Christmas 2010

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Emmit's first trip to california/disneyland

My parents got an offer to stay at the Marriott's Newport Beach Coast Villas if they would listen to the time share presentation. They were offered a two bedroom condo so they invited our family. Emmitt had never been to california or Disneyland so we were excited to go. My dad rented a minivan and off we went. We spent a day at disneyland and another day at California adventure with my uncle who works for Disney. We had a wonderful time. Except when we were in the car--Elijah HATES being in his carseat. I hated to leave our place we were staying at. Our bathroom shower had to shower heads. I told my husband if we ever build a house I want a His/hers shower!!! ha ha.

Our Trip to Houston

We decided we needed to go to Texas before Elijah started walking! So we booked our reservation and spent a week away from reality to let Emmitt's family meet Elijah and get to know Tayva and I better since we have not been out there since we got married. We had a wonderful time with only a few minor problems with having a flat tire and getting horrible customer service from the car rental place--Basically they rented us a car that did not have the tools to fix the flat and because of the type of car it was the tow company could not help us either. And at first the rental place was going to make us pay for the car to get towed even though they rented us a car without all the equipment. If the stuff would have been in the car, emmitt could have done it all by himself. So I called them and threw a fit and they said they would send out a new car but it would be two hours (it was already 11 pm by now!!)) then they give us a much smaller car than we paid for and would not reimburse us. So we will never rent from them again. But it was so much fun seeing all of his family and going back to Keemah where we got married. Hopefully we can make another trip out there next year as well. I really enjoy his family. His twin sister is so much fun and hillarious.

Sealed

On June 19th our family was sealed in the Oquirrh Mountain temple. It was such a wonderful experience and we were blessed to have many family and friends there to support us!!! The following day my cousin toured us around temple square. Tayva adores my cousin Mary and we all had such a wonderful time with her.
The missionary who baptized Emmitt in Texas last year was able to attend our sealing as well which sort of tied everything up for his conversion.

Getting Sealed

Well I just wanted to say that after a year of being married Emmitt and I, along with our two children are going to be getting sealed in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple on June 19th. We are so very excited and blessed that things went so smoothly to allow Tayva to be sealed to Emmitt and I. It could have been a lot harder to have that happen but her biological father was very cooperative and sent us the letter of permission for this to happen!!! Emmitt took out his endowments last Saturday-June 5th and Elijah was blessed by my father the next day. (with Emmitt being a new convert he still was not comfortable blessing Elijah in front of so many people) we are loving having our little man home with us and can't believe he is already 7 weeks old. Tayva is having the time of her life with her new brother.and will actually ASK to change his diaper at times!!! She is such a wonderful "little mother" and is such a big help during the day when my husband has to sleep from working the night before.

Here he is!!!! (it's a long one but worth it)

Here he is!!!! Elijah was born April 27th at 1:11 pm. I had a prenatal appointment the day before and my blood pressure was super high from the pre-eclampsia so dr sent me to labor and delivery for further testing and I was told to pack my bags and return at midnight. I was super nervous since we weren't expecting to come in until april 30th. Well they started the induction by giving me cytotec. Three hours later I hadn't made any progress so they repeated it. 2 hours later I was dilated to almost a 5 and the nurse suggested I get my epidural. later on the doctor came in and broke my water and everything happened so fast after that. My epidural did not provide pain relief from my belly button down so I felt every contraction and ended up delivery this little guy feeling every bit of it!!! good thing he was only 6 pounds 7 ounces. In fact I had the urge to push for a while and the nurse said she thought it was too soon until she checked me. Then she panicked and told the doctor to hurry over. When he got to the room I said "You better hurry cuz I've got to push" Within a couple pushes he was here!!! He was so adorable and Tayva was in Heaven with him. She couldn't get enough of him!!! Emmitt got to cut the cord and give him his first bath. Later that night the pediatritian came in and checked him over. What we thought was an umbilical hernia the doctor wasn't convinced. He was concerned it was an omphalocele and wanted a second opinion. Since our hospital is so small surgery there would not be an option. The doctor returned after calling primary childrens and our little man ended up being life flighted to primary childrens hospital for immediate surgery. We were torn apart. Tayva could not stop crying as she watched her new little brother get taken away and Emmitt and I could not hold in our emotions either. My doctor came in the next morning and discharged me and we rushed up to salt lake to be with Elijah. The surgery ended up being necessary as not only did he have an omphalocele but he also had a volvulus which is where the intestines are twisted. So the doctors fixed his intestines, removed his appendix to prevent future problems and put the intestines that were pushing outside of his belly button back in and stitched him up. The doctor was also kind enough to circumcize him while he was already under anestesia!!! He was on a breathing machine for three days and last night they removed it and I got to hold him for the first time since the day he was born. Now we just have to reteach him how to feed. They estimate he will be there about 2-4 weeks for recovery. Everyone tells me how lucky Elijah is because if the doctor would have not caught it and i would have nursed him a lot more his little intestines would have been blocked and it could have been a LOT more serious. I am so greatful that the pediatrician was humble enough to want a second opinion. It's been a rough week but we are so pleased with the outcome and knowing our little man will make a quick recovery and we can soon bring him home.