One Year ago....

         One year ago today was my 20 week ultrasound. We had already found out that we were having a boy, so we were just excited about getting to see him again. The lady that was doing the ultrasound was fairly young so when she was taking a lot pictures and a long time, I just thought that she must be new. But after the ultrasound was done and she said that there was something that she found and would like the Dr. to come in and talk to us I knew something was wrong. But it was nothing close to what I thought it might be. Two of our other kids have had a heart murmur so we had to come back for another ultrasound. But nothing really needed to be done about it. The Dr came in and start to tell us that they thought that our baby had signs of having Spina Bifida. Large head, large ventricles and what looks to be an opening in his spine. As he was telling us this my husband was on his phone googling Spina Bifida. Which is not a good idea. We spent the next 4 hours talking about our options. With it being the Tuesday before Thanksgiving we were  kind of on hold. Which is the worst thing to be on when you just find out that your baby has Spina Bifida. It was all that I could think about. At this time I'm sad to say that I had a hard time relating to the baby. I wasn't seeing him as a baby anymore. He was Spina Bifida. But as I prayed and asked the Lord to help me know what to do to, a thought came into my mind that he is my baby, he will look just like your other kids. So now that he is born and people comment on him looking like one of his brothers. I remember that time when I was told that he would. It really did help me reconnect with him. If I could see our family today, last year at this time I wouldn't of worried so much. We are so blessed to have this little guy in our lives. He brings us so much joy. I'm so grateful to be his mom and can't wait to see all the amazing thing he will do.

Great things are happening!

        This last Wed. was our Young Women in Excellence program. We are so proud of Taylor and all her hard work. Getting your Young Womanhood Recognition is a pretty big thing. I was 18 years old when I got it my first time. It took me the full 6 years. Taylor was able to get it in 3 years. So proud of all her hard work. She is one amazing girl!

Here are all the women (young and old) that earned their award that night.

 Bishop Frank and Taylor when he was presenting her the award.

Yes Taylor is much taller than I, but I'm not sure if she is that much taller. :-)

             This year Taylor shared about her Virtue goal, which was to read the Book of Mormon. She was able to go with some of the leaders and girls to one of the leaders cabins. The spend two days reading the whole book. She said her favorite part was when they went to the Logan Temple to read the last chapter. She said it was hard to read it in such a short time but she's glad she did it!

Here is what the award looks like.

On Sat we were able to do Miles' Eagle Scout Project. His project was to have all the helmets cleaned and check in his little league. To make sure they are safe and protecting the kids properly. We are so proud of all his hard work and so grateful for everyone's support and help.

Even little Wil came and helped.

   Cole has been in heaven playing trains with his brothers and Dad. We are all in agreement that we think he is going to LOVE trains when he gets bigger.

Cole is 9 months!

CrAzY but true! He is becoming such a big boy. We went to his 9 month check up yesterday. The Dr is very excited about how well he is doing. We are feeling truly blessed!

Cole's 8 months pics

Here  are Cole's pictures that we had taken. He is getting so big!!

Dr. Appointment

We went to the Drs this last Monday. Mark and I feel like Cole is still doing well. We were planning on talking to the Dr about coming in a month instead of two weeks. At the end of the appointment he said he thought that we could come back in 3 months. Man that was an amazing surprise. We are so grateful that he is doing so well. At our visit in 3 months we will have another MRI.(But this one will be fast.)

Time flies when your having fun!

I do feel like Cole has been a bit different since his last MRI. He is not a fan of being alone. He gets nervous if he can't see his mom or dad. Which means it's hard for me to update the blog. :-)

Cole is getting pretty tricky.

We finished up football. All the boys had a great season.

The fans had a great season too!

We went to Cornbellys with Mark's family. Everyone had a great time.

We took Drew lunch on his birthday. He Said it was the best day ever.

Cole enjoyed Halloween. He really enjoyed trying his first sucker. The kids thought he was so funny to watch.

Cole also enjoyed being in the school parade.