{Highs and Lows} March 27, 2011

Well it's been a crazy week and I don't think a standard all Low's then High's would make explaining confusing since a lot of the highs became lows or something like that. So I'm just gonna spit them out as I think of them.

High: Thursday we were able to go to the doctors and have my 20 week ultrasound to confirm the baby's gender.
Low: The doctor was wrong previously about her gender so now we're adjusting to referring to her as a her.

High: Our tax refund finally came in this week.
Low: 75% of our tax refund is already budgeted out to things that aren't necessarily fun.
High: We were able to get a washer and dryer for $150 with what was left over.

Low: The dryer didn't work with the plug in we have in our apartment and the guy at the hardware store had no clue as to what we should do. Told us to go make friends with an electrician.
High: Jacob, my wonderfully clever husband looked things up online and was able to change the cable so that it worked with the outlet in our apartment.
Low: When we got it plugged in and turned it on, it made a noise that sounded like worn down brakes on drugs!
High: The repairman is coming first thing in the morning.

Low: Jacob was so busy all week I so him on average only 1.5 hours a day while the sun was actually out.
High: His training is done with his new job and rehearsals are over for Savior of the World.

Ok, I'm done complaining now, just highs from now on.
Highs: Friday I was able to spend half the day out of the house at the school
Jacob also got his first paycheck from his new job, and I was able to talk him into letting me buy some stuff to organize the kitchen and the bathroom.
Finally I feel like all the public areas of the apartment are organized and more manageable and
easier now to clean.
Now I'm able to work on the bedrooms and more specifically unpack the boxes in the 2nd bedroom that we still haven't unpacked and organize my closet so that I don't constantly just leave my clothes on the floor because I have no clue where to put them.

{oh my...}

So I finally got to spend some time with Jacob today while we went to the doctors for my 20 week ultrasound.
Lately I've been spending a lot of time on baby registries trying to get a feel
as for what we want to do with the nursery.

The thing is... at one of my earlier ultrasounds my doctor and I made a guess as to the gender of the baby,
but it wasn't 100% what we were seeing so I've held off "announcing" anything.
So we picked a nursery theme that was gender neutral to be safe,
but we were bad about talking to and about the baby with a gender specific name,
and referring to the baby with gender specific pronouns!

We are excited either way but we're so getting used to one
and now just looking at things for the other,
I'm getting a little overwhelmed!
I mean I grew up with younger brothers so I know little boys
and Jacob has a younger sister so he kinda knows little girls,
(and I was a little girl at one point even though I didn't act like one)

All I have to say is... I'm glad the names we picked out have similar soundings nicknames.





Oh and.... WHAT THE HECK AM I GONNA DO WITH A GIRL!!!!

{20 Weeks}

So I'm home alone again, big shocker! Jacob is working again every night this week which leaves me here to entertain myself in our little 2 bedroom apartment. But with out him here so much lately, he hasn't been noticing exactly how much more I have been eating. tehehe!

We are halfway through this long process and we're gonna go into the doctor again on Thursday to see our little one up on the monitor and figure out what we're having! Still debating on if we're gonna tell everyone when we find out but we'll for sure update everyone on everything else.

"Oh!! We're halfway there! OH! Living on a Prayer!"

{Limbo}

So, I'm just sitting here watching the after-show of the Bachelor where they talk about what they've gone through while they were separated while the show was airing, and of course, I'm home alone. Jacob just got a new job at a health and welfare company called Melaluca and this week is his training week where he has to go train from 4-10pm everyday this week.

So, here I am, kinda just bored and I guess it's time to give my "ENORMOUS" amount of followers, *eyes rolling*, an update on what we have been up to....

So here goes...

-Well I'm now 19 weeks along, so almost half-way there! oh boy! About a month and a half back, we had some scares with some bleeding, so we were in and out of the doctors for 2+ weeks with an ultrasound every time. It's been a while since we've had an ultrasound so when we go in next week to confirm the sex of the baby, it'll be so nice to see the little one again!

-Along with the bleeding, the doctors we're also a little worried about how much weight I hadn't gained yet. I wasn't showing when I went in 3 weeks ago and I had actually LOST some weight. BUT!! but, despite the fact that we don't have a scale in our home, (we really just haven't felt like buying one when we could spend money on more important things) I have started to show a little, and when we go in next week and find out the baby's sex, I'll let everyone know and show you a baby bump picture, finally, I know!! (Sorry, you still have to wait a little bit, Dondo!)

-Again, JACOB GOT A JOB!!!! We were having money trouble for a little bit, and then Jacob got a job, and then my scholarship money came through, and then we did our tax return ($2574 from the fed, gov't fyi!!) Heavenly Father hears prayers!!

-We have been doing a lot of thinking lately about where we want to end up living, working, and raising our family. Well, I am working on my associates and have the option of finishing on campus classes this December. Jacob, however has a few more years to go. We've been praying and thinking about it all, and we've decided to have Jacob transfer back to Cal State Fullerton after he finishes with online classes next Spring. Which means...

We can move back to California after Fall semester this year!!

If everything works out well with me getting the classes I need this semester, we should be moved back to Corona just in time for Christmas, with baby in tow!!

We have been so blessed lately and have so much to be grateful for!!