The Matt and Tiffany Hortin Family

Mom and Dad with Ruby and her many connections. Don't worry these were all necessary connections that have helped Ruby heal.

The first family picture

Mom and Ruby
This was a couple days after I was discharged from the hospital. Dad and Ruby sleeping together. I think every dad has a picture like this.

Ruby Joan Hortin

Ruby Joan Hortin was born on September 2, 2009. She weighed 8 lbs 9 oz. She has spent the last 8 days in the NICU, but will be coming home soon (whenever she learns to eat well).

Ruby was very sick with Meconium Aspiration her first few days of her life. Luckily she is a fighter and a toughy so she is doing much bettter. If you would like more information about Meconium Aspiration you can go to:
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/meconium.html.

The Baby's Due Date

Today I am officially at 40 weeks. Nothing yet. She is still in there kicking and having a party. She will not settle "down". Matt took me on a 5 mile walk last night (It was my choice and I was feeling good). The only think the long walk did for me was make my glutes yell at me all night and this morning. The baby room is ready for her and so are we. I am running out of things to do. I do not have much to keep my mind off of the fact that she is not here yet.

Matt and I did celebrate last night by going out for a burger because he finished his last undergraduate class. Because we do not have a job yet and he feels there are some more classes that can benefit him, he is going to take an econ class and a mechanical engineering graduate class this semester. Luckily heThis will also give him the chacne to keep his BYU job. He is going to continue his internship at BD medical in Sandy until they do not need him anymore. As of right now he will go up there twice a week until the end of September/October?. He will also work at his BYU job 3 times a week. I will be at home being a mom. I plan on coaching again at Provo High. That will start up in November. My baby is going to be the water girl. Well, maybe she would be better off as the mascot. I can dress her up as a bulldog. I plan on starting her young with a backetball. :)

That is our life right now. We will keep you posted with pictures.

This morning there was some excitement in front of our apartment. While i was taking Matt to work this morning I saw a hotair balloon in the air. When i got home 10 minutes later it had landed in front of the apartments across the street from us. Everyone was out in their PJs taking pictures. It was great excitement.

Cascade Springs

Matt and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary July 26. We went up to Cascade Springs which is up American Fork canyon. I never did take pictures when we were up there a year and a half ago. This is where Matt proposed. In fact it was on the below bridge where it all started. It is beautiful there.

Baby Shower #2

Janny Hortin, Matt's Sister, threw me a great family baby shower. She did an awesome job. There was sooo much food and lots of quilting. This is everyone who came. Matt's mom also helped with bringing the quilting supplies.










Thank you to everyone who came. The gifts were awesome. Our baby girl will love the quilt. Even if there are a few extra long strans of yarn on the back (Janny :).).

Sista Support

The two pregno sisters. I never thought this day would come. It is great to have a sister like Jerusha. I couldn't have asked for a better one. Love ya!

4th of July

This last weekend was a lot of fun. Matt and I went out to Denver to visit my sister and her family, Jerusha, Steven, Matthew, and Jonah. My parents also came up from New Mexico. We all had a blast. We ate great food, had great laughs, went swimming, watched some movies, played some games, watched some fireworks, ate in the rain, and went on some hikes. I am sure I left something out.

We went to Georgetown a small town40 minutes away from Denver. After eating under the rain we went up the mountain to hike around. It was beautiful up there.

Mom with her two pregnant daughters. We just wear the baby in different spots.

We were suppose to be posing for a picture but Matthew decided it would be fun to step through the bridge. Luckily we caught him and his shoe be for it went down the stream.

The Gang

A hike on Green Mountain by Jerusha and Stevens house. Jonah and his new friend, Uncle Matt.

Baby Shower

Some fabulous ladies from my ward threw me a baby shower. They did an awesome job. We ate fruit-kabobs, cressant sandwiches, ice cream sandwiches, scrapbooking, socializing, and gifts. I was so excited to see everyone that came. There were old roommates, friends, and cuzins there.

These are some of the pages that were created for my baby girl's scrapbook. Great job ladies.
(Britt, me, Becca, Maria)

Maria and Becca

Katie and myself

Two of the fabulous friends who helped make this day happen. Jesse and Laura. i did not get any pictures of Michelle and Liz who also helped. You are all great. Thank you so much!!!

Goodbye to Dixon

Well I am done teaching. I enjoyed the last two years, but I am so excited to start a new part of my life. Instead of teaching 200 12-14 year-old girls in a day, I will be teaching one cute newborn. Bring it on I am ready. The teachers at Dixon Middle School were awesome to work with. It was amazing the efforts they put into teaching. I loved working with them. They taught me so much. The last week of school we got the privilege of taking the students up to Lagoon (an amusement park North of Salt Lake City). It was great because we did not have to supervise. I was obviously pregnant so the only ride I got to go on was the Sky Lift. I did get to participate in this great photograph with the rest of the CRAZY teachers at Dixon.

This is the man of my dreams hard at work.
I thought I would put a picture up of someone besides myself.

Here is my belly at 26 weeks. I am looking like I am actually pregnant.

This is the first outfit i bought for my daughter.
I think she will look cute.
This is the girliest I have ever felt.

Its true. Matt and I are having a girl. We are both excited. The baby is healthy and looking as good as a baby can look at 5 months.

Fatty

This is me at 17 1/2 weeks. There really is something there. I usually do not have a belly that hangs out that far. On April 7th i will be finding out if it is a boy or girl. Make sure you vote.

The Trip

Life is great in Utah. It is definitely hard going to school every day with this extra weight, but i love the challenge. I am getting bigger and bigger every day and eating like a pig. Two weeks ago Matt and I went down to St. George and Las Vegas. Cammi, my cuz, got married. The wedding was great and we got to see a lot of family. Mom and Lori even came up from New Mexico. Every thing went well. Aunt Daina did an amazing job decorating. I did not get any pictures of the reception but I got a couple at the Temple. Cammi and Adam looked great.

Matt and I also drove down to Las Vegas. We were going to go take a tour of the power plant at Hoover Dam, but we did not get that far. We spent most of the time working the slot machines. It took all my money. Well, actually there is no way you can get me to spend a dime on gambaling. I learned my lesson when I was little. Jerusha might remember this one. I spent $5 on one of the stuffed animal machines (the grabber ones) and never got a stuffed animal. That was all my money. Luckily the guy next to me was amazing at it and felt sorry for me, so he gave me the stuffed animal he knew his kids wouldn't care for. Besides getting a good work out we saw the Gardens and the Fountains at the Balagio. It was my first time seeing them both. they were amazing. I have some pictures and videos I took while we were there. Enjoy!

Matt enjoyed water arches. he explained the engineering behind it. Will some day you and Matt will have to talk engineering.

This is a Lady bug Made out of flowers.