Christmas came.

What a Christmas! This is the only picture to post because it really says it all.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, on to finishing out the year!

Whoow!!! What a crazy past few days

Well, we were trying to avoid it but Jen had to go in to have surgery for the ectopic pregnancy. She passed out at home and Matt called an ambulance to take her to the ER. Doctors there figured out that the pregnancy had rupture and need emergency surgery. The Surgery went well, only an hour long but she lost a lot of blood. 6 units overall were transfused through out the whole ordeal.
We have had tons of support and help from our friends and family. Our neighbors across the street sat at our house with Emma from 11pm - 6am the night Jen went in. My parents are here right now taking care of Emma and the house while I am at the hospital with Jen.
Jen will now have to take it easy and enjoy a relaxing Christmas at home with everyone taking care of her.
To add to all of this, her whole family is still in Hawaii on the family vacation that we were supposed to be on too. We are so blessed our doctor recommended we not go on the trip.
Praise the Lord!!
Matt

A day we will not forget

We wanted to share the last 48 hours of what has been going on in our family.

Two days ago Jen took a pregnancy test with the result coming back positive. We were of course excited, but nervous because of some spotting that had been going on. After a few visits to the doctor and some blood being taken, we found that it was an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy outside of the uterus making miscarriage inevitable). Today was spent most of the day doing ultrasounds, taking more blood and discussing our options. The least invasive option was to take a drug to facilitate the natural process while reducing the risks to Jen's health. The most difficult part of this timing was having to cancel our trip with Jen's family (we were leaving Friday morning for Hawaii with the whole family). Hard part now over: God's peace and healing now comes in. The Lord's provision has been all over Jen's health and safety. Because we found it so early Jen has not had pain or any ruptures (both are very much associated with this). Also because we found it this early we were able to avoid surgery which could have upped the chances of this happening again with future pregnancies. We are grateful for the Lord's hand in this situation, as difficult as it has been. Doctors orders for Jen to relax and stay close by for a few weeks, which means Matt gets to do the cleaning and cooking for a while (Jens interpretation). We appreciate prayers just for continued healing emotionally and physically. He is good and we can only continue to trust Him, even during difficult times. We will be sure to update as things progress, but for now we wait and enjoy a holiday at home with a healthy family.

Thanksgiving in Pictures

We had a great time celebrating Thanksgiving in Santa Fe. The flights were so good, the food was great, played in snow, and needless to say Emma had plenty of attention from Pops, Susu, Nana, and Papa. Here are just a few pictures from the fun week.