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I really do enjoy reading family comments on our blog, but for some reason I forgot to turn off the anonymous comment feature. This is now off, so if you want to comment on our blog at all, you will have to be a registered google account holder. This way I can see who you are. For some reason people think it's ok to leave rude comments here without identifying themselves, and I'm not so cool with that. Hopefully this will fix any future problems or I will make our blog private.

A Moment To Vent

So I am going to confess that I am one of those many people who is absolutely in love with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series. I own all the books she's written and was anxiously awaiting the release of her companion novel to twilight called Midnight Sun. (It's from Edward's POV.) Anyway, last night I hopped on her website only to find out that someone she'd given a copy to had posted it on the Internet and it's been illegally distributed since then. So now, after anxious waiting, she has put the project on hold indefinitely, and I don't blame her! But I want to scream at whoever decided it was their right to post this illegally! It just makes me mad! And to all those fans out there who couldn't be patient and just wait for it to be done...shame on you! You all had to go and find that illegal copy and read as much as you could. Wrong decision!

There, now I've spoken my peace...I only hope Stephenie will forgive them all and finish writing Midnight Sun so those of us who could be patient will get to enjoy not the partial draft, but the complete and wonderful novel we were all expecting.

A Wedding!!

This past Tuesday my cousin Heather got married to her perfect match Dan! We were blessed to be able to attend the sealing at the Bountiful temple. It was a beautiful day (but really really hot!) and they both just looked wonderful! Here they are after making their debut as Mr and Mrs Pelfrey!

Ahh the trio! This is me, Heather and Heidi. Heidi is going to be getting married in December and we are all looking forward to that! She might be the youngest of the three of us, but as she said at the wedding luncheon, she's still a foot taller!

Jeremy and I took a moment to get a picture in the front of the fountain with our little family. Being at the sealing just reminded me how blessed we are to be sealed to each other and to our little Maegan for time and all eternity.

Here's Dan and Heather's first dance. Don't they just look so in love! It's awesome!!

Get him Heather! Everyone kept saying be nice, but those of us who know Heather well knew there was no way she was going to play it sweet. I will say this though, she went a lot easier on him then I thought she would. They are going to have a wonderful and adventurous life together! Congratulations you two! We love you!

6 Weeks Left!

So here we are with just about six weeks left till Maegan makes her debut! Jer and I can't believe how fast the time has just flown by. I know I don't look that big, but i definitely feel it! She rolls around all the time and just loves to play with my ribs! Jeremy enjoys feeling her when she gives him the opportunity and I just get a kick out of people's reactions to watching my stomach roll and bounce around. Hopefully the next few weeks will fly by as we make some more preparations and attend some baby showers. Thanks to all who have been so loving and supportive to us! We couldn't do it without you!

A Place to Sleep

Our crib finally arrived! We had quite and adventure putting it together because some of the holes were drilled too deep for some of the parts, but after about an hour and some improvising, it came together wonderfully! We also went out and found a mattress. It's so nice to have so much of the big stuff taken care of this early. Now we can just focus on getting the room ready and finding her some clothes and toys, etc. Ten more weeks!

So this weekend Jeremy and I went out to Target and started to register for some stuff for our little girl. While doing so we ran across this really cute stroller/car seat combo that I absolutely fell in love with, but at $199.99 it was not something we felt we could purchase right away. We decided to add it to the registry just so we could remember which one we wanted, but upon scanning it, a message popped up saying there was a limited availability because it was on sale for $99.98. Jer took and scanned it on a store scanner, but it didn't show it was on sale. So he went and grabbed an associate, who got a manager, who checked and....sure enough, it was on MAJOR clearance. So we put it in the cart and took it home! We are definitely counting our blessings!

Family and Fun!!!

This past weekend the Grant side of my family held our annual family reunion at Reid Ranch. It has been a tradition to go there every year to just get away up into the mountains with no TV, no phones or other daily distractions and just visit with each other and catch up. There is lots to do including swimming, mini golf, paddle boating, horseback riding...and this doesn't include the fun we haul with us, including a spud gun, lots of games and some friendly competition when we play volleyball! Even I, "little momma" jumped in and managed to make the through one rotation of the volleyball game. After that I was content to relax on the sidelines and just watch my man go to work!



Here we are cuddled on the chairs while he waits to rotate back in. For the first time since we got up there I was actually cold! I really enjoyed the cooler mountain air and was not excited to come back to 90 degree temps!

And here Jeremy is, ready for action! He certainly is competitive! I wonder where he gets that from? Hmmmm....

This is my cousin Kevin and his wife Lisa's little boy Parker! Jeremy loves to talk to Parker in his Mater (from Cars) voice and so Parker just knows him as Mater. It was fun to watch!

Even Grandma Grant got in on the action!

This year was especially busy for us. We celebrated the engagement of my cousin Heather to her fiance Dan. We held a grocery shower, as is tradition on the Grant side, the first night up and it was fun to hear how they met and fell in love. We also celebrated my cousin Heidi's engagement to her fiance Kurt (if I spelled it wrong Heidi, I'm sorry!) We are looking forward to getting to know him better and hearing their story as well.

It was also exciting to hear that my cousin Tim and his wife Rebecca are expecting their second child in November. That makes four of us this year, and all of us are having girls! Way to go Grant family women!

Jeremy got a special treat when his parents drove up to join us for most of Saturday morning before we went home. We've been telling them about the Ranch for years and thought they should have an opportunity to come and see it. So they drove up that morning, had a tour, visited with my family and ate lunch before they drove us home.

This year went especially quick and we are really looking forward to next year and once again reuniting to share in the love we have as a family!

What's in a name?

So after some debate, we have finally decided we are going for the unique spelling of our girl's name! It will be Maegan Elizabeth Sorensen. I don't know why but of all the ways I played around with it I just kept coming back to this one. It's different, but we both love it! Now let's just hope that she still looks like a Maegan when she comes out! I have a pretty good feeling she will or I wouldn't have had that name stuck in my head since I found out I was pregnant.

Spelling

As was pointed out to me by my aunt Natalie, I have spelled my daughter's name two different ways. We still aren't sure how we want to do it yet. We are still playing around with it. But I will let everyone know for sure!

So for those who'd like to, we have some of the ultrasound for your viewing pleasure. This first clip is just the first five minutes or so where they took some of Meagan's measurements and if you watch really closely they get a great little profile of her.







This next one we got at the very end. She got the hiccups and the Dr that was in the room was kind enough to let us watch her. She only does it about three times, and if you blink at the wrong moment you might miss it, but we thought it was cute and wanted to add it on. Enjoy!