Update #1: We're having another boy!

Clear back in May we ended the month with a very nice, yet exhausting hike up Timpinogos. Little did I know that there was a fertilized little egg in me dividing into cells and creating a human being. June came and went and so did visits from family, girls camp and the start of summer. Still felt great and didn't notice anything different until about the weekend before the 4th of July. I mentioned casually to Scott that I thought I might have missed my period, that's right, my period! I have never ever ever ever missed this blessed monthly visitor in all the 20 or so years this has been happening. So to miss was a big deal. I wasn't keeping track but I knew it should have happened. Now mind you, just a few weeks earlier we received all our new paperwork from LDS Family services to get our second adoption going. I had most of the paperwork filled out and we had our first meeting with LDSFSA coming up in July.

I was at work and Scott called me. "You should go get a pregnancy test during your lunch break." No way, I thought. No way is this happening. I admit, I was past the "I'm going to get pregnant someday" and was into the "adopt all my kids" state of mind. Scott was a little more optimistic. After a little coaxing I went and bought not one, but three tests. I have to say, on my way to the store I started to get a little excited but I also tried desperately to brush that excited feeling aside to help protect my heart. Too many heartbreaks to take another!

That night I said a prayer that all would be as is should. Pregnant or not pregnant I would go on and be upbeat and happy knowing that we still had our adoption paperwork we were working on. Either way we'd have another child.

The next morning I woke up a little before 6am and went into the bathroom straight away to take the test. Getting it out of the package took forever and trying to figure out how to get an accurate reading after all my shaking was a miracle. I didn't look at the peed on stick until the whole three minutes was up...no sooner! When I looked down and saw that it was positive I yelped back a scream and then just let the tears flow! Never had I ever read my own positive pregnancy test! I walked back into the room with the stick and woke Scott up. I knelt down and said, "It's positive, I'm pregnant!" We just held each other while we cried. I took two more test to confirm my findings and then immediately called the Dr.

When I called the Dr's office (my fertility Dr. was no longer under my insurance and so I had to go with a new Doc.) the cute receptionist asked me all the normal questions and then scheduled me for an appointment for August 25th (mind you I made this call on July 2nd) I nicely explained to her my history and told her that I would be seen ASAP!!!!! I went in for blood work the following Monday (July 5th) which confirmed that I truly was pregnant and that I was very low on Progesterone. When the nurse called to report their findings she admitted to me that she surprised that I had not miscarried with having such low progesterone. WHAT... That is not what I wanted to hear. I wanted something done immediately. The nurse accommodated my demand and put me on progesterone suppositories that day. She also scheduled an ultra sound for the following Monday to see if they could hear a heart beat.

They did! (Little babe at 6 weeks)

This whole experience has brought such light and knowledge into my life. The Lord truly knows what we need. The very second I looked down at the positive pregnancy test that blessed morning I knew Awesome was supposed to be my son! Our plan was to wait and be patient for his sweet little soul to join our family and without a doubt that wouldn't have happened if we weren't in our fertility predicament and hadn't pursued adoption and all the other wonderful experience that go along with it. I look at Awesome now and can not imagine my life without him. I see this miracle, and now feel this miracle and know that this again was just another part of the plan. I have the wonderful, not expected, miracle of helping out in the creation of another human being. My first son was a miracle and my second son is a miracle. What's even better is that both of these miracles have their own miraculous story! I'm a very blessed woman, a very blessed mother and I'm so thankful to my Heavenly Father for allowing me these two precious experiences.

Healthy baby boy!

Quick Update

Here's some quick tidbits of info: We are expecting a boy in February, I quit my job and am finally back home with Awesome, Scott went back to school, we are down to one car, and I'll be back to blogging in no time! See ya guys soon!

"Where have you been"....

everyone's saying; "where did you go?", they all scream. "How's Awesome doing?, We want to see more pics."
Well, we've just been here. Nothing exciting and new....."come along, where expecting you" (the Love Boat theme song just jumped into my head)
Anyway, I figured it was about time I jumped on my bandwagon that i fell off of a couple months ago and get back into blogging! I mean Hell-o, I used to dream of different posts I could right about. Lately I've been thinking about the next YW activity comin up, how getting up at 6:10am is totally cramping my style or what are we having for dinner, playing with Awesome, and how I haven't put my garden in yet! I just want you to know (and really this is all for me), I'm going to get better. So, in the mean time enjoy some quick pics of my sweet boy!

I was looking through my pics the other night and came across this precious one. Man, they grow so fast!

Awesome loves to snort, he does it to make you laugh. As you can see I'm laughing....maybe a little to awkwardly! (yikes)



Awesome's hair has grown like a mop. He's already had two haircuts! After all the fun and crying he likes a little squirt down!

At home in the tub or out at the pool, we love the water...

..and the Dinosaur museum!

Catch ya later!

My Dear Granny Franny

On Feb. 2, 2010 my dear sweet grandma, Frances Marie Ewell, one of my dearest friends, and like a second mother to me, passed away at the age of 89. I will miss her greatly. Life just won't be the same without her. She was there at the bus stop when I started my first day of Kindergarten and she was there the day I graduated from high school. She came to every birthday, holiday, and other events in between. I remember when we would spend a week with her every summer. We would walk every where, stay up and have midnight snacks and enjoy her pineapple cookies. She always played with us. One time she even strapped on roller skates and skated around with us until she finally crashed into the fence. I have more memories then I can count with this special woman. No one had a grandma like I did. I wanted to share with you the montage Scott put together for my grandma's viewing and funeral. Enjoy. p.s her sweet husband, my grandpa, passed away just over 30 years ago. What a sweet reunion that must have been!

Our Holiday through pictures

Well, I believe it's about time to bring you up to speed on our Holiday. We really had a great season and we had a lot of fun but I do have to admit it's nice to finally take a breath and not have to worry about anything I need to get done. Although, Christmas this year was the best I've had in longer then I can remember. It's amazing how having children can do that. I also want to mention that there are hardly any pics of Scott. Poor guy, when you're the photographer you kinda get left out. He's been there for everything, just on the other end of the camera. Thanks babe for taking the pics! Here we go:

Here's my little man sportn' his winter gear!

Chillin with dad before bedtime.
Thanksgiving was spent at my parents house with both Grandma Sanderson and Ewell. It was a small party but very nice. Of course a lot of good food and Awesome loved the sweet potatoes and turkey.

Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving if Scott didn't have a diet coke in his hands!

Our first official family picture. (For some reason the picture looks a little grainy, it really doesn't look like that) Turned out better then we thought it would. Awesome was awesome and you wouldn't even know it was snowing a little when the picture was taken.

Thanks to mom and dad for helping us out with the picture! Love you guys!

One night I mentioned to Scott how nice it would be to have a mantle I could hang my Christmas stockings from. Wal-ah! Scott took the initiative and within less then a month my mere mention became a reality! Thanks Lance for helping Scott....in making a mess of my house.

Before

After

Christmas Eve at the Harmon's. Grandma Harmon reading a Christmas story.

Awesome sportn' his stylin Christmas getup.

Awesome's first Christmas gift.

From cousins Jonas and Max

Yea! We love it. Thanks guys.

Christmas pj's

Christmas morning was so fun! We all just watched Awesome enjoy what Santa brought this year. He loves his awesome dump truck....

and his even cooler and personalized table and chairs from Grandma and Grandpa Sanderson.

We made a trip to Midway to check out the ice castles. They were pretty cool.

Kelly (visiting from Alabama) with dad

Awesome celebrated his first birthday at the end of December. We had such a wonderful turn out for his birthday. Singing Happy Birthday was a shock to Awesome. He wasn't quite sure why everyone was singing to him. Then, he had a candle shoved in his face. I'm sure by the look on his face he was thinking, "what the heck, first they sing and now a candle, what do I do with this?"

so to deal with all the pressure he just cried...

Until mom let him eat some cake. I'm sure he was thinking, "oh sure, now I'm allowed to eat a whole load of sugar...I don't know what to do!"

Awesome loves his water and it went along great with all that cake.

What you see above is all he really ate. No prob. We'll go clean you up for presents and games. (wow, I look a little too excited)

He liked the Pumpkin cake though...

and loved all his cool birthday gifts...

and playing with the all balloons

Awesome went to bed that night around 9:00. He was doing well, just getting over a cold. At 11:30 we heard him cough pretty hard. We ran into his room and there he was sitting in a ton of mucas and barely breathing. We were scared to death. This was the first time ever Awesome had been sick. It was a shock to have this come on so suddenly. I blamed the Birthday cake. After a blessing from Scott and some bundling up we made our way to the ER where we spent the next 4-5 hours. I had a feeling it might be croup and while we were there it was confirmed. Poor guy. He was a trooper though. What a way to end your first Birthday.

Awesome did so well. He never cried, he growled a lot at the nurses (he likes to growl) and said "ah oh" alot after throwing his plug (pacifier)

Awesome is finally getting over his nasty cold. He still belts out a brutle cough here and there but he's still as happy and spunky as ever. We enjoyed New Years eve with friends and enjoyed spending time off with friends and family. We hope you all enjoyed your holiday's and hope 2010 brings you joy and happiness!