June and July Blessings

We have been super busy the last few months. I still don't have a way to upload pics as our internet is down right now and I am bumming internet in order to post.

June was super hard with a new baby. She cried all. of. the. time. I was sleep deprived and stressed and overwhelmed. But our little Ellie was beautiful and amazing. Breastfeeding was the hardest part, and I still have issues with it. But we are getting used to it I think. We had a ton of visits to the doctor for checkups and tests to figure out what the fluid in her right kidney was caused by. More on that in a sec. Eliza was jaundiced at first, but got over that. She was born 8 lb 2 oz, and dropped down to 7 lb 10 oz, but then in two weeks went up to 9 lb 1 oz! Plus she finally got a cute belly button.

July was even more busy. I visited my parents for a week for my mother's birthday. Then we headed out to Idaho to visit Kase's grandparents. They are so sweet. The whole family was able to make it out there. We had so much fun. Eliza got to meet her greatgrandparents and her great aunts and uncle. We got to meet new aunt Candy and new Uncle Randy. They are awesome. Candy if you ever read this, come visit us Eliza loves you. :) We were able to go to the Salt Lake Temple, which was so amazing. It is beautiful inside. We miss everyone already. Thank you for letting us visit.

Eliza really calmed down over vacation. She turned 6 weeks and suddenly stopped crying all of the time. She still cries, but it is a different cry. She is able to be consoled and she actually sleeps for 3 or 4 hours at a time at night!!! What a blessing!!!

Eliza had another exam last friday. They put an IV in and a catheter (spelling?) and ran a test to see why the fluid is stuck in her right kidney. They found out it is an enlarged mega ureter, the tube from the kidney to her bladder. Everything is working on that side, just a little slow. So no surgery for now. We just have to check it again in 6 months. We feel very blessed by this.


August 1st Eliza was blessed at our church. I was so nervous because she cries a lot, but she didn't cry at all! It was such a sweet blessing. I felt so blessed to have a husband who could be an instrument in the Lord's hands and give her such a sweet blessing. All of our family was there and it was so nice to have them all together.


The past two months have been the most amazing of my life. I go back to work in 2 weeks. I am so sad to leave our little precious girl during the day, but I have to do what I have to do. She will be watched over, I know.

Being a mother has been amazing. I love Eliza more that I could have ever imagined or could explain. I love her father more too, which I thought was impossible as I loved him so much already. I miss her when I am away from her and can't wait to get to her. It's amazing how much she has changed over the last 8 weeks. I look forward to the future with my sweet family.

Pictures will come soon. I really mean it.