Well I thought I should catch up from the last few months. Unfortunately our computer storage is full and we have not been able to get any new picture on it so I will do my best to get some on here. Annalee is now 4 months old. She is growing up right before our eyes and it is a little bittersweet. She has found her voice and is sometimes very loud. She doesn't cry a whole lot but she shouts at us when she wants something... Its cute for now. She loves being outside and sometimes shouts at us until we bring her outside. She wakes up smiling around 6:30 every morning. She is a happy baby. She drools more than a bulldog but is MUCH cuter than one! Needless to say, we are enjoying every moment with her. We love her so much. Our singles ward is enjoying her too. We are bombarded at church. The singles just can't get enough of her! Even the single guys want to hold her during class! One ward member who spoke last Sunday mentioned she brings "a lot of joy to the ward". For the first couple of months we didn't bring her to church because we were worried about flu and RSV season. Well, the singles wanted to welcome her in a special way so the activities chair created an activity called "night at the oscars" each FHE group made a clip to a movie. No one new the point to the movie. In the end it showed someone coming into the varsity theater (where they were all viewing the final movie). At the same time, we all came walking in as a family... every one cheered and the music "The Circle of Life" was playing (from Lion King). When we reached the stage Jonathan held her up like Rafiki held Simba in the beginning of the movie. It was so much fun! We are loving the singles ward! We blessed Annalee about a month ago. I even made her dress! And her great Grandma Inge made her blessing blanket. And the dress (I knnow its not a very good picture but there will be better ones later. Well, as promised, here is a "belly shot" (approx 37 weeks). Better late than never... Annalee is always wanting to be up... whether its sitting or standing. She was sleeping on her boppy a couple of nights ago and began waking up and trying to sit up. I reached over to catch her head and she fell right back asleep. Some big news... Jonathan is done with Snow!!! He won't be done with school for a while but he is finished at Snow which means no more commuting and no more nights alone! Well thats all for now... there will be more as we get the picture on the computer.

She is here!!!

Well its definitely time to catch you all up on what is going on in our lives! My last post mentioned a baby and a promise to send you "baby bump" picture and then we disappeared... we ll a lot has happened and we will start with the most exciting news: She is here! Introducing little Annalee Claire: She had quite the rough start. She came mid January but was in the NICU for just over two weeks with various problems and ultimately we still do not know for sure what happened. Long story short, they surprised me at my doctors appointment with an emergency induction. I was induced, she came, she went to the NICU, had CPAP(high pressure O2), GI suction tube, IVs galore, PICC line, nasogastric tube, heart and oxygen monitors, bilirubin lights, and enough pokes and treatments to last her life. It was very hard to see her that way but she was a fighter. She didn't give in to those nurses too easy. The hospital staff was incredible through it all. They put up with me living there and bugging them 24/7 and gave us needed advice and support. We definietly saw the Lord's hand in her imrpovement and are grateful to all those who prayed for her. She is now home and doing great! She is waking me up sometimes every hour and loves to be snuggled. She makes the cutest sounds in her sleep and even her cry is adorable. She is the most perfect little girl we could have imagined. I will unfortunately have to go back to work while Jonathan is finishing at Snow. Anyone have any ideas for working from home? first family photo: It looks like the "Baby bump" pics are not on our computer yet so those will have to come later. We did so many other things since our last post too. We went on a "last vacation without kids" to St. George, celebrated both our birthdays, and even participated in wardstock... yes that's right, like Woodstock but LDS singles ward style!Those pictures are definitely to come as well. Thank you everyone for your love, support, and patience!Its been our wonderful family and friends who have seen us through this rough start to 2013 and we are grateful for such wonderful people in our lives