Monday, April 26, 2010

New Adventures

We have had alot of visitors in the past few weeks. Thought I would share a few pictures of a them. Super proud Great Grandparents!! They are so cute and what a great picture. Great Great Aunt Joan and Baby Bronc!!
Tyler left last Thursday evening to go daywork and then off to Lovington for a Ranch Rodeo. So Grandma Linda came to spend the weekend with me. It was so nice to have her help out. She fed Bronc for me through the early morning feedings so I could catch up on some much needed rest. Sunday morning Tyler came in and said come look at this. And how sweet is that!! Had to sneak in a picture!!
Daddy and Bronc catching some zzz'zzz
Kail came to visit and just had to hold Bronc! Notice the green mouth on Kail, it is a tradition to hit the Rice Candy bowl when we come to visit!
Attack of the the calve's.... We have been bottle feeding these to cuties and they are like pet dog's now. They follow you everywhere....
So the new adventure, you guy's don't tell Aunt Joan yet, we haven't told her. Tyler was offered a job at the Tongue River Ranch in Dumont, Texas. He has wanted a ranch job for years and was finally offered one at a really awesome ranch. So we talked about it and decided we would just do it. We are young and you only live once, so live it up! I would hate for him to have any regrets down the road, which I know he would. Here are a few pictures of where we are headed in the next few weeks. I will be able to keep my MRI job!! We service alot of small towns nearby so it is perfect.
We will be living at the South Camp, it is called Scott Camp. Tyler will take care of the yearlings and cows/calfs on that camp. He will have wheat in the winter as well as grass land year round. I'm not sure how much land he is in charge of, but it is gigantic! We drove around his camp and it is endless, it seemed. That ranch does have 89,000 acres and is divided into 3 camps, so that might give you an idea of the territory Tyler will cover. I am sad to leave our place, but we will have it to come back to if it doesn't work out.
This is the entrance to our camp and home. It is a mile to the casa.
This is the house, it is really rustic. I love the fence and the huge front porch!!
This is looking off the front porch.
This is to the south of the house, horse pens, barn, etc. Tyler will also have a string of horses to start and ride. He gets to help sell them in the horse sales and make a little dough off of them. We will get to go to fun Ranch Rodeos, ranch horse competitions and horse sales.
This is the East side of the house, there is a covered carport. Yeah, haven't had cover for my car ever!

And of course a funny Bronc picture. We had a picnic on the front porch yesterday and it was such a beautiful day. It was a little breezy, so I had Bronc covered up. Funny little fella!!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Our 1st Few Days at Home

Bronc has done really well adjusting to our home. He eats great, sleeps anywhere from 2-6 hours and has the best tempermant. He is easy to read, which has been helpful for us so far. He only cries if he needs a diaper change or to nurse. He is such a sweetie. Here are some pictures of Bronc at our home!! Enjoy!
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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Baby Bronc Has Finally Arrived!!!!

Special Delivery.... Bronc Riggin Rice finally arrived on April 2nd, 2010 at 3:49 am. He was a whopping 9.6lbs and 20.5 inches long. After a long 26 hour process we finally got it done. O.k. by the way, birth plans are bad karma. Mine flew out the window completely. I wanted a natural birth and ended up with a c-section. I'll give ya a few details. My water broke at 1:30 a.m. on April 1st. Tyler and I headed to Lubbock and got there about 2:30. I labored with back labor, horrible back labor for 8 hours, due to Bronc facing posterior, he was head down though, which was good. It is just harder to deliver with them posterior. I decided I had been macho woman for long enough and decided to have an epidural. EPIDURAL HEAVEN HERE I COME!! And was it ever. I labored without pain, could feel the pressure of contractions but that was it. Had a ton of visitors and I felt great. Visted too much and only got about an hour of rest in that 26 hours. So, then I finally dilated to 10cm and pushed for 2 hours. My big boy wasn't coming down. So C-section it was. They even had trouble getting him out via c-section. Finally they were able to deliver him!! So then I get to have him in my room for 1.5 days, then he spiked a fever. So off to NICU he went. Boo hoo.... They have run extensive tests on him and all are negative. He got sick from me being ruptured for soo long and my placenta ended up being infected, which in turn made him sick. Bronc is doing great now, he could've come home several days ago, but he has to have 14 rounds of antibiotics. Can't wait to bring him home.!! Oh, by the way, Mom, Ronnie, Clay and Carrie thanks for the great flowers!!!Bronc's cute sign on his crib.
Proud Daddy!!

Big Yawn!
So Sweet!!
This is my all time favorite picture. Funny thing, when Bronc was in my womb, this is how he would be on the Ultrasound pictures! This is how he always sleeps, how cute is that!!
My two Loves!!
It doesn't get much better than that... dang Tylers hat looks huge. I guess it is, just used to it on his little head!
Proud Mama!! I luv this big boy!!
He is such a sweetheart!
Check out his awesome blanket!! How fitting!!
Mama giving Bronc Baby his 3rd bath. Tyler gave him his first, it was too cute.
Look at that cutie!!
Feeding this big oinker!!
Proud Grandma Rice, My Mom got sick and was there for everything but she had to go home the day that Bronc was born.. Hurry up Sunday so she can come hang with us at the casa!!
Bronc is almost a week old in this picture!!
Stay tuned, more to come!!! Thanks to all of our friends and families for the prayers, great visits and wonderful gifts.!!! Thinking of you all and we luv you all!!