just a really quick post

We r still trudgeing this happy road to destiny staying busy as usual with work for both of us and i'm still in school and adjusting to a family of 4 and a new puppy. yes thats right a puppy! my husband texted me while he was in salt lake and asked if i would kill him if he brought one home. and i didn't even ask what kind i just said NO! well he couldn't resist and i am very glad that he didn't Jayni has had so much fun with jaclynn, whenever i am burping or standing up holding samantha she is doing the same to the dog. She is such a sweet girl and i love listening to her talk to jaclynn(puppy) she talks to her like she is a baby. She is a tiny pomeranian/shitzu and is super cute. we are still working on potty training but with the little time that i have to spend with just her she has picked up on how r family works. Things are so different with a lot of changes and i am loving my life. i am pretty much home all the time with the girls. i was lucky..well i wouldn't say that but i am doing this semester online, which is good but i have to be very disciplined. i am in english and history( my very least favorite subjects). Herer r a few moree pictures we had taken by this girl here in st. george her name is christina palmer, christina p photography and she is a delight to work with and super talented.

we had a great xmas, we stayed at our house this yr so it was pretty quiet. samantha had been sick a few days before and xmas eve she had a fever of 101 so we gave her some tylenol which brought it down. xmas morning after the presents she still had a temp. of 102 we took her to the ER and since she is only 5 wks they want to find out why she had a fever because infants shouldn't get them especially if they are being breastfed. they drew some spinal fluid, blood, gave her an i.v. which wouldn't go into her hand and so they had to start over into her arm. and did xrays. clayton and i were in the rm the whole time and we have never been through anythingharder than that. it was awful. I told clayton that i was going to have to have someone else come and be with her cause i couldn't do it anymore but he reassured me that i could. i got passed that and saw that my little girl needed her mommy! in her first xray it showed that she had a little part of her lungs that was collapsed. I asked if cam, my brother in law could come and give me and her a blessing. i felt so comforted after that and that everything was going to be ok. they did a 2nd xray and what they saw before was not there anymore ? after all the test were done they made me put her on a stretcher by herself because they had to transport us to the hospital and she needed to be strapped in. i thought that was retarted cause the straps were so big they wouldn't have done anything anyways. she was fine though and enjoyed the ride over. once we were in the pediatrics it was so much better, they were wonderful there. well we stayed christmas day and the next day and a half til all her results were back. she had a kidney infection and was put on antibiotics. we were so glad to have gone before it got worse. she is doing wonderful and we love her so much she has brought our family so much closer together in a way that we wouldn't have wanted but are grateful today for wverything that has happened and for where we are today! jayni is such a sweet heart and always say " samantha is my best baby" she loves her so much and hasn't been able to hold her much because she has been sick pretty much the whole time samantha was born . we all have been sick but are stayin home now and getting better! i love my life today and looking back on this yr, it has been a crazy one and one i thought many times that i couldn't get through it but to my surprise i am so grateful for everything we have gone through for so many reasons. i am grateful to a heavlenly father who i know loves me and my family for rooting for us and walking with us through everything!!

SAMANTHA B YATES

She is finally here, i was beginning to think that she really wasn't going to come. I went into the hospital at 10 yesterday so they could induce me. They started me with plitocin around 11:30 and then broke my water at 1:30. i Thought for sure it wouldn't be too long after that. My mom guessed 4 o'clock i guessed 6 and clayton guessed 8. Well Samantha thought it would be funny to arrive fashionably late and make none of us win! Nothing was really happening with dialation, i was at a 2 FOREVER and then i went 3,4, in about 4 hrs then around 11 p.m. my doctor came back and checked ,me and i went from a 4 to a 7 rather quickly. My docotor walked out of the rm and then the pressure contractions started to come. I tried to hold off for about 5 min cause my doctor was just in there but i had to get him and when he checked me i was fully dialated. it was 11:45 when i started pushing. Earlier that night i said,"wouldn't it be funny if she came at 11:59" well she didn't but the little stinker did not want her birthday to be on the 22nd cause she arrived at 12:04. It was worht the whole nine months. She is amazing already!

Way too much too Post!

Yes it's true we have had lights and our tree up for a wk

Clayton is now making custom framesm they are very very cool. i love them and he is very talented!

Clayton called for me and said he wants documentation that this is how he put jayni to bed every night! He lays with her til she falls asleep, she is very spoiled by him.

Jayni has been so fuun this year about christmas way more involved than last yr.

Jayni and lydia trick or treating, they were so cute, they kept saying happy new year and happy birthday instead hope Tick or Treat.

This picture is blurry but the only one that we have taken as a family in the last little bit.

We went to the pumpkin patch which was super fun and freezing.

Janyi with baby macie and Brielle
Jayni either always has a coloring book or a puzzle. She has never had my help putting a puzzle together the first time, she just takes her time and figures it out. Except for one harder puzzle which clayton and i were helping her with and we all starting fighting cause we each wanted to do it. She kept sayingm "but it's my puzzle". Sorry Jay!

Jayni is the sweetest little thing there is, i know it! She is so smart, funny, sweet, caring about others, very interested in how things work, loves her mommy and daddy, She is going to be such a Great big sister, Is always willing to help me, she cleans her room almost everyday pretty darn good. She is just so innocent and we lover her so much. i have to admit i am a little sad that she wonlt be the "only one" anymore.

We are anxiously awating the arrival of baby Samantha, i go in on sun which is 2 wks early because i have high blood pressure. The baby is fully developed so everything should be fine. This has been such a long 9 months, i forgot what it was like to be pregnant. i have felt perfectly fine except for all the added hormones and lack of energy. i have been in school this last semester and have continued to work my regular hrs so i have done a lot more than i was when i was pregnant with jayni. Today is my last day to work for a couple wks. Jayni i don't think really understands completely that our baby is going to be with us forever or maybe she does and i'm just trying to get different responses from her. i told her yesterday that when daddy and i get home from the hospital we are going to have a surprise(present) for her and her response was, " And it won't even be the babies" so i think she has gotten a little tired of all the excitement for the baby. I have done pretty good with telling her the things i did to prepare for her, all the new clothes and things. I was able to be in the room when michelle's baby, macie was born 2 months ago which has made it the longest 2 months for me. It was absolutely amazing, the first birth i've seen besides my own but it is just not the same. I have had i'm sure the regular worries and fears but am quick to understand that everything will be just as it should. Not much has happened the last few months so We will post as soon as we can to announce the birth!