Our Christmas Card

I have decided that since so much is changing in our lives this year that we would also change how we did Christmas cards. I am blogging them, and emailing them to all my family and friends.

Sterling is still working at Autozone and is waiting to become a store manager and get his own store. It should be sometime the end of January or Feburary, but nothing is for sure until it actually happens. He stays busy with doing extra work on cars, and of course the most important thing, school. He has decided to stay with business for now and see were life takes him.

I feel like have not accomplished anything this year. I am still at the hospital, still working evenings, and of course still sleeping in late. I still do not know what this baby is going to be but I am finding out on January 8th.

Our biggest event this year was spending a week back in Las Vegas when Sterlings youngest brother, Spencer, got home from his mission. We had a blast seeing family and friends but most of all....eating IN-N-OUT burger absolutely everyday for 7 days. I can honestly say that I could never get sick of their burgers and I guess that is the one good thing about living in Texas and not in Vegas.

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Little sister bragging!!

Here is another picture that I found that Kirsti had done. Who knew that I had such a cute little doggie!! Oh wait, I did.

Our life as we know it is over

Our life this last semester has been, Mon-Fri work, Sat. football, and Sunday church. I really thought Plano was going to go to state, but the big ole boys from Trinity high school totally squashed our good ole American boys from plano.

So My little sister and all the other drill team girls had to say goodbye to preforming in Texas Stadium. My sister (the graphic artist) took the picture of all of her friends. I think it is the perfect ending to out totally amazing football season. AT least for the next 16 years. Then i will have a son that plays on the football team or a daughter performing at the games!! (at least i can hope its one of those two things) If only i knew now what was about come!

no sex yet!!!

That is the babys sex. So my doctor didnt go for it and infact my whole plan back fired. I got this huge lecture about there is no guarantee at 20 weeks that you will even be able to find out the sex of the baby. And to finish it off she left saying "at least you wont spend to much money this christmas buying stuff for the baby". Thanks Doc, I appreciate that. I just REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to know.

7 things about me

So my friend Susie Q tagged me! I havent done any of these so here it goes.

1. I work as an IV tech at the hospital. No, I do not go around poking people. I am the one in the pharmacy that is actually making the medication in the bag.

2. I wanted to stay living in Las Vegas, it was my husband that decided to move back to Plano.

3. I love to Iron. My husband will laugh at this because he thinks that i put it off forever, but really I love having tons of ironing to do and getting to watch a movie while I iron for hours.

4. I love driving big cars. I love feeling like I rule the street. When I drive the expedition I dont worry because I know if anything happens I can just plow people over.

5. I use to hate Gilmore girls. I have never ever seen a show when it aired for the first time. But now I love Gilmore girls. In fact, most days it is the only thing that can get me out of bed. (It comes on ABCFamily at 10am)

6. Tv commercials make me cry. I am not an extreme emotional person except for when it comes to things that touch my heart. And now that I am pregnant I cry at just about anything.

7. I am more in love with my husband now that I am pregnant. I pray every day that this kid looks just its daddy so that I can have two beautiful people to look at. I knew I loved my husband but now when I think about this baby and then see my husband I just get this overwhelming feeling of how much I love him!

The Holidays

So we finally got moved, cleaned the old apartment, and got organzied in our new one bedroom space. It isnt actually to bad (so far anyways.)

I am just not ready for Christmas. But its not what you think I am actually more then 3/4 done with Christmas shopping. I have to work Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the weekend after Christmas. I just know its going to ruin this christmas for me. Plus I am just dying to find out if this baby is a girl or a boy. My sonagram is not suppose to be until Jan. 5th. But I am practically begging the doctor to let me have one this week or next week. Sterling told me that I should just not leave my doctors appointment on Wed. until they let me have one. The saying "All I want for christmas" seriously comes into play.

ITs just weird... I barely even know that I am pregnant (since I havent been sick) and If I at least know what it is then I can at least start buying stuff and thinking of names and visualizing what this baby is going to look like.

All right I will end now. Just remember it is the spirit of Christmas that keeps us going.

Moving Day

Moving day is 9 days away. I can not believe it. Especially since i can not pull myself out of bed. I guess I should be greatful that I am not pregnant sick, but I am seriously pregnant tired. I need to find a way to set like 100 alarm clocks all around my house so that I can get up and get things packed. But the worst part is how to pack everything you still need when you have 9 days left. Its a horrible never ending cycle.

Husband to the rescue

Alright so I had a "funny" moment today. I was in the middle of doing laundry and the dryer sheets fell behind the dryer. Why is this "funny" you ask? Because I was determined to get them out myself. I lived on my own for seven years and I feel like I can do anything. But...well lets say that my patience is not all there lately and I was very upset that I could not get the stupid dryer sheets, so I did it. I had to turn around and say "I cant get them will you do it for me" which ended up being in my best interest because then i got this picture. Just remember how big my husband is and how small apartment washer and dryers are. Please enjoy!!!

Abbie's little message...

I am having a bad day! My mom and dad just told me that I wont be the only baby in the house anymore. My dad says a boy is coming to visit in 7 months but my mom says that it will be a little girl. I don't want a baby in the house. They cry and they scare me.

I know that it makes mom and dad so happy but I loved being the only child so much. Oh well its something else to play with. I just hope that grandma still loves me when the baby comes.

Abbie

Life is crazy, but listen to mine...

So since I got back from Utah...
1. I dont feel very good
2. I decided to go through my house and oraganize everything that was in a tub and find a place for it
3. then we decided to move to my parents house in 2 months so now i need to start packing for what goes to storage and what comes with us.
4. work almost 50 hours
5. help my mom do stuff at her house (we are having a garage sale soon)
6. get bills oraganized (this sounds crazy but i have almost been on vacation for 2 months)
7. take care of sterling - he had his tonsils out- (while still working)
8. and of course keep Abbie occupied because all she wants to do is play with her dad!!

Life goes on but I could really use a vacation!!!

To cute not to share

I had to go to Utah over memorial weekend to help Emily move into a new apartment. I was gone for four days and since I had worked so much the week before I just really missed Abbie and Sterling. Luckily I got the cutest picture of the two of them when I got back.

I'm back...

So I can not tell you how long the month of August was. Since I took a weeks vacation from work along with the rest of the staff we all ended up working so much to cover each others vacations that no one had to use any "paid time off".

So here are some pictures.

This is Sterlings family. There are 4 boys that were born within 5 years of each other. Steven, the oldest is in the back left (with the long ugly beard) next to him is Stuart who is just younger then Sterling and on the ground is Spencer who just got home from is mission in Georgia.

Coming home from on of our MANY IN-N-OUT trips we see this getting on the freeway. Yes it is a big biker dude riding one of those little tiny vespa's . The guy in front of him was riding one of those little motorcycles like a mini one but I coulnt get a picture of him.

I know it would be fun to take a long distance motorcylce trip but SERIOUSLY ... a VESPA??? Do they even get up to the speed limit????

And now my favorite and not just because i was married there but look how pretty the Las Vegas temple is!!! I LOVE the temple. It has palm trees, green grass, and the mountains are less then five minutes away, where else does that happen??? Sorry I could not capture all three for everyone.

GOODBYE SADIE

SO MY PARENTS HAD TO MAKE THE VERY VERY VERY HARD DECISION OF PUTTING SADIE TO SLEEP THIS MORNING. SHE WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD BUT SHE GOT SOME BACTERIA THAT IS LIKE DOGGY AIDS AND IT TOTALLY ATTACKED HER BLOOD STREAM.

OUR VEGAS TRIP CAN NOT COME SOON ENOUGH, BUT NOW I HAVE TO LEAVE MY BABY HOME WHEN I WANT TO KEEP HER CLOSE. OH WELL SHE GET PLENTY OF LOVE WITH MOM AND KIRSTI.

HI HO HI HO ... ITS OFF TO VEGAS WE GO!!!!

IF YOU MISS US. JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND THIS IS WHERE WE WILL BE.

DONT WORRY WE WONT BE DOING ANYTHING YOU WOULDNT BE DOING!!!!!!!!

A husband and a wife...

So my life has not stopped since I became a consultant for Heritage makers. (Plus I am working about 60 hours at the hospital)

Yesturday (since I dont get to go to church on the weekends i work) I was reading on LDS.org about marriage. Then today I looked up quotes that I could post today.

Here is one that i just died laughing at.

After a quarrel, a husband said to his wife, "You know, I was a fool when I married you." She replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice."

Could this be any more true????

New website

Now I have a direct link to my website.

www.savedinabook.com

I thought it was cute. (Hopefully i can find a cute enough picture thats not a wedding picture soon.)

FINALLY!!! I have found something that I love doing that actually has something to do with my major.

I am a consultant with Heritage Makers. They are a digital scrapbook company that let you do all your own work from your own computer and then they publish it into a book for you.

I am fascinated by the amount of pages and letters and different products you can choose from. (Most of which you cant see until you create an account- sorry thats the one thing i dont like.)

I am still working on getting things all set with my website but you can take a peek at www.heritagemakers.com/253273. I will be changing the name soon and I will let everyone know.

Please take a look and let me know if you are interested in doing a project or having a party (you tons of free product with a party!) I should have my own book done in about 2-3 weeks. But if you want to see a draft just let me know and I can email it to you.

What is more fun???

So everyone has these little blog quiz things!! (I did take mine and I am 62% addicted) but if you as me I am 100% addicted!!!

So here is something i thought about today. Is it more fun to see
1) New pictures on peoples blogs
2) what they actually wrote
3) the comments that people wrote on each others blogs???

PART 2 OF 3

JUST A LITTLE FYI- STERLING PASSED THE PHYSICAL TEST. BUT TO EVERYONES FRUSTRATION THEY SCHEDULED THE MENTAL ABILITY INTERVIEW FOR AUGUST 2ND. SO YES I STILL HAVE 2 1/2 MORE WEEKS OF AGONY.

(I AM GOING TO NEED ANTI ANXIETY MEDICINE WHEN I HAVE CHILDREN. WHO KNEW YOU COULD GET MORE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE THEN YOURSELF!!!)

Sterlings going to Fire School

Its finally here. Sterling is FINALLY taking the fire fighter test on Saturday. This has honestly been the longest summer ever. PLEASE send your prayers that he makes it into the academy, our whole future depends on it.

Just remember on sat. that while you are hanging out, he will be running up and down 5 flights of stairs twice in under 4 minutes. AAAAHHH!!!! I think i will stay in the pharmacy.

Will it ever stop????

This is where i am now. With all the rain and the flooding. I swear i am going to end this summer whiter then when it started.
This is where i want to be. on the beach, in the sun, and hopefully with my husband.

Last Week

So for those of you that i have not talked to lately, Sterling had to go back to Vegas for a few days, because his father was suppose to have double bypass heart surgery. They decided at the last minute to #1 put of the surgery because they felt like they were over booked and then #2 to not have the surgery at all and to wait six months to see if his heart will bet better on his own.

I HATE VEGAS DOCTORS!!! How can this really be such a wishy washy matter. In my opinion (and please remember that i work at a hospital and deal with these surgeries on an almost daily basis) that you are either needing the surgery or no. I guess this could be classisfied as a miracle but i dont know that i am ready to go there.

So at least Sterling got to go spend a weekend with his family which he had not seen in a little over 1 year. He came back a very different and more loving husband. It is so amazing to watch someone grow in the way that he has. I just wish that families were more the same so that I could understand his a little more.

MAN!!!! the weekends over all ready

CORPUS CHRISTI HERE WE COME

CAN YOU BELIVE THAT WE HAVE SURVIEVED OUR FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE. YES IT HAS ALREADY BEEN 1 YEAR SINCE I HAVE BEEN MARRIED, MOVED BACK TO TEXAS, AND HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL.

WE ARE GOING TO CORPUS CHRISTI FOR A LONG WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE SINCE WE DID NOT REALLY HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT. I CAN NOT WAIT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OPPOSITE SCHEDULES LATELY SO I CAN NOT WAIT TO SPEND 4 WHOLE ENTIRE DAYS WITH STERLING.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.

Coupons

So i have a new game for myself. It is called "see how little money you can spend at the grocery store while still feeding my husband." I am getting into this whole coupon clipping game. Some people say it isnt worth it, but hey right now saving any kind of money helps. Its like a have another part time job.

so if anyone has any tips. PLEASE help me!!!

IT NEVER ENDS

Life just keeps going and going and going... so i havent been feeling the greatest lately. (no to everyone out there I AM NOT PREGNANT!!!) The weather here has been crazy which has been causing me to get some pretty severe migraines. Plus the stress of trying to keep up with everything in life is just getting to me latley.

Sterlings dad is going to have to have a double bypass surgery some time in the next two weeks, and everyone wants to Sterling to go to Vegas to be with his dad, but Sterling doesnt want to go without me. (Its almost like seperation anxiety from a 23 year old!) We just dont have the money. So i am trying my hardest to find the money. The worst part is that we planned to go to Corpus Chrisit in two weeks for our anniversary but we just dont know how we can afford it if we have to buy a plan ticket to Vegas. (yes they are cheap but not when they are last minute)

So on to other things, our little Abbie can no longer be a Momma dog. She got fixed this weekend, unfortunetly for her mom that hasnt been feeling good, it has not slowed her down one little tiny bit. The only difference is that i have to spend even more time with her to make sure she doesnt scratch or lick the stitches. Man- how am i ever going to be able to handle a child.

Why does life have to get so hard?

every day i get on line and read other peoples blogs hoping that it will help me to find something intersting to write about. so then i decided that i would just keep posting pictures and kind of make my blog a sort of picture book of our lives.

so here is my first just written blog.

life can be so hard sometimes. and the more i think about our problems and i think it is such a big deal at the time it only makes me stop and laugh at myself because i know in a few days this will all change into new problems and these will seem like nothing.

the weirdest part about being married (at least for my life right now) is that i have things going on that are bothering me and i get upset sometimes that my husband is understanding enough. and i have now realized that he is having his own issues and he is probably wondering why i dont understand him. i guess, once again, life comes down to the fact that communication is key in a relationship.

Boys and there Toys

Let me start off by saying that I love my husband and I love the fact that he is very handy with cars. It saves us money by not having to deal with mechanics. But that has now come back to bite me in the butt. We have a new addition to our lives. "The light bar"

So I come home to this one day! (I told him he could have $XXX to spend on whatever he wanted for the truck) And this is what i find. and this is how the conversation goes (and not just with me but with everyone that he has to show!!!)

Me: So what is it?
Him: Its a light bar!
Me: What does it do?
Him: It holds the lights on!
Me: So what are the extra lights for?
Him: Extra light when i go off roading! (With a smile i might add)
Me: Where are you going off roading?
Him: I dont know!
Me: So do you think you will use these lights even once this year?
Him: No! But they look cool!
Me: You have to be kidding?
Him: Nope!!!

So later it goes on that he just did that for fun, but on Thursday he is going to do some real work on the car while I go shopping with a friend. I come out of our apartment to find this.

Do you see his hands actually touching the truck? Nope me either!! Before i got the camera he actually had his legs crossed just like he was hanging out watching a movie under there or something.

To be honest he really did get alot of work done on the truck. He was just trying to figure things out at the moment. But i died laughing. I guess that is the best part of our marriage. We are always making each other laugh.

Friends

I love having friends and especially having friends in all different stages of life. It really keeps life interesting.

Tonight my husband had a softball game with a bunch of guys from church that play in our cities church league. I was sitting there on a park picnic table with three of the other wives (all wrapped up in one blanket) and we were just chatting away. The youngest of us all is pregnant and so sick she hasnt eaten in almost weeks. I am the oldest and wisest of course but have been married the shortest, and the other two have been married for what seems like years.

We are just all so different but we looked like peas in a pod wrapped up in a blanket. And as i came to the realization of how different our lives were it made me so thankful for our church and having the spirit in our lives. It has helped me in so many ways and brought all of my friends to me that i cheerish. I live for going to those games to spend that hour with those girls and i would not have the chance if were not for church.

I also have friends that i work with that are not mormon and they are so far from mormon. I can see the emptiness in their lives and i would love to be able to fill it with the knowledge that i have but i know they are just not in the right place right now. (they have told me i am not being a bad mormon. )

Ok well that is all for today. I just hadnt written in a while and a friend reminded me that i havent done so. So thank you, because it made me think about what to write all day and more came of it then i ever imagined and i think i needed it. I love you and you know who you are!

Abbie and her aunt Sadie - you would think they were twins since their spots are in the same spot!

Isnt our baby cute!!!!

life after you are married

i just figured out how to get around the blockage that our hospital has on the internet. so i will probably starting writing more often.

since my best friend use to write all the time it seemed to be the only way to keep up with her, so hopefully this will help everyone keep up with us.

Abbie and her Daddy

so i am finally in my favorite spot. we played really hard and i think i made a little scrap in dads arm, but he knows i am sorry.

i might be driving mom and dad crazy but i am really trying hard. i learned how to sit, lay down, jump up, and high five.