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Silly Baby!

Hello, Daddy! Look how strong I am.

Hi, Grandma thanks for the cute shirt

One Month old whew!

Life's Simple Moments

It is amazing how simple life can become:

eat, sleep, poop!  We've gone back to the

basics you could say.  That is basically our 

life right now and so the seemingly simple

has become some of the more 

beautiful  moments of our lives.

One night after being awake for a long time in the

early morning, Anne finally was settling down. 

I had her cuddled up in my arms ready to lay

her in her cradle,  she started smiling. She

smiled several times (okay okay probably gas but still), 

it was so beautiful. Swells of love filled my heart and 

out my eyes as I realized again, what a miracle she is.

She was the answer to thousands of faith filled prayers,

years of waiting and then more miracles still.

The name Anne means: Grace of God.  How

true that is in our life. Even though I was so tired

that morning it didn't matter, I held her longer, 

believing those smiles were just for me.

Another beautiful moment was this morning,

I went back to bed. As I started drifting back to sleep

I heard Scott, doing the dishes, making french toast,

singing "Let it snow" (which it just did, but didn't stick),

and talking to our baby. I fell asleep smiling!!!!!!

Honestly, what more could you want on a Saturday morning.

We're Home!

We are HOME!!!

On Wednesday, Anne, ate all of 

her feedings and so on Thursday, evening

we all came HOME!!!

She is doing great! And we are loving

being home all together at last! 

Our hearts are sooo thankful!

Love is the most amazing thing; there

is always room for more of it in your heart.

My heart feels like the grinches, since

this miracle my heart has grown several sizes.

My love for Scott, Anne and a loving

Heavenly Father has grown more deeply and

 in ways that I never realized were possible. 

Also, the love and gratitude for my loving 

parents has grown as I am beginning to understand

the love that only a parent can feel. 

WOW! 

Although, the last few weeks have been absolutely crazy;

we have felt the arms of the Lord wrapped around us, lifting

us, guiding us and giving us comfort.  

Angels have truly surrounded us. And as Elder Holland said in

conference today, many of those angels have been

people who have been the answers to our prayers.

One angelic figure has been my mom. She has intensively

cared for us for the last few weeks and there are not

words or adequate thanks that can be given. 

Love you MOM! 

Wonder of Wonder.... miracles of miracles!

This is a picture of Anne just a few hours after she

was born.  We have jumped through so many hurdles. 

When I say "we" I actually mean  Anne, and the help of

Heavenly Father!! She no longer has an IV, or her incubator. 

She can hold her own temperature, her Jaundice is no

longer threatening so no more lights; her stats are 

perfect. All that she needs to do is keep resting, growing and

learning how to eat orally, instead of through a tube. 

She is getting it!! The doctors say she is so perfect and

that she will one day just get it. It is a developmental

response to be able to eat orally, you can't teach it, it will 

just come in time. So now we wait, and go to the hospital

every three hours for her feedings. She does some on breast,

bottle and through her tube. Whewwww! We are tired but

extremely happy and GRATEFUL! She is so beautiful!

Scott is so amazing with her. He has been so strong through

all of this. He has cared for me and her night and day!

It will be so exciting when Anne gets to come home. 

Hopefully within a week or two! Hurray!!!

This is under the billy light, aren't her glasses awesome!

She's got a strong sucker! Go, Anne you can do it!

She has a little curl in her hair. How fun!

Scott would hold her 24-7 if he could. She loves her Daddy!

Daddy and baby asleep.

Saturday we had our baby shower. Anne wasn't 

really supposed to be there anyway. It was sooo fun.

It wore me out! With a few special surprises from 

some old friends. Thank you Hillary for coming and bringing 

your mom! It was sooooooo gooood to see you and

everyone else who came!

This picture is a little out of order.

This is when she was only a few days old.

But I love the look on her face....

 I think we'll have our hands full! ha ha ha

My grandma came up for the shower.

4 generations! WOW

We truly feel so blessed and have felt the strengthening

power of the spirit. We know that we are being watched

over. One of my biggest comforts was when my

favorite scripture came to mind.

Proverbs 3:5-6 

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine

own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,

and he shall direct thy paths. 

My family has been unbelievably amazing, especially my mom! 

While I am intensively caring for Anne, my mom has been

intensively caring for me!

Thank you for your comments and especially your prayers!

Our Miracle, ANNE!!

Surprise! This is our beautiful daughter, ANNE!

WOW!  We sure didn't expect her to come so early.

Friday, morning at 5:45 my water broke. We called

the doctor, rushed to the hospital, with water rushing

down my legs. I was dilated to a 6, wow and little

Anne was shoving her way out with her legs.  About

30 min. later I was at a 10 and going in for an emergency

c-section. And at 7:42 our Anne came into the world.

She came out screaming at 5 lbs 5 oz. 

She is doing pretty well but will have to be in the NICU

for a few weeks. She was only 33 weeks along. She has

lost some weight, but is doing really well for her age.

We feel so blessed to have this sweet little angel baby.

I guess she just wanted to come and see us so badly.

She knows our voices and calms down when ever she

is upset if we talk to her or touch her.  Every time

Scott talks to her she looks around for him.

She is so cute. We are absolutely in love with her.

Thank goodness for my amazing family and parents

who have been helping so much and amazing hospital staff!!!!!! 

She is doing well but has a long way to go, please,

dear family and friends keep her in your prayers.

Are we nuts or what?

Whew we have been sooo crazy...

family reunion in Rexburg with adventures to Bear World,

another family reunion in Palisades with river rafting and

excursions into Jackson Hole, Girls Camp, and 

Scout Camp, my brother Jeremy getting his mission call,

long lost friends visiting from Illinois, a week full

of my brother Joseph's wedding (haven't posted pictures yet),

Scott started teaching school at Madison High in Rexburg,

a week at my parent's when they went to Georgia for the 

other half of my brother's wedding stuff, camping in 

my parents back yard; they couldn't go any where 

because of scheduling difficulties so we camped out there. 

It was super fun, we ate dutch oven, cooked on camp stoves 

and even my mom slept outside all the night. WOW!

Plus, I am getting huge! Hurray only 8 weeks away! Yikes

Anyhow we've been sort of busy! Here are some 

pictures from some of the adventures. We forgot our camera a lot.

F.F.F.R= fabulous fillmore family reunion

We didn't take a ton of pictures but this is my favorite.

Scott's big brother, Brad flying down the slip-in-slide.

Only 2/3 of the family was in town, but it was

so much fun. All the nieces and nephews are getting

 so big! We played games in the Mountains, so fun!

I looked at this picture of myself and 

thought... "Holy Honk I am pregnant!"

Oh, and here is Scotty. 

We had a super great 4th!

We attended a concert that was 

put on by the little town of Rockland.

Scott's mom sang in the choir.

I cannot help but to shed a few tears when

we sing the national anthem; especially the last verse:

 "And this be our motto: 'In God is our Trust.'"

I hope that we choose to remember the divine 

powers that set forth this nation, 

"Under God, with Liberty and Justice for All."

Also, I cannot help but to shed even more tears

when our dear vets stand up with their hands

on their hearts. We owe them so much and I 

am grateful for them and the thousands who

have fought for our freedom and continue to fight. 

God Bless AMERICA Land that I LOVE!