Love, Marriage, Babies

Andy and I were set up on a blind date (even though we knew of each other from school years) by my cousin Luke Lomsdalen (thanks Luke!). The date didn't go so well but after a few more dates Andy started to grow on me and after just a few more we knew that this was "it". We were engaged after six months of dating, had a year long engagement, and then had our wedding on Oct. 7, 2006.

Shortly after our wedding we had our first child, Carter. He was born 5 weeks early and we spent 2 weeks in the hospital with him.

Then we had our second child, Bella. Bella was born 4 months early at only 24 weeks. That's as early as our wonderful UW Hospital can save. With only a 20 % chance of survival, we are truly blessed with our little miracle and that she has had no complications (which is EXTREMELY rare)! We spent 3 months & 3 weeks at UW with her and the amazing nurses and doctors who we will be forever thankful for!