Welcome Baby Katelin

Katelin, like her older sister, decided to come early. Her due date was July 5th however I was expecting to come early. I just figured that all the stress, both physical and mental, of packing, moving, and unpacking I did 9 months pregnant would make for an early delivery. I couldn't have been happier with the delivery though, everything went so smooth. It was Tyler's first day of orientation as an Emergency Medicine Resident and what do you know my water brakes. So after some phone calls to my Mom, of course, then a nurse for my OB I decided I'd better get some bags pack and head up to the hospital. Thankfully, we had made friends with a great family in our ward that could watch Addie for the day. I got up to the hospital around 10:30 am and was only dilated to a 3 so I knew it was going to be a long day. Tyler was able to come up during his lunch break and then again in the afternoon. About 7 pm is when I really started to progress, can I just say thank heaven for epidurals! When it was time to push Katelin's head was already in view, she practically crawled out on her own. Three pushes and she was out! 3! I couldn't believe it, in fact, I think my comment was "Well this was nice." My OB wittily responded with "That's the Scott & White way" as if she was being filmed for a commercial, it was pretty funny. The only scary thing was when her head came out the cord was wrapped around her neck three times. That is something I really worry about when I'm pregnant, I'm so very grateful that it wasn't tight enough to cause any problems.

Katelin is a beautiful baby and looks very much like Adalynn did when she was born. I could cradle her and stare at her tiny face forever. It's amazing to watch Addie and see what a difference two and a half years makes. The day of a tiny newborn go by so fast and I'm really trying to soak it in. I feel so blessed to have two healthy girls and a wonderful husband to enjoy life with.

Where we are now...

Well it's been more than awhile from my last blog. It's not that nothing has happened this past year or so in fact it's perhaps more of the opposite. The real truth is that I spend so much time on my computer at work that I don't want to come home and stare at other computer screen. However, life has changed...

Tyler has just graduated Medical School and we are so proud of him! It's crazy to think about how fast the past 4 years have gone by even though there were months and months of long hours, crazy schedules and away rotations. I'm grateful for his patience and flexibility when it came to supporting my career as an engineer. I too had many long nights and stressful schedules that he worked with so that we could both pursue and excel in our respective careers. It has not been easy to say the least but we have always felt like the Lord has guided and blessed us with these opportunities and we've really worked hard to support one another. Our families have also been a huge support for us. Of the past 7.5 years that we've been married I think we've spent at least 80% of the weekends with our family and we won't trade it for anything!

March 16th, 2012 was "Match Day" were we finally got to open our letter that told us where we would be completing residency and living for at least the next 3 years. We had a rank list of the 10 programs Tyler interviewed at and the U of U was on top. Even though it wasn't our favorite program we felt like being close to the family would be worth it. Alabama was second, and Texas was third. And the winner is... Scott & White - Texas A&M. I think Tyler was so overwhelmed with emotion once he read the program, he really didn't think he had a chance to get in here. It was the last program to offer him an interview and he was the last applicant that they interviewed. He felt like the interviews went great but he just thought the program was so good and that they had likely already put together their list of interns. We both could not have been more thrilled about it though, I mean really if your not going to be in Utah you might was well be in Texas! In fact, Tyler came home and ordered himself another pair a cowboy boots that afternoon! The Texas State Moto is "The Friendly State" and we sure felt it from day one, everyone we've talked to has offered us help in any and every way possible. It has sure made the transition easier to handle knowing that there was already a strong network and support system in place and we were being welcomed with arms wide open.