Emily

Please welcome Emily Elizabeth Farnsworth into our family! I did not realize I could love someone as much as I love her. From the moment she was born, I could not keep my eyes off her; she is so beautiful.

The night before she was born, I had not felt her move for about 4 hours so I was getting kind of worried. OK I was really worried. Russell worked that night so when he called me to see how I was, I was crying. He came home from work and we went to the hospital to be checked. As soon as we got to the hospital, she started moving again. The nurses had me stay for about an hour and be monitored anyway. The baby, contractions, and movements were normal which was a relief for me. My doctor was on call that night so he checked me again and told us to go home and get some sleep because we would most likely return the next day. We drove home and got ready for bed. We knelt down to say our prayers and my water broke so we got back in the car and went back to the hospital.

I don't remember a lot about being in labor because I was so exhausted, but I do remember thinking "This is nothing like I expected!" I was getting so frustrated with the nurses because they kept telling me to breathe. I wanted to yell at them and say "I am breathing!!!" Russell and my parents were very supportive and I was glad to have them in the delivery room with me. The nurses and doctor kept asking me if I wanted an Epidural but I told them I was OK and didn't need one. I don't think I yelled at my husband like some women do but when I was pushing, his phone kept ringing and he kept answering it and I was getting annoyed with the ring tone so I yelled at him to turn it off. The doctor looked at Russell and said, "You better listen to her and we had better get this baby out!"

After 11 hours of labor, Emily was finally born. The best thing about giving birth was when the doctor put that beautiful baby on my chest after she came out. It made the whole thing worth it. Emily was such a great baby and I love her so much! Russell and I would not trade her for anything. She is our pride and joy!

Just minutes old. Isn't she beautiful!!!


The new daddy and daughter.

Sleeping as usual :)

Our little Smiley :)

Getting ready to go home from the hospital. (This is the dress I wore when I came home from the hospital when I was a baby)

First day home with Grandma Morwood

Great-Grandma Farnsworth

Emily Elizabeth and her Big Red Dog, Clifford.

She loved the swing.

The Teddy Bear was bigger than Emily then

She was so small!

Sleeping with Mom

First Halloween (I love the pumpkin socks!)

The Morwood cousins at the Halloween party

Our Second Year Together

Our second year together was also very eventful. Russell and I were working full-time and Russell was also finishing up his Associates Degree at Dixie College. We felt like our life was going pretty well so we decided it was time to start our family. At the beginning of February 2008 we received some news that would change our lives forever, I was pregnant. We were both so excited and nervous at the same time. We knew this baby was a blessing from Heavenly Father but we were scared about the idea of being parents. When I went to my first doctor's appointment, I was still a little doubtful of whether or not I was really pregnant but then when the doctor did an ultrasound I could see the baby even though it was only 11 weeks along! It was so cool! As time went on I got bigger and bigger. We didn't want to find out the sex of the baby because we wanted it to be a surprise. We kept ourselves busy by making stuff for the baby. I made blankets and burp cloths and Russell refinished a dresser. For our second anniversary we didn't do anything very extravagant because I was 7 months pregnant but we did purchase a camp trailer that we love. Trailer camping is so much easier than tent camping especially now with the baby. It is probably one of our best purchases. A month before the baby was born, we moved into the house we live in now. Here are a few pictures our our second year together.

This was camping at Yankee Meadow. Notice the person wading out in the lake. The reason you are not suppose to drink is because it makes you do stupid things. This person was out in a canoe with his buddies and they tipped over. They swam to shore then looked back an noticed their beer cans. So instead of letting the beer cans go, they proceed to wade back out into the freezing lake to rescue their precious beer! Forget about their canoe and fishing gear they were going to save the beer!! Needless to say, we laughed at them!! (Sept. 2007)

Our Jack o Lantern (Oct 2007)

Us in Las Vegas at the M&M Factory with Red and Green. (Dec 2007)

The new sewing machine I got for Christmas. I used this thing so much while I was making baby blankets. (Dec 2007)

Sure enough I was pregnant. The instructions said to wait two minutes for the results but this test didn't even have to think about it. The result was positive in two seconds. (February 2008)

There's baby Emily at 11 weeks (March 2008)

Russell graduating from Dixie with his Associate Degree. My sister Terral was also graduating with her Nursing degree (May 2008)

"I'm a college graduate...now what?"

Two Dixie State Alumni

Fishing at Baker Reservoir. All we could catch were these stupid perch. (May 2008)

The beginning of the Baby Bump at 6 months (June 2008)

Walt Disney World Vacation 2007

For our first anniversary, Russell and I wanted to do something really fun so we decided to take a trip across the country to spend five days at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. While in Florida, we stayed at the Disney Resort Pop Century and had five day hopper passes to all of the Disney Parks. We went to the Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, and the Magic Kingdom. We had a great time relaxing and being tourists.

In front of Cinderella's castle with our Mickey ears on. (It was raining so we were soaked but it was still fun.)

The Magic Kingdom entrance

All of the Disney characters on Mickey's Steamboat

In front of a Troll in one of the shops at Epcot

The famous Epcot globe thing!

That dinosaur didn't scare us! (Yeah right!)

Russell trying to pull the sword out of the stone at the Magic Kingdom

The Disney-MGM water tower on the behind the scenes tour

Breakfast with Pluto...

...and Mickey...

...and Donald...

...and of course Goofy!!!

Our Hotel/Resort Pop Century

On the Tea Cups... (Don't get dizzy!!)

Our First Year

Our life was very busy the first year of our marriage. Tiffany was finishing her Bachelors Degree and I was working full time as a landscaper and waiting to take my state final for my EMT-Intermediate. With all the stress of school life and me working, Tiffany graduated with her Bachelors degree with flying colors being Suma Cum Laude in her class. I was also preparing to make a big switch in jobs from working outside to being in the cool hospital environment. Even though we had so many things to accomplish, we still managed to have fun at home and with the places we went. Here are a few pictures of our first year together:

This was our first camping trip as a married couple. We went to Logan Canyon. This river was so cold as you will see in the video below. (August 2006)

Floating down the freezing river.

Our first Halloween and Jack o Lantern (October 2006)

Our first apartment decorated for Halloween

First Christmas Morning (December 2006)

Our new TV

Tiffany graduating from Dixie State College with her Bachelor of Business with an Emphasis in Accounting degree. (May 2007)

Tiffany and her friend Linsey at graduation

After graduation

My birthday cake turning 24 (July 2007)

One night we heard this screeching noise outside our window so we went outside and there were two baby raccoons in our backyard. (Keep in mind that we lived in the middle of downtown St. George). We watched them for a while then they ran off.

The river in Logan