Meyer Family Dinner

My cousin Christian came home from his mission on Friday. So on Saturday everyone got together for a dinner. Nana and Papa came from California. The list is pretty big. There was: my cousin Kristin and her kids Logan and Katie; my cousin Sean, his fiancé, and boy Killian; my cousin Cory, his wife Jackie, and baby boy Harrison; my cousin Mitchell and his wife Alyssa; my uncle Chris and his wife Kresten and boy Dawson; my parents, and brother Jeffrey and his family.

We came pretty late because we came from the baby reunion. There was a lot of food. We talked while the kids played for several hours.

 

 

This picture cracks me up. I told my mom she was in the picture so she should turn around and smile. Instead she tried to lean out of it. It was a complete fail on her part but a hilarious picture.

Utah Fertility Center Baby Reunion

Every year UFC puts on a baby reunion for all of their patients with successful IVFs. It is a great opportunity for us all to come together and share our gratitude for the amazing team that helped our babies grow. We went on Saturday September 12th. There were so many multiples. There were two sets of triplets. One family had two sets of twins and one on the way.

Utah Fertility Center opened up in 2009. That year they did 70 Invitro procedures. This year they expect to do 700! They are constantly ranked in the top 5% in the country. And they are #1 in all of the intermountain area including Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. We are so blessed to be able to have them as our doctors. It made me emotional to realize that every baby in that park was a miracle baby!

Dr. Foulk is a miracle worker. My favorite nurse, Lindsey, was there too. I adore her. She was the one who practically took over when Dr. Conway left on maternity leave. She babysat Lucy several times. She was the ultrasound tech who showed me and told me I was having two little babies. I got emotional when I saw her again. There were so many familiar faces that hold such a dear place in my heart. Barb was the front desk receptionist. April dealt with a lot of billing and paperwork. Ammon worked in the lab. Tonya was our IVF coordinator.

Lucy's First Week of Kindergarten

On Monday Lucy had her Kindergarten orientation at the school. Her teacher is Ms. Meghan Mouritsen. We were so excited to have her. When Lucy saw her she ran and gave her a big hug. She is in our neighborhood and is the 2nd counselor in the Primary presidency in our ward. Lucy's class has 21 kids in it. 7 of them are in our ward primary. It is nice to see so many familiar faces. It helps that I have a group of moms that are all going through the same thing.

On Tuesday was her first full day of school. She took the bus which was so fun for her. She was the only Kindergartener on the bus and was just chatting up all of the older kids in line. She is not shy at all. She kept asking me to take pictures of her and instead of saying "cheese" she was saying "Kindergarten." She wasn't embarrassed at all about me being there at the bus stop. I followed the bus to the school and watched her and made sure she made it to class. I walked down the hall and a 10 year old stopped me and said, "Lucy made it to class!" It made me laugh because everyone knows who she is. This happens all the time when we're out in the neighborhood too. I don't know who these kids and people are but they always know Lucy.

On Wednesday I let her walk to bus stop by herself and she walked home by herself too. The bus stop is at the park across the street so I can see her from my window. Apparently she got lost on her way from the bus to her class again so someone helped her. It wasn't a big deal to her at all. I am so glad she is so confident and just asks for help when she needs it.  So on Thursday I drove to the school to peek in her class and it looks like she had finally figured out how to get to class when the bell rings because she was sitting at her desk.