Congrats to Dan

I am sooo proud of my husband.
He had his year review last week at work and he has exceeded expectations considering that he's only been there a year...and is the youngest. He's an incredibly hard worker but loves his job. I mean he TRULY loves it.
Well he officially was offered the position of head nurse in the ER. AMAZING!
He'll be training over the next couple months and on top of that he has a student studying under him while he works..so he is training and helping her in the ER til August. So it's alot of responsibility that they have given him but that just proves how highly they think of him.
If there is anything I ever brag about..it's my husband. Never ceases to amaze me

Cheers!

2 Year Anniversary!

Yesterday ( june 24 ) was our 2 years! Crazy. It was a weirdo day. We celebrated over the weekend thinking that Dan had to work on our day...but he didn't.
He got me 2 dozen beautiful big roses that just made my day. We had dinner at Shenanigans and that was great.
We actually were super tired on our day... so we went to church, saw my nana in the hospital then went home and napped for 3 hours. Quite romantic. We just had to laugh. I've been so sick that I cant really predict how I'll feel until I wake up and start my day. But hey..that just means baby is growing!

Is anyone reading this blog?

I know of 3 people for sure that read this blog..just wondering if it's worth continuing. * there maybe more but ppl dont comment so I have no way of knowing*
:)

12 weeks! I graduated!!

Ahhh we are soo happy today. I graduated from our fertility clinic and now in the 2nd trimester. We are finally moving on to our OB.
We saw baby today and our appt was longer than usual because baby was moving and kicking so much that the nurse was having a hard time doing necessary tests. That was so great to see.
Baby is the size of a lime and has 10 fingers and 10 toes..very clear to see. Nothing abnormal at all. They did a down syndrome test along with a sinus test and everything passed. We are thrilled.
God is so good. What another HUGE sigh of relief for us.
I am finally feeling better these days. I wasnt doing good at all last week..and then poof...I was better on Sunday. Still way tired and not sleeping, but I'll take that over the other junk I was dealing with!

3 Years ago...Dan Proposed !

It's so weird that it's been 3 years.
It was Father's Day and Dan and I had planned to go to Ocean Shores for the day just for fun. So I packed us up but first stopped in to my parents to say happy father's day to dad and give him his gift. Dad was the one that was acting all weird. He was especially smiley and just kept saying "have a really good time." I was like ya dad, we will....
So off we went to the beach. Dan was quiet and we didnt talk much the whole way up...which isnt like us.
So we get there around noon and walked around in some shops. Then after that we settled down in a spot to eat our picnic lunch. It was a pretty nice windy day so we laid out for a while ..just relaxing. Well a couple hours later it was time to go. So I got up first and started putting food away and folding blankets. But Dan stayed down. I was like..could use some help here! :)
There he was on both knees ( afraid he'd fall over on just one) just beaming at me and I had noooo guess as to why. Even when he pulled out the ring box it honestly didnt click til he grabbed my hand. We were both just freaking out and sooo excited. I was thrilled that I didnt see it coming! So after I say yes we pack up and I was like we gotta go tell my parents! And he said...welp they already know! I was so impressed.
The night before he drove to my parents house ( I was living in an apartment) at 10pm.
He spent 3+ hours talking with them and asking for my hand. That is one of my mom's favorite memories because of all the little details involved ( i wont go into them).
So back to us at the beach.
We hop in the car and drive home on cloud 9. Dad was at home but he was alone. So he knew what was up and congratulated us. Mom was with Sayle and Suz at church because Suz was going to summer camp and was leaving in literally 5 minutes. We get to the church and mom knew what was up too so she was beaming and thrilled w/Sayle. I grabbed Suz off the bus and screamed "I'm engaged!" and she was so happy but sad because she had to go. So we were on such a high that we thought heck! Why dont we just drive to Wenatchee and hang out for a couple hours.
So to sum it up. We started at the beach...drove 2 hours home...then drove 3 hours to hang out with friends...stayed for a couple hours and then left that night back for home.
Wow this got long.

Pray for baby Kaleb.

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Our cat Penny

This is our cat Penny. Dan and I get a kick out of how much we love her and how much we laugh at her throughout the day. So I thought I'd take a minute to describe some of her quirks.
The above picture tells it all. She LOVES to hide anywhere and then "pop out" when we come near. Often genuinely scaring us. See she is "hunting" us from the dryer in the pic.
She recently cut out a hole in the bottom of our box spring ( our bed is raised ) and that is where she sleeps when we go to bed.
She was taken from her mom far too early and we fostered her but couldnt give her back. She was the smallest and quietest of her siblings. Now she's SO loud and huge ( fluffly )So we had to learn to love her flaws. For instance, She JUST turned a year old and probably within the last few months has gotten down covering her poo in the litter box. If something around the yard or in the house doesnt smell right to her, she will paw the nearest surface in hopes the smell will go away. It's a kick.
She sits by the window for hours at a time watching these birds that are in the yard everyday. Her ears get very low when they come near ( as if they'll dive bomb her ) and chirps at them. If you havent heard a cat chirp before..it's halarious.
She LOVES running water. We have to lock her out of the bathroom when showering because she hops right in. Or after the shower she'll get in just to watch the water drip.
But she is a true companion. If we move to another room, even if it's for a second, she'll stop whatever she is doing..including napping..and move to the room we are in.
Ok we love our cat obviously.

What book not to read while PG

I had a couple people recommend to read the book " What to expect when you are expecting" so I thought I'd give it a shot.
Well I regret it.
If you are pregnant or trying do not get this book. Why? It will scare you and take the joy away from being pregnant. You'll turn into a worry wart. I thought, there's no way I'm alone on this! So I turned to my girlfriends on a pregnancy board I've been on for over a year. Turns out 95% of the ladies I talked to said it was horrible. Doctors are even telling patients not to read it because of "inaccuracies and overinflation of "worst case scenarios." I realize that it's good to know what things could go wrong to keep us "realistic"..but the book blow things way out of proportion, and teaches you to dwell on every little symptom you have. Worry Worry Worry. So I threw it out. Some will probably disagree and that's fine. I'm just sharing 40 pregnant women's opinions and mine :)

11 weeks!

Your fig-sized baby is now fully formed — measuring 1 1/2 inches long and weighing in at a quarter of an ounce. His skin is still transparent, allowing many of his blood vessels to show through. Some of his bones are beginning to harden, and tiny toothbuds are starting to appear under his gums. His fingers and toes have separated, and he may soon be able to open and close his fists. He's already busy kicking and stretching, and his tiny movements are so fluid they look like water ballet. These movements will increase as his body grows and becomes more developed and functional. As his diaphragm develops, your tiny tenant may also start to get the hiccups.

Beans n Fruit

Ok so I still have a weak stomach usually all day, but, I do have "staples" that I can always eat and my tummy wont get mad at me. I can always eat fruit. I buy bags and bags of green grapes and granny smith apples every week. Plus, I can always have bean burritos and black beans. Such a weirdo combo..but hey..it works for me!

Meant to be

This is really weird. Ok so I was looking at the social security website at the list of popular baby names from past years. The names we picked arent even on the top 1000 from the last 50 years so I'm excited. ANYWAYS..I looked up the top names of 1984 which is when Dan and I were born. Guess what names were 6th most popular?
Dan for a boy ... Steph for a girl. Meant to be :)

10 weeks!!

Not sure why that pic is so small but oh well. The head is on the right, baby has one arm up and one down. Baby was kicking and squirming around at todays appt..so that was soo cool to see. We are now relaxing as we only have a couple weeks left in the 1st trimester!

Dan coming home

I am so excited for Dan to come home. He has been gone since Wednesday! From what it sounds like he is very ready to come back to his wife. It was a long trip to say the least...but I wont go in to detail.
So we have our 10 week appt tomorrow and time is starting to cruise by...so glad!!
I will get signed on with a new doctor and will leave the infertility clinic that I am at now.
It will be bittersweet because the nurses there are so fantastic. I do plan on sending them all thank you cards as they have played a huge part in our lives in these past months!
For all of you that have been praying for me..especially this past week, thank you thank you thank you. I actually felt a bit normal at about Thursday-Saturday...but today I am so tired and nauseous again. BUT atleast I got a break for a bit :)