Our Christmas Adventure

This Christmas has been a big adventure!! My parents gave us tickets to come to Utah so despite me being 36 weeks pregnant, we packed up our bags and got ready to go to the airport. While we were hanging out and waiting for our flight - we heard over the intercom that our plane had been canceled. We were shocked. I guess there was a hydrolic leak in the plane. This should have been our first sign not to come to Utah!!

So all the passengers on our flight had to exchange their tickets for a different flight. Ours didn't leave until way Late that night and instead of a direct flight we were going to have to make a layover!! We both weren't feeling very well and didn't know how we were going to stay up so late! It was going to be a long day!! So my super awesome husband went and talked to the flight attendant, told him I was pregnant and got us on a different flight that left in an hour. I was relieved. But now instead of waiting for a couple of hours, we were running through the airport trying to get our luggage and catch our flight. The airlines couldn't find our luggage for a while and were not going to let us on board. They finally gave us the OK to go about 20 minutes before our flight left. So we ran to get through security and I started getting leg cramps. So I was running/hobbling and yelling at Tyler to wait for me. One lady I passed looked at me and said "Wow, look at that pregnant woman run!" ha ha. The best part was that the music from Home Alone was playing in the airport while we were running to catch our flight. We laughed pretty hard about that. We were the last ones to get on the plane but made our flight!!!!

Okay so then we get to Utah and I still am not feeling very well. The doctor gave both me and Tyler some antibiotics before we came for bronchitis. Tyler's were starting to work but mine weren't working at all. I thought that maybe after a couple of days of relaxing I would feel better. Well we waited a couple of days and they medicine still wasn't helping. I was actually feeling worse. I was also getting worried because every time I coughed I would get a big contraction. On the 24th we finally decided that I needed to go see a doctor. The only place in Utah that would accept our insurance was the ER. So we drove over there and luckily there was no wait!

At the ER the nurse came in and told me that my blood pressure was really high - something that I have never had during my pregnancy. This made them worried so they had a lady from Labor and Delivery come down to check the baby's heart beat. Luckily the baby sounded fine. They then did a couple of different tests and found out that I had pneumonia. They told me that they could give me some new antibiotics that would help!!!!

After find out that I had pneumonia the doctor was worried because my contractions were getting stronger and stronger so he told me that they were going to wheel me up to Labor and Delivery!! My mom and Tyler were with me and were both a little nervous - they were timing my contractions and trying to help me to breath!! In the labor and delivery room the nurse strapped some belts around my stomach to track my contractions and the baby's heart beat. My contractions were coming about every 4-5 minutes and were really strong. The nurse gave me an IV and started to give me some liquids. She said that sometimes if you are dehydrated you can get contractions. Well after going through both bags of liquids my contractions were not slowing down but getting stronger! At this point, I thought we were for sure going to have the baby!

The nurse then gave me some morphine to help with the pain and told me she would come back in a couple of hours to see if I was dilating. They still weren't sure if I was in active labor. When she came back in to check I was only dilated to a 2. My contractions had now slowed down to about every 7 minutes. The nurse said the doctor wanted to see me and we would have to wait another couple of hours and get checked again. I was starving at this point and luckily the nurse let me have a Popsicle and some crackers. Well after waiting two more hours and getting checked again I was still dilated at a 2. The doctor then came in and told me I was in false labor and could go home. He said that the contractions were probably caused by the pneumonia. It was midnight when we finally left the hospital!! I was so grateful to be going home. I was also so grateful for all my family that supported me through this!! They were a big help to me!! Poor Tyler had to get up with me that night about 4 times to go to the bathroom because I couldn't sit up on my own!!

Seriously both of mine and Ty's families have been so support and helpful throughout all of this. It was a blessing to have them around us to help us through this!! Thank you to all of my family who stayed up with us at night, and prayed for us and encouraged us!! It meant the world to us! They have given us so much TLC this Christmas and have really been an amazing support.

I threw up on Christmas morning and have been feeling better each day!! I now have a little taste of what labor will feel like and know to eat a HUGE meal before I go to the hospital!! We also learned that it is probably best not to travel eight months pregnant! But most important we really were grateful for all the people around us and the love they gave to us!! We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with love! We hope your Christmas was a little less crazy than ours!!

Life Update

I thought I would write a small post and update everyone on what's going on in our lives. So far we are loving Omaha and the people here. Our ward is amazing and has been so great to us. Tyler is doing great in Law School. He studies like a horse but hopefully it will pay off. He has been putting in at least 60 hours a week of reading for school. It was hard at first to have him studying so much but we can now see the end of his first semester in sight! His first final is in 2 weeks!! YAY!!!! We can't wait to have this first semester under our belts! It has been fun to see how much he has learned. It is fun to watch his progress and see how much he likes studying the law.

My pregnancy is going great! I work at an elementary school in Omaha, and the kids are always reminding me that my stomach is getting really big!! They always looked shocked when I tell them the baby is not coming until January. ha ha. Gotta love kids!! I am 7 months pregnant now!!! It has gone so fast - I can't believe I only have two more months to go! I have had the best pregnancy. I haven't really gotten sick or been to uncomfortable. I keep expecting to wake up one day feeling awful but so far that hasn't happened!! I am hoping that this good luck will last a little longer! One of my favorite things about being pregnant is feeling the baby kick. He is starting to kick all the time!! I am so excited to meet this little guy!

Halloween

We had a really fun Halloween this year. We started off by going to a trunk-or-treat at our ward building and then went to our friends apartment for a fun party. We loved seeing all of the crazy costumes and hanging out with friends. I couldn't figure out how to flip the pictures on this so some of them are facing the wrong way. Oops!

This is our buddy Ray, Aka Santa Clause. His little boy dressed up like a reindeer. It was cute.

Our friend Ben definatley won the creepiest costume award. Doesn't he look like the guy from batman? His wife's costume was pretty sweet too.

At the Halloween Party.

We had a pumpkin carving contest.

This is our pumpkin for the contest. We had some BYU fans as judges so needless to say, we lost!!! But the pumpkin still looks beautiful and should have won!!

These guys win the best costume award!! They went all out!

Our next door neighboors, Anya and Blake.

Matt, Morgan and their cute little monkey Carter.

Some friends that Tyler met at law school, Jose and Luiz.

This was our Trunk at the trunk-or-treat.

Kids trick or treating.

Weston and his mom getting some candy. Aren't they cute?

Robinhood and a Ninja.

We went as Mary Poppins and a Chimney Sweep. Our friends went as Storm and the wolverine. I love her hair!

This is how serious trunk-or-treaters decorate their cars. The mouth on this trunk even moved up and down. We have a long way to go to get to their level!!

A cute couple in our ward. Love thier costumes!!

It was so fun to be with some great friends this Halloween. It really was such a fun day and really memorable. We hope you had as much fun as we did!

Ultra Sound Pics

He's Flexible! You can see his tiny feet right up close to his face!

His arm


Another profile

Baby close up shot :)

What a day it was finding out that we are having a boy!!! I will never forget it!

26 Weeks

So here is what 26 weeks looks like. I'm getting a little bigger and the baby is kicking harder! It's been fun to feel him more. The baby loves to start kicking as soon as I lay down - convenient right :) But Tyler has sure gotten a "kick" out of it. It's been really fun!!! I start into my third trimester in one week. The countdown is on! We even watched these "lamaze breathing" clips on tv! We can't believe it is coming so close...We are super excited!!!

We are having a.....

We went to the doctor's this week and found out what we are having!! It looks like the votes were pretty close but most of you thought that we are having a girl! Both of our families also guessed that we are having a girl. When we went to the ultra sound the first picture we saw was the profile picture. We then saw that we are having a little BOY!! We are so excited and can't wait for him to join our family! We both thought that it was a girl so we were a little surprised. During the ultra sound our little baby was doing flips and summersaults and moving like crazy. I am sure he is going to be just like Tyler!! It is going to be wild at our house!! But we are super super excited to have a boy!!

Boy or girl?

As many of you know we are expecting our first child in January!!! We get to find out if we are having a boy or a girl this week. Last week we were pretty sure it was a boy but this week we are thinking maybe it's a girl. What do you think? We put a poll on here so that everyone can take a guess!! It will be fun to see what everyone else thinks! I'll update this on Friday and let everyone know what we are having!!!! Until then.. is it a boy or girl?

About Omaha

I was going to do a post on all the fun things we have done this summer but realized that all of our pictures are on Tyler's computer. So that will have to wait for another day. But I thought it would be fun to share some of the things I have noticed about Omaha. Here is a little list:

1. The Humidity!! It gets so hot and sticky here. Seriously it is hard to go outside for longer than thirty minutes. But luckily it is starting to cool down during the nights.

2. Sakata bugs. These are also known as locust bugs. They make the loudest noises. Seriously they are like crickets on steroids. They are mostly around during July, August, and September, so we only have 1 more month with them. You get used to them after a while though.

3. Fireflies. I had never seen a firefly before I moved out here! They are so neat!! One of our favorite things to do is sit on our porch and watch the fireflies at night.

4. Bunnies and squirrels in our front yard!! I have never seen so many bunnies and squirrels live in residential areas. When I take Tyler to school in the morning there is always a little squirrel sitting on our front lawn. They are really cute. I guess some places here even have peacocks randomly walk across their lawns. That has been pretty fun to see!

5. The roads in Omaha are not the best! Enough said.

6. It is so different not seeing an LDS church on every corner. Our stake center is about 20-30 minutes away. But the members here are so strong and are so nice and welcoming.

7. There are lots and lots of cornfields here. I have never seen cornfields that are so big! The corn here is delicious because it is all local! I think we have had corn with almost all of our dinners!!

8. They have RUNZA in omaha. Never heard of it? I hadn't either. RUNZA is a hamburger place kind of like a Mcdonalds or Wendy's. They are all over the place. We have yet to try one but it seems like it is really popular around here.

9. The fortune 500 companies are huge here. My favorite one is owned by Berkshire and Hathaway. It is a big store called the Nebraska Furniture Mart. It is the biggest furniture store in the country!!! It is like a Wal-Mart times five. The fun part about it, is it is set up like a fast food place. After you have selected the piece of furniture you want, all you have to do is drive up to this speaker and tell them your order number. Then you pull up a little bit and they will bring the furniture out to you and put it in your car for you. And if you don't have a car big enough, then they can still deliever it to your house for you. It seriously is sweet.

10. Omaha has lots of fun parks and trails to walk on. The temple is beautiful here and the visitors center is awesome. The Missouri river is also right by Omaha, so you can cross it and be in Iowa in about 10 minutes.

We have really liked living here so far! So far law school is going good and I have a couple of interviews lined up for jobs! YEAH!!! We hope everyone back home is doing good!!! We love you all!

Our Home is Now Omaha

"All Our Bags Are Packed, We're Ready to Go"

Leaving Utah was hard becuase we will miss all of our

Friends and Family!!! We love you guys!!!

A BIG thank you to everyone who helped us move.

Omaha...Here we come! Driving through the miles and miles of corn fields was amazing.

This picture, however, is of a giant sunflower patch. What a sight to see :)

This is our new home! And this is the fun part - the Baby's Room!

And its dresser.

Tyler got all of his stuff put in with the kid, in the Baby's Room, because he is still a Kid at Heart!

Hopefully he doesn't get too distracted while studying :)

Our family room.

And where I do most of my business - the Kitchen!

We are loving it so far here in Omaha, Nebraska. The people have been great to us and there is a lot of fun stuff to do so Tyler and I will have fun date nights on the weekends when he is not in school. The heat is pretty bad though, but it is beginning to cool down - phew :) Outside our apartments there are these nasty bugs called Sequedas. They sound a constant buzzing like crickets but on steroids! Tyler has Law School Orientation this Thursday so we are trying to make every moment count until he starts! Classes start the following Monday with his first class being Constitutional Law - Yikes! Glad it's him and not me :) :) I get to stay home once I have the baby and play!!! Really, I am currently looking for a job. I will work for about four months until we have our baby and then the fun/parenting begins.

We miss everyone! Keep in touch!

Exciting News!!!

We are going to have a baby!!!! We are so excited!!! When we first found out we were pregnant we were able to get an ultrasound and see the little baby! It was such a neat experience. We got to see the baby's little heartbeat. The doctor said the baby was about the size of a tic tac. I am about 2 months pregnant and due January 21st. We are so blessed and excited to be able to become parents!!! Luckily the pregnancy has been pretty easy so far. I haven't thorwn up or anything!!! Hopefully it stays this way! I'll put pictures up when we get to see the ultrasound and find out what we are having!!!

Our trip to Omaha

We had so much fun visiting Omaha and Creighton University!!! It really is such an awesome place! We are so excited taht we are going to be living here for the next three years!!! It should be a really fun adventure!!!!! We are lucky to be going to such a great place.

This is a bridge that crosses over the Missouri River

Ty

In two cities at once!!! Omaha is about ten minutes away from Iowa. Ya baby!!

I didn't know how to flip this picture but this is Tyler on campus.

Inside the cathedral that's on campus. The school has a mass every friday for all of the Jesuit students.

The cathedral on campus.

This statue was on campus. There are lots of status similiar to this all over campus.

In the middle of downtown Omaha, there is a park dedicated to the pioneers that came across the plains. It was really neat. This is a picture of one of the statues there.

This really showed how hard it must have been to come across the plains. The pioneers really were amazing.

We were so lucky to be able to see this!!! It really hit home how much our pioneer ancestors did for us!!!

The Library. This is going to be Ty's second home.

The law Library

The entrance to the Law Library

Omaha

Creighton University

Watch out Korver

Creighton - home of the blue Jays

Whoops! I aciddently put this on twice!