My cousin Suzonne Stirling has written these great books for crafts and decorating baby and childrens rooms. Check them out...you can get them on Amazon.com!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
We Are in Utah and Everyone has a Baby Bump!
We are finally back in Utah and moved into our new townhouse in The Villas - Sandy, UT. It was not an easy move, but we got here and Blake is finally done doing summer sales for APX. Out townhouse is great and our ward is amazing! It is a small ward for Utah only about 250 members. It covers our townhouses and the apartments next to us. So, as you can image in it all people our age or retired...just about with a few exceptions! Last week I got called to be the Young Women's 2nd Counselor. There are only 5 young women in the ward and I'm just so excited! I cannot even wait...I just feel like there is so much I have to give and so much I have to learn. I just want to give it all I got! Blake was called to be the secretary for Sunday School. So, he is mainly in charge of taking role for all the classes, which is not easy in this ward. He has to know everyone's name because it is not good to pass the role during class. The bishop wants everyone to know they are welcome and that we know who they are. I think it's great! And, Blake is great with names and remembering people. Our bishop is great and greeting me about three days after I moved in. He told me about the ward and our neighbors. Then about three more neighbors left notes on our door and other sent emails to welcome us. It is so neat that this ward is so welcoming! Blake was also called to be a home teacher. The ward has had 100% home teaching for the past two years! That is really amazing and I think we will learn a lot about serving in this ward and really grow. We are excited!
We are still slowly unpacking because that is really something we both hate doing. We have more clothes than we ever thought and not enough furniture to fit. It is just too bad that I cannot fit in most of my clothes right now! So, once we save up hopefully we can get this place looking good! We have a great patio for BBQing and a great path for walking. The baby's room is perfect and we have already used some of our wedding gift cards for bedding from Pottery Barn, our splurge! The colors are baby blue, darker green, white, and brown...I love it and so does Blake....check it out below this entry.
We both have new jobs. I'm working for Professional Installation Service our of South Jordan. It is a very small business that installs draperies in hotels all over the world. It is actually the biggest company that does this in the nation. I arrange all their travel and do some other clerical type work. My official title is "Office Manager". It is neat working for a small business because you really see how things work. I'm getting them organized and have a great schedule. I was worried about finding a job with being 6 months pregnant, but they welcomed me with open arms! They are extremely family friendly and only about 3 minutes from our townhouse. I can work from home when I need to...its great! Blake is working for APX at their inside sales department, still selling home security! He likes it a lot even though he has to drive to Provo every day. He likes to stay closer to red territory!
Being pregnant is not all that bad in my opinion thus far, other than I have no control over my body growth sometimes. My cousin Laura told me that it is Heavenly Father's way of making us less vain! Thanks Laura! He still is not moving too much, but I guess he might just be comfortable or something. I have a great new doctor I went to about two weeks ago and he said that I was measuring big! I told him that my husband is six foot six and that I'm having a giant baby...he just laughed...I'm serious though! He is measuring about two weeks ahead of what he is suppose to be...don't worry...he's not overweight...just long! We have registered at BabiesRUs which has the best stuff! I know that they do not have very many in Louisiana, but you can order it online and have it shipped cheaper than shipping it yourself! I wish I could be home to show everyone my tummy getting bigger! My dad is so excited about his first grandson! He only got girls...so he is so excited! I say in the title that everyone has a baby bump because three of Blake's cousin's are pregnant too...Laura (due in November), Angie (due on Christmas), and Jessica (due in May). So, our baby will have lots of cousin almost his age. Laura is having a boy and Angie is having a girl. My cousin Jenny just had a boy in February too...so our baby will not be lonely!
We are still slowly unpacking because that is really something we both hate doing. We have more clothes than we ever thought and not enough furniture to fit. It is just too bad that I cannot fit in most of my clothes right now! So, once we save up hopefully we can get this place looking good! We have a great patio for BBQing and a great path for walking. The baby's room is perfect and we have already used some of our wedding gift cards for bedding from Pottery Barn, our splurge! The colors are baby blue, darker green, white, and brown...I love it and so does Blake....check it out below this entry.
We both have new jobs. I'm working for Professional Installation Service our of South Jordan. It is a very small business that installs draperies in hotels all over the world. It is actually the biggest company that does this in the nation. I arrange all their travel and do some other clerical type work. My official title is "Office Manager". It is neat working for a small business because you really see how things work. I'm getting them organized and have a great schedule. I was worried about finding a job with being 6 months pregnant, but they welcomed me with open arms! They are extremely family friendly and only about 3 minutes from our townhouse. I can work from home when I need to...its great! Blake is working for APX at their inside sales department, still selling home security! He likes it a lot even though he has to drive to Provo every day. He likes to stay closer to red territory!
Being pregnant is not all that bad in my opinion thus far, other than I have no control over my body growth sometimes. My cousin Laura told me that it is Heavenly Father's way of making us less vain! Thanks Laura! He still is not moving too much, but I guess he might just be comfortable or something. I have a great new doctor I went to about two weeks ago and he said that I was measuring big! I told him that my husband is six foot six and that I'm having a giant baby...he just laughed...I'm serious though! He is measuring about two weeks ahead of what he is suppose to be...don't worry...he's not overweight...just long! We have registered at BabiesRUs which has the best stuff! I know that they do not have very many in Louisiana, but you can order it online and have it shipped cheaper than shipping it yourself! I wish I could be home to show everyone my tummy getting bigger! My dad is so excited about his first grandson! He only got girls...so he is so excited! I say in the title that everyone has a baby bump because three of Blake's cousin's are pregnant too...Laura (due in November), Angie (due on Christmas), and Jessica (due in May). So, our baby will have lots of cousin almost his age. Laura is having a boy and Angie is having a girl. My cousin Jenny just had a boy in February too...so our baby will not be lonely!
My family is back safe in their homes in Louisiana. I know they were in your thoughts and prays and I appreciate it! They did not have any damage and hopefully won't get hit by this next one coming up.
Well, it has been a long summer with Blake working super hard everyday selling alarms. I'm glad that we can both be on a normal schedule for once and not have to travel all the time. We can finally just be with each other and have dinner at a normal time every night. It is the little things we take for granted sometimes! We are just so excited to sit down at night and watch TV together! We are totally inseparable right now...we just love each other so much.
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