Joining the club

In the next month or so we will be joining the club of private bloggers. I will post an official day when I decide, but just wanted to start giving people the heads up! So if you want to continue to have these precious insights in your lives (pah!) send us your emails. We will make it so others cannot see your email/comment.

Baby Shower

Over the weekend my sister threw me a shower. There was a great turnout. So many people were incredibly generous (especially my aunt for letting us use her house, plus she made lunch, and unfortunately had to deal with the mess we made! :P) It was a great turnout and it was so great to see so many of my aunts and cousins who were able to make it. I was also very surprised to see that all but one of my roommates from my freshman year were able to come! (Lindy wanted to surprise me so some of their coming was a complete surprise to me) It was great to be together again and catch up. Bryan's mom, grandma, and cousin were also able to come. It was a great weekend, great food, great gifts, and especially great to see everybody!











More pictures to come--Lindy had some really cute ones on her camera that I will post later.

Loving Life

"We are created in the image of our heavenly parents; we are God's spirit children. Therefore, we have a vast capacity for love—it is part of our spiritual heritage. What and how we love not only defines us as individuals; it also defines us as a church. Love is the defining characteristic of a disciple of Christ."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Love of God," Ensign, Nov. 2009, 22

I saw this quote and I really liked it. I have noticed that already this tiny little person inside of me has caused me to feel more love. I love feeling her wiggle around. I love that I am beginning to look at my life and evaluate what things I want to start doing or stop doing to better prepare for the entrance of this little one in our lives so that she may have the best possible environment to learn and grow in. I realize things will be different, and hard at times...but you know what? We rarely focus enough on the sweetness of life. What a gift each day really can be. To feel the sunlight, to enjoy the beautiful creations that surround us, to laugh with friends, to love and feel loved. What beautiful blessings have entered our lives already.

Finally made it

So after...many years, I finally made it to the dentist. Not sure why it was quite so difficult as I don't really hate going, I just don't know who is the best dentist to go to out here and I have been too lazy to do much research on the matter...and we didn't have dental insurance until recently. And actually there is a big part of me that did not want to go because it has been at least five years and who knows WHAT could have happened to my teeth since then! AND one of the few things that kept me going in my first trimester was to have a peppermint or a jolly rancher in my mouth to prevent...I'm sure you get the idea ;P. The constant sugar in my mouth surely would have done some damage, right? So I better not go to the dentist. (Follow my thinking? I know. Doesn't make much sense.) Anyway, all that fear for nothing. No cavities. Yay!
My visit to the dentist reminded me yet again of this question that comes into my mind:

Why oh why must dentists chat and ask you, the patient, so many open ended questions while his hands and tools are in your mouth?

entist: "So where do you work?"
You: "Yoeidk eisj sdoienny"
Dentist: "Uh-huh?" *snicker/cough* "and how long have you lived here?"
You: "Uch hunna dun"
And so it continues as he examines your teeth. And of course the hygienist finds it entertaining as well, so he/she carries on the same way while your teeth are being cleaned.

I'm sure it is more for the entertainment of the dentist and his staff than his actual wanting to get to know you better as the patient. I have been to three or four dentists so far in my lifetime and they have all done this. Why. That is all I have to say. Just don't understand it.

Let's Review

I was reading some other blogs on what had happened during 2009, and I decided that 2009 was just too big a year to forget! Let me take you on a little stroll down our memory lane.

-Bryan graduated from BYU



-I graduated from UVU (Okay, technically I graduated in Dec 2008, but I'm counting it as this year because I walked in 2009)



-Bryan got a fantastic job as an accountant

-We bought a house!!

-I got a great job as a nurse



-We found out we would not be the only ones staying in our house!!










-I passed the NCLEX-RN and am now the proud owner of a Registered Nurse license.

-We celebrated our third year anniversary (with lovely breakfast delivered to our door. Yum!)



and we went to Boondocks. Yeah, there's the good lookin' guy!



The rest are a couple of random pictures that help sum up our year.


New sectional (no more broken springs and couch covers!)


Tran-Siberian Orchestra (loud, but AWESOME)


Since we couldn't tell my parents the news in person, and since they are first-timers to being grandparents, we sent them a little grandparent kit.

Meetings

Every other Wednesday I sit in a meeting about all of our hospice patients at the company where I work. The meeting only lasts a couple of hours, but I do home health visits. I only do hospice if I get called when I am on call or if another nurse is in a real bind. So...I get bored. I try not to, but when I sit for very long talking about people I have never even seen before, I tend to get a little antsy. Lately the meetings have been supplied with juice, oranges, bananas, and muffins and such. The doctor over our hospice program usually sits across from me and he always eats an orange. Not a big deal, lots of people eat oranges. But I have been fascinated that every time this doctor peels his orange, he always does it in one long connected strip. How does he DO that!? Well, here is a picture of my little Clementine I was able to peel in one strip. Clementine peels come off much easier than oranges, but hey-it's a start! Aren't you glad I go to my meetings at work so I can learn new skills? ;)

Bryan's Company Party

Bryan's company party was on Friday. It was a lot more fun this year than it was last year considering this year we actually knew people. It was held at the Clark Planetarium where they fed us good food and then showed a film (completely unrelated to the company or Christmas, but still very cool). I don't look very nice very often considering I am wearing scrubs most of the time, so we thought it would be a good time to snap a couple of pictures after the party.



For the Christmas gift this year the company gave each employee a BBQ set. (I looked more in the bag, but just couldn't find the actual BBQ grill...they must have overlooked it ;) )



Mmm...Stephens. They worked as the table centerpiece and we got to take some home. Edible centerpieces. Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!



Since we were snapping away, here is an updated belly picture. How should I put my arms?



Oh...okay. How about this?



I know it's kind of hard to see with the dark clothes and the lighting, but you get the idea. This is about 28 weeks.