Talia's first few days home

Our new baby girl is truly the light of our lives! We think everything about her is a miracle and we can honestly say we have never felt so blessed!!! Here are some pictures of her first few days home. She has jaundice which is why she looks a bit yellow in some of them, but we are hoping she gets better soon! Thank you to everyone for all your love and support! I will keep sharing pictures, so hopefully no one gets sick of us:)

Grandma Anderson holding #17 for the first time. Thanks grandma for coming to stay with us and for all your help!!!

Talia LOVES being swaddled tight in blankets. She likes this soft one and her Miracle Blanket.

When she is awake, she is very alert and LOVES to look around and explore her new world!

Talia's first sponge bath. As you can see she did not like it at first but when it came time to wash her head, she was as content as can be! Mom and dad had fun playing with her hair and bundling her up afterward!

Taking naps on her parent's chest is also a favorite-for everyone involved! And look at how she smiles in her sleep! We wouldn't trade this for the world!!

Welcome Baby Talia

Talia Camille Anderson
Nov 24 2007
6 pounds 9 Ounces
19.5 inches

GOOD TIMES!!!!

Good times here in Boston!!! Meg and I having been busy, busy the past few months. We got called as Activity co-chairs in our ward a few months back and this is us at our ward Halloween Activity in October (original, I know). We also went to the Joseph Smith birth place in Vermont a few weeks back with a co-worker I met from EMC that's a member of the church. It's a great sight to see if you ever get out this way. It was freaking cold outside, thus my green sweater with the church slacks, that's all I had :)

Meg is working hard to finish up the semester and still teaching dance three days a week at some local studios. Her credits from USU got totally screwed when we moved here so we're trying to figure out what she's going to do with college come January. From the way things are looking we could be moving back to the West in another year and a half. I just finished interviewing for a new position in Inside Sales at work and think I have a strong chance of the new position starting in Jan 08. I have been working my brains off so I'm looking forward to my first break sense June this week for Thanksgiving as we'll be traveling to Ohio to spend the week with my sister.

Things are good but we still miss our friends! We hope to catch up with most of you at Christmas!

Love,

The Cranneys

Counting down the days...

Well I don't know if anyone reads this blog anymore, but I thought I'd post our latest updates. There's only just over 2 weeks left until our baby is due and we are very, very excited!!! I am already dilated to a 2 and 90% effaced, so the hospital bag is packed and sitting by the door and we are ready to go any day now! I am definitely at the VERY uncomfortable part of being pregnant so a part of me is ready to be done, but another part of me is quite nervous for labor and delivery! Plus I have parent/teacher conferences this week, so if this little girl waited until after that was all said and done, I could leave work for my maternity leave a lot more stress-free. Since there is no magic clock that will tell me what day she will be born, we'll just have to wait and see! But, our nursery is also all put together and we have had sooo much fun decorating it! It is decked out in pink/girl everything!! We are blessed with many friends and family who have been good to us and I have to give credit to Tim for refinishing EVERY single piece of furniture in the baby's room! Here are a 360 view of it (try to ignore the hideous pink carpet in my little townhouse)...



Tim and I made the clock above the changing table one night which was actually way fun (we're just waiting for the parts we ordered to come in) and I did make the vinyl lettering sign above the crib but the actual crib, the dresser, the changing table, and the rocker Tim gets all the bragging rights to. He has had a busy last couple of months! But he has fun working on projects.

Also, Tim wanted me to show you all that I have finally out grown him in our tummy sizes:) ...

Also, Tim just took a job in Ogden so we will be moving to that area around June. We probably don't want to live right in Ogden, so we're thinking about looking in Clinton or Syracuse when it gets a little closer. That will put us only about 45 minutes away from West Jordan, so you should all come and play with the baby all the time! Or anyone else who wants to join the adventures of parenting with me is MORE than welcome. It would be fun to have more close friends with kids around the same age as mine! Hint, hint:)
Anyways, we'll be in contact with everyone in the very near future when the big day arrives!! Hope you are all doing well!