I think Joe really learned a lot. I wish we had not stayed up so late the night before because Joe and I were kind of dosing off but we still got a lot out of it.
One thing I really liked was that she showed/told us what all they would do in the hospital and told us what all to bring with us. Now I don't have to wonder what their doing with my child and will feel much safer. Which by the way, why is it that the women do all the work and then they have to just lay there while the husband gets to go and see the baby, hold the baby, and watch the babies first bath? Have I ever mentioned I hate being a woman......
Joe was cracking me up with the baby doll. He was so gentle and was trying so hard to get everything right. Of course the first time we even get to touch the babies I drop mine and the head hit the table and made a loud noise. I laughed...... don't worry, i'll be gentle with Liz.
Some things I learned were
*don't use ANY type of lotion until 2-3 weeks after they are born. Lotion clogs there poors and causes milam? I think in simpler terms it's baby acne
*we learned how to give a sponge bath and they said to only bath the child every other day
*wash the face first without soap and then wash the the rest of the body with soap.
*hot dogs, marshmallows, and hard candy are the top 3 choking hazards (I knew hating hot dogs was a good thing)
*I finally learned how to swaddle a baby. that is something I have never been able to figure out.
Anyway, it was a good class and now Joe wants to pretty much go to all of them. I think we might try out the baby CPR since our teacher HIGHLY recommended it.

32 weeks, weekend vacation, and updates

So i'm in my 32nd week and growing fast (me and liz both). I am rarely hearing the "oh you look cute pregnant" and hearing more of "wow! your belly is sticking out". I did however hit the 20 pound mark this week in hopes of not gaining more then 30. I had a patient today tell me today that I looked like I was about to pop. I politely laughed and said "not till September". I'm running out of clothes fast and too lazy to go buy some more but I was informed by my doctor today that I needed better fitting clothes.

I had my appointment today and we got to measure how big she is. She now weighs 4 lbs and 7 ounces. Yes I am aware that she is huge. She did however go down from the 68th percentile to the 59th percentile in her size. My doctor informed me that it'll vary each time and also pointed out that's why they don't measure everytime. But she's nice enough to measure for me.

I guess my doctor got sick of me complaining about not being able to go to Florida this summer so she was nice enough to let Joe and I go to their newly built cabin in Heber and stay the weekend. Our only chance to go was last weekend and we could not have had a better weekend. The high was 75 and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. We fished, swam, and just layed around all weekend. We unfortunately are not meant to catch fish because we were out there everyday for hours at a time and did not catch ONE FISH! Joe and I were frustrated but personally I didn't care because the weather was so nice and it was just so relaxing. Thanks again Dr. Johnson for letting us use your cabin!


This is their dock down from the cabin where we fished and had no success. But again, the weather and cabin made up for it.

Funny Story:
As we were pulling out of the driveway Joe told me that he had been eyeing this limb hanging from the tree the whole time we were there and all he wanted to do was swing on it. I laughed and told him to turn and around and have at it. With the most excitement i've seen in awhile he hurried and turned around. He got out and got his gloves out of the toolbox and headed over to the tree. He informed me that he would be safe and tug on it first before swinging. Well.......he tugged and it snapped. He was so upset that it didn't work out but relieved he didn't just go swing on it because what he would have swung over he would have died. I took a picture of it but you can't really tell. There was a huge drop off with tons of rocks. Needless to say, I was dying laughing the entire time.

Joe, so dissapointed......

What he woudl have landed in.

The nursery with no crib

The nursery isn't quite done yet but I just finished the project on her wall and I can proudly say I did it ALL BY MYSELF! I got technical with the miter saw, hammer, nails, and leveler. Joe was quite impressed with my abilities, as was I. Obviously I'm completely done but this is what we have so far. And just incase your wondering where the crib is.......it's STILL on back order, or that's what we're told. It's been 6 long weeks and so Joe is going today to "talk" with them. I'll give more pictures once it's all done!

Maternity pictures

This past Thursday Joe and I drove up to Rosebud to have one of our bff's take some pictures of us before the baby comes. We had tons of fun being goofy and it shows in our pictures. And just FYI I am now 30 weeks.

What not to say to your wife *part 2

Remember when Joe told me he felt sorry for my face because pregnancy had been mean to it? Well there's more. I have to share with everyone because it makes me laugh to know that my husband is trying so hard to be nice while saying these awful things to me and really thinking that it's ok to say them.

-About 3 weeks ago on a Friday night we were talking with some friends about how excited we were to go swimming the next day for the first time this summer.

Joe-in a very concerned voice, "Now that your pregnant are you gonna float?"
Me- "are you calling me fat?"
*After everyone gave him a hard time about what he had just said he proceeds with
Joe-"What? Fat people float......."

-A couple of weeks ago we were getting ready to go to bed and I had asked Joe to help me up off the couch. He picked me up off the couch and said

Joe-"WHOA........THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE".
Me-"I've only gained 6 pounds!!!!"
Joe- trying to cover up what he just said "your belly is just poking into mine"

I'm glad I have Joe to make me life through this pregnancy. I told him he's lucky he didn't marry someone who gets there feelings hurt easily . Instead I just laugh and tell everyone about it.

26 weeks and counting

So finally I got a camera charger and I told Joe we had to take pictures before I started receiving anymore hate comments about not blogging. So here they are and I threw in a cute pic of me and Joe just because it was probably the first time we got a good picture of us together in a long time.
Pregnancy is going good. My belly just popped out last week so I'm starting to get asked the usual questions. Joe and I are moved into our house and loving it. We are still doing updates here and there but we finished the big stuff this past weekend. I don't want to put pictures of until it's all done though. We ordered Liz's crib, which was supposed to come in yesterday but I called and they said it had been put on back order. I was annoyed but what do you do. I'm doing her nursery in elephants. It's gonna be pretty darn cute.

FINALLY! There's life

I am now 20 weeks as of last Friday. I'm very excited to know that I am half way done and in 4 months i'll be holding my ridiculous long armed baby girl. With her having such long arms you'd think, for sure she's felt the baby move by now. WRONG! As of last Saturday I STILL had not felt her move not even a flinch. I was really starting to wonder if I was just getting fatter for fun. Well FINALLY Saturday morning I was half way awake when I felt it. It was a little nudge right below my belly button. I thought, nah that couldn't be her until I felt it two more times. I was so excited and woke Joe up right away and he was able to put his hand on my stomach and she kicked/punched at him. I now feel her only when I'm laying down but when I am laying down she is going to town in there. This morning I was trying to sleep on my stomach and she was getting pissed and kept kicking/punching me. I thought it was too cute to change my position so I just stayed like that for awhile. I'm a mean mom I know.

Best Day Ever

Last Wednesday is the day we were set to close on our house. Joe and I both took off and could not have been more happy. We woke up all excited, nervous, and stressed. We started talking about finances and Joe was really starting to stress out about us not selling our truck that had been for sale since October. No lie, 30 minutes later a guy called wanting to check out the truck and he ended up buying it that day! We were so excited and then at 3 that afternoon we went to the title company waited for 2 hours almost didn't get to close on our house but after another 45 minutes of waiting we signed our lives away and are now official home owners.

We LOVE our house and have been working on it for almost a week now getting it all jazzed up for us to move in. My parents have been more then a big help to us and we could never repay them for all the hard work. We have painted almost every room in the house, including paneling that we had to prime twice, and the carpet and tile were laid down yesterday. It is coming together and I'm loving it more and more everytime I step foot in it. We hope to have everything done this weekend so that we can move in next week. So after next week if your ever in the neighborhood, you should definitely stop by and we'll be more then happy to give you a tour of our new home.

name

Sorry, I forgot to tell you in the last post that her name will be Liz Tribett. Yes just Liz. It won't be short for anything. I told my sister that if she's born on her birthday (9-14-09, my due date is 9-18-09) I'll name her Liz Aubrey Tribett. It doesn't really flow but I think it'd be cute so we'll see.......

It's a party

We had our party last night and everything turned out perfect. My doctor was awesome and ordered the cake (since she was the only one who knew what we were having) picked it up and even presented it to us at our party. It could not have gone any better. Thanks Dr. Johnson, your truly the best. We found out what we're having around 6:45. I was so nervous and could not stop shaking. When Dr. Johnson opened the cake I screamed. Melanie has a video of it that i'll have to post later. We had a blast and people were so kind to bring gifts and come and support us. I hope everyone had fun.

Finally I have pictures, your welcome Aubrey and Brad.

Dr. Johnson got me this shirt and I fell in love with it.
My very first gifts. I love them all!