6 months old!

My little stinker is 6 months old today.  It's funny to me that I lived 25 years without her and now I can't imagine her not in my life.  I'm sure every child will feel like they, they were just meant to be in the family.  I love her so much and her fun little personality.  She has been rolling for some time now and just barely started crawling/scooting.  She is getting pretty fast which has made me feel I need to start babyproofing the house.  No more leaving things on the ground, keep things out of reach.  She still struggles sitting up.  She is sort of going out of order on her little milestones but I realize every kid does it their own way.  That's what I love about her, seeing how she learns and how she does thing.  Babies truly are smart and they catch onto things fast.  Reese definitely loves her daddy.  Her can make her smile and laugh quicker than anyone else.  He is SO goofy with her and she just loves it.  We took family pictures the other day and the only smiles we got from her were when daddy took control.

Aside from our sweet little Reese, a few big milestones have happened in our lives.  Jared has now been accepted to TWO medical schools.  Kirksville (where Mindy and Kevin went) and Kansas City.  It is such a relief that he has been accepted.  We are still waiting to hear back from other schools and we may not even end up going to one of these two schools but we are at least going somewhere!!! Yay!  We are excited to start the next chapter of our lives and move next summer.

I just received a calling to be on the compassionate service committee in our ward.  I actually feel like this is a great calling for me right now.  It gives me a way to get to know more sisters in our ward, and expand my cooking skills.  Sometimes a calling is what you need to help to push yourself.

Work continues to work really well for our family.  I work enough to have an income and allow us to save a little bit of money but for the most part I am a stay at home mom.  I love that nursing is so flexible and you can find something that works for you and your current situation in life.

We had our ward Halloween party and chili cook-off, which is always a fun activity.  Lots of people dressed up.  Jared, Reese, and I dressed up as old people.  It was actually pretty simple and easy but I thought it turned out cute.  We raided my moms dress up box and got a few things from DI as well.  I made a little grandma wig for Reese out of cottonballs.  Halloween really is a strange holiday but its fun dressing up.  On Halloween night we carved pumpkins and enjoyed our last Halloween for probably many years not taking kids our trick-or-treating.

Stake Conference

This past weekend we had stake conference.  I always love stake conference but this is one I wont forget, Elder Bednar presided and it was amazing to hear from him.  I truly know that he is an apostle of the Lord and has a very sacred calling.  I felt the Spirit as he taught us.

Although there are many stories I could write about from this conference there were two main things that really struck me and made me ponder and want to change.  The first was actually when Sister Bednar was asked to bare her testimony.  Although I'm sure she always somewhat expects it, she was not told in advance she would come up.  She shared some things that were on her mind about why she loves Provo.  Her and Elder Bednar met while they were attending BYU.  They got married and had one baby while living here in Provo.  They started their lives together here and when they moved they always planned to come back here.  She told many stories about their lives while they lived here.  I was struck by her gratitude for that time in her life.  She talked about how she learned to become a wife here in Provo, she learned to become a mother, they established traditions and became closer as a family.  I came to the realization that I am not allowing myself to love life and the situation I am in as much as I should.  I don't mean to say that I hate my life, but I often think about the future.  What will it be like when Jared is finally in medical school, what will it be like when he has a real job, what will it be like when we have more kids etc.  Looking to the future is not a bad thing!  But loving and embracing what we have now is so important.  If I make the most of this precious time I can look back in many years with fond memories of our time in Provo just like Sister Bednar.  I too am learning to be a wife, mother, establish traditions etc.  I got my first job as a registered nurse and am learning to take care of my wonderful patients.  What an amazing time of my life I am in.  I TRULY DO LOVE IT!

The second part of conference that I have been pondering was when Elder Bednar spoke about repentance.  Throughout the conference he often referred to the "culture" of the church and how it needs to change.  In regards to repentance he said that often in the culture of the church we talk about repentance like it is a check list.  There are the simple "R's" of repentance and once we do those we are good.  How wrong that is!  The most important R is left out of the checklist... the REDEEMER.  None of the steps do anything without the Redeemer.  We are not simply forgiven because we feel remorse and try to make restitution.  We have to add the Redeemer into the mixture.  He commented that often people repent because they are embarrassed about what they have done.  They feel dumb that others saw or recognized that they messed up.  What a bad reason to repent.  We should be repenting because we love the Redeemer and can't stand that we let Him down.  Until our repentance is truly for the Lord and we use the atonement, we are not really repenting.  As I thought about this I realized I want to know and love the Savior more than I do now.  I think because of the natural man in me a part of the reason I repent is exactly like he said, embarrassment that others know I am weak.  I want to learn to make my repentance all about the Lord.  I want to know Him better, love Him more, and repent for Him.  That is going to be my focus.  Get to know Him so that I want to repent for Him.

I really do love the gospel and the chance we have to change.  God is good!

SUMMER

I sure do love summer and the chance to get out, be with family, and enjoy nature.  We have had a very fun filled summer and these are just a few of our summer activities we have loved.

At just 6 weeks old Reese enjoyed her first Lake Powell trip. I may be crazy for taking a baby that young, but at least I wasn't worried about her escaping out into the water.  This is her tiny body in her life jacket, just a bit big.

Sleeping arrangements at Powell are always a little crammed on our small houseboat but it works out!

Reese was blessed by her daddy on July 3.  We had so many family members there and I was actually a little concerned about how big the circle would be.  What a blessing that our concern is too much family!

Jared was in charge of planning the Bodine reunion this year.  It ended up being really fun and relaxed.  The only thing that could have made it better is if the weather wasn't 100 degrees all weekend.  We brought a whole bunch of different games like bocci ball, corn hole, kan jam etc.  We played tournament games, we also went swimming at the Young's pool, horseback riding at the pasture, played up the canyon, dunk tank, and bouncy house.  In all it was really fun.

Reese had her 2 month checkup.  Looks like we have a tall, skinny girl on our hands.  She weighed 10 lbs 5 oz (28th percentile) and is 23 inches long (76th percentile).  Her head is 15 inches (48th percentile).  She got her shots like a champ.  I love my little girl!

I started my first big girl job as a Registered Nurse.  I'm only working about 10-15 hours a week so it's not much but it works great for our family.  I am doing pediatric home health and hospice.  The kids I work with are great.

Jared and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary.  We unfortunately didn't take any pictures that day but we had a blast.  It was our first date night out without Reese.  Heather and Heidi both took her for a few hours and we spent the day up in Salt Lake.  We first went to the new aquarium.  It was REALLY cool.  Then we went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner and then the movie Finding Dory.  We still had gift cards from our wedding for dinner and the movie- gotta love that!  I love Jared and couldn't be more happy that he is my eternal companion.

We said goodbye to Adam who left on his mission this last week.  Althought this isn't one of my favorite summer activities, I needed to add it in.  Adam will be an incredible missionary.  I can't wait to hear about his amazing experiences in Iloilo.

I love my little family of three, I also love my own parents and siblings and the family I got to marry into.  We have such amazing people in our lives.  Having Reese with us these last couple months seems to make everything a little bit more fun.  She keeps getting cuter and cuter and more aware of her surroundings.  Our lives are so good.

REESE BODINE

Our sweet baby Reese is here!  She was born on May 11 at 3:26 pm.  She decided to join our family 8 days early and I am so glad!

On May 10th I had a doctors appointment.  At that appointment Dr. Broberg checked my cervix and told me I was still only dilated to a 1.  He warned me that I could go over my due date and basically told me to plan on not delivering before my due date.  Because of this, I was prepared to be pregnant for another two weeks until they would induce me.

Throughout the rest of the day I felt a couple of contractions but nothing too serious.  Around 11 pm I started having consistent contractions that were very painful.  I really didn't sleep at all that night because my contractions kept getting worse and worse and they continued to become more frequent.  I threw up quit a few times when I would have a particularly strong contraction.  I basically just layed in the bathroom on the floor, timing my contractions, and waiting.  I seriously doubted for hours that I could possibly be in labor because of what Dr. Broberg said to me about not going into labor for a while.  I didn't want to be one of those women who goes into the hospital supposedly in labor and gets sent home.  Finally, by 4:00 am I couldn't take it anymore.  I was having painful contractions about every 3 minutes and just wanted an epidural.

I woke Jared up and told him I needed him to take me to the hospital.  I have never seen him jump out of bed so fast!  The funny thing is that we were staying at my parents house taking care of my younger siblings because my parents were in London.  I was supposed to be getting everyone off to school in the morning but that wouldn't be happening.  I went down and woke Adam up and told him we were going to the hospital to have a baby.  He was pretty out of it but I tried to explain that he needs to make sure Devin and Hailey get to their bus stop on time and he needed to take Jace to Cascade on his way to Orem High.  Pretty sure all of my instructions went in one ear and out the other.  At that point I was having another contraction and got down on my hands and knees because it sort of relieved the pain.  Adam was even more confused seeing me on the floor.  Looking back it was a pretty funny experience but at the time it really wasn't funny.

When we got to the hospital they took me back and the nurse checked my cervix.  I was dilated to a 5!  I was just so glad I had at least progressed and wasn't making up these awful contractions.  I asked if I could get an epidural but the nurse said they usually monitor for an hour just to make sure the mom is actually in labor before giving the epidural.  This didn't make me very happy.  Then suddenly little Reese's heartrate dropped.  My nurse brought this up to the charge nurse and the fact that I had already progressed so fast and she agreed that I could get the epidural early.  THANK HEAVENS!  I was a much happier person once I had that epidural.  It made a world of difference.

At one point I turned to Jared because I realized I hadn't asked for a priesthood blessing before getting to the hospital.  No one was in the room with us so he gave me a wonderful blessing ensuring that all would work out.  The second he ended the blessing about 10 people rushed into my room, all of them working very quickly.  Reese's heartrate had dropped into the 40's and 50's and wasn't going back up.  The wanted me on my hands and knees but because of my epidural I really couldn't move my legs.  Suddenly 4 different nurses were picking me up, flipping me over, and holding me on my hands and knees.  It was really awkward and kind of scary.  Thankfully her heartrate went back up.  I had apparently had a very strong contraction that lasted about 4 minutes.  Little Reese didn't respond well to this which caused the drop in heartrate.  I ended up getting a terbutaline shot which slows down contractions.  They wanted to allow more time between contractions to make sure baby Reese had enough time to recover.  This really slowed things down significantly but I knew it was the right thing to do.  I took a good nap at this point.

A few hours later my contractions started getting strong and frequent again and the same thing happened.  Reese's heartrate dropped, people rushed in, flipped me onto my hands and knees and gave me a terbutaline shot.  This time her heartrate didn't come back up so quickly.  They suddenly started warning Jared that he needed to put on a certain gown because I was going to be taken for a c-section.  I was hoping to have a vaginal delivery but just wanted what would be best for our little girl.  Again, thankfully at that point her heartrate came back up so they decided to hold off on the c-section.

I kept praying that my body would be able to finish dilating but not threaten our little girl.  Finally, around 2:30 pm my nurse checked me and I was dilated to a 10!!!  Time to start pushing.  I sort of thought that pushing would last about 10 minutes and all would then be over.  No, she let me know that most first time moms push for 1-3 hours before the baby is born.  Luckily I only had to push for about an hour.  Dr. Rees is the one who delivered her and he ended up using the suction to help pull her out a little faster.  He did this because again, her heartrate was dropping with each contraction so he wanted her out.

It was so amazing when she was finally out.  Dr. Rees suctioned out her mouth and we heard her first little cry.  I looked over and Jared was crying.  He was pretty emotional about it all.  He went over and was watching as they weighed her at 6 lbs 11 oz and said she was 19 inches long.

While they took care of her Dr. Rees delivered my placenta and he found that I had what they called a "true knot."  It was a perfect little knot in the cord that had probably been there for weeks.  This may be what had caused some of the heartrate drops and problems earlier in my pregnancy.  He sent my cord for testing because of it.

I was so happy when they finally brought my little girl over to me so I could hold her.  She was so little and precious.  She layed on my chest and I couldn't believe she was mine.  Jared again kept getting teary eyed which made me get emotional as well.  We love our little girl.

The rest of the hospital stay was fairly uneventful.  We had lots of family and friends come to visit.  We have so much love and support.  A few hours before going home I was informed that Reese's bilirubin levels were pretty high and I would need to be sent home with lights for her to be on.  I didn't really think much of this, I knew jaundice in newborns was pretty common.  What I didn't know was how much I would come to hate that bilirubin bed.  I had to keep little Reese on the bed as much as possible.  Essentially the only time I could take her off the bed was when I was feeding her or changing her diaper.  She had to be completely naked except a diaper and strapped down onto the bed.  I hated it!!  I wanted to just hold my little girl!  Each morning I would take her to the outpatient lab to get her blood drawn to see what her bilirubin levels were at.  I kept praying they would go back to the normal range.  Finally, after four days on the bili bed her levels were low enough!  I was thrilled to get rid of that thing.  She has been a much happier baby and sleeps much better with clothes on and wrapped in a blanket.

Becoming a mom really is an amazing thing.  I still wake up and can't believe that this little tiny human is my child.  Jared and I created this girl and we now get to raise her.  I am so thankful we both grew up in great families with amazing parents to look up to.  We can't wait to see Reese grow up and develop a personality, hobbies, talents etc.  She is a blessing in our lives.

In the last 2.5 weeks since she has been born I have dragged her to a bunch of different places.  She is a trooper!  This is her at my little brother's state soccer game.

Baby Girl

I had a tiny bit of a scare last week at my doctors appointment.  I went and saw Dr. Wolsey.  He pulled out the doppler to find baby girl's heartbeat and listened for longer than usual.  He said that her heart rate dropped a few times while he was listening which is a little bit concerning.  He had me go over to the hospital to do a nonstress test.  At that point I was sort of nervous but at the same time didn't really feel like anything was wrong.

I got to the hospital and they started the nonstress test.  During that monitoring period the baby's heart rate dropped a couple more times so the perinatologist suggested I go up to labor and delivery to be monitored for a longer period of time.  They said it would probably be about 2-4 hours just so they could be certain everything was okay.  After a few hours Dr. Wolsey then came in again and said he wanted to monitor even longer and keep me over night.  During this whole time I was calm but also just really wanting everything to stop and the doctors to say all was good.  Dr. Wolsey said they wanted to give me a betamethasone shot to help mature the fetal lungs a little quicker than usual just in case they needed to deliver me early.  I slept pretty poorly that night.  I couldn't keep my eyes off of the fetal heart monitor.

In the morning Dr. Rees thoroughly reviewed the tracing from that night.  Again, for the most part it all looked good, but because there were still occasional drops in heart rate he wanted me to do a biophysical profile test.  Luckily that test baby scored great.  She was moving fine, doing breathing movements, had normal muscle tone, and my amniotic fluid index was normal.  At that point they felt comfortable sending me home.

They are watching me much more closely now though.  I have already had two nonstress tests this week, another biophysical profile, and my normal doctors appointment.  Luckily things are going well and baby can still inside for at least a little while longer.  I never know what they will say next.

I'm just extremely grateful for modern technology, wonderful doctors and nurses who are very aware and knowledgeable, and also my own knowledge I gained during nursing school.  I pray constantly for this sweet little girl and cannot wait to hold her for the first time!

Less than 4 weeks until my due date but who knows when she'll actually arrive!  EEEEEK!

BABY SHOWERS

Time keeps going by and we get closer to meeting baby girl Bodine!  Jared and I can't wait to meet her.

This last week Angie and I had a combined family shower at my moms house.  It was put on by my mom and the sisters.  Unfortunately Heidi has been super sick the last couple of days and wasn't able to be there.  It was a lot of fun having so many cousins, aunts, and people we love there.  Everyone was so generous and we got some much needed stuff for baby girl.

Mindy planned some fun activities.  One activity everyone had to guess how big Angie and I were.  Cute little Addie was closest to my actual size so she won a prize.  Kaylee won on Angie's size.

There of course needed to be a surprise visit by my next door neighbor Marlon Snow.  He saw there was a party going on and brought over his own gift for Angie and I.  He also entertained us with a couple of his favorite jokes.  Good ol' Mar Mar.  

It's been fun being pregnant at the same time as Angie.  Can't wait to meet her little one in just under 3 weeks!  Even better is Heidi just recently announced she is also pregnant!  Babies galore in the Robins family right now.  So fun!

I sure do love these people in my life!

My wonderful friends also threw a shower for me a couple weeks ago.  Some of these amazing girls I hadn't seen for a while.  It was so good to bring together so many people from my life.  I had friends from high school, Snow teammates, college roommates, mission companions, and nursing friends there.  So much fun.  Again, they were all very generous and we had a great time.  Unfortunately we didn't get a picture when everyone was there but here is a handful of them.

I am grateful for this life and the chance I have to become a mom!  Only 7 more weeks!

Can I graduate yet?

I am seriously ready to graduate from BYU.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my college experience and have met so many wonderful people but boy I am ready to be done with assignment, papers, note taking etc.  I am also ready to get paid for all of the hours I put in at the hospital for clinicals.

This semester for my capstone I am assigned to the progressive care unit at UVRMC.  It is a step down ICU.  It wasn't exactly my first preference but I have actually really enjoyed the unit.  I love that we get a huge variety of patients who were admitted for many different things such as GI bleeds, strokes, DKA etc.  It's also nice that they aren't in such a critical state that they are intubated and they can't talk.  I like being able to actually interact with my patients.  The one bummer is I got assigned to a night nurse.  It's a little rough sometimes but I get by.  In the end it only ends up being 18 shifts or 216 hours.  I can endure anything for that long!

Overall the class load is much lighter this semester which is wonderful!

I do get a little concerned thinking about how I have no clue what my plans are after graduation.  Obviously the baby comes just a few weeks after I graduate but then what?  Jared and I will still be in Provo for another year.  Do I try to work part time?  Full time?  Not at all?  When do I take the NCLEX?  Lots of changes and decisions to make.  I feel so torn because I would love to just be a mom and not worry about anything else.  I of course worry about money and debt.  I also worry about losing all of my skills and knowledge if, right after graduation I don't work.  The amazing thing is that we know we can rely on the Lord to help us.  He can and will direct mine and Jared's path.  Sometimes I just wish He would send me a little note in the mail with the exact plan... but so far that note hasn't come.

For now faith and endurance are the key.  Life truly is wonderful!

I just thought I'd add this gem of a picture in because we took it almost exactly 2 years ago.

I love this husband of mine!

OUR BABY

I am currently 24 weeks pregnant.  It's still a little surreal to me sometimes that I have a precious baby growing inside of me.  The last 5 1/2 months being pregnant have gone by fairly quickly, yet I can't wait any longer to meet this little girl.  Here is a timeline of some of the things that have happened over the last few months.

9/9/15  I took my first pregnancy test.  I was so nervous about what the results would show.  I wanted to surprise Jared if I was pregnant, but there was, of course, fear that I would be disappointed if it came up negative.  Luckily two stripes appeared!  I was still somewhat apprehensive that somehow it was giving me a false positive result so I decided I would wait a few days and do another test.

9/12/15  I did another pregnancy test and again, the test was positive.  I knew I couldn't hold it in any longer and I wanted to tell Jared.  He was gone that weekend on a camp out with the scouts but would be home later that morning.  I ran to the Provo Bakery and bought a box of yummy doughnuts.  I made a sign that said "EAT UP!  Mommy doesn't want to be the only fat one."  When he got home and opened the box he sort of sat there for a minute, unsure what to say then looked at the pregnancy test that was sitting next to it.  Then we rejoiced together.  The only problem is we still had to keep it a secret....

Over the next couple of weeks I started to feel slight changes in my body.  Although I hadn't gained any weight and couldn't see any outward physical signs of pregnancy, I could tell.  

10/13/15  I had my first OB appointment.  It was also the first morning I woke up and threw up from morning sickness.  Jared went with me.  We sat down with Dr. Wolsey as he pulled out a small ultrasound machine to find our baby's heartbeat.  It truly was a miracle hearing that little heart beating and seeing a video of something growing inside of me.  He checked the measurements of the baby and confirmed that our due date is May 19th.

11/10/16  OB appointment #2!  It was surprising to me how fast this check up was.  I don't know what exactly I expected but they weighed me, asked how I was doing, checked for baby's heartbeat, and sent me on my way.

11/26/15  I was 15 weeks pregnant and we finally announced to our families that we are expecting.  The secret is out and it feels oh so good.  We told my family first.  We OF COURSE had to tell them by making one of Jared's dumb movies that he loves.  We took a typical pregnancy picture with his hands in a heart over my belly.  He then recorded his own lips talking from inside my hands as if he was the baby.  It was pretty ridiculous, like all of his videos are, but perfect for my family.  My family was super excited and I am due only one month after Angie!  

We told Jared's family next.  Jared told me that every Thanksgiving someone mentions that we all need to go around in a circle and say what we are thankful for.  Jared was certain that Garrett would be the one to start it.  We were sitting at Thanksgiving dinner and I think Jared couldn't wait any longer so he just said everyone needed to go around and pointed to Andrea and had her start.  Jared told me that he wanted me to be the one who said it to his family because if he announced no one would believe him.  That's probably because he has been announcing weekly to family and friends that I am pregnant since before we got married.  Who would believe him?  So everyone went around and when it got to my turn I said "the thing I am most grateful for this Thanksgiving is that Jared and I are expecting a baby in May!"  Everyone sort of gasped and then cheered.  Then lots of tears flowed which I didn't expect so it made me teary eyed as well.  The Bodines are amazing and made us more excited than before to become parents.

We slowly started telling all of our friends, coworkers, extended family etc.  Everyone couldn't believe we had waited until 15 weeks to tell.  How did we keep it a secret for so long?  In nursing psych class we have "good news minute" and after we share our good news we have to do a "happy dance."  I shared that I was pregnant and then my happy dance was a ridiculous belly rub.

I wasn't going to post it on social media.... just because.  I eventually realized it is SO much easier to just put it on facebook/instagram because then the news is out and people don't feel awkward asking you about it as you slowly start to get fatter haha.  I posted some ridiculous pictures of children doing strange things and said "Well... I guess this is what Jared and I are in for.  we can't wait to have a baby in MAY!"  It's nice that most people just know now.

12/8/15  Had another doctors appointment.  Nothing extraordinary happened today but it's always comforting hearing that little heart beating.

12/25/15  It's Christmas night and I had to go in to work.  It was my assigned holiday and I was a little bummed about leaving the family.  It ended up being a pretty slow night and I was bored.  I then got the best Christmas present ever, I felt our little baby moving inside of me for the first time.  I had to pay attention closely but it was definitely movements!  Even though I had to be at work, what a special feeling it was.  It made my night!

1/6/16  We found out on this day that we are having a little baby girl.  This was secretly what Jared was hoping for but I didn't care either way.  I love thinking about this sweet little girl that Heavenly Father has chosen to send down to us.  Sometimes I feel so ready to become a mom and start this journey, and other times I feel way in over my head.  How can you prepare to raise a daughter?

Obviously another big part of the 20 week ultrasound is checking for any abnormal physical growth signs.  The ultrasound tech walked us through everything she was doing, which was very interesting.  She felt very confident in everything she was seeing and measuring and assured us all with our baby was well!

We were originally going to go to the BYU creamery, buy a blue and pink ice cream cone, and send a cute picture with those announcing the gender of our baby to our families.  When we got to the creamery the line was out the door... so we changed plans.  We ended up buying a tub of pink ice cream, wrapping it up and heading to my parents house.  Hailey was the one who ended up opening it and when she saw the pink she was so excited.  I love seeing her reaction.  

For the Bodines we bought two big pink and blue suckers.  We went to their house and Jared made up the rules.  He said we would both put the suckers in our mouth and whoever pulled their sucker out first, that would be what we were having.  Well he had the pink in his mouth so when he pulled it out they cheered.  Definitely some throw together gender announcements, but we really didn't want to do anything big.  Just something cheesy and fun with our families.

2/2/16  Saw Dr. Drewes today for my check up.  He is super nice.  I talked to him a little about getting some compression stockings because I am SO nervous about getting varicose veins like my mom.  I already have some that are starting to appear but never hurt and want to avoid the hurt as much as I can.  He gave me a prescription so hopefully that will help.  Other than that, all went well at the appointment!

Over the course of this pregnancy I have received so much free baby stuff.  We have been so blessed by the generosity of others.  Kris Kryscynski is a lady in our ward who, one day, put on facebook that she was getting rid of a bunch of baby stuff.  I immediately texted her and got SO much stuff from her.  She gave me hundreds of dollars worth of stuff.  Some of those things include a crib/changing table, crib sheets, pac n play, stroller, bumbo, 2 infant life jackets, high chair, maternity clothes, diaper bags, cloth diapers (still not sure if I'll use those), door gate, baby monitor, etc.  WOW! What a blessing.  I have also received some bags of clothes from coworkers, Taryn, and my mom.  Jared and I don't have much of an income so we are overwhelmed with gratitude for the things that we have.

New babies are an amazing blessing in this world and Jared and I truly can't wait to be parents!

ENTERING THE BLOGGING WORLD

Well I have finally started a blog for Jared and I.  I have been feeling very guilty recently about how little I document our lives.  I feel that it doesn't show my gratitude to Heavenly Father for the things that we have, the experiences we have gone through, and all of our blessings.

So here is my first post!  

I hope this will be a place that I can look back on all of our fond memories and fun pictures.