It’s been 4 years since I started and wrote in here. I was planning on writing a post about once a month. I guess I will do once every 4 years 😅 Well here is an update on our family

A lot of updates so bear with me as I try to remember everything. Since I last posted, we were trying to start a family and it took us two years to finally get our son Robin. After several treatments of Femara (pill to help with infertility), two miscarriages (3 angel babies), lots of prayer, crying, self doubt and lots and lots of patience, we finally got our miracle baby boy, Robin. He actually came surprisingly, we weren’t expecting it because we took a break that month after trying for so long and the miscarriages. It was a lot so we felt we need a break. The break is what we needed to help bring Robin into our family. It really was a blessing because at that time I just knew we needed a break. Our next step for treatment was IVF or IUI but I just had this feeling that we needed to rest for a month. Now I know that feeling was from Heavenly Father and guiding me to Robin. I’m sure glad we waited. In the beginning of that pregnancy was rough, we thought we were going to lose him because I was having some bleeding so we went to the ER. Note I was about 5 weeks along so when they did an ultrasound we couldn’t see a baby just an empty sac. We were both preparing for the worse when we went to the first OB appointment. But lo and behold there was out little bean and a strong heartbeat. I was crying with joy and relief. Alex was smiling while hearing his little heartbeat for the first time. The appointments after that were good after that. I still felt scared and nervous before each appointment. Anyways I don’t remember much from my pregnancy. It wasn’t complicated like some women. Robin was born at 39 weeks exactly on 08/27/2019.

There was some great and bad moments during Robin’s first year. But I choose to remember the good times. Some major milestones; he started crawling at 9 months, walking at 10 months, first family trip was to Chicago at 3 months, first tooth at 5 months and a list of other things I can’t remember right now. We sure do love our Robin. He is a handful sometimes but what baby isn’t. He’s such a character. He is definitely silly like his daddy and papa. Definitely a mamas boy. He loves to share and very quick to learn. If he sees you do something, he will pick it up and try to do it himself. He loves to play outside and right now is very interested in lights, elmo, pentatonix, and wiggles. I have thousands of pictures of Robin but here are a few highlights.

Now enough about Robin. You’re probably wondering how Alex and I are doing too. We’re doing great. We’ve had our ups and downs. But mainly ups. Everyone keeps saying the hardest part in a marriage is that first year together. I think since we knew each other since 8th grade it wasn’t too hard. The hardest part is definitely when Robin was born and trying to find time for each other and focus on our marriage. Those first few months were rough because I felt like it was all about Robin. Now that Robin sleeps through the night and is a little more independent, our marriage has improved a lot (I think the being able to sleep for longer than 2 hours at a time helps). We’ve done a few trips. Went to Disneyworld, universal Orlando, Disneyland, and Chicago twice. We both graduated from BYU. I graduated in medical laboratory science and Alex in chemical engineering. We live in Texas now and are closer to family. Holidays are fun. Two big things we accomplished was getting a house and paying off our student loans! 🥳

I also feel we are both growing as better people or trying to find ways to become better. Through our trials and struggles, we both grew in a way I did not expect. We both feel more sensitive to others who go through our same trials. And even those that don’t go through the same things, we have learn that because we all have trials and pain and suffering, we can help each other overcome that. We might be more sensitive to those that have the same trials but we can also help those going through some bad times. Because we know pain, because we all hurt at one time, because life is full of challenges, we can rely on others to help us overcome suffering. I’ve tried overcoming a trial by myself and I lasted a day (probably less). It was too much for me and quickly learned I needed help.

We are taking it one day at a time. We are enjoying life one day at a time. We are living life to the fullest and happiest we can make it.

Until next time (probably 4 years),

Stephanie Nation