Update

Where is the world has the time gone again?  Let me sum that up for you.  In the last MONTH the following events have occurred in my immediate family.  Two children in four different emergency rooms/hospitals (one was me), three children moved (one was us), a family reunion, the death of a family pet, my parents hosted a wedding reception in their yard, a graduation from medical school, 4 birthdays, father’s day, our anniversary, and a baby was born.  We have been very busy to say the least.   

Life finally feels like it is getting back to normal.  We are still not moved in completely which is driving me crazy, but there is only so much I can do on my own.  Our apartment is on the third floor facing west and is hotter than heck when I get home, so I usually climb in a cold bath, or sit in front of the fan and don’t start doing any work in our apartment until around 8:30 when it cools down.  Despite the heat we love our new apartment.  It is nice and quiet since we are on an upper corner. 

I am healing well and haven’t had any further problems with being sick or anything like that which has been really nice.  I generally just try to take it easy, so I can’t complain.  Matt is working his tail off doing summer school full time and working.  Besides all that, the next few posts will be a little glimpse into what we have been up to in the meantime.

We Are Alive!

I know we haven't posted for awhile, but we wanted to let everybody know we are alive and well.  I am doing much much better and have gone back to work.  This weekend we are in the process of moving, which happened much faster than we expected, but thanks to our wonderful families, we are now in our new apartment.  I have much more to tell later, but I've got to get back to unpacking!

Just wanted to say a quick thanks to everybody for their kind notes, phone calls, dinners, etc, etc, etc.  We are truly blessed to be friends with so many wonderful people.  We'll update you more when we can!

Update on Camille

First of all, I speak for both Camille and myself (she's sleeping right now) in saying how grateful we are for all of your love, prayers, and support. It has been a very long three days, but I think we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

As I mentioned before, Camille and I went to the hospital at about 1 am Friday morning because she was having very intense contractions and constant nausea.  To our relief, it turned out that her body was not actually going into labor, but just causing her a great deal pain (as if that were a positive note).  Apparently there was some miscommunication between us and the nurses because we were discharged and sent home around 5 am; it wasn't long until the the medications wore off and we realized that we probably should not have left the hospital.  Her doctor had us come into her office around 9 am and in less than 5 minutes of examining Camille rushed us to the Emergency Room.

The rest of that day was pretty miserable.  The pain and nausea meds only seemed to provide brief relief from the pain and endless pokes and prods and our frustration continued to mount as each test and examination came back negative for any internal problems and/ or infections.  Once all of the blood, ultra sound, and MRI test came back normal we hesitantly agreed to go ahead with an amniocentesis test where amniotic fluid around the baby would be tested for an infection.  The risks felt really high - a positive result would have required us to give up our baby boy and an accident of any kind would have likely sent Camille directly into labor way too early to save the baby - but the risk of not knowing seemed even higher.  What a relief it was to hear that everything in the uterus was healthy and working correctly.  At this point, even thought the Doctors has ruled out the possibility of all of this being caused by an infected appendix, they felt like it was necessary to visually check it.  At approximately 11:30 pm on Friday night Camille and I were separated for the first time during this ordeal as she was rolled down the hall to surgery.  When the surgeon returned he, as you can probably guess by now, informed us that nothing was wrong, out of place, or abnormal; the appendix however, even though it was healthy, was removed as a precaution.  No one had a clue as to what could be causing There was no sleep that night.

Saturday was less eventful, but was just as busy: hourly blood tests, IV changes, nausea, pain, and a constant flow of specialists and consulting doctors kept us wide awake throughout the day.  It was decided that Camille needed closer attention by a neonatalogist group of doctors who specialize in uncommon and unsolvable pregnancy issues, so she was transferred to a much larger, more central hospital here in Salt Lake.

Things began to turn around late Saturday night and early Sunday Morning.  Her white blood count dropped to half the level it had been and the contractions faded off and stopped.  We spent Sunday in recovery mode: sleeping a lot, walking around a little bit, and drinking.  We were transferred to the post-partum area on Sunday night, so that she could rest more without as much interruption and tests.

So far this morning things are really looking good.  They removed the IV and are slowing trying her on crackers and liquids.  Camille is starting to move around a lot more and we took a short walk around the floor.  Actually, we're listening to our baby's heart beat right now.  I think he's starved for attention because he keeps kicking the Doppler.  Strong heart beat, 144 beets per minute.  Unless anything drastically changes, we were told that she is making good progress and that we should be able to go home either later tonight or first thing on Tuesday.

I am so proud of Camille, she has gone through so much in the past couple days and though in a lot of pain and frustration, has stayed positive throughout.  It's nice to see her smiling a little bit again and such a relief to know that things are finally past us and that she's on the road to being healthy again.  I love you Camille and I'll never leave your side.

Thanks again to everyone for your kind words, calls, and visits.  It means a lot to know how many people out there are thinking and praying for Camille.  We love you all and hope to see you soon.

Drumroll Please....

We are happy to announce a baby BOY will be joining our little family in a few months.

We had our ultrasound yesterday and everything looked great. We are right on schedule for our due date of September 27th.

We were both able to take the day off work and just have fun hanging out together. We went shopping intending to come home with some new baby necessities, but mostly ended up eating lots of good food, and only bought a stuffed soccer ball for our little guy.

Despite our lack of accomplishing anything we had planned, we had a great day and we couldn't be more excited!

UGH

I'm reading all the blog updates on google reader. They are all so happy and bubbly about the spring weather. Now, I'm not complaining...ok, I'm TOTALLY complaining. I'm at home, laying on the couch with some kind of stomach bug. All I can think is...ummmm...I'm almost 18 weeks, so when does this get any better? When do I get to stop spontaneously throwing everything up?

Don't get me wrong. We couldn't be more excited for this baby--we are absolutely stoked and thankful. I shouldn't complain at all, some days I just get to the end of my rope, and this feels like one of those days. In all honesty, I would go through another full 9 months of this just for the blessing of a little baby.

To get myself out of my whiner's funk, here is today's list of what I am thankful for:

*The recent BEAUTIFUL weather, including being able to wear flip-flops

*My wonderful husband who would do absolutely anything for me, despite his insane schedule

*A fun visit with my best friend Lauren before she went to New York last night

*A good job, and an understanding Boss

*A spectacular family, both mine and Matt's, who are wonderfully supportive

*A comfortable apartment that we love

*The herbs growing beautifully on my balcony

*An awesome ward

*Having my sister and her family live just a couple blocks away

Ok, I feel much better now. Well...emotionally, not physcially:) I think it is so important to realize all that I have in spite of some minor struggles here and there, and I must say I have a pretty great life, don't you think? What makes your life so great?

We're Back!

Where in the world have we been for the last few months? For a lot of it, I have been sick. Nausea. Headaches. Throwing up. Fatigue. Yuck.

I have been having some ongoing issues with migraines, so I definitely have my good days and my bad days. We have been out and about a little bit on those good days. Here is just a little bit of what we've been doing!

We spent a fun evening with my brother, sister and their families playing pool up at the U. As a side note, unimportant to anybody reading this...just a random memory of mine, this was the night before I found out I was pregnant!

Looks like fun huh?

Not sure why I'm making such an angry face...

The good news we received one Saturday afternoon!

I was lucky enough to be invited by my niece and nephew to a fancy tea party, English accents and all.

One of my dearest friends from when I lived up in Logan, Brooke, came home from her mission and it was so fun to see her!

Matt had a fun snow shoeing excursion with my Dad and brothers, and after the whole family went out to Chili's together.

Happy Baby!

Andrew was pinned between the table and the wall, but was kind enough to give a smile anyway.

We got together with the sensational six for a trip to the temple and then lunch at Cafe Rio!

You are witnessing my first sip of a caffeinated drink. Since the headaches have been so bad and so often, my Doctor recommended taking a tylenol and drinking something caffeinated at the same time. Don't know if that is working or not...

Here I am 12 weeks pregnant.

We had a fun/eventful camping trip with my 2 brothers and their families. We went to the San Rafael Swell and it was really great weather during the day and absolutely FREEZING at night. We had a mishap on the way home with the trailer bearings pretty much burning out completely, so the girls ended up in the suburban on the side of the road watching a movie with all the kids, while the guys headed into town to get a new trailer...fun times...

Cute little Lucas

The guys assessing the damage to the trailer...

This is conference weekend. During the Priesthood session the girls and kids did a little shopping and then we went out for ice cream!

Conference Sunday with the family.

No Easter pics. I spent the day with a migraine, but my parents were sweet enough to come down and bring us some delicious left overs, thanks Mom and Dad!

16 weeks pregnant.

And...that pretty much brings us up to speed. I'll try to keep up with this blog, but no promises until I am really feeling better!

Special Delivery

We are excited to announce (and have been dying keeping our mouths shut for quite awhile now) that a tiny Tanner will be joining our family this fall.  I'm due September 27th and we couldn't be more excited!

So far I can't believe how tired a tiny little person in your body can make you feel, or how nauseous, but I wouldn't rather be sick and tired for any other reason.  

Anyway, we are ecstatic and can't wait for fall to get here!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year....Belated...

As if any of you are really surprised....

Anyway, we had an excellent holiday season (check out me being politically correct!). In seriousness I use that term because the whole thing from Thanksgiving through New Years was just awesome!

The only sad part of the season was that my best friend Lauren moved away to Hawaii to go to BYU Hawaii. I'm sure she is having a great time at the beach as we speak and I am definitely jealous! At least now I have an in if we ever want to visit!

Hanging out at Chili's

We were lucky to get last minute tickets to see A Christmas Carol at Hale Theater and had a yummy dinner at Chili's afterwards.

Christmas Eve was fun as usual with my family. We had the traditional dinner of appetizers only, which included some brand new additions this year: cream cheese wontons, shrimp wrapped bacon, and brie! After that came a special visit from Mr. Claus himself, a fun game, and then a lesson from my Dad and the traditional nativity scene acted out.
As usual, the night ended with singing around the piano.

Crazy Family Games!

The cutest little shephard

Baby Jesus (Lucas)

Everyone wanted to help play the piano...

Christmas Day was wonderful and Matt spoiled me silly and I love him for it! We woke up on Christmas morning and opened our gifts to each other and then headed to Sandy to spend the day with Matt's family. We had a delicious salmon brunch, opened gifts and later had Christmas dinner. After that we went over to my parents and visited with them for awhile and ate a little bit more...we were definitely stuffed by the end of the night. Since it was snowing all day on Christmas, it took us about an hour to get home. Finally when we got there we headed over to my sister's place to watch Dark Knight.

Playing with our new Wii!

The day after Christmas was very special for my family. Eric and Heidi were able to have Lucas sealed to them in the Timpanogas temple and it was an awesome experience and we couldn't be happier for their family.

During the season we also got together with my girlfriends from high school (the SCC) at my parents house. We had pizza, an FHE lesson, and a great time catching up with each other.

Jeni, Julie, Chalece, Shyla, Nikki, Me, Amy, Teran and Lauren

Group Hug!

New Years Eve was spent at Eric and Heidi's place playing our new Wii, eating lots of delicious food, games, and even some dancing to ring in the new year.Fun games...but a big mess...

Me trying to take Eric down in boxing...I lost

The guys snowboarding on the Wii (check out their faces!)

Midnight dancing

Last but not least, we celebrated the new year with a couple of baby blessings, first my nephew Lucas, and then our friend's new daughter, Maylee Souter.

James and Allison, Matt and me, Ryan, Nikki, and Maylee, Brittany and Andy

We didn't sent out Christmas cards or a newsletter or anything like that, but we want all of you to know we are thankful to associate with all of you as friends and family. We have been so blessed this year and have so much to be thankful for. We are so excited to begin this new year and hope that it can be even better than the one before!

Love, Matt and Camille