Merry Christmas! With Love, The Cardons

Saying Goodbye to 2012-

A year filled with lots of love, blessings, and accomplishments.

Scott graduated from ASU with a BS in Business Communications in May, 

and we celebrated our First Anniversary of Marriage with a trip to a sweet resort in Vegas.

In September, Scott got a big-boy job and the same week we found out that we are expecting.

In December, we found out that the baby is a boy,

Megan graduated from ASU with a BA in Communications, 

and we celebrated our three-year anniversary of dating at a nice hotel in Scottsdale.

It has been a great year and we're excited for the good things (one especially) to come in 2013!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,

The Cardons

December 19th, 2009

Yesterday was the three year anniversary of our very first date and today is the two year anniversary of the day Scott proposed.  It was a pretty busy day yesterday and I didn't get home until six.  Once home, I scarfed down some dinner, started on some work I brought home, and then rushed to get ready for a small gathering we were going to. Other than some nice texts earlier in the day, we didn't have much time to celebrate. But as we got in the car to leave, Scott put in a CD and played our song: Passenger Seat, by Death Cab for Cutie.  I was overwhelmed with beautiful memories and strong feelings.  I can't express how much I love that boy and how grateful I am for him in my life.

For one of my final papers, we had to write about a life-changing experience. I wrote about the night Scott proposed. Choosing to marry Scott was the hardest decision of my life, and it was completely my decision to make. It's funny how now looking back, I wonder why it was such a hard decision.  Wasn't it obvious back then that Scott is perfect for me? But no, it wasn't. It was a really hard decision to make.

I was reading through an old journal the other night and came across this quote by President Gordon B. Hinkley.  It was one of the best pieces of advice I read while trying to make this eternal-life altering decision:

"One of the grand errors we tend to make when we are young is supposing that a person is a bundle of qualities, and we add up the individual's good and bad qualities, like a bookkeeper working on debits and credits.  If the balance is favorable, we may decide to take the jump [into marriage]...The world is full of unhappy men and women who married because...it seemed to be a good investment.  Love, however, is not an investment; it is an adventure.  And when marriage turns out to be as dull and comfortable as a sound investment, the disgruntled party soon turns elsewhere...Ignorant people are always saying, 'I wonder what he sees in her,' not realizing that what he sees in her (and what no one else can see) is the secret essence of love."

I used to feel and think sometimes that no one could really see or understand how we feel, other than us and Heavenly Father.  How fitting then that our sealing covenant is between us three-Scott, Me, and God-the three that really understand and can see the "secret essence of love" that we share.

This post may take the cake on the cheesiest post ever, but I don't care because this is love.

Baby Boy Cardon

Well, now that I'm nearly halfway there, we're going public: 

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!  

Baby Boy Cardon is due May 7th, 2013 and we are so excited.

Yesterday, we had an ultrasound and found out that we're having a boy.  

It was SO cool to see him moving around in there-waving and smiling at us.  

I am already in love with him.  

Skelo-Baby.  Love Him.

Profile of his head and arm. I wonder what he will look like in real life.

Story of Baby Cardon so far:

We found out we were pregnant in September, the same week that Scott got a job. Miracle.

Scott didn't believe at first, so I took three pregnancy tests.  All positive.

When I took the first test and it came out positive, it was unexpected and overwhelming so I started bawling:  "I can't have a kid-I am a kid!"  

But Scott was so sweet and just hugged me and whispered, "You're going to be a mom."

I am still super nervous and have some break downs every once in awhile, 

but even if I'm not going to be the best mom, at least that kid will be well-loved by me. 

I already love him. 

And Scott will be such a good dad.

A few weeks later, I started bleeding.  I thought I had a miscarriage.

I was very sad.  Scott gave me a blessing.

The next day I went to the doctor and found out that I had a large hemorrhage next to the sac.

They were pretty worried.  I had to rest a lot.

My dad adjusted me. (Here's my ad for Chiropractic).

Over the next few weeks, the blood clot began to diminish.

After three months of taking it easy, finally the blood clot was completely gone.

The ultra sound tech said "I'm so glad the blood clot finally went away-it was huge Megan, huge."

Miracle.

Once we found out we're in the clear, 

we surprised our families on Halloween with the news that we're having a baby.

I wore a skeleton sweater with a baby skeleton on my stomach.

It was pretty epic.  Scott's family were all so happy for us.

My siblings reactions were priceless.

Brecklyn: "I don't believe you."

But it's true.

Now, I'm 19 weeks along and this baby is healthy and growing great.

I'm growing pretty good too.