ALASTAIR + LALEINIA

When it rains, it pours, and for us when life changes, it really changes. Not even six weeks on from the birth of our son, the three of us spent three days on I-80 heading out to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The thought of leaving Utah was a little more difficult to swallow than we expected. We had just started our little family, I had a great job with Qualtrics, our ward was wonderful, and we absolutely loved our place in Lindon. Spring was in full swing, and we were walking out on the trails every day in the sun after I got home from work. But we love adventure, and knew that our time in Utah had to be up in order to pursue a better opportunity for our family and our future. We drove and drove and drove, leaving on Friday afternoon and arriving in Michigan on Sunday afternoon. We stopped to sleep, refuel, eat, and feed little Emre. We can't believe how easy it was, moving with a baby. Emre slept pretty much the whole time. He loves being in the car and traveling. It is stay...

February was by far the craziest month ever! Emre was due March 1st and I was anticipating a whopping 10+ chunk of a baby, but he arrived at the end of week 36. He was a good 8 pounder, with minimal chunk due to his length! It was weird, I worked that day and joked with coworkers that it might be the last time they saw me, which turned out to be true! It's always amazing to me when I stop and think about how everything happens for a reason. I firmly believe that babies know when they are ready to enter this world, and I guess Emre knew when he needed to arrive. I'm so glad that he came when he did! About 2 weeks before Emre came, Alastair applied for a job with Google and was advancing in the interview stages. About mid-February, he needed to fly out for an interview, which made me nervous because I was afraid that Alastair would miss the arrival of our first child. So thank heavens Emre arrived two weeks before Alastair had his interview. It all worked out! And now, ...