Thanksgiving desert...

We are planning to have Thanksgiving day desert at Marge and Tom's place. Those of you who can attend plan to be there sometime in the late afternoon. Let's say 5 or 6 and if possible bring a desert to share. Hope to see you all there. It should be fun to get together and see everyone. I personally can't wait!!!

Our newest arrival... Zander

I suppose I have waited long enough to post something about Zander. It has just been an awful roller coaster these last six weeks.

Zander was born on October 28th at 8:39am. He was 4lbs and 14oz and 17 inches long. When he was first born I got to see him for about 1 minute before they took him to the NICU. I just remember being so relieved that he cried. After I saw him for that minute I wasn't able to see him until the next day since they had me on so much medicine. He was on a little bit of oxygen for the first night to help his little lungs get used to breathing and then he didn't need it any more. He also had the feeding tube in his nose (a couple of times) to help make sure he was getting the calories that he needs. I remember going in and seeing him in the morning and being so excited that they were able to remove the tube and found out that he had ripped it out...he did that both times that they had put it in!!

When we left the hospital he was 5lbs and when I took him to the doctor five days later he is already 5lbs 8oz so he is gaining weight well. We get to go back for our weekly weight checks to make sure he is still gaining.

Haylee is so excited to be a big sister. Because it is RSV season, she wasn't able to go into the NICU to see him at all and there were no windows into the room that he was in so she was just living off of pictures. They had transferred him to a new nursery the Sunday before he came home so before church my mom, Bryan, Haylee and I went to the hospital so she could finally get a peak at him through a window. She did so well the entire time that I was in the hospital before Zander was born and the time I stayed in after he was born.

So we are all home together now and Zander continues to grow. I hope to be able to bring him to meet you all at Thanksgiving.

Fun at Islands

Last weekend we got together for Jack and Christian's blessing! It was so fun to have everybody together. I'm still waiting to get the entire family photos, (that unfortunately could not be taken on the temple grounds because of protestors!) but until those get back we did get some photos of a fun time we had going out for dinner beforehand. While Christian and Jack slept (most of the time) Caleb and Julian crowd surfed- getting passed from one willing aunt/grandma/grandpa/parent/uncle to another. They also had a blast with Liam, especially Caleb, who I guess didn't get along with him quite as well in July. Fun times!!!

Boy's blessing

So before my camera died, I was able to get these pictures of us in front of the church building in LA. It was so nice to see everyone, and to have the newest twins blessing. Congratulations to Ian and Melissa!!! If anyone has any other pictures, post them please!

Guess who? or Guess what?

If you can't read the fine print don't worry you are not blind, it's just blurry. But it say's "It's a girl" That is right Danny and Janessa are having a girl! And boy are they excited or should we say and girl are they excited.

Zander Myers

Rachel is home from the hospital and when she's up to it we are all looking forward to some pictures of Zander and a post from Rachel.  Hope you are feeling better and better with each passing day.  

Annah and Jasons wedding