We are Having A....

BABY!!!!
hahaha, anyways I have now had three Ultrasound on three different days with three different Tech's and they all say that I am having a GIRL!!! I am still really early and there is a chance that our little baby is being shy and doesn't want to show anything "extra" right now. But most likely our baby is a Girl. I go back in again in a week to check again because I can. I will let you know about any changes. Thanks for playing in my poll.

BOY OR GIRL

Many of you know that I work in an OBGYN office, therefore I have the chance of finding out the Gender of our little one sooner then most. On Monday 10/5 I get to have an ultrasound and we are going to try to find out if we are having a girl or a boy. I want to have a poll and see who and how many people guessed right.
Here is some information to help with your predication's:

1- I love fruit, watermelon, grapes, oranges, raspberries, strawberries, fruit juice, I love it all.
2- For the first few weeks I loved bacon cheese burgers, and mashed potato's but not so much at the moment.
3- The Chinese gender chart says it will be a boy.
4- I do not have morning sickness at all.
5- The ring test spins in a circle indicating a girl.

Hopefully that helps you a little bit. Please place your guesses.

Arizona Trip

Donn is all about finding deals online... but there is a reason this hotel was only 3.50 per night. We liked to call it the Murder inn. Yes they were just remodeling but it was frighting. We get to our room and it said it was handicap accessible. HA!! Lets just say the bathroom was the size of a
stall. I mean you had to do like a six point turn to shut the door. Also since I am speaking of the bathroom, when we first walked into our room, I went to use the bathroom. Long behold there is a spider sitting on the back of the toilet. Not a good second impression. (First impression was what you see in the pictures.) We had a while to settle in before we need to go anywhere Donn wanted to watch some football and I was going to read. Sounds simple enough right? Wrong!! Out of 4 lights in the room 2 of them worked and so sitting on the bed reading was out of the question cause I didn't have enough light. Donn goes to get the remote to watch TV...no remote. He looks in all the drawers and under the bed...bad idea. The bed was completely broken ever board on the bottom was busted. Oh my. Anyways no remote. So we decided to head to our next stop, the Mesa temple. Picture are out of order oh well. The Temple was great,
I love being able to go to different Temples. After the Temple we wanted dinner but we didn't wanna wear our nice Sunday clothes. So we drove toward the restaurant we found a quiet little neighborhood next to it. What we did next I am not fully proud of. But we changed in the car. I am not even joking right as we were almost done a dad and son come out of their house and like 5 cars came in. Oops! Anyways dinner was amazing best spinach queso dip EVER.

Sunday morning we woke up to go to the free breakfast. Oh my my my. We walk into the lobby and see no food. "Is breakfast over?" we asked "no" replied the clerk lady "there is still A muffin left." We look over in the box and there is ONE mini muffin sitting in there. "would you like me to get another one" said the lady. I burst out laughing and said "no I think I want more then a mini muffin for breakfast we will go else where."

We then went to the Cardinals football game, it was really fun, but sadly they lost. We have been to 5 NFL games 4 wins and 1 loss.

Here is a Picture of the tailgating party it was fun and there were so many people there.

This is the stadium from the outside, it looks strange but the inside is really nice. Plus the roof is retractable.

This is us at the Mesa Temple, no Angel Moroni here. Question how many Temple don't have Angel Moroni?

PS: For those of you that do not know Donn and I are going to have a baby. I am due in April.

FSA (Family's Supporting Adoption)

Over the weekend I had the great opportunity to attend a conference up in Layton. It was a FSA conference. I learned a lot from the speakers and it gave me new perspective on adoption. I have always been a huge advocate for adoption, but I learned how to approach other people better. Hopefully this will all make sense when I am finished. The best way to explain this is to share with you my story.

I was 19 years old when I found out I was pregnant. I was attending college to become a medical assistant and was in my 3 month there. It was also 3 months before mine and my boyfriends two year anniversary. Many things took place after that moment of finding out I was going to have a baby. But that is not really why I am writing this blog.

The real story starts when I was about 3 months along. I started seeing a counselor at LDS Family Services, she (Connie) changed my world. I wanted to get information on single parenting, because I thought that is what I should do. However, she gave my information on single parenting, and Adoption. I began to realize that I couldn't be a single parent at 19 and go to school and work and take good care of this baby. I looked more into adoption and it just felt right. My parents always thought adoption was the best choice but it took time for me to feel right about it too. When I finally decided that was the right thing for the baby I told Connie my decision. I browsed through some profiles of some great couples that were anxiously waiting to be blessed with a child. When I found Brad and Sally I just knew that my little baby was meant to go to them. It took a lot of prayers and a lot of faith but we found each other.

I announced the news to them on Mothers day 2004, I wish I could have seen their faces when they heard that they were picked. I instantly felt a very strong bond and connection with them. We set up are first face to face a few days later. I was so nervous walking through that door the first time, but they made me feel so loved and apart of their family. We got along great and had a lot in common, except they root for byu and I am a Utes girl.

Through out the pregnancy we wrote back and forth I kept them posted on the pregnancy and they learned about me. They put together a Life book for the baby so he would know all about me.

On Oct 17 2004 I gave birth to a beautiful baby Boy (who they named Tyler Joseph) 9lbs 9.11oz
Then Oct 20th Brad and Sally got their very first child, and I said goodbye to my son. At that moment on he became their son. That was by far the hardest day of my life, but also one of the best.

We do have a open adoption and I get to be involved with their family and I am so grateful for them and the wonderful examples of faith, determination, partnership, parenthood, and strength. I love them a lot.

So here is how the conference helped me. People always ask me "do you have kids?" I have struggled with answering that question. Cause yes I gave birth but no I don't 'Have' him. Does that make sense? Anyways I have learned that I can simply say "Well I am a Birth mom" if they need more information they can ask. But I am proud of who I am, A BIRTH MOM!

The reason I posted this is because I want to help the world understand that adoption is awesome and a blessing, and I want to be able to help other birth moms, or adoptive couples.
If you know anyone who needs to talk send them my way.

House and Keke's Birthday

So here is the kitchen now.

This is our Dining room.

The living room... funny store with the furniture. We went to RC Willey to pick it out, You know how they have them pre laid out in a "living room set" well being Mrs. picky I didn't like any one set. So I asked if I could mix and match sets. I was told no. I said okay well then I don't want any cause I don't like any set. He went and got special permission from the manager, and came back and said OK, you can mix and match. So I did. The couches are from one set, the tables from another and the lamps from another(lamps not pictured) hehehe I like being difficult.

So those that know me really well know I love Flamingos, so yes I did a flamingo bathroom.

The Master Bedroom.
No pictures have been hung up yet so it looks bare. But I love my bittersweet dark chocolate wall. :)

These pictures are mess up but for my friend Keke's birthday, me, jenny, and Keke went and got pedicures here or my toes after. The Heart Tattoo is real the superman tattoo is fake. Jenny and Keke got on too, but sadly I don't have pictures.

This is the birthday princess KEKE we made her wear the Tiara all night long, and a bottom that said "IT'S MY B-DAY"

Here is Jenny and Keke in the process of getting there toes done. We had a great time.

FREE FISHING DAY!

Saturday June 6th 2009 was free fishing day, now as you all probably know I don't fish. However my Husband was very excited about going, so being the wonderful wife I am, I agreed to go with him. Well, Donn likes to fish but we had no fishing equipment, so he ran up to K-mart (yes K-mart) and bought a fishing pole, just one cause my dad has one, he also bought worms, hooks and stuff. He got home and had to drag me out of bed. Granted it was noon. Then we loaded up all the gear and some chairs and headed out. So we get to the pond and Donn starts getting everything ready and realizes that one of the fishing poles didn't have a reel on it. OOPS. So now we are left with the cheap one from k-mart.
This pond is in south jordan by the river bottoms.

Here are the poor guys we used to try and lure the fish to us.

So we decided to take turns, Donn taught me how to cast and such, that part was fun... but then you just sit and wait. And wait. And wait. And wait some more.

Here is proof that I actually tried, I put forth effort to do something different. Are we proud of me?

After 2 hours and tangled fishing line we didn't catch anything, but a dead fish did decided to float right in front of us for 45 mins that was fun. Since we didn't catch any dinner Donn had to eat the remaining worms cause he was so hungry.

I don't really like to fish, but I did enjoy spending time with Donn.

Our First Home!!

Saturday May 15 2009 I received a phone call from my realtor saying that a house Donn and I had put an offer on accepted our offer. We now have to do paper work and a that jazz but we close on June 14th then we can start moving in. It needs a little yard work, a fence and some cleaning and maybe a fresh coat of paint but here it is...





Girls try not to be jealous but this is my closet. Oh sweet heavens. I haven't figured out where Donn stuff is going to go yet. Oh well!!


This is the living room.

My beautiful kitchen. I LOVE my kitchen.

I will post more pictures once we move in.

Ps: the house is in Herriman