Introducing..... Derek Vijay Lowther

He has arrived!! 6 pounds 3 ounces, 19 1/2 inches.
The whole process started at about 6:00 on wednesday evening. Heidi was having contractions that were about 5 minutes apart. We decided to go for a walk and wait and see if they went away or got worse. By nine that night were were off to the hospital with contractions about 4 min apart.
We got there and they checked to see how far along in the process she was, and how far she was dialated. She was still at 1 (as she had been at noon for her doctors appointment). We would have gone home but the contractions were close together and it was painful. The nurses had us walk up and down the halls and bounce on the birthing ball all night long, and finally by 7:00 the next morning she was FINALLY dialated to a 3. (It doesn't sound like much progress, but believe us.... it was). Since she was at a 3, they gave her an epidural and some pitocyn to get it going a little faster. By noon she was at a 4 and they broke her water, and things progressed very quickly from there. (Thank goodness). The doctor came in to check her at 2:00, and said, SHE'S COMPLETE!! We were totally shocked. I went from a 4 to a 10 within two hours after being up all night and not really going anywhere. We guess Derek made up his mind that he wanted to come, and he wanted to come now!
They rushed to get everything ready, and he was here by 3:09!! It was very slow to begin, but once it got going, it went by quickly.
We are so excited to finally have him here. We fell in love with him the first time we saw him, as we're sure everyone else will too!!


We all think that he looks a little more like Keith (except for all that hair!!)

The proud daddy

All that hard work paid off!

Way to go keith!!

This past weekend was a fun one for us. Keith participated in the "Wasatch Back Ragnar" relay race. He was on a team of teachers from the School district. They called them selves "NO Teacher Left Behind" The race was from Logan to Park City. It was over 188 miles. Keith ran 3 different legs starting in Ogden at 6:30 PM, Friday, which was 3.4 miles. His second leg was through the canyon to Henefer at 3:30 AM, which was 7 miles. HIs last leg was right here in the Heber valley, running through Charlston and Midway. It was 6.1 miles and he ran this one at 2:30 PM, Saturday. By the time his team finished in Park City it was pouring rain and hail. The team finished 307 out of 436 and their finish time was 31 hours, 16 min, and 6 sec. They went all night with no sleep and just kept running. Keiths next big endeavor will be the "Top of the Mountains" marathon that goes through Logan in September. Good Job Keith!! Keep it up!!

Ok, so I know that we are not very good at this whole blogging thing. So today you get two publishes. Everything is going great still! We are counting down the weeks and it just keeps getting closer. The closer delivery gets the more we are thinking about the little guy that will soon be here. What will he look like? Do we have what it takes to be a mommy and daddy? What is it going to be like to have a new born baby? There is sure plenty to think about. For the most part, we have everything set up for him to come home. Here are some pics of the baby nursery...


Here is the bedding. There isn't really a theme to the room, it's just all boy.





There are trucks, and teddy bears, sports equipment, a bubble gum machine, a jack in the box, and a flying airplane. Pretty soon there will ba a baby to put in it!!

10 weeks left!!

Here is Heidi at 30 weeks pregnant!!

Here's to you Mom

Happy mothers day to all of you mothers out there!! I know that Keith and I are so blessed to have the mothers we do. I don't think we realize how much our mothers do for us. I've come to a realization, now that we are expecting a child of our own, that being a mother is harder than I think. I wish children would come with an owners manual. So, here's to you mom. Thanks for everything!!

Viva Las Vegas!

We had the most wonderful time on our trip to Las Vegas! We couldn't have asked for better weather, it was perfect!! We didn't want to come home!! Here are some pictures... Enjoy!

The Mirage had an Atrium that had the most beautiful plants and flowers. It looked like we were in Hawaii!!

We went to Hoover Dam, which was "DAM" cool.

Here we are in Paris (we wish).

Keith had fun gambling away a whole five bucks. He won $4.50, but ended up gambling it.

Here we are at the Venetion Hotel. This was our favorite one. We saw the Phantom of The Opera here (which was amazing) and we had a romantic Italian Dinner on the streets of venice.

Happy Birthday Heidi!!!

Happy 23rd Birthday! I love you!!!