Welcome Isaac Cody Peterson

This last Friday I woke up at about 4:00 am unable to sleep. I was cramping and uncomfortable but I did not think it could be anything serious. At 7:00 I saw my doctor for the weeks check up and discovered I was dialated to a 2 1/2. "Today's baby day" he said. Isaac came via v-back after two and a half hours of pushing. I think I would have ended up with another c-section with out the support of my awesome doctor, nurses, sisters (Liz and Clare) mom, and of course husband. It was an amazing experience. Isaac came two weeks early on Friday December 11th at 8:05 in the evening. He weighed 6, 10. I love you baby and I am so happy you are here with us.

Time for an update

Wow we are in need for an update. Well, Cody recently graduated from BYU-I and we are now living in Mesa AZ. Cody is selling pest control for the summer. We are ready to start optometry school at Midwestern University in August. Things are good here, we are happy to around family, the only thing we could use less of are the heat and scorpions. Well that's it for now, I hope to add pictures soon so check back again.

We're still alive in Rexburg, ID!

We apologize for the brief (just a few months) absence from the blogging scene. We thought we'd post a couple pictures of some of the happenings over the last couple of months, featuring Zach of course. Our final winter in Rexburg is coming to an end, with graduation looming only a month away! This place has been very good to us, creating memories that won't soon be forgotten. Anyway, here are the pics, starting from most recent all the way down to Halloween:

Zach started out a little nervous, but that didn't last long.

Christmas in Arizona

The post-bath bath robe!

Just hangin out with cousins!

Zach was thrilled to be an OWL for Halloween!

Oh, he looks so smart.

Happy Anniversery Codes!!!!

With a dinner at Applebees and dessert at Jamba Juice we celebrated our two year anniversary. Having our little Zach and our beautiful friendship makes two years feel so very short. I feel like I have known Cody for so much longer; it truly has been wonderful. I feel so blessed to be married to such a smart, kind, faithful, and of course, handsome man. Thank you Cody for making my life so rich with love.

A Bountiful Harvest

There are many perks to being college students or more so "married" college students. Here at BYU-I we took part in the married student gardens. After planting and a couple months growing and weeding the labor paid off. With all the fresh produce we made lots of stir fry, salsa, and zucchini bread. I love fresh produce.

Just more fun with Zach-attack. Some of the best moments are during his bath and just after!

Funny Video

After Bend Oregon we headed up to Washington to visit mom, dad and Leah. During the five days that we were there they took us on a real train ride up in the mountains, up the space needle in Seattle, on a sweet roller coaster, on the Duck (a land and water tour of Seattle) and more. They were incredibly fun and we were so happy to create some more family memories.

Of course we played cards and Zachary got to have a lot of Grandma and Grandpa time.
During our vacation Stephanie Myers Breaking Dawn had become available so Leah and I being the silly girls we are went and picked up a copy at midnight the day it came out. We read half the book aloud to each other. Most of our commute time was spent reading quietly to each other in the back of the car while Cody would randomly yell out "Oh Edward!!! Oh Bella!!!". Of course we loved the book and were completely giddy reading it together. Girls can be sooooo silly.

Break!!!

So after a crazy semester Cody and I were ready for our seven week break before fall semester. We started it off with a fun vacation up to Blackfoot Idaho to visit Scott and Erin. Next we went up to Bend Oregon to see Cody's grandparents. We got a great view of Bend and ate New York pizza the size of my face. It was great to catch up on some Peterson history from Grandpa Pete as well.

Warm River, Ashton, ID

In celebration of the end of Finals week, we hiked around and swam in Warm River. I don't know how it got its name, but it was freezing. It was very beautiful and felt good to get outside. We both suffered horrible sunburns, but that was half the reason we went, if you can't tell by our sweet farmers' tans!

Co-ed Softball champions at BYU-Idaho!!!

We recently participated in a University Co-ed softball team. After losing only one game during the regular season, we blazed through the tournament. Laura caught the game saving (running) catch in the first game of the tournament for the last out in the final inning, preventing the tying run from scoring! In the semifinals, Cody smashed a 1-1 pitch into deep center, well over the 40ft fence for a spectacular home run(can you tell who is writing!?), capping an 11-4 victory. In the final, we came back from a 6-0 hole to win in the final inning! It was quite fun, plus we got a T-shirt.

Zachary and the Great Grandmas!!!

Mommy Hardy

Grandma Hanni

The latest and Greatest from Memorial Day Weekend!

Smile!

3 Generations

Funny conversation between Zachary and Taryn