Introduction to our crazy life!

    Well, where to begin?! Jacob and I have had a whirlwind first year of marriage.

Not long after we got married, we found out we were pregnant with our youngest son, Tucker. We have a 4 yr old son, Asher, who I had from a previous relationship.

We moved from Virginia to North Carolina a few months after that. When Jake reported to his new unit(he's a navy corpsman attached to a Marine infantry unit) we found out he'd be deploying... Days after my due date.

    We decided that I'd go home to Idaho before I had Tucker so I had family just in case the baby didn't come on time. After weeks of contractions and no progress, our dr. scheduled an induction so Jake would be able to be there for the birth of his son! At 10:30pm on December 1, 2015, Tucker Mark Thomas was born.

Later that night, he began having breathing problems. He would stop breathing for 20+ seconds at a time. He was sent to the NICU.  We felt like we were living a nightmare. This wasn't what we had planned for. Jake had to leave a few days later and all his time with his son was spent in the hospital. 

    Jake left December 5 to return to North Carolina to get ready for deployment. Tucker was still in the hospital but we had a discharge plan for a couple days later. My parents really stepped in and helped me survive after Jake left(they still are). Tucker was discharged with an apnea monitor and we returned to my parents house. Let me tell you, those dang monitors go off for no reason all the time! We were still able to talk to Jake via phone, text, and FaceTime. Tucker's monitor was discontinued just before Jake boarded the ship.

    Asher has since started preschool, half a day,5 days a week. Tucker is 2 months old, healthy and growing. We hear from Jake about once a week, give or take. This is my way of keeping everyone informed and hopefully letting Jake read about our crazy life without daddy!