2 Months and Counting . . .

Our boy is just amazing! We are loving parenthood and getting the most enjoyment as Tavin grows! He already has such a personality! It's such an amazing experience to watch him get stronger and more aware of life. Everyday is a new delight! He is already sleeping through the night and hardly ever cries!(Knock on wood) We are very spoiled with him! He makes you want to have lots of kids! We went to our 2 month check up and we had some great results except the ending was not so fun! He really didn't enjoy the shots at all. It was so sad to watch that. Luckily I didn't have to hold him down the nurse did! The results are. . . Height 24 inches(99%), Weight 12lbs 10oz(90%) and Head 15.5 inches(50%)! No wonder why he doesn't look like a 2 month old. He is growing so fast! We wish it would slow down a little bit, but at the same time we are excited for the future pleasures! We love hime so much and he seriously gets cuter and cuter everyday and the smiles and the cooing just melt our hearts! I love my family more and more everyday its such an amazing feeling!

Time Flies!

So I really cant believe that our boy is a month old already! He has gotten so big so fast I cant believe it. Tavin still is the best baby we could have ever asked for. He is getting more and more of a personality everyday. When he is happy he does this liitle purring noise and when he is angry he does this little growling noise! Every time he does either of those we just melt. Our favorite thing is we will lay him on our stomach and we will start talking to him and he will start pushing himself up our chest so he can get as close as he can to our face and he just starts giving us kisses and eating our face. It is the cutest thing ever! He actually starting cooing at me today. It is the sweetest noise to my ears! We love this boy so much! Ty watched him all day yesterday by himself, while I was at work. They both did great while I was gone and that makes me so happy. I had no doubt that Ty couldnt handle it. He is seriously the best dad! He loves his son so so much! It was so hard to go back to work. I seriously am so tempted to quit. Marley has been such a good dog to him. He is getting more and more comfortable with him. I actually caught him cuddling with him one day on the bed.(see pic below) All and all we love our little family and cant wait to add more! We are so happy to be parents! We had our 3 year anniversary on the 29th! Its crazy that its been that many years. I know it isnt that many but time is flying by! It has been another fabulous year and I love being married to my Ty! I love him more and more everyday! Im so excited to keep on our journey! Happy Anniversary Babe! I love YOU!

Tavin James Gatherum

Our boy is finally here! We were induced on June 11, 2009. He weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz., 21 inches long and has so much blonde hair. We started at 10 in the morning and were finished at 7 that night and we pushed for about 45 mins. Everything went well and we had no complications thank goodness. We are truly blessed to have this sweet little boy in our lives. We seriously cant get enough of him!!! We stare at him constantly. Tavin has been such a good baby so far. He hardly ever cries, he sleeps really well, he eats like there is no tmrw and when he is awake he is so chill. He just stares at you and takes it all in! We love our Tavin and we are so excited to have him in our family!

Waiting for him to come!

The First Time Holding Him!

The Proud Parents!

Tavins Large Feet

Just Doing What He Does Best

Happy Happy Parents!

Daddy and Tavin

Going Home!

Almost There!

Oh happy day we are a few days away! We are so so excited except for the fact that we are both terribly sick! I am so miserable I cant even find the words to explain. Well we payed a little visit to the doctor today and he said that we have only dilated 1/2 more but we have dropped so that is good, but since I havent dilated enough then we will not be getting induced til Thurs the 11th. So our goal is to do anything we can in our power to get this boy here! So if any of you have any ideas of how to get it done then send the advice our way. We would greatly appreciate it! Here is my most recent photo that was taken a week ago. Sorry that I havent been more in touch lately I have been so so busy trying to get everyone caught up at work. Hope everyone is doing well and cant wait to get caught up on all your lives. We will update as soon as we can after we have the baby! Thanks for everyones advice and support over the past 9 months!
Ty got to go to Maryland for 10 days for work. While he was over there he got to visit New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania! He had so much fun! He has never been back east and now wants to move there! Here are some pictures from his trip. He got to be in Washington D.C. over Memorial Day weekend and he said it is absolutely the best time and most patriotic time to go! Also the Iwo Jima statue of the soldiers pushing the flag up is the biggest thing I have ever seen in my life! The picture does it no justice. If you guys havent ever been back there you really need to go. It is soooo beautiful and there are so many amazing things to see!

New Boot for Spring!!

Well we had a wonderful Easter Break! On Fri Ty was going to go down to his dads ranch in Price for the weekend and I was planning on just hanging around home to relax since I couldnt do much at the ranch if I went. So as Ty was leaving he got halfway down the driveway and backed up and asked me to go grab the ipod cause he had forgotten it. I was returning with the ipod and I went to step off the edge of my parents porch and as my left foot, that was already bent to the inside for some reason, hit the ground I landed all my weight on my foot and heard it go 'POP', 'POP', 'POP'!!! As I lay there on the ground saying not such nice things I am pretty sure I broke something. Ty comes running to my rescue and helps me up and my foot is instantly swollen. We get in the car and go to the doc! Yep I have broken my foot and have to be on crutches for a week to two weeks and then in my fabulous new boot for 6-8 weeks. Which is perfect timing for when the baby comes! WooHoo!! We then took off to our babies doc and had our baby monitered for an hour. He was just fine, thank goodness! Ty spent the night with me taking care of my every need I had, even carrying me so I didnt have to use the stupid crutches! I love him so much! He is way too good to me! So Sat comes along and Ty heads out that morning to the ranch and gets about half way there and hits a bunch of debris in the road and pops one of the back tires, which we just had replaced! So he got to spend 2 hours at WalMart getting it fixed. I finally had come to the conclusion that he was not supposed to be going anywhere this weekend! The odds were definetly against him. He did get to have a great weekend eventually with his dad and best friend Ryan! I am doing as well as I can, just in a lot of pain because I am not allowed to take anything since Im pregnant! They said I could have Tylenol but I dont really see it helping me all that much and I am not a big pill taker anyway so we decided to just suck it up! Good thing I have a high pain tolerance! I will get a picture of my fabulous new style up along with a new photo of the belly! We hope that you all had a better weekend than we did! Happy Easter!

Update

Well I do have to admit that I have been horrible at taking pics of my progressing growth. So here is an update and we only have 2 1/2 months. I cant believe it! He is getting stronger everyday and if you dont believe me you can ask my body. Dont get me wrong I love to feel him and it is a major comfort when I do, but sometimes it hurts! The other night we were lying there watching a movie and we could actually feel a foot or something, it was so cool! In church today I sat there and tapped Tyler everytime he moved. It was quite entertaining for me to let him experience what I get to feel all day long. We got to take off to St George a couple weekends ago for just a quick get away before Ty started his new job. He is still doing fence sales and school so we thought it would be a good idea to have a little getaway before things got to crazy. He loves his new job and we are so very blessed to get such a great job during these rough times in the world. We cant wait til spring is here and if you were outside at all today you would probably be feeling the same way. What a gorgeous day!

Valentines!

Hope you all had a fabulous Valentines! Ours was great! We went and celebrated on Thursday to beat the crowds. We always celebrate early or later. Then we usually have a nice evening at home together and cook a really yummy meal but this year was different. It was our ward temple night on Valentines and we hadnt been in a while so we decided to go. It was so cool! We got to seal couples and children to each other. It was so awesome being able to do that for people on one of the most romantic holidays of the year! We loved it so much that we are going to make it a tradition now. After that we went and got Cafe Rio cause we needed to spend the rest of the time that night writing our talks for Sunday. That was our first time speaking in church together. It was fun! My husband made it look so easy. I am such a wreck when I have to speak. I was trying to think back when the last time it was I spoke in church and it probably has been 10 years. So I guess I might be safe for another 10 years...Doubt it, but I will tell you I think it has been so long cause I play the flute and I play in wards all the time. So I do participate! Anyway I wanted to put up one of my favorite poems cause I just watched the movie where it came from and it is perfect for Valentines, although I did hear that it came from the bible.
Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous.
Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish.
It does not take offense. It is not resentful.
Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights in the truth.
It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes.