???Boy or Girl???

ITS A GIRL!!!
Randan and my mom have been convinced its a boy, I kept telling them it was a girl. ( just to go against what they said, not cause i have this great mothers intuition that some moms have ha ha)
Randan and i couldn't be happier! It made it so much more real! Crazy that that sweet beautiful little girl is in my belly!! :) Now the naming game begins and I can quit calling her "baby" ha ha!!

Update on Randan

Well I'm sure most of you have heard that Randan was shot in the leg in Afghanistan. I thought I'd give a little update. He was shot by enemy gun fire on November 21 through the femur. He called late that night and told me he was shot in the leg and they were taking him to the hospital in Afghanistan and then the phone went dead. ha ha, what a long night. the next morning a Gunny Sgt. called and told me that he was stable. he was transferred to a different hospital in Afghanistan then to Germany then to Maryland then to northern California and finally on to San Diego where Fred, Fran, and myself met him there! He had some minor surgeries where they would clean the wounds out and then on December 3rd he had the big one. They put a plate in there that went pretty much from his hip to his knee. He was in a lot of pain after but thats expected, the Doctor was very happy with how things turned out. He said that after recovery Randan would have 80%-90% use of his leg. It'll be about 6 months before he's walking on it without crutches. Today the 9th Randan was released to a wounded warrior battalion and will be there till the 16th when he'll see the Doctor for his f/u appointment. If all goes well he'll get to come home for about 30 days! I am so proud of Randan, I can't imagine what he's been through, and through it all he's had the best attitude!
This has been such a roller coaster ride. As much as its made me realize how bad the world is, its made me realize how good it is as well. Randan and I have had SO much support. Thank you all for your thoughts and pryers, it means so much! There has been so many visitors, people donating stuff, people bringing in dinner and treats, offering their home for the holidays, and their phone numbers for a friend. People's generosity truly amazes me. Randan and I feel extremely blessed. Things could be so so much worse, and are for so many men. Things are rough over there, please keep all those strong, brave, wonderful, selfless men in your prayers!

Update on the Mister!!

Randans been gone a little over a month now! Boy has it been a long month! I got a call from him last week! He sounded wonderful. Things are pretty crazy/scary over there and even still he was positive about it all. (thats my husband for ya though!) from the sounds of it he pretty much is just a mountain man! ha ha! they eat MRE's and cook what food gets sent to them from family over a fire. He told me all excited that his best meal has been Bear Creek Potato soup that I sent him and they added Velveta Cheese to it and something else I can't remember (I wanted to gag when he told me) ha ha! He's been a month now without a shower and said it doesn't look like he'll be getting one anytime soon (gonna have to hose him off when he gets home ha ha) but is excited that he doesn't have to shave much ha ha! To say the least he said the people are very different (I probably shouldn't say much about this, and I wasn't told much about it either) I think there weather is a lot like ours, he said its been hot but now is cooling off and it gets pretty cold at night. He told me he's been taking pictures but has no way to get them to me, (I'll have to share when he gets home!) 3/5 is doing a great job over there, we get letters from the Commanding Officer every so often and he says he couldn't be prouder of them, that they're doing what they were sent to do and they're doing a great job of it! Randan said he appreciates all the prayers and support from friends and family and that it is definitely felt, to keep them coming!
I sure do miss that man and life is so much different without him, but I am SO SO proud of him! What great men we have over there!
Again, thank you, thank you so much for all your love and support during this time. It means the world to me. I don't know what I'd do without friends and family! Love you all!
one down six to go!!

Baby Woods!!

About the same time Randan Comes home so will Baby Woods!! I'm Prego!! Randan and I found out just a few weeks before Randan left for Afghanistan. Randan was so excited, it was so cute he wanted to tell everyone! but we just told the parents and decided to wait a while! I'm now 12 weeks and due May 6th 2011!!! we couldn't be more excited! Keep your fingers crossed that daddy comes home before baby does!!

the countdown begins!

well this post is just me venting a bit! Randan and I got to enjoy one more weekend with each other. We didn't do anything but at this point time is so valuable and just being with one another is wonderful! I was planning on taking Randan back Saturday and coming back Sunday but Randans wonderful Father offered to take him Sunday so we could have some more time with one another Saturday and Randan took him up on it! I am so grateful for Randans family and my family we couldn't be blessed with two greater set of parents. I am so thankful for the love and all the support that we'll have while were separated from each other. Its gonna be a rough few months but I know that Randan will be protected and that we bot have so much support!
I'm so thankful for Randan and for all those who sacrifice so much for our country. He has a wonderful platoon and I'm so thankful for them and I know that they'll look after each other! I didn't realized until I married Randan how un-free our countries freedom really is! I hope Randan knows how much support he really has and that I love him dearly and look forward to these 7 months being over!

Sorensen Family pictures

Nothing to say really, just got Sorensen family pictures taken and thought i'd share! Morgan Bracken took that and she did a wonderful job! I have such an amazing family, i am so so blessed, love them so much!

Pre-Deployment Leave

Its that time again! Randan got 2 weeks off for pre-deployment leave. Randans WONDERFUL parents came down the week before we came and helped pack us up and move us back to Utah (yay!!!) What a blessing family is in our life, we have the greatest! I still had a few days left of summer semester so i finished that up and we came that weekend. We've been busy getting moved and doing stuff with our house but in the mist of it we planned a trip to Mt. Wheeler with Lar and Chelsey (Randan's brother and our sister in law) We had such a great time. we got there Friday afternoon and got back sunday evening. We hiked to the lakes and to the glaciers. We even took trash bags and slid down them, it was so fun! I thought it was pretty dang cool that there were glaciers there in the middle of August! (that was my first time being there) we talked, ate a ton, and played plenty of cards! It was pretty chilly we pretty much had a camp fire goin the whole time but it still was a blast thanks guys! The rest of the two weeks we just hung out, spent time with family, had a woods family reunion, went to the cornfest, played cards, and relaxed. It was wonderful. Randan had to go back to California but they aren't deploying for a few weeks so we'll see each other on the weekends till he leaves!!