3 months old!

I can't believe she is 3 months old actually almost 4 since I am slacking on updating my blog. :) Emma has had some adventures so far and she loves it! We went to Disneyland this month, had her blessing and meet her cousin Maggie and Aunts and Uncles on Steve's side for the first time. Her and Maggie love each other and had a photo shoot together and they couldn't be cuter! They are going to be Best Friends as they grow up. ;) I went back to work this month as well and its going well. I LOVE being back in the infant room with her...I mean i get paid to play with my baby...of course the other babies too but Emma is definitely the cutest baby back there! :) We are both adjusting to a new routine and she is doing well. We love her more and more everyday!
Update on Emma:
She is starting to laugh more and more especially with her daddy! She loves to see him when he gets home from work. She probably weights around 13 lbs. We will knew for sure in about 2 weeks for her 4 month old check up. :) She is starting to lose her bobble head and gain control of her head muscles. She is not a fan of tummy time but we make her so she can strengthen her muscles and learn to roll over. She works with her PT (Physical Therapist) once a month with Kids on the Move. Since she was finally diagnosed with CMV and PMG she qualifies for Kids on the Move here in Utah. It's a non profit organization that helps kids with Early Intervention. We love it and are so blessed to get to work with the wonderful staff there. I have volunteered there before and Steve worked in the same building when he was working for Friday's Kids. We love Early Intervention and I think its such a great thing. So Emma gets PT right now and if more is needed like Speech or something she can get that when the time comes. But she is going to be just fine...we might need to work on things like her gross motor stuff more intense but she will get it! She is such a strong baby and we love having her in our family! She is sleeping between 5-8 hours at night and we love it!!!! Thank you Emma! She brings a smile to everyones that she meets and is the cutest baby alive! :)

Don't you just love her!? :) I do!

Cute Onesie my mom made for Sophie when she was a baby but Emma got to wear it too! :)

Grandpa and Grandma Oldson came with us to Disneyland so we could ride the rides. :)

Toy Story Mania Ride

We LOVE Disneyland and Mickey!

PS Hopefully I can post there Cousin photo shoot next. :)

2 months old!

I'm 2 months old and getting big...I'm 10 lbs 5 oz. and 22 and half inches long!
Emma is such a good baby and we love having her in our family. She is defying all the odds so far and is doing great! She is getting "fat", sleeping 4-5 hours at night so mommy and daddy can sleep. :) She is smiling and starting to lift her head for longer periods of time. We love her so much!

One month old

I can't believe my baby is 7 weeks almost on wednesday! Time flies...I love her more and more everyday and I feel so blessed to have her in our home! She brings so much joy to our family..even as she is crying in my lap right now. ;)
She is close to 9 lbs now and actually has some rolls on her legs. :) She is smiling more and more at her mommy and daddy and is starting to lift up her head. She is a strong baby! She loves to read with her mommy and LOVES her bath time.
We have a busy month ahead of us. Baby E will finally get to meet Grandma and Grandpa Anderson on their Mission in Colorado at the beginning of February and then she will get to go to the Happiest Place on Earth with Grandma and Grandpa Oldson Feb. 22-26th! Then she will be blessed the beginning of March and she gets to meet her cousin Maggie and Aunts and Uncles from Steve's side of the family. :) We can't wait to have them all here for her special day!

Emma at one month old

Cousin Sophie loving Baby

Cousin Addy holding her for the first time.

Grandma Debbie finally holding Emma! She was and still has been with Emma through all our trails! Thanks mom! We love you!

Baby Shower

Lacie and Steph

Miss Sophie with her favorite Aunt Aaaaa

The cute table my mom did

My sister in law Carlie made this super cute cake...it was SOOO good too


Since I didn't have pictures to post about my Baby shower I decided to post them now since I got some from Sara. :) A big THANK YOU to my mom, sister' and sister in laws for giving me a shower. It was so cute and perfect! Emma loves all her clothes and toys. :)

More Pics of Emma

Going Home from NICU

Passing her car seat test

Loves her binkie

Grandpa meeting her for the first time

Emma's home for the first two days of her life

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!