Stickers

Lizette loves putting stickers on Anders. What a trooper..

Onions Anyone!

After church, Tyler was cutting an onion for dinner. Lizette kept saying, "I want one. I want one." We tried to explain to her that it was an onion and that she would not like it. She kept on saying, "But I like it. I LOVE IT!" Tyler decided to give her a fourth of an onion to show her that she didn't like it. But as a stubborn Barton she had to prove us wrong. She ate like ten bites before she decided she didn't want it anymore. Tyler and I were laughing so hard that she ate that many bites.

Siblings

So now that Lizette has a little brother. She has adjusted better than I thought she would. She loves Anders. She almost always loves to hold him.She always tries to play with him and loves to try to make him dance. I still have to tell her a million times a day that she has to be gentle with Anders and that he is just a little baby. Every morning Anders and I wake Lizette up. She loves it when Anders lays in her bed with her and she gives him a stuff animal to play with or she "reads" him a book. I know that sometimes she wants more attention from Tyler and I but she never takes that frustration out on Anders. Since Anders has been a really colicky baby the crying has been driving me crazy, but she never gets mad. She just hugs him and says, "It's alright Anders. I'm here, I love you." It is really cute. I know that they are going to be great friends.

Halloween 2009: Attack of the Killer Bees

For Halloween, we decided that Lizette and Anders would go as bees, because we were getting two bee costumes. This was the first year that Lizette really understood the concept of Trick or Treating. On the morning of Halloween, we went to the pumpkin patch to get pumpkins for the whole family. Lizette wanted EVERY pumpkin. We finally had her choose just one. Anders didn't care he was asleep the whole time.














After nap time for the whole family, we carved pumpkins. Lizette, Anders, and I carved simple faces on our pumpkins. Tyler carved all of our faces on his pumpkin. It turned out really cute. We lit them at Tyler's parents house, because we weren't going to be home for the night.



























We went trick or treating with some of my cousins, and Lovstedts' aka Penny. Lizette and Penny had lots of fun going trick or treating. Lizette thought it was the greatest thing ever. Anders' was asleep in his bee costume the whole time.


























After going around the block, we went to Tyler's parents house for Lizette to say Trick or Treat, and to eat a couple pieces of candy.














After going to see Grandma and Umpa, we went to see Auntie Doris and Aunt Kathryn. Lizette was the only trick or treater they had all night, so of course she got a lot of candy. Luckily Auntie Doris had a small trampoline so Lizette was able to work off her candy that she had that night.


























Overall it was a wonder Halloween. But someone was very tired at the end of the day.

GLASSES

Lizette keeps thinking Anders needs to wear glasses. Poor child.

He is such a great sport.

ASLEEP

I love this picture of Tyler and Anders. Anders has been a really colicky baby, so when he is asleep that makes for happy and tired parents.

Better Housewife

Tyler was home for 2 weeks after Anders was born. Since all I did was feed Anders and nothing else - since I couldn't lift anything over 10 pounds. Tyler was deep cleaning the house and taking care of Lizette. Sometimes I think that Tyler would be a better housewife than me. He was cleaning everything and taking care of Lizette and changing all of Anders' diapers. I just had to think: I have been pregnant for 9 months and now I just had major surgery. He just has way more energy than me at the moment. Lizette really enjoyed having Tyler home. They went to the park, played outside, and went swimming a lot. He is truly a great dad and husband. I feel blessed to have such an amazing husband, even though sometimes he out cleans me.

Additions

We got a new addition to our family on August 21st at 8:48pm. Anders Hamilton Barton was born. He was 8 lbs 9 ounces and was 23 1/2 inches long. It was a rough delivery, but we are glad that he is here. I went to my doctor's appointment at 3:30. My mother in law was supposed to watch Lizette, but I couldn't get a hold of her. So I ended up taking Lizette with me to my appointment. I had Tyler meet me at the doctor's office so Lizette wouldn't have to go into the room while the doctor checked me. When the doctor saw me, she told me that I was in active labor and that I was dilated between a five and a six and that I needed to go the hospital right away. I went home to get my bag ready, and to get Lizette's bag ready. Then we dropped Lizette off at Tyler's parents house.

At 5:00 my doctor called asking where I was. I told her that I was on my way to the hospital. She thought that maybe I wasn't in labor, because I wasn't rushing to get to the hospital. So they check me and I was at a six and my contractions were every 2 minutes apart. My doctor, Dr. Ferro, ended up breaking my water. I was happy that my labor was going really well. Lizette's delivery was kind of a nightmare. So I was excited that I was progressing on my own and I looked like it wasn't going to be a long delivery. When Dr. Ferro broke my water, she noticed that there was poop in the water. She looked a little worried, and said that she was glad we were delivering the baby. She told me she was going to go home for dinner and be back in an hour. When she was at home, she was looking at mine and the baby's vitals on the computer online. She didn't like the way the were looking so she had them start me on pitocin. At that point I had to get an epidural, because the pitocin was AWFUL. When she got to the hospital, she called a specialist for the baby and the baby's pediatrician. She noticed that mine and the baby's heart beat was dropping really low. By 8:00 I was dilated to a 10, but I didn't really feel the need to push quite yet. She wanted the baby out right away, so I was pushing and she turned off my epidural. Then my blood pressure started getting really low 60 over 30. They gave me 5 shots of ephedrine, but it was not going up at all. At that time she had them call for the anesthesiologist to get there right away. It felt like there were a million people in the room. She then called for a crash c-section. She told the nurses to call any doctor that was able to come and help until another obgyn got there.

They had me sign my life away while they were wheeling me into the operating room. The doctor told me that we needed to get him out right away, and that this is the way that it HAD to be and that she was sorry that it wasn't the delivery that I wanted. Tyler was really calm, which I was really grateful for. I was freaking out a little...okay that is a lie. I was really freaking out A LOT. They didn't separate Tyler and I at all. Tyler practically got dressed into scrubs in the operating room. And there were tons of people setting up for the c-section. As soon as I was numb, they started the c section. It felt really weird being so numb. In the rush of everything they forgot to strap my arms down and they kept falling off the table. As soon as the baby was born, I told Tyler to go with him. The anesthesiologist was so nice. He told me that everything was going well and he was wiping away my tears. It seemed like forever, they were still finishing me up and the pediatrician came in and hugged my face and told me that he was beautiful and everything looked great. Dr Ferro told me that everything was going well, and another reason why I could push him out was because the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and his body numerous times. She also told me that it would take me a longer time to recover because I pushed and had a c-section.

I feel very grateful that we had such amazing doctors on hand and that everything worked out. While we were in the hospital, Anders was not a happy camper until Tuesday, when my milk came in. Lizette also came and visited us a couple of times and she LOVES her little brother. He got her a special gift. A couple of sets of princess shoes, which she also LOVES. I feel very grateful and lucky that Anders is apart of our family. And that Lizette loves him very much..

SEVEN YEARS

Yesterday, August 9th, Tyler and I have been married for SEVEN years. I can't believe that it has been seven years of happy marriage bliss. Tyler is truly a great husband and father. I couldn't ask for a better spouse. He puts up with so much, especially now that I am LARGE with child and HIGHLY emotional. He is so willing to pick up all that is slacking in the house, and that dinner is rarely made these days, and when I am acting crazy pregnant that he contemplates taking all the sharp objects from our house when he is at work, so I won't hurt myself (j/k - 60/40).

We celebrated our anniversary a day early, Saturday. Tyler was so nice and took Lizette for the whole morning so I could rest and get some stuff done around the house. After nap time, we took Lizette to Tyler's sister, Holly, where she was also watching Lizette's cousin, Chloe. Lizette was so excited. Tyler and I then went to the Cheesecake Factory (we had a gift card) then we went to see a movie (we had another gift card). I was so uncomfortable, my back was hurting. Then we came home and went straight to sleep. I was so tired. I know it isn't too exciting, but what to you expect, I am a couple of weeks from delivering a baby.

I still can't believe that Tyler asked me out 8 1/2 years ago. I can't believe that we have been married for 7 years, and I can't believe that we have a 2 year old and expecting a second baby. We are definitely getting old. At least I am getting old with someone who loves me for who I am, even with all my faults and vice versa.














Here are the only pictures that we have when were dating, one from a road show- that night he proposed - HOT ORANGE SUIT, I KNOW.
And the other one we are wearing outfits from thrift stores.

HERE IS TO MY BESTFRIEND (j/k Cristin) Here is to the only one who would make out with me.

Diary of a Mad Pregnant Women Trying to Potty Train- Day 8 & BASKIN ROBBINS

Day 8 - MONDAY

Today was a good day. In the morning she had an accident, it was partly my fault because I was on the phone. But the rest of the day she did GREAT. The second time Lizette went pee she came and told me and she peed a little, and I told her to run to the bathroom, she held it and ran to the toilet, and peed on the toilet, and the rest of the day she did amazing. She didn't poop today, and she is usually at least once a day pooper. But I was really proud on how well she did.



We decided to go to Baskin Robbins for family night, since Lizette did so well. Lizette doesn't get ice cream or dessert very often, and she had NEVER been to Baskin Robbins before so I thought it would be a fun treat for her. Lizette did really well, when we went to Baskin Robbins. After Baskin Robbins, Tyler had to stop at a store in the same shopping center. Lizette and I were waiting in the car. She told me she had to go pee, so I took her out of the car seat and set up her "little potty" in the cargo area of the car (I bought it for potty emergencies and when we go camping in July) and she went pee. I was even happier that she told me and she went pee. I love the Fisher Price Potty on the Go. It is worth every PENNY.















I couldn't help but take a picture of her on her potty in the car. It was so white trash, but at least she didnt' go pee in her car seat. The funniest part was when she waved to some guy when she was sitting on it, luckily he wasn't looking.

Boy, was Tyler surprised when he came out of the store.