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Week 2

This whole experience has been mind blowing to the extreme. We weren't supposed to have our first child until the beginning of September. I had had daydreams of sitting in front of a fan all summer while eating frozen yogurt already. It was going to be a rough summer, but it was going to be well worth it. Then, the unexpected happened. Quite literally. We didn't even consider the possibility of having a premature baby, especially with 16 weeks left in the pregnancy to go. It was a good thing Grayson was born though, because if I did nothing about those pains, not realizing what they were at first, we would have lost him. Although, looking back, seeing that those pains got worse and worse, we, of course, would have gone to the hospital...but still.  The doctors weren't sure Grayson was going to make it out of the first two days of his life. And now, here we are in his 17th day. He is quite the miracle. I know we have a long way to go and this is just the beginning, but I fee...

News and Realizations

Ok, so I know I'm not the best at updating this blog, and to be completely honest, I'm not so great at updating my journal...but since I did that two days ago, I should probably update this. So, it's pretty much official! Bryce and I are expecting our first child! I'm only 9 weeks along, and technically you aren't really supposed to be telling people you're pregnant until the second trimester comes along, but who cares? The only people who see this already know anyway. :) Bryce is super excited. I was really nervous up until yesterday, when I spoke with one of my good friends and companions from the mission, Shanae. She was telling me about this test that was run on a pregnant woman, where doctors put like a microphone or something inside her stomach/uterus to see just how much the baby can hear. Shanae described it as just putting a blanket over your head. The baby can hear practically everything! ESPECIALLY the mom and the people that the mother is around a lo...