COLLEGE GRADS!!!!

Joe and I finally became college grads! Joe graduated with his B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Family Services, and I graduated with my B.S. in Elementary Education and a minor in Reading. It feels so good to be done with school! (Joe still has grad school though :-D ) We have both worked so hard and it feels great! However, there is a small sadness that comes with it. School has been such a huge part of our lives from the very beginning of our relationship. Joe and I have some great memories that have come from being students. We met at Snow College where we dated for a year and he eventually proposed at Palisades. We had lots of late nights hanging out and doing homework.We moved to Cedar after getting married to go to SUU, and we started a whole new step of our lives (being married and students). At the end of each semester we would get huge pepsi's and snacks to stay up all night with Joe while he writes a paper the night before it is due (he'd finish at 7 am the morning of). Plus, late nights in the ELC computer lab doing homework because we didn't have the internet at our house. We have many more memories but I won't bore you with them.
We are now entering the next step in our lives, finding real jobs, and most importantly, expanding our family with our baby girl. We are so grateful for the experiences we have had and the experiences to come. I am so proud of Joe for graduating. He was always working full time and going to school full time, and still found time to entertain me. Thank you to all of our family. We couldn't have made this long journey without you all. It was so fun to see all of you who could make it to Cedar to share this special day with us. It meant a lot. For those of you who couldn't come, we still felt you there with us! We love you all! P.S. No baby yet! :-(

Update...

I know it has been forever since I've updated our blog. Everything is so crazy right now. The Roberts that I work at is closing so I'm working a lot more hours than usual because the store has been crazy busy! Joe is still working and going to school and trying to adjust to my many pregnant woman mood swings. :-) With only 7 weeks left, we finally got the crib up and Joe was so awesome and rearranged the room so that the baby could have her own room. It feels so good to have the crib up! Even if the room is bare, she still has somewhere to sleep!

As for the baby, she is still growing nicely. We are still trying to get things figured out about her kidney. It looks like it is something different, something called Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney. Click to read more. Her left kidney is still working well and producing enough fluid to keep her in there. We have been going in weekly for non-stress tests (NST) which is just being hooked up to monitors and listening to her heartbeat, and for amniotic fluid index (AFI) which is just an ultrasound where they measure the fluid to make sure she is peeing. So far so good. We will update later with more pictures and info when we get it. We love you all!

More Updates...

I'm finally posting a picture of me with the prego belly. However, this was taken at about 19 weeks and I'm now 23 weeks so I'm a little bigger than the picture. We don't have the internet at our house so it is hard to update as frequently as I would like. I'm also putting the most recent profile picture of our beautiful baby girl. It is amazing to think that she is inside of me. Crazy!

I have been able to feel her moving around for a while now and it never gets old. This week we have been able to see my stomach move on the outside too. I love watching Joe's face when he sees it move. He gets the biggest grin on his face. She already has him wrapped around her little finger! We only have about 16 weeks left. Time Flies!!! We don't really have anything we need for her yet besides a few outfits my sister has bought (she'll be one spoiled little girl thanks to Jenna!) and some onesies we bought. If anyone knows any places to get a good deal on car seats and strollers, or any other baby stuff let us know! We are so excited for May!!! Can't wait to see our cute little baby girl!

Baby Girl Update

We went to the Ultrasound appointment on the 12th and got to see our beautiful baby girl. She has very long legs and some pretty big lips. Every time we see her we are reminded of what a miracle this whole process is. The technology that we have to see that little thing that is always kicking me and moving around is just amazing! The ultrasound went great until we got a phone call from our doctor and got some not too great news. The doctor informed us that her right kidney is larger than it should be and that he was sending us to a specialist in St. George. We went down to the specialist and we find out that our baby girl has what they call Ureterovesical Junction Obstruction. Basically, this is where the tube from her kidney to her bladder is blocked and everything that should be leaving her right kidney is just staying in it causing it to get bigger and bigger. There isn't anything we can do for her until she is born. The doctor said with as early as we are, she will probably lose her right kidney leaving her with one working kidney the rest of her life. Surgery after she is born is a big possibility. This means, we probably won't be delivering in Cedar City. We will have to go down to St. George where they have the right facilities to help our baby girl. Her left kidney is working great and we are just praying that it continues to work so we can keep her in the womb as long as we can. We weren't going to blog about this but decided we'd rather everyone read exactly what is going on than have it be passed through grapevines. Please keep her in your prayers. We love you all and miss you!

How we told...

We told the Fait family in this cute way. It took everyone a while to see that Joe had Boy? on his shirt. Mine was a little more hidden. After they did notice, we let it drag on for like 2 minutes and then we showed them what was underneath. It was so fun. Everyone was huddled around and it was so exciting! Everyone thought it was a boy so they were all very surprised when it was a girl!!! (Lynds, thanks for the pics!)

We told my parents, Taylor, and Jenna in a not so fun way. They asked us if we knew and I cracked. I just couldn't stop smiling, I pretty much blew it. We didn't tell them right away. We made them watch the DVD of the ultrasound to find out. Jenna and my mom were especially excited that it was a girl. I'm pretty sure Taylor wanted a boy. But everyone is excited. Especially us! We can't wait to see her!

The Verdict is in....

It's a GIRL!!! We are going to have a baby girl in May. We are so excited. We are also quite shocked because we thought for sure it was a boy. We are so excited to welcome her into our little family. We would post pictures, but we didn't get any. The reason for that is, she is still sitting extremely low. The doctor couldn't really do any of the measurements he needed to because of how low she is. Everything is alright. The doctor said they just sit where they are comfortable and not to worry. However, my stomach is getting bigger and she isn't taking advantage of it. lol The good thing about her being so low is I can feel her a lot! It's kind of funny how that little nudge all of the time is so comforting to know she's there. We have another doctor's appointment scheduled for the 12th of January and hopefully we will get some answers and pictures at that ultrasound. Watch for more posts coming soon....

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