Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Xander's six month stats


I am so amazed at how fast 6 months went by! I can't believe that I have been a mom for half a year now. I remember taking my little guy home from the hospital like it was only a few weeks ago. He has changed so much! He weighed less then 6lbs when he came home and he was only 19 inches long. Today he had his check up and he weighed 20lbs and is 27 inches long! He is in the 91% for weight and the 70% for height. He now rolls around and plays. I was just thinking today that he is already growing from being a baby to a little kid. I didn't think that I would be emotional over the whole thing, but I am. I kind of miss the whole newborn stage already, even though it was so hard on Jerry and me. We plan on waiting a little while before we go through that again. It does take a toll financially and emotionally. We had some adorable 6 month pictures taken last Friday. Here they are....









Friday, January 9, 2009

Happy New Year!

Here is my first post of the new year. I can't believe we are in the last year of this decade. This has been the biggest decade of my life so far. Here is my own personal timeline for the 2000's:
* In 2002 I graduated from Carbon High school. I made the tough decision to move away from home to go to school in Ogden. I also chose my future career as a Medical Technologist. I started my first semester of college in August of 2002. My sister told me to take symphonic band at Weber State. Because of that choice I ended up playing tenor sax and sitting next to my future husband.
*In 2003 Jerry and I became an official couple right around Spring Break. At the end of 2003 we decided to announce to everyone that we were getting married.
*On March 13 2004 Jeremiah and I were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. In 2004 I also got my Associates Degree as a Medical Laboratory Technician and started my career with ARUP laboratories.
*It took me an extra year, but finally after 3 more years of college I got my Bachelor's degree as a Medical Technologist in May 2007. We also bought a beautiful house in Kaysville that year. In December 2007 my world turned around as I found out that I was going to become a mother in 2008.
*We spent the first part of 2008 getting ready for our baby. On March 13th 2008 (4th wedding anniversary) I was told that I was going to have a baby girl. On July 13th I gave birth to a boy! Since that fateful day Xander has become my world. Almost everything I do now is for him. I'm so glad I have made it this far by they age of 25. I know it is all because of the family and friends in my life who have been there to push me along. I know it is because of my Heavenly Father that I have been blessed with a family of my own. I just hope I can spend the last year of this decade giving back to those people who helped through all these tough and crazy years of my life.
Xander is getting his 6 month pictures done tonight. I will post some more pictures on here as soon as I get some more time.