I really need to get back on the blog train! But at least we're putting forth a little effort right? I guess this post will just be updates, just like the rest of our posts are. SORRY!
Easter was wonderful, and of course Emma got too much and WAY too much candy, seriously, we still have half a huge serving bowl left and the only reason so much is gone is because my grandma is staying with us and she loves her candy, it's a win win situation for both of us.
On April 14th, my wonderful, older sister Cassie return from her mission in Taiwan, I still can't believe she was gone for eighteen months, it's like she never left, the only reason I know she was gone is because she is now speaking a weird language known as Chinese, and HATES American food. Emma loves her Aunt Tassie and can't get enough of her.
I finally had my hystrosalpingogram and it I found out that everything is perfectly fine, the only things they found are my uterus is misshapen and is tilted towards my belly button, but I was told that it isn't something that would affect my chances of getting pregnant, it's just something that you don't see everyday, especially when they are together. So we're still on our little mission to get pregnant, hopefully soon seeing how we wanted another baby by this point!
My family (meaning my sister, my mom and dad, and my little brother) all went back to Taiwan last Thursday, the 23rd, and so we have had my grandma since then. It's been a blast! No really I love my grandma and she has been better than I could have asked for. I now have a deeper appreciation for what my mom deals with 24/7. I already have been watching my grandma every Tuesday and Thursday so I already had a pretty good idea of what she went through, but doing it 24/7 for over a week now has taken its toll. But I love my grandma and I would do it 24/7 for the rest of her life.
Finals week was this last week, it feels so nice to finally been done with another semester of school. And I'm pretty sure I kicked some major butt during my finals so that always feels good.
Neil started graveyards and it has taken its toll on him. When he would get home from work he either had to go to school or take Emma while I went to school, so he was exhausted, but now that school is over we will see how things work out. It is nice to have him home for dinner and to have FHE though, so I can't complain too much, I just always feel like I have to be extremely quiet when he's sleeping, and you try that with a two year old.
Emma is wonderful, of course. I still can't believe she is two! The weather has finally been extremely wonderful so we have spent the majority of our time outside while Emma plays with the neighbor kids, which is nice to sit outside and let her do her thing. These past two days have been hard while it has been stormy, hopefully next week we will be able to go outside again.
Our life has been eventful to say the least, but it looks as if things are going to start dieing down within the next few days, so it will be nice to really enjoy my summer with Emma and Neil.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter and updates...
Well...Let me start with friday. On friday, Ali, Emma and myself went to a few scenic areas in and a round town, to take some pictures of Emma.
on saturday we had my family's easter party. Emma had a lot of fun. She really enjoys looking for the eggs and candy.
Later that day, we were invited to Dan and Brandi's parents to have another easter egg hunt for the kids. It was for Lukas and Emma. They both had a lot of fun.
Sunday morning was fun because Emma got to see her easter basket. We decided to also hide all of her candy instead of purring it in her basket. She was going crazy. I will try and upload the video later today.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Whew! What a month!
Man I can't believe it's already April. I've really been slacking in the blogging department and I'm sorry for that. Right now I should be writing a research paper but I thought to myself, "No! I need to update everyone on our lives before I can even think about working on my paper!" So you all should feel extremely special.
March was a whirlwind of a month. I guess I will start from the beginning. It started with yet another visit to the fertility doctor...yes what fun. We talked about my options and I have to get what's called a hysterosalpingogram (sp), it's where the will inject dye into my uterus to see if my fallopian tubes are blocked of if there's scarring. If that comes back clear then I will start taking a new pill called Femara, it's actually a pill for breast cancer, but it's been proven to help with fertility, and along with Femara my doctor strongly suggested that I start artificial insemination....it was just a suggestion so Neil and I are seriously talking about it, it's about $340 each time...BLAH! But that's it for now.
Our month then continued with what we do everyday, homework has started to pile up thanks to the end of the semester and to my wonderful ability to procrastinate....I call it an ability others would call it a disability...you decide for yourself.
Lately I've been going through some really challening times, not just with infertility, but with life in general and I can't tell you how many times I've found myself on my knees crying to my Heavenly Father asking for comfort and guidance. I felt so alone at times, but it seems when I'm in the pit of it all, if I just pray, I've felt Christ's arms around me, letting me know that I'm not alone in all of this, he's been where I am and I can get through this. His love for me is so real and so undeniable I often wonder how people just don't get it. And when I look at Emma I see the light of Christ in her eyes. She's always been so in tune with everything. She loves my grandma Barker (she has Alzheimer's and isn't very nice, only to Emma). She will sit on her lap (which she never does with anyone else, only grandma) and let her rock her back and forth while singing. She loves giving everyone kisses, she loves everyone...I can see why we need to be as little children, not just full of faith, but full of love, hope, learning, everything. I hope to one day be as wonderful as Emma is.
March was a whirlwind of a month. I guess I will start from the beginning. It started with yet another visit to the fertility doctor...yes what fun. We talked about my options and I have to get what's called a hysterosalpingogram (sp), it's where the will inject dye into my uterus to see if my fallopian tubes are blocked of if there's scarring. If that comes back clear then I will start taking a new pill called Femara, it's actually a pill for breast cancer, but it's been proven to help with fertility, and along with Femara my doctor strongly suggested that I start artificial insemination....it was just a suggestion so Neil and I are seriously talking about it, it's about $340 each time...BLAH! But that's it for now.
Our month then continued with what we do everyday, homework has started to pile up thanks to the end of the semester and to my wonderful ability to procrastinate....I call it an ability others would call it a disability...you decide for yourself.
Lately I've been going through some really challening times, not just with infertility, but with life in general and I can't tell you how many times I've found myself on my knees crying to my Heavenly Father asking for comfort and guidance. I felt so alone at times, but it seems when I'm in the pit of it all, if I just pray, I've felt Christ's arms around me, letting me know that I'm not alone in all of this, he's been where I am and I can get through this. His love for me is so real and so undeniable I often wonder how people just don't get it. And when I look at Emma I see the light of Christ in her eyes. She's always been so in tune with everything. She loves my grandma Barker (she has Alzheimer's and isn't very nice, only to Emma). She will sit on her lap (which she never does with anyone else, only grandma) and let her rock her back and forth while singing. She loves giving everyone kisses, she loves everyone...I can see why we need to be as little children, not just full of faith, but full of love, hope, learning, everything. I hope to one day be as wonderful as Emma is.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Good day for math!
Well, I just thought i would let everyone know that i won the factoring bee at UVU. I got first place along with a cash prize. It was pretty cool. I wasn't even intending to win, just doing it for the extra credit in math. The problem i won on was as follows:
(27x^3-1)
and since i remembered the following formula, (a^3 + b^3) = (a + b)(a^2 – ab + b^2), I was able to solve the problem. It was cool. I am glad too, because I think this is just about the first anything that i have ever won (aside from various awards and stuff in school, church and what not). To be more specific, the first competition I've gotten first in.
Anyways...
(27x^3-1)
and since i remembered the following formula, (a^3 + b^3) = (a + b)(a^2 – ab + b^2), I was able to solve the problem. It was cool. I am glad too, because I think this is just about the first anything that i have ever won (aside from various awards and stuff in school, church and what not). To be more specific, the first competition I've gotten first in.
Anyways...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Emma's Party!
Well, last saturday we celebrated Emma's birthday party. We kept it pretty simple, just cake, icecream and presents with family and friends. We failed to get any pictures of Emma blowing out the candles, but Ali will put some up in a day or two, from her parents SD card.
Oh, also...congrats to Dan and Brandi who had their little baby girl the very next day!
Opening up presents
Playing With her Little People set.
This is the cake I made her. She liked it i think.Wednesday, February 25, 2009
My Baby's 2!!!
I can't believe my baby girl is two years old today! Happy birthday Emma. Your daddy and i sure do love you. You have brought so much joy into our lives. Heavenly Father certainly blessed us when he gave us you.
Emma had a great day today, we woke her up this morning so she could open her present before I went off to school. It was a pink toy piano and she LOVES it, she has been playing it all day and if you think she'll let you play it, think again. She has told Neil and I several times, "NO! Emma turn." We laugh and back away. Her birthday party isn't until Saturday, so we'll get pictures up of that when it happens.
I can still remember the day Emma was born, and I still get teary-eyed every time I think about it. She wasn't due for 3 more weeks, but I wasn't feeling her move so Neil and my mom talked me into going to the hospital just to make sure everything was ok, I mean the worst they could do was say go home. So we got to the hospital at midnight and the hooked me up the an NST. I had been having contractions for a month and a half so to see that I was still having them was no surprise, the surprise came when whenever I had a contraction Emma would supposedly move so the nurses had to adjust everything and try again. This went on until about 2 in the morning when my doctor came in to see how I was, he looked at the strip and decided that Emma's heart-rate wasn't doing exactly what he wanted it to do, but it was nothing to worry about, so he checked me and informed me that I was 4 centimeters dilated and 100% effaced, he then decided to tickle Emma's head to see if that would get her to move...and it did for a little while. He decided to keep me over night to just keep tabs on me. Neil left to take my mom back home (who lives only about a mile away from the hospital). By the time Neil got back they had an oxygen mask on me and were starting an IV. What happened while he was gone was my doctor was about to go home and get some sleep when he looked at Emma's NST strip while he was leaving and noticed that every time I had a contraction Emma wasn't moving, but instead her heart rate was plummeting, so try oxygen and fluids to see if that would help. Neil was freaking out, as I was worried myself. Neil got on the phone to call my mom while my doctor came in the room to tell me that he sent Emma's strip to a specialist and the specialist told him that Emma has to come out NOW! They talked about inducing me, but decided that the contractions would be too much stress for Emma and could kill her...so C-section it was. My whole family was there before I left and Neil's was on their way. Neil and my doctor gave me a blessing and I was off. My mom was actually allowed to be in the operating room (which never happens but since my mom works at the hospital I delivered at they let her). After I got scrubbed up and my spinal Neil came in and they began. It didn't take them more that 30 min. to get Emma out, she was 5 lbs. 2 oz. and 19 1/2 in. long. She wasn't crying and my mom tells me she was black and blue and lifeless...I tried not to worry myself telling myself that some babies don't cry for a few minutes....but after I heard the doctors talking about getting life-flight and that she was in critical condition I started to cry and ask my mom if my baby was ok...my mom told me, as calmly as she could, that Emma was beautiful with tons of black hair.
I didn't see Emma for five hours, as the doctors and nurses were trying to stabilize her, and when I did see her it was for about 5 min. Emma was life-flighted the the U. of U. hospital where she stayed in the NICU for 6 days, I was there everyday. The nurses and the U. of U. told me that if i would have waited 12 more hours Emma would have been dead.
I'm so grateful for my Emma...she is beautiful, smart, creative, funny, energetic, loving, and so many more things. I can't wait for the many more years of joy she brings to our family.
My first time seeing Emma, right before she was life-flighted...they inti bated her so she couldn't even open her eyes.
Her first day in NICU. She couldn't breathe so she has a C-PAP which helped her breathe. You can also kind of see her chest tube.
Her first day home from the hospital...look how little she was.
My first time really being able to see her and touch her. I still couldn't hole her though. I was a little emotional...
Last year at her first birthday party!
Emma playing her piano this morning...she has this thing where she won't sleep with a shirt on...it's weird.
Emma and her new pink piano.
Emma opening her piano this morning.
Emma had a great day today, we woke her up this morning so she could open her present before I went off to school. It was a pink toy piano and she LOVES it, she has been playing it all day and if you think she'll let you play it, think again. She has told Neil and I several times, "NO! Emma turn." We laugh and back away. Her birthday party isn't until Saturday, so we'll get pictures up of that when it happens.
I can still remember the day Emma was born, and I still get teary-eyed every time I think about it. She wasn't due for 3 more weeks, but I wasn't feeling her move so Neil and my mom talked me into going to the hospital just to make sure everything was ok, I mean the worst they could do was say go home. So we got to the hospital at midnight and the hooked me up the an NST. I had been having contractions for a month and a half so to see that I was still having them was no surprise, the surprise came when whenever I had a contraction Emma would supposedly move so the nurses had to adjust everything and try again. This went on until about 2 in the morning when my doctor came in to see how I was, he looked at the strip and decided that Emma's heart-rate wasn't doing exactly what he wanted it to do, but it was nothing to worry about, so he checked me and informed me that I was 4 centimeters dilated and 100% effaced, he then decided to tickle Emma's head to see if that would get her to move...and it did for a little while. He decided to keep me over night to just keep tabs on me. Neil left to take my mom back home (who lives only about a mile away from the hospital). By the time Neil got back they had an oxygen mask on me and were starting an IV. What happened while he was gone was my doctor was about to go home and get some sleep when he looked at Emma's NST strip while he was leaving and noticed that every time I had a contraction Emma wasn't moving, but instead her heart rate was plummeting, so try oxygen and fluids to see if that would help. Neil was freaking out, as I was worried myself. Neil got on the phone to call my mom while my doctor came in the room to tell me that he sent Emma's strip to a specialist and the specialist told him that Emma has to come out NOW! They talked about inducing me, but decided that the contractions would be too much stress for Emma and could kill her...so C-section it was. My whole family was there before I left and Neil's was on their way. Neil and my doctor gave me a blessing and I was off. My mom was actually allowed to be in the operating room (which never happens but since my mom works at the hospital I delivered at they let her). After I got scrubbed up and my spinal Neil came in and they began. It didn't take them more that 30 min. to get Emma out, she was 5 lbs. 2 oz. and 19 1/2 in. long. She wasn't crying and my mom tells me she was black and blue and lifeless...I tried not to worry myself telling myself that some babies don't cry for a few minutes....but after I heard the doctors talking about getting life-flight and that she was in critical condition I started to cry and ask my mom if my baby was ok...my mom told me, as calmly as she could, that Emma was beautiful with tons of black hair.
I didn't see Emma for five hours, as the doctors and nurses were trying to stabilize her, and when I did see her it was for about 5 min. Emma was life-flighted the the U. of U. hospital where she stayed in the NICU for 6 days, I was there everyday. The nurses and the U. of U. told me that if i would have waited 12 more hours Emma would have been dead.
I'm so grateful for my Emma...she is beautiful, smart, creative, funny, energetic, loving, and so many more things. I can't wait for the many more years of joy she brings to our family.
My first time seeing Emma, right before she was life-flighted...they inti bated her so she couldn't even open her eyes.
Her first day in NICU. She couldn't breathe so she has a C-PAP which helped her breathe. You can also kind of see her chest tube.
Her first day home from the hospital...look how little she was.
My first time really being able to see her and touch her. I still couldn't hole her though. I was a little emotional...
Last year at her first birthday party!
Emma playing her piano this morning...she has this thing where she won't sleep with a shirt on...it's weird.
Emma and her new pink piano.
Emma opening her piano this morning.
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