Well, we haven't updated much on what we are actually doing these days. First off, since this is the most frequently asked question I get- Steven, Me & Baby D are all doing pretty good. The baby is growing big and strong and I am feeling pretty good 95% of the time! Moving on-there are really 4 main parts to our lives: Church, School, Work, and Family so I will update in that order.
Church- Well Steven is still calling-less. But a lot of the ward is either gone for the summer and the military families are all being reassigned to a different base so I'm hoping he will get a calling soon! I am still doing the RS activity board and primary music leader. The last 2 weeks I have had to do both Junior & Senior primary. Wow was it a lot of work!! I had no voice at the end of the first week and the second week I only made it through Junior primary with my voice in tact. But, we are learning and having fun. I went to a Stake leadership training and got lots of good ideas that I'm excited to try out!
School- Someday we will graduate and look back at these posts and think "Wow life was so much easier when we were in school" At least that's what people keep telling me...Steven is taking one summer class right now and will be taking 2 more starting in 4 weeks. He is also finishing up his flight stage check from last semester. When that is finally over he will get his Instrument Rating- he's been working on it for the past 2 semesters+ so we're excited to see some progress. This summer he will do the commercial class and then in the fall is multi-engine! UND likes to make random hoops for us to jump through but overall we like the school.
As for my school, well I'm still going and getting good enough grades. It is hard to focus on hard classes when I have the baby brain thing going on, but so far so good. I will be done with 5 of 12 classes required to graduate at the end of my semester in 4 weeks. This time next year I will be DONE DONE and you can all call me Master!! *Granted the baby cooperates and I actually write a thesis...*
Work- Well, this area of our lives has not improved. We are managing ok, but just waiting to see what Heavenly Father wants us to do. Right now the biggest priority is the baby so we are just waiting for the inspiration to come and we will follow it. Steven has applied to a few work study jobs for the summer so we will see if we hear anything about those!
Family- Well as of Saturday, my family will be in 3 different states and 2 different continents. My dad leaves for Australia for six months on Saturday. My sister Talia and my brother Jaden are living in Utah for the summer. My mom, Kayley, and Dakota are living at home and me, Steven & Baby D are stuck here in ND for awhile. I mostly feel bad for my mom who will now have to juggle everyone's different time zones to keep in touch with everyone.
Steven's family is doing good too! Nate just graduated high school officially last week and Andrew promoted from junior high. That combined with the parent's anniversary and Nate's birthday made for quite a few parties in 2 weeks! We were sad to miss it! Greg & Caitlin are doing ok too as far as we know. Caitlin is taking classes and Greg is working for her grandma. They celebrate their anniversary next week-has it really already been a year?!
As for our little family, we are doing good. We are making new friends and reconnecting with old friends too.
We try to go on lots of walks together. Steven didn't believe me that most days my feet and legs just hurt because of the extra weight of Baby D. Then, he went to his physiology class and they talked about how hard it is for pregnant women to have circulation to their limbs. He came home that night, propped my feet up on pillows and I got the best foot rub of my life. He wanted to make sure I was circulating the blood flow or something. Now, if I could just get him to get reminded of that every day at class, I'd be even better!!
Steven has really been excellent with me being pregnant! He says the biggest thing he didn't know about what happens when you get your wife pregnant is that you have to become her live-in gourmet chef. I don't know why but the food is just better when he makes it!! At first I didn't help because the smell was too strong- but now, I'm the sous chef and he's the head cook.
I started feeling (and recognizing) the baby kick last week. I still don't feel it every day, but I feel it now and they seem to be getting more frequent. It is the neatest little thing ever! Steven is a tad jealous but I'm sure in a few months we'll both be ready for the baby to be out and kicking in his/her crib!
The only other update we have is that we're moving! I wish we were moving home, but that is a few years off still. We are finally moving into on-campus housing. We went and toured one of the apartments like the one we will have today. It is not a ton bigger, but it is more open, there are closets and lots more storage!! Also, we have reserved parking and it will be close enough for Steven to walk to classes! We are moving out at the end of June and are very excited! We found out yesterday that if we find someone to rent out our current apartment we will not have to pay out all the fees they make up. The lady didn't think we would have any luck but we posted the information on craigslist and on the UND Underground (it's like the school's craigslist) last night and we've already had about 10 people email or call. I think 5 have already talked to the leasing office and one came to look today and another will be looking at it tomorrow. It will be such a blessing if one of these people apply and get approved and get to move in!! Either way if we find a renter or if the leasing office does, we are excited to move out into a better environment for us and Baby D!
We haven't taken pictures of anything recently but we will take pictures of our adventures this summer!! The next post will probably be the pink or blue day post!! Hopefully the baby will cooperate with us enough to let us see the gender! A week from tomorrow-we are soo excited to get to see our baby again (and hopefully start shopping for appropriate-colored clothes!)
Stay tuned to share in our excitement :)
May 8, 2010
Progress on Baby D
Alright so I am officially in the second trimester and I can see why everyone raved about it. No more morning sickness, more energy, bella bands and pretty soon I get to feel the baby!!
We've had our first official appointment to meet the OB and get all the blood work results. All is well, all is well. We feel really good about our Dr. and as far as she could tell, everything is going well with baby. I was way more relaxed this time and so was the baby. All the blood work came back normal. The downside was they forgot one test so I had to do more lab work, but it was really nothing compared to last time!
Our next appointment is June 4th and it is the ultrasound appointment!! So, we want your vote! Boy or Girl?! To help you make an educated decision, I've provided a few other pieces of info!
- In my family, there are 3 girls and 2 boys. In Steven's there are FOUR boys! (There are no nieces or nephews to count yet)
- I have more girl cousins than boy cousins. Steven has A LOT of cousins some of whom I haven't met so that might not help you. My mom's family has more girls than boys. My dad's family has more girls than boys. Steven's dad's family has more girls than boys. Steven's mom family (is huge but I think I counted correctly) has more girls than boys (unless I counted the in-law instead of the sibling...)
- Our wedding was VERY pink and a few of the bridesmaids cursed us with having all boy children. Random, yes. Possibly relevant, also yes.
- You know that Chinese Gender Calendar that everyone says is completely accurate? Not for me. You use the conception date and mine could have happened in January or February. January makes girl. February makes boy. Sorry if that's too much info...just thought you should know that won't help you!
- According to the Old Wives Tales in my Pregnancy for Dummies book, and on several websites, I usually come out predicting it's a girl, but there have been a few that determined boy. It's usually a 60/40 split between the two.
So, I hope that helps you cast your vote! The poll thingy is on the right side of the blog. There's 25 days to cast your vote and then we will announce the official result.
We've had our first official appointment to meet the OB and get all the blood work results. All is well, all is well. We feel really good about our Dr. and as far as she could tell, everything is going well with baby. I was way more relaxed this time and so was the baby. All the blood work came back normal. The downside was they forgot one test so I had to do more lab work, but it was really nothing compared to last time!
Our next appointment is June 4th and it is the ultrasound appointment!! So, we want your vote! Boy or Girl?! To help you make an educated decision, I've provided a few other pieces of info!
- In my family, there are 3 girls and 2 boys. In Steven's there are FOUR boys! (There are no nieces or nephews to count yet)
- I have more girl cousins than boy cousins. Steven has A LOT of cousins some of whom I haven't met so that might not help you. My mom's family has more girls than boys. My dad's family has more girls than boys. Steven's dad's family has more girls than boys. Steven's mom family (is huge but I think I counted correctly) has more girls than boys (unless I counted the in-law instead of the sibling...)
- Our wedding was VERY pink and a few of the bridesmaids cursed us with having all boy children. Random, yes. Possibly relevant, also yes.
- You know that Chinese Gender Calendar that everyone says is completely accurate? Not for me. You use the conception date and mine could have happened in January or February. January makes girl. February makes boy. Sorry if that's too much info...just thought you should know that won't help you!
- According to the Old Wives Tales in my Pregnancy for Dummies book, and on several websites, I usually come out predicting it's a girl, but there have been a few that determined boy. It's usually a 60/40 split between the two.
So, I hope that helps you cast your vote! The poll thingy is on the right side of the blog. There's 25 days to cast your vote and then we will announce the official result.
May 6, 2010
Changes.
Life is so interesting. In the past few weeks we have been thrown a couple doozys that have caused us to re-evaluate certain things. Life is changing all around us. We knew having a baby would change us forever, but the baby's not here for 5 1/2 more months! Things have just gotten quite interesting lately. I'll elaborate on some of the happenings that I can talk about.
*Disclaimer: this might be a long post- it's more for me to write than for anyone else to read :)
- My dad is moving to Australia the first week of June for his job. He just found out yesterday. My mom said it's a great opportunity. They had talked about this before but it was never certain. He'll be there for at least 3 months with a possibility for an immediate extension up to six months...and it could last up to 2 years. If he stays for two years, Steven, me, and baby will have the opportunity to go visit him next year sometime. The rest of my family will probably visit at the end of the summer. My mom said they might fly my dad here to North Dakota to see the baby when he/she is born. And he should be able to come home for weddings, funerals, and hopefully Christmas. AND if this news isn't enough for me, the ultimate daddy's girl, my mom tells me that if he does get extended to a couple years, and she can find a job there or online classes to teach she might just pick up and move the whole family there for a year or so...because really my emotional well-being right now could handle that. See? life is interesting...
- My sister, Talia turned 20 yesterday. We are 22 months apart and she used to love these 2 months where it looked like we were only a year a part. She is super smart at school and has a full-tuition scholarship based solely on her grades. She is half way done with college now. Oh, and she might be getting married in the very near future. As soon as they both want to admit that's what they're ready for it will happen. But don't tell her I told you ;) She's still in denial...
- My sister, Kayley, got her braces off on Tuesday. She sent us a picture and we were amazed how grown up she looks! Oh and she's almost a senior...when did that happen?
- My brother, Jaden, was one of the leads in his junior high's musical this week. How cute is that? We were very sad to miss it. He might be coming to spend some time with us this summer and we are ecstatic.
- My brother, Dakota, is old enough now where he can kind of be excited about the baby. He would only poke my stomach when we were there for graduation. But, my mom says he will pray for us and for the baby and that he asks questions. He's not too interested until we find out the gender of the baby and has ensured us that if it's a boy, Dakota would be our best option for a name.
- I have recently been catching up with a few roommates from college. If you ever want to see how life changes, start analyzing your old roommates! We were living together 3 years ago and now we are all over the world doing different things. 4 of 5 have been married (3 still are married). 2 have kids. 1 is serving a mission in France and the crazy part is she gets home in September! 2 are married to men in med school. 1 of those is going to Europe for a few weeks this summer. 1 (who shares my same birthday) is having a baby and she is due 1 week before me (wouldn't that be neat if our babies had the same birthdays too?). Out of the six of us, 2 live in Utah, 1 lives in France, 1 in Texas, 1 in Kentucky, and us in North Dakota. Strange to think that only 3 years ago we all lived within 10 yards of each other.
There are about a thousand other things that have happened in the past few weeks that made us just think. I don't remember when I grew up, but I'm kind of feeling like I am now. I thought for sure the baby would do that. But, when you have a sister getting married, a sister that's a senior, and two brothers who aren't just little kids anymore, I guess it starts to happen. Or maybe it's that my life here in ND is so un-changing that I notice changing in other people's lives more. Whatever the reason is, life is always changing and we are enjoying watching how things play out with our families and friends!
*Disclaimer: this might be a long post- it's more for me to write than for anyone else to read :)
- My dad is moving to Australia the first week of June for his job. He just found out yesterday. My mom said it's a great opportunity. They had talked about this before but it was never certain. He'll be there for at least 3 months with a possibility for an immediate extension up to six months...and it could last up to 2 years. If he stays for two years, Steven, me, and baby will have the opportunity to go visit him next year sometime. The rest of my family will probably visit at the end of the summer. My mom said they might fly my dad here to North Dakota to see the baby when he/she is born. And he should be able to come home for weddings, funerals, and hopefully Christmas. AND if this news isn't enough for me, the ultimate daddy's girl, my mom tells me that if he does get extended to a couple years, and she can find a job there or online classes to teach she might just pick up and move the whole family there for a year or so...because really my emotional well-being right now could handle that. See? life is interesting...
- My sister, Talia turned 20 yesterday. We are 22 months apart and she used to love these 2 months where it looked like we were only a year a part. She is super smart at school and has a full-tuition scholarship based solely on her grades. She is half way done with college now. Oh, and she might be getting married in the very near future. As soon as they both want to admit that's what they're ready for it will happen. But don't tell her I told you ;) She's still in denial...
- My sister, Kayley, got her braces off on Tuesday. She sent us a picture and we were amazed how grown up she looks! Oh and she's almost a senior...when did that happen?
- My brother, Jaden, was one of the leads in his junior high's musical this week. How cute is that? We were very sad to miss it. He might be coming to spend some time with us this summer and we are ecstatic.
- My brother, Dakota, is old enough now where he can kind of be excited about the baby. He would only poke my stomach when we were there for graduation. But, my mom says he will pray for us and for the baby and that he asks questions. He's not too interested until we find out the gender of the baby and has ensured us that if it's a boy, Dakota would be our best option for a name.
- I have recently been catching up with a few roommates from college. If you ever want to see how life changes, start analyzing your old roommates! We were living together 3 years ago and now we are all over the world doing different things. 4 of 5 have been married (3 still are married). 2 have kids. 1 is serving a mission in France and the crazy part is she gets home in September! 2 are married to men in med school. 1 of those is going to Europe for a few weeks this summer. 1 (who shares my same birthday) is having a baby and she is due 1 week before me (wouldn't that be neat if our babies had the same birthdays too?). Out of the six of us, 2 live in Utah, 1 lives in France, 1 in Texas, 1 in Kentucky, and us in North Dakota. Strange to think that only 3 years ago we all lived within 10 yards of each other.
There are about a thousand other things that have happened in the past few weeks that made us just think. I don't remember when I grew up, but I'm kind of feeling like I am now. I thought for sure the baby would do that. But, when you have a sister getting married, a sister that's a senior, and two brothers who aren't just little kids anymore, I guess it starts to happen. Or maybe it's that my life here in ND is so un-changing that I notice changing in other people's lives more. Whatever the reason is, life is always changing and we are enjoying watching how things play out with our families and friends!
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