I've been tagged!

So my cousin Jenny tagged me so I had to go to the 4th picture folder and post the 4th photo in that folder. So that folder happened to be the pictures we put together of Robert and I growing up for our wedding video. This is Robert as a 1 year old.

So now I get to tag 4 people, I choose Brittany Nelson, Dondra, Sara Trujillo, and Paula Jean.

Babys First Ultrasound!

So here is our first baby picture.  I was 12 weeks when they did this ultrasound and now I am 13 weeks so the baby hasn't changed much.  I am going in again at the end of the month so maybe we will be able to see if it's a boy or a girl.  The ultrasound tech said that they may be able to determine the sex in the 15th or 16th week and I guess we will see if he is right.  Every where else I have looked said that it has to be in the 18th-20th month, of course, I am hoping for sooner.  

Big News!

Well we were going to keep it on the down low until I reached 12 weeks but we never got that far.  I have never been very good at keeping secrets, especially my own.  So now that so many people know, I guess we better just blog it.  So I am 9 weeks pregnant!  Robert and I are very excited.  It was a bit of a surprise since I went off birth control on August 7th and became pregnant 14 days later.  I was expecting it to take longer but I guess everybody is different.  We are hoping for a boy to start off our family but it seems that everyone who finds out I am pregnant thinks I am having a girl.  I guess only time and the ultrasound will tell.  I will be ecstatic no matter what I have, I have always wanted to be a mom and now I will have my chance.  It's really scary to think of how much our life will change when the baby is born but we agreed to wait until we had been married for two years before we started a family and the 2 years is up.

I know that the big question on most women’s minds is: Am I sick?  Well the answer is….. a little.  If I don’t eat little meals throughout the day then I get annoyingly nauseous so I usually keep little snacks with me.  Although, lately it really hasn’t been that bad so maybe I am on the downward slope that leaves nausea behind.  I am at a stage where I am just fat, or at least I feel fat.  My clothes are getting tight but it would be ridiculous for me to wear maternity clothes.  I am in a between stage that just makes me look like I am gaining weight and I probably am but I am trying to eat healthier food since I have to eat more during the day and health food is not always convenient and it’s kind of expensive.  So anyway I am glad everyone can know now, I hate keeping secrets and really if anyone asked me point blank if I was pregnant (which no one would) I would have told them the truth.  Now Robert on the other hand, he has probably lied to a few people, but don’t blame him.  He was only trying to carry out my wishes.  The only reason we kept it from people was just in case I miscarried.  I had heard so many stories from my friends of how they lost their first baby and I got paranoid but whatever happens is what is meant to happen but hopefully I won’t have to blog later about bad news.  So here’s hoping!

Lets Try This Again!

So I really don't like how messed up our blog got. Our posts were really out of order and Robert finally learned how to fix it so now all our fans can look at our blog with more ease.

Anyway, we are doing well right now. School just started back up and I am really excited this semester since it is the most laid back semester I have had in a long time. The only bad part is that mine and Robert's schedules are totally opposite so we don't have many opportunties to see each other durning the week. It's only for 4 months though and we will deal with it the best we can. On a brighter note though, I have really great teachers, for the most part and they have kept the work load at a doable pace this semester. My internshiph this semester is at Catalina Ventura Elementary School which is really weird because that is the same school that Robert is doing his internship at (only he gets paid for it!). It was totally random that it worked out this way but we really don't see each other there since I do morning internships and he does afternoon internships. This will be my last semester of book work and next semester I will be doing my student teaching. I am excited to finally be done with school. It is so expensive and I am done giving ASU all my money. I haven't really decided what grade I want to teach. I have always said 1st or 2nd grade but now that I have interned twice in a 6th grade class I guess I wouldn't mind 5th or 6th grade either. I guess only time will tell.....

Robert is hoping to become a certified speech language pathology assistant by the end of this semester so that he can get as much experience as possible for the most amount of money possible before he gets his bachelors degree as an SLP. I am so proud of the way he has hit school running he loves what he is going into and seached all summer for an intership that would help him both in his classes and his pocket book. Catalina Ventura has proved so far to be a great opportunity for us and Robert enjoys the children and his coworks. Robert should graduate with his bachelors in January of 2010 which I am sure will fly by. He will try to stay on with Catalina as a SLP as he works toward a Masters degree. He will try to get into the partnership program where he can take night school and work full time. This way he will get lots of experience at a bachelors level during his 3 year masters patnership program.

Robert and I are very excited for the years to come and what life will bring us along the way. We are trying very hard to make a good life for our future family and we have set many goals for ourselves that we are very optimistic about. We are greatful for the support of our family and friends and hope you all enjoy whatching our life as it unfolds through our blog. Just as we will enjoy watching yours!

Fall of 08, First week

My first real semester at ASU started this last monday. I say real because I had a summer class but...........that didnt really count. Ok, so I am taking the shuttle from ASU west to main campus which saves me loads on gas and only takes around 30-40 minutes, however the main drawback is having to get there 25-30 minutes before the bus is to leave or else you'll be among the 20-25 people standing in the aisle. No joke! I got there the other day 25 minutes early and was in the middle of the "first to get on mob" and got a set at the very back of the bus. The day after I was running late and hurred to the bus before this girl that arrived around the same time I did and we both got on and only one other person behind her and the doors shut. A disabled person came and everyone that was standing had to get off because some people were filling the space that is saved for a wheel chair. So he got on and all the aisle people pushed and shoved back in and the girl that got on with me didn't make it on the second time, the doors shut and there was nothing that could be done after. I felt so bad for her because she was on the first time. I didnt want to look through the glass into her eyes, I felt like I was one of the last people to get a life raft off of the titanic. But what I hear is that after the two week mark people drop classes and get fed up with the bus system thus alliviating space on the bus. Or so I hope.
The classes I am in so far are a breeze and not to mention that my laptop makes taking and organizing notes a breeze, it even makes it more enjoyable to study. Though I didn't know that all of this would give me extra work. Because my notes are so nice and complete a freind or two are kicking back in class and have me email them the notes, I think I am going to start charging.
I also have an update on my internship.....I got it!!!!! Today was my third day in my internship. I am under a CCC-SLP that graduated 2 years ago from ASU and knows my teachers and at least one remembers her. So, I am the one giving the therapy to the kids and she takes notes, like the therapy notes on the children. (Look its Mister Robert, thats what the kids call me at school)


At the end of the semester Ill have my Speech Language Therapy Assistant certification and I will be able to give therapy with out supervision. I am stoked about what is going on in my life and the potential of my future.

Im back

So I have been told that I am in desperate need to update my blog, and my stereotypical answer was "I dont have time" and that would still be my answer if I hadn't got my new laptop. My laptop makes it possible to update my blog where ever I want. I really dont know if getting a new laptop is worth having to update my blog more frequent, but whatever. Oh the laptop that I am reffering to is my new 6 cell MSI Wind that just came in the mail 2 days ago.
Anyway, so has everyone seen my hot new wifes new hair style? I know you all (especially women) have to respond "I love it" when asked but honestly tell me what you all think so in 2 months when she wears me down and I finally say its ok if she wants to go back I have a rebuttle that at least my make her think twice about the decision she is embarking on because once she goes back to her hair color rut she will never leave it again. Oh, btw, she dyed it because I have been telling her that I wanted her too. I was at home doing something and she walked in and I had to look twice at the stranger that had walked into my home. It was a nice surprises.
So I talked about my new laptop, my wifes new due......what else has happened....... Oh, we got a new T.V.! We had a flat screen 42' plasma that we were borrowing from my in laws while the were in between houses living at Becky's parents home. Well the inevitable day arrived when we moved them into their house and they took our T.V. So we logically had to buy another one right? LOL, at least that is the logic we used. School is starting monday, and today I went into the school district to sign the hire on papers, so its official. For everyone that doesn't know I landed a paid Speech Assistnant internship and after this semester Ill be a certified SLPA (Speech Language Pathologist Assistant) Only thing pending is the 100 hours I will accumulate the first semester and I have to send in my college credits that pertain to my degree and if, after this semester, I have 20 or more hours Ill receive my certificate, which really just means a pay increase of anywhere from 2-7 dollars an hour depening on the district I work for. All this is so that I will, with my GPA I'm planning on getting, Ill be a shoe in when it comes time to apply for my masters degree. Ill have 6 months to a 1 year internship, and 1 year of paid experience being an SLPA ontop of my what then will be 4 years of working with kids. So all of my teachers say that my plan will look really good on a resume.
You know what is probably the latest and greatest event that is happening today? Its moms BIRTHDAY!! Happy Birthday mom!!!

I really should

Update this more often. The truth of the matter is I was intrigued by the idea of a blog, but what I have come to realize is that blogging, be it a family or a personal blog, it is much like keeping a journal and we all know how that goes. But I really still do like the idea though. Enough excuses. So this weekend is Easter which means this semester is half over, it also means we just finished our one year anniversary and our spring break.......WOW......where has the time gone? This spring break wasn't too eventful. Though we did clean our house up a little and re-arrange our computer room. Oh, and my PSY290 teacher posted our midterm test we took the last day of class before spring break on the net the Sunday following the exam. Just to warn everyone I studied a good two weeks, maybe I'm exaggerating it might have been a week, for this test and he posted a 59.5 out of 100 points for me. I was devastated. After devastation wore off, 2 minutes max, I started reviewing my options. The next day he emailed me and told me that he posted the wrong grade for me "and the good news is that the new grade is higher" he said. I was hoping for a 70 and it was an 87.5. I was pleased. And left me thinking "how could you do that the 8 is no where near the 5 on the keyboard". Anyway, that was that. Now on to the completion of our first year of marriage. I almost forgot. When I was dating my wife she briefly mentioned that she liked fine dinning. For me that was 15 maybe 20$ a plate. With that in mind listen to what we did for our anniversary, that needless to say was planned by my wife because I didn't know that outside of Hollywood things like this existed. We went to a restaurant were we had to have reservations, we get there and are told to wait, so we stand near the hostess to wait and she says "no..no you can look around or go to the downstairs bar and we will find you". We leave and do so. So we are on a hill over looking what must of been either Phoenix or Scottsdale. Walk around some fireplaces, people lounging around being served by the bartender. And it wasn't 15 minutes till a waiter found and beckoned us to the restaurant. I sit down and there were 3-4 glasses and sets of silverware for us. Okay, so until now it sounds like a normal fancy restaurant. Well what happened between meals I have never seen, not even in Hollywood. We finish our appetizers and a guy comes over, takes our plates and says let me get those for you. I look around wondering what he was referring to and before I knew it he was scooping off our crumbs from off our table. Have you ever been so perturbed by crumbs you felt like a waiter should come take them away? Me neither. But Ill tell you what, now that I have experienced it I wouldn't have it any other way. The restaurant was very nice, it also suited the occasion.......and only the occasion (meaning once a year at most). You know.B.M. (Before Marriage) this one first year was referred to as the "Bumpy one". Well now this year is up I am looking back searching for the bumps. The other people that I had heard this from most have been really picky people searching their first year with a fine comb and a microscope because I really don't know what they were talking about.......Gotta go....To be continued

My wife a.k.a superwomen

This is the love of my life. We have been married for nearly a year (a year in march) and she still continues to amaze me daily. Right now she is attending ASU west and is finishing up her first year in her Elementary Ed. program. The program keeps her busy with not only homework but 10 intern hours per week. This piled on top of her 25 hr work week at Rainbow Play Systems and not to mention her nursery calling makes her a very proficient and busy women.

My Husband

This is my husband Robert if you haven't noticed already he is the brains behind this blog but we decided to introduce each other so this is one of the few times you will probably hear from me. Right now Robert is working towards his bachelors degree in Speech Hearing and Science and then will go on to get his masters in Speech Therapy and maybe his doctorates in Audiology (we'll see). He works at Direct Care Personal where he habilitates children with special needs. He is currently serving in the young men’s at our church. His job, schooling, calling, and wife keep him pretty busy. Robert is the most amazing husband. He cleans, never procrastinates, and he adores me. He has never said a mean word to me and actually he compliments me constantly, so I am living the dream life. Robert is kind hearted, he is on top of all his priesthood duties, I never have to remind him of FHE (sometimes he has to remind me!), he always remembers scripture study at the close of our day, he respects me and loves me and so much more! I don't know what I ever did with out him. I never knew married life could be so wonderful. It is amazing how your love for someone can grow so rapidly but it really has in this past year. This is a really exciting time in our lives, we have our whole future ahead of us and I am so thankful that I get to spend eternity with Robert by my side.

 

 

If you think it doesn't look like much now you should of saw it about two months ago. The outside remains unchanged but the inside we sure did a number on. All of the flooring in the trailer....I mean our home had to be taken out and redone and to save a couple bucks we, and when I say we I mean Becky, had to take it all out ourselves. I didn't know that Becky had a back round in construction, though I should of figured, but she sure did know what to do and when it had to be done. I thought that taking the flooring out was a difficult task, little did I know about the pain, excuse me, the painting that was in store, which of course had to be done before the new flooring was in. The "flip that house" project took about a month, probably a little over, to finish. But the solitude that we receive is, in comparison, nothing when looking back at the effort we put in. It has really turned into our dream come true.

 

This is our guest bedroom that is really a computer room for now, but Becky has great plans for it becoming a future nursery. I posted just the corner because I wanted to show off the lines that were a pain to make look good.
This is the guest bathroom, and I don't know how Becky chose the colors, but it came out pretty good I think.

This is our bedrrom, don't you love the strips. Word to the wise, if you'r wife ever gives you on option of either strips or say wall paper, opt for the wallpaper.







And this is our loud master bathroom

Well....where do I begin. The story of Becky and I is kind of unique, however, I will summarize it the best I can for everyone. When I first got off of my mission (Aug of 05) I worked construction then shortly thereafter I worked at the closest place that would hire me as possible because I had no ride. The place that finally took a chance on me was the neighborhood Frys and I worked in the meat dept. As I was saving up for a car I was also going to school, institute and I was the gospel doctrines teacher at church. Well I hoodwinked Becky into going to the institute every Wed. night to a swing dance class. That was the best I could do at the time because I had no car, then eventually I got a car, then the girl, then the ring and got her to say yes. From hello to yes took a year to accomplish and has since been my greatest feat yet.

Well....where do I begin. The story of Becky and I is kind of unique, however, I will summarize it the best I can for everyone. When I first got off of my mission (Aug of 05) I worked construction then shortly thereafter I worked at the closest place that would hire me as possible because I had no ride. The place that finally took a chance on me was the neighborhood Frys and I worked in the meat dept. As I was saving up for a car I was also going to school, institute and I was the gospel doctrines teacher at church. Well I hoodwinked Becky into going to the institute every Wed. night to a swing dance class. That was the best I could do at the time because I had no car, then eventually I got a car, then the girl, then the ring and got her to say yes. From hello to yes took a year to accomplish and has since been my greatest feat yet.