Sweet Girl

I just can't get enough of this precious baby!

Yesterday Kayton had her 2 month check up where she also got 6 vaccinations. Luckily she only had to get a total of 3 shots, but it still wasn't any fun to hear her cry!

She weighs in at 11 lbs and is 22.8 inches long. I can't believe she is already two months old! Especially since I have to start going back to school on Thursday :( I am already having seperation anxiety. I suppose everything will turn out right. I just have to continue telling myself that I am creating a better and brighter future for my daughter.

Christmas and New Years

Even with a break from school, Neight and I have been staying busy with work and all of the holiday parties that were planned. The month of December flew by and here we are, January second. This years already looks promising with a baby coming in June, meaning that we have a lot of work to do to get the nursery ready. Neight will be graduating with his associates degree in June as well.

January 23rd is the day we get to find out if we're having a boy or girl. Neight wants a boy, but I'm torn. I used to say I never wanted a girl because growing up with two sisters served more drama than needed, but I can buy cute clothes, blankets, shoes, etc. If we have a boy it will be a whole new experience for me since I didn't have any brothers. I'll still go with the fact that as long as our child has ten fingers, ten toes, and is healthy, I don't really care what gender it is.

I have had a fairly easy pregnancy so far, with minimal morning sickness. I'm showing more and more each day, but I can't feel any movement yet. The doctor says average time for first feeling the baby is 18 weeks. Each person I talk to has a different opinion since their pregnancies were all different so I'm just going with it for now. Neight is still excited and will kiss my stomach at least once a day telling me he's kissing the baby. It's been an interesting experience and still feels unreal, but that is about to change drastically.

For Christmas we had Neight's family over for dinner on Christmas Eve and my family came over for dinner on Christmas. Neight spoiled me this year and bought me a Kindle Fire, the Harry Potter series on bluray, a headset for my phone, and a camcorder for our growing family. I already made sure that it won't be in the delivery room ;) My parents bought us a very nice rug for our front room since we don't have carpet yet. I love it and the animals love it too.

Here are a few pictures from our holiday adventures.

Our hundreds of Christmas Cookies I made with my mom and sister Angie.

Our Christmas set up in the basement. It almost looks like home. 

The animals loving the new rug, it's a lot softer than the hardwood.

It ties our room together so nicely. It's the perfect size and makes it feel homey.

As for New Years we had a few friends come over and hang out. I had to call it a night at 2 am because I was exhausted and couldn't keep my eyes open. Yesterday we spent the day relaxing and being lazy. We watched the first two Harry Potter movies, well, Neight did. I feel asleep about half way through the second one. Today Neight had to work, but was feeling sick and came home early :( Poor guy. He's sleeping right now and I hope he's better when he wakes up.

We both go back to school this week. It's a little crazy to think that when the semester ends there will only be like a month and a half until I'm due. Hopefully it's an easy semester and I can finish it.

I hope everyone is had a magical Christmas and New  Years!

PARTY!

I'd like to officially announce that Neight and I are HOME OWNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a nightmare and when we decided to buy a different house we will not be going with the same Realtor or financing company. They gave us the run around, told us the day before closing the different documents we needed that I had specifically asked if they needed previously, and didn't bother to tell our insurance agent that we needed a new policy quote for home owners insurance until the day of closing. After all was said and done our insurance agent said this is the third time the financial company has done this to him, where they know they need a policy at least 10 days before closing, but never tell him until the day of.
So on our closing day I had to take a super long lunch break to sign all of the stupid paperwork, we had to go to their office, they wouldn't come meet us. Anyway, I had worked it out with my assistant manager to take two hours off for lunch thinking that it would be enough time to get everything figured out. So we get there at 1:00 pm and the paper work isn't ready because they are still waiting for the new insurance policy. We didn't sign ANY paper work until 2:45, making me get back to work an hour later than I had worked out with my manager..... Awesome. I was so mad, but thankfully we don't have to deal with that crap anymore. Now the house is ours, we can do whatever we want, I can turn it into a home, and we got a killer deal on it. It's a good starter house and it's so much nicer than the apartments we were living in. It's also a huge amount of stress that has been taken away. Now for all of the improvements! Thank goodness my dad is a miracle worker and can basically fix anything and do any project he sets his mind to.

Also, we're having a baby in June :) And yes, we did plan it ;) This week starts 14 weeks and I'm starting to gain that fun little "baby bump." Except I feel like it's just lard sitting in my stomach. The first trimester was fairly easy for me. I didn't have a ton of morning sickness which was great! I'm just hoping that the rest of the pregnancy goes like this, but we'll see how the third trimester treats me. Neight is super excited and we've already picked out some names that we like. We won't find out if it's a boy or girl until the end of January at the earliest, it might even be in February that we find out. Neight wants a boy, but as long as the baby had 10 fingers and 10 toes and is healthy, I don't care what it is. For a while I was thinking that I didn't want any girls because I have two sisters and the drama growing up was enough for a lifetime, but now I'm thinking I would like one of each. I guess we'll just see how the dice rolled :)

Life has been so crazy for us and I am so thankful the semester is over. Well, for me anyway, Neight just started a new quarter, but he will have his associates degree in June! Next semester I'm only going to be taking 13 credits instead of 15. Hopefully it will be less stressful and not as crazy, but with me being pregnant, who knows. I'm just happy that my due date is after the semester ends so I can actually take the summer off from school and work :)

That's just a little bit on what we've been up to. Hopefully everyone is having a fantastic holiday season!

What a week!

The week is only half way over, but I feel like it's been a MONTH since Sunday! Neight and I have both been so busy with work and trying to get the house ready for us to move in that we haven't had much time for ourselves. I have been SO stressed out with all this house drama, but I have to keep telling myself that it's worth it. Neight seems to be enjoying himself, so I guess that's good.

So here's a quick breakdown of our week:
Sunday- Neight and I stopped by his parents house for dinner. I made some awesome cookies..... Well, the store made some awesome cookies, but I baked them. After having dinner with Neight's family we went to my parents to visit. While we were over there my mom asked if I would help her with some of her school stuff for the first week. Of course I said yes because I love anything that has to do with school work. I ended up coloring ( I wish that I had drawn it) a pirate for her school theme. Here is the end result:

I used pastels for the awesome colors. I've always loved working with pastels so I was even more excited to color. When I finished I realized that coloring is very therapeutic and I need to get myself a coloring book to help control my stress.

Monday- I had the WHOLE day off  and Neight had the morning off. So, we went over to the house to start painting. Neight was working with my dad on some of the other things the house needed so I got to paint myself. I only got primer on 3 or the 5 areas that needed paint in the 12 hours that I was there. The walls weren't too bad, but the ceilings were hard for me to reach, even with an extension to the roller. When painting the ceilings the paint splattered in my face. It got in my eyes, in my mouth, and all over my hair.

This picture is kind of dark, but you can see the paint on my shirt. Don't mind the garbage in the background, it will get cleaned up tomorrow.

Tuesday and today Neight and I both worked and haven't had time to go back and finish painting. Tomorrow we both have the day off and we have about a million things to do before we can move in on Friday. talk about stress! Everyone keeps telling me that things will be ok and that it will be worth it. I'm going to try and trust them and just take it an hour at a time at this point.