There is something incredibly humbling at being at the mercy of others for so long. For four weeks we relied on my mom or Andrew’s mom for almost all of my needs as well as to take care of all the needs and desires of our children. We have been relying on so many kind…
Family
One Month Old
Dear Nathan, The first month of your life has been an adventure for our family. You have handled it all in stride by sleeping A LOT during the day and having a typical newborn schedule at night – you still earn your nickname Night Owl Nathan. You fall asleep well on your own with a…
Pink Temple Necklace
I don’t have or wear a lot of jewelry, but Emily knows exactly where it is and LOVES the necklace I earned in young women’s that has a picture of the Salt Lake Temple on it. I don’t let her wear it, so after one particular rough separation between the two of them Emily exclaimed…
God’s in the Details
Three weeks ago I had a baby and my body promptly fell apart. With regular postpartum healing, a separated pubic bone, and battling C. Diff I have never felt so worn out in my entire life. My family has been separated during the last three weeks while I was in the hospital first for having…
Nathan’s First Bath
It took us three weeks to reach this milestone. Emily was thrilled they BOTH were taking baths and insisted Nathan went first. He was not pleased with getting his body washed. When Andrew started washing his hair he felt very differently about the experience. We also discovered he truly has a head full of curly…
One Week Old
Dear Nathan, You are truly a blessing in our home, a gift from Heavenly Father. You have brought our family closer together and have already shared such joy with your presence. You are also drawing us closer to our Savior and for that we are very grateful. Nathan you are a sweet boy. You…
Moments (via Grandma Moose)
*If it isn’t a grainy picture of Nathan, my mom gets the photo credit. I’m so glad she could document little moments of our first week together while I laid in bed. Hanging out with day old Nathan at the hospital. I just cannot get over his curly hair. I love how it always looks…
Emily Meets Nathan
On Friday night when I was tucking Emily into bed, she kept patting my stomach and saying, “baby boy, baby boy, baby boy.” I think she knew he was coming. She has been waiting for months and months and months to hold the baby boy when he is born in her hands. She has been…
38 weeks 2 days: Welcome Nathan!
On Sunday, October 18 we were talking with Andrew’s family and his mom asked if I’d started having contractions yet (I was 37 weeks the upcoming Thursday). I was happy to report there were no symptoms of labor. The next morning I woke up and began have steady braxton hicks all day long. They continued…
Prayer
I am so grateful for prayer. During the last few months I poured my heart out to God about all sorts of things relating to me and my family: staying mobile enough during pregnancy to keep up with Emily and go on walks in the morning even with all of my pain; blessing our baby…