Sweetest Husband Ever

So yesturday I guess my hubby had heard enough of my complaining that my clothes were too tight that he took me to buy some maternity clothes. He got me a pair of shorts, some skirts for church, a couple tops and a really really nice fancy top. He is just so sweet.

Christmas???

So, our landlords live above us and we share air vents. I guess they were cooking something tonight and it didn't smell very nice. I got an idea that I could put some Cinnamon in water and put it on the stove to heat it up to make our home smell like Cinnamon. Now that it smells so good it makes me think of Christmas. Thinking of Christmas made me think of our baby who will be born Dec. 1. Just the thought of the warm feeling you get at Christmas, the beautifully decorated tree, the smell of yummy cookies baking, the smell of pine, yummy Cinnamon candles...and a warm cuddly baby to top it off.....wow...I cant wait for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEWS NEWS NEWS!

So I haven't written in a while because I felt like I had nothing to say other than WE ARE HAVING A BABY! Seriously, I felt like nothing was going on in our lives except for being pregnant, and since I couldn't tell anyone about that yet I had nothing to write about.

So, yes, we are pregnant! We are sooooooo excited! We began trying to get pregnant in November. We were successful in January but miscarried about 2 weeks in. We took a pregnancy test about the same day I was due for my period, I just felt pregnant. So we took the test and were a little surprised to find out we were pregnant because we had just started trying and were expecting it to take a little longer then a month. When we miscarried, it s hard to say, but it couldn't have happend at a better time. Tyler's cancer was still up in the air and we had no idea what was going on with that. Also, if we were to have not miscarried the baby would have been born in October, which meant I wouldn't be able to finish my degree.

So after our miscarriage we thought long and hard about what we should do, whether we should keep trying or not. After a miscarriage they say you should wait at least a month until your next menstrual cycle to start again. So during the month of waiting was when Tyler had his surgery and we found out that he had cancer. We were also told that our chances of having a child went down. We thought about it and figured that because our chances went down maybe we wouldn't be able to get pregnant. When you have difficulties getting pregnant you can seek medical hep but not for about after a year of trying. So we figured we would try for a year and then seek help, as we didn't think we would be able to get pregnant. Well....silly us, because low and behold, Tyler's little swimmers are fantastic and were eager to get back to work, because not even a month after his surgery WE GOT PREGNANT!!!! We never thought it would be so soon! We were thrilled to find out and to know that everything was great with Tyler's reproductive systems.
We take this as such a blessing that we were able to get pregnant because we were told it would be more difficult. We are truly blessed with everything that has happened these past few months.

Right now we are 13 weeks along. We have completed our 1st trimester!!!!!!! To my surprise I have gained no weight but 1 million inches around my waist. I am showing so much that I had to go out and buy maternity pants the other day because all of my pants are too tight around my belly. I am convinced that we are having twins because I am showing so early.



7 weeks

12 weeks

When we went to our midwife appointment last week we were able to try to hear the heartbeat. The midwife said that the chances of hearing it were about 50/50 because the baby is so low. Unfortunately we were unable to hear the heartbeat so we still don't know if we are having one or two! lol

I have pictures but I am not sure where my husband has put the cord that attaches to the computer...so those are on the way.

So everything in the pregnancy has gone really well so far. I haven't had any morning sickness, I do feel nauseous sometimes. I did have a lot of cramping in the beginning so was worried we were going to lose the baby again, but it was normal, just my uterus contracting..lol. No weird cravings, I just want ravioli all the time!! Soooo yummy.

Everyone always asks us "do you want a boy or a girl?" I am totally happy with whatever God has blessed us with. I always think a girl would be nice because you can dress them up and do a lot more with them, but a boy would be great too, because I never had a brother, and boys are just cool! So we will see. If we have twins I would like fraternal, a boy and girl. I think twins would be so much fun, a lot of work, but fun.

As for school, I plan to graduate this December with my bachelors degree. Then continue with teachers college the following September. The baby will be about 9 months then and hopefully I can juggle both. I plan on staying home with the baby anyway until the baby goes to school then I will go to work, I just want to have the opportunity to go to work whenever I feel it necessary. Tyler will continue school for the next 3 years and mainly focus on that. I want that best for him and school is very important.

I am very excited to find out the sex of the baby later on so that we can start planning a little better. I can't wait to start decorating the nursery.

Ketchup!

So, it's been a while. Let's play ketchup!!

Ty and I are in the process of withdrawing from school for the semester. We had to take off so much time for Ty's surgery that we just couldn't catch up on all of our missed work. We are also hoping that as soon as our withdrawal goes through we can get our tuition back that we paid. Figers crossed.

So, last summer I had a fantastic job at Georgian College. I made insane money and the job was really great. I was given the opportunity to have this job again and have been depending on it to make a good income for the summer. Well I just found out that the person I cover for over the summer won't be tkaing time off so now I don't have a job. Now I am freaking out trying to find a job. Also at the daycare that I work at I am getting NO hours. So pretty much it's just Ty working right now which is relaly frustrating. Hopefully I find a job in the next few days. Anything at this point I'll take.

As far as weather goes....I thought winter was over???? What is with this snow? I cannot wait for the hot weather. We live right down by the beach now and I can't wait to take nice walks down by the beach and bbq out in our backyard.

We have lots of other plans but I will have to update you all when the time is right!

VENTING!!!!!!!!!!

So, my husband works such dumb hours. I hate it. I tell him, Babe, work the same hours as me, which would be 8-6ish. He makes his availability that but when it comes to getting shifts at work he works hours like 2 45 pm to 7 30pm. I just hate when we have plans to do stuff and we can never do them because he always gets off of work so late. Like tonight. I am going to a fitness class at 8 o'clock but I need to leave by 7 30. Ty tells me that he wont be home till 7 30 at the earliest. Now I need to wait for him because we only have one car and Ill need to pick him up from work when he's done. It just really bothers me. He gets mad when I tell him that I hate him working late hours and he just tells me "Babe, I need to work to make money..." I just wonder, why can't he tell his work that he needs to be home at a certain time. Why can't they start him at an earlier time?
Ergggg, it just makes me so mad!!! I am very grateful that he works to make money for our family, I just wish I could see him more.

Thinking...

So I have been a blogger slacker for the last little while. Working full time doesn't really give me a lot of time to blog, but I am going to try and do it more often, like I always say.

So nothing much has been happening lately. Easter is this weekend and I have really made it a point to not do the traditional gifts and Easter egg hunt. I really want to remember the life, death and Resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ. I have really been trying to draw closer to him and do things that he would be proud to see me do. I think at this time of the year we really need to reassess our lives and think, "Am I living my life in a way that Christ would be proud of?" and "am I taking advantage of the sacred gift that Christ gave us at his death?" I get so angry when I think of the sacrifices that Christ made for us and the pain and suffering that he went through for our benefit and yet so many people ignore that and don't live there lives to his standards.

I really hope that this Easter season we can all grow closer to Christ and live our lives in a way that we are accepting that gift he gave us.

I have been working full time at a daycare that I love. It is so nice having a full time job again. After talking to a friend today I am going to apply to be a supply teacher at schools here in town. i love love love teaching and figure that I might as well get some more experience.

I have also been thinking about starting up my own home daycare. I have a business plan and everything all set up. i think Ill just keep it all under raps until the timing is right. I still want to be a teacher, and definitely plan on finishing school. Here is the plan. Open the daycare September 1 2008. Take night classes and online courses. It may take me an extra semester to finish school though. I just really love working in the daycare setting and would love being the one in charge so that way I could incorporate an educational plan into the daily lessons. I dunno, its just an idea. Then I thought, if we decide the have a child in the near future then I can run the daycare while staying home with our children....What do you think?

Well that's all I can think about writing...going to go watch ANTM

OUR NEW PLACE!

So I have tried to upload these pictures like a hundred times. Hopefully this works and all will go well.

This is our bedroom standing at the door looking in. I really love the light over our bed. its nice for reading and stuff.

This is our room from the far corner looking out. We really didn't like the closet at first, but now its growing on me. The room is smaller then our last room so the furniture is kind of cramped, but its still nice I think.

This is our kitchen looking from the living room. I love it. I think we need to get a smaller table though. The pictures don't look that great cause the pictures were taken at night.

This is our living room. Its hard to get a good picture cause of the wall, but its nice too.

This is another angle of our living room. Facing the bathroom and bedrooms.

This is our bathroom. Its small but cute.

Our new shower curtain. I love love love it. Ty does too.

Well, I hope you like our new place. We love it. There is still a lot I would like to do, but we will get to the eventually.