This is Life!

Wow, is it already the middle of January? Or is it only the middle of January? Is it just me, or is time fickle and both flies and drags?

Regardless of how much or little time has passed, I do have quite a bit to report on. The holidays are over and I have to say that this year I am quite relieved. I mean, I've never been one for lamenting the end of the holidays - I look forward to starting out the new year. However, I had imagined this past year's holiday season very differently, so I was nervous to get through it, glad that it went as well as it did, and relieved when it was over. That's not to say I didn't have a good time...we attended a fun Christmas Eve get-together with several families from our ward and we received some very nice and thoughtful gifts and were able to chat on the web-cam with our families on Christmas Day.

Adam is quite the amazing present-giver, and he didn't disappoint this year. He took me on an overnight trip to Victoria, BC! We took the Clipper to and from the island, and we stayed at the Empress Hotel right on the water. Ever since I visited Victoria in 9th grade, I have wanted to stay in that hotel. It was pretty cool! We had a good time walking around and exploring the town near the water front, and next time we go back, I want to explore even more of the town.

Now on to New Year's resolutions. I love them so much! Not that I ever do very well on the follow-up, but I do like the turnover of a new year and setting goals. Usually I sit down on New Year's Eve or Day and start brainstorming my ideas, but I've never really gotten beyond the "these are the grand goals I'm going to accomplish this year" stage. So, I decided this year would be different. I had been contemplating for a few weeks beforehand of some things I would like to change and some things I would like to do better on. Also, I had a big focus on making myself incredibly busy. Once I decided on my main goals, I further broke those down into smaller goals, and then each month and each week I review my list and see what I can do during that time period to work towards those goals. So, with that said, I'm just going to share the main goals for this year:

1. Have another baby. Granted, I really don't have much control over this one, but I will definitely do all in my power. Although no other baby will ever replace Claire (nor do I want any one to), I really feel that I can't let the fear of something like that happening again keep me from trying to add to my family. As I said, I don't have much control over this one, but there are a few things I can do, including goal #2.

2. Become a healthier person by striving to live the Word of Wisdom more fully. This includes daily exercise, trying to eat more fruits, veggies and whole grains, and seriously cutting down on the meat.

3. Take advantage of education by reading good books and taking helpful classes. This includes reading a new "text book" each month and a couple of online courses, among other things.

4. Prepare for the future by paying off debt and building up food storage (3 months) and emergency supplies. Pretty self-explanatory.

5. Further develop some of my talents, such as relearning to play the piano, studying Chinese and doing the research for my story I've been toying with for 8 years now.

6. Participate in family history and missionary work by attending the temple regularly, researching my own ancestors and family, and taking opportunities to share the gospel.

7. Improve myself by living in a way that would invite the Spirit to be with me more frequently.

So, there you go. I have no crazy ideas that I will have mastered these by the end of the year, but my point is to work towards them so as to improve myself overall. I think I just gave the general definition of a goal. :)

On a personal level, I have been doing pretty good. I never really bought into the "5 Stages of Grief" scenario until the point I realized that I had accepted what has happened. It's not like I was refusing to believe it had ever happened, and I'm definitely not really at peace with or happy about what has happened, but instead of thinking all of the time what I would be doing if Claire were here, I have come to realize that this is my reality, that this is the way it is and the way it was always going to be. I am definitely not completely healed, not by a long shot. In fact, I don't think I ever will be. But, I feel more like my usual self. I've always felt like a genuinely happy person, and it was strange to feel so sad most of the time. So, it's been nice to feel more happy. I will usually go a few days feeling pretty good and I'll be able to think of Claire with happy thoughts, but then I'll have a couple of rough days where everything makes me cry and I don't want to do anything, then I slowly work my way up to being happy most of the time. It's a cycle that I don't think will end anytime soon, but from what others tell me, it's one that will get progressively longer, with the happy times outweighing the sad times.

I'm so grateful to all of the people who have said a kind word, given me a hug, sent me a message via computer or phone, and all of the little things that have helped me so much. No one will know how much these things have helped - just to know that I was in someone's thoughts or prayers that day. I am so grateful to my loving husband who has encouraged me from the beginning to tell him exactly how I'm feeling and not keep it inside, even if he's heard what I'm telling him a hundred times before. Above all, I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for sending his comforting Spirit to be with me so frequently. That's the biggest reason for goal #7 - I've truly learned that I can't go through life without the companionship of the Spirit as often as possible. I miss my little girl so much that I feel like sometimes it's going to kill me, but then I remember the positive things - she will always be my daughter and I will be with her again one day. It doesn't necessarily make sadness or the grieving any easier at times, but it does give me hope, and hope is a very powerful thing.

It's hard to believe that it's been exactly one month since our precious little girl was born. We're always thinking about her to some extent or another, but I've been thinking about things even more the last couple of days and feel like it's time to tell our Claire Bear's story.

On Tuesday, November 9th, I was home by myself when I started to have contractions at 12:30 p.m. I wasn't sure if it was the real deal since I'd been feeling cramps on and off for a few weeks anyway, but right from the beginning they were coming about 10 minutes apart and getting stronger. I was online chatting with Adam, so at 1:00 p.m. I told him what was going on, and then I would message him whenever I had a contraction. Our doctor had previously told us that once contractions were about five minutes apart for two hours, we should give him a call. So, while they continued, I started tidying up a few things. At around 2:30, I called the doctor's office and I was told to come in to the office first to do an exam before heading to the hospital. I was so excited! The last couple of weeks had been dragging because I knew that any day Claire could make an appearance. Now I was actually in labor! I let Adam know to come and get me, and I called my friend at work to let her know that our dog needed a place to stay that night. :) By the time Adam got home, the contractions were painful enough that I had to sit down and hold still while I got through them. We loaded a couple of things in the car and off we went!

The whole way to the doctor's office, the contractions were becoming more consistent and longer. It's funny - I've never been so happy to be in pain. :) For so long I had been looking forward to going through pregnancy and labor, and now here I was, in the final stage. I can't tell you how many times I imagined the drive to the hospital, and it seemed surreal that now it was actually happening. By the time we got to the doctor's office, my contractions were between 30 seconds to a minute long and about 4-5 minutes apart.

I never realized how quickly my world could come crashing down until that visit to the doctor. I was having my exam and everything seemed great, but when the doctor checked for our Claire's heart beat, he couldn't find it. I remember squeezing Adam's hand, hoping and praying that very soon I would hear that beautiful sound that I had looked forward to hearing at each doctor's appointment, but it never came. The doctor didn't say much at that point, but told us that we needed to hurry to the hospital and he would meet us there.

I've never prayed so hard in my life. At this point we knew something was seriously wrong, and I was praying for a miracle. When we arrived at the hospital, we were quickly taken back to a labor and delivery room where our doctor and 4-5 nurses were waiting. It was a flurry of activity as they prepared me for an emergency c-section and wheeled in two different ultra-sound machines to check on Claire. Time began to slow down for me as I kept waiting for them to find some sign that she was still with us, but it never came. Eventually, our doctor came and sat next to Adam and I and said that our little girl had passed away. The radiologist came in a few minutes later to confirm this on the ultra-sound machine, and then everybody but our doctor and one nurse left.

The doctor told us that it was going to be better for my body's healing process to deliver the baby rather than have a c-section, which I appreciated. At this point, there was no reason to open my body up to surgery, but I was terrified as well. How on earth was I supposed to go through labor when there was no light at the end of the tunnel? I was told that I could have whatever medication I wanted to get me through and to make me as comfortable as possible.

By the time this was all done, it was about 4:00 p.m. The rest of the afternoon was a bit of a blur. Up to this point, I had hardly felt my contractions at all due to an adrenaline rush, but now they came back full force. Labor is definitely one of the worst pains I have felt - I feel like the contractions themselves are bearable, but the consistency with which they come is not! Given different circumstances, I'm sure I could have powered through if I really wanted to, but each time a contraction would hit it's peak, I would start to feel angry and upset, which didn't help matters. I was given some morphine to help ease the pain, and then around 7:00 p.m., I received an epidural. Oh wonderful, sweet epidural! I am such a HUGE fan! After that, I felt no pain at all, and I'm so glad that I was able to have time with Adam to talk and to ponder and contemplate everything without being in physical pain.

That evening, our Bishop and his wife came to visit with us, and that was the most wonderful thing they could have done for us. They stayed for a couple of hours and we just talked about whatever came to mind. It was so helpful to talk about other things, as well as to talk about Claire. It was nice to just have a conversation and realize that life goes on.

I got a little hazy on the timing of everything after this point, but I think somewhere around 1:30 or 2:00 a.m. I was fully dilated. The pushing went extremely well and fast - Claire was born on November 10, 2010 at 3:00 a.m. exactly. Giving birth to my little girl was the most amazing experience I've ever had in my life. I had tried to imagine what it would be like up to that point, but it was even more amazing than I had imagined, and it's hard to find words to describe it. Although I had been nervous about delivering her when I wasn't going to be able to keep her, it turned out to be absolutely beautiful, and I'm so glad I got to experience it.

After she was born, the nurse placed Claire on my stomach, and Adam and I were in awe. She looked so peaceful, and she had so much dark brown hair! We were able to spend six precious hours with our little girl, during which time we held her, took pictures, the nurse bathed her, and I helped dress her. Even though I said that giving birth to her was the most beautiful experience of my life, this time we spent with her was close, if not even more beautiful. Of course, it was hard in ways to know that our time was limited, but we're so very grateful that we had the time that we did. Eventually, though, we had to say our goodbyes.

I stayed in the hospital for one more day. Adam's parents flew up that day, and my family started driving up and arrived on Friday. Adam was amazing and took care of all of the funeral arrangements. We had so much support from our ward and from so many family members and friends. We could feel the prayers that were being offered on our behalf, and it helped us so much to feel the love and support of so many.

Our little girl was buried on November 15, 2010. We had her buried wearing a long, white dress, wrapped in a beautiful white blanket that her Aunt Kyrenia had given her that she got in Jerusalem. Our nickname for Claire is Claire Bear, so we also buried her with a small stuffed polar bear and a note from us. We had a graveside service and elected not to have an open casket because we had been able to say our goodbyes and wanted to remember her that way. There were so many people that came to the service, and it helped us immensely to feel such love. Our Bishop spoke and he did a wonderful job - he said some things that were very comforting and inspiring. Adam dedicated the grave and our fathers gave the opening and closing prayers.

In most circumstances, none of us have control over death. In fact, the same is true of the beginning of life. I've never felt so helpless as I did when I was pregnant - the only things that I could do was to take care of myself and hope for the best - I had no control over how our baby was growing. It's so hard to feel so helpless, because as humans, we want to be able to do something to make things go the way we want them to. Unfortunately, we do not always have control over what happens in our lives, but in times like these, my faith in God's plan gets me through. He has a plan for each of us, and although we are able to choose our own paths in life, there are certain trials and hardships that are given to all of us that we cannot avoid. They are given to us because God knows that if we seek out His help through those trials, they will make us stronger and make us into better people. As I've tried to remain positive, to be submissive to the Lord's will and to realize that His ways are just, I have felt myself grow stronger and more firm in my faith in His plan.

This is a hard story to tell, a very personal story to tell, but I want to share it because not only is it good for me, but I want to share my feelings regarding this life with anyone who wishes to read it. I know that this is not the end. Of course I am sad that I don't have my Claire with me right now, that during my life here I will not be able to raise her. I was so excited to raise her - when I was carrying her, I would talk to her all the time about all of the things we would do together and what I would teach her. I miss holding her in my arms and things feel so empty at home in a way because the things I imagined I would be doing with her right now are not happening. But I do know that her spirit lives on. I know that time will heal our hearts, and that although we will always miss our Claire, all will be well. She is a part of our eternal family and always will be. Someday, I will get to raise my daughter. I will not miss out on any of the experiences I was looking forward to - they will just be delayed for a time. I've always looked forward to the Resurrection, but even more so now as it has become more personal. How I look forward to the day when our sweet Claire's spirit will be reunited with her baby body, and we will get to hold her and kiss her again! We all are touched by death in this life, and sometimes it happens much earlier than we expected, but what a wonderful thing it is to know that death is not the end, but a temporary separation. Not only will we all be resurrected, but if we live our lives the best that we can and are sealed in the Lord's Holy Temples, we can be united with our loved ones forever. This recent experience has made me realize even more how important it is to do temple work for my ancestors so that they may have the opportunity for the same blessings. I also realize how important it is to share this message with those around me - everyone deserves to hear the wonderful message that we can live eternally with our loved ones and how this can be accomplished.

The marker for our Claire's grave was just installed this week, and it is nice to have everything done. I love having the marker there, because it's like a notice to the world that our Claire was here on this earth. She is buried in a spot of the memorial park that is specifically for children, and it makes us happy to know that her body is resting with those of so many other amazing spirits. Whenever I am having a sad day, or if I just miss her, I visit her grave and talk to her, and it feels wonderful. It brings such comfort and peace to me to go there.

I loved being pregnant, and it was such a good pregnancy. I am so glad that it went so well, especially now. Those nine months were the only time I got with my little Claire here on earth, and I can honestly say that I enjoyed every minute of it. Even when I was sick, or tired, or in pain, I always had a wonderful feeling, knowing that I was carrying my little girl. I loved to feel her kick and move around. I loved talking to her and reading to her - we had "conversations" with each other - I would talk and she would kick in response. :) She was so real to me from the beginning. The night before she passed away, she was kicking and squirming more than usual. Even though I obviously can't say for sure, I like to think that she knew she was leaving me, and because she knew how much I loved to feel her kick, that was her way of saying goodbye for now, and to let me know how much she loves me.


Claire Rekeia Palmer
Born: November 10, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.
6 pounds, 6 ounzes, 20 inches long

It's been a little over a week now since we lost our little Claire. We miss her so much, and in many ways, it's hard to believe that any of this has happened.

In the coming weeks, I plan to post more information as I continue to heal. However, for the time being, I just wanted to thank everybody for your thoughts and prayers! We have felt so much love and support and it has been so helpful in getting us through this!

We are so grateful for the knowledge we have of eternal families. We are so glad to know that although we had such a short time with our Claire here on this earth, we will be with her again. She will always be a part of our family, and someday, we will have the opportunity to raise her. What a blessing the knowledge of the restored gospel is!

Well, our little Claire was due to arrive on October 30th, but we are still waiting for her. I know these due dates are not an exact science, but I'm really hoping that she makes her entrance sooner than later!

In truth, I have had an amazing pregnancy and I've loved being pregnant. At this point, it's not like I'm overly uncomfortable or anything - I'm just excited to hold my little girl. The most important thing is her health though, and she seems to be doing great. At each appointment, her heart beat is good and strong, and she moves around on a regular basis. We have another appointment on Wednesday at which point we will decide if it is time to induce labor or to perform weekly ultra-sounds and non-stress tests to make sure that she's still thriving in her environment. Despite my desire to have her hear as soon as possible, I'd prefer to go into labor on my own, but whatever is best for her is what I'm willing to do.

In preparation for her arrival, I went on maternity leave from my job three weeks ago. I was hoping this would give me some time before baby's arrival to get some projects done, especially as we had just moved into a new place. Little did I know how much time I would have... :) However, it has been a blessing. I had several large projects, some which I'd been meaning to do for literally years, that I was able to finish. And now, starting tomorrow, I have oodles of time to work on such fun things as outstanding craft projects, an online course, studying Chinese, personal reading, and all sorts of other nerdy things and outstanding smaller projects that I haven't made time for in a long while - one of those items being blogging! I'm hoping my excitement to start these much anticipated projects will influence Claire to make her entrance now, but if not, hey, I'm still looking forward to working on them. :)

The hardest part of the last couple of weeks has been my inability to sleep a full night. Between having to go to the bathroom every couple of hours, achiness, a brain that will not shut off due to I'm sure some form of nesting syndrome, and a general paranoia at living somewhere new (it always takes me awhile to adjust to the new sounds of a new place), I've come to really dislike night time. Perhaps it's my body preparing me for motherhood - I hear I won't be sleeping much pretty soon. :) However, at this point I'd rather be up taking care of a baby at all hours of the night rather than laying there wondering what to do with myself because I know I should be sleeping. But, taken as a whole, since this is my only complaint, I feel pretty dang lucky.

So, we'll continue to play the waiting game and just be happy that our baby is healthy, we are healthy, and knowing that she can't stay in there forever!

As an update, following are some pictures from a couple of baby showers that I had over the past couple of months:

In September, my office threw me a surprise baby shower. It was a lot of fun and so sweet of them to do this for me! Looking back, it was quite comical to realize the ways they were trying to get me out of the office so that they could decorate!





Then, in early October, my friend Kayla threw another shower for me. She did an incredible job and had the most adorable diaper cake made for me! It's so much fun to get baby things!

Well, I am sorry to all of my readers for my slow updates. Honestly, our lives carry on in such a regular fashion that I rarely feel like I have a lot of news to share. I'm sure that will change once Claire comes as I'll be posting pictures and comments about everything she does! :) I mean, she already is the highlight of my life!

Speaking of which, the pregnancy continues to go well. I just have 3 days left of the 2nd trimester! I had my test for gestational diabetes and anemia a couple of weeks ago - no diabetes, thank goodness, but I am a bit anemic. My doctor had me start taking an extra iron supplement and I have to go get my blood retested in a few weeks. However, getting my iron count back up should be a pretty easy fix - I'm just glad I don't have to deal with diabetes!

I started to feel Claire move back at the end of May, but around the beginning of July, I started being able to see her move from the outside. It's been so much fun to watch my stomach bounce a little when she kicks or moves around. For the most part, the movements have been sporadic and jerky, but sometimes she finds a specific place she really likes and stays there. It's not an unpleasant feeling, but once she's there too long, it doesn't feel wonderful either, so I move around so that maybe she'll change positions. I realized last week that I probably have felt her have the hiccups a few times - either that or she has an amazing sense of rhythm when she kicks! And just this morning, I actually felt a part of her slide past one part of my belly - that was a weird sensation! Ever since I was little, I loved to feel babies move inside the womb, so it's been super awesome for me to feel my own baby moving around. Of course, the downside has been that now that I can feel her move, I rely on it way too much. If she's having a low-key day and doesn't move around much, I tend to freak out and get nervous that something is wrong, so then I have to talk myself down and realize that babies have lazy days too. :) However, I have decided that she is stubborn - I was in Idaho this past weekend for a family reunion, and she only moved enough for my mom and sister to feel - everyone else missed out! I'm sure she was feeling the effects of all of the traveling, but once I got back to the airport to wait for my flight, she started moving like crazy again! What a pill! (Even as I say it, can you not just hear the pride in my voice? :) )

I'm so excited for Claire to be here, and being around my little nephew this weekend got me all the more excited! Only 13 1/2 weeks to go! Adam and I start our childbirth classes in about two weeks, and we've started to look around at cribs and other items. I've had a couple of friends at work give me baby clothes and some other items, which I am very grateful for! This is all just so exciting! Can it be October already?

In other exciting news, Adam only has 3 1/2 weeks left of school! Then he will be an official University of Washington graduate with a business degree! We are both so excited! He is currently looking for part-time work to go along with his full-time job as soon as he graduates, so our schedules won't change much, but he'd much rather be working than be in school. I'm so grateful to him that he is willing to take on extra work so that I can be home with the baby more!

Well, I think that's about it for now. As soon as I get pictures from this weekend's trip, I'll post them. I also have the "obligatory" pregnancy picture to post as well - I finally started looking noticeably pregnant in the last couple of weeks! Wahoo!

It's official - our little baby is a girl!!! We are SO excited! Neither of us had a preference, but a week before the ultrasound, Adam told me he was hoping it was a girl. So, he will love to spoil his little girl, but as he says, once she becomes a teenager, he doesn't think he'll sleep well anymore! :)


Here are little Claire's first pictures:


The full body shot. I love this picture! She was kicking me right as they took it, so it turned out perfect!

A close-up profile of her face. I can't wait to see her in person!

And finally, her little feet! Aren't they adorable?

Our ultrasound was on Tuesday, and I had another doctor's appointment yesterday. We found out that the ultrasound results are normal - everything is where it should be on both me and the baby and everything looks as it should. What a relief! Obviously, we have no control over these things, but Adam and I have already begun to worry about Claire's well-being. And we think we worry now! It's going to be quite an adjustment to tone down the worry once she's here with us!

On a funny note, when I was at the doctor's office yesterday, the nurse had to weigh me three times because she couldn't believe the reading - I've lost 10 pounds in 4 weeks! However, the doctor didn't seem concerned. I have another appointment in three weeks, and if I've lost more weight by then, I'll need to have another ultrasound in a few weeks just to make sure that the baby is getting all of the nutrients she needs. However, I'm not concerned either - Claire weighs about 9 ounces right now, putting her in the 80th percentile, so she's a fat little thing. As for the weight loss, I think it's easily explainable - before my pregnancy (make that, for several years before), I developed the bad habit of overeating bad food and not exercising regularly. I had gained 45 pounds in the past 5 or so years! With the first trimester, I wasn't eating much due to morning sickness, and up until about two weeks ago, I had really bad indigestion, so it was still hard for me to eat much. However, in the past couple of weeks, I've felt much better, and so I've been trying to eat more healthy - more fruits and veggies and grains. I've also been getting in a little exercise - not much, just walking around the office for a few minutes every hour, but it adds up. With how overweight I was, I'm not surprised that I'm losing faster than I'm gaining. I've tried to make a bigger effort to eat more frequently throughout the day - I find that even without the indigestion, I get full a lot fast than I used to. It's hard to break the habit of three meals a day, but this week I've been doing pretty good with eating 4-5 times a day instead and drinking a lot more water. So, I think as long as I maintain my new, healthier diet and lifestyle, my body will adjust fairly quickly and start gaining again. Or at least maintain.

My belly is becoming more pronounced, and I measure at 20 cm. Next week I will be at 20 weeks - halfway there! I'm looking forward to starting the countdown! I've been reading a pregnancy book, and the other day I read the chapter on labor and delivery. Honestly, that part does not frighten me. Maybe it will as it gets closer, but for now, I find it fascinating and I am so excited to be a part of such a miracle! I'm not set on any particular type of delivery, but I would like to see how far I can go naturally. Adam and I are going to come up with several different birth plans, however, because we want to be as prepared as possible for any scenario.

Oh, and in other big news, I started to feel Claire move last week! For awhile I wasn't sure because I had no idea what I was looking for, but it was a different feeling than I'd ever felt, so I assume it's her. I don't feel it that often, but when I do, it's such a cool thing! I look forward to when her movements are more pronounced! I do know from the ultrasound that she does move around a lot - she's a fiesty little thing and was proving to be a bit difficult for the ultrasound technician!

Pregnancy is truly a beautiful thing. I've waited for this for so long, and I'm so grateful that we have been blessed with such a miracle, and that are little Claire seems to be thriving! Every time I look at her pictures, I'm amazed at how two little cells knew how to grow into something so perfect. It inspires such a feeling of awe and reverence - God truly has a hand in everything, especially when it comes to the creation of life!

Well, it's been a month since we first heard our baby's heart beat, and things continue to go well. We've had our 3rd appointment, and we will find out the sex of the baby on June 1st! Hopefully... maybe the baby will decide to be shy. :)

I'm finally feeling the effects of the glorious 2nd trimester that everyone kept telling me about. After my morning sickness left, I was having some serious digestive tract problems - seriously, everything was so messed up! However, after a discussion with my doctor last week, I've found some remedies for that and I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER!

I'm starting to get a baby bump - in all honesty, it doesn't look like much more than the pudge I had before, but it is harder and more defined now. At my last appointment, I measured right on - 15 cm. at 15 weeks.

In other news, the weather has finally decided it's springtime, and it's been glorious. Last Saturday, Adam and I ate outside by the waterfront in Edmonds at a fish restaurant called Anthony's. Then, we took Mikka to the dog park where she could roam free and play with the other dogs. I have truly turned into a pasty - we were outside for maybe 2 hours tops, and I got sunburned! I better start using that sunblock... Hopefully the good weather holds - I'm looking forward to long walks in the evening and using the community swimming pool after Memorial Day!

Adam, being the incredibly sweet guy that he is, told me last week that he wanted to give me something for Mother's Day. Whatever I wanted to do, we'd do it. So, I elected to have our special meal after church that day - crackers with sausage and cheese and strawberries dipped in chocolate. So yummy! Oh, and asparagus!

I've also started reading to the baby at night - I don't think he/she can hear my voice yet, but will be able to soon, so I might as well start now. And guess what I've been reading? The National Geographic. Yes, my baby will know from the start that he/she has a nerd for a mother! I'm sure I will also be mixing in readings from random history books and some Chinese as I practice it. If I'm reading it anyway, I might as well read it out loud, eh?

Time does fly. The first few weeks of pregnancy seemed to drag because I was nervous and anxious to meet certain milestones. Now, however, I'm blown away that I'm nearly at 16 weeks!

Speaking of time flying by, I'm headed down to Emery County to visit my family next week. My brother Davin is leaving for the MTC in early June, so I'm headed to all of the happenings and festivities. I'm so excited to see everyone! So, next post, I should have some pictures and stories to share!

Until then...