Changes

Sorry, no pictures to put up yet. But I just wanted to document a few things.

Wow! Some big changes have occured in the past week and I am still in awe. Friday, March 16th both sets of parents, plus Scott Gibbons and Jeremy Gray, showed up to load all our stuff up. It went so fast. We had a few friends come help too, which went even faster. I was so nervous about this day. No matter how prepared you are to move, the morning of is always stressful with last minute things to finish. Brock left at 6am to take his finals and Wyatt slept til 8, so I had a lot of time to reflect and stress. And sure enough, I could feel the stress a lot and ended up in the bathroom for an hour (ugh!). I hadn't thrown up in the morning for a while, but I'm sure the stress of it all was showing its self. We were out of La Grande by 12:15pm. I really felt numb the whole time. I wasn't feel amazing, I was trying to eat and clean while everyone was moving my stuff, I was nervous about driving alone with wyatt to tri-cities, and I was worried about all those that came to help us move. I didn't think a lot about us never coming back, missing our friends, the memories in that little apartment, how wyatt had grown so much in la grande (he was there most of his first 2yrs). It took me about a day or two to really think about how much we will miss that place! We felt so welcome and at home in the La Grande 2nd ward, such GREAT people!

BUT....we moved in to an amazing home and I am so stinking blessed! (pray for us it doesn't sale!) I wake up every morning, even still, and I feel like we are vacationing somewhere. The space is wonderful. We have a playroom! Like the toys don't have to be stored in the living room, under wyatt's bed, or in his closet! We have a pantry in the kitchen, my food isn't in my living room closet anymore! We have a deep kitchen sink with a spicket that comes out and sprays, oh the simple joys. We have a spare bedroom for all my crafts, and soon to be a babies room! We have a bathroom and walk in closet attached to our bedroom, and a storage space! We have a garage to put our tubs and boxes in. A fenced in back yard (no grass, but wyatt loves dirt). Oh man, I seriously am just loving the space and little things about this house. I don't have to have things so cluttered anymore! I am not bragging in ANY way. Like I said, I am in awe. I feel so blessed to be here and thank Heavenly Father (and my great husband) for everything every day.

Brock went off to his first day of work today. Poor guy woke at midnight with a fever of 101. He tossed turned, took pills, ate, drank, and tossed some more all night. I don't think he slept at all. But he still got up and went to work this morning. He is excited to be providing for our family. I love that man so much!

from 3 to 4

The word is out! We are pregnant! YAY! I am 11 weeks along and due Oct 2nd. I think other than the day I found out, announcing it today has been about the only excitement about this pregnancy. Oh how I forgot the "joys" of being pregnant. Since I stay home with Wyatt all day, I feel like this pregnancy has been worse than Wyatt. I didn't really get sick with wyatt til about 4pm in the day. This one, I just started feeling decent in the mornings last week. From weeks 5-9 I was pretty miserable all day long. It was just that, miserable. Poor Wyatt watched more TV than ever, dishes went piled when brock couldn't do them, dinner was non-existant, fridge was empty, cereal became our go to meal, and the toilet became my friend. I have thrown up about twice as much with this pregnancy, so far, as I did with wyatt. Currently, I am feeling good in the mornings til around 12, then I start to struggle and by 4:30pm I am done with the day. By 8pm I am in bed or in lots of pain/bloating/gas. I am REALLY hoping it gets better, like lots better, in the next 2 weeks. Brock does SO MUCH around here right now. I don't think I've bathed or put Wyatt to bed for weeks, I'm so nervous when he goes to work next wednesday. Plus I have to keep my house in "show condition" at all times. Nights, our house is in anything BUT show condition!
Ok. Done with the complaining. We are super excited to add to our family. I have wanted another for a long time now, the Lord just knows what's best and has His own timing. I was so nervous Wyatt would be so old by the time another child came. He will be almost 3, and for that reason alone, I would love to have a boy. I want him to have a close brother. I would personally love a girl to doll up, but for my sons sake and for when they are older, I am hoping for a boy! Guess we shall see.

Mexi Night

We had a final party with our friends here in La Grande. We had everyone bring Mexican dishes. I made homemade refried beans, mexican rice, and chicken tosquitos that were amazing!! Others brought fresh salsa, cafe rio burritos with lots of toppings, chicken enchiladas and a mexican ice cream dessert. Holy cow, we all agreed this was TONS better than any restaurant we have ever been to. It was all so good!

Bree and Keaton Orton

Alysha and Steve Lester

The girls. Alysha, me, Bree, and Alicia Merrill

PACKING FUN

All these boxes were in an organized stack, til Wyatt decided to play with them. This moving game is so much harder with a child. You find out how much stuff (aka CRAP) you have when you move and the children find out how exciting all the stuff is! Boxing up the toys was the worst. Toys never played with, all the sudden become the favorite toy when it gets boxed up and put away!

The bottome pic is so blurry, but I loved his face. I was working in the bathroom and peeked around the corner to find this.

Wyatt and Daddy doing the dishes. This has been happening a lot lately and I'm SO thankful to a helpful husband. He has been a life savor lately! For the past 3months Wyatt LOVES helping with dishes. He pulls the chair from the table and climbs right next to you. Frequently, as the cleaned dishes get put back in soapy water over and over again, I have to remind myself of this quote: Help me remember that little hands eager to help grow up all to quickly.

Shooting in the Mountains

These pictures are a little old. About mid February we drove just like 5mins away to the mountains so Brock could shoot his gun. Wyatt always loves shooting. His hand becomes his gun and he does a great gun noise! He goes around the house shooting everything. Mostly, he loves taking the extentions for the vacuum and opens the door and shoot stuff outisde. It's pretty cute, but we're still teaching him he can't shoot people. Have I mentioned how much this little guy is ALL BOY?!

Moving! {yes again!}

I really hope the word "moving" doesn't keep appearing in my posts for the rest of this year! We will finally be done with going back and forth between school and summer jobs, so we are hoping to be in one place for a long time (10months to 1 year ish). Will that actually happen, probably not. Here's our situation:

So we are so done with apartments! But at the same time renting a decent size, decent looking (trust me I'm really not picky, not asking for much more than no mold) is so expensive. Anywhere from $1200-$1600 a month. Hm....ya not in our budget. We want to save up some money to buy in about 1 year, and these prices wouldn't allow for much saving! So we are trying out a program that is very scary and could be very stressful, we shall see. While homes are on the market for sale, they put "caretakers" in them to keep them nice, clean, organized, furnished. To make them look homey and enticing. Since you never know when the house will sale, and you have realators stopping by with lookers, it means cheap rent. We signed a contract last week to live in a 2010built home, 1800sqft, and exactly what I want. The layout is seriously what I am so excited about! 3bedrooms, 2bath, a playroom next to the living room, kitchen, dinning area....seriously what am I doing to do with all this space?! ENJOY it while it lasts! I am so excited about it....but so nervous too. You never know when the house will sale, and when it does you have about 30-45days to move out. Ugh, another move?! We are playing with fire here, I just know it. But the price is so good, we couldn't even find an apartment for the price, $800/month. So we hope it all works out. Could be a complete disaster, could be a great way to save up money.....we shall see. We move March 16th....I was really sad about leaving La Grande, but now that I have this house to move to....march 16th can't come soon enough!

...this and that...

We haven't been up to a whole lot these days, at least nothing I have taken pictures of. We did take a trip home last weekend to check out some housing and for brock to interview. I am SO stinking proud of him...like really proud! He was the kid in high school that hated homework, slacked off, failed math, wanted to ride dirt bike or work outside ALL the time. He graduated from HS never thinking a BA was in his cards, let alone college at all. Now, lots of years later, he is graduating and has had a few different offers from really great companies. He is a young, knowledgable, sociable, fun young man that loves agriculture! He has been on with AgriNorthwest since he started school in 2007, and has planned on staying with them when he graduates. Last summer a company offered him a position, with great pay and benefits, but it wasn't what Brock wanted and thought AgriNorthwest is the way to go. Another big company contacted him and asked him to interview...although he still planned on AgriNorthwest, getting interview experience and hearing what other companies have to offer is always a good idea. He is just very happy with AgriNorthwest, the way they run their farm, treat their employees, benefits, and driving brand new john deere tractors every year seems quite fun for him too :) I am just very proud of him for being responsible and doing what is best for our family!

Looking for housing in the kennewick/pasco area hasn't been fun. PHEW, renting a decent house is expensive! We are still looking and hoping something will soon come up that is in our price range! I found out yesterday I have been wrong all along about when brock is done, a whole week earlier than I thought! Which makes a huge difference, we thought we could move april 1st (ish) but now it will be around the 21st (ish) of March! BIG changes in store for our little family in the next few months....can't say I'm not EXCITED to have a steady income :)

One thing I have really learned lately is to trust in the Lord. There have been experiences on both sides of the family lately that have really showed me to rely on Him for comfort and guidance. A good quote that has been on my mind A LOT lately is "having faith in the Lord means having faith in His timing." There are so many things I wish could just happen, like snap my fingers and it's here, but relying on the Lord and His timing, brings about patience and faith. I pray daily for all our loved ones and know all will be well in the end. One thing is for sure, you can't judge others! You seriously NEVER know what is going on with a person or know their story...I'm glad I've been through what I have recently to show me these important lessons! Love One Another!