ONE YEAR

Well, we made it to the one year mark and some much has happened but only a few things that are perfect for us.
First, last year at this time, James didn't have a job. One year later, James has a job that will pay him well and keep food in our mouths and diapers on our baby.
Last year, we weren't pregnant, which is a very good thing. This year, we are expecting our first, which is a girl, and can't wait to hold her in our arms and kiss her to death.
Last year, I was working at Subway and having fun. This year, I am not able to work, due to health of me and the baby, and still having fun. Also, talking with one of my friends that I met at Subway.
That is just a few things we have noticed that can happen in just one year. We are still madly in love with each other and help each other grow and be better in life. We are still getting to know each other a bit more but we love the challenge. We had fun one day while watching tv. We watched the Newlywed game and did really well. We thought it was great how well we talk to each other and are with each other when we can be. When James is home we try to be in the same room together, just so we can be close. One year, man, a lot can happen in this second year too. I love it.

The Second baby shower

Well, I had my friend baby shower and with only a couple of people showing up, I had a great time. It was family that showed up but it was a last minute change but still really good. I had cake and sandwiches and other stuff and my friend Elisabeth is a great person for only have a week to get everything together. Thanks Elisabeth. Here are pictures of what we got from my cousin Emily and my aunt Diana and my friend.

Baby belly shots

These are just a few of the shots that we took yesterday. We had a good time. There are some more on facebook and we have more that are being developed. James and I are very excited about Lexi coming and it will be great to have her in our family.

Here are pictures of the gifts we got from our first baby shower.

This is James building the crib.

Still building the crib and sticking his tongue out at me.
He didn't even break a sweat. What a hard worker.
Still acting like it was SUPER hard work.
I told James to not be in the picture so he hid under the crib. Can you see him?

Finished crib without James in the picture.

All the gifts we got from the first baby shower. What a great family. I really thank them for what they did for us. Now we can have Lexi today and not worry about that stuff. The only problem will be the fact that I still have a few weeks left before she is suppose to be due.

First Baby Shower

Well, we just had our first baby shower and we got a lot of great stuff. As soon as James builds the crib I will take pictures of what we got and post them on here and on facebook. I just had to thank family. They are great people.

Fun dream

I had a dream last night that I hope comes true but at the same time doesnt. I dreamt that Lexi came to us on Dec.21. As some of you know, this isn't a great day for me. I have lost three people that meant a lot to me on this exact day. Also, it is a day that I saw my Grandma Holt for the last time. I want this dream to come true because it will be cool to have something good happen to me on this day but at the same time Lexi will be like 3 weeks early. She was healthy and everything so there is no worries there. The hardest thing is just knowing that she might come to us early. I would love for her to be here early but it would make that a very special day for me. I guess we will see what happens.

We got our scanner working

We finally got our scanner working so I scanned the last pictures of Lexi that we got from an ultrasound. They aren't the most recent but maybe we will get those on our next one. But here she is, the beautiful one she is.

This is her arm.
Here is her beautiful face.Here is one of her leg that LOVES to kick me.Here is the first profile shot. She loved giving the profile to us during the ultrasound. She didn't want us to know what she is.Here is the second profile shot.This is where we found out that she was a girl. It took us over 30 minutes to get her to give us a shot. She is already lady like. Man I love it.

We are doing great

Had another appointment on Monday and everything is going great. Lexi is growing wonderfully and she has a normal heart rate. We are able to breathe about her now. The doctor is happy with us about how well she is doing. As long as I keep to taking my drugs then everything will be just fine. We are taking a Lamaze class in December. Already am signed up for it and everything so I am not worried about that. Our next appointment is on September 16th so we are going to check my thyroid again and see how things are going. We are also going to make an appointment for our next ultrasound. We are getting close and getting happier about Lexi joining our family.

Not much longer

Well, we have hit the point where we are going to see the doctor every two weeks now. My thyroid has gone down a bit and I don't have diabetes, but I do have low iron. Now I have another pill I have to take. I am a pharmacy now. Lucky me. I thought this won't hit until I was a grandparent. Oh well, teach James early. Our next appointment is Nov. 2nd. We also went in for an ultrasound and everything looks great. She is growing just great. She is almost 3 pounds. She wasn't very happy either because we woke her up. She was kicking me up a storm. Not a happy baby. But good news is that we are on WIC now. That will help a lot. We were the last people there on Wednesday night. It was super quiet and the staff was cleaning when we were leaving. At least we have some stuff to get food. I will be eating it mostly but I don't think James is too upset. He seems to be handling it ok right now. We are excited for Thanksgiving. It will be our first as a married couple. I will be cooking dinner, which I am nervous about, but I am happy too. After Thanksgiving, we turn our heads to Christmas, which I will be making homemade potato soup and having bread bowls. A tradition I want to do. My mama started it a few years ago and I love it. The soup is so good. I just hope I can make it as well as she does. I guess we will see. At least I can call her and ask for help. She won't be able to be here but I think with her help and her being on the phone, I will be able to do it. This will be the first Christmas alone as a married couple. We are going to start our own traditions which I am happy about. But that is what is going on right now. Nothing really new yet. Hoping for pictures soon still. I need to get over this extra fat thing. I know, it is good fat. If I hear it one more time, I just might scream and I don't think James will be very happy about that. Anyways, I will keep you posted as time goes on.

Busy week

Well, I had a busy week last week. I have a cold and I had a fever at one point. I am fine now, just trying to get rid of this stupid cold, but good. James is still looking for a job. We had a few that we would be happy with but he took a little to long to fill out the application, not his fault though. He had to get a number to where he is working now and by the time he got that the jobs we were looking at were filled. He is still looking though. We are not going to give up any time soon. We have an appointment for an ultrasound today so we will see what happens. My next doctor's appointment is on Monday and we have an appointment for WIC on Wednesday. Very busy schedule right now. It won't slow down anytime soon, I know. But at least this I can handle. I am happy about. As long as I don't get nailed with something huge then I will be fine. I won't lose it to stress if nothing huge happens. At least right now, I am fine. Anyways, that is our life right now. We are just taking the punches that it throws at us and we are growing stronger. At least we can grow from everything happening right now. It is nice to know.

It has been a while

I know I haven't written for a while. We have been pretty busy with life and everything. I went to my appointment and everything is looking good. I am about to hit my every 2 weeks visits. I am doing ok. My pulse has gone down a lot, which is a good thing, and Lexi is doing just fine. We will be doing a couple more ultrasounds to make sure she is growing just fine and that she is doing ok, better safe then sorry says the doctor. We also talked about Lamaze classes and we found one we like. It is two classes, Friday night and all day Saturday. We just need to call them and get in the class. We will talk it out and get it done. It will help calm me down a bit about delivery and things like that. We can even walk the labor and delivery area and see what it looks like. That is pretty nice. We also have cable, internet and phones now. We are happy about that. We are connected to the world again. It took some time but we got there. James is going to a job fair on Wednesday. He is pretty happy about it. We are hoping that he gets something. It would be nice. Pray for him. Anyways, that is us right now. Hopefully now I can keep you all updated on what is going on. Someone asked about my pregnancy shots and I am not doing them until my belly is a bit bigger. Self conscience body and mind. When it gets better and bigger then I will post pics that show off my belly. Just letting you know.

We are feeling her

Yep. We are feeling Lexi move. It is really cool. I know it is a little late but she had some things to do to get through. But we can feel her kick and hit now. And boy does she kick and hit. If I am sitting wrong she will kick and hit me. If she doesn't like it, she will let me know. It is really funny too because James finally got to feel her too because everytime he would come to feel her she would stop moving. It was funny. But both of us have felt her and it is a wonderful feeling.

My mama

My mama sent this to me and it is freaking awesome. It made me smile. Watch it and listen to the music as well. You will see why.

Half Way There

Well, I have made it half way there. I am still having trouble but at least I shouldn't worry too much about a miscarry now. If my thyroid doesn't go down then I will worry again but I think it is going down. I have an appointment tomorrow, not with my doctor. She is on vacation. I will be with someone else so I don't know how I will be. We are hoping for nothing but good news with everything that has been going on.
James is still looking for a job. He is applying everywhere he can. The only problem is that he isn't getting any calls. It is really dumb. We are hoping to hear from someone asap. I emailed a former teacher of mine at the college and see if I can do tutoring in accounting there, even though I am not a student. I am just waiting to hear back from him.
That is our life in a nutshell. We are just living the best way we can at this point. Thanks for all your prayers and help. We appreciate it.

We are registered

We have finally finished registering for Lexi. We registered at Babies R Us and Wal-Mart. We got everything we could think of and on top of that more then we could think of. We are excited about her coming to be with us. I still have a long time to wait though. But at least we are registered.

WE HAVE A NAME

We found out yesterday that we are having a girl. Already she is being a lady because everytime we would get an ultrasound she would move away because we disturbed her beauty sleep. It also took a bit of time to find out that she was a girl because her legs were crossed most of the time. But we finally got it. Like I said we have a name as well. Her name will be Alexandrea Price, going by Lexi. We are still expecting her on January 12th. The doctor said she is right on schedule still. No problems that we are aware of, haven't gotten my thyroid test back yet, so we are doing good. She is happy and so are we. James' eyes can't stop dancing right now. It is funny actually. I know they will and then when he holds her for the first time, once again they will dance. It will be funny when we can feel her kick and hit, in other words move. They won't stop dancing again. Anyways, just informing you that read this blog. Thanks for everything everyone has done for us. We love you all.

Today we hope

Today I am going to the doctors and we are hoping to find out what we are having. James and I have been so anxious to find out and I don't know how much longer we can wait.

New video

I posted a Michael Jackson video that I love. I love the song and the meaning behind it and I have now found the music video and posted it. It is at the bottom but you should watch it and listen for the meaning.

4th of July

We had some fun on the 4th. We had a friend sleep over and she braided my hair. We are going to see Harry Potter on the 14th and I am going as Hermione and James is going as Ron. It is going to be a lot of fun. Anyways, we went swimming and we did my hair. Then we went to the place that Elisabeth nanny's and saw fireworks. It was very nice. We were very tired and still had church in the morning. We got very tired of that too. We are in nursery and the other person that was suppose to be with us this week didn't show up. We had the kids to us. At least someone can in the first hour to help but then left at the hardest part. James did the lesson and I did the snack. At least the kids love us and they were good for us. I don't know about the other people but they are good for us. Anyways, I will post pictures of the hair when we go to the show. Then it will be ready and will look good.

Birthday

I am celebrating tomorrow. I get a chance to be with friends. I dont' get to have family there but my friends are like a family so in a way I am. I am turning 28, which is old. I get a chance to go to the pool and we are going to the conference center and see my mama's art work there. She has a table here right now. Then after that...who knows. I am happy about it though.

This is what I have been doing at home since I have been on very limited activity. This is the belt I made. And yes...it does fit me.

Second shot of it.

This is the blanket I made. Hopefully our baby will fit in it.

Second shot of it.

Life in the fast lane

I guess I can say something now because we have passed this rough point but I am pregnant. Don't know what we are having yet but I am 7 weeks along and doing better. We hit a rough patch during week 6 and thought we lost the baby but still there and kicking. We have our selves a fighter. The baby is due January 12th as of right now but might come early. As soon as I can, I will put up the ultrasound pic. We really are blessed right now but unfortunalty James is still looking for a job. He is going to try a few things so hopefully it will be ok. We have medicade and church help so at least we are surviving. I will be happy once this face lane is over and it can slow down. Also, I am not able to work because I have to take it easy. Also, I am on limited things. This makes it really tough but I am getting through it. At least I am not on bed rest anymore.

Widget

I'm sorry

I haven't posted in while because of the fact that we have no internet at home right now. So what is going on right now is that we are still looking for jobs. I have slowed down a bit right now because I am trying to keep a clean house right now. James is still looking hard. We got help from the church and all we have to do is volunteer at the Bishop's Storehouse. It is a blast being there. We are having a great time. We appricate all the prayers we are getting in our behalf and we hope that we can get more until this rocky part of our marriage is gone. My grandma got really sick but it seems she is doing better now. We are going to loose her just yet. We are making sure that we do what we need to do to be healthy and happy. We love you all and thank you tons for everything you guys do for us. Even if it just prayers. Thanks again.

Dreams come true

James singing in Conference and I just found out today that my mama is going to be working in the Sacramento temple as an ordinance worker. She has wanted to do this since the temple was in thought. She is so happy to be able to work there. She is work on Saturday nights so she doesn't have change her schedule. We are so happy that she is having a dream come true.
James is singing in confernce tomorrow afternoon. He has wanted to do this since...who knows how long. He is having that dream come true. He so excited for tomorrow. I can't wait to see him up there. I don't think he will stop smiling before and after for a while.
Now the question is...when does my dream come true?

Pains

A back and a knee don't mix. Well of course not but I have found this out the hard way. I was playing with James last night and slipped on the carpet. My back went into his knee. He feels so bad. He is taking care of me but I am fine. Just some spazism but I am fine. I think it is just bruised a little and I will survive. It is very nice to have a husband that cares so much for me and I care for him just the same amount.

Busy Weekend

We just finished a visit from the family. Mama was staying with us and James' parents stayed at his grandma's. Mama came into town because she got accepted into an art competition. She had a table that got in. It is at display in the conference center. If you go see it, it is in section L. It is on display until October. We are all so happy for her. I can't wait to see it again.
James' parents came into town for a wedding. Friend of the families. We got to see them a little bit but because of things going on and life getting in the way, we only got to see them a little bit. It was great to see them too. We had Samantha with us for a bit on Friday and that was fun.
Also, my mama taught me how to cook. I cook now a lot of food and freeze it to eat later. We got a lot of food to last us at least two weeks. It was a fun and tiring weekend. Now to get James and I jobs and him graduated.

Sorry

We have been busy and trying to look for a job. We are looking hard and trying but nothing yet. We are enjoying each others company and loving being married. We want to get pregnant but we are waiting. We want at least one of us to have a job. James is working hard at school and is trying to get good grades this semester. He is really thinking about going to the U or the Y for the rest of his schooling. He has to go to school for the summer to get the classes he dropped or failed but he will do great. He is going to apply to the schools after he is almost done with summer. We know that he might not start school again till winter but we will deal with that when we get to it. But that is us in a nutshell. Sorry for the long wiat.

Not our week

Well, this just isn't our week. First James has his first migrine and now...I have the flu plus a cold on top of that. I have had it for two days now and not getting better. I hope it gets worse before its better. I am hoping I get better soon. I don't want to be down too long.

First Migrine

James has gotten his first migrine. He is ok but having a tough time staying awake but I am taking care of him. I have had them before. He is doing just fine though. Just being with me.

Our windows

These are pictures of the windows in our apartment. We are now decorated for Valentine's Day. We had it before but we just now got them sticking to the windows. I hope it lasts.

Clean apartment

Well, we got it done. The place is clean and organized. I love it and it looks great in my opinion. We did what we could with what space we had. But you can see the place now.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKP-ysd4VEU

Kings prank one of their own. If you are a kings fan or you like to pick on them you will like this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k8xSntrlU0

If you like to see broken bones you will like this basketball ankle break.

Life is all over the place

Well, we are back in Utah and trying to get on your feet at this point. He is in school right now going full time and looking for a job and keeping me sane all at the same time. I am working full time at Subway and trying to find my internship. Also we are still unpacking and trying to find time to have a house warming party here for all of our Utah friends and family. So life is going and we are trying to keep up with it. I figured I would drop a line and let you guys know what is going on.