Volunteers

At Snowbird, Deborah needed someone to go to housekeeping.  Seth (age 4) volunteered.  She told him he couldn’t go alone… so Noah (almost 3) offered to go with.

Fun Noah Quote

"I can do stwong sings, like daddy does!"

Awe Dad, you sure take a lot of pictures!

I think this one looks more like she does in "real life" than the others do. She has a thin, tiny nose. She seems so small to me. I know 6 lbs. 15 oz. isn't tiny, but since Noah was 8 lbs. 15 oz., there is a huge difference!

I turn 40 today. My first birthday present (and the only one I really want or need) came at 2 am. She was well enough for them to pull the IV and bring her into my room to eat. I got to keep her until 5.

When my new nurse came on this morning, her first comment was, "I heard about your little miracle baby." She truly is a miracle, and I am so grateful for her!

Sophia loves her binky

Day 2: notice she is off oxygen!

Daddy holding Sophia's hand

Finally relaxing...

 

Sophia

These are some of the pictures Bri took for me while I was in too bad of shape to go and see her. She likes to play with her tongue.

A Spoon in the Road

As Deborah was driving, her son Hyrum was commenting on the fork in the road. Then they got to the roundabout and he said, "Mom, since that is round, it should be called a spoon in the road!"

A few more details...

Just a few more details, for those of you who are interested. Our baby is due June 26th. Apparently it did NOT want to miss Snowbird! I had a consultation and ultrasound today done by a maternal fetal medicine specialist, which is basically a doctor with more training in dealing with pregnancy problems and birth defects.

Our baby appears to be absolutely, perfectly normal. In fact, based on the stats for my age combined with the blood test and ultrasound results, this baby has less chance of Down's syndrome than a baby of an average 22 year old woman. Yes, that does make me feel younger to say that!!! The chance of a neural tube defect with this baby is 1 in 10,000. So, other than the risk of blood clots, which we are treating with the heparin, this baby looks beautifully normal!!!

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Ultrasounds of Newest Ivie

 
 
 

A typical conversation with Seth

Seth: "Sorry, Mommy. It fell in the plant."
Debs: "What fell? Your butterscotch candy?"
Seth: "No. My bum did. With me on it."

Boys' Halloween Costume

 

Melissa's Halloween Costume

 

Cassandra's Halloween Costume

 

Jessica's Halloween Costume

 

Hyrum's Halloween Costume

 

We're still hoping for Halloweeen pictures!

Pictures like this, only with better actors. :o)

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Seth was playing with his stuffed leopard at the top of our stairs, when Deborah overheard him.
"Now here are da rules:"
"No stealing, and no dying [killing] people."
We agreed with his rules.

Mud from Outer Space

Seth came up to Deborah, and said he wanted to go to "Ouder Space." She wasn't sure what he meant, but he persisted and pointed her to the computer where he showed her the icon on it for Google Earth. Deborah ran the program and looked at our house, the school and the ice skating rink. Seth kept saying, "I know what that is" and was able to correctly the identify each of the items they looked at, but the best was when he pointed to an empty field: "I know what that is: It's mud!"