Welcome to the World!

Roger Link Tulett
04/23/09
10:07 AM

7lb 13 oz
19 in.

(This is actually me just before the surgery, but you get the idea.)

Here are some fun pictures of us. Link is doing really great, and has surprised us a lot since he has come into the world. As you may have noticed he's much SMALLER than the doctor predicted. Another funny thing, while they were doing my epidural they couldn't find the heartbeat for about a half an hour, very scary. So, they called the doctor in to find it, and he FLIPPED! He went breach at 39 weeks just minutes before surgery. Who does that?! After they found the heartbeat the doctor said; "uh-oh. He's breach. We're going to have to do a c-section." Ha, ha ha. Very funny. Just slice me open and let me go home. Just kidding everything went perfectly. The doctor told me I have a "beautiful uterus" which is the complement of a lifetime. Anyway, that's the majority of my birthing story, and here are some fun pictures. Note: Nate got some SWEET pictures of the surgery, but I didn't post them here for the faint of heart, but if you want to see them e-mail me or come on over because they are kind of cool.

My Dad

Our niece, Katrina

Nate's dad

Reid meeting little brother for the first time, and giving him kisses!

Me getting to hold him for the first time. I threw up just shortly after this, so don't judge.

Nate's mom

Link and daddy

Reid chilling out in the hospital room watching movies. He's such a sweet big brother

At home in the swing!

I love this picture. They're both snoozing and have the same look on their face. too cute.

Anyway, everything is great. We have had a lot of help from friends and family, but will soon be on our own. Kind of scary, but Link seems to be a pretty sweet baby so far, so we will keep you posted!

Dear Provo,

I hate you.

Here are some pictures of happier days long ago (read: Sunday). We had a fun, low-key Easter, and it was sunny, so that's a plus.

Nate got a toupee complements of the Easter Bunny.


P.S. Happy Tax Day!

2 Weeks Until.....

1. My fingers won't look like sausages

2. I will have at least SOME pants that fit

3. I can sleep on my tummy...kind of. Sleeping on your tummy after a c-section is kind of a process.

4. I will be getting little to no sleep

5. I will be all hopped up on fancy pain meds.

6. I will think I am "chunky" instead of ridiculously enormous.

7. My family will be here!

8. Poor little Reidster will have a dramatic life change, and will probably let me know his displeasure for the first little while!

9. I will once again feel the feeling of panic that an inconsolable newborn brings.

10. I will probably have more than one breakdown about breastfeeding.

11. I will be reminded of what an amazing father my husband is.

12. I will find out if this baby does indeed have an enormous nose as all of my ultrasounds have indicated.

13. I will revel in my ickiness as my grooming routine goes out the window.

14. Someone somewhere will inevitably tell me a horrific story about SIDS that will keep me up even while the baby is asleep.

15. I will remember why I said I would never do this again and then forget it almost as quickly as I remembered.

16. My new-found flexibility will sadly go away. Seriously, I am so flexible right now it's ridiculous! Now, if my big belly weren't in the way I'm sure I could touch my toes. (news flash: for me, that's flexibility, baby)

17. I won't look at myself in the mirror without clothes on for a VERY long time. (Not that I spend a lot of time doing this now...or ever, but you catch my drift. I hope.)

18. I will be angry with/discriminate against anyone that tries to get near me who also happens to be sick. Oh yes, I will.

19. I will come to my senses about my "exercise goals" that I have currently set for myself post-delivery. Good thing my awesome double jogger is all set up and raring to go in the garage. I will be out there hoofin' it just a couple of weeks after delivery. Or not. At all.

20. I will get to meet/hold/snuggle/feed/kiss etc. etc. my new little boy. I am so excited to welcome him into the family!

Two weeks and counting!!!

P.S. I went into the doctor for another ultrasound on Mon. and he estimated this little guy's weight at 7 1/2 pounds. So, since they are supposed to gain a pound a week in the last month I will let you do the math. (my c-section is scheduled for a week prior to my due date.)

This is Hilarious...

My Grandpa e-mailed me this the other day and I couldn't stop laughing. Any gal who has ever been to the gynecologist will appreciate this. (apologies to my male audience, if there are any out there...)



"A gynecologist had become so fed up with malpractice insurance and HMO
paperwork and is burned out. Hoping to try another career where skillful hands
would be beneficial, he decided to become a mechanic. He went to the local
technical college, signed up for classes, attended diligently, and learned all
he could.

When the time for the practical exam approached, the gynecologist prepared
carefully for weeks and completed the exam with tremendous skill.

When the results came back, he was surprised to find that he had obtained a
score of 150%. Fearing an error, he called the instructor, saying, "I don't want
to appear ungrateful for such an outstanding result, but I wonder if there is an
error in the grade."

The instructor said, "During the exam, you took the engine apart perfectly,
which was worth 50% of the total mark. "You put the engine back together again
perfectly, which is also worth 50% of the mark." This equaled an A. After a
pause, the instructor added, "I gave you an extra 50% because you did it all
through the muffler, which I've never seen done in my entire career."

BABY UPDATE: As it tuns out, the 23rd is not Earth Day. Earth Day is actually the 22nd. So, we will be having the baby the day AFTER earth day. Lame. (On my calendar it says the 23rd is 'bring your child in to work day,' so I crossed it out and wrote: 'bring your child into the world day.' Much more fitting.

Longest. Post. Ever.

Well, I have quite a bit to update here. I feel like my blog has kind of been like laundry. If I do a little bit everyday it's not so bad, but I like to wait until it piles up and then I'm spending hours and hours all due to my carefully honed procrastination skills. Anyway, here is a flash flood of Tulett news:

POTTY TRAINING: check. Yes, I really think I can check this one off. Reid can now take his pants and undies off by himself and go pee all by himself. He often stays dry during his naps, and will even stay dry overnight every once in a while (but he will usually wake up in the middle of the night asking to go potty if he does this). Pooping is a little bit of a challenge because he will do like 10 little poops before he does a real one, so on poop days (every three days or so) we spend a lot of time getting on and off the potty. He does great though, he will read or sing while he's pooping, and he's really proud of himself when he is done. I am such a proud mommy. Now I am just praying that he won't regress when the new little one gets here ( I have heard stories...).

BABY UPDATE: I went in to the doctor at 30 weeks and he did an ultrasound to see how big the baby is, (I had a c-section with Reid because he was big and I am small) and he was already 5 pounds! At 30 weeks! How do I make such monstrosities?! Anyway, the doc. said he would most likely be about 10-11 pounds at full term if he kept growing at that rate (Reid was 8 lbs 7oz 2 weeks early, so 10-11 pounds just will not work). So, we scheduled another c-section for the 23rd of April. Earth day! I really wanted to do a VBAC, but it was sadly not in the cards for me. Anyway, that's when he will be here unless I go into labor early! (yea, right)

TUMBLING CLASS: I signed Reid up for this awesome tumbling class 2 days a week. He loves it, and Nate hates it because they do ribbon dancing to Disney songs, and that's Reid's favorite part. He runs around giggling and twirling his ribbon like a total girl. I love it!

Here he is with the instructor, Kirsten helping him do a flip.

FUNNY STORY: So, Reid totally has a crush on this little 3 year old girl from class, (older woman!) and he and this little girl and another little girl climbed into this box together, and the instructor said; "hey, that's pretty good odds for Reid, two girls and one boy," and this little girl that he followed everywhere said; "yea, but I can see boogers in his nose." Poor little guy. Shot down on his first try!

MY BIRTHDAY: So, I had an awesome birthday weekend, (the 15th was my actual birthday) we all went to the zoo on Saturday and had lots of fun.

Dad and Reid on the train ride.

Reid trying to be like the giraffes.

I love this picture. Elephants are amazing animals!

Then that night I wanted to do something different for a fun date, so we went and painted pottery and then saw an excellent play at BYU. I am NOT going to post the after pictures of our pottery because they turned out TERRIBLE. I am not being modest here. We are not an artistic family. At all. (Don't mind my pregnant lady puffy face)

Then on Sunday we had our niece, Katrina over for dinner because her b-day was the day before mine. I made her a special dinner, and my lovely friend Jen made me a special dinner and we all partied and carried on.

Wow, you're still here? Well, then I will finish with a fun little list like I did for Nate's birthday last year. In honor of my 25th birthday I have come up with 25 fun facts that you may or may not know about me. Here we go:

25 Things You May or May Not Know About Carlee

1. I don't like romances. Novels, movies etc. I cannot handle sappiness. So, no I have not seen or read Twilight, and I do not intend to. Blech.

2. I have a highly sensitive nose. Nate thinks he can fart in the basement while I am upstairs and get away with it, but he is wrong.

3. At the elementary school I went to (The Montessori School of Tacoma) they had a contest to see which student could come up with the best new logo for the school, and I won! To this day it is still on their sign in front of the school, and on school sweatshirts etc. (Ironic because I am a terrible artist.)

4. I cannot stand made-up words that are passed off as real ones. Many people know that my biggest pet-peeve is when people say "irregardless" It's NOT a word!!! It makes no sense. I get angry just thinking about it. Where did our school system fail us so miserably?

5. I throw up through my nose. Gross, I know, but I can't help it. It takes me 30 seconds to empty my stomach, but a half an hour to get the "chunks" out of my sinuses. Yuck. Makes morning sickness a good time.

6. On that gross note, I can regurgitate on command. Is it not a miracle that I ever got married?

7. I can stick my entire fist in my mouth.

8. Instead of "March Madness" I get "World Cup Fever" really, really bad. Nate will attest that I am crazed. I could go on and on about every world cup since 1998.

9. I went to the state track and field competition 4 years in a row in high school for the 100 and 200M dash. My Sophomore year we got 3rd in the 4X100M relay. Good times.

10. My favorite author is Herman Mellville.

11. I was two classes away from minoring in astronomy in college. I could not quite make it through the physics without tanking my GPA. I still love astronomy though (NOT astrology. They are so, so different).

12. Speaking of space, I have never seen Star Wars. Any of them.

13. I have really small feet, and sometimes buy shoes from the kids department.

14. I was a vegetarian for two years, and often consider going back.

15. I cannot STAND the feeling of cotton balls. Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl.

16. My favorite animals are Alpacas. (kind of like llamas, but better)

17. I was a phlebotomist for 2 years, (blood draws) and I realized it takes a lot to gross me out. I am actually quite fascinated with the human body.

18. On that note, I think I am going to ask to see my placenta after this delivery. I have never seen one, and I would really like to.

19. I don't like candy or soda at all really, and I am really picky about other sweets too. While I CAN eat an entire pan of brownies, I never even have a desire to get anything at the concession stand at the movies.

20. I really only drink water. I will have juice every now and then, but it's 99% water for me!

21. I love almost every vegetable raw, but have only come to enjoy a few cooked. I just feel like vegetables are meant to be cold. Is that so wrong?

22. I graduated from college in three years, and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Kind of a braggy one I guess, but I worked REALLY hard for it, and since I won't be writing any resumes soon, I am going to brag on my blog.

23. On a non-braggy note, I almost flunked my journalism class. As it turns out there is a lot more to journalism than being a good writer.

24. I once accidentally got the end of my glasses stuck in my ear and almost caused myself to go deaf in that ear. Not graceful.

25. I love, love, love being an at-home mom, and am so excited to meet my new little family member. I feel so blessed!

Fin.

Mr. Nice Guy

(Aside from stealing Happy Meals Nate is actually quite honest.)

So, for those of you who have not known Nate that long I will tell you that he sometimes gets misinterpreted as being a "goodie goodie" at best, and a little judgmental or self-righteous at worst. In fact, this is what kept me from wanting to date him for so long when I first met him! ANYWAY, the truth is that he always has his heart in the right place, and is just the kind of person that has an over-active conscience. What this is all leading to is that someone at BYU nominated him for the "Brigham Award" which is described by the BYU website as follows:

"The Brigham Awards gives students an opportunity to nominate other students, faculty and staff who give service and are not highly recognized for their efforts.

The Brigham Awards spotlight the "unsung heroes" on campus.

They are genuinely good people who don't expect to get anything back."

Apparently he was one of five finalists, but lost to some other jerk-face award stealer (just kidding!). So, there you have it. Nate was actually nominated for being extra "Christ-like" at BYU of all places. Man, he really IS a goodie-goodie! Unfortunately, now all of his friends at school make fun of him, and tell him he deserves some kind of award every time he does something nice.

Although it's kind of a funny award, and he didn't actually win, I am really proud of him for being such a good guy! Way to go, Nate!

Tagged: My Secret Is Out...

OK, so I saw this whole "6th photo from your 6th file" tag going around the blogging community, and I knew it was only a matter of time before I got hit (thanks, Andrea). Here's the thing: I never even THOUGHT to put my pictures into INDIVIDUAL FILES. Genius! So, the secret is out; I am retarded and only have ONE file of like 700 pictures, so what you are looking at is the 6th picture I took with my digital camera period. This happens to be of my friend Jessica Morgan's little boy, Ian. He's like 3 now, and we haven't seen him in forever!

This is the actual the sixth picture in my one and only file. It's out of order for some reason, so I thought I would post both pictures. This is from my child birthing reunion class. I loved that class! These are all of the cute babies lined up in birth order (Reid is 3rd from the left). I can't believe these kids are all 2 now!


So, there you have it! I am going to go and maybe organize my pictures into different files now. Who thought of this idea?! Brilliant!

Also, I guess I will tag Jessica C. and Jessica M. (seeing as how I posted a picture of her son and all...)