Santa's Little Helper

Rhys is nine months old as of December 1st.

Rhys was a GREAT sport while mom made him do a little photo shoot.

Some things about Rhys.....

-Has 2 teeth on the bottom. Working on a few more

-HATES baby food....LOVES people food. He has really loved to eat whatever we are eating this month. His favorites are waffles, cheeseburgers, turkey, noodles and cheese. If I let him eat something he can do himself he will let me feed him a jar of food.

-HATES when you leave a room and don't take him with you!

- SCREAMS when he doesn't get what he wants.....we are all a little over this one.

-LOVES to sit and play with toys

-SLEEPS through the night. He usually goes down around 7:30 or 8:00 and sleeps until about 6:00

We love you Rhys-y!!!

2 Months

Rhys turned two months on May 1.

He is such a little love. He is starting to be so much more alert and awake.

He has had rough few weeks. At his 2 month check up he got four shots and then the next day I was finally able to get his circumscion done. Then he got a horrible cold. The poor thing. I swear I sucked out his weight in snot. YUCK!

At his 2 month appointment he was 10lbs and 22 inches. Both 25% but given he is a preemie he is above right on track. Other things about Rhys......He is a pretty good
sleeper. He eats around 11 and wakes up between 5 and 6. Every now and then he wakes up around 2. But really I can't complain. He LOVES to be swaddled. He still sleeps in our closet in the bassinet.


He just started smiling a ton and it is so precious.

Every night right around 8 he gets fussy. He knows that it is his special time with Mom and Dad. As soon as his brothers are down he wants to be held and snuggled. and we gladly do!

Easter Blessings

Easter almost got away from me this year. We didn't do a lot of our normal traditions which makes me a little sad but with Noah's birthday, spring break and planning the blessing there literally were not enough hours in the day.
Sunday morning the boys woke up bright and early. They were so excited to see what the Easter Bunny brought......the blow up light sabers were and are a huge hit!

On Saturday we went to the easter egg hunt at church. The boys loved it!

Sunday was a BIG day we blessed Rhys and Ryan Missy blessed Brady. It was so fun to celebrate together and share the day with them. I love that these two little guys will have each other for years to come!!

One of my favorite things about the weekend was having my family stay with us. I LOVED it. I was so happy to have my brothers come down from BYU and having them in the circle was amazing!!

Our first family of 6 picture!

It was very bittersweet blessing Rhys. I couldn't get over that it would be the last time I would put on that outfit on a baby. Jeff did an amazing job on the blessing. I am so lucky to have a great example for my boys. I love that I can count on him he always honors his priesthood and takes pride in this special day!

We are so lucky to be surronded by such wonderful men who could be in the circle to bless our sweet boy.

In the circle this time: Jeff Trapp, Dave Shaw, Aaron Shaw, Michael Shaw, Sam Rath, Rich Heaton, Don Neilson, Jim Neilson, Alan Neilson, John Neilson, Brian George, (I hope I am not forgetting any)

Thanks everyone!!

Rhys and Brady..........

Me and Missy with our sweet boys. It has been so fun having a baby with Missy!

And of course the day wouldn't have been complete without an egg hunt. Too bad it started pouring. Which resulted with the kids in cars and the adults cleaning up! Still worth it though


I am so sad that I didn't get any pictures of the brunch spread. I LOVE parties and had so much fun planning and prepping. Thank you everyone who contributed and helped in the kitchen!!!

Rhys's church debut

Sunday was Rhys's first day at church. I tortured the boys with pictures before we left..... It is nearly impossible to get one of all of them. Especially Mr. Difficult on the left.....I won't name any names (Ryder)

And might I add we were 15 minutes early to 9:00 church. Yeah I am that good :)

Today is the day they give babies away....

(parts taken from my journal)

The 12 days that Rhys spent in the NICU seemed like weeks. I remember when we

had Ryder how hard I thought going to the NICU was. WOW it is so much more difficult this

time around. I wanted to be there 24/7but was lucky if I could make it down for one feeding.

Of course it was NEVER enough. And of course the days were filled with insurance issues, sick

kiddos at home, my incision getting infected and opening back up. Every day I was in the NICU

I would hope and pray for the good news that Rhys was going home. It is so frustrating....

each nurse did things very different some would feed him through his feeding tube with out even

trying to bottle feed him, some told me nursing was out of the question until he came home.

Saturday 3/11/11 we thought Rhys would be coming home......sadly it didn't happen. So on

Sunday I went down not expecting anything good. When the Dr. rounded I was thrilled when they said we were going home today!!! I quickly called Jeff who put the other boys down for naps and called his sister to come sit here so he could be there to help take Rhys home!

Outside the hospital all ready to go!!

The boys were so excited to FINALLY have there baby home. It has been a whirlwind few weeks for them. For the most part they have adapted very well. Being VERY patient!

I am so happy that I have all my babies under one roof and to have the last month behind us.

We have been so loved by so many and couldn't have done it without you!!

3-1-11

This will probably be long and boring for most but for my sake here is the story of our miracle boy.........Last Saturday I was released from the hospital on strict bed rest. I will say I have done bed rest with each pregnancy and this was by far the easiest to actually be on bed rest. I felt really lousy so it was easier for me to actually lay around and do nothing. Monday night I wasn't feeling good. Jeff really wanted me to go to the hospital but I was convinced that I just felt yucky from so many days of lying down. My entire body ached. I got a great night's sleep after taking some Tylenol PM thank goodness! I woke up Tuesday feeling great I took a shower and did my hair and everything. I knew Tuesday was going to be an easier day Noah and Sawyer both had school and one of my friends had offered to take Ryder for the day. I was looking forward to the couch and relaxing the day away. Around 10 I crashed. I wasn't feeling good at all. With Pre-eclampsia they tell you to call if your blood pressure is over 140/90 if you have a headache or unusual swelling. I had a horrible headache and my vision was totally blurry. I texted Jeff and told him that I wasn't feeling so hot he asked me what my blood pressure was......150/100.

After talking to the Dr. they wanted to see me in the hospital to check things out.

When we got to the hospital they hooked me up to the monitors and my blood pressure was perfect. I had this crazy nurse who was making me hold my arms all funny and said this was the trick to getting low pressures. I was SO frustrated I didn't feel well and I knew that something was wrong. I felt exactly the same as I did with Ryder the day I delivered. They did blood work and other labs and everything was fine. Then my blood pressure started climbing at one point the bottom number was up to 110. That was it the next thing I knew I went from being told I was going home to a panic of getting my c-section started in the next 30 minutes.

Getting all ready to go in. I was so sad I didn't get a good belly shot before I went in I was a little sad to be done with pregnancy I was enjoying my belly!

Thankfully I got a new nurse she is a lady in our stake and she took amazing care of me. It was such a huge comfort to me especially since my mom was on her way but wasn't going to make it before I went in. She has been there before each one and she is SO calming for me I was trying so hard to not get anxious and remain calm. This c-section was by FAR my best yet! I didn't get super sick like I always do. I had the best anesthesiologist who listened to everything I said and I swear that made all the difference.

Jeff is such a trooper he is so wonderful at helping to keep me calm. He has been amazing through bed rest and all I have no clue how he did it all the last two weeks.


Finally he was out.........they had him out really quickly! He looked so teeny when they held him up. I felt so bad for the poor little guy just ripped from the womb like that. Right away he was doing really well. They were in the room working on him for a while and I was so happy he had an awesome cry! His lungs were great I had received steroids for his lungs the week before and I think that made all the difference.

Rhys Neil Trapp

4lbs. 11oz.

18inches

As they were working on Rhys I could hear Jeff say he wasn't feeling well. The nurses

quickly got him out of the room. Poor guy they had him sit down in the hall way with some juice.

He said the room suddenly got very warm and he thought he was going to pass out. The nurses were glad he spoke up a lot of people just pass out which means a check up in the ER and lots of paperwork. I am SO glad he didn't pass out.

I finally made it to recovery my parents and Jody and Rich came in and visited me showing me pictures of Rhys. It was good to have them all there because it helped me not think about the pain and the horrible shaking which I HATE!! The worst part of high blood pressure is the magnesium they put me on afterwards to prevent seizures. It burns so much going in the IV and makes me feel nasty. So the next day or so was kind of a blur.


We had many many many visitors. These three were my favorites though. They have been such troopers with all the craziness. My parents have been amazing bringing the boys back and forth and taking such good care of them.

All and all we are doing much better than a week ago. I was checked out from the hospital on Saturday. Rhys will have to be there a few more days. He is doing awesome. He eats like a champ and his lungs look great. So we wait I can't wait to have all my little men under one roof. Huge huge thank you's to the amazing people in our life who have helped in so many ways! I feel so blessed!

phew......sorry that was SO long. More to come of the last few days!!!

Showered

I have AMAZING friends!!!! They threw me the BEST shower! It was so amazing to feel so loved! I am so excited for little Rhys to get here!!!! My friend Katie made everything so wonderful!! Thanks so much girls for such an amazing shower......how did I not get pictures with my girlies??
The theme was cute as a button.......primary colors like we are doing for his room!!!
Lots of family came too! I feel so LOVED!! I have loved being pregnant with Missy she is due with her first about a month before me!!!

It was so fun to get some new clothes! After three older brothers we are basically starting over so it is nice to have some new things to look forward to!!!




Aunt Lisa made the cutest blanket. It is so soft! Can't wait to wrap him up in it!!

Thanks everyone for coming and celebrating with me! I am so excited for this little guy to come and join our family! Only a few more weeks!!!
Thanks again to all my amazing friends for all they did!!!