Birthday Bash

Saturday we had Emma's birthday party and it was so fun!

Here are some pictures:

The Birthday Girl, I got the idea to make her shirt from here.

The cake!

Flower pot I made with pictures from each month, turned out so cute.

Emma and her bff, Hallie

Family that came to celebrate

Shopping cart from Aunt Shana, Uncle Michael and cousins, Thanks guys!

Not sure what to do with the cake...

Us and the birthday girl.

It was a great party, thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate. It was such a beautiful day! With lots of sugar, lots of people and missed naps, Emma was pretty tired and ready for bed by the end of it all.

What a fun day.

A whole year

Can it be that one year ago our precious Emma came into our lives. She is such a blessing everyday and we are so grateful for her.

It seems like only yesterday you were born.

We are so blessed to have you in our family.

Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet Emma!

Easter Family Camp is Coming

T Bar M Easter Family camp is aroung the corner. Check out the video on you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUgopOz9__Y

Great Sunday.

Today was a fun day. Jen's mom has been here for a few days visiting and it has been great! We started the day with dedicating Emma at church. We have daily commited to raising her as God has called us, but what a great testimony to outwardly do so. It was also so real as the church stood and commited to the same, many families there have already prayed and impacted our lives for the Lord, we are so grateful for our community we have found in such short time.This afternoon was a sewing afternoon, I made this bag!

Then just tonight, Matt and I went on our first date in such a long time. Thanks Gigi for babysitting for us. We had a great time walking around the Forum and having a great dinner just the two of us.

We are now home and relaxing on the couch. This is how we found Emma sleeping away. So cute!

What a great day!

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.