here comes lucky #3

a few weeks ago i started feeling a little yucky. i was getting really lightheaded and i couldn't even pick up toys to vaccuum without getting sick. ya know that feeling when you stand up too quickly and you just can't focus? that's how i felt all day long. one night after curtis got home from work i told him something was wrong with me and i was debating whether or not to go to the doctor. i figured i would just let it go a bit longer and if it continued to get worse then i would make an appointment. a few days later curtis was running to the store after the kiddies went to bed. i told him to pick up a pregnancy test just so i could rule that out even though i was sure i was not pregnant :) he returned, i had to pee, and took the test with me. the first pink line (the pregnant line) showed up immediately. not dull-barely-there either. it was BRIGHT pink. i turned that test every which way telling myslef it was upside down. then the second line showed up. i started laughing to myself. no way was this happening. it hadn't even been two months since i stopped taking my birth control when i started weaning sophie from breastfeeding. it took us 9 months to get pregnant with mason and 6 (or 7?) months with sophie so we figured if we stopped in may we would get pregnant at the perfect time. i asked friends how long it took them to get thier periods back after nursing and they all said it took a while...6 months, 3 months, a year. great. it hadn't even been two months since i stopped nursing sophie so i figured i was good. i'd just take a test every couple of months until i got my period back to make sure i wasn't pregnant. yeah. was not expecting to get a positive test this early on. i had even taken a test in may and it was negative. i was seriously shocked as i sat there and stared at a white stick with two lines. i found curtis in the kitchen with my hands clasped over my mouth. "you're not serious" he said. i told him the test was on the toilet. go look. he was shocked beyond words. we paced around our room laughing, asking ourselves how this happened. we normally go to bed around 10 pm. it was after 12:30 am when we both finally succumed to sleep.

the next step was to find a doctor...and a hospital. the hospital here in waxahachie currently does not have a labor and delivery floor. the hopsital ran out of room so they took away the OB floor to house regular patients until they finish building the new hospital. the two closest hospitals are in ennis (about 20 minutes away) and mansfield (about 30 minutes away). i had a friend who just had a baby in mansfield and she really liked it. i didn't want to have to drive that far though. turns out our insurance is not in thier preferred network anyway. looks like we are having a baby in ennis, texas (as of right now anyway). i found a doctor and made an appoinment. the day finally came and curtis went with me. sure enough there was a little something on the ultrasound screen :) baby is still pretty little and since i don't have a missed period to go by, the estimated size of the baby is about 7 weeks. so....little bundle of joy (or trouble) number 3 should arrive around early march!

i still can't believe this is happening so fast. we have only been in texas for a year and i already had to find a baby doctor. timing is so tricky and i just need to learn that i have no control over it....we wanted our other kids when we started trying, but had to wait a while and with this baby we wanted to wait a little bit but we are getting it right away. that's life! hopefully everything will continue to go well. i didn't have problems with my last two pregnancies and so far this one is pretty close to the same...my morning sickness hit about the same time and hopefully it only lasts that long too. i will keep praying for my new little one and keep you all updated on his or her growth. wish us luck! :)

one year later

i can't believe it has been one year since we left utah behind and started our new life in texas. as most of you know it was really hard at first. we were in a total culture shock (it was weird being a minority instead of a majority), a little apartment with a terrible neighbor, no friends or family and i had a 2 month old and a terrible two year old. there were lots of tears, anger, frustration, and sleepless nights. once we bought our house thing were better. waxahachie felt like home (including the non stop wind that cedar city has). the kids adjusted, we made friends, and minus missing family, i was ok with the way things had worked out (our ultimate goal is still to get back to utah one day :). we were also able to buy a car recently (that we all fit in with room to spare) so curtis and i no longer had to coordinate the car situation which was so great! one thing that didn't change much was how many hours curtis was working. when he was going to school full time and working full time i didn't see him very much but the situation was so much different. i have learned to adapt, deal with all household duties, doctor appointments, and sometimes even church by myself. sounds stupid, but i have grown up a lot. i felt like i finally had my groove and things were settled down. then, a few months ago curtis was contacted by pepsi. they were impressed by his resume and wanted to bring him in for an interview. although we didn't even apply for a new job (they found his info through a business type website called linkedin) or even think of a different job at this point in time, we figured it wouldn't hurt to see if he got the job. not even 24 hours after his interview, curtis recieved an offer. curtis has recieved several good raises at white wave but the starting salary at pepsi was almost $10k more than he was currently making. no, we are not just in it for the money. issues with curtis' current job along with many other reasons lead us to take the job with pepsi.  so, here we go again. at least we don't have to move (the pepsi plant is located in mesquite which is about 45 minutes away...white wave was already a 30 minute commute). i think this job will be great for curtis. he is such a hard worker and everyone appreciates him and his contribution. i bet he could get a job anywhere being the charmer that he is :) even though our lives have changed greatly and it never goes as planned, i know we are supposed to be here. not only have i grown as a mentally, i have grown spiritually. i think i took advantage of the church in utah. everyone was lds (well...most :) and going to church on sunday was just what we did. i had family 10 minutes away and friends just down the road. when you move away from the only place you have ever known, you really rely on the church. ward members helped us move. ward members invited us over for christmas eve. ward members became friends. ward members became our family. i have also really been studying my scriptures. i was a 4 year consecutive reader in seminary but i think i have learned more the past few months than i ever did those 4 years. i believe by the time we leave here, my testimony will be stronger than ever! (it already is :)

anyway, thats life. watch for more posts soon :)