Introducing Samantha Joy McVeigh

Yes! Samantha Joy McVeigh was born today October 26th, 2009 at 7:59am. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches in length. Thanks everyone for praying for us. Here are some photos!
Jennifer before...


So, this is us waiting for a "professional" to admit Jennifer to the hospital. I kid you not, the really nice gal in the E.R. couldn't find Jennifer on her list, and finally said, "Well, I'm not really sure what I'm doing because I don't usually do this, so if you'd like a professional to check you in, you can go back to the admitting area and someone will be there by 6:00am to check you in." We got a good chuckle out of that one.


Benjer in his really, really cool outfit ready for surgery.


Jennifer, ready to go!


Photo number one!


Stop poking me!


Yep! 7 lbs. 12 oz.!


Can I keep her? Pleeeeeaaaaase?


Yep, that's my girl! I sure do love her already...


A proud Mommy and Daddy!


Granny sure is proud!


For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.
How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
I come to the end—I am still with you.

-Psalm 139:13-18

Pumpkin Pie!

Happiness is going with Mommy to meet Daddy for lunch at Village Inn by the church and getting pumpkin pie for dessert!

Recent Fun Times

Here are a few photos from some nice down time our family has been able to enjoy in the midst of home improvement projects and preparing for Bethany's baby sister:

Bethany playing Logan's drums


The McVeighs at Snowbasin

One quick note: It's taking me a little getting used to shorter mountains here. I really confused a worker at the resort when I was asking about how much snow they would have for a youth event we would have at the top of the mountain there on September 19th. Then I found something out: the top of Snowbasin (where the Olympic downhill events were held in 2002, no slouch of a ski area) is about 9,200 feet in altitude. Dillon (where I lived in middle school and high school and about the) had an elevation of 9,087 feet, and is was a few thousand feet up from there to the top of ski areas. I didn't know it was possible to have good snow for skiing below 9,000 feet!


Bethany playing with rocks at Snowbasin


Bethany loves the creek at our favorite park!



And here's Bethany feeding ducks and geese! She loves to go see the ducks at the park.


Mommy and Bethany walking in our favorite park


Yes, she really did climb up that all by herself; she only got boost on the first step.

There is...

...nothing much better than making pancakes with my little girl, no matter how little sleep I got!

There's nothing better than a baby laughing

Benjer is the best Daddy ever :)

Trains with Daddy!

Bethany and I (Benjer) had a fun day together yesterday at the train museum. Union Station in Ogden, once a major junction in the West, now houses a train museum, as well as a car museum and a gun museum. I liked learning about things like the bridge that used to span the Great Salt Lake, and Bethany loved the big trains:







And Bethany got to hang out on the train that carried the Olympic torch from Atlanta to Salt Lake City:



We had a great time!

Bethany fun

Hello family and friends. We thought you might enjoy seeing what fun things Bethany has been up to. So, here are some photos from this past week:

Nothing like painting with shaving cream! At first she wasn't too sure...

Then we got some tools out to help and then she went to town!

Even the clean up was fun... getting rinsed off in the shower by Daddy!

We also finger painted this week

And Bethany is learning how to master the art of swaddling her baby.

Step 1: Lay out the blanket

Step 2: Put your baby on the blanket (gently hopefully)

Step 3: Fold both sides of the blanket over the baby (the bottom one is optional for her :)

Last: Snuggle!

Much love,

Jennifer, Benjer, Bethany and Baby Girl