Now, if only this little guy would come out! I know I'm not due until the 16th, but come this Monday, that'll be two weeks away...which by my calculations means that he should come out then! ha! Oh, I wish! I guess all the whining and complaining won't make him come any sooner, so I'm going to try and not concern myself with "due dates", and just keep going like he won't be here for another month or so...maybe then I'll be happy with whenever he comes!! =] We'll see!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I love being pregnant!
Okay, not really. But it's actually not half as bad as I thought it would be. All the discomforts have been quite manageable, I haven't had any real complications, and the end has come sooner than I thought. Just recently my back and hips have been throbbing, making it sometimes near impossible to sleep more than 30mins at a time, but even still, I'm usually pretty well rested when I wake up. Makes me wonder.... will my son be a monster? Did I get this nice easy pregnancy because God knew what I was in for in the end?? I hope not, but even so, isn't that supposed to be part of being a mother, all the stress and pain of raising a child? I can't wait! =]
Friday, October 16, 2009
Familia
Last Friday my dad and Trudy came down to visit! I was great having them around, especially since they cooked (haha). But seriously.... I miss being close to family now. I guess that's what happens when you "grow up".. you tend to move away and try and find what's right for you. sometimes I wonder if leaving Ephrata was all that smart... but then I try and imagine living there still, and I get quite frustrated! We moved here so Brayden could go to school and we could be close by Ryan and Morgan, but I miss everyone back home so much, it almost doesn't feel worth it. All the struggles with insurance and money and such... it's no fun. So it was really REALLY nice to have my dad and Trudy here, even just for a week. But of course when they left I was pretty dang sad. I can't help but be emotional as it is, so I really try to distance myself from my emotions so I'm not constantly crying. But, of course, once I see my dad crying, all walls are broken down! It's so hard to see your father cry! I am glad they made it home safely though, and I know soon enough they'll be back to visit, along with other family members, so I shouldn't be too sad.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Run-Down
I haven't written in a while, I'm a terrible blogger! So here's the run-down of what's been going on.
-We moved into our new apartment on September 8th
-We ran out of money around the same time from fixing the pathfinder
-Brayden started his new job at Teleperformance on the 8th as well
-My state medical FINALLY kicked in!
-While browsing online for furnishings for our house, I met the Fielding's family who are actually good friends of Leslie Pugh's family in Ephrata!
-Brayden has been trading guns online as a hobby, and currently traded for a 1916 gun (not sure of the name.)
-Brayden met a friend at work who took us shooting... Brayden triumphantly shot a squirrel.
-We went to dinner at the Fielding's, who turned out to be really nice and fun! They helped us load and unload all the furniture they GAVE us (amazing people!)
-I have my first doctor's appointment on Wednesday with my Midwife! (we'll see how I like her)
-The 24th... Brayden finally gets his first paycheck!
-Oh, and we sold the toyota, finally.
So there you go, not in perfect chronological order.. but pretty much you get it!
I can't wait for my Dr.'s appt.! I'll post again when I get back from it!!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Hope this one's a keeper!
Since our truck broke down, we obviously have had to depend highly upon Ryan and Morgan for transportation. Makes me feel bad... "hi, thanks for letting us live in your house for 3 weeks, oh, and by the way, could you take us wherever we need to go in the mean time as well?" Not the best feeling. ANYWAYS! All that is over (hopefully)! We just bought a 1993 Nissan Pathfinder for only $600!! Yes, the air-conditioning is broken, aaannnd it does tend to run pretty hot when going up hills, but other than that (both easily fixable) all is well! We purchased it from a nice LDS couple who decided to up their space when they had their baby, so they did actually lower the price from $700 to $600 for us for having to fix the problems.
Still.... $600?! People like to give away cars out here. All the ones for sale for $900 and under here, would easily sell for near $1,500 up in the Spokane area. So I think we got a pretty good deal. Though, buying a new car makes me a little nervous about our cash situation.. seeing as Brayden doesn't start work until next month. So we'll see what happens.
So here she is! We named her "shannon"
Still.... $600?! People like to give away cars out here. All the ones for sale for $900 and under here, would easily sell for near $1,500 up in the Spokane area. So I think we got a pretty good deal. Though, buying a new car makes me a little nervous about our cash situation.. seeing as Brayden doesn't start work until next month. So we'll see what happens.
So here she is! We named her "shannon"
Monday, August 10, 2009
We made it! (Barely)
Most of you have probably already heard about our little trip problems, so bare with me as I rehash the details.
Well, we got on the road at 3am Saturday morning, and around 5:30am the truck was starting to putt up hills and throw fits if we wanted to go faster than 45mph. Brayden kept stopping to check different things, but we couldn't figure it out. So, one more stop 20minutes into the Blue Mountains left us with a car that refused to pull forward an inch. Thankfully, Brayden still had his AAA card his mom got him in high school and it had a FREE 200 mile tow on it!! We waited around about an hour for the tow truck to come, and sat 3 hours in a truck with an older fellow who apparently thought nothing of chain smoking next to a visibly pregnant woman. I was dieing the whole time, trying to breathe, and also starving since the last time I ate was 3am and it was about 10am by the time we got to our destination: Janelle & Tim's in Caldwell,ID.
The tow truck drove away and I headed inside to eat! Aunt Sandi, Coree, Janelle, and Tim where all there doing some canning and hanging out. So Brayden and I were fed and I was sent to bed while Brayden and Tim went to Uhaul to see how much a truck would be, so we could tow the truck behind that the rest of the way. Around 2pm they came home with just a car dolly.. no truck. My amazing cousin-in-law Tim offered to pull the truck THE REST OF THE WAY! (Another 7 hour drive!) So as soon as they had our truck all hooked up, we jumped into his truck, and started back on our journey.
We arrived at Ryan and Morgan's around 9pm, and then Tim just turned around and went home. (The Lord better bless him immensely for doing such a selfless act for us!!) Once again, I was starving, and thankfully Morgan had made enchiladas.. which were AMAZING! So we brought in the bed and a few other things, talked for a while, then crashed.
The whole time I was terrified that Caleb was dead because he hadn't kicked since about 5am... so I just knew the smoke in the truck soffocated him! (Lol). Thankfully the little guy is back to beating me up from the inside, so all is well!
We talked to the apartment manager today, and everthing is still set up for us, we're moving in September 1st, and will still get our first month free. Brayden and I have our interviews tomorrow, so hopefully that works out! All is looking good so far, only thing left is to have both our birth certificates mailed to us so that we can get food assistance and I can get back on medical! I'm already nervous that there will be complications with that and I won't get to a doctor when I need to. Though, I'm sure everthing is just fine.. I was just spoiled by my last doctor and was able to have an ultrasound at every appointment, so I'm used to always knowing and seeing how he's doing.
Wish us luck!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, we got on the road at 3am Saturday morning, and around 5:30am the truck was starting to putt up hills and throw fits if we wanted to go faster than 45mph. Brayden kept stopping to check different things, but we couldn't figure it out. So, one more stop 20minutes into the Blue Mountains left us with a car that refused to pull forward an inch. Thankfully, Brayden still had his AAA card his mom got him in high school and it had a FREE 200 mile tow on it!! We waited around about an hour for the tow truck to come, and sat 3 hours in a truck with an older fellow who apparently thought nothing of chain smoking next to a visibly pregnant woman. I was dieing the whole time, trying to breathe, and also starving since the last time I ate was 3am and it was about 10am by the time we got to our destination: Janelle & Tim's in Caldwell,ID.
The tow truck drove away and I headed inside to eat! Aunt Sandi, Coree, Janelle, and Tim where all there doing some canning and hanging out. So Brayden and I were fed and I was sent to bed while Brayden and Tim went to Uhaul to see how much a truck would be, so we could tow the truck behind that the rest of the way. Around 2pm they came home with just a car dolly.. no truck. My amazing cousin-in-law Tim offered to pull the truck THE REST OF THE WAY! (Another 7 hour drive!) So as soon as they had our truck all hooked up, we jumped into his truck, and started back on our journey.
We arrived at Ryan and Morgan's around 9pm, and then Tim just turned around and went home. (The Lord better bless him immensely for doing such a selfless act for us!!) Once again, I was starving, and thankfully Morgan had made enchiladas.. which were AMAZING! So we brought in the bed and a few other things, talked for a while, then crashed.
The whole time I was terrified that Caleb was dead because he hadn't kicked since about 5am... so I just knew the smoke in the truck soffocated him! (Lol). Thankfully the little guy is back to beating me up from the inside, so all is well!
We talked to the apartment manager today, and everthing is still set up for us, we're moving in September 1st, and will still get our first month free. Brayden and I have our interviews tomorrow, so hopefully that works out! All is looking good so far, only thing left is to have both our birth certificates mailed to us so that we can get food assistance and I can get back on medical! I'm already nervous that there will be complications with that and I won't get to a doctor when I need to. Though, I'm sure everthing is just fine.. I was just spoiled by my last doctor and was able to have an ultrasound at every appointment, so I'm used to always knowing and seeing how he's doing.
Wish us luck!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Utah
Now we're a couple of weeks away from the big 11 hour drive to Utah, we have a halfway house( haha) and getting everything together is kinda daunting. I dont understand how people can write and write on this. This is brayden writing, thought i'd Blog it up. SO, captain's log: day 1, The baby is a beast, and this is the place in which we're moving to, i hope its friendly!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Moving!
Whelp, Wednesday Brayden headed off to work, and I went back to sleep as usual.. only to be woken up an hour later by someone ceaselessly ringing the doorbell. What do you know, it's my husband! Apparently his boss thought it would be nice to let him drive the 30miles to work just so he could tell Brayden that he "doesn't work here anymore." Thankfully this job has been a stress to us both, and wasn't a terrible loss.
We've been wanting to move to Utah for a while now, and the night before were discussing when we should go. With no real answer as to when, I told Brayden to pray about it during the day and really think about it, and I'd do the same, and when he got home we would talk about how we both felt. Well, Brayden said he was praying about it and thinking about it in the car, and really asking the Lord when we should go, and I guess we both got the answer that sooner was better than later, thanks to his boss! haha. Little did he know, he was being used as an instrument by lord! Or something like that......
So basically we have decided that about two weeks is enough time to get things ready to move. We will be moving on the weekend of the 8th, and we both have job interviews on the 11th. Ryan & Morgan are going to be letting us stay with them until September so we can get all set up and get into our own apartment by the 1st. Also meaning, we are having to leave behind quite a bit of stuff, seeing as we are driving down in just our pickup packed with only the necessities. So this will be a little unnerving trying to get a house set up and preparing for a baby at the same time! But, I know we have both prayed about this endlessly and we both feel that Utah is where we need to be... for whatever reason... I trust that the Lord knows best though, so I'm not going to get too worked up over this.
I am sad that my mom, Kristin, and Auntie Sandy probably won't be in the delivery room with me like I had wanted... so hopefully Morgan can pull through for me! haha.
Now it's time to prepare for the journey ahead!
We've been wanting to move to Utah for a while now, and the night before were discussing when we should go. With no real answer as to when, I told Brayden to pray about it during the day and really think about it, and I'd do the same, and when he got home we would talk about how we both felt. Well, Brayden said he was praying about it and thinking about it in the car, and really asking the Lord when we should go, and I guess we both got the answer that sooner was better than later, thanks to his boss! haha. Little did he know, he was being used as an instrument by lord! Or something like that......
So basically we have decided that about two weeks is enough time to get things ready to move. We will be moving on the weekend of the 8th, and we both have job interviews on the 11th. Ryan & Morgan are going to be letting us stay with them until September so we can get all set up and get into our own apartment by the 1st. Also meaning, we are having to leave behind quite a bit of stuff, seeing as we are driving down in just our pickup packed with only the necessities. So this will be a little unnerving trying to get a house set up and preparing for a baby at the same time! But, I know we have both prayed about this endlessly and we both feel that Utah is where we need to be... for whatever reason... I trust that the Lord knows best though, so I'm not going to get too worked up over this.
I am sad that my mom, Kristin, and Auntie Sandy probably won't be in the delivery room with me like I had wanted... so hopefully Morgan can pull through for me! haha.
Now it's time to prepare for the journey ahead!
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