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Wow...it has been quite a while since I've posted on our blog! Things have been crazy and I'm just now getting back into the swing of things! Obviously we have a lot to be grateful for and for the sake of not trying to recap the last 5 months I'll just hit our most important events.

1. Guy was accepted into the University of Nebraska for law school and we will take off sometime this summer and head to Lincoln, NE! We don't know anybody in Lincoln and we have no idea what to expect but we are super excited for this new adventure.

2. And of course......Our sweet little EMERY GRACE was born on April 16, 2012 at 11:39pm. After 16 1/2 hours of labor we welcomed our sweet little baby into the world! Wow...it is crazy to think its already been almost 2 months!

She was 7 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long. This is still one of my very favorite pictures of her!  

Mom saying "hello" for the first time

 

Daddy's girl

 

First family picture

Now almost 2 months later she is the absolute joy of our lives and we couldn't be more grateful for all the blessings we have been given. I can't even begin to list all the things we love about her and how much our lives have changed in the past 2 months! But here are a few pictures to highlight the past couple months with our sweet little Emery.

First Grandma Mary, Aunt Ashley, and Aunt Courtney came to visit! They waited patiently all 16 1/2 hours at the hospital until Emery was born. We are so grateful they were there!

Amie, Poppa, and Uncle Grant came down to visit and help out with Emery too! She is sooo spoiled! We love you all so much!!

Grandpa Stevens also came down to visit when Emery was blessed. She looked so beautiful in her blessing dress and her Daddy gave her the most wonderful blessing. Thanks Grandpa for coming to visit!

Emery had lots of visitors!! Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of everyone but we were happy to have Grandma and Grandpa Bateman visit from Idaho, Uncle Ron and Aunt Mindy (they might as well be family right?) and Stephanie came to visit too before they left for the summer. Thanks everyone for all your visits, help, and company!!
In order to avoid an even more epic long blog post I think I'll stop most of the pictures there!

Mostly I just wanted to say how grateful we are to everyone for all their love and support and for loving our little Emery. Even with sleepless nights, dirty diapers, and all those wonderful things we couldn't be happier to have her here with us.

President Boyd K. Packer said at the most recent General Conference for the Church:
"Fathers and mothers, next time you cradle a newborn child in your arms, you can have an inner vision of the mysteries and purposes of life. You will better understand why the Church is as it is and why the family is the basic organization in time and in eternity."

I'm so grateful for my understanding of my role as a mother, for a loving husband who helps me out far more than I could ever explain, and for a healthy perfect daughter who has been entrusted to me. She has absolutely brought a greater purpose and meaning into my life and she such a joy to have around.