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Remember me... ?


didn't think so.


Okay, okay, okay... I know. I'm horrible. I haven't blogged for like 28384 years. more like... six months. but, who is counting. First thing is first, my so darling husband took my blog from the very first post to the one before this one and, for Christmas sent it to a company that makes your blog into a hard bound book... darling, I know. So, now I will have all my posts and memories of when we got engaged and married and had a baby and all... in a blog book. He is great! However, it made me realize how much I enjoyed blogging and how it made me miss it. So, here I am, Blogging.

Chris: Christopher is doing so good. He is enjoying work and working VERY hard, like always. He honestly is one of the hardest working people I know and I am indeed super grateful for this. He supports our family well and is such a great Dad. Teagon loves him very much. He is ALWAYS keeping everyone laughing and 'taking things to the nest level' but, I couldn't have asked for a better partner. I am always stressing over dumb things and worrying and Christopher is always there to make things better. He has great goals set for the year 2011 and I can't wait to seem him accomplish them.


Jentri: I am working and LOVING be a Motha' to our nugget. Work is stressful and at times I can get very frustrated. I try not to bring it home but, sometimes I do and take it out on Chris and for that I am sorry, I am trying VERY hard to work on this. Teagon really makes everything better and he truly is the JOY in our lives.



















Teagon: Teagon turned 6 months on December 22, 2010 and he is getting SO big. He weighed 15 pounds and is 27 inches long. His pediatrician says he is doing so awesome. He is up to 3 solid meals now and she also changed his formula from the Premature formula to the Regular one. He has learned this new trick with his tongue and lips and does like a "machine gun" noise and he thinks he is awesome. He is so smart and any day now he will be crawling! I love this little man so much.



















Darla: Deedle is being a so good girl and taking good care of her brother! She LOVES to give kisses and sometime gets a little jealous. Her and CleeOh are still best friends / lovers.



















Needless to say, The McCleery crew is doing good. We are spending a lot of time with my Family as usual but things are good. We really can't complain.

It's a BOY!!!

Teagon Ryan McCleery

born June 22, 2010 at

12:41 am.

he weighed 4 pounds

and 9 ounces and was

19 1/4 inches long.

best day ever. many of you know that I had preeclampsia; such a horrible thing. I was put on bed rest and not allowed to do ANYTHING. seriously. It was boring and oh so horrible. Thank you to everyone that came to visit me and play with me and those who gave me magazines and things like that. You are all GREAT. I went to the doctors what felt like everyday, every hour and had to collect most of my pee. The goal was to keep my HIGH blood pressure from getting any higher... a 'normal' which would be the Systolic (Top Number) - Less than 120 and the Diastolic (Bottom Number) - Less than 80. So, for example when you check your blood pressure you want to hear the doctor say,

" your blood pressure is 120 over 80."

well, when I would go to the doctor I would hear,

"your blood pressure is 177 over 98"

not good. I know.... I had a ton of protein in my pee and things just weren't good. The GOAL was to make it to 37 weeks. Chris had been going to all of my doctor appointments with me and we heard the same thing over and over,

"rest and don't do anything, drink tons of water... come in ASAP if you have any high abdominal pain or see spots and have a headache that wont go away"

The fear was that I would have a stroke, and also preeclampsia causes development to stop on the baby. It is all just real scary. The other goal was that I needed to keep the top blood pressure number under 160 and the bottom blood pressure number under 100. Chris went to almost all my appointments, I had them almost everyday and he missed a TON of work. So, I had an appointment on June 21 and I couldn't drive so Kylie and Connor came to pick me up, I had my bag packed and left it by the door. We left and got to the doctors... Dr Hebert (love her SO much) had a 35 minute wait so the three of us just hung out and took it easy we also made jokes about how funny it would be if I had the baby then. Finally we got called back and I sat in the chair to take my blood pressure... it was 177/98. Not good. My nurse looked at me and said, "I think maybe we should have a baby today..." I looked at Kylie and Connor and instantly started stressing. She then made me go to the bathroom and was going to take it again, I came back sat down and it was..... 153/ 103. AHHH! Doctor Hebert happened to come out at that time and was already sending another mama down and without even seeing her yet and her just hearing my blood pressure, she told them she was now sending 2 Mom's down.... AH. We all three went into the room and waited. I was a mess, I was sweating and freaking out. Kylie and Connor were calling Chris and my Parents and telling them that Dr. Hebert hasn't been in yet but she already said pretty much that today was the day, She then came in, checked me, I was a 1 plus and she said, Jentri, your blood pressure is TOO high. You are having a baby today, I am going to send you down to labor and delivery and then we will start you on magnesium and then I will break your water, start you on patosin and we will have a baby today! Oh... I WAS A MESS!!! Everyone was on their way and the three of us went downstairs to labor and delivery. I was checked in and my Mom got there and shortly after my Dad did. Chris was leaving work, speeding to the hospital when my Mom called him and said "take your time, she just got checked in and it will be a while, go home and shower, pick up her bag and just relax." I talked to him, told him to listen and just calm down and see him when he got there. He went home and did just that and then finally got to the hospital. Him and my Dad went and got something to eat, just as they did, Dr Hebert came in and broke my water and stripped my membrane... eek! Chaarie my sister got there afterwards along with Chris's Mom. I wasn't going to have an epidural and then was highly talked into it as it would help lower my blood pressure as well... I was given the Patosin and then the epidural... that was fun.... : I was SOOO Puffy and Swollen from having high blood pressure I bet I weighed 450 pounds. I had to wear oxygen and had a ton of IV's and cords and who knows what else on and in me. Thank heavens for my Mom and Chris being by my side. I was scared. I was in a ton of pain and was confused because I thought the epidural was supposed to cure that, I just kept telling the nurse I was hurting... I had another epidural because the first one didn't work, also... really fun again : I could still feel all my contractions, the nurse kept telling us that she HIGHLY doubts, for me being a first mom, that I would go from a 3 to a 10 in 2 hours but she would check me again.... she checked me and then........

"Oh my gosh, You're in Labor..."

I was nervous, my Mom and Kylie and Chris and whoever else was in the room just freaked! We were all excited. Everyone who I didn't want in the room for delivery was asked to leave and wait in the lobby. So, Kylie and Chaarie and my Dad and Marilyn were in the lobby while Chris and my Mom were in the room with me. I then got to start pushing with the nurse to 'practice' well.... Chris and my Mom held my legs and I pushed a few times and was crowning. Dr Hebert was in another room, delivering another Mom and so I was then told to rollover on my side, close my legs and wait!!! That... also, very fun. : and then... all of a sudden, Dr Hebert burst through the door arms in the air celebrating and said, "okay Jentri! Let's have a baby!!!" I was SO scared, nervous, excited... so was Chris! I pushed a total of 12 time and....... Dr. Hebert looked at Chris and Chris looked at me and said.....

It's a BOY!!!

I didn't really believe him and looked over and there was my HANDSOME son in Dr Hebert's hands... Crying and just oh so tiny!!! I loved this so much, one of THE best times in my life. Chris kissed me and then went to see our son. My Mom was taking pictures. The NICU team was in the room and we were then informed they would have to take him :( I got to nurse him and have skin to skin time and everyone got to come in and see him but then they took him.... I was still on magnesium and I was hating every second.

I left out a ton of details I am sure and I have a lot more to say about my amazing son, but I will blog more later.... I was just told millions of times by so many people to blog that I thought I better say something. But, I am just enjoying every minute I have with my little man who is now 6 Pounds :)

and... one more thing. Thank you to everyone who came to visit us in the hospital and the NICU. We LOVE you all! Thanks for the gifts and all of the love and support. We are so lucky to have you in our lives. We have been SO blessed.

hang tight on the pictures. there are literally hundreds and it is taking 395034 years to load them.

35 weeks! 5 more to go... or so I think?

Here I am 35 Weeks along (well Wednesday June 16 I will be 35 weeks) ... I am sitting down and waving to you. Why? Because that is all I am allowed to do...

"Jentri... sit down and rest"
"Jentri, get your feet up"
"Jentri, Don't lift that..."

I am becoming very frustrated because this is all just not me. I want to be walking around, seeing whats going on. I just need to keep telling myself,

"it is all worth it in the end."

as you can see, I am in my work shirt, I am still allowed to work, which is good... I would go nuts if I had to be at home... I am not really allowed to do anything at work but I can still be there. I mainly just feel like I am in the way. ugh.



This little baby, is our most recent purchase. I cant help but just be so dang excited. It is obviously a stroller but it is our car seat as well. It just snaps into place there on the stroller and / or snaps into the car base. I love it. I walk into our nursery every morning and just stare at it, knowing that our little baby will soon be in it and this makes me ecstatic!!!





In other news, I am not doing very well... My blood pressure remains sky high and this puts our little nugget at risk of not developing anymore. :( I have been so stressed about this, and this isn't good either. I just don't want anything to happen to our baby. I now have to go to the doctor TWICE a week. Once to see Dr. Hebert and once to Maternal Fetal Medicine to have Non-Stress Tests performed; this is to make sure my high blood pressure is in no way messing with the development of our babe. I have been so frustrated with all this I asked Dale to give me a blessing... Pieter and Dale came over and blessed me with a nice blessing and I am so thankful for this. I also called my Grandma and asked her to say special prayers for me... when I called her and asked her she responded with,

"oh dear, we always pray special prayers for our grand kids..."

"ha ha ha, I know Grandma... but I need a special, special one."

She then told me she would put my name in the temple. I have good grandparents. and parents too! Thank heavens for my Mom and Dad. I love them.

I have been told by Dr. Hebert that now, because of all these dang "problems" she may induce me at 37 weeks... uh? that is June 30. SCARY! I hope this isn't the case and that I am able to go full term. Chris keeps reminding me that the doctor DOES know what she is talking about and for me to, " STOP STRESSING ABOUT EVERYTHING!"
But,I want whatever... is best for me and baby!!! Love my Chis...

pray for us.

update. long time since last blog...

a ton has happened in the mccleery life, we have been so busy i haven't had time to blog... that or im tired....

first thing is first. christopher and i moved. yay! it has been nearly impossible for us to get qualified for a house becuase of christopher's self employment history but we were told one more year and a home is what we will have. i am being patient most of the time. we DID not like the apartments we were living in so we decided to look for better ones, after weeks of looking we found brand new apartments in midvale. they are nice and they are darling. we got a three bedroom this time and it makes me SO excited to decorate the nursery for our little nugget. our new apartment is very big and feels more like a town home or condo. it makes me happy to live there with chris knowing we will raise the first year of our babies life there. i cant thank my family and the sundloff's enough for helping us move... they were a ton of help and we wouldn't have gotten even half way done without them. i love you.

second thing i am 33 weeks pregnant and getting to the point where i am pretty much done. dont get me wrong, i have loved being pregnant i can honestly say i will miss it until the next time but ever since i hit maybe 31 or 32 weeks i have just gone down hill. i am going to blame it on a lot of things like stress and heat and work and my eating habits...

i have horrible pregnancy acne/rash and i have horrible swollen ankles and feet. i also have pregnancy induced carpel tunnel. i am trying to be so positive but it makes it hard when i am just so darn uncomfortable all the time. i also feel VERY unattractive.

chris and i went to the doctors for my last four week appointment (which means all my appointments after that one i will see dr hebert every 2 weeks, or so i thought...) we get in there and the nurse melanie asked me if i was doing okay... i told her no and was concerned about what the results of my blood pressure would be... she said okay, lets check it but first step on the scale... ugh. :( worst results ever. my eyes filled up with tears and chris said what did it say... i replied, "whale" melanie the nurse said, 'oh stop... you're pregnant' then came the worst part, we checked my blood pressure and it basically started smoking... my blood pressure is through the roof! nurse says, oh my goodness, that is a little high. she made me go pee and then sit for a minute and then took the test again. it had gone down but was still high. i was / am so scared. chris kept reassuring me that everything was going to be okay. we went into the doctors office and dr hebert came in, she said, ' okay jentri, so we are border line high blood pressure huh?' then she asked me all sorts of questions about work and what i do during the day and how i eat and drink. she didnt like the results of me working a ton and being on my feet a lot but her least favorite thing to hear was that i drink coke like an addict. sorry.... i love it. i was told that if my blood pressure was to go over 140/something, that i was to rush back in the hospital asap. i was also given two little beauties... one a 'hat' two a 'bucket' this was for my 24 hour urine collection. sounds fun huh. well, it has been. i started today sunday morning and i am collecting all my pee until monday morning, keep it in the fridge and bring it with me monday morning and i then i will have my blood drawn. i asked a lot of questions about this and you can go here to find out why they need my pee. ugh. the good news is, our baby is doing golden and is growing healthy and is doing well. i did have a really hard day the rest of the day though, i am scared and worried and just want everything to be okay. i was told if my blood pressure didnt go down i was going to be put on bed rest... UH!?! 7 weeks... 7 weeks of bed rest. no freaking way.

needless to say i havent had a coke in 5 days and i have drank TONS of water. i come home from work and put my feet up but the cankles remain. i now have to see dr. hebert EVERY week. i have been eating low sodium foods and trying so hard to take care of myself and the beaner.

all in all like i said before i am trying to stay positive, i KNOW the end result will be 100% worth it. Chris has been a ton of help and makes me feel good. God Bless him...

Chris left for Chicago this morning and i am having a really hard time with it. it is only 4 days but i HATE that he wont be going to the doctors with me and he does too. you'd think he was leaving for 5 years the way we acted, but... hormones and things, i love him and miss him like crazy.

i believe these are all my updates for now... stay tuned. i will let you know how the pee and blood results turn out. pray for me... bed rest for 7 weeks is NOT an option.

BIG Birthday Weekend!

This weekend was a BIG weekend for Birthdays...

Two of some of THE most important people in my life!!!

Happy First Birthday DarLa!!!

Happy 16th Birthday Connor!!!

Darla's Birthday was May 1 and Connor's Birthday was May 2.

I can't even believe Darla is ONE!!! It seems like just yesterday Chris and I drove to Vegas to pick her up at just 8 weeks old... I love her so much. She is THE best bulldog girl in this world. We had fun celebrating her Birthday, us humans ate real cake and the dogs got 'cheese' cake... We sang to Darla and she got to play with cousin CleeOh all day... she was tired after all her Birthday festivities.

This is what a tired Birthday Bulldog looks like...

Sunday May 2 was my Jimmy's Sweet Sixteen!!! This is HUGE! My little 'Kinko' is growing up... We all went to Joe's Crab Shack on Saturday night for Darla / Connor's Birthday and then on Sunday my Mom did her WONDERFUL Mom thing and cooked Jimmy and all of us one of his favorite meals, Meatloaf and Baked Potatoes.

Connor got a new car for his Birthday, Scottie the 2004 RED Cavalier. This would be my 16th Birthday Car, Susan's little Brother!!! He also got super cute Nike Shox and an iTrip for his car. Golf Balls, an iTunes gift card and money and gift cards and some Great Blue Rays. Chris and I gave him a Boston Red Sox 'B' to put on his back window and we also got him a pair of True Religion Jeans!

Kylie made 'Better than Sex Cake' and we all had a really good time celebrating the Birth of one AMAZING kid.

I love you Connor and I am so glad you were born...

third trimester

wednesday april 28, 2010 was day one of my third trimester. this is huge. i officially have 3 months to go... july 21 will be here before we know it. i can really feel the difference between now and three months ago at day one of my second trimester...

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-i am huge

-i am gaining weight

-i cant sleep at night

-i am so hot all the time

-my feet hurt

-my feet and ankles are swollen

-my back hurts

-there is no more room for our baby... it is taking everything.

i know, i know this sounds like i am just a giant cry baby, but i am not. i am handling all this like a champ... well, except for the gaining weight, i am having a VERY hard time with this. i just keep telling myself, it is a good thing. ugh.

with all the negative comes positive... just knowing that i am three months away makes me so excited. i cant wait to meet our baby, this blessing in our lives is so exciting, when chris and i talk about it, we get so excited...

today, april 29,2010 was yet another doctor appointment for me. dr hebert is back and it was so good to see her, she looked GREAT and you wouldn't even know she just had a baby... they had a baby girl and named her redden. i think that name is darling... the doctor appointment went great, i am measuring perfect and luckily with all the stretching... still no stretch marks (knock on wood) the heart beat sounded great and she said we were perfect.... chris couldn't come to this appointment :( and he was very upset about it and for those of you that know me, you know i don't do things alone so i asked kylie to go with me and she did, thank you kylie for going with me, i loved having you there. i am so glad that your first babies heart beat to be heard was my babies... it loves it's aunt kylie already.

now..... before my appointment started i had to take the DREADFUL glucose test, i heard from many that this was awful and didn't listen, i thought i will go in there for myself and see what this is about... UH!?! i should have listened... this was the worst thing i have to do for this pregnancy BY FAR! it was so gross and it tasted like tar. please bless

this one worked and i won't have to do it again...

i see dr. hebert again in four weeks and then after that.... two week appointments! that means we are getting so close!!! i signed up for a hypno-birthing class today as well because i am going to deliver with no epidural... i'm not nuts.

deer.

I was in the shower this morning, getting ready for work...

I can hear my phone ringing/vibrating.

The only person that would call me at 6:00am would be Chris or my family...

I think okay maybe it was accident and I will call whoever it is back when I get out, well...

it starts ringing again!

So, I panic...

I hurry outta the shower, dripping wet and naked, answer my phone...

chris- "BABE!!! I have THE biggest news..."

me- scared to death and now freezing, "uh... yeah?"

chris- "I get to kill a deer this year, I drew out for the hunts...."

me- now pissed, scared and freezing, "wow babe, that is awesome."

chris- "I can't even wait, I am gonna' hang it up in our new house"

me- "uh... no you aren't"

chris- "okay, then I am gonna' save the antlers for our baby boy..."

me- "alright chris... see ya later."

Can you believe this, I am married to a little boy.I simply love every single second of it and he makes me laugh more than anyone in this world... I am proud of him and hope he has fun come this October for the hunts.

We will see how bad he really wants to go when it comes time,

seeing that we will have a new born...

I love you Chris...