To The Pumpkin Patch

We made our way to Hawes Farm yesterday in Anderson, CA. They have a new Hawes Farm Express Train. Of course we had to ride it!!! It was sooo much fun, David LOVED IT! We had a wonderful time up there, it was a nice day a little warm with an occasional cool breeze. Toby slept most of the day up there because it was too hot on him. We ended up getting 3 pumpkins and the grand total of the weight was 67 LBS! We'll have our work cut out for us trying to manuvuer those babies when we go to carve them!

The Train circled the Pumpkin Patch

so you could scope out the best pumpkins!

This is before the train ride! He was so excited

we had to have our pictures taken in the other train too
(David insisted upon it)


we were just getting back from the pumpkin patch
and standing in line to weigh the pumpkins

David decided to pull mommy on the wagon!

G.G. is giving a little push to make him think he

is extra strong!

Davids First Carnival Ride

David got to go on his very first carnival ride at the fair this year. It was the called the Berry Go Round. It was the little - little kids version of the Tilt A Whirl, without the tilt part. Mommy and Daddy decided that we'd both ride with him that way it wouldn't scare him. Toby had to sit this one out with the Grandparents! Not that I'm complaining because every child deserves the carnival ride experience atleast once! However the cost made it so that we could only ride one ride. Tickets were $1.00 a piece and it was a minimum of 3 tickets per person per ride. It cost $9.00 for us to give David the carnival ride experience! Don't get me wrong it was worth it, but I remember paying $10.00 for an all day carnival ride pass! A bag of cotton candy was $4.00 for a small bag. A funnel cake was $8.00 without toppings! Oh and a bottle of water the 20 oz size $2.00 a bottle! Not to mention it was $7.00 a person to get into the Fair!

Daddy, Mommy & David waiting in line for the Berry Go Round

We were getting into the Strawberry in the back
Daddy, David & Mommy waiting for the ride to start


The ride was actually in motion and the grandparents
snapped a quick photo as we passed by!

The Tehama District Fair

The local fair was in town in the last part of September. We decided to follow tradition and go to see what we could see and to watch the destruction derby! The fair was really small this year and the prices of things... well don't get me started! They were outrageous!!!!!!

Here is David getting ready to attempt the Bean Bag Toss

David already empty handed!

Headed around to collect the bean bags for another try!

Attentively watching the Destruction Derby!

Our Growing Boys

Toby Everett Drummond @ 5 months old
(milestones: attempted military crawl & rolled over)

David Paul Drummond & Toby Everett Drummond

It was a L O N G day! Both boys were exhausted!

David Paul Drummond @ 2 Years Old

What A Hamm! He even said Cheese!

Toby Everett Drummond

He has such a wonderful smile!

Toby Everett Drummond

My Sleeping Angel

Bowling Four Generations

On September 5th Lariat Bowl hosted a national event to try and break a record of most games bowled in a day. Coupons were available to be printed and used for a free game of bowling. My family and I took advantage of the offer, in doing so we had with us four generations of bowlers bowling that day. My Grandpa, Ed Drummond, originally from Westwood, California, started bowling at Lariat Bowl in the early 1970s right around the same time Lariat Bowl opened. My dad Jeff Drummond, was a bowler from age 10. I spent most of my infant years at the bowling alley but got the chance to start bowling at age 3, when bumpers were not available, so the bowling alley rolled out a piece of carpet part way down the lane for me to walk on to get a little closer to the pins. And now my son David Drummond has started bowling this summer at the age of 2. He is doing great with a high score of 86, getting spares and strikes with the rest of us. David talks about bowling all day long, and has a set of bowling pins at our house, and his grandparents house. Some of us say he is obsessed, I don’t know if it is an obsession or that bowling is flowing through his veins. “Go easy on me I have not bowled in 6 years.“ Ed Drummond said before we got started. Even so we still had a great time. Now David’s mom Suzanne Drummond, has gotten into bowling as well, purchasing her first ball a few months ago. Bowling with the four generations were Suzanne Drummond, Michelle Drummond, Derrek Drummond, and Bobby Hassel. Spectators included, Pat Drummond, Linda Drummond, David’s little brother Toby Drummond, bowling alley patron Rodger, and other Lariat Bowl employees. We plan to all go bowling again real soon. It was a day we all will remember for a very long time.
　
　
Pictured from left to right: third generation Bryce Drummond, fourth generation David Drummond, second generation Jeff Drummond fourth generation infant Toby Drummond, third generation Derrek Drummond and first generation Ed Drummond
　David Drummond walks to the foul line while Jeff Drummond watches on

Dealing With Muscle Spasms

Sorry I haven't posted any messages in so long. Things have been going alright here. Toby is finally on some medication for his acid reflux, the doctor has him taking a 10 ml dose of liquid pepcid every night. It seems to be helping, although it wears off about mid day. David is doing wonderful, he is a growing 2 1/2 year old. He is still bowling - til the end of this month. He has about an 88 average in bowling. Bryce is doing ok, he is really trying to loose weight it is a very hard struggle for him. SO if anyone has any diet ideas, remedies that they would like to share... PLEASE feel free to do so. As for me... I've been having severe muscle spasms in my neck and back. They have now started going down my legs and into my feet. Some days it is hard to even get out of bed. I have gone to the doctor and they've tried putting me on muscle relaxants. I was on Baclofen - it didn't work. I'm now taking Flexeril I just started taking it today so hopefully it will help. The spasms have been causing severe migraine headaches ( something I'm already familiar with! ) For now that is all I have to report for the Drummond Family. As soon as I get to feeling a little better I will post some current pictures of my growing boys. Have a wonderful day!

David Bowling

Like i said what a month we have had, a lot of stuff going on that is for sure. We have i got a great program to share with everyone. It is called http://www.kidsbowlfree.com/ Please please please everyone who even sort of likes bowling visit this site. No strings attached kids bowl free. When you visit this site you can look up a bowling center near you that accepts these coupons, and all you have to pay for is shoe rental and kids can bowl 2 games everyday through summer for FREE. Parents, after signing up your kids, for $23.95 (price may vary) 4 ADULTS can bowl with their kids. This is for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncle, cousins, even baby sitters can bowl two games everyday too. (Days and times may vary call your local bowing establishment). If your local bowling alley does not participate in this program ask them why and they may sign up for it in your area.

OKAY, OKAY, so why on earth would i be telling all of you about this program, well because i have been bowling since i was 2 years old or even sooner than that. And yesterday we took David down to bowl on this program, wow what fun he had. He hated to leave. Here in Red Bluff, we can bowl 2 games Monday through Friday, until August 31st. That is my mom and dad, Suzanne, David, and me all in that program. All we pay in shoe rental. David bowled a 62 and a 59 with very limited help for the first few frames and then all by him self for the remainder of the 2 games. Well we are all going down again today to bowl again, so more pictures and hopefully a video or two will be here soon talk to you later. Thanks for looking. Bryce Drummond

David in swimming lessons

David is now taking swimming lessons. He is doing great with it, we are learning to float on the water, blow bubbles, and kick our feet. Yesterday we learned how to jump from the edge of the pool into daddy's arms. Wow what fun. More stuff to come on that, the lessons go Monday thru Thursday of next week.

Family Update

WOW has it really been 8 weeks, well almost. that's right Toby will be 8 weeks old on Monday. I can't believe it has gone by this fast. Toby is doing well, last doctor visit he is 11 lbs 10 oz. he is suffering from a little acid reflux, he has a doctors app on Monday and we hope to get some answers then. Suzanne is hanging in there, with lack of sleep and feeding every hour, she is rather exhausted, and i can't blame her. She is so great though, with me working early morning with the paper route, and driving that whole time i really can't work and sleep at the same time as i once could loading trucks for Walmart, so she lets me sleep a little more than i did with David. She is great though. More blogs to come really really soon keep close to us. Thanks to all.

Toby Everett Drummond

Toby Everett Drummond was born at 2:30pm April 27th 2009
He weighed 6lbs 11oz and was 19 1/8 inches long.

Emotional and indescribable moment we will cherish forever.

Toby is 5 minutes old.

Fremont Medical Center really pushed the skin to skin bonding, for the first hour of Toby's life he laid comfortably on Suzanne. It was great for the both of them.

Continuing with skin to skin bonding.

Our Tiny Baby Boy

Grandma & David meeting baby brother

We were finally released from the hospital on Wednesday at 2:30pm. We were so ready to get out of there. The experience was great but home sounded even better at this point. We did have to hang out in Yuba City for the circumcision. That was performed at 4pm on Wednesday. The procedure took about an hour. At 5:30 or so we were finally headed home. The trip home was long but we made it. Making a few stops here and there. Arriving at home, was great dinner was ready for us and we were starving. Home made tacos, can i say it again HOME MADE tacos yum yum yum.



I want to thank everyone who picked a day on the baby pool that helped us out so much it was great. The support we got and are still getting is wonderful. Thank you again to everyone.



There will be more posts soon. Updates on David, Toby, and Suzanne. Look out i might even get technical and post a video but lets not get too carried away just yet.



Thanks again to all,

Bryce, Suzanne, David, and Toby Drummond

VBAC Labor Story

My water broke Sunday, April 26th. It was around 3:00pm and so we took our time, finished getting ready to go, called everyone, said goodbye to David :( and headed for Yuba City around 6pm. The drive went well, I cried most of the way to Yuba City because I missed David sooooo much. (He stayed home with one of my girlfriends, and my parents came and helped with him) We arrived at Fremont Medical Center around 7:45pm. We got all checked in and I was hooked up to all kinds of monitors and an IV so then we waited...

and waited....

Daddy getting a little nap in

playing cards to pass the time

About 3am I was checked and found to be dilated to 3cm, at that point my nurse decided to do a process called cervical stretching. (It didn't hurt) She was able to stretch my cervix to 4cm, and it was supposed to help increase contractions. At this point in labor we were told that the baby had been so low my entire pregnancy that my pelvis had already stretched and accommodated for the baby being that low. So the normal pressure from the baby lowering into the pelvis that causes contractions was not there. I was having some contractions but they weren't regular enough to get us very far. So we waited some more, hoping the cervical stretching would regulate my contractions.

Hospital Jello... YUM!!

7am rolled around and nothing had changed. So they decided that they were going to induce my labor with Pitocin. (It's a nasty little IV drug that can throw you into hard labor fast, but it works) The doctor ordered me to start out on the lowest dosage so I wouldn't end up in hard labor right away.

me & my IV "buddy" w/ pitocin headed in

Listening to music trying to stay relaxed

Around 11am the contractions started to get really fast and hard. I was having a contraction every minute and they were lasting 40 seconds each. I was in so much pain and getting worn out really fast. I finally gave in and was given a shot of pain medication through the IV "buddy". Since I was doing a VBAC I was not able to have an epidural (I didn't want one anyway!) They gave me a drug called Phentynol, it was just something to let me rest between contractions and stay relaxed. Unfortunately it only worked for about 30 minutes and could only be given once an hour.

Good Pain Medicine! Bad Contractions

At around 12:30pm the contractions had gotten so intense that the only way I could tolerate them was to lean forward. However when I would lean forward the monitors wouldn't pick up my contractions or the baby's heartbeat. Since I was in so much pain the pressure from the monitors were making the pain even worse, I begged them to take the monitors off! Finally the Doctor and nurses agreed and put in an internal monitoring device instead of having the monitors strapped to my belly. At that point I was at 6cm.

I was really trying to hang in there and tough it out but there did come a point - around 1:30 or so that I was saying "OK, I'm Done!" I was so tired and weak that I didn't think I could handle anymore pain, so I did consider a c-section. Thanks to my wonderful coach and the wonderful nurses they talked me through it and helped me hang on a little longer.

2:10 or so I was even more tired and even more ready to just give up. I was at my breaking point and I think everyone knew it. The nurse wanted to check me one more time before they started prepping me for a c-section. When she did, she realized that I was 9cm dilated, so on my next contraction she stretched my cervix to 10cm.

The nurse had me do a couple "test pushes" and then told me to stop because they could see the head. My doctor came in just in time to get scrubs on and get sat down. I only pushed probably a total of 5 times before the baby was born. I have to say, the pushing was the easiest part! I had to have 1 stitch but only because the internal monitor rubbed off a little skin when I was pushing. The doctor called it "rug burn" but it was bleeding a little so he went ahead and put in a stitch. Other than that I didn't tear or have to have an episiotomy!

Headed to Yuba City

So my water broke and we're getting ready to head to the hospital!!!! Wish us luck and we'll keep every posted. Feel free to call our cell phones if you're wondering how things are going.

530 526 5302
530 515 2916


Will post pics asap...

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE BABY POOL

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE BABY POOL

Suzanne has been having a few good contractions, so it could be any day now and we don't want anyone to miss out on it. Scroll down to see the updated baby pool calandars. Click on them to make them larger. Right now the winner is looking at $70.

When we do go down to Yuba City for the delivery i will do my best to post blogs and images as we go, it depends on if i can get WiFi service in the hospital and if i get the chance to sneek away to do it.

36 Week Check Up in Yuba City

Today was my 36 week check up with my OB in Yuba City. I will now be going to Yuba City every monday until I deliver. The baby's heartbeat was really strong 160 bpm and he is head down. The doctor told me that I could go into labor at ANY time, he said baby is ready whenever mother nature is. I went and pre-registered at the hospital and took a tour of the labor and delivery floor. It was so nice and the nurses in there were absolutely incredible! They are soooo nice and just pleasant to be around. I did find out that I will have to spend 48 hours in the hospital after the baby is born. That bites, but Bryce will be able to stay there with me the whole time. When I do go into labor, we will jump online before we hit the road and post a quick note letting everyone know that I've gone into labor and we're headed to Yuba City. Also we will be taking our laptop with us - I'm not sure if they offer WI-FI but if they do, we'll be able to keep everyone updated on how things are going.

The hospital I'm going to be delivering at will be:

Fremont Medical Center
970 Plumas Street
Yuba City, CA 95991
(530) 751 - 4000

I believe visiting hours are from 11am to 8 pm but I'm going to have to double check on that and update the posting...

Our New/Used Vehicle

Just wanted to update everyone!!! We finally found a "family vehicle" that we liked and we bought it. Thank goodness for a good tax return this year! We are the proud new owners of a 1994 Isuzu Trooper. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures to post of it yet but I will get around to posting some this week. It's a very nice vehicle - power everything! Oh and get this, it has windshield wipers on the headlights! Isn't that hilarious?!! They are adorable, I can't imagine us ever using them but they are so cute! It needs a little TLC since it is an older vehicle but that's ok with us. Oh did I mention it has a sunroof too? Anyway, pictures will post soon so check back in a couple days....

Updated Baby Pool Calendars

Here are the updated baby pool calendars - Finally! I'm sorry it's taken sooo long to put the new ones up. We still need guesses so if you're interested let me know! Thank you to everyone who has already made a guess. Good Luck Guessing!!!

Yuba City Doctor Appointment

I had my appointment with the new ob doctor in Yuba City on Wednesday to discuss doing a VBAC. We were very surprised about what we found out. A lot of previous information we had collected about VBAC's was incorrect. Bryce & I still have not made a final decision yet on what we are going to do, we have a lot of talking with each other still left to do but I will let everyone know as soon as a decision has been reached.

Here are some things that we had previously been miss-informed about. While researching VBAC's and speaking to tons of different people we were told that for a VBAC you had to have an epidural, that you had to have constant monitoring, so that meant no getting up and showering or walking during labor. We had also been told that if it came to needing to be induced to start labor or to speed things up that inducing would not be done on VBAC patients. We had also been told that if the baby turned again like David did that the doctors would not make an attempt to turn him, they would just go ahead with another c-section. The other reason VBAC's aren't done in Northern California was because the hospitals up here don't have the operating staff and anesthesiologist in house at all times. One other thing we were told is that the stay in the hospital after a VBAC is 3 days.

After Wednesdays appointment we found out that everything was different, at least for this particular doctor. This doctor does not offer epidurals at all, it's mostly because of the anesthesiologists. They are worried that with an epidural they would miss any complications that could arise. - Good thing for me I didn't want an epidural anyway! I would have to be monitored every 15 minutes but in between monitoring I could get up and walk around and shower to help ease labor pains. This doctor does not have a problem inducing labor as long as I am at least 38 to 40 weeks pregnant or if I just need a boost to get labor progressing. I would have to have an IV just to make sure I don't get dehydrated. Since there is no epidural available they do offer pain medication through your IV if wanted or needed. As of right now I personally don't want pain medication but there would be some available if necessary. This doctor also said that if the baby should turn butt down (frank breech) like David did, he would make every attempt to turn him and if possible do everything he can to let me deliver naturally. Otherwise it would have to go to a c-section. The hospital I would be at (Fremont Medical Center) does not have the operating staff and anesthesiologist on hand at all times, but they are still allowed to VBAC's. Bryce would be able to stay with the baby and I at the hospital. Our stay would only have to be overnight if everything went well with delivery.

Since we are having a boy we want to get him circumcised, this doctor will do the circumcision for $150.00 (which is a great price! we paid $275.00 for David) He could do it in the hospital but there would be additional hospital fees, so if we can work it he will have us come over to his office right after we get discharged from the hospital and do the circumcision before we head back to Red Bluff.

We have a lot to think about and will be deciding soon I promise...

We do have to raise at least $150.00 for the circumcision so please if you can or want to guess the baby's due date, please get in on the baby pool! It's $5.00 a guess... All the information is posted on this blog with a view of the actual calendars. Please check it out and contact me if you're interested.

Pround Aunt

I am a pround new Aunt! My niece Emily Rosetta Castor was born Thursday February 26th @ 8:30am in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She is 6lbs 8oz and 20 inches long. She was born via scheduled

c-section, but both mommy & baby are doing great. Oh & my brother is doing great too, (it's his first biological daugther)

Baby Pool Calendars

Sorry this took me so long to get these uploaded they didn't scan very well but here they are for now! Please let me know if you would like to pick a square!

Prenatal Check-Up Today

Today was my monthly prenatal check-up! I am 27 weeks pregnant and everything is looking good. I finally gained a little weight, I have a total weight gain for this pregnancy of 8 lbs! I was only at 2 lbs my last doctor visit and got in BIG trouble for it. So I've been trying to eat as much as I could possibly stomach and it paid off! The baby is looking great, we got to do another sonogram today. I swear my OB doctor is like a big kid, he has a sonogram machine in his office and when he stepped through the door of the exam room he asked us if we could go see the baby?! Of course we didn't object, we love seeing the little guy! It's just too funny to see a doctor get so excited over wanting to do a sonogram to see the baby. It was reconfirmed that we are having a little boy... he is already head down and nice and low. During the sonogram we got to see him sucking his thumb, I almost started crying! The baby kept his hands up by his face the whole time so we never did get a good look at his face.

Here is one of the pictures of him - it's hard to see so don't feel bad if you can't make it out. He has his head looking down and his hands covering most of the side of his face. He was being bashful today! Anyway, I'm exhausted we had a really busy day so we will talk to you all later...

The Haunted Toy

Last night and then again this morning one of David's ride on toys randomly started making noise. It takes a bit of force to push the button to make the toy make the noise, so as you could imagine Suzanne and i were a little weirded out at first. I am starting to get used to the random noise making toy now. Unfortunately last night it woke David up before we could run upstairs to try to turn it off, that is the problem it doesn't have an off switch, so i tried to muffle the noise but that didn't help. Oh well just another exciting thing to add to our lives, am i right. Ha ha. Everyone is doing well here, we are finally getting our house in order, a new office desk, clothes put away and a great outlook on life has kept us going for now. That is all for now, bye everyone.

Super Bowl Sunday

Well to those of you who do watch the game, what a game it was. I love it when a game as big as the super bowl comes down to the last 5 min in the 4th quarter. Thank you to all who voted on the poll those of you who thought the steelers were going to win, you were right, they were victorious coming back in the 4th quarter and keeping the lead to the end. Thank you again to all who voted on the poll, please check back often for more fun on polls, and other great stuff to come to this web site. By for now.

Early Valentines Gift

I recently participated in the "Very Vintage Valentine Swap" hosted by Foxgloves, Fabric and Folly. I recieved my swap box today! I just love what my swap partner put together for me! My partner was Stacey from Oklahoma - she put together such a lovely box for me. Here is what was inside my box...

There was an adorable Vintage Sign - (The photo doesn't do it justice) It reads: HEART Write it on your heart that the ones you love are life's most precious gifts.

There was also that adorable box filled with hersheys kisses filled with caramel! - MMMM!!! I've already eaten half the box.

A 5 X 7 Scrapbook -

A little red purse that was just the right size for me!

And a beautiful greeting card!

Thank you so much Stacey! I LOVE EVERYTHING!

Potty Training Success!

David turned 2 in January and we've been working with him on potty training for about 3 months now. He is doing so good! Infact he has graduated from using the potty chair to using the "big boy toilet" His potty chair converted into a step stool and the inside ring came out and snaps onto the big toilet seat. He has been doing wonderful! We now just leave the bathroom door open and he goes in and does his stuff. I tried going in to help him and he told me "no momma" =( He is growing up too fast! I was able to sneak in and get an adorable picture of him sitting on the "big boy toilet" - (it's a very clean, modest photo) when he realized what I was doing he was sort of embarrassed. These will definatly be going in the scrapbook to show off! LOL!

He was looking @ Daddy - Doesn't it look like he's saying

Is she really taking my picture dad?!

A Day At The Park

Today was such a nice day, it was actually in the 70's! The wind was blowing just enough to be cool in the shade and perfect in the sunlight. We decided to take David out the the local park and let him get some fresh air and excersize. We had so much fun, once the weather gets better we'll probably spend a few days a week at the park. Here are some pictures of our outting today.

David Loves To Play Keep Away From Daddy!

Isn't He A Ham!?!

Guess The Birth Date

We are doing a "baby pool" and would like to invite anyone interested to join in. It is really easy, all you have to do is pick the date you think the baby will be born and and either AM or PM. It's $5.00 per guess. The winner gets 50% of the total amount collected, and the other 50% goes to pay for the circumcision. I will be posting the pictures of the calendar tomorrow and keep them updated as spaces get filled up.

The due dates I was given were May 12th & May 14th. The Calendars I've printed are for April and May. Incase the baby decides to come early or late! If you would like to make a guess either reply to my posting on the blog or email me at bryce_suzanne@att.net

Thanks & Good Luck!

Pregnancy...

I am currently 24 weeks pregnant with a boy! My first son was born C-Section, so I am attempting to do a VBAC with this baby. However where we live the local hospitals will not do VBAC's anymore - some insurance policy change. There are only limited decisions to having a VBAC where we live. I have finally found an OB doctor in Yuba City who has agreed to meet with us, he does VBAC's at the local hospital in Yuba City. We meet with him in late February and discuss our options. Hopefully it will go well and I will keep everyone posted on what the doctor has to say about my options.