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.

Sorry no cute pictures with this one!!!

Well I just wanted to say that we are having our little man even sooner than expected. Tonight we will go in and start the induction. We were supposed to have the baby friday which is still three weeks early but at my prenatal appointment today my blood pressure was pretty outrageous and I had a headache so to prevent further complications with my preeclampsia the doctor wants to induce tonight. So I am extremely scared but I will have faith that all will go well.

baby shower 4/17/2010

I just wanted to post some pictures from my baby shower that a good friend of mine from Salt Lake planned for me. She drove all the way down here and did an amazing job. She should really consider being a party planner/caterer for a living (she also provided the food and such at my wedding reception) I definately have to say I was spoiled and was so blessed to be around good friends (some drove as far as Salt lake and Las Vegas) It was good to see everyone since bed rest has left me in the dark for the past few weeks!!!

Dead at 40??????

Last night when Tayva was getting ready for bed she was telling me about all the girls in her class that had "boyfriends" I asked her if she had one. She said "NO way--I don't want one" So I told her good. You should probably wait until your 40 before you get a boyfriend. Her response: "40??????? I'll be dead by then!!!! " I could not help but laugh my head off as I proceded to tell her the people in her life that were about to be 40!!!!

10 Questions God won't ask........

So my friend sent this to me in an e-mail. It was perfect for me because many times I am guilty of comparing myself to others and wishing I had "more" But then I have to stop and remember how blessed I have been to be able to have Tayva in my life and a new husband and all my friends that I have been able to continue to keep contact with over the years. So I thought I would post it for others to see but also to have on hand during my "down" times. Here it goes:

10 Questions God Won't Ask
1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove, He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.
2. God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
3. God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.
4. God won't ask what your highest salary was, He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.
5. God won't ask what your job title was, He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of our ability.
6. God won't ask how many friends you had, He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
7. God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
8. God won't ask about the color of your skin, He'll ask about the content of your character.
9. God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation, He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.
10. God won't ask how many people you shared this with, He'll ask if you were ashamed to.

Little children, let us not love in word or speech,but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18-24