Soccer Championship

Travis played on a co-ed soccer team this summer with two of his brothers and two cousins. It was really fun for him to be on a team again. He missed five games in the middle of the season due to his broken finger, but was able to return for the championship game. Really he just wanted to show up for the last game and get a medal. Their team tied 1-1 in regulation (Brian scored the goal) and in the shoot out Dustin (Cousin) made the winning goal. The Ninja Turtles are back to back champions.

 

1 Week

Mindee was gracious enough to take pictures of our sweet baby boy. She did an amazing job! He is such a cutie and we have made many adjustments now that he is with us. The first week was harder than we expected. We are all learning together and still have a lot to learn. It is encouraging to look back to the first night home and see the progress we have made.

Closed

We closed on our house the end of July and started moving in. Once Travis had his pin removed from his pinky, we gathered family members and got most of our furniture into the house. Emily was not much help because she was almost 9 months pregnant so we were grateful for the help. The house is coming together and we cant wait to officially move in!

Wyatt John Spackman

On Friday, the 9th of August, 2013 a third member of our family joined us. Wyatt was born at 3:54 in the morning weighing in at 7 pounds 11 ounces. All went well with labor and delivery and the new baby was pronounced as healthy as could be, even getting a perfect 10 on the Apgar Test. Here is a rundown of the events prior to Wyatt being born.




 

6:49 p.m. on Thursday the 8th. Emily's water broke, about 10 minutes after leaving work.
8:00 p.m. We arrived at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden and check in. Emily is starting to feel some good labor pains and is dilated to a 4.
9:00 p.m. An epidural is given and everyone is happier.
10:00 p.m. Emily is dilated to a 7.
10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. We leisurely enjoy Shark Week on Discovery Channel, very different than what we expected our hospital time to be like.
2:00 a.m. Emily is dilated to a 10 and the doctor is paged.
3:15 a.m. Emily practice pushes with the nurse while waiting for the doctor and is told to stop so the baby doesn't come too early.
3:45 a.m. The doctor arrives.
3:54 a.m. Wyatt John Spackman joins our family.

It has been a fun, life-changing event. Strange to think what life was like before he arrived. Wyatt has been a pretty good baby, struggling little with nursing and when to sleep, but overall doing really well.