Thank you Summer!

Last night at work I snuck away and visited Chance's sister Summer who works in the Cardiac ICU at Utah Valley. She happens to have an ultrasound machine on her floor. We snuck into an empty room and had a little fun. I saw our baby move its little arms and legs! I had never seen that before on any previous ultrasounds. I could also see its little heartbeat. It was very reasurring to me. It was so cool because when I have been to previous ultrasounds at my doctor's office they last a minute and don't let you see a whole lot. Last night we spent all the time we wanted looking at our little peanut. It was so much fun! So we decided I will just find out what sex it is at work and then I won't have to pay the money! :) Thanks Summer! You are the best!

Surprise!!!

So on Sunday we had a big family gathering to celebrate six birthdays and Tammy coming to visit from California. Me and Tammy also had another big news to tell the family...


Yes me and Tammy are both pregnant! I couldn't think of anyone else to share the preganancy experience with other than my sister. Just so everyone knows I am almost ten weeks...I still have a long ways to go! Our due date is June 11, and Tammy's is May 31st, so very close together. We are going to have to fight over mom! I am very tired most of the time so finding energy to work full time and go to school full time is difficult for me. I can't wait to be done with school so I can relax and enjoy being pregnant! I have had a little "morning sickness" but it usually happens at night. Its starting to get better, I just wish my gas and indigestion would get better as embarrassing as that is! hehe Chance wants a boy, I don't really care. I probably won't find out until January. They can find out earlier but you have to fork out 50 dollars so we will see. It is wierd to think something is growing inside of me but it is the coolest experience ever. I have heard the heart beat and have included a picture. Hearing my child's heartbeat was pretty much the coolest thing ever! I'm sure you will get many more updates in the future. ..
Me and Tammy showing our little pregnancy bumps (or lack thereof) :)


Our little baby, about the size of a gummy bear. What do you think it is? I can't wait to find out!

Halloween

For Halloween we went to our friends Josh and Diana's house for a little shindig. We had a lot of fun. I am amazed everytime we get together with friends how much my husband is like a little kid. Everyone loves to have him around for the entertainment. He had us in tears we were laughing so hard at his silly jokes. Oh Chance, I guess I have to love ya. :) We ate, chatted, played the doughnut game (Chance was so close to winning but his dropped on the floor), and watch the Skeleton Key, a movie I do not wish to see again. I guess its part of Halloween to watch scary movies, but me and Chance both can't handle them. But we had a ton of fun and it was good to see friends we hadn't seen in a while. Here are some pics..



I didn't realize how big your mouth has to be to grab on to that thing..


My husband is trying to cheat before they even start...

Dont we look so cute as bacon and eggs? hehe

Where has all the time gone?!!

Wow, I didn't realize that its been over a month since I have blogged. I told you I would drop off the face of the planet after school started. :) I have been so busy its unreal. Sorry I have been horrible at keeping in touch with people but I hope you understand. You could probably tell by the looks of my dirty house how busy we both have been. But here is a quick update. I am almost done with school!! December 7th is my last day of classes so I really only have a month and a week left! I have never anticipated the end of a semester as much as I do now. I am going to sleep all day everyday once I'm done just to catch up. :) I still have 45 more hours to do of clinicals and many more papers and projects to do in the meantime. But at least I see the light. I still hardly ever see my husband. We look forward to the weekends every week.... Chance is still working crazy hours, in fact, he is working today for 18 hours! Tomorrow for Halloween we are going to be bacon and eggs. I know its kind of cheesy but I was desperate and didn't have much time. We will be going to Chance's friend's party so I will post pictures! That's about all for now but I thought I would tell everyone that I'm still alive!

Oh the joys of night shift...

Don't get me wrong, I love being a nurse, but sometimes I really don't love the hours that come with it. Being married makes it even worse. I have only seen Chance for a half hour in the past 48 hours, and wont see him again till before the BYU game tommorrow (Go Cougars!). Our schedules are the exact opposite so when I get home he's already left for work and when I go to work he's on his way home. But for those of you who are wondering how my first night went, it went well. Alot of cute babies and the mothers were great too! I gave my first shot to a newborn, the Hepatitis B vaccine. I had my hand ready to poke but it took a second or two of convincing myself before I could follow through. It made me sad to know that I had just made the poor baby cry. :( Everything other than that was good and I think I'm going to enjoy my work. The people were really and welcoming too.
Chance, even if you don't read this, I miss you when you are away. You are the best part of me and I love you so much. Thanks for the wonderful nine months. Its been a bumpy ride at times, but its been so worth it. Love you babe.

Trying to save money, the key word is "trying"

Chance got a fifty dollar gift certificate to Outback Stakehouse so we decided to go on a date night last night. We were really excited when we only spent six dollars, just for the tip and we got an appetizer, two meals, and dessert. I was so excited that we had such a cheap dinner. So then we thought we would save money and go to the dollar theatre. When we got there we couldn't decide on a movie that we both wanted to watch, so then we decided to go home. I told him we should check the other dollar movie theatre out by Costco in Orem. He told me there was no dollar theatre there, and I insisted there was, so then we bet five dollars on it. To my disappointment I saw that the old dollar theatre had now turned into a Pirate World or something like that and there was now a new theatre close by. We debated going to see a new movie but then decided we didn't want to spend the money. He told me that instead of five dollars, he wanted to just get one new shirt cuz he felt like he didn't have any clothes. So then we went to Old Navy. He insisted that I buy something for myself too (I didn't resist too much) and to make a long story short we ended up getting alot more than just one shirt. So much for trying to be frugal. We laughed afterwards at the thought that we didn't want to see a movie cuz it was too expensive. But we did vow we would not spend any money on clothes till Christmas. hehe
So other news, school is still extremely busy for me. I have at least 3 maybe 4 15 page papers to write throughout the semester, two hour long discussions to lead, many presentations, a debate, and 90 hours of following a nurse manager. Not to mention I'm working full time. And I start my new job tommorrow so wish me luck! Chance is also working like crazy and taking night classes. Its surprising that we still manage to spend time together. But i guess that means we will never get sick of eachother, at least not yet anyways. :)

New Job!

So I'm excited to announce that I got the new job working on the Mother/Baby floor at Utah Valley Hospital. I'm excited and ready for the change. I will still be working nights which kind of stinks but I guess it is impossible for some nurses to escape.



Also I just wanted to show you pics of our horse and how big she is getting! She is a beautiful color too. I don't want her to change colors but she will most likely turn a whitish/grey. We went last night to play with her and Chance's sister's horse. Chance's sister's horse, Flame had never been ridden before and Chance was able to be the first one to ride it. It was quite interesting. Here ares some pics...


Me and my baby....




My hot cowboy husband..


She is getting so big!

This is Chance getting on Flame for the first time. It actually went better then what we thought it would since she can be a pretty wild horse...