Sunday, May 27, 2012
Our Projects!
Ok, so first I need to give credit to where credit is deserved. I always get these ideas of things I want, and than I start my projects but being the perfectionist that I am it drives me insane if I cannot get it absolutely perfect. Many times I end up taking sewing projects, and etc to my amazing mom, and she will finish them. I will usually say I need help doing this, and than I happily let her take over.
These projects that I have had lately my amazing husband made them possible. In our baby room we do not have a closet, so I wanted an armoire in order to hold our babies clothes. I started looking around at DI, and garage sales, and I found this armoire that I wanted to redo. I am really regretting that I did not take a before picture, but just so you have an idea the armoire was in bad enough shape that the people just gave it to us for free because they wanted us to take it off their hands. The side of it was busted, so it was leaning to one side, the bottom drawer was totally broken falling off, and it was a stain color. I told CJ that I wanted to redo this armoire, and that I wanted it in white. I wish I could say that I fixed it, but CJ did 99.9% of the work. He did amazing, and now I am just more excited for our little guy to come. The bottom drawer still needs it’s handles that is why there is no handles on the bottom drawer.
My second project that I said I was going to do was this old-fashioned baby cradle that I found. It was also a brown stain to begin with. CJ totally took the thing apart sanded all of the different parts, and then painted it black. The cradle is pretty cool in that it rocks, but you can also put a pin in it that makes it stay stationary. CJ thought my Grandma had a pretty awesome idea when she said to tie a rope to the cradle, and then just pull the rope while you are in bed to rock the cradle. Haha. I don't think his wife thinks that is very safe though. As you can tell though I still have to find a pad for the cradle, which is proving to be a very difficult process since it is such an odd size.
We have been so very blessed, and I can absolutely not wait for our little guy to come. We still have not chosen on a name, but I want to wait till I meet the little guy to decide for sure. We have about four weeks left maybe three if they start me early, which I am really hoping but I don't want to get my hopes up.
Oh, and I have been loving life since graduation!!!!! It has been amazing to have no homework, and to know I am all done!!!!!!! I have to give thanks to CJ, my parents, and all of my family because their is no way I would have been able to graduate with out their help. Especially these past 8 months that I have been pregnant!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Baby Healey 28 Weeks!
It is definately a perk to have a cousin who does ultrasounds because he is able to take me in and do cool 3D pictures. Here is a picture of our cute little baby at 28 weeks. Now some people might think it is creepy, but it is pretty neat what they can do. Our baby was pushed up against my uterus that is why the lips look all squished. It is hard to get a picture when they are pushed up. We are super excited for our little guy to come, and wish it would come faster. Now that I am done student teaching though I feel like I can finally get ready for him to come!!!!!
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Blessing!
Ok, I never blog because I either do not have pictures, or I do not have my camera cord to hook up my camera. Even though I do not have a picture I thought I would do a new post.
Well the past couple of months have been some super busy, fun, and crazy months. I have been doing my student teaching at Lehi High School and I have loved it! I do finish this week, and even though I will miss it I am excited to be able to get ready for my baby, and have some time to actually think. CJ has been the best husband I could ask for the past couple of months. He has been working 40 hrs a week, going to school full time, and working on his instrumental rating for his flying. He was getting close to braking a record at UVU's flight program with how fast he was getting his instrument rating, but he had to take some time off this weekend to be with me while I was in the hospital, so I might have made it not possiable for him. I do appreciate him though because he is always their when I need him.
Life is very fascinating, and I love when you are able to look back and see how God has really blessed your life. These last couple of days I have experienced more miracles than I could have ever really imagined. I have had back pains lately, but I just assumed that I am pregnant and that was normal. They got to the point though on Thursday that I left teaching, and I wondered how I was going to walk. It was hurting to the point that I would put all my weight on one leg, and just limp around. I decided to call my doctor, and see maybe if their was a stretch or exercise that I could do that would maybe help with my pain. The nurse immediately asked about my symptoms, and said they wanted me to go to the hospital to get an ultrasound. She said hopefully it was just a pulled muscle, but their was a chance that it could be a blod clot. As soon as she said those words my mind started racing, and I got sick to my stomach. Being pregnant I just immediately thought of my baby, and the worst possiable scenarios came to my mind. I started to cry, and I was scared to death. I do not like to be thought of as a wimp though, so I did not want my family to see me crying, or I did not want the doctors to think here is a preganant lady who has nothing wrong with her and she is crying. I immediately said a prayer, and it was one of the most amazing things ever. I had a sense of peace come over me, and I knew I could do it. I was immediately able to stop crying. I was still scared to death, but I had a sense of feeling that I could deal with it.
I ended up going to the AF hospital. CJ was able to leave his flying, and meet me their about the same time. They ended up doing an ultrasound, and they did find that I did not have much blood flow to my leg. Their was a blood clot in my lower abdomen. They ended up admiting me to the hospital for the night. I have to admit being in the hospital with no pain medication since a pregnant lady can not have anything but Tylenol is not very fun. I currently still have the blood clot, but they have put me on blood thiners. The blood thiner I am on is called lovanox, and it is a shot twice a day. This has been another miracle because I am deathly afraid of needles, but so far I have been able to get through the shots thanks to my heavenly father.
Looking back at the last couple of months though I can see how my Heavenly Father was watching out for me. Back in August right before CJ started flying I kept thinking we should get life insurance and I would feel better about CJ flying. We ended up getting life insurance for both CJ and I. Then about a month ago we started meeting with a finacial planner to talk about our life long goals, programs we wanted to set up for our child, and etc. This finacial guy suggested that we get life insurace, and I told him that we already had it. He asked me about our policy, and he just wanted to look at it, and see if he could get us anything better. He ended up coming back to us, and told us that he was very impressed that we got life insurace before CJ started flying because now that he is was flying he could only get ridicously high insurance, so he said their was no way we could get better than what we had. I was very grateful that my Heavenly Father prompted me to get it before CJ even started to fly. He did suggest though that we change my life insurace. My current life insurace was only a ten year policy, and if something major happened to me in those ten years it would be harder and more expensive to renew my policy. He showed me a policy that was good for 80 years. The policy would require that I pay about five more dollars a month than I was currently paying, but it would be good for 80 years. I debated back and forth, and finally I figured five dollars is not very much, so I might as well get the 80 year plan. We went through all of the paperwork, blood work, and etc in order to get approved. About a week ago we found out that everything was good, and that I was accepted. Now for the miracle is now that I have a blood clot it would be extremally difficult to ever get life insurance. Not that I am going to die anytime soon I am planning on living till I am 100, but it is very comforting to know that I have it, and that Heavenly Father was watching out for me. I am just very grateful that I have the gospel in my life, and that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with the companionship of the HOly Ghost.
Sorry, this is way to long, and if you have read this far I am impressed!
Well the past couple of months have been some super busy, fun, and crazy months. I have been doing my student teaching at Lehi High School and I have loved it! I do finish this week, and even though I will miss it I am excited to be able to get ready for my baby, and have some time to actually think. CJ has been the best husband I could ask for the past couple of months. He has been working 40 hrs a week, going to school full time, and working on his instrumental rating for his flying. He was getting close to braking a record at UVU's flight program with how fast he was getting his instrument rating, but he had to take some time off this weekend to be with me while I was in the hospital, so I might have made it not possiable for him. I do appreciate him though because he is always their when I need him.
Life is very fascinating, and I love when you are able to look back and see how God has really blessed your life. These last couple of days I have experienced more miracles than I could have ever really imagined. I have had back pains lately, but I just assumed that I am pregnant and that was normal. They got to the point though on Thursday that I left teaching, and I wondered how I was going to walk. It was hurting to the point that I would put all my weight on one leg, and just limp around. I decided to call my doctor, and see maybe if their was a stretch or exercise that I could do that would maybe help with my pain. The nurse immediately asked about my symptoms, and said they wanted me to go to the hospital to get an ultrasound. She said hopefully it was just a pulled muscle, but their was a chance that it could be a blod clot. As soon as she said those words my mind started racing, and I got sick to my stomach. Being pregnant I just immediately thought of my baby, and the worst possiable scenarios came to my mind. I started to cry, and I was scared to death. I do not like to be thought of as a wimp though, so I did not want my family to see me crying, or I did not want the doctors to think here is a preganant lady who has nothing wrong with her and she is crying. I immediately said a prayer, and it was one of the most amazing things ever. I had a sense of peace come over me, and I knew I could do it. I was immediately able to stop crying. I was still scared to death, but I had a sense of feeling that I could deal with it.
I ended up going to the AF hospital. CJ was able to leave his flying, and meet me their about the same time. They ended up doing an ultrasound, and they did find that I did not have much blood flow to my leg. Their was a blood clot in my lower abdomen. They ended up admiting me to the hospital for the night. I have to admit being in the hospital with no pain medication since a pregnant lady can not have anything but Tylenol is not very fun. I currently still have the blood clot, but they have put me on blood thiners. The blood thiner I am on is called lovanox, and it is a shot twice a day. This has been another miracle because I am deathly afraid of needles, but so far I have been able to get through the shots thanks to my heavenly father.
Looking back at the last couple of months though I can see how my Heavenly Father was watching out for me. Back in August right before CJ started flying I kept thinking we should get life insurance and I would feel better about CJ flying. We ended up getting life insurance for both CJ and I. Then about a month ago we started meeting with a finacial planner to talk about our life long goals, programs we wanted to set up for our child, and etc. This finacial guy suggested that we get life insurace, and I told him that we already had it. He asked me about our policy, and he just wanted to look at it, and see if he could get us anything better. He ended up coming back to us, and told us that he was very impressed that we got life insurace before CJ started flying because now that he is was flying he could only get ridicously high insurance, so he said their was no way we could get better than what we had. I was very grateful that my Heavenly Father prompted me to get it before CJ even started to fly. He did suggest though that we change my life insurace. My current life insurace was only a ten year policy, and if something major happened to me in those ten years it would be harder and more expensive to renew my policy. He showed me a policy that was good for 80 years. The policy would require that I pay about five more dollars a month than I was currently paying, but it would be good for 80 years. I debated back and forth, and finally I figured five dollars is not very much, so I might as well get the 80 year plan. We went through all of the paperwork, blood work, and etc in order to get approved. About a week ago we found out that everything was good, and that I was accepted. Now for the miracle is now that I have a blood clot it would be extremally difficult to ever get life insurance. Not that I am going to die anytime soon I am planning on living till I am 100, but it is very comforting to know that I have it, and that Heavenly Father was watching out for me. I am just very grateful that I have the gospel in my life, and that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with the companionship of the HOly Ghost.
Sorry, this is way to long, and if you have read this far I am impressed!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Best Birthday Present Ever--"BABY BOY"
IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok I am not going to lie I have thought this whole time that I was having a baby girl. I have always wanted a baby boy first because I loved having my older brothers, but for some reason I just thought I was having a girl. I found out that I am having a baby boy though!!!! You could say that I had no mothers intuition because I was totally wrong. CJ and I are both on cloud nine though and could not be happier. Of course the first thing CJ wanted to buy was a baseball mitt for the boy, but I think that one is going to have to wait. Instead of getting a baseball mitt I thought this baby outfit would work, see below. The number on the outfit is even the same number CJ has had in college ball, so I knew I could not turn the outfit down. It is very neat to think that their is a little boy growing inside me, and we could not be more grateful. We hope everyone is doing well.
The same number as his daddy!
Ok I am not going to lie I have thought this whole time that I was having a baby girl. I have always wanted a baby boy first because I loved having my older brothers, but for some reason I just thought I was having a girl. I found out that I am having a baby boy though!!!! You could say that I had no mothers intuition because I was totally wrong. CJ and I are both on cloud nine though and could not be happier. Of course the first thing CJ wanted to buy was a baseball mitt for the boy, but I think that one is going to have to wait. Instead of getting a baseball mitt I thought this baby outfit would work, see below. The number on the outfit is even the same number CJ has had in college ball, so I knew I could not turn the outfit down. It is very neat to think that their is a little boy growing inside me, and we could not be more grateful. We hope everyone is doing well.
The same number as his daddy!
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