The Coblentz Family

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(This is for Alex)
Sweet Coean. He didn't have a long life, but he was surely loved! He died in a freak accident Tuesday. We will miss you!

Just in case you were thinking..."Oh, she is a teacher. We will get to have an updated blog from her during her two week break." You were partially right. :) I don't have time to really update, so I am just going to give a brief overview of why I can't give a full update. I think I am doing this because for some reason I have the worst, guilty conscience about not blogging. I am sure you are thinking, she must have one all the time since she never updates!

Here's what I've been doing....keeping the boys both from home this two weeks to save some money, wrapping presents, cleaning the house, running errands, watching Marmaduke (a million times), and potty training. YES! Potty training! I'll update about that later. It's going really well though. We are on day 3 and tomorrow is the true test. We are going out of the house! AHHHHHHHHHHH! Yes... pray for me.

Dirty kitchen... now cleaned!


House covered in towels so that I am not cleaning up pee all the time!


My sweet David sitting on the couch watching Marmaduke... in the nude (and boots!)


David's throne room... decorated with Toy Story


The dining room table that I am typing on now... how, I don't know.


Jack and Anne Riley at the farm. They are 3 and 1/2 months apart... yes, he is a big boy!


David in his new football tent from Rock Rock and Big


Jack and Rock Rock


This is how all of our pictures start:


...and then continue:



David and Adeline


Happy Jack



Here is the deer I killed Thanksgiving weekend. It was the first deer I have ever killed. The last time I went I was 16, with my dad. I shot and missed and huge buck in the field. This time I wasn't missing. With David (2 year old) and Matthew in the stand, we set up for our hunt. Out walked a buck. Matthew loaded the gun for me, I aimed and bam! Shot him and he dropped to his knees! It was so much fun!!

Yes... well, I am now a mother of two boys and a wife to one man. Whatever I do or say Matthew makes reference to the fact that I will be left home alone while he is gone to the farm with the boys. What I think when he says that...pedicures, massages, shopping with the money I will save not having girls, SLEEP, playing tennis, movies, playing with Alex and my "daughter" Adeline! God knew what he was doing when he gave me two precious boys! What I try NOT to think about is... being the dreaded "mother-in-law." Yes, that's about the only think I am not looking forward to!

As some of you know I have been on maternity leave from school and my time is winding down. I LOVE teaching and I LOVE my students and the impact I can have on them... however, I have LOVED staying home and giving my family my undivided attention.

Here is a typical day for me... It has been an amazing feeling to wake up (not being rushed), enjoy breakfast with my boys, take David to school (for the first time in two years) and kiss him goodbye, strap Jack in the BOB and go for a "Jessica's very own cardio workout" (those driving by might look two or three times!), shower, feed Jack, clean the house, make beds, do laundry, feed Jack, eat lunch, run an errand or two, water the plants, feed Jack, pick up David, fix or pick up supper, feed Jack, eat supper, watch TV with my boys, bath time, feed Jack, put Jack to bed, put David to bed, put Matthew to bed...ahhh me time... me to bed!

It's crazy, I know... yes, I am not nieve enough to think that my life is crazy when there are definitely people out there that have a life that I couldn't handle... but it's what I love!! I love it...every single second, every cry, every kiss, every fit that is pitched... I love it!

What's sad to me is that this will all end on Oct. 4.... should I mention that is also my 29th birthday! Yes, I will go back to being the mom that will wake up, feed my child, rush out the door, take care of other people's children, come home, pick up the house, fix supper, eat, put my family to bed, and then do more work before I get in bed. As much as I love teaching...it's a morning to night job. The whole "8-3" job is a lie and don't let anyone tell you differently.
I know last year, with one child, I felt so guilty because I had to "find the time" to be a mom and a wife. This year, I hope things will be different. I am trying to have a positive attitude about it all, but it is hard. If you are a prayer, please put me on your list! :)

Enough about my sob story... on to my boys!!

Jack:

He is great!! He is actually 10 weeks old today.

What Jack is doing now:
laughing
cooing
smiling (alot)
gripping fingers and his lovies
sleeping (alot)
slept through the night last night for the first time! (updated two weeks later... it was a one time thing! :()
eating alot
growing pretty fast... much faster than David ever did
wearing 3-6 month clothes
he weighed 10 lbs 10 oz at his 2 month appt. and was 21 inches
loves to ride in the stroller and go on walks
loves his swing
loves his brother

All in all... Jack is the sweetest and best baby!

David:

David is handling his brother pretty well. He is back in school and loving it. He LOVES his teachers Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs. Misty and misses, but sees his old teacher Mrs. Erica (she calls him her snookums :) ). David rides his tractor like a pro, loves going to the farm with his daddy, riding the golf cart, loves his Meggie (Meagan Griffin), loves to sing songs he learns at school (so cute), read books, spend time with his family, and say the funniest phrases.
Some of those phrases: "ahh man!" , "I can't" , "Not right now" , "I'm fine" , "That's tight" (not sure where he learned that!), and there are many more. It is just so funny to hear what might come out of his mouth next!

Well... I started writing this blog two weeks ago and am now finishing it to post. I ran into four people this past week who said "you haven't updated lately and I love reading your blog." I promised all of them one would be up soon... so here it is. I actually am starting work tomorrow!! Yes, I have mixed emotions about it... I am really sad about leaving my sweet Jack so young. I was so blessed to stay home with David until he was 6 months. Jack will be three months on the 8th. I will let you know how it goes. Oh, and tomorrow is my birthday... Happy Birthday to me! :)

Here are a few pictures to leave you with!

BOY!!

Yes, it's another boy and I couldn't be happier! Jack Heyward Coblentz was born July 8, 2010 at 3:43 pm. He weighed 7lbs 4oz and was 18 3/4inches.


I must say that it was the best pregnancy and delivery, but the hardest labor. We went in at 3 pm on the 7th to be induced. I was already 2cm and 75% effaced so they didn't give me the pills. They decided to wait and just start my drip at midnight. So, we sat and waited and hung out in the L&D room. They decided to give me a slow drip since they wanted to make sure I didn't deliver during the night. At 5am I started feeling some painful contractions so they decided to give me my epidural. At 8am they broke my water and then it all started. I continued to have "hot spots" where the epidural would wear off and I would feel each contraction. They "topped off" my epidural (gave me more medicine) four different times. It would last for about 30 minutes and then I would start feeling the contractions again. Finally my fabulous nurses...

****SHOUT OUT TO Melissa Best and Queenetta Wright... the two most amazing L&D nurses I have ever had (and I have had them for both of my deliveries and I don't know what I would have done without them.)***

...brought in another anesthesiologist and they took out my first epidural and had to put in another one. I was in so much pain... and it was the craziest experience I've ever had. I had to stay in a "C" position while lying down...completely still while having horrible contractions...while they put in the second epidural. Right after they finished I told Melissa I was feeling a bunch of pressure. I was 10 cm and had gotten the epidural just in time! I had gone from 6cm to 10cm without a full epidural. It was awful! God bless anyone who chooses not to have one!


Well, I pushed six times and we welcomed our second little boy! It was so amazing! All I could think about was how much fun it was going to be to watch my two boys grow up together, so close in age, playing sports, etc.


Jack is now 2 1/2 weeks old and things have been wild around our household... but fun! Jack is a wonderful baby. Since his second night home he only wakes up once in the night around 3am. That's it! He really just sleeps most of the time. He rarely cries... I know you may not believe me, but it's true. I even asked Dr. Morrison if everything was okay with him because all he does is sleep and eat. God knew I needed something calm in my life right now.


I have a bunch of pictures that are below to show you. They begin with the Fourth of July weekend before Jack was born... and my last weekend with David as our only child... and then pictures of the birth and now.

I hate to do this but I have to put this out there in case there is someone reading this that would like to help me out. I DID get my job back at Wilson Elementary. I will be teaching 4th grade again and am so happy! As a teacher in the MPS system you can only take maternity leave and get paid for the amount of sick days you have. Well, being a second year teacher I only have 5 days. I am taking a total of 39 days... so you do the math! :) I entered into the sick leave bank, which means that anyone who is in the MPS system (actually I was told that anyone, even college professors could donate too) and has any extra days that they would like to donate to me, can. All you have to do is fill out a form, enter the sick leave bank, donate the number of days to me that you would like, and then you can get back out of the bank. It's really very simple and it will be VERY much appreciated by my family and myself. Like I said... I had to throw that out there, just in case. I will repay you in any way that I can! If you'd like to, please send me a message and I will email you.

Now... on to the pictures! I won't caption them because I can't figure out a fast way to do it. I hope you enjoy! Thank you for all of your love, prayers, and support!

Just the 3 of us!

David and Adeline... and their matching Fourth of July outfits that Ra Ra got them

David playing with his first sparkler!

My sweet boy!

Flowers that David brought me before I had Jack


















I'm a GREAT BIG BROTHER!!!