Deppermann Update

I just wanted to give everyone a little update on our lives right now. We have two new members of our family, Bert and Ernie, our two little guppy fishes. We had a crazy itching to be spontaneous so we bought some fish:) Also Lucas is finishing up his last term at BYU and very excited to be done and to have a break before starting law school...even though the break will be short. Also I have started sewing more and I have made a tank top and a shirt and have plans to sew a lot more! I have really enjoyed it but my sewing machine isn't the best so it makes it really hard to make anything. But I am still loving being a stay-at-home mom and a homemaker. We are eating real meals for the first time in our marriage! We are also busy planning our move to St. Louis which is fast approaching! Lucas and I have also started a running competition to see who can run the most miles this summer. We were doing really well the first two weeks but last week neither of us ran at all!!.... To be fair I was sick for the first part of the week. Well that is all for us right now...more to come later!

Family hike on Memorial Day

Bridal Veil Falls

New fish tank

Bert and Ernie 

2 Months Old!

Oliver had his 2 month birthday on Saturday and I can't believe he is already 2 months old! The time has flown by since we were taking him home from the hospital. Well at his checkup we found out that he is 12 lbs 3 oz and he is now 24 inches tall.  He is a big growing boy and so cute...we love him. He has slept 6 hours at a time twice now and so I hope that just continues to increase on nighttime sleeping. He is also smiling now and having less poopy diapers which is so great:) He is still spitting up like a champion but we have decided to take him off the medicine he has been on because we haven't seen a real improvement while being on the medicine. We are working hard to get him to hold up his head by himself and look forward to when he can LOL!

Mother's Day

Well I felt like the most important mother in the world this Mother's Day and it was only my first one! Lucas and Oliver made the day so wonderful for me. The day started with Lucas helping me with Oliver at night. Then Lucas made me breakfast in bed and then sent me out on a scavenger hunt to find my Mother's Day gift. The clues for the gift were hidden all over the house and the clues started with our dates and then went to our engagement and then marriage. It was such a cute idea and I had so much fun! The clues led me to Oliver's room where I had to search for my gift. My gift was a pearl necklace with diamonds on the top and then diamond earrings! I was so spoiled and Lucas just kept telling me he wanted to make my first Mother's Day very special...and that it was! We then got ready for church and had a great time and Oliver was really good too which was a bonus. Then we made hamburgers for dinner and then I got to choose our activity for the night which was Disney Scene It. I am so grateful for my wonderful husband and adorable baby boy who mean the world to me. I look forward to the many more Mother's Day in the future.

We finally made it....Graduation!!

Well with the birth of our little boy and finishing up school, life was pretty crazy. Thankfully we had family come down to visit and help watch Oliver so that I could still go to my classes. Well we finished up those last few weeks and then finals and I was just grateful to pass...the thought of A's weren't even on my mind.... C's get degrees!! However I am happy to report I have never had a C in all of my education. Well we had both of our parents at our graduation and that was so wonderful. Lucas and I have both worked so hard to excel in our college education and those degrees are proof of that. However Lucas still has law school to tackle but I know he will do great. Also we have finally decided on a law school...drum roll please... we are going to Washington University in St. Louis, MO. We are leaving at the end of July and we are so excited!!

Well for the graduation I walked in Lucas' college so that we could spare our family only one convocation... they are extremely long and boring! We had a great time and then enjoyed going out to eat with the different families.

From 2 to 3...

We were so blessed on Monday the 26th of March to have our beautiful baby boy Oliver join our family. We love him so much and are so glad he arrived safe and healthy.

I went into the doctor on Friday afternoon for my normal weekly check-up with my due date still almost a week away. I was still only dilated to one centimeter and my doctor didn't expect me to go into labor anytime soon. She told me that she would not induce me early but that after a week of being overdue I could be induced. She also told me that she thought that the baby was going to be too big for me and that I would have to have a c-section. Well I was very emotional when I heard that news because I absolutely didn't want a c-section and I had a really bad itchy rash from the pregnancy that was driving me crazy so I wanted this baby out! Thankfully I started having contractions on Saturday afternoon and they start just about 10 minutes apart. I was so excited and nervous to think that this could really be it and that the baby could be coming soon. I tried not to get my hopes up in case I still had another week but Lucas started timing the contractions and having me rate the pain on a scale from 1 to 10. Well we couldn't sleep that night with the contractions becoming more intense and closer together. We finally decided it was time to go to the hospital so we left home at about 2 am on Sunday morning.

We arrived at the hospital where they hooked me up to the monitors and said that they would watch me for an hour to see if I dilated any further. If I did then I could stay but if not I would have to go home and wait my labor out there. Well my contractions were about 2-3 minutes apart and very intense but I still wasn't dilating. They gave me some pain medication and sent me home but told me I would probably be back in just a few hours. Well they were right... We got home and we tried to sleep some but by 11 am I was in so much pain I was in tears. However I didn't want to go back to the hospital because I was afraid of being sent home again. Finally when I couldn't take the pain anymore we went back to the hospital. When we arrived and they checked how dilated I was thankfully I was at a 4 and within 15 minutes I had my ivy and epidural all hooked up and ready to go. Those two things were what I was most worried about so once those were done and over I was very relieved. I then slept most of the day pain free and just waiting until I was fully dilated and ready to push. I was finally fully dilated and effaced at about 9 pm. I then became to push for the next 2 hours making progress but no baby yet. My doctor then told me that they thought the baby's shoulders would be too big and we suggesting they do a c-section. By that time I was exhausted and ready to be done with the labor so we decided a c-section was necessary.

Right after he was born

In no time at all they had me prepped for the surgery and were moving me into the operation room. The scariest part of the experience for me was that I began shaking uncontrollable because of some medication they gave me which scared me even further for the operation.  However the operation only took 15 minutes and then I was able to see my baby boy... 8 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long. However my time with him was very brief and I wasn't able to hold him. It was another hour or so before I was able to first hold my baby...and that was a time worth waiting for! We then spent the next three days at the hospital with Lucas hardly ever leaving my side....I was so grateful for that because it took me a good 3 minutes to even get out of bed! We were so excited when we were finally able to leave the hospital with our new baby. We both left healthy and happier than ever!

Going home from the hospital