Oh BABY!

This is no secret, and many of you already know that Eric and I are expecting our first baby! We are thrilled and cannot wait to add to our little family. It's hard to believe that we are almost half way there! The baby's official due date is December 13th and we are so excited! The doctor's appointments have all gone well so far, a pattern we pray continues, and we will get to have the official ultrasound on August 9th to find out if we will be having a boy or girl...it seems to far away!

So far there is nothing super reportable-well other than this being the coolest thing ever! Pregnancy has been pretty easy-not really any sickness, and the exhaustion went away when I hit the second trimester. My belly is getting bigger-slowly, if you didn't know me you probably wouldn't be able to tell I'm pregnant yet, and I haven't felt the baby move yet. But it has a heartbeat, and it likes to kick the microphone when the doctors is listening for it. So it's there and alive and as far as we know healthy and I could not ask for more!

Eric's New Job

Most of you know that Eric has been working full time while going to school year round, full time as long since he's been home from his mission! He's a hard worker and has done so much for our little family, we decided to take a break and go to Mexico this summer. Mexico was amazing, we had a blast and thanks to that trip Eric took his first much needed break from school this summer term. He was getting all geared up to go back for the second summer term, when we heard of an opening as a Psych Tech at the Utah State Mental Hospital. While Eric had a fantastic job working with troubled teens, that he loves, we decided to go ahead and apply for this position at the hospital. Because he is AMAZING and has had so much experience he was offered the job! This means a little better pay, awesome health benefits, and a little longer break from school as training is pretty crazy the first few weeks. We feel extremely blessed for this opportunity and are so grateful for it! Tomorrow is his first day, so we will keep you posted on how it goes.

This One is For Katherine and Diane

I would be lying if there wasn't a ton to update you all on these days. I never feel like I have anything to write about but thinking back over the last few months we have done a ton, our lives have changed and will continue to do so as time goes on. There are several things, and so I'm going to post them separately. However, this post is dedicated to Katherine and Diane, two of the best friends a girl can have.

Katherine, Diane and I met in High School. To this day it's hard to say what brought us all together, but some how we all wound up in Katherine's bedroom making the infamous "contention scarves" for our friends for Christmas one year and the three of us just "clicked". From sleepovers featuring midnight light shows, and frizbee at 5:00 am, or sleeping on the trampoline, to late nights at any park just chatting away, to flying kites out of car windows-these are the things that highlighted our high school days. As time has gone on we have been through a lot together, a lot of fun, and a few tough times that life is bound to have. No matter what life has thrown my way these are the girls I knew I could always turn too. We have all grown up now and started to go down our own paths, and though we don't see each other everyday like we used to, every time we gather (especially at our meeting place The Chocolate) it's like no time has passed. Everyone should have friends like these!

Yesterday, I said goodbye to both of these girls. Diane is leaving this coming Wednesday to serve a year and a half long LDS Mission in Chile. Knowing Di she is going to be one of the best Sister's that Chile has ever seen! I am very proud of her, and hope that she loves every second she will be out there. Katherine and her husband, Matt, are moving on to their next big life adventure-GRAD SCHOOL! Grad school will be taking them to St. Louis, Missouri. I am very excited for them, and wish them the very best. Matt has always excelled in school and is bound to rock the program out there. And Katherine has a lot of opportunities out there for her! She has some job interviews already set up that I am sure she will nail and once she gets settled, she'll be so busy with her new life and friends that I'm sure I'm going to be the one nagging her to update her blog more often!

It's a bittersweet thing, this growing up business. While I will miss these girls a ton and was sad to say goodbye, I am very excited and happy for both of them and what their lives will bring. They both mean a lot to me and I love them as if they were my sisters. Though we'll be states and countries away, I want these girls to know that I will always be here for them, no matter what. And I will always be grateful for their influence in my life.