Grateful

This post is kind of personal, but I would feel extremely ungrateful if I didn't talk about this. I have been so grateful for an amazing family and amazing friends this last little while. The cookie basket above my sister sent and the flowers were sent by Jenny and Krissie. This was just a small example of the service people have given me in the last little while.

Let me start by explaining a little bit. I was 8 or 9 weeks pregnant when I had a miscarriage. Doug and I went in to get an ultra sound and they couldn't find a heart beat. This was extremely hard on Doug and I. We had been trying for 6 months to get pregnant and had finally succeeded when I lost the baby. We were both really emotional and had a hard time. Doug's mom flew out the night we found out and I went into surgery the next day for a D and C. Everything went great and Doug's mom went home a few days later. The day after she left I went to the ER and they found 3 blood clots in my right leg. I also had some other infections and complications. I was a mess!

I tell this story only to say that we had some amazing people come out of the wood work to help us in our time of need. My mom and dad were in Africa at the time and all of our other family members live in Arizona. Doug and I were on our own. We had a bunch of ward members bring us dinners, send us cards, and just drop by to give us treats and talk. We had others friends who watched Linkin while I tried to rest and get my leg better. Doug's mom even flew back out a second time to get Linkin and bring him to Arizona for 5 days so I could rest and get my body healthy again. I don't think I would have healed as well if she hadn't done this. She had it all planned so each one of Linkin's aunts and uncles could spend a whole day with him and show him love. He had an absolutely wonderful time! Doug and I came down to AZ after that and spent some time with family and picked Linkin up and brought him back home.

I have to mention a few people by name for their thanks: Kayla my mother in law of course, Emily Batitta, April Standring, Haven, my sister Britany, Jenny, and of course Krissie! I love you all so much and thank you for your help and support during this time. Especially those of you who got the crazy phone calls with me crying! haha. :) Love you all!