Our first days at home

Snug as a bug... =+)


Drew's first Easter!

A very happy Grandma Jan!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Marken

Eating with my Grandpa!

Hanging with Uncle Scott...

I love my Grandma.

More pics from our stay at the hospital...

We had to stay at the hospital for an extra day because Drew lost a lot of weight and was really jaundice. They put him on his "tanning bed" for a day and a half, and thankfully his jaundice went down enough for us to go home with just the assignment of "sun time" for 10 minutes a day.

We honestly felt so blessed by the nurses and staff at the hospital. Greg and I said it was actually a blessing to have the C section because we got a few extra days of help and service while I recovered.

But we were so excited to take the little man home. He weighed 6 lbs. 8 oz. when we took him home, and actually shrunk almost an inch since he lost his cone head. =+)

Andrew Robert

Our blog has not been letting me upload pictures, so I am soo behind in postings. Here are the first few pictures of our baby boy, Andrew Robert. He was born March 22 at 5:46 p.m. and weighed 7 lb. 10 oz and was 21 inches long.

We had a very long day in the hospital, but it was an amazing time, especially when we heard Drew's first cries. My water broke at 12:45 in the middle of the night, and we checked into the hospital around 1:15 a.m. My contractions started around 1:45, and progressed normally but slowly throughout the morning. They came in around 9:00 a.m. and told me it was going to be a long day, so I requested the epidural then. =+)

They started to try to push pitocin, but Drew's heart rate would drop, so they kept taking me back off of it. Then I had to stay on my left side starting at 11 a.m. because my back or right side would make his heart rate drop too. But we still thought everything was moving along, and when the nurses came in around 3 p.m., they told me I was dialated to a 7 or 8.

But when my doctor came in around 4:45, he told us I was just to a 4. Drew was actually stuck in the birth canal, and what the nurses had felt was really just his cone head that was getting sucked down. He told us to start thinking C section, but it wasn't an emergency then, and he wanted to give it one more hour before we made the final decision.

We were scared, but thankfully since we have known several people who had to do C sections, we had talked about it and always kept it in our minds as a possibility. We brought our moms back in the room and prayed for Drew's safety, and about 20 minutes after the doctor had left the room, everyone came back in and said that Drew's heart rate was not doing well and we were going to prep for the C section right away.

Greg put on his scrubs, they took me to the surgery room, and within about 20 minutes, we heard Drew's first little cries. All I can say is that God is truly amazing. We couldn't believe that this little precious baby was all ours. It truly is love at first site, even though our little guy was bright purple with a four inch cone head and a bruised mouth. =+)

Getting so close!!!

Catching up on picture postings... here I am at 34 weeks, and it's hard to believe that yes- I am even bigger than this now! We are getting so close and so excited to meet our little man.


People's favorite question: Are you sure there is only one in there?



Greg practicing his baby watching skills with our friends' little guy, Troy!

And another fun thing about the last month- I was baptized at our church! It was such an awesome experience to be able to share my testimony and then be baptized. Greg's brother, Scott, did it too so it was a neat thing to be able to share together!

33 weeks... and getting bigger by the second!

Here I am at 33 weeks... we wanted to try out our new Flip camera that we got from Shannon and Pat for Christmas! It will really come in handy when the little man makes his big debut! Thank you for such a great gift!

Moffett family shower

We were so blessed this past weekend by another shower- this one thrown by the "Moffett aunts" from Jan's side of the family. We had so much fun at Mimi's Cafe, and my mom even got to come out for it from Michigan. Thank you again to everyone. Greg and I are just continuously blown away by everyone's generosity!


Not sure if I like this Bronco stuff for him to wear... =+)



Hanging out at Mimi's Cafe.



A gift from my mom! :-)



Evidently I have found a good use for my belly... a shelf for my hands to rest...


Other than that, we are doing really well. Greg is smack in the middle of busy season, so he has been working a lot. But we are finding time to get things ready when he is home. The little man is growing like a weed, and the doctors say everything is right on track. I have really had a great pregnancy, and it is hard to believe he will be here in less than two months. We are getting really anxious to meet him!!!

First Baby Shower for the little man!

We had a wonderful shower thrown by Brynne for all of our Deer Valley friends. It was a great time to just get to see people and hang out. Thank you to all of you for coming and for all of the awesome things for the little man!


Rachel and Seriah's favorite part of the shower:
When Greg came home from work!

I love you ladies!

Learning some fun baby trivia and creating potential boy names like Ogre and Nore...