Our new view

These aren't very good pictures, I really need to get a new camera. Its been a long time since I have been able to look out the back window and see deer! Its been nice to be away from all of the houses and traffic.

Baby Update

We went and got my 3D ultrasound this week. Jeremy and I were really excited to get to see more pictures of him!! Now we just need to get started on everything else we have to do before he comes. We haven't even started to get his room ready and we still need to go buy a crib. I guess 12 weeks might go by faster than we think and I need to get stuff done while I still can!! I'm starting to find that there are a lot of things that are starting to become a challenge for me to do. I decided the other day I needed to write them down before I forget so here are some of the challenges and changes I'm experiencing.

• Putting on my compression socks and regular socks in the morning is rather entertaining, Jer will just sit there and laugh until I'm completely exhausted and frustrated that I want to give up and then he does it for me. He thinks its funny to watch!!


• Trying to get off the couch, out of bed, and in and out of the car is seeming like in another month its going to be impossible!!!


• No matter what I eat I get heartburn, I'm becoming great friends with Prilosec and Tums!!


• My clothing selection is becoming very slim, 2 pairs of pants I can still wear and 8 shirts. I think its time to buy some maternity clothes.


• Sleeping is starting to become a problem. Waking up 5 times in the night just to use the bathroom is starting to become annoying. I take forever to get back to sleep. Maybe if I stop drinking liquids at noon I'll be able to control that better.


• I have become strangely motivated to do things around the house. Jeremy tells me I have OCD but I think vacuuming everyday to keep the carpet looking like its going in the same direction and asking him to avoid standing on the rugs in the kitchen so they don't have footprints in them is just trying to keep things clean. I think I surprise Jer everyday with something new I've become obsessed with. I'm pretty sure he thought it would all blow over but its yet to stop. I've had some people tell me I'm nesting, so I'm hoping for a happy medium to level out at or I think I'm going to drive Jeremy crazy following him around cleaning up after him and picking up his clothes as soon as they hit the floor to wash them. I always wondered what I'd do with my spare time when I went from working 60-70 hours a week to 35 hours a week, I guess now I know.


• I have to say I'm so grateful for Jeremy and all he does. I guess I never realized how much he was working while I was working that much as well. I truly have a great appreciation for what he does now. I always look forward to him coming home to see what kind of comment he'll make that day. He says things so matter of fact without considering he's talking to an emotional pregnant woman and then acts so innocent when he gets that look of , you might want to run, did you really just say that out loud to me? For example he walked in the door the other night, changed out of his work clothes, and walked up to me and said "Wow I think your stomach got a lot bigger overnight!". He keeps me laughing with his comments and is always so supportive when I'm having a meltdown over my many insecurities with pregnancy. I love you Jer!!

Enough about the pregnancy...

I'm going to try making Thanksgiving dinner this year. Jeremy will be working so by the time he gets off we wouldn't make it to Oakley for anything so I thought I'd try to make dinner. It could get interesting, but for the sake of the others that will be eating with us I hope it all works out!!!! The next couple months are going to be rather busy with Thanksgiving, Jeremy's birthday, Christmas, and baby stuff. I guess we better get busy so everything will be ready!!!

Family Pics

We went to Oakley the end of September and got family pictures with Jeremy's brother and sister's. Last picture before we have one more person to add to it!!! We also went to Jeremy's grandma and grandpa's Christmas party. We had a really good time, it was fun to see everyone. We're really glad they had it early. Come Christmas we have to be picky about what party's we go to. Its too far to travel in the snow to make it to all of them. Hopefully this year will turn out better than last Christmas.

First baby stuff

Last weekend Jer and I bought some clothes for the baby. We were shopping for us and Jer seen the blue shirt and had to buy a few things. Its a good thing he works so much and doesn't make it out, I think he's going to be worse than I am!! It was exciting for us to get our first pair of clothes together though!! Jer also talked me into posting my baby belly. I was just going to keep the picture to myself (not loving the big belly thing), and he convinced me its normal and I should keep it posted if I want to remember it. We just went to the Dr. on Wed. He's told me the compression stalkings are a go all the time from now on, I was getting away with them just during the day. I guess its for my own benefit! He's thinking the swelling isn't a good sign but I'm hoping that he's just scaring me into being good. Working in the medical field I know they do that more than not!!! I was really loving red meat for a long time (that's when Trisha was feeding us everyday), but now the smell is in my house and I have to touch it I'm having some issues with it. Maybe I should just talk Trisha into cooking for me the rest of the pregnancy, I love food when i don't have to touch it!! I don't think I'd have to talk too hard either she's really good to us!! I'm loving being in the new house, room to move a ton has been really nice! Not loving the increase in heart burn, constant compression stalkings, and huge belly. Guess its a small price to pay!! I've just started to feel him move recently, to be honest it kind of freaked me out at first!! I'm getting ready to send Jer off for the week to go hunting and I'll be on my way to Oakley!

IT'S A BOY!!!

Jeremy and I went and got my Ultrasound today and we're having a BOY!!!! We're both really excited. Jeremy especially is a very proud dad right now! We got to see some really cool things. All of his measurements look good and we also got to see his blood flow to his heart and that looks good as well. They changed my due date from Feb. 8th to Feb. 12th so not much of a difference. My ultrasound tech, Cody, said he was moving a lot and it made some of the views difficult to find, but she found all of them. He is a very active baby right now! I'm surprised after seeing how much he moves, that I can't feel it. Now I guess its time to start looking at names!

Denver Pictures

Me, Betsy, and Kara

Chrissy, Kara, and Betsy

Betsy and I boating

Heather, Chrissy, and Kara

Bryan

July and August

Many of you probably already know this but Jeremy went to Clearfield, Pennsylvania from July 5th to August 1st for work. I think that July was probably the longest month of my life. I was so excited to have Jeremy home. He would never admit it but I know he was ready to come home(at least I tell myself he missed me!) In all reality he was probably relieved to have been away from the pregnant lady that looks like his wife but is having some serious mood swings!! We moved out of the old place we were renting and Jeremy is working on a new house we are going to rent as soon as we get it ready. We kind of got set back with Jeremy going out of town for a month but it will hopefully be ready soon. Right now we have a camper at Jeremy and Trisha's which turned out to be a really good thing. I had somewhere to go for company, air conditioning, and home cooked meals!!! Thanks to Jeremy, Trisha, and the girls I ended up doing pretty well with Jeremy being gone, but especially thanks to Trisha, I don't know what I would have done without you, she was there for every craving I had, to help supply me with things that I didn't realize until 11pm that I was out of, and making sure I didn't get lonely!! You guys are the best!!

A week after Jeremy got home I flew out with Betsy to Denver. We went for a 4 day vacation to relax and shop. Her sister lives in Littleton so we stayed with them and had a great time. We went shopping, boating and the rest of the time we just relaxed. Betsy was a sport. This was only the second time I've flown and the first time I flew I was highly medicated. Betsy was very patient and supportive of all of my off the wall exaggerations of what was going to happen to us on the flight. The flight home was much better. I think that's probably a vacation we'll be taking again.

The posts are probably not going to get any better any time soon considering it would be extremely hard to fit the computer in the camper. I'll try my best but no promises.

JEREMY'S PENNSYLVANIA PICTURES

This is mostly the kind of tanks they were hauling.

This is one of the locations they would go on.

This is an old church.

This is an old milk barn.

This is a bridge Jeremy would pass on his way to work in Pennsylvania, he thought it was cool because the whole thing is made out of concrete.

Jeremy's work truck

Memorial Day

In honor of memorial day I thought I'd post a couple pictures I have of some great men that I have been blessed enough to have in my life and have passed away. There are many I wish I had pictures of but unfortunately I don't. Uncle Gary who treated me like his own granddaughter and I loved so much, Ty who passed away when we were kids but I know I missed some great times with him, Uncle Neal whom I never got to meet but I know was a great person from all the stories I've been told, and Jeremy's little brother Tyler who died when he was less than a month old, we would have loved to have known him.

There's Ed who I have only known for the short time I've been in Roosevelt but has made an impact on my life that would take most people a whole lifetime to make. He was always there for you no matter what you needed or what he had to drop to come help you. He was always willing to help whether it was his words of advice or washing the dishes while Elisha and I made chicken noodle soup when I had pneumonia. It never failed that he could always make you laugh or smile when you was down, he had a personality that radiated. I'll never forget going to the gym, the Vegas trip, or the times we spent with all of us just hanging out. I miss you and will always feel grateful that I met you.

Grandpa Jay reading to Wes

and I.

Then there's Grandpa Jay who taught us all so much and taught us to work hard. The summers we spent working with Grandpa Jay were great and I wouldn't have spent my summers any other way. He was always such a tease and even though I'd get mad I secretly loved all of the teasing and I can't forget him and grandma Bethel spoiling me!!! I miss and love you Grandpa.

Jeremy's wedding and Me, Dad, and Wes

I never thought the day would come that I'd have to live without my dad. But the longer that time passes the more I know he's still with me everyday helping me like always. He was a great example and very intelligent. It never failed that he made sure we had good horses to ride and practiced hard. He taught my brothers and I how to compete and be competitive and to do it gracefully. He was my best friend and most of all a great father who was always there with mom to support us in anything we'd do. I'm grateful for the time I had with you and can't thank you enough for all you did for me and taught me. We couldn't have had a better dad. I love and miss you more than anything.

I've truely been blessed to have some very special people in my life and I've spent this memorial day appreciating every one of them.

Thanks for everything Ed. I'm so lucky to have had you in my life!! We'll miss ya!!

Here's my ambulance I'm so proud of!!! Thanks again Jer!

April and May Updates

I know I said I'd do better at not taking so long in between blogs, but..... well no excuses!! Haven't had anything too exciting to report. April was Birthday madness in my family. We only made it to Cameron's party but was able to see Isabelle and wish her Happy Birthday too. Cameron's party was so much fun. Jeremy got to go out with me and Cameron and Jeremy just love each other so it was fun. I was bluntly informed by Jeremy when I wasn't sure if I could get out of my ER shift that night or not that he'd be going with or WITHOUT me!!! I was so glad we was able to go. Then came my birthday and my mom was so sweet. She scheduled her hair appointment that day and came out. I only had to work a half a day so she took me to lunch before I went to work and then after took me, jer and my brother's family out to dinner. Thanks mom it was a great day. My friends at work are great(thanks especially to Elisha! Your the best.), when I got there they had flowers, balloons, and a magnet for my fridge that said "nurses make it all better"! Thanks to everyone for making it a great birthday. Jeremy gave me the cutest toy ambulance along with many other things but I have to say I'm very proud of my ambulance!!! Thanks Jer!!!

May has been kind of busy. We've been in Oakley the past 3 weekends. Mostly for classes and ambulance call. As most of you have probably heard my friend Jan is getting married and moving to Oklahoma so the last weekend we spent out there for goodbye parties. I'm going to miss you guys but I know you have great opportunities waiting for you there!! Good Luck.

I also started my summer classes and poor Jeremy has had to suffer as far as dinner goes. The two nights a week I go he's really good about breaking out the frozen food. It's almost half way over though so I'm excited about that, then we can start enjoying our summer!!!

On May 12th Jeremy and I lost a friend of ours in Roosevelt. Ed was a great guy who would do anything for us. He was always there to listen and help. Thanks Ed for being such a great person, you touched many people and your going to be greatly missed. I'll never forget all the great times we all had together!!

Hopefully the next time I'm posting I can say we've been enjoying the great weather! Hope everyone's summer is starting off well!!

This is for my bro's!!

I found this cute decoration I'm giving to my mom at the gift shop in the Hospital I work at. I can give this to her without hesitation right now because I don't have any kids. I thought it was so cute!! I'm sure this will still be there when I have kids. For right now I'll settle with having the cutest and best nieces and nephews ever! I just couldn't resist. So this is for my GREAT brothers and sister in laws!!! Love ya all!!

February and March(I know I'm behind!)

I know I've really been slacking on the blogging. To be honest I really don't have an excuse other than does work and being exhausted count? I know I have it pretty easy compared to all my friends and family with kids!! I was planning on doing a February blog, but now I've let it go so long I guess I'll do a February and a March one together. February was pretty eventful for us. It started with me coming to Oakley the first weekend to get my hair done and spend some time with family and friends. I decided since Jer was working and Jade was going to have her baby anytime I better get out there. I came out on Friday and Jade did my hair, then I spent time with my mom and Saturday night I went and hung out with Jan and Betsy. It had been so long since we all hung out together and we had a lot of fun! On Sunday it was Jade's baby shower so I was glad I was able to get a few things done while I was out there. Jade's shower was so fun. Tasia and Ashley and whoever else helped decorate did a great job. It all looked so cute. Unfortunately because the weather was looking bad towards Roosevelt I was only able to stay for a while. I missed the best part, her opening all of her cute presents. I'm still glad I got to at least be there for a while and say hi to everyone.

The next weekend Jeremy and I loaded up and headed to Heber to pick up my mom from my brothers house and from there headed to St. George to watch my niece rodeo. The weather wasn't the best going down but Jeremy got us there. I was really looking forward to some time in the sun so when we got down there and Grandpa Doug informed me the weather wasn't going to be the best I was rather upset. To make up for the weather loss my grandparents just live down the road from a tanning salon so before the rodeo on Friday I decided to go tanning. BIG MISTAKE!!! I was so miserable. I only tanned for ten minutes but I was totally fried. I was so miserable the whole weekend. I couldn't sleep because every time I moved I would wake up. I ended up in the bathtub taking a Vinegar bath most of the time. Of course Jer doesn't understand so all he could do was laugh and point at my bright red body. I don't think I've ever burnt so bad. I guess that'll teach me to complain about the weather. After having a really fun weekend in St. George we headed home after Sunday dinner with Grandpa Doug and Grandma Betty. Grandma always spoils us. She's the best cook so we got turkey for Sunday dinner and when we got there on Thursday night she had homemade chicken noodle soup waiting for us. She knows its my favorite and since I didn't make it out for Christmas she had it waiting for me in St. George. Thanks Grandma, your the best!!!! The ride home was good. Mom and I read most of the way and Jer drove and listened to the i-pod(apparently he's not so into books!) When we got home I drove Jer out to Roosevelt and headed back to Heber. Ben and Lara decided to go on a vacation and I don't know what they were thinking but they decided to let me babysit for a couple of days! I had so much fun with the kids. It was presidents day so they didn't have school so we went bowling and watched movies and bought toys. We had so much fun! I was so sad when mom and I decided I had to leave before Will got out of school, due to the weather. Everyone made fun of me for this but I was looking forward to picking up him and his friends from school. Unfortunately mom had to pick up the slack. The rest of the month was filled with the normal stuff, work, work, and more work. Jer's a trooper though. He didn't mind my frozen dinners on the nights I didn't want to cook or cooking for himself on the days I worked 24 hr shifts.
The first weekend of March I came out for a super quick visit when Billy got blessed. I was late due to a bad ambulance call I had to go on before I left and so I could get home before dark I left early. It was well worth it though. I was able to see most of my family and I always love when I get to see my nieces and nephews. They're all so cute!! I love Wes and Jody's new house so it was fun to get to hang out there for a while. Jer was working so he couldn't come with me. I think we'll both be glad when he gets more vacation time and can start coming out to Oakley with me more often. As usual I got home and got ready for the next work week. However that following Friday wasn't the best. Jer got home and was so tired he hit the couch and was out cold. I was kind of glad cause all day something had been off I just wasn't feeling good. We both fell asleep on the couch until I woke up and felt terrible. I took my temp and it was 103.6! I know adults get fevers but its really unusual for adults to get them that high. I just medicated myself and slept it off. I woke up the next morning and didn't feel the best but I felt better. I started to clean the house and I went and spent some time with Trisha and the kids and just kind of wrote it of as some kind of 24 hr bug. Sunday night I had to work in the ER so I went to work and was fine but by 6 Monday morning I was really wishing I didn't have to be back to work by 8. I ended up going home getting ready and coming back to work but by 10 I couldn't take it anymore and had called in a PRN nurse to fill in the rest of the day. I decided I'd go home and rest and be better the next day but to play it safe see if the other nurse could work Tuesday if I needed him to. I woke up Tuesday and felt even worse. I called the other nurse to work for me and called and made an appointment with the doctor. When I got done seeing the dr. he ended up telling me I had pneumonia. Yes PNEUMONIA for the 2nd time since October. I couldn't believe it. He told me I couldn't return to work until my symptoms were gone and that he'd talk to my dr. I work for to get me off the hook and write notes to get me out of working my ER and ambulance shifts that week. I ended up being down until Saturday. Poor Jeremy again was neglected as far as dinner goes. He had to try and take care of me, work, and cook for himself. He was good about it though.
I finally feel better and decide to return to work on Monday. You'd think enough had already happened, guess again. I was cleaning a room after a patient was done and I was taking a blade off of a blade holder and my finger slipped and cut my thumb. I ended up walking down to the ER for stitches and getting 9 stitches in my thumb. Just some advice your the is probably the most inconvenient place to be cut cause your always hitting it on things and its always in the way! I guess maybe this is a sign I should get out of the medical field cause the last three weeks haven't been the best. I got my stitches out today and so far all is going well but I guess I shouldn't open my mouth too soon.
This past Sunday it was Jeremy's first day off out of his two for the week so him and a few of his coworkers decided to get their families together and have a BBQ. I had a lot of fun! He works with some great people and they're wife and kids are awesome to be around!! I can't wait for the weather to get better so we can plan our next BBQ. We had to move this one in the garage cause the wind was so bad, but we still had a blast. I know this has been a really long blog, I'll do better to try and split up my months instead of doing two months in one blog!! I'm also going to post some pictures that go with this blog but I haven't gotten the whole picture thing down yet so don't laugh too hard!

ELISHA AND I ARE TWINS!!!!!

So Elisha and I both have the same outfit and we knew this would eventually happen!! We're thinking we kind of look like inmates!!! I'll post a better blog for February later this week when I have more time. I know I'm a slacker!!

SURPRISE!!!!

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