Hark, our Lark.

Many of you know, many probably don't, but baby girl Lark Carolin made her grand appearance on Sept 22. Essentially, we went to the doc and he told us that we could walk across the hall and have the baby right then if we wanted. Lindy jumped all over it and a few hours later she was here. Lindy did totally awesome and is the unofficial spokewoman for epidurals. At any rate, our girls were perfect.

Lark weighed in at 5.13, was 20 inches long, and we fell hard quickly for her.

Finn Diego holding the little package for the first time. He was totally loving it and was so good at trying to keep her little bobbing head up.

Here she is sporting the "U" hat, content as ever.

Things were going really well for the first little bit and we were so excited to move this party home and get on with life as a foursome. Life threw a nasty curve. Lark was acting a little weird, not eating, no poopy, had a weird little gag. Lots of little things led to an admission to the NICU and a couple quick studies had the team thinking that she needed bowel surgery because her piping was connected right. This is a gigantic kick in the face, then in the gut, then a ninja-jab to the heart. Really, it was chilling news and we, for all intensive purposes, completely lost it. Lark was taken to Primary Childrens' for emergency surgery to put her piping together. The next couple hours were completely numbing, we had to wait to talk to the surgeons at Primary to find out more. Life threw another curve. We took our time getting down to Salt Lake, picked up Finn, made tons of phone calls, freaked and fretted about what was going to happen. We were about in Bountiful when we got a call from a nurse at Primary's who told us that Lark was being assessed by the doctors there when she let out a big poop. There has never been better news given, ever. As I write now, we are on day two in the NICU at Primary. Lark is by far the healthiest babe on the floor and we really couldn't feel more blessed that things worked out this way. She continues to poop like crazy and as soon as long as she starts eating a little better, we should be out of here soon. She does not need any surgery and has evaded any invasive testing. She is a sweet, peaceful, and happy little bird. The thought is that she had a little memrane blocking things and she pushed past it after an IV gave her the juice she needed to do so. Life's curves teach many things and we discovered a lot about ourselves, our family, and our friends. Things happen so fast and we would have totally crumbled if it weren't for our good friends and family. "Thanks" doesn't do it justice.

Bows replaced by an IV but still serene.

Turns out, when you don't eat and don't poop, your bilirubin goes up to and you get to do some baking.

Again, we are totally tickled with the new one. The roller coaster seems to be slowing and we feel that Lark's poop was more than luck. Thanks again for all the kindness and love that you have all shown. She scared a lot of you and for that, Lark is sorry. We will hopefully be home soon and we would love for you all to meet our pooping Lark shortly.

Summer days, and the living's easy

Not a whole lot to update, just a three-pack of pictures because we have been blog-stalking much but not adding to the blogging world ourselves.

We spend most our days trying to figure out what we are going to do that day. A lot of times we go for walks around the neighborhood and toss rocks of all sizes in the creek. Other times we play Wii bowling, Finn's new favorite thing, and finish up with a beat-down on boxing. We often turn on the Fugees "Best-Of" album and practice sweet dance moves. We've hit up O-town's kid-friendly places like the Dinosaur Park, Treehouse Museum, Costa Vida, free movies at the Egyptian, gang-training, and the splash park. We apparently do not spend a lot of time taking pictures.

Lindy is still pregnant. She is 34 weeks. She is confident that baby sister will be here in three weeks and certainly before 6 weeks. She loves standing on her feet for long amounts of time in the dry Utah heat, especially when Finn is doing his whining-almost-three-year-old-act.

Jesse is still working- in the ICU this month. He encourages you all to not get sick.

Finn at the Dinosaur Park, the one and only day of his life he was willing to wear a hat.

Lindy, Finn, baby sister, and the wooley rhino beast.

This is Finn's new favorite trick. Goofy bugger. We estimate that today he spent about 45% of the day trying to do the crossed-eyes.

Happenings

I am getting older and larger by the day! I am going to be thirty next year which is a scary thought, and I just celebrated my ten year High School reunion. It was very entertaining to say the least, but I am very glad that I went. It was so fun to play catch up with people I haven’t talked to since High School and to see how some have changed! Life is going pretty good. I am now officially 29 weeks pregnant and I'm counting down. We have had a busy week. Jesse had a conference down in Salt Lake so we stayed the night at my mom’s on Wednesday and then the Grand America hotel on Thursday night. It was pretty dang fancy. But it was so nice to get away for a few days. It was like a mini vacation. I was able to have lunch with my mom and Grandpa and then we meet up with our friends Mark and Jenny for dinner and then a dip in the pool at the hotel. It was lovely. We came back Friday, my reunion was Saturday and then we met our friends the Anderson’s for some Weber State fireworks. So things have been very busy, but sometimes that is a good thing, it is making time go by fast. I also have some very exciting news…..are you ready…..Finn had to go to the doctors on Monday for a weight check and he weighs a whopping 25.2 pounds fully dressed. The kicker is that he is finally on the chart. He is in the less than 3^rd percent but on the chart. This is miraculous because this hasn’t happened since he was 3 months old, and now Finn is no longer a failure to thrive baby. Halleluiah!!! So we celebrated by going to McDonalds and the park!! Other than that, that is all that is going on in the Spencer household.

Finn and Josh at the Pool at the Grand America Hotel. It was so lovely, but I have to say the company was the best part. It is always so nice to see the Mawhinney's.

Finn loves the water.

Cheesing it up for the camera.

I love this picture. Checkout that hair. I swear he really does belong to me and Jesse!

My sweet friend Jenny and Finn's wife Anna!

Finn getting ready to jump in the pool.

The cutest kids ever!

Mark and the silly boys.

Isn't she the cutest thing you have ever seen?

Finn riding the deer in the Gardens at the Hotel.

A nice little belly shot for you!

Debbie and I at our High School reunion.

The only ones that showed up!

This is Finn's new favorite thing. Every time Jesse needs to mow the lawn Finn will follow him around where ever he goes with his little mower. It is pretty sweet. Although it takes Jesse twice as long to mow and it drives him crazy!

I just think it is cutest thing to watch. Finn loves his daddy.

Us with the Anderson fam at the Fireworks.

Randomness

I have promised a few ladies that I would post a belly picture, so beware of fat lady pictures below! I also had to throw this video of Finn Diego in there. He is just so funny these days and I almost pee my pants every time I watch it. For those of you who know Finn, know how he loves his High School Musical. This is him singing and dancing to a HSM3 video on the computer! He is pretty freaking cute if you ask me!

I just thought that this picture is cute. Jesse and Finn just hanging out watching some t.v.

Sorry for the bare belly shot....but this is me at 21 weeks

Jesse, his Dad and brothers decided to do a bike ride for Neil's (Jesse's Dad) 60th birthday. They went from West Jordan to Crystal Hot Springs. Craziness if you ask me. I took my time and drove in the car to meet them up there. That is the way to go!

Finn loves to swim. We (well Aunt Jodi..thank you !) introduced him to floaties and he loves them. He won't let us touch him in the pool and he will yell "self" at us meaning he wants to swim by himself. It is pretty cute to watch. He is a good little swimmer. But this is Jesse and Finn swimming in the Hot springs. It may look like the lady to the left is not wearing a top but it is a swim suit required place I promise!

This is Lindy and her belly at week 24. This is baby girls room. This is the new dresser that we got from a consignment shop. The lazy boy chair is from my sweetest husband for our 7 year Anniversary. I love it. And if you notice the bumper pad in the crib. My wonderful Mother in law, made it for me. It is all coming together!

Lindy and Finners hanging out in the chair

The very talented Finn Diego!

So far behind, and the baby is a.......

So we are 2 months behind on this blog and I am feeling overwhelmed with where to begin. All is going well in the Spencer household. We are pretty boring over here. Jesse is busy slaving away at work. Lindy is finally over morning sickness (hooray.) Finn is as cute as ever although he has learned to throw some pretty nasty temper tantrums, and baby Girl...... is doing good and growing just as she should in mom's belly! We are really excited to be having a girl. We are still wondering what possessed us to have another child in the first place when Finn is such a handful already, but we are very excited and can hardly wait to meet our new little Spencer baby! Here are a few pictures from the last couple of months...so get ready for picture overload. I thought that I would begin with the most recent.

Baby girl Spencer!!

Jesse's parents took us on a lovely and much needed get away trip to St. George. It was so nice to just get away, play and also relax. We went swimming, hiking, played around, and Jesse celebrated the big 30 Birthday!! It was a wonderful trip!

This was Finn's favorite part of hiking...playing in the dirt.

Lindy and a very tired Finn after a long hike.

Grandpa Neil striking a pose!

Finn loved playing tennis at the condo. He is pretty freaking cute!

All the Grandkids playing tennis.

Finn taking his water break!

Finn and Maggie in front of the lovely view from the balcony of the Condo!!!

Jesse and Finn built a bird house for the backyard. It is quite the colorful masterpiece

Easter morning at the Spencer house.

The Easter bunny left a bunch of jelly beans around the house and Finn thought that it was the greatest thing. He is showing us his jelly beans!

The annual Spencer Easter egg coloring contest. These are the winners.

The Easter loot from Grandma and Grandpa Spencer

All the Grandkids with their baskets at Jesse's parents house.

Finn happy to have more candy.

Our cute Finners and his Easter basket.

Jesse was able to go on an airplane ride. He got to steer the plane for a little bit, and thought that it was the coolest thing he had ever done. He was considering dropping out of Residency to be a pilot.

This is my belly a month ago... it is much bigger now. But I just thought that I would add this one in. I thought Finn was cute in it!