How Sweet It Is: 2005 to 2007

The Years from 2005 to 2007 were hard but they were very special. In January of 2005 we found out that we were expecting. We were so excited to be blessed with a sweet baby. We were getting ready for the new baby to arrive and couldn't wait to be parents. When I was 4 months along, we found out that we were having a GIRL! I had always wanted to have a daughter and was so excited to teach her and love her. When I was 6 months into the pregnancy, we found out that she had down syndrome and that there were going to be some challenges along the way, but we were still going to love her because she was a gift that we had been given. She finally arrived on September 15th 2005 at the Logan Regional Hospital at 3:00 a.m We named her Mckenna Marie Bodrero. She was born via Ceaseran Section and weighed 4 lbs 4 oz and was 18 1/2 inches long. She was so precious.

She was 4 1/2 weeks early and had alot of complications. She immediately went into the NICU and got sent down to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City where they could care for her better.
She had to be hooked up to a ventilator to help her breathe for 2 weeks and when she was strong enough to breathe on her own, she got off and we finally could hold her. It was amazing to hold that sweet spirit in our arms and know that she was Heavenly Father's child and he had brought her to us to raise. We finally went home with her when she 4 weeks old and she had to come home on oxygen and a feeding tube because she wasn't strong enough to eat with a bottle or to completely breathe on her own.

We had an amazing time with her. She was only here until she was 19 months but during that time, she was ours and she was growing and was the HAPPIEST baby you could ever be around. We are so excited for the day when we can be with her again and teach her all of those things that we didn't have the opportunity to teach her when she was here. And are so glad that we are and ETERNAL family!