Last Saturday was our 5 year anniversary.. Jason planned us a surprise trip to Brian Head, we had so much fun just relaxing and going somewhere different. Presley loved getting to spend time outside without it being 100 degrees.

Terryl's first bday..

Let me just start out by saying how sorry I feel that Presley has to grow up with Terryl because when she gets older she is going to realize how crappy her birthday parties are compared to his! Audrey is a maniac and threw the most adorable first bday.. We had lots of fun celebrating Terryls first bday with amazing food, fun people and lots of cousins for Pres to play with, she loved it of course.. I have never seen a kid love being around other kids as much as Presley does, she cries every time we leave her cousins, and her new thing when she sees them is that she says, "HI GUY"- interpreted she is trying to say, Hi Guys.. but it is probably the cutest thing..

Trisomy 18

A week after my amnio we got the results that our little one has trisomy 18. It is a chromosome abnormality where he has three copies of his 18th chromosome instead of the regular 2. It is in relation to trisomy 21 (down syndrome) but it is much much worse. In our case it is a problem because with this condition they will not do any surgeries on our sweetheart and without surgeries he will not be able to live. I have kind of put off writing this post because I really don't know what to say. Is it the toughest thing I will ever have to deal with, Yes. Do I have any idea how I am going to do it, No. As long as I constantly focus on the eternal perspective I am ok. I know that we come to this earth for two reasons, 1. To gain a physical body, which he will receive even if it is for a short period of time, and 2. To be tested; I know that he has no need to be tested, I know that it was not necessary, I know he is as pure as they can get. I found a quote that literally gets me through every second of every day. It says-“The Lord takes many away, even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth.”- Joseph Smith. I am grateful for all of my many blessings, I am so grateful for Presley, she gets me through every day, I don't think I would get out of bed if it wasn't for her, I am so grateful for Mine and Jason's temple marriage, I could not be more thankful for the opportunity we have to be an eternal family unit, to be sealed to this little one forever. I am thankful for all the prayers and thoughts of all our friends and family, I know it seems like they may have been unheard or unanswered but that could not be more incorrect, they are the only thing that keeps me going and at this point this baby is truly a miracle, 90% of all trisomy 18 babies end in miscarriage or stillbirth and he has made it this far, so we are very grateful for that. I go back to the doctor in 2 weeks, I will go every 4 weeks and they take it 4 weeks at a time.. He seems to think that the baby will make it to actual birth but they can't guarantee anything. So my next appointment they will look at his heart to see how bad the defects are and then they will take it from there. Thank you everyone for all of your love and concern we appreciate it more than you will ever know.

San Francisco

Last weekend we had a girls trip to San Francisco, and had so much fun. My mom, Alivia, Me and Presley flew up there on Thursday and came back on Saturday. We shopped downtown, went to Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, Ghirardelli Square, The Golden Gate Bridge and lots of other fun stuff. I also got to see my best friend Jillian which I loved! Presley was an angel the whole trip, I was so nervous about taking her but she did so good, and I survived with all the help from Alivia and my Mom.

easter+ fair

My camera broke so I haven't posted pictures in forever! well it's back now and I have lots to catch up on. We had such a fun easter, we went to my Mom's on Saturday and did all the fun things- easter egg hunt, dying eggs. Presley had so much fun, she loved dying eggs aka throwing the eggs in the dye, cracking them, and getting the dye everywhere.. holidays are getting so much fun as she gets older and can have fun, I love it...

My mom took her to sit the jacuzzi with the other kids cause I was too lazy, she was in heaven and I know we have a long summer in the pool ahead of us.


Dying eggs

We stayed out in Logandale on Easter and spent time with family out here.





She loved the fair, she was able to ride a couple rides with Jett and River. It ended when she decided to stand up in the middle of a ride, whoops!







And this picture is to keep on record that Presley is constantly walking on her tip toes!! I've tried to get a picture of it forever and here is it! She is sooo funny!

Baby boy

Yes we are expecting another baby and it is a little boy.. I went in on Monday to find out the sex of the baby. It was at one of those 4D ultrasound places, when the lady started she saw something on the ultrasound, she said that either the baby's intestines or heart was growing outside of the body and that I needed to see my doctor. Well it was five at night so I had to wait until Tuesday to get into my doctor. I researched it all night long and knew it was gastroschisis or an omphalocle. I went into the doctor on Tuesday, they did an ultrasound and confirmed that it was one of these two things but that I needed to see the specialist. We went to the specialist yesterday and they confirmed our worst fears. It is a very large omphalocele, the baby's liver, intestines, and half of the heart are growing outside of his body in a sac. They spent lots of time looking at every part of our little guy and their are other concerns as well. They did an amniocentisis- if the chromosomes come back abnormal than our baby will pass away. If the chromosomes are normal, then they will look at the heart, if the heart is ok then they will get a team of doctors together and see if they are able to place all of the organs back inside his body. They did not give us very good chances. Our hearts are broken, but we know that Heavenly Father is in charge. I know he is aware of us and our little boy. We will pray and hope that the circumstances will get better and that somehow our little one will be ok. I am so very grateful for such amazing family and friends. We have so much support and I am grateful for everyone of you who are keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. I am grateful for Jason, he is the only thing that is getting me through this, he is the greatest thing that ever happened to me and I really don't know what I would do without him. We have to take it one step at a time, right now we are just waiting for the amnio results, which take a week, then depending on those we will move to the next step.. I love this baby more than anything, I can't imagine life without him, but I know that I will have him forever


The ball in the center is the omphalocle.

Yes, a month has gone by and I'm way behind on my blogging. Nothing new and exciting has been happening, just the
usual day to day stuff. Presley has had a cold and cough for seriously three weeks and when she is sick she sleeps horribly so we have just been kind of behind on everything lately! So here's some pictures to let you know what we've been up to!

Presley has figured out what you want her to do when you take a picture, the only problem is that the smile she gives is so cheesy! and she automatically squints her eyes because she's waiting for the flash to go off! So here is some of her cheesy ready to take my picture moments..



We spend most of the day outside because she loves it so much, and the weather has been so nice, so here are some not so cheesy posed pictures..



Her new favorite thing is to put on our stuff.. shoes, hats, purses, anything that she can get her hands on, it's really cute..


One of the screws came lose on her toys so I was fixing it, I got up to do something else and she figured she would take over, please excuse the messy child in her diaper..



My sister Michelle had another little boy, he is so cute and sweet.. new babies are my favorite and I loved getting to go meet another new member of our family



A couple weeks ago we went to Flip n Out one of those trampoline places and Presley had so much fun, she loved being able to just run and jump and play.. it was so much fun..






Well that's about it, I will try to do better at staying updated on my blogging!!