Expanding the family

August 6th, 2008 will always be a day that I will remember clearly. To anybody else it was probably just another day but to me it was the day that my prayers were answered. It was that day that we found out that I am pregnant!!! I have had all of my blood work done and everything looks really good and the baby seems nice and healthy (it looks like there is only one). Hopefully things will continue that way. I am just so grateful that we were blessed with this child. Alex has been really cute ever since I told him. He changes is mind everyday on what the sex of the baby is but really seems to be understanding what is happening with me and my body. Just today he was in my room as I was getting dressed and pointed to my belly and asked if it was getting bigger (nice way to help me feel good about my figure). Then he asked if that was were the baby was. I told him yes and that the baby would continue to grow in me until it was big enough to come out and let us all see it and hold it. He seemed to get it. Hopefully he does. So far things have been going pretty smooth . I have been incredibly tired and occasionally nauseated (especially in the evening) but nothing that is bad enough to make me throw up. I just keep praying that it will stay this way and that the baby will continue to grow healthy and strong. I will be praying and keeping my fingers crossed throughout the rest of the pregnancy that everything will go well.

House Guests

Last weekend I had a good friend of mine from high school (Tiffany) come and stay with me. Her and her husband came back to Utah to go to our 10 year high school reunion. Jackson and I graduated in the same class together but we weren't sure if we were going to attend the reunion until my friend Tiffany told me she was coming. They drove from California and arrived Thursday night. Friday night was the reunion. Our class officers decided to have the reunion at Wheeler Farm in the barn. It was big enough but it was really lame. They had BBQ and played some weird video from high school that had a lot the cheerleaders doing really strange things. (I didn't even recognize the video.) Anyway, the reunion was so not worth going to but it was really cool to see my friend again. She moved out to California right after high school and I haven't seen her since. I told her that even though the reunion was dumb it was worth it if it brought her out here. Alex really loved playing with them, especially Jeff, who is just like a kid himself. I love having house guest and these two were no exception. They were very respectful and a lot of fun to be with! We will not be going to any more reunions but we loved the company that we had. Hopefully there will be more in our future.