A Baby!

As many of you already know, we had our baby on October 8, 2010 at 5:16 pm. She weighed 9 lbs, 19.5 inches long. It was so exciting to finally see her! I really think that is the best moment, when you finally get to see what your baby looks like. She is way cuter than what her ultrasounds showed, and she was pretty cute on the ultrasound! She's now 2 weeks old and it has been quite the exciting two weeks.


We stayed in the hospital over the weekend and to our surprise, as we were packing up to go home, Meghan's mom and dad showed up! They weren't planning on coming until the first weekend in November (since the baby wasn't due until yesterday!) so it was quite the surprise. We got to spend a few hours with them at our house and they helped us get everything home. It was the best surprise we could ask for. Thanks to Katie for making it all happen :)



The first week was exciting. Lucy had jaundice pretty bad so she spent all week on a bilibed to help her lower her bilirubin levels and Meghan had an infection which was quite the awful feeling. We learned the blessing of modern medicine and technology through all of this though. Meghan's antibiotics had her feeling a LOT better within 2 hours of taking the first one and Lucy didn't have to go stay at the hospital because now they have portable bilibeds that you can keep at your house. It was so nice to have her at home with us and be able to take care of her during that week. Plus, the bilibed made for some really cool pictures :)


Last week was great. Lucy was officially healthy and not needing the bilibed anymore and Meghan's infection was basically gone. Johanna came to visit from Texas and help out which was fun. It's always great to see family, especially when Meghan's family from out of town comes to visit. We don't get to see them that often. We got to see baby Kingston which was fun too. He is 5 months older than Lucy and 5 times bigger. It's really funny to see.


Lucy is probably the cutest baby in the world. I'm sure all moms and dads think that about their kids, huh. But we love her so much and love to spend time with her. It's fun to watch her wiggle and use her arms and legs, to watch her stretch and make lots of funny faces, and just to cuddle with her. We love having her here with us and can't imagine life without her. She is such a huge blessing in our lives and is totally worth any sleep we might miss out on now and then :)


Heavenly Father has blessed us so much lately, and Lucy is one of the biggest blessings our family has received. She is a constant reminder to us that God is real and that He loves each and every one of His children, including the three of us. Every day we see how Heavenly Father is helping us and blessing us as we try to take care of a baby and finish up school and provide for our family. She brings so much joy to our home and we love having her.

September Update

I kept putting this update off, I don't know why, but I figure now is a good time to finally blog about September. This month was fun.

We had dinner at our friend Bryndi's house which was great. We got to spend time with her and with Maria and Ben (Maria and Bryndi and I served in the Relief Society presidency together in our singles ward). We love spending time with them and it was great to have just good conversation with good people.

At the beginning of the month we went to the cabin with Katie and Brad up in Wyoming. We love it there and it was fun to spend time with them as well and get out of Orem. We also got to see the only football game that BYU has won while we were up there.
Jared's mom had a baby shower for us this month as well which was really fun. We feel so blessed. So many people have given us so much to help us have a baby in our home. We got to go to La Carreta's (an awesome Peruvian restaurant in Orem) for the baby shower and the food was delicious. Alejandra is an amazing woman (and cook!) and we are so grateful for all she did for us that day. It was fun to have Katie there, especially since home is too far away to visit. I love having her here. It'll be sad when she isn't living in Utah anymore next year. It was also great to spend some time with Jared's extended family as well. They are so good to me.

Today Jared brought me home flowers (and reese's cups) which was awesome. The camera took pictures in sepia for some reason but I thought they turned out cool so I just left it that way. I must say it was a great surprise. I've been home all week not allowed to do much so I've felt a bit down and bored lately, and the flowers just made my day. What a good husband.


Last weekend was great. We love general conference and heard lots of good talks from the brethren. During Priesthood session I got to spend time with Jared's sister and mom which was really fun too. Sherrie took us to a Philly Cheesesteak place she's been wanting to try and it was delicious. I'm just saying, if someone wants to bring me some delicious food after I have the baby while I'm in the hospital, I won't mind if they bring me one of those sandwiches ;)

Between sessions on Saturday and after the second session Sunday we got to take field trips to the hospital which added to the fun of our weekend as well. I have been coming home with swollen feet lately, which is normal, but Friday I woke up with swollen feet and they didn't get any better by Saturday. I also woke up Saturday with a wicked headache so I called the after-hours line for our doctor's office and the doctor told me to go in to get checked out. Turns out my blood platelet level is low or something and so I was told to stay home until my doctor's appointment on Tuesday and take it easy. Tuesday the doctor told us that he didn't want to risk the platelet level getting any lower because that will cause a lot of complications and since I will be at 38 weeks and 1 day on Friday if Lucy hasn't come before then (like, tomorrow) then he'll induce me on Friday.

So looks like we will have a baby sooner than we expected! We figured she would come early - I'm convinced she is trying to escape for how much she moves around in there - so this wasn't a HUGE surprise but I must admit staying home all week is really quite boring. I am finding things to do with my time but I do get some pretty uncomfortable headaches and I'm really tired most of the time so I just get what homework done that I can and then take lots of naps. Good thing Katie and Brad set us up with a free month of Netflix :)

Anyways, that's our exciting news. We are looking forward to having Johanna come visit next week to help out with the baby, seeing mom and dad at the beginning of November, and of course having a little baby in our home! It is really an amazing thing to think that Heavenly Father trusts us with one of His children and allows them to come into our lives and bless us. We really have felt like this whole experience has been a blessing and we can't wait to finally get to see what little Lucy Ruth looks like.

It's amazing how much love you can feel for someone you haven't met yet. I know that there is a God, and I honestly don't know how anyone who experiences what we have these last 9 months could ever doubt it. Just the whole concept of our bodies being able to create a perfectly functioning body inside of us that knows how to breath and eat and sleep and cry and do all kinds of things as soon as they are born is incomprehensible to me. What a miracle. I have a feeling when we actually get to see and hold this little girl, those feelings will only be magnified. What a blessing it is to be able to start a family together and know that because we made promises in the temple that we will be together forever. THAT is amazing.

The beginnings of a lot of things . . .

Well, it's basically September and we are looking forward to a school year full of a lot of new things . . . a new baby, new jobs, a new school year with new classes . . . just to name a few. And the last month has been pretty exciting as well . . .

We are now visiting the doctor every two weeks instead of once a month AND we took a prenatal class this month, which makes it seem like this baby might actually come out one day! :) We love our doctor so we don't mind visiting more often and our prenatal class was really helpful so we just feel packed full of baby/birthing information. Wahoo! At times it's really exciting, and other times it is kinda crazy/weird to think we'll be having a baby. But all in all, we really are excited.

Meghan is officially obviously pregnant as you can see and is obviously swollen from the 100 degree weather we've had off and on the last few weeks . . . ugh!
(the photographer suggested I pull my dress back so you can see my belly, just so you know . . . i don't normally stand around holding up my belly with my hand . . . haha)

Anyways, baby is great. She kicks like crazy and really enjoys having a dance party after I eat. The heartburn of pregnancy I could definitely do without and I look forward to a day when I can sit however I want and not have back aches but such is life :)

Meghan is officially done teaching swim lessons and Jared is done working at RCWilley. Meghan will be interpreting at BYU for a few Deaf students (she finally passed her certification test!) as well as teaching a few classes at the library and Jared is working for the Distance Learning program as a tech guy at UVU. He is excited to work on campus and take lots of classes this semester and Meghan is excited to interpret and finish up her grad school classes this semester.

We have been really blessed in that all of Meghan's teachers/bosses are being very flexible with the pregnancy since the baby is due a few days after the halfway mark of the semester and she is excited to finish up her courses so she can finish up her thesis during the winter semester.

Last Friday was Meghan's last day working at the Timpanogos temple which was bitter sweet. It is an amazing experience to be there serving others every week and we love every minute of it, but Meghan's back has reached it's limit sadly so it was the right time to take a break. It's sad to think it will be a VERY long break, but it will be exciting when all our kids are out of the house to think we can share that time serving in the temple again. We recommend anyone who is willing and able to serve in the temple to go to your bishop and ask! It really is amazing. The most peaceful hours of the week. There is no doubt in our minds that the temple is the House of the Lord. His Spirit truly is there.

Well, that's about it for this month. We had a great month of August and September looks like it will be pretty great, too. Let us know how you all are doing. We love you!

A baby!!

So it's true. We are having a baby girl in October. Sometime around October 23 to be specific. And we've finally scanned in a few ultrasound pictures.



She's so cute huh :) Everything is going well. I need to get more sleep and not work as much so I'm just going to teach swimming lessons and not work at 7 Peaks during the month of August which is not a problem for me. It wasn't my favorite job anyways :)

Jared has an interview for a potentially awesome job next Monday which he is really excited about. So we'll see how that goes. We've had our nieces Sharon and Carol staying with us and Aunt Sarah for the last week and they will be here for one week more. We've been having a lot of fun.

We've swam at the indoor pool and ventured to go off the diving board. We'll be swimming at the outdoor pool tomorrow. Sharon is making a shirt and Carol is making a dress from patterns and fabric we found at Joann's which is quite a handful of work but has been really fun so far. They 'll be really cute we're sure of it. Carol got to go to the Justin Bieber concert (or Kevin Beaver as Jared likes to say) on Saturday with Aunt Sarah while Sharon went out with Jared and I for her birthday. We got to go to Color Me Mine and to a really good new Italian restaurant Terra Mia and we also got to see Avatar: The Last Airbender. Let me tell you, the reviews talk it down but we actually really liked it. I didn't realize there were going to be 3 movies so the end came sooner than I expected but we are looking forward to the next 2. They are really clean and fun to watch and they did a good job with the special effects, or at least we think so :)

Jared recently was called to be the Elder's Quorum Secretary so I am on my own in the Primary now. I mean, I've always been doing the music by myself but I don't get to see him there anymore. He's enjoying his new calling though and I'm glad he gets to spend time in Elder's Quorum again. I know he enjoys it. I'm still teaching the Primary music time and let me tell you, trying to teach little kids to memorize the words to "Come Follow Me" is really tricky! I will never complain about trying to teach a song from the Primary book again. They are so much more simple! We're both still working at the temple which we love. It is really the best thing of the week. We always look forward to going. If you haven't been to the temple in awhile, GO! There is just nothing better.

We hope everyone is doing well. We'll try to be better about updating everyone on our lives, especially now that I have recovered from my recent loss of my email address. We love you all!

New Blog

Here's our new blog! I'll actually post something sometime soon but I just wanted to get it up and running before I went to bed tonight. My old gmail and facebook were compromised by someone who tried to trick my contacts into thinking I was stuck in England and needed them to wire me some money. Crazy huh. So, here's to a new start!

Love you all.

Meghan (and Jared)