Something to Remember

Dear Baby Girl,

I want you to remember something very important as you grow up. Always have Faith. This may be the hardest thing to do at times, but I promise you will make it through anything as long as you have faith.

We are currently in a "rough spot" in our life. We are basically being kicking out of our home. Yes, that's right, at 5 months pregnant we need to pack up all of our things and move. That is exactly what I wanted to do right now. NOT. So we were in a bit of a panic, not knowing where we were going to move. How we were going to afford rent, let alone anything to furnish it, and how we would be able to prepare for your arrival.

Needless to say, your very hormonal mother shed a few tears while trying to figure this all out. Not to mention, your Dad takes his finals this week and the MCATS on Saturday, so this was just the perfect addition of stress for him as well.

This is were faith comes in. We are living righteously, paying our tithing and doing all that we can to be good members of the church. We had to rely on Heavenly Father that this was all part of his plan. This was a trial we had to go through and there was a reason for it. We are strong enough to overcome it. He would never leave us on the streets with a newborn and nothing to eat. So as the days passed and we tried to figure out what we can do, things started to come together. We realized that though we may not want to leave this huge house, it is not really the best environment to raise a child in. There are also several other factors that make this move the best thing for us. We don't know how we will afford rent because on paper, we do not make enough. The summer is the lowest financial time for our family because of the lack of work. This will all somehow work out. I have faith that Heavenly Father knows me and our situation. We will always be taken care of. He will never let his children be alone. We may not have money for a fancy new car or the top of the line stuff. But we will always have food on the table and a place to lay our heads.

Now, please understand this rational level of thinking was honestly not the first thing that came to my mind. I am human. Usually when crisis happens, you cry and think "why me?" Know that any trial you are given, it is because Heavenly Father KNOWS you are strong enough to  handle it and He will not leave your side.  We have now found a place to live and are trying to piece together a few items to that it will be livable. No, its not beautiful and perfect but it is our home. It is filled with our family, lots of love and the gospel and if you have those three things, you will never feel like you don't have enough.

Love,
Mom

Baby Mine

I don't want to say I "knew from the beginning" but I had a feeling you were going to be a little girl. 

We could not be more excited! Dad always said you were a girl and as much as I wanted to believe him I didn't want to get my hopes up. We went to the doctor yesterday and got a sneak peak at you. You were curled up into a tight ball and almost didn't to let us check you out. The nurse poked around for a bit to try and get you to wake up. Finally after a couple minutes you make a little sucking motion and that was about it. You never moved from the little ball and you never wiggled your whole body. You must be like your Dad, you can sleep anywhere and everywhere no matter what is going on. Right now I think I can feel you moving. I think. Its still hard to tell since you like to stay so curled up. I'm sure as the months go on you will spread out and I will start to feel you more and more. 

15 weeks

Don't mind me, straight out of the shower with no make up on. This week I promised not to forget a picture and since Dad was actually home, I made him snap a quick one on the way out the door. Here we are at 15 weeks! Woot Woot!

Love being a Lyman

Since I have been married I have survived moving to the frozen tundra they call Utah, being married to a medic, being inside a burning building , and now a major car accident...

 I think I will handle motherhood just fine. 

I should preface. This accident is fake. It was training for Dad's school club.

We crashed two cars on Utah Valley University campus and had the police respond as well as the fire department and paramedics. They had to treat it as a real accident. We were going to land Life flight to take Dad to the hospital, but at the last minute they got a real call and had to respond to that instead. 

It was still an amazing experience. 

 Waiting for the medics to arrive. 

 The accident

 Putting me in the ambulance. 

 Uncle Jono on the stretcher 

 Using the jaws of life to get Dad out of the car

 Medics working on Dad

We survived.

There is never a dull moment in our family.

(this post was included in your book because, well, you were there for it all)