ULTRA SOUND SEPT 24, 2013

 

ON SEPTEMBER 23RD WE HEADED DOWN TO CEDAR CITY TO GO STAY WITH OUR SWEET BIRTH MOM MAKENZIE, AND HER SWEET FAMILY. WE HAD A BLAST!! ZAK LOVED BEING THERE HIS FAVORITE PART WAS GETTING IN THERE HOT TUB, ZAK EVEN LEFT HIS CUTE HAND PRINT ON THERE WALL WITH PAINT, THE OTHER 3 GRAND KIDS HAD THERE HAND PRINTS ON THE WALL SO HE ASKED JACKIE MAKENZIE'S MOM IF HE COULD PUT HIS HAND ON THE WALL, IT WAS CUTE CUZ HE SAID TO ME MOM NOW I WILL BE A PART OF THERE CLUB, HOW CUTE WAS THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS SWEET TO LET ZAK PUT HIS HAND PRINT ON THE WALL,WHEN WE FIRST GOT THERE WE JUST SAT AND TALKED WE STAYED UP TILL 2:00 AM,WHEN WE GOT UP HER MOM MADE THE BEST BREAKFAST EVER, YOU NAME IT WE HAD IT, AFTER BREAKFAST WE TALKED SOME MORE HER DAD WAS REALLY CUTE HE KEEP SAYING HE HOPED IT WAS A GIRL, WHAT A BLESSING THIS WAS FOR MY FAMILY WE HAD NEVER BEEN TO A ULTRA SOUND BEFORE, I TRYED TO SOAK IT ALL IN, I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW I FELT, WE WHERE SO THANKFUL THAT SHE ASKED US TO BE THERE WITH HER, TO HEAR WHAT THIS SWEET CHILD THAT IS SO WANTED,AND LOVED AND THAT SO MANY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN SAID ON THIS BABY, JUST LIKE ZAK I KNOW THIS CHILD IS EXTRA SPECIAL! OF COURSE EVERYONE WAS WAITING ON ME TO GO TO THE ULTRA SOUND I FELT BAD, THEY WHERE TEASING ME, I TOLD MAKENZIE THAT MY MOM AND SISTER ARE DYING TO KNOW WHAT THE BABY WAS MAKENZIE SAID JOKING TO ME MAYBE YOU SHOULD STAY HOME WILL TELL YOU AT THE PARTY WHAT THE BABY IS, SHE LOVES TO JOKE, SHE SAID YOU HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME PLANING THIS PARTY YOU BETTER WAIT TO TELL THEM. SO EARLIER THAT MORNING HER MOM ASKED IF WE HAD PICTURES OF KAYLEE, WE SAID YES, WE SHOWED THEM TO HER, SHE WAS WONDERING CUZ, MAKENZIE'S COUSIN HAD LOST THERE LITTLE BOY A MONTH EARLIER, THEY HAD CARVED A PICTURE OUT OF WOOD OF THE BABY, THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR US OF KAYLEE, IT WAS TOUCHING TO SEE HOW THEY WANTED TO DO THIS FOR US, HER MOM MADE COOKIES FOR HER DOCTOR, AND WENT OVER TO MAKENZIES AUNTS HOUSE TO SEE THE WOOD THAT WAS CARVED OF THE LITTLE BOY, IT WAS SPECIAL AS WE WHERE DRIVING TO THE ULTRA SOUND MAKENZIE ASKED US HAVE YOU GUYS EVER BEEN TO CEDAR CITY BEFORE WE SAID YES TO STOP AND GET GAS, OR EAT BUT I THEN SAID ABOUT 10-12 YEARS AGO WE CAME DOWN HERE JOSH COUSIN DIED IN A HUNTING ACCIDENT, SHE SAID SHANE, WE SAID YES, SHE SAID THATS MY COUSIN WE COULD NOT BELIEVE OUR EARS THERE IS SO MANY TENDER MERCIES FROM THE LORD WE KNOW THAT HE HAS HAD A HAND IN IT. HER MOM AND DAD AND JOSH AND ME AND ZAK AND OF COURSE MAKENZIE WAS THERE FOR THE ULTRA SOUND WE ASKED ZAK A COUPLE TIME SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS BABY IS HE WOULD SAY A "GIRL" THEY CALLED MAKENZIE'S NAME WE WENT IN SHE ASK ME TO BE UP BY HER I FELT HONORED TOO, BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED I WAS ALREADY CRYING, I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR THAT MOMENT AND I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL THAT MAKENZIE INVITED MY LITTLE FAMILY INTO THERE AS WELL. ZAK LOVES HER SO MUCH IT CUTE EVERY DAY HE PRAYS FOR HER AND HER DAD, HER DAD HAD BACK SURGERY THE END OF AUGUST. SHE HAS THE BEST PARENTS, I AM GLAD THAT THEY NOW WILL BE APART OF OUR FAMILY, ZAK LOVES THEM AS WELL THEY ARE SO GOOD TO HIM. I WAS DYING IT TOOK THEM FOREVER TO TELL US WHAT THE BABY WAS, THERE WAS SO MUCH LOVE IN THAT ROOM, IT WAS SO EXCITING, RIGHT AFTER THEY TOLD US WHAT THE BABY WAS OF COURSE JOSH AND I HELD EACH OTHER AND CRYED, THEN MY PHONE RANG IT WAS MY MOM I HAD PUT HER ON SPEAKER SHE WAS CRYING SAYING EMILEE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE BABY IS, MAKENZIE PARENTS SAID YOU SHOULD TELL HER SO I DID, THEN AFTER THAT WE WENT TO SEE HER DOCTOR AND THEY GAVE HIM THE COOKIES HER MOM HAD MADE, THEN WE WENT BACK TO HERE HOUSE AND HAD A BBQ IT WAS GREAT AS WELL, HER MOM HAD A GIFT FOR US SHE HAD BOUGHT BOTH A BOY GIFT AND A GIRL, IT WAS THE CUTEST LITTLE OUTFIT, EVEN 2 OF HER FRIENDS STOPPED BY, ONE GAVE A  GIFT AS WELL, THEN WE GOT TO GO SHOPPING, IT WAS FUN THEN WE WENT AND MET HER GRANDPARENTS THEY ARE ALSO SO SWEET AND NICE. WE FELT VERY COMFORTABLE BEING THERE AND BEING WITH MAKENZIE, WE THEN HAD TO SAY OUR GOOD BYE'S WE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE WE WHERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN I WANTED TO FREEZE TIME, WE TOOK ZAK TO MCDONALD'S THERE IN CEDAR HE LOVES THE PLAY LAND THERE, THEN WE HEADED HOME, I HAD SO MUCH JOY AND HAPPINESS IN MY HEART I WAS SO THANKFUL FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER WHO I KNOW HAD A HAND IN IT, I HAVE A TESTIMONY THAT HE DOES ANSWER PRAYERS HE DOES LISTEN EVEN IF WE FEEL HE IS NOT, HE IS. MAKENZIE WAS A ANSWER TO OUR PRAYERS WE ARE SO BLESSED.. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BABY IS STAY TUNED!!!