Pregnancy Pic

For those of you who like the belly shots, here I am at 28 weeks. Will post another belly pic shortly. :)

Summer....oh how it flies!

Yet again, I have found no time to blog. But I thought I better post about our eventful summer. We found out that we needed to move for Mikes job in June. How much notice did we have? A WEEK! Yes, we had to move in one week. My poor hubby ended up doing most of it himself since I was obviously no help. Luckily enough my aunt said we could stay with her in Syracuse for a little bit while we figure out a more permanent place. We are currently in the process of getting pre-approved, and are still not sure where we're going to live! It has been pretty stressful on the both of us, but we still manage. :) We've been traveling to Logan almost every weekend to spend time with family and friends. We are so close to our families and love spending time with them. I unfortunately am horrible at taking pictures, so I don't have too many to share. One event we just got back from was a 4 day cabin trip in Bear Lake with Mikes family. We had a really good time! We were able to spend the days on the beach and the boat, and the nights watching movies, laughing, and playing Phase 10. Mike even went wake boarding! He hasn't been for 5 years and he was able to stand up his first try. :) The boys (Seamons Bros) loved tubing! They would tube for hours at a time even after some pretty nasty wrecks. I just sat on the boat and enjoyed the sun. Didn't think the baby would enjoy all that bouncing! :) Speaking of baby, she is doing really well. Growing just as she should be. :) I feel her roll and kick all the time. I love it! It is the best feeling! I'm 30 weeks now and am getting kind of nervous about being prepared for when she comes. Living situation being my main concern. But I have bought a few of the essentials like the car seat and crib bedding, but that's about it! Both Mike and I are so excited and can't wait to meet our little girl!

It was so much fun watching these guys tube! They're facial expressions were hilarious!

Showing they all survived they're tubing experience.

Mike did so well on the wake board!

Mike's the one in the middle with the white shorts bouncing like a rag doll.

Surgery and some exciting news!

Mike went under the knife on May 11th to fix his deviated septum. I was really nervous for him because we had heard from other people that this surgery was really painful and hard to recover from. But he did really well! Of course he had some pain and a little bit of swelling, but overall the results were great. He now still breaths through his mouth a little at night due to swelling, but it's already amazing how much better he can breathe. I don't have to worry about his breathing stopping in the middle of the night anymore!

As for the exciting news, we found out we're having a GIRL! We could not be more excited! That was an amazing day for us. Mike and I were joined by my mom, my grandma, and my mother in-law. My mom is so excited for this baby and she was hoping it was a girl. The ultrasound tech asked us if we had any guesses. I told her I was guessing it was a boy. Then Mike said he thought he could see his "package." The tech let us think it was a boy for a minute or two then she got a really good shot of the "package" which wasn't a package at all. Mike was looking at our little girls umbilical cord! :) It is so amazing and I wanted to sit and stare and our baby all day long. It really hit me that I was having a g

irl once I was in the car after the appointment. It made this pregnancy even more real to me. I couldn't help but cry with this huge smile on my face! :) It's really cool that my grandma's first grandchild (me) was a girl and now her first great is a girl too! We need more girls in our families and are so happy! It seemed like the day after we found out it was a she, she decided to make her presence known. My belly has popped out so much within the last week! I finally feel like I look pregnant. I have also felt her move several times and love every time she does! :) We are so blessed!

Not a very good picture, but you get the idea. :)

What's new with us

Life is flying by so fast, but it still seems so far away for us to meet our little one! We are still in limbo with Mike's job. We decided not to put life on hold though. I got a new job at Terrace Grove and I'm loving it! I didn't realize how much I liked working in geriatrics until I wasn't anymore. They make me laugh and smile every single day I'm there and they make me feel like I'm really helping them. That brings me so much joy and makes me so happy I decided to go into nursing! The job is actually a perfect schedule for me. Just part time and no grave shifts. I'm covering for a lady who is on maternity leave which is perfect because they don't have to worry about my maternity leave when it finally gets here! Mike has been doing very well in his job too. I see his confidence grow everyday and he feels like he's found the job that he'll retire in.

We are so blessed in so many different ways. We are both amazed with how much we see the blessings and will of our Heavenly Father being done everyday. We hope that everyone has a wonderful Easter!

We're pregnant!!

I know most of you who look at our blog already know but, we're pregnant! I'm twelve weeks now and I've had my first ultrasound. It was so amazing to see our little baby in there! I really could have watched it all day long! It made it feel more real to me. The baby is about 3 and a 1/2 inches from the top it's head to it's bottom. The heart rate was a rapid 166 beats per minute. The doctor says everything looks great and we couldn't be happier! I can't wait to find out what we're having so I don't have to call it an "it" anymore. We've just been calling the baby "Bubbles" so far cause sometimes when I'm not feeling well it kind of feels like bubbles rumbling. :) I noticed Mike kind of had this look of shock on his face at first. I asked him after the appointment if it was shock. He said a little, but pure amazement after that :) We are both so happy and excited to meet this little one! :)

This is "Bubbles" :) I was a little scared right when she first showed me because the baby wasn't moving at all, but then I saw it's fast little heartbeat and I felt so much joy and relief! Our baby is pretty mellow. He or she only flung his or her little arms and legs a couple of times. The doctor said that it's amazing how sometimes even at this stage they show their personality. Guess "Bubbles" takes after his/her mama! :)

I figured I'd do a trimester to trimester belly shot. So here's the first. I hate my side profile though so who knows about next time. :)

...We're not in Kansas anymore.

No we're not in Kansas anymore thank goodness! Mike and I went to Topeka Kansas for 2 weeks for his job. I went with so I didn't have to be alone for 2 weeks. All I can say is I love having mountains. It was so flat and boring there! And we were even in the "woodlands". I just hung out at the hotel while Mike was at work. My days included sleeping, reading, walking and the treadmill, and lots of TV. Really exciting stuff! :) We were both so ready to come home and to eat a home cooked meal. I always like going to dinner, but I've had my fill for a while. The most exciting thing that happened there was we were one county away from where there was a tornado warning. That was pretty cool. :) It's not a very large city especially for being the capital. But it was kind of nice to get away and see new places. :)

This is us before our flight left for Topeka. Don't judge, it was early!

Like I said, it was early and luckily Morgan has fixed my hair situation! :)

Mike loves it when I take his picture :)

This was our kitchen for 2 weeks. Not bad for a hotel except all of their frying pans were horrible! We tried to make pancakes one night but the pan was so warped it burned half and didn't even cook the other half.

Then our bedroom/living room.

You can't really see it but there was a huge pothole in the hotel parking lot that Mike loved to hit with the rental as hard as he could. That poor little Corolla. It had a rough 2 weeks.

We went to this awesome park that was close to the capital building. It had to ponds with turtles and ducks and geese. These turtles we basking in the sunlight then about 2 seconds after Mike took the picture they all jumped in the water at the same time! So cute!

You can't see very well but there was a squirrel with a huge bushy tail! There were squirrels running around everywhere at this park. We were enjoying the 80 degree weather with them.

Holy Cow Time Flies!!!

Wow, I'm not great at this blogger thing. The last time I blogged, it was NOVEMBER! So, needless to say some time has passed since my last post. Mike and I are doing great. Our Christmas was so fun! We had a great time with friends and loved ones. I quit my job in January and it was AWESOME! Avalon just wasn't the place for me. I really miss my co-workers and the girls, but others, I don't miss at all. So far I've just been a stay at home wife and I love it! I've applied for other jobs but nothing has came about yet. Mike is such a hard worker! He's been enjoying his job. He's been traveling quite a bit. He went to LA a few weeks ago. He was at the airport and ended up seeing a couple of celebrities from the Sun Dance Film Festival. He saw Alan Thicke (dad from Growing Pains) and "Lex Luther" (I don't know his real name). He actually had a chance to chat with "Lex" for a bit. He said he was a really cool guy. He said he hardly recognized him with his red Mohawk instead of his bald dome. He got home from LA, then had the weekend off then flew to Seattle for a week. He will be going to Portland in a couple weeks and then Topica Kansas for 2 weeks. We're trying to see if we can work it out that I get to come along on that one. We're still kind of in Limbo when it comes to the final work plan. We're hoping after the month of March Mike's job will know what they're doing with us, but who knows. Mike and I had our 4th wedding anniversary on February 1st. Unfortunately Mike was out of town on that day, but we celebrated before. We're pretty laid back when it comes to Anniversaries and Valentines these days. We both just love to be able to go on a date. That's all we need. :) It's so great to continue to learn and grow together and our relationship just keeps getting better! I'm going to really try to keep up a lot better on my blog, that includes taking pictures.

I thought this was a funny picture. This was the day after we got married 4 years ago.

Mike was able to snap this pic of Alan Thicke with his phone. Kind of blurry but you can tell it's him. :)