Nasty Laptops, Scary Colorado Fans, Hair Cuts, and Lots of Urrys!

Ok, so for those of you who have been awaiting a new post my apologies. This blog has taken me a week to complete. Why? Because my computer is retarded, that's why! I began this blog last Saturday at my in-laws and I have been trying to work on it throughout the week. First, my pictures uploaded out of order. Then, I went to the public library to get on a working system and the stupid thing was as bad as my computer at home! It's now Friday night, almost a full 7 days later and I'm FINALLY on a computer that works with some time to properly tell the tale of our Thanksgiving this year...

For starters, I spent all Tuesday packing and didn't get enough of this...

We flew out of LAX Tuesday evening. Our first trip with Dex and our first plane ride together, period!

Here is Dex before he blew out his diaper, jammies, and blanket. (Oh yes, he did.)

Here he is after!
So much happier!

Dex with Grandma Urry. He loves her, he's just tired.


Dex with Pops (Granpa Urry).


So after we got into Cheyenne at midnight everyone went to bed. Then the next day we got to go see THIS!


New Moon! Grandma and Pops watched the rugrat while we caught a late showing. It's the Urry kid tradition second year in the running. Luckily the next one will come out this summer while we're together for our first family reunion. Awesome!


Our first time out away from the munchkin...
isn't my hubs a hunk?

Here we have Thanksgiving morning with the auntie pow-wow circle around the loan boy. Looks like Brandon's childhood all over again!


We decided to have some parental fun with our little guy and took some pictures.

A close up of our studly little man...


It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...


Super Dex!
(Not to be confused with 'Super Mex'.)


Hooray for smiles with Mommy!
Finally, a picture with my baby boy!


Dang, my kid is ca-YUTE!

So after a great dinner and some sleep we got up the next morning and rented a car to drive to Boulder, Colorado. For those of you who don't know Brandon is a huge college football fan. He knows stats and players from way back in the 80's! His good childhood friend used to kick for Colorado so we got free tickets for the huge Colorado vs. Nebraska game. They are BIG rivals.

Here's us with Dex at not only his first college football game but mine, as well!


Brandon and I with the famous Boulder Flat Irons in the background.

I couldn't go to my first game without making signs in hopes of being on national television. I don't think we made it on ESPN though...

I thought they we clever. My brother is a die hard Huskers fan, so can you guess which sign is mine? :)
I don't think he reads our blog, but I have a feeling I'm about to find out...

Another family shot after the game.


So we were staying up late Friday night doing the kid gift exchange when this guy decided to get into the holiday spirit!

He is too cute!

This is Dex's impression of an over stuffed teddy bear.
(It's actually a reindeer outfit.)

And Dex with me!

Happy Holidays!!

Lastly, as many of you have commented Dex has a full head of hair. Well, he didn't really NEED a hair cut, however, Brandon's mom used to cut his hair so we thought it would be cool to have her cut Dex's hair for his first hair cut. He started growing a rat tail in the back, so we figured a trim wouldn't hurt...

He was a trooper! He slept through the whole thing! What a stud...

We had a short stay and wished we had stayed longer but we made it back to LA swine flu free and safe and sound.
Thanks for an awesome Thanksgiving everyone!

Let's Talk LABOR

Here is a rundown of the 22 hours...
Tuesday, Oct 13:
3;30 AM - Contractions
8:00 AM - Doctor's office for scheduled appointment
10:00 AM - Arrive at the hospital for induction
11:00 AM - Admitted
Noon - Mom starts my IV and takes blood test. My blood pressure drops and Dex takes his first major heart deceleration (not good)
2:30 PM - Miso for induction is introduced
6:00 PM - Repetitive contractions start (not good).
7:00 PM - Dex takes his second heart decel.
7:10 - Miso is stopped to end contractions
7:20 - Dex has his third decel.
8:00 PM - I get a folie balloon inserted to help me dilate (I'm at 1 cm. For the record, worst pain EVER. The contractions w/o meds were cake compared to this.)
10:00 PM - Looking like a c-section.
11:30 PM - Nevermind, Heather's dilating.
Midnight to 5:00 AM - Contractions grow, water is broken manually, and monitors show full contractions by now, meaning they are as strong as they are going to get. FYI: no epidural yet and HEather hasn't dilated past 3-4.
5:30 AM - Epidural. Ahhhhhh...
7:00 AM - Dex starts trying to deliver himself. He's still at a -2 (needs to be at a +3) and Heather is still only 4 cm's.
9:00 AM - Prop for C-section. Really.
9:35 AM - Dex is born after taking another massive decel. Brandon got to the OR just after he Dex was born (Brandon never got paged and the Doctor couldn't wait with how badly Dex was responding).
Miraculously Dex is as healthy as a horse
Heather spiked a fever that night. Of course.
The End.
All in all it wasn't THAT bad, but I'm in no rush to repeat it! :)
Note: -27 lbs in 9 days!! AWESOME!

Meet Dexter Brandon Urry!

The newest edition of the Urry family arrived yesterday morning at 9:35 am. He weighed in at 8 lbs 3 oz (His dad still has a pound on him) and 21.5 inches. Up until this point he has been a chill baby and pretty much only cries when his diaper needs to be changed. Heather is doing well recovering at the hospital still. After 16 hours of being induced and being in labor they had to take her to the OR and do a c-section to get the little rascal out. He came out healthy and strong with all the ten fingers and all ten toes. He's definately quit the lady's man already!

Grabbing his daddy's hand.

Bundled up on the way to the Nursery.

Sleeping after being fed with his new Angels hat the hospital gave him.


First family picture with Dexter.


Heather being a trooper during labor.

End of summer means the beginning of football!

Summer is winding down and the heat wave we've had for the last couple weeks is gone! I'm getting closer to being done painting the house! My buddy Morgan brought over one of our work trucks on Labor Day so I could get up to paint the gable over the garage. Watching college football this season has been great so far since both USC and BYU are both in the top 10! We are both wondering how BYU will do against Florida St. in Provo this week though! Go Trojans! Heather is hoping and praying that our little man will come out already as she is over being pregnant. We did receive quite a bit of stuff this week from the baby shower that was put on for Heather by Sis. Jensen in our ward. Heather wanted me to be there since most of the clothes we received were sports stuff and things I will be putting on him. We also received a nice comfy rocking glider from all the people at my work.


Me in the bucket about to get my paint on!



Had to scrape some of the old paint off. Oddly there weren't any cobwebs up there.


The finished product.

Our little man's first football, compliments of Helene.


Our comfy new rocker/glider thanks to all the homies from Censource

Our little man's sweet new ride. Heather wants to get the rims chromed.

The co-star of the shower: little Aubrey, getting crazy with the wrapping paper at the shower!

Heather, my hot wife, and the adorable cake from the shower. (No she didn't make me write that)

Nothing Super Fancy Yet

What have we been up to?

Well...

We've been house sitting for friends for a few weeks which has been fun. We get to walk there dog every night at a local park which is great exercise for me and awesome quality time for us as a couple! We both started school this week and we're gearing up for another semester. Brandon's finishing up his last two classes and I've signed up for one Saturday class (fulfilling my ECE recs. slowly for a back up. Since football season is approaching I figured Brandon would be spending the bulk of his Saturday indoctrinating our little guy...so I won't be missed too much.) We also got to go on a date last night to Olive Garden compliments of Brandon's sister, Kelli, and we got the never ending pasta bowl deal. Word to the wise, the meat sauce isn't that great, but it was a good dinner and a nice time out. We plan on hitting up Chili's 2 for $20 deal next. Hooray for restaurants and they're discount wars!

Moving along...

We are both extremely excited for the fall season- Brandon for football and me for holidays! He's been stocking up on his college football mags and anxiously searching for Tim Tebow's spread in GQ (anyone out there read that yet?). It's fun watching him get so excited. I, on the other hand, probably won't spend too much time decorating this year for fall/halloween and Christmas for obvious reasons but we are lucky to have our two favorite seasons combined into one so I don't pull him away from his football and he doesn't pull me away from...well, whatever you want to call it. The joys of being married. LOVE IT!!

And for little boy Urry...

We're almost 34 weeks now and getting a little anxious. Our little guy is growing quickly so he is constantly uncomfortable and making himself known more than usual (if that was possible to begin with) and I'm very much looking forward to when he drops so that I can breathe again! I can no longer tie my own shoes which normally I wouldn't do anyway (I just leave them tied and slip them on and off) however my feet have grown so slipping on shoes that are pre-tied is no longer an option. Also, we can hear him making snapping noises! It's the weirdest thing, it sounds like he cracking his knuckles or joints in there! Brandon clearly hears the sounds, too, so I know it's not me or my body doing it. We've also been feeling him hiccup which is a LOT better than a drop kick to the ribs (he likes showing off his genes from his parents- a dancer and a kicker, fabulous!). I do like how active he is. It reminds us constantly that we have a family and we're SO EXCITED for him to actually get here already! (Don't get me wrong, I like it when he's quiet, too) Lastly, the funniest thing is that most caucasians look at me and say how HUGE my belly is and yet many people of other ethnicities (mainly hispanic and polynesian) comment on how small I am. It's so funny. I think I'll hang out with less 'white' people from here on out!

Lots Going On!

Brandon's sister Erica flew out to California this week from Wyoming so we have spent the last seven days seeing the sights of California. I can honestly say that I have seen more of CA in this past week than I have my entire life! We have more than made up for our three months of forced solitude in Salt Lake City so thank you Erica for giving us a reason to get out!

Since my computer has a virus (sad day) there will be no pictures uploaded but here is a list of all our destinations...
Newport Beach
The Wedge
Wahoo's
The Nature Center
Huntington Beach/ Main Street
BJ's
The Getty Center
Malibu Beach Pier
Ruby's
Pepperdine University Campus
Irvine Spectrum
Yard House
The Queen Mary
California Pizza Kitchen
The Getty Villa
UCLA Campus
The Montclaire Drive In Movie Theatre
CSULB Japanese Gardens
The Citadel
Heritage Park
Jack In the Box
Watson's Drug Store
Naples
Balboa Island
The Cypress Stake Center
Not to mention the movie's we watched...
Orange County
Taken
Up
G-Force
He's Just Not That Into You
Plus...
A FABULOUS Sunday dinner and game night with the Clausen's
And if you thought our busy week was over we still have the California Statewide YSA Conference we've been preparing for coming up this weekend! Whew!

As far as the baby goes-
I'm 31 weeks today and he's still active as ever! Some swelling, lots of leg cramps, but the heartburn is starting to respond to Tums finally and I'm behind in my weight gain slightly so both of those make me happy (even though my stomach is HUGE at least the rest of me isn't).
Just one more month and we get to meet our little guy!

A Better Blog

Finally my computer has simmered down! Here are some pictures for you guys of our past few weeks...

My pity party in my 1967 Ford Mustang that we sold to a collector in British Columbia,

Matt and Brandon working on the sprinkler system in my parent's backyard,

Matt and Brandon illegal having a bonfire in our backyard for Sunday kabobs,

We said 'goodbye' to this little girl as she left to go live with her real owners in Utah after a two year stay with us,

Brandon painting the in-law's house,

the house with the stucco finished,

the blanket I made for our little guy,

and lastly the AWESOME Halloween onsie's we found!!

Hooray for a working labtop!!