Utah Vacation

We can hear all the mumblings now, "When are the Fletcher's going to update their blog. They've got a new baby and haven't told us anything about him."

Well, now we have some time, so we can post some updates. We've got two excuses, we were on vacation for 10 days, and the other is that we have been so stinking busy.

Shelley had surgery on her right wrist on June 18. She wouldn't let anyone take a picture with her hand dressed up, so we don't have any.

We went up to Utah on June 26 for two reunions. The first was our bi-annual Cox Reunion. We rented an RV in St. George and had it for a couple of days. Here are a few pictures from the Cox Reunion.

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

After the Cox Reunion, we went up the Utah Valley in northern Utah to visit some of Robert's old friends. Sorry, we didn't break out the camera for any pictures.

While in northern Utah, we went to SLC to check out the "This is the Place" monument and the Conference Center at Temple Square. We did get some pictures there:

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From Luke

Our second reason for going up to Utah was another Reunion, the Fletcher Reunion. There were many cousins that Robert hadn't seen for years and Shelley had never met before. We had a really good time catching up and being in the small town of Cannonville again:

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From 2009 Reunion Vacation

From Luke

The last one is a video of our little boy Luke playing in the water.

Luke's Baby Blessing

From Luke

We know it's been over a month since we have posted an entry in hear. Adding Luke to our life has really made things pretty crazy. Shelley has been tending to him all during the day and when Robert gets home, that's all he wants to do is spend time with Luke.

Since today was Luke's baby blessing, we decided that it was time to repent of our ways and add an entry. It was a really good day today. We had lots of family visit and there were 10 men in the blessing circle (we didn't get our bishop in the picture). We are grateful for all of the family that was able to make it.



We had a luncheon afterward at Shelley's parents. We all had a good time, although much of the family had to leave early to get home.

Getting used to home

Well, we have been back home for a week now. We have started a new routine now having Luke home with us.

Robert started back to work last Tuesday. He has felt the separation anxiety and returns home as soon as possible. We haven't really gone out much the whole week. We have just stayed home with Luke. That's what we have been content with so far.

From Luke

Shelley has been staying home every day so far. She returns to work on June 9. Since Robert is now working and Shelley isn't, Shelley has been doing most of the nightly feedings and diaper changes for Luke. Robert is very appreciative of that so that he is not so groggy at work. Robert does try to do his share of taking care of Luke in the evenings, however.

Shelley and Luke are Home

From Fletcher Baby

Well, we are all finally home now. After several days of pain and non-solids, Shelley is finally able to eat normally and take pain medication orally. She was able to leave the hospital at 2:00 today. Our pediatrician said that Luke could go home any time, so once Shelley was released, we all went home today.

We all went over to Grandma and Grandpa Matthew's for dinner tonight. Luke's cousins were really excited to see him. Shelley's brother, Blaine, had a baby boy 3 weeks ago. We got some pictures with them together.


We will be taking Luke to the doctor tomorrow for a newborn checkup. Shelley will need a checkup with her OB this week sometime. However, life is starting to get back to normal again, if there ever was a normal.

Luke Alan Fletcher

From Fletcher Baby

We have given our boy a name. "Luke Alan Fletcher" has been at the top of our list for a while, but didn't want to officially give him the name until he was born. We think Luke fits him well.

Before anyone starts asking him to use the force, may we remind you that we took the name from the Bible, not from any movies, if there are any, we remember from our childhood. However, we still think the force is strong in this one.

We have a son

From Fletcher Baby

After some progress, but very little, things did not go as planned for a standard delivery. At about 7:30 PM the Dr. on shift asked if we were OK with a C-Section. We decided it was for the best.



Baby Fletcher born Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 9:05 PM. He was 8 lbs. 14 oz. and 23 1/2 inches long.

Tax Baby Coming

Well, we've been here at the Banner Desert hospital for about 26 hours now. This has been a long process, but there is finally a light, (however faint), at the end of the tunnel. If the rest of today continues as it started, we should have a new arival to our family in the early evening today.



We started by having an appointment to come here for an inuction at noon yesterday (April 14). We were checked in before 12:30. They started inducing at about 3:30 yesterday afternoon. They didn't expect her to go into labor for about 12 hours. She went into labor at about 3:00 this morning and had an epidural at about 4:30. They broke her water at about 9:45, and things are steadily, but slowly progressing.

As stated in our previous post. We have a web album specifically for our baby. Hopefully Robert will be able to periodically post pictures of the baby as he gets a few. The link again to the album is:

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertfletcher65/FletcherBaby#