Life is changing... and soon!!

I have been itching to post something and blog for a while, I really feel like writing things out helps me more than anything. And I don't know whether I should be posting but here goes nothing.

Okay let me paint a picture on the 16th of Feb mark got an unexpected call from The hiring Chief over Atlanta. We already had a letter that Mark was placed on a potential hire list number 45 out of 200+, which we were so excited for, but they were only taking the top 40, so we missed it just by a hair. Well the call from the chief said that the applicants above mark, a few were suspended, so now Mark had been bumped up on the list, and needed to come to Atlanta to finish the final part of the hiring process. Mark left on a plane for GA that following Sunday. He completed a background check, medical check, fingerprinting, a psychological analysis test (pretty much an aptitude test but much more intense). After all of this he signed a conditional work agreement which pretty much says if everything turns out okay, then we will have a job. Mark was going to come home that Wednesday, but he had to have a polygraph test and a psychological exam done, and the psych test wasn't scheduled til Monday. so we extended his ticket and mark spent the entire week soaking up GA.

 Mind you during this time I am at home with Eldon packing away our house and growing a baby... which I am now 29 weeks pregnant. I was spending hours doing research on insurance and moving and a whole bunch of other things that would be needed in order for us to move cross country.

Mark hasn't signed the official job offer, but we are 99.999999% positive everything is turning out okay. Did I mention that the start day is MARCH 17!!!! That is officially 2 weeks from today!!!! WOW.
We have had issues, and pretty early on we came to the reality, that I may not be able to move with Mark until after the baby is born. She is due May 18th BTW. The job in Atlanta won't extend medical benefits until after 90 days, and Gracie is due in less than 80 from today. So Me and Eldon could be moving in with my parents for 2 months until baby girl is born.

I am in the most emotional state right now. People ask me how I am and for no reason at all I just break down in tears. We are so hugely blessed right now, Mark is graduated, and gets his dream job working in a major city, and we get our little girl all within a few months! I think all the extra blessings being thrown our way though is really making me have a mini panic attack. For example today at my 29 week appointment I had to tell my doctor all the happenings, and I had to face some facts that I could be having our little bell here while Mark is stuck in GA. The reality struck me that i could possibly be doing it all on my own, and  the tears just came, I stepped out of the office ( I was waiting on my 1 hour glucose test) and called Mark. He told me to breath and if I needed to take some time after the doctors, and do something for me! (He is always thinking about me! I love him!) When I was done at the doctors, I debated going out, but the only thing I wanted was to be back home with mark and Eldon. If I am going to be away from him in 2 short weeks I don't want to spend any time away. So home I went.

Right now our house has boxes spread here and there, and we are just waiting to see if private insurance will cover for the birth, so that Me and El won't have to be away from Marky. And then the final offer should come through this week, but knowing ATL they will wait till last minute and we wont find out anything until 2 days before, but who knows. Fingers crossed, there is alot that needs to be done, and a lot that needs to be sorted out in the next few days. But all in all we are VERY blessed right now i have to keep teling myself. But in 2 short weeks my 4 years in Utah could be over ( and although I will miss family, I couldnt be any more excited, Utah never really felt like home), and I could be soaking in the humitity once again!!!!! 2 WEEKS :)

Jump in on the ride

So many things have happened and I haven't posted anything, because I am not sure what to say yet. Last time I left off with Mark Going to VA, he didnt get the job there, but all in all it is okay. We had high hopes but it didnt feel right so maybe it wasnt ment to be. Well along with me hitting a major milestone... 27 weeks pregnant ( 3rd trimester), and less than 90 days to go we have been dealing with the stress of where we are going to live and where Mark is going to get a job. Everytime we think we have decided something, another wrench gets thrown in and our plans change, I know this is way vage, but we are trying to not put our eggs out there before they hatch, but I just wanted to vent alittle and say that dealing with all these moving issues and jobs and being 7 months pregnant is making my stress level  high to say the least. Okay so I am done, sorry if you dont understand anything of what I just wrote, but hopefully all will be revealed soon :)

Cooking and Cleaning

Two of Eldon's favorite things to do in the world are cooking, and taking a bath! Here are a few special moments of Eldon cooking. He insisted on cooking a potatoe just like me. I wish he didnt get so camera shy because he really does talk alot! But Enjoy

The second video, I swear we aren't drowning our son, he hates water being poured on him, and he loved puting soap on his face. He thinks it is funny, and it usually is :) We bought this cool foam soap and he goes nuts for it!

Big Man

Pictures of my big man coloring.. well mostly trying to eat the crayon :)



He is so happy.. please don't mind the dirty house our washer broke and the other one is taking 2 weeks to be delivered

 Me and mark look at Eldon everyday and we comment on how BIG he is, and how that can't be the little guy we brought home from the hospital a year and a half ago?! But he is! He is super smart, and for sure can get his way. Eldon just turned 18 months old and attended church nursery for the first time. He didn't even know we left him:( I was a little sad, all I ask for is a few tears for momma, right? but no he just was so interested in watching. They have all the kids combined so a lot of the kids are older than him and I just think he is looking at them in awe. He loves to be big like his dad and now he gets to play with the "big kids" in nursery. We picked him up and he was a little red in the face from some tears, but mind you those tears are not for me or Marky, they were because church starts at 11am and is 3 hours long, and nap time is usually every day from noon til 2pm on a good day. But we survived, Eldon was happy, and me and Mark realized that they actually teach lessons on Sunday, and that we were able to pay attention for once :) It was really nice, and it is nice to have that transition with Eldon in nursery and having almost 5 months before Gracie come. Hopefully by then El will be a little bit better behaved in church. Right now sitting down for 1 whole hour just isn't what he wants to be doing.
In more news, Eldon went for his 18 month well visit and he is in the 50% for head and weight and greater than 98% for height!!! Crazy huh. He is now starting to combine words. Like he says more baba, and he says "dog,go, go, go" The last one I have to say is my fault, anytime the dogs are crowding Eldon when he has food I will say, " bad dog, go to your room." and Eldon will follow up with ,"dog, go, go,go, go..." Now mind you only me or mark really understand what he is saying, but it is so funny that he has learned things from us, even when we aren't teaching him, actively. I guess this means we are going to have to watch what we say :/
Well I think that is jut about it for updating, seems like the only thing I update on is Eldon, but this post is already toooo long, Maybe next post we will hear back from Marks trip out to VA and the testing he took for their fire department, and I will update some great news on that..... fingers crossed :) Gracie is now kicking me , literally, so I better go to bed so we all can get some rest! Night!

A little venting....sorry,tough week

Okay I have to preface this post and apologize, but I need to complain just a bit... sorry to anyone who reads this in advance:)
Alright, so today and for the past almost week I have really started to feel the effects of being pregnant. The great parts, like when I am still at night this little girl kicks away. She has such a sweet soft little kick too but she is very consistent and she kicks the same spot over and over. It's funny I will push on her little kicks and I can tell she uses all he little strength to push back. With Eldon he would give up and punch me hard in another spot, but I totally believe this little woman is just as stubborn as me! But besides the amazing feeling of having the blessing of feeling her grow and move comes the bad parts. For the entire pregnancy I have had this intense heartburn and it will not go away, if anything it gets worse. I have been prescribed 2 different types of medicine to help, and have tried several natural methods of helping calm the heartburn, but to no avail. And now this week something has happened to my energy level. I seriously feel like I have been kicked down and I barely have energy to wake up, which i really hate for Eldon :( , but I also have had this intense pain in my lower back, and now the pain is radiating down my leg. It seriously is painful to stand. I don't know what is going on maybe a nerve or something but i am in serious pain.
They say 2nd trimester is the easy most enjoyable period during pregnancy, but as of right now all I am feeling is exhaustion and pain. :( I can't wait to meet my little baby girl, and trust me I wouldn't trade this pain and my little girl for anything in the world, but I would wish to get some of my energy back. Sorry for my rant, I really just like documenting the good and not so fun parts of life, and this week really has been a tough one to get through. Pray for my poor little baby that his momma will get more energy to play with him:) any advice on how to get up and not feel pain can help too :)

In other great perfect fantastic news my little girl now weights 1 whole pound!!!!! what an amazing milestone!!!!!!

Christmas 2010

Sooooo.. this is me procrastinating once again :) Seriously lately I have been so tired, all my energy is going to waking up and getting Eldon through the day happy! He and Mark are my buddies and all my energy is to them.. so onto an update:
Christmas was so fun and confusing and and CRAZY!! We got up tp my parents house Christmas Eve, we ate wonderful soup and then we did a Christmas message. Dad read I believe in Santa, one of my favorite books, and then he gave us all one,and we gave our gifts to Jesus. After that we exchanged PJ's and then "hat" gifts.
Christmas mornig Eldon climbed out of his crip at 4am and we were only able to hold him off until 6:30 when he refused to go back to sleep and he woke gran-ma and popa up!
We walked down the stairs to TONS of presents, and needless to say mark spoiled me I spoiled him we both spoiled Eldon and Mom and dad of course spoiled Eldon, me , Mark, Nic, Ella , and Krissy. Christmas was such a wonderful blessing to be with our family and enjoy one another. I know we won't always be able to live so close together so it's really nice to enjoy it while it is here. Here are some pictures that show more of the fun we had!

Thanks!

There are so many things to be thankful for but I just wanted to post a few that i am most grateful for this Christmas season!!

My Partner in crime. My LOVE! Mark!!!

My Perfect and energetic baby boy!!!

And my sweet little Gracie(who I really started to feel this week and last)

What a more perfect time to be thankful for the gift of our families than during the Christmas season! Merry Christmas to everyone! We love you all and are so grateful that you are apart of our lives!


P>S - I wanted to post pictures but it wasn't working so check back maybe later:)