3D Ultrasound

Well the baby is coming in a few days so I figured that I better stop procrastinating with my blog.  Here are the 3D ultrasound pics that I had done like 7 weeks ago.  Who do you think she looks like, me or Robert?

Not really sure why her eye is popping out on the bottom left picture but I'm sure it has something to do with the fluid around her when the picture was taken.  As for the bottom right picture, not really sure if her nose actually looks like that.   I guess we will know soon enough!

Baby Shower Time!!!!

I had my baby shower a few weeks ago.  It was so great!  Here are a few pictures of all the merriment!  I am at 30 weeks in these pictures and now I am at 33 weeks, I can't believe how fast the pregnancy is going by!

My sister Dondra threw the shower for me at her beautiful home and my mom paid for a lot of the refreshments.  My sister in laws helped a great deal too so thank you Paula Jean and Sam!  My sister's friend Trisha helped as wells so thank you to you as well!

My friend Pam planned and executed all the games, they were all really cute!  Thanks Pamela!

This is my friend Janae, she helped with the baby shower and also was a great help with putting my baby's room together.  Thanks Janae!

The food was soooo YUMMY!  The cup cakes were delicious and so cute, thanks to Robert's sister Sarah!

Presents for baby Smith!!!

My lovely assistant (and niece) Jordan.  She did a wonderful job handing the presents to me!

I got tons of great receiving blankets.  This blanket was made by Sister Conover in my ward.  It was so perfect, it totally goes with my baby's room! 

I also got tons of cute outfits!   Baby Smith will surely never go naked!

These are all the people who were able to attend my baby shower.  Some people had to leave early so they didn't get in on the group picture.   It was such a great party and I had a lot of people who helped put it together so thank you to all of you that helped and those of you who were able to be there!

Baby's Room Preview

So here is a picture of my crib and bedding.  I was hoping to have my babies room done by the this time but school has proved to be a major time suck.  Hopefully I can finish it during spring break and then I can post the whole room.  Until then I hope you like what you see so far!  

As for updates:  I get to have my 3D ultrasound done next Friday so I will be able to post those pictures.  The baby is very active, especially when I am trying to fall asleep!  Robert just got a second part time job working as a speech therapy assistant in the Liberty District (that's in Buckeye).  He is way excited to finally have a job in his field of study and the pay is pretty good too!  It was a tremendous blessing for Robert to get this job since he recently received a pay cut at his current job due to the economic situation that our country is in.  We are so grateful for all the Lords blessing and this one came at just the right time!

My blog has been neglected!

So many things have happened since I last blogged so I guess I will start with the most exciting first.  We are having a GIRL!!!  We were very excited and I was surprise.  Robert said all along that he thought I was having a girl, of course, it was just a lucky guess.  I have had a lot of fun getting my baby's room together and it is almost finished (pictures to follow).  I had a lot of help from my friend Janae in getting the baby's room together, without her help I probably wouldn't have gotten as much done as I did.   

I have quit my job and am now student teaching full time.  It has been pretty hectic but I am glad to get my schooling done before the baby comes.  I have a great mentor teacher so that makes things a little easier.  I am steadily getting bigger I have posted a picture of me in my 19th week and now I am 26 weeks so I'm a bit bigger now.  I haven't really had to much to complain about with my pregnancy but I am noticing that it is more difficult to get up from a laying position and bending down is a chore too.  She kicks pretty regularly and I can actually see her kick if I study my stomach while its happening, it's pretty dang cool.  

Robert is working hard at his job to make all the money on top of going to school, he's such a trooper.  He tried to get a second job in the Dysart District as a speech assistant but the week after the interview the Dysart District had a hiring freeze, go figure!  Anyway, we will survive!  If all goes well I will graduate in May of this year and Robert will graduate in December.  Hopefully my friends haven't given up on my blog since I have neglected it so long I wll get pics of the baby's room up soon for all to enjoy!

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!!!