A story of our family :)

Welcome to the Westergard Family Blog! Since your flying with someone with little experience please keep your arms and legs in at all times and HOLD ON!!! :)

It all started (or eneded) in December when Gary and I were expecting an un-named little boy who was promised by their OB/GYN to be under 10lbs at birth. I had a pretty okay pregnancy and a wonderful labor (didn't remember any of it thanks to the lovely epidural and how sleepy it made me) and we gave birth to a 9lb 13 oz 21inch long baby boy who much to the annoyance of our family still didn't have a name.

It did take an extra day and a half but we finally figured out a name for our little boy, Justin Frank. He had lots of sandy blonde hair with highlights that made the nurses smile. Everytime he came back from the nursery he had a new hairstyle. We had a lot of great visitors at the hospital and people called in as well to wish us luck and tell us congratulations. We really felt the love of all our friends and family.

After maternity leave I went back to work at the credit union three days at 20 hours a week. It was hard to leave Justin but he was being watched by Mom and Dad and Julie so I knew he was being extra loved.

This May a lot of things happened in the Westergard family. Mom had finished her chemotherapy and radiation and was recovering, so we all decided to go to California and celebrate the end of that time in our lives. We headed to SanDiego and stayed in a very fun condo right on the beach. We went to Sea World, the outlet malls, DODGER STADIUM!!Petco park (to see the Padres) and the temple. It was such a great week we all really enjoyed it. We only missed one family, but Dave and Elise are going to come for Christmas so we will all be together then. We are trying to raise Justin to be a good Dodger fan and so when we caught the dodgers game we made sure to take this picture so we could frame it in our house to remind ourselves who we need to be loyal to. Justin fell asleep through most of it but it was fun to hang out with family at the game and listen to Gary give me play-by-plays.

In June of this year I was able to get a job at McKay-Dee using my degree in Health Promotion (shocker, I didn't think that was ever going to happen). So now I only work 2 days a week and still leave Justin with my newly retired Dad and Julie.

Gary is working for the gas company and really likes it there. This summer I liked to call him on really hot days and ask how things were going. My office is kept at a frigid temperature of 67 degrees and it just made him jealous to hear my teeth chatter as he was working in the sun. :)

Justin is now 9 months old and just figured out the crawling thing. He has four teeth and is heavy as a log! Gary and I are trying to baby proof the house but it is more and more difficult since we don't anticipate Justin grabbing as many things as he does!

This picture is the first of the four teeth that Justin has. He got all his teeth within a three week period and also began to crawl at the same time. We think if he progresses at this pace he will become a genius by 1 yr old. :)

That is all for now, the rest is history in progress. :)