Out of the mouths of babes.....

"Here mom" Griffen hands me a piece of string cheese. "You need to eat this so that you can make more milk for the baby". :)

Thanksgiving 2010

This year Matt and I packed up the car including the dog and headed to Tri-cities to spend the holiday with family. The drive took 7 hours between stops with the baby and the accident at the pass that held us up for additional time. We were able to spend 5 days in Richland with Jim and Sharon. Matt picked up a few shifts of overtime while we were there so that he could stay home just a few days longer. Thanksgiving was great and as always we all ate plenty! I made my sausage dressing and creamy-cheesy mashed potatoes. It was great to have leftovers almost every day that we were there!
Griffen spent Thanksgiving with his dad this year which was a bummer because there was plenty of snow and a great sledding hill on the golf course. Hopefully it will snow when we head back for Christmas!

A Blessing

On Sunday November 7th Matt blessed his first child, Knox Anton. It was beautiful to witness my husband performing this ordinance. Jim, Ryan, and Jeremy all stood up with Matt for the blessing which made it very special.
All of the family came to visit for the weekend of the blessing and we enjoyed spending time together. Griffen especially loved playing with all of his cousins.
While I was still pregnant I decided to make Knox his blessing outfit and it turned out great. He looked like a little angel all dressed in white. He is such a precious new spirit and we are blessed that Heavenly Father brought him to us.

Knox arrives.....

Although Knox was not due to arrive until October 24th I woke up on October 11th to find that my water was leaking. After dropping Griffen off at school I headed in to the hospital to be checked in triage to determine if I needed to be admitted. Sure enough it was my water leaking and they made me stay. I called Matt right away so that he could start heading home from Richland. Shortly after being admitted Serena, our doula, arrived. Matt arrived at about 4:30 in the afternoon. The laboring was slow moving on Monday but on Tuesday morning at about 4:00am it started to pick up. When my 24 hour mark came for my water being broken our midwife, Molly, let me know that we would need to start thinking about pitosin. She gave me an additional 1/2 hour to move from having contractions every 5 min. to every 3 min. Serena and I started walking the halls and after about 20 minutes they were coming on faster and stronger. Luckily we didn't have to have any interventions. Things weren't too bad until I moved into transition which took such a long time and it was very painful. Near the end I was begging for an epidural but my wonderful team: Serena (doula), Molly (midwife), and Sid (nurse) all stalled me and before I knew it I was pushing. I planned to have an unmedicated birth experience and I received my wish. On Tuesday October 12, 2010 we welcomed Knox Anton Demiter into this world. He was born at 5:04pm after 32 1/2 hours of labor and no medication. He was such a beautiful baby and weighed in at 7 lb. 11 oz. with a length of 20.5 inches. We love you Knox!

Going to the Temple and we're gonna get married!

On Saturday 9/18/2010 Matt and I were sealed for all time and eternity at the Seattle, WA Temple. It was one of the most amazing moments that Matt and I will ever experience! We were so blessed to have Ryan, Renae, Janelle, Jeremy, Sharon, Jim, and all of the kids travel to be with us for this special occasion. Along with all of our loving family we also had many of our ward family members attend the sealing. With so many wonderful people supporting us we couldn't help but know how much we are cared for and loved!