{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!!

{Rumor has it...}

A lot of talk surrounded us as we prepared to leave Corona to return to Idaho for the winter semester at BYU-Idaho. As a new wife, I have become more reserved in how I can be around others, and what I post online about our personal life. I have realized that it's not just my life anymore, it's ours and with that in mind we have made some hard decisions lately concerning where we as a new family want to be and where we are headed.

That being said, a lot of prayers have been said and a lot of intense conversations surrounding our future. Some may know this already, but we have decided as a family to expand our family. I am pregnant and in my 13th week, due in August 8th. I had a doctors appointment this past week and had my first ultrasound to check and see how the baby is growing. The baby is just the right size and even did a little dance for me the doctor and his nurse. It was just about the cutest thing i had ever seen.

I've been having a hard time lately actually wrapping my head around the fact that I am actually growing a child inside of me, but I think the pictures an the fridge will help with that.

{Wedding}

So it's been a long time since I have had time to update this! With the wedding, honeymoon, online class, and starting a new job, things have been pretty crazy around here. But here are some wedding pictures just to give everyone a good look at what went on.

Highs and Lows June 13, 2010

So I have to credit the family ward for this one. It seemed to come to life when Brother Zimmerman, now Bishop Zimmerman, was a Sunday school teacher. He'd start class with going around the room and having everyone say what the low point of their week was and what the high point was. It slowly spread to the rest of the youth classes and to the young woman's classes.

I wasn't reminded of this though until I saw it on an old young woman's leaders blog, and thought that was a good idea to do. So here we go, we're gonna each start with our lows and end with our highs just to end everything on a high note!

Jacob: Low: I had a test this week in musicianship where i had to listen to a piece of music and write it out and hand it in the next day at class. While i was listening to the given music though, the guys in the apartment above me were doing really loud, really bad karaoke, which pretty much messed up my whole listening and made me not do so well on my test.

High: We had date weekend instead of date night this week. I got to take Devin to a movie, Letters to Juliet, and then the next night we got to go try out the new Chinese food restaurant, Ying Yang. The best part about the food was that they allowed us to special order Devin's food without gluten in it. Finally, Rexburg has good Chinese food!

Devin:
Low: My low is kinda a bittersweet thing, because I got to the doctors and he switched my prescription and gave me the referral I needed to get tested for Celiacs, which is a good thing. The bad part about it is that inorder for the results to be accurate there needs to be gluten in the system to detect the certain anti-bodies that the body releases if you have Celiacs. So I've been eating gluten since Friday and let me tell you, it hasn't been fun. But, it'll all be over by Tuesday.

High: We as a couple had a good weekend together. It started with the doctors office, and finally getting some answers. And directly after we went apartment shopping, and we might have found where we want to live when we come back! Yay! and then we just spent the rest of the weekend together just enjoying each others company and and our time together and with our friends!

Gluten-Free Zone

The title must be raising some questions, but before I can go into why I don't eat gluten I need to go into some background.

Since the summer before my senior year of high school, I randomly get random, intense, and paralyzing stomach pains. It's been something that has kept me on high alert, and when we went to go get it checked, it just never seemed to be a firm answer i got from the doctors. They threw around a lot of maybes, and terms like IBS, acid reflex, and some stuff as simple as strong stomach acid. But you see, I never really got an answer as to what to do about.
I've just dealt with this problem because I didn't feel like having my parents pay for a bunch of tests and to get no sure results. So now, being back at school, it started to flair up a lot more than usual. It's been effecting my classes, private lessons, and my job and Jacob and I started looking into trying to find answers. One of my coworkers actually suggested looking into gluten-intolerance, and sure enough it seems to the trick. Basically, gluten is a protein in wheat that upsets some peoples stomachs, and it certainly does mine.
I have to be honest, I still eat bread when I really can't fight the cravings. It hurts sometimes but I am ok with the pain just for the shear taste of bread. The problem with that though is that gluten-intolerance often can be Celiacs disease, which pretty much makes eating gluten products fatal.

Nothing has officially been confirmed but going without it is helping. I mean I don't feel perfectly fine now, but it's better than before. I have an appointment tomorrow with a doctor that is completely new to my case and hopefully I'll actually get some answers.

But for now, my awesome roommate took us home for memorial weekend, and her mommy taught me how to make rice bread, and we got some time away. We really enjoyed ourselves and can't wait for classes to get out and go home!

i <3 jacob!

Back to School

I feel so horrible that I have procrastinated posting on here for so long! Two months ago today Jacob asked me to marry him, and since then I can not even explain how much our lives have changed. We have set a date for our sealing and reception at the end of August, and we're so excited we can't even wait!!

Currently, I am in Utah with my mom and sister shopping for wedding stuff and just shopping in general. We've been here in the state since Sunday and tomorrow I and my sister will be traveling the rest of the way to Idaho, and my mom will be heading home. Jacob is already in Rexburg job hunting, and tomorrow i get to help him move into his apartment for this semester. We've been apart since Monday morning and I'm just itching to get there and see him!

This semester is gonna be an interesting one, that's for sure. The two of us will be busy planning a wedding, sharing 3 classes, having jobs to pay for groceries, preparing for juries at the end of the semester, and taking 14+ credits each. It's gonna be crazy, but we knew it would be when we got engaged!

This is a really pitiful excuse for a blog update, but it's all I can muster today! Hopefully more to come later this week!!