Lilliana's Birth

August 13, 2012 (Monday)

This morning I was taking a nap and I was having some pains in the upper part of my tummy.  Then I was getting ready to take a shower and all the sudden out of no where I felt like I was peeing. So I went to the bathroom and ⅓ of my Panty liner had mucus on it so I thought it might be the mucus plug.  I called the doctor and they asked if more water was coming out, I said no because there hadn’t been.  So they said everything was ok and not to worry.  
Then we went to the doctors for my mom, found out she has a sinus infection.  I told Aly, the nurse and Liz that I felt like I was leaking every now and then, that’s when they said when you leave here you need to go across the street(hospital) to get checked out. So we came to the hospital and they put us in a labor and delivery room at 11:45 a.m., then did several test to find out if my water had broken.  Some came back negative and some positive.  So Dr. Harrison finally told them to do the more expensive test to have a more accurate answer and that came back positive, so they said they are keeping me and we are going to get ready to have the baby.  When I called Tavis to let him know the test came up positive that my water had broken, I started crying.  I was thinking wow, this is really happening.  Before they gave me medicine I was really hungry and was lucky ( they said) and was able to order some food (Honey nut scooters, vanilla yogurt and orange juice)
It’s 6:30 p.m. and Tavis is on the way up.  I’ve been feeling like Ive been peeing on myself, not a comfortable feeling.  We also just changed nurses

August 14, 2012 (Tuesday)

-Gave birth to Lilliana at 6:14 a.m., they had to help her come out with a suction cup.
-She was in NICU for a while for her breathing.
-Got to our room around 8 a.m .

August 15, 2012 (Wednesday)

-Working on Nursing

August 16, 2012 (Thursday)
-I was discharged this morning.
-Lilliana had to stay because of her Jandice.
-I nursed Lilliana before I left the hospital and supplemented some formula for what I couldn’t provide.
-E.R. visit when formula was coming out of her nose and mouth.

Engagement pictures!

We got engagement pictures done last week and got them back Yesterday. I'll be posting some later.:)

Christmas Vacation--I'm engaged!

I was so excited to go home for Christmas and see my family. Since moving out of the house a


Tavis Bennett flew to Texas to spend New Years Eve with me and my family. On New Year's Eve we traveled to Allen to attend the Reception of Theresa Reeves Mathews. It was so fun I was able to see Amanda Vermilyea and Andrea Mangum Uribe and some other people. Then on the way back Tavis said there was a game that he had for me to play, but first we had to pick something up. So we went to the store and the first one didn't have what he wanted, so we went to another one and he picked up a bag of cracker jacks. Then we went to Fairview Park, in Sherman, Texas.

He brought out his laptop bag and he picked one thing out at a time and told me I was supposed to guess what the item is from, with things that we have done while dating. So as he brought them out I guessed and required a hint or so. They were programs from plays we had been to, movie tickets, glow bracelets from dances, etc. Then he brought out a letter I had written him from when I invited him to be my date to Bree Parish's wedding, which I was a bride's maid for. While he read the letter I just started crying and there's where the tear works started. After that he brought out a cracker jack box. At that point, he suggested to have us walk and sit on a bench near by and I could open the box. So we went over to the bench and he sat on my left side, and I opened the box and in the prize paper there was a ring.

I asked him how he got the ring in there, he said just a minute I have some stuff to say first. Then he went on to say how it was great to have me as a friend, and wonderful to have me as a girlfriend, but would be an honor to have me as an eternal companion. He got up and moved down in front of me to my right side and knelt down and asked "will you marry me?" Of course I said YES! While I was crying I believe. :) That's me...tear works!

Then we went to my parents house and announced the good news.

Tavis Bennett

I have been dating Tavis for about five and a half months and it's been wonderful! He is the greatest guy. He is 34 yrs. old and from Oregon. He served his mission in Colombia, Spanish speaking. He loves chess, golf, tennis, astronomy, Rock Band and kids. He is planning on starting back to school to finish his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. He's a member of Top Coder and keeps track of the Marathons and matches that go on with that. I love to watch him make up the programs and get them to give him a good result, when he is doing the matches for Top Coder. He attends the chess club at BYU and really enjoys going there once a week to play chess with the other members.

I really enjoy the time we spend together. He has taught me a lot of new games, there's one card game called Fluxx and the rest are board games. On our second date we went to a ward date night at Brother Winter's house, at the time he was a member of our bishopric. It was so fun, we learned how to play farkle. We liked it so much that we play it a lot. We have gone roller skating, to watch a 3D Hubble movie(about Space), to the carnival, a Rodeo, to see the BYU Singers perform, and to see some movies. On Friday Tavis took me to the driving range and we practice our golf swings. It's the first time I had seen Tavis really hit a golf ball other than on X box PGA golf, so I was impressed to see how far he could hit it.

Substitute Teaching

On March 31st I substituted for my first day. It wasn't that bad. The day before I went and met the class and the teacher and she explained what the lessons plans were going to be for the next day. It helped me have some reassurance. The past three weeks I have been averaging substituting two days a week. It's really helped with money.! So far I have subbed for 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7/8th grade. I have been enjoying it so far! With going into Elementary Education, this has been giving me good practice for that.

When You Think It's Spring

Well, lately we all think that Spring is coming. Here in Utah every time we think it's turning to Spring, it snows again. It's crazy. Last night it was snowing and now it's sunny.

BYU 208th Ward Christmas Caroling

This is the Christmas Caroling Gang for the Nursing Home!

Last night we went Christmas Caroling to a Nursing home. We walked in and after our leader talked to the people in charge, we started walking down the hall singing. We reached the Recreation room and one of the ladies "B" said, "Come here". She asked us if we knew the songs, "Once there was a snow man", "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Pop Corn Popping". So we started singing some songs. Then we went up and down the halls caroling. Some of the patients we gave a Christmas card to. Then after going up and down the halls we went back to the Recreation room and started singing again. "B" was so funny, she told all of us girls to sit down. So we sat down and she had the buys sing, "Once there was a Snowman." I wanted to get a picture, but they were too fast and I was at the wrong angle. Then she asked all the girls to stand up and we sang, "Pop Corn Popping". This lady was so hilarious!!!! She asked if anyone had a camera, I told her I did. I said what do you want, she said you are going to be in the picture. So I got the camera set up and let her have it as I got in place. It was like she was a photographer or something, she told everyone where to stank or knee or whatever and what position to be in. She made us all laugh.!! We were going to take a picture of her, but right before we got set up one of the ladies that worked there let us know that it is against the HIPPA Law. So Hence to say we didn't do it. We had so much fun! After leaving and on the way back to our apartment, us girls were talking and saying we were glad that we had all guys there with us that were good sports and willing to be a little silly!!! It was a great night!!!