Baby Emma

I just love her!!! I didn't think I could LOVE someone so fast as I did when they first put her on my chest



LONGEST labor but totally worth it!

Meeting Dad for the first time


Well, Baby Emma decided to come 3 weeks early. Which I was kind of okay with but at the same time I was not ready to have her. :) I went in for my monthly ultrasound on Monday December 5th and my Dr came in and asked if I wanted the good or bad news first. Of course I said the bad news and she said I was having my baby tomorrow. I then asked what the good news was and she said I was having my baby tomorrow! lol We were all shocked and excited and nervous. I told my Dr I had a baby shower that night though so my Dr said I could go to that and then I had to be admitted to the hospital that night. So after my lovely work party (thanks Sara an Michelle) we headed to the hospital. They softened my cervix that night and by Wednesday I had her. :) I was going to throw in the towel at like 4 in the morning on Wednesday cause I was still only at a 3 and like 80% but my wonderful Dr came in around 6 and said I was finally at a 4 and 100% and that I could do this! She said if she wasn't here by noon then she would take her. Needless to say she came at 11:44 am :) It was the longest 38 hours of my life but she was totally worth it!!!!! I love her so much and can't believe Heavenly Father sent her to us. She is so perfect! I also have to thank my mom and sisters for also being there at the hospital with me. Go team Ashley!!! They were a great help and kept me insane during the long hours into the night. Emma did spend two days in the NICU because her body temp went down and then her oxygen went down a little to so she spent two days in the NICU and went home with us Friday night. I think she was just as spent as I was and was so tired and just needed to sleep and that is what she did when she was in the NICU. She did great in there and we were so excited and blessed she got to go home with us Friday when we went home. I don't think I would of handled it very well if I had to leave her there.

We were so blessed to have such great Dr.'s and nurses the whole time with us at the hospital. We loved ALL of them!
Her life here on earth has been eventful so far. :) She has experienced the NICU, her first Christmas, an MRI and lots of photo sessions. She just got an MRI done this past Tuesday to check out her brain and it was hard at first to hear the news from the Dr that it was abnormal. We already knew it was going to be abnormal cause of her Dandy Walker Variant but we also found out that she has some cyst on her brain as well. So far the Dr. said they are not anything we have to worry about right now unless she starts have seizures or something. But she is eating and growing like she needs to be right now. As long as she is hitting her milestones I believe we don't need to worry. I still feel like everything is going to be just fine and she is going to grow up healthy and strong just like every other baby. I mean look at her....you can't say she is not the cutest thing ever!!!! lol We are so blessed to have her in our family and can't wait to see her grow up. We love you Baby Emma!


Baby Emma is 4 weeks old (tomorrow)
weighs 6lbs. 4oz. and 19 and 1/2 inches long

3 weeks and counting!

I can't believe November is over and December is tomorrow. :) I am so excited to meet our little Emma and hold and kiss her. I need to finish her nursery and pack the bags but we are ready to meet our little girl. Everyone keeps asking me if I am ready and I am. I think its more of the season that I want to have her here now then anything. The plan is still to be induced on the 19th so we can be home for Christmas. Being pregnant is amazing! The kicks, the sleepless nights, and pains I love it all! I love that Heavenly Father sent this perfect little girl down to our family. We love her so much and can't wait to hold and kiss her. :) I will post a belly picture later.

Merry Christmas to all!
Love The Andersons

Bump in the Road

This is our Halloween costumes this year. I am the "Bump in the road" and Steve is the construction worker. :)
Being pregnant is such a fun and exciting feeling. I love my little Emma already and she isn't even here yet! So i promised I would tell details about everything so here we go. If you don't want to read all of this just skip to the pictures. :)

Steve and I had tried for 10 months to get pregnant and it was hard. They say ONLY 10 months that's nothin...which it is but it feels like forever when you want something so bad. About 8 months of trying I knew there was something wrong so my friend Dani told me to go to her OB and she would give me some clomid. I went to her and she made me track and do blood work etc. I was ovulating but my periods were 28 to 41 days. It was never consistent. So finally in March she gave me the smallest dose of clomid and needless to say it WORKED!!!!! We found out at the end of April and it was so funny to see Steve so nervous. He was actually the first one to see if there was two lines or not. He walked into the bathroom and picked it up and started smiling. I was so nervous to look at it but there was one line and one faint line. We both just started crying and I called my mom to make sure that I was pregnant and she said if you have never seen two lines before I think your pregnant. :) We were the happiest couple that day. Then the morning sickness started to kick in the next month and continued til about the second trimester. I felt lucky about my morning sickness because it was more of I threw up in the morning and maybe at night but I was fine the rest of the day.

Then came the BIG day where we got to find out what we were having!!!! My mom and Steve were with me and boy was I happy they were both there that day. My Dr. didn't do the ultrasound because she just came back to practice so her new office doesn't have the equipment for it so she sent us to Provo. The tech did the usual check everything and then told us we were having a girl and everyone was excited. I thought it was going to be a boy but I wanted a girl deep down. ;) Then the Dr. came in and said there was no post marks on the ultrasound so that was good and then when she was done she told us that this was the part she hated about her job. Immediately my heart sank and I didn't know if she was kidding or serious. She then proceeded to tell us that her cerebellum was not all the way closed and that she was pretty sure that she had what was called a Dandy-Walker Variant. She told us that there was a 75% chance she could be normal or she might have some developmental delays but we just wont know until she gets here. She said a lot of people don't even know that they have this variant unless they get an MRI but they walk around just normal. The Dr. then said that we might want to see if she was Down Syndrome too. This was ALOT of information to take in and I am so grateful that my mom was there. She asked questions that we needed to know and didn't know to ask and I am so happy she was there to ask those questions and support us. After the Dr left I just melted down (again) into Steve arms and didn't know what to think. Steve held and cried with me as we tried to process all this new information.
We went right to the lab to get the blood work done to see if she was DS and then went shopping to see if that would cheer us up a bit. After praying and talking to our family members that night we decided to take the next day off work and go up to Park City and do some more shopping and relax and boy did that help. I called MY Dr the next day to see if she had the results of the test and she wanted us to come in and talk to her and I am so glad we did. Emma isn't Down's and my Dr. made us feel so much better about the situation. Emma didn't have any other problems with her ultrasound which was good and there was no Fluid on the brain which was the biggest relief. She told us ALL parents worry about their children and that she feels Emma is going to be just fine as long as all her ultrasounds are normal. So I have to go in every month to make sure she is growing healthy and strong and she is!!! My Dr. told us that this happens in like 1 out of 30,000 pregnancy's and her chances up to the 75% range if every time she has an normal ultrasound. After praying and more praying both Steve and I feel like Emma is going to be "normal" and we really wont knew if she has a learning delay until she is about 5 years old anyways. But we both feel so blessed to have little Emma in our lives and I told Steve Emma was the most prefect name for her because like Emma Smith she went through a lot but she was strong and so is our Emma. :) I am so grateful Heavenly Father has sent her to us and I can't wait to meet her in less then 10 weeks! So every month we get to see Emma and she is so stinkin cute and is doing what she needs to be doing each month. Our last appointment they did it in 3D which was so cool!!! She has Steve's nose and lips. :) She is 2.9 lbs right now and is doing great. We get to meet her December 19th (I hope). My Dr. said we could do that date since she is leaving for St. George the day after Christmas which Emma is suppose to be due on the 25th. So I will be doing everything possible to have Emma that early. So if you know how to get babies out early let me know. ;)

So there you have our story so far...Emma is growing healthy and strong and we can't wait to have her out so we can hold her. Her nursery is all painted and the crib is up we just need to decorate it and she can come. :) We love you Emma!

This is me in June at a Rodeo

This is my bump in July

We went to see Steve's parents on their mission in Colorado in September

My bump vs. Sophie's bump. :)

My bump in October

Here is Emma's first facial shot with the 3D ultrasound. Can you see Steve's nose and lips? :)

It's true....

I am pregnant and having a GIRL! Her name will be Emma Rose Anderson and we are so excited to meet her around Christmas. I say around because my due date is actually the 25th but my Dr. is going out of town the day after so she will induce me early. I am thinking the 19th or 20th sound REAL good right now.:) I was sick my first/the beginning of my second trimester but I am feel good now. Steve is super excited about Emma coming and she is spoiled already from him. But I will update hopefully soon with more info about how and where we found out later. :)

Time flies...

when you are having fun with someone you love! April just up and went it seems like. We had a fun short trip to Vegas at the beginning of April for my Aunt Jacques Wedding. We played BINGO with my cousins, played X Box Kinect games and watched General Conference. It was a fun but fast weekend. April was also a Birthday month. My nephew Cody had his 3rd birthday while his parents were in NY and we celebrated Spider-man style. My niece and sister in law made the spider man cake below. Cody loved it!!! To close our April we ended up going shooting with some friends. Well let's say Steve and his friends went shooting. I don't like to shoot guns so I took the pictures and watched everyone else shoot. :) April was a great month and we can't wait to see what will happen in May!

In like a Lion...Out like a lamb

I can't believe its the middle of March and I haven't blogged in a LONG time. I blame it on our trip to Disney World. We had a blast with our family at Disney and had so much fun! Our story beginnings like this...we arrive in Florida and get our rental car. We get in and it smells funny. We just thought it was because the windows were down when we got in. When we arrive to our house we rented we hang out with the family and go then go to bed. The next day we got into our car and it was still smelling funny but we thought it was just us. So we go to Universal Studios and at the end of the day it was so bad I told Steve we have to get a new car. So we called Enterprise and they said they couldn't get someone out to us that night but if we bought the car in they would give us whatever car we wanted. So we brought the car back to the airport and they gave us an Infinity G 35.(That is what Steve wanted) The next day was Sunday and we did some service while we were there with Give Kids the World. Monday morning we were getting ready to go to Disney Epcot. Steve was asking me where his fanny pack was. (Yes, Steve has a fanny pack and yes he loves it) :) We couldn't find it anywhere. It was then that we decided we must of left it in the rental car we returned. Steve calls lost and found and the found the fanny pack but our camera and Steve's Oakley prescription sunglasses were gone! So obviously someone stole them right? To make a long story short we didn't have a camera with us the whole time and still don't. ;) But after about two weeks fighting with Enterprise to reimburse us for our lost items they did. So we now are still in the process of finding a new camera. Thankfully though my sister in law Jenny took pictures for us. So I will post those pictures for you. :)
March is already here and it has been a good one! My birthday was last Saturday and it was so much fun. Steve printed and framed some wedding pictures I have been wanting to FINALLY print. (Yes its been a year and half and we are now just printing some of them.)He also got me a gift card to Downeast and 27 dollars to Chic fil a. Get it? Cause I am 27? :) I did have to go to a class that morning but after that I went shopping with my mom and niece Addy. My mom got me some shirts and then we went to dinner at PF Changs. My friends Dustin and Amy, Trevor and Tori, Skyler, Whitney, and my Mom and Addy. Steve was there too I guess. ;) We ate dinner and then went back to my house to play Just Dance 2!!! 27 years old doesn't feel any different then 26 besides the fact that my ovaries are getting old. lol ;) jk. Someday Steve and I will FINALLY get pregnant. But in the words of Steve we like the practice. I love birthdays and I am so thankful for great family and friends. Thanks for a great birthday Steve! Love you!

First Day at Universal Studios

We had to get a picture with Wolverine...cause we are Wolverines. Go UVU!


Harry Potter World...eating at the Three Broomsticks



Our Favorite ride!:)




Captain EO



Keith and his favorite Aunt Ashley!

I say Disney...you say World. Disney...

I know you are jealous right? :) I would be if I wasn't going to Disney World. We are so excited for Friday to come. 2 more days! We have been waiting patiently in this cold weather for January 7th to come upon us and its just around the corner. We had such a great Christmas in our new house and spending time with the family. We went to the Roof with my parents Christmas Eve and then spent Christmas Day with my best friend across the street. Santa was really good to us this year. I asked for baby, but apparently Santa didn't want to bring me one of those yet. ;) I received my black TOMS I wanted, two necklaces, gift cards and JUST DANCE 2!!!! I love this game, if you haven't played it you should come over cause it is FUN! Santa got Steve a Ping Pong table, PGA golfing booklet, Golden Eye for the Wii and his Banana Republic shirt he wanted. Santa was really nice to us this year. We have been so blessed this year and can't wait to see what 2011 brings to our family.


My dad made fun of our Christmas tree because we had little presents under it but its just Steve and me this year. :)

At the Roof...it was my first time there and it was good!

Parents and us at the Joseph Smith building before dinner

My sister's and I decided to buy these cute socks at Target and wear them to our family Christmas party...we love them :)

And of course to complete my Temple Square Christmas a picture by my favorite pink lights!

Does someone need a hug?

I love Christmas time! I love buying gifts for people you love, the Christmas movies on every channel, and the decorations all around you. I am so excited for this Christmas because we get to be in our house this year and then we get to meet up with Steve's family in January for Disney World!!! That's right we are going to Disney World! I even made a Disney World countdown for Steve. He loves it! :) We had a great Thanksgiving with my family and we even did a Human Turkey Run the day of Thanksgiving. It was FREEZING! I was even on the news for like one min. :) I was interviewed about why I was doing the run etc. The picture below explains it all. It was my brother in laws hat that he was going to wear but he decided it would fall off when he was running, so I wore it. :) Everyone walked (except for Steve...he slept in) this year except for my brother in law, he actually did the 10K and still beat us all walking. We love having time to spend with our families. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Let's remember the spirit of Christmas and center our life's around Christ.
PS Thanks Sara for posting the pictures on your blog so I can use them too!


Christmas Party at Kathy Smith's house...it was a Michigan reunion


My turkey hat at the Human Turkey Run


We had a sister night out at Gardner Village and met this very cute little elf at one of the stores. She also dresses up at Witches Night Out as one of the Sanderson Sisters.

October Fun!

Can you believe we have been married for ONE year!!!! Crazy, huh...its gone by so fast. We have had a great October together. We moved into our new house (see pictures below) had our 1st anniversary together and Halloween!!! I LOVE Halloween!!! It's my favorite holiday. We have been busy with work and just unpacking our house. My downstairs is unpacked. Now I need to work on my upstairs and painting. :) It's been so fun and nice to have our own place. We love our new little house. With October coming to an end I can't believe Thanksgiving is coming up and then Christmas...where has this year gone? We are so lucky and blessed to have a great house and loving friends and family around us. Happy Halloween!
PS Did I mention we get to go to Disney World in January!!! :)





I have been really bad with taking pictures lately so this is the ONLY picture I took when we went to Park City for our ONE year anniversary.

Our first House!

Yes, we finally closed on our house in Lehi yesterday. We couldn't be more excited and blessed to be able to own our very first house together. :) We count our blessings everyday for all that we have. As for now we get to pack the rest of our apartment this weekend so we can move in on Monday! :) It's such a cute house and I can't wait to start our family in it. Now we just need to convince Steve that he can handle kids. ;) No one is really ever ready to have kids right? :) I hope you enjoy the pictures of our new house and hope you can stop by sometime to see it. We would love visitors. :)

Our first house

Living Room

Family Room

Kitchen