September 2015. Baby bump, back to school (for the last time) and fun with friends

I don't know why, but we are playing with hedgehog stackers.  Stack them up, last person to add one without knocking them off is the winner.  It is fun, Nana's house always has weird games.


Linden's 1st birthday, the best part of all our treatments and doctor's visits in Utah county was seeing family more often than normal.

 
We got her a wooden wheely pig.  Every 1 year old's favorite toy!  We figured it was easy to play and durable.


Grandad and Linden.


The ultrasound at 8 weeks. TWINS!!! I knew it!  I kept telling everyone that Melissa's blood test showed more than one baby, and I was right and then I was scared. Hannah on the right and Finley on the left.


Back home in Blanding, the Lyman's invited us to spend a day at the lake with Joe and Pam Lyman. This is the hole in the rock, from the lake.  The white and blue dots are Mason and Joe Lyman and I. I was amazingly less motivated to scale the whole hike this time, maybe the hole in the rock is once in a life time kind of adventure. 


Melissa stayed back to swim and play with the kids.  Lainey ended each swim with a handful of Red Vines.  


Melissa and Lainey on the stern bench.


And a wind blown Andy joins for a shot with Erin.


Diane Carroll and Mason Lyman in the background.  Waiting for Katilyn Lyman and Kline Carroll to make it back from hiking all the way to the top.



Walking back up one of the side canyons, depending of the water level this is sometimes a boat in, sometimes a climb up and walk, or like today a perfect boat up to the edge and walk.


My sexy 9 week pregnant wife.


The Lyman family for one of the rare "all together" shots.


Getting some sun.


Another day away with the Lyman's. This time on the mountain hunting for pine nuts.


Dane and Jessica Worwood chose the hunting spot.  No nuts found this evening, just a fun evening campfire and worrying that I was going to miss a call from the hospital.  It is amazing where you can go around Blanding and still be 20 minutes from the hospital.  The night ended with a call and race down the mountain, then the nurse finding what she needed and I didn't need to go in anyway.


9/21/15 around 9-10 weeks pregnant.


9/25/15, our last appointment at Utah Fertility Center.  Picture with Dr Deirdre Conway and our scheduling specialist Amberlie Hastings.


Our Facebook birth announcement.


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