Baby Jaxon!

Kristen and Andrew welcomed their first baby, baby Jaxon, into their family on Monday, September 26th. He came out half grown...11 pounds, 2 ounces! Such a big baby! Unfortunately after having a couple hours in the morning together, they discovered Jaxon had hypoglycemia and needed to be in the NICU for a time. His blood sugar was low and his half of his heart was pumping more blood to the body than the other half. However, it was a condition that the doctor's seemed positive about and said if he were going to have a heart defect, this was a good one to have because it would work itself out soon.

Well, today (Wednesday), Jaxon got released from the NICU and gets to be with Kristen and Andrew! They have seen many miracles throughout the last few days. We are just so happy and excited that he is doing well and that Kristen is on her way to recovery.

I am so sad I can't be there in California. It's been hard being away from my wonderful sister. I dreamt last night that I was hugging her in the hospital and got to meet Jaxon...at least a little bit of happiness through a dream :). We are SO happy for them and are grateful that Heavenly Father has blessed them with this chubby, darling baby boy and that He has helped them through these days.

Now for what everyone wants to see....Pictures!







This one's my favorite! I love those chubby cheeks!


We can't wait to meet Jaxon!

Yay! 30 weeks and still healthy!!!

Yep! It was this time 2 years ago that I got admitted into the hospital on bedrest with Emma. I was 30 weeks along and definitely not expecting to be told by the doctors "we may have to take her this weekend". Well, I am very happy to say I went in this morning for my 30 week check-up and my blood pressure was great and no signs of pre-eclamsia! And our baby girl is doing great. I am measuring right (a little big) and she moves like crazy. Much more than I EVER felt Emma. But we were relieved that the same condition has not presented itself and the doctor sounds positive every time I go it that it usually is just first-time moms, so I probably will make it full-term. We couldn't be happier!

My Husband, the RUNNER!

The Rivalry Relay. Cade's first team race. 81 teams. 66 miles from the U of U to BYU. 8 hours 13 min. FIRST PLACE BABY!

I am so proud of my husband. This was his first big race (he has done a 5k in the past with me :)). He was very excited and a little anxious because most of the guys on his team are hard core runners and have been running competitively for a while. Cade has now caught the bug and I'm sure this is his first of many races to come!

A group of guys from his work (Fishbowl Inventory) signed up together and most of them were big-time runners so Cade was a little intimidated but he did SO good! There were a few really BIG hills he had to run and driving up them even made me tired thinking he had to run them! It was so much fun to take part in it too! Not the actual running but the supporting...I do good at that :). Cade woke me up at 5:20 a.m. (yep, that's saying how much I love him) and I drove him to the U of U and helped his team decorate their vehicle that would be following along the way (it started with 30 balloons and not one survived :)).





Then later on in the day, Emma and I stopped at 2 different places so we could cheer on Daddy! Emma LOVED it and has been saying for weeks now "daddy, run, daddy, run." She was confused at first why daddy ran right past her cause she yelled, "daddy, HI!" as if he didn't see her and that's why he kept running.



The best part was at BYU seeing the whole team run in together and cross the finish line. I was such a proud wifee! I am still proud of him becuase if you know Cade, he makes goals and he accomplishes ANYTHING he puts his mind to. He is so wonderful!

4 Whole Years Down!

Happy (late) anniversary to my wonderful husband! We have been married for over 4 years now! Crazy how time flies. Soon it will be 24 and then 34 :). This post is an extension to the Santa Barbara post. We were in Cali during our actual anniversary so during the day Cade and I walked around state street with Kristen, Boose, Bud and Emma. It was so much fun and beautiful. Then at night, the others stayed home with Emma while Cade and I went out for dinner. We ate at this Mexican restaurant right by the beach. The view was awesome and the food was really good! We then walked along the pier and beach and put our blankets and drank sparkling cider by the beach. It was so romantic :).





Look at this picture closely...Cade called it "The Barnacle Van". This hippy gentleman lives in his van that is rediculously awesome. Random, I know :).


One of our favorite anniversary traditions has been to attend a different temple together and do sealings to remember the promises we made as well as a session too. Well, unfortunately the 2 closest temples in Cali were both closed the exact time we were there. The next closest temple would have taken at least 4 hrs there and 4 hrs back. So this last week on my birthday (Aug. 31) we stayed at Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake and the following morning we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. It was beautiful and it is so fun to see the different architecture of each temple. I love that tradition and Cade always makes sure it happens. We had a great anniversary!






Every year I love my husband more and more. I remember the day we were sealed, the sealer had mentioned "you think you love each other a lot now. Just wait year after year. You can't imagine how much you will love each other." It is so true. I love you, Cade!