"Come what may and love it!"

Where to begin? That is a great question…because our little family’s life has changed 180 degrees within one week.

Here is the short timeline…(included for those that already know everything and don’t choose to read the long narrative…which I include for my own personal journaling reasons.)

Thursday night – a possibility of an offer being accepted on a home that was turned in like 3 months ago...we had really crossed it off our list!

Friday- confirmed our offer was accepted…but not official yet.

Sunday – Jared just called and sustained as Ward Clerk in our current ward.

Wednesday – the house closed…we get it!

Thursday – cleaning new house

Friday – moving day

Saturday – carpets cleaned, moving, etc.

Sunday – I get a new calling in current ward! (You think I’m joking!! I'm not...Yes, they do know we are moving!)

Monday – Memorial Day…moving day…we finally sleep our first night in our new home.

Tuesday – I wake up, shower, get ready and attended my prego doctor’s appointment where he tells me… “Go straight to the Hospital...you are having this baby today!” So there you have it…in one week we moved and brought home a new baby. It honestly couldn't have been better timing. Why not experience everything changing all at once.

I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes from Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin… “Come what may and love it!” This is truly how I feel lately. I have loved each new adventure. Yes, I have shed many tears for various reasons (I’d like to label them as pregnancy hormones!) but overall I am pleased with how everything has turned out…pleased beyond description. My heart is full of thanks for all my dear sweet family and friends who have come to our rescue on so many different levels. You all made this happen. Much thanks to my hubby. WOW is all I can say. He has been able to accomplish so much while he’s been home to make sure that his wife and kids are taken care of and comfortable with all these changes. Thanks to all.

But mostly thanks to our dear Heavenly Father who has guided and directed our family down an unfamiliar path. One I’m sure that is filled with more joy, adventures, love, experiences and opportunities to simply become more like Him. For that I am forever thankful for this new phase of our life. I will post several pictures and then explain them one by one! Enjoy…

Part One: Moving

Home Sweet Home... So here is the new place we are calling home. It's been a wild adventure to make this all happen, but needless to say one week later it's home. The first night we slept here was Memorial Day night. The funny story of our first morning was that Jacob and Alayna jumped up in bed with us and Jake exclaimed..."Dad...Sunny!!" Jared and I started laughing. We ALL realized how SUNNY the world is in the morning time. We have been basement dwellers for four years now and Jake has never met the sun in the morning. So with all these windows we are very aware of what sunshine is...oh, and what it brings...EARLY mornings...our kids normally would sleep in until 8:30am or even 9am (Yes, they do go to bed around 7pm...we were wild sleepers!) But now I have seen the 5AM hour...Who knew the sun came out that early? Either way, we do love the sun!

This is one of my favorite areas of the house. Three HUGE windows that are amazing for the view and sunlight. It also shows you my super cute table I got on ksl. I have been storing this table for over a year now! It's about time I wipe off the dust and decorate with something cute...(the flowers are from RPT for the baby)

I found these SUPER BRIGHT and adorable cushions at Kohl's weeks ago before I had a "house" and last night I had to venture out and get them. My kitchen was SCREAMING for color and these are exactly what this "earth toned" house needed...COLOR and lots of it!

Jake doing what he does best...escaping from the house. He has learned how to open our deep freezer and take otter pops. (The backyard)

The kitchen and bar. Yup, thanks to a Memorial Day sale I got the bar stools for a steal of a deal! Oh, love the kitchen...no above cabinet decorations! Yeah, for one area of the house to not stress me out about having to be creative. Funny feature about the kitchen sink and tall bar. Jacob wins the award for finding every possible disaster. Do you see the lovely sink faucet, well it just so happens to swing all the way around. So Jake desperately needed a drink, so what did he do? He twisted the faucet all the way around to the bar, got his drink and didn't turn off the water. I was in my bedroom and heard "water" I came running in and found him on the ground with Alayna saying..."Waterfall!" Yes, it was pouring water over the bar onto the floor. For once I'm thankful I have tile instead of hardwood flooring.

Painting...two rooms had an UGLY green color, no windows and poor lighting. So we picked a light yellow for the bathroom...I'm still deciding if I like the yellow. The ceiling is just so HIGH that the lights are bright enough for me. So who knows what we will do?

Jared helping out Shandra and Angela painting the laundry room. It's a light blue! I LOVE this room.

View from the deck.
Shandra and my Mom being busy bee's trying to get us moved in before the baby is born!
One of my FAVORITE features of the home...a deck off the kitchen! The kids LOVE it and I LOVE it even more. We had to lock out all 9 grand kids so we could actually accomplish...painting, moving in, etc.

Part Two: Let's have a Baby!

I had Jared take a picture before I lost this pregnant belly! I had a doctors appointment Tuesday morning where my doctor said, "You are a 6...then he said you are going to have this baby today!" I then said, "Why did you accidentally break my water?" He said, "No, you are bleeding again." So to make sure we could watch the baby and not have to do an emergency C-Section we were instructed to go off to the hospital.

Because my doctor wanted to make sure the baby was doing well Jared and I got to hang out doing NOTHING for about 5 hours. I wasn't even hooked up to anything, other than wearing the lovely hospital gown and visiting with Jared and monitoring the baby we just enjoyed our nurse and hospital.

Around 6:30pm my doctor arrived broke my water and hooked me up to pitocin. The baby had been doing well under the stress of bleeding and now that the doctor was right there we were ready to deliver! My family arrived around 7:30pm- sisters, parents, in-laws stopped into say hello. I was encouraging them to go eat dinner, because it was going to take awhile to deliver this baby. My pitocin level was only at 8.0 - which on my other labors I had it pumped up 20.0 for about 10 hours! So I figured this might take all night long. Well as we visited I began to get more and more uncomfortable. Then the regular feelings of labor we were starting...but the funny thing was that my "contraction" line on the monitor NEVER showed a contraction. Come to find out my monitor had fallen off and not been tracking them. So yes, I was having them with my epidural and so yes, my body was progressing even though I didn't think so. Anyways, I endured THREE MAJOR contractions that were VERY uncomfortable to the point I said, "I think I need the nurse to check me...PLEASE leave family!" Right then my nurse walked in and she had the family leave...this baby was on it's way. So then she said that I was complete and the baby was right there. She immediately called my doctor (who had just gone home!) to return back. It takes him exactly 10 minutes to arrive back at the hospital. So let's just say those 10 minutes were SO LONG!!! He thankfully walked in at 8 minutes breathing VERY heavy and red faced. He got suited up, sat down, I pushed and out came our baby...BOY! It literally happened so quickly that I was totally prepared and ready for our little surprise baby...I LOVE little boys (thanks to our Jakey!)

Baby Caleb Jared was born at 8:16pm. I must admit this labor was LOVELY and besides a few minor complications (very different than my delivery with Jacob) I felt great. And because I had such little pitocin for a short time I didn't even get the shakes, chills, etc. That was a huge bonus!

The sisters surrounding their new nephew...Angela, Shandra, Krista!

I think Caleb's big sister will keep him!

Grandma Lou & Papi are proud grandparents of 11 grand kids!

Grandpa Randy and Grandma Nettie enjoying baby Caleb.