Alright Michelle... here are pictures! Taken today, didn't put on a tight shirt, so I did my best!

Okay Michelle,
Hopefully these will make you feel a little bit better about yourself... since it is my first pregnancy and I am only about 11 weeks along.

At this rate, I will be bigger than you ever will be... no matter how many more kids you have! hah

So, yes, getting into my dress was a task, and I was kind of nervous I would die... and I swear I almost did. I was also nervous I would hurt the baby... and now today, my whole body is super sore, I could tell by the end of two hours yesterday that I'd have a hard time sleeping because of sore muscles/insides from being squeezed into a tiny dress... and believe me, it was a hard to get any sleep. Second night in a row! yay!

Sister Killpack was amazed that I could even get into the dress...
It took 3 people to get me into it...
and I brought a white skirt and shirt to the reception unless I passed out or was in too much pain half way through. heh... I made it... sort of.

Anyway, I woke up feeling so sick this morning, it was the worst morning sickness I've had in about a week... even after taking medicine. Although, I'll admit, I tried not to take medicine yesterday because I wanted to see how well I'd do... so that probably messed me up a little bit for today. Anyway, we're about to play some games because Adam and Meredith are leaving tomorrow so they would like to play lots of games today since everything has been so busy lately so we haven't been able to play much with mom and dad or everyone together.

Anyway, here are the pictures before I go... and before I forget...
Hopefully these make you feel a little better about how big you were at 11 weeks.

Updates from the past two weeks or so

Well, Michael and I are in New Jersey, and have been for about a week thus far, but we have another week of vacationing! Yay! But when we get back, life starts again.... lots of studying and hard work for Michael, and just busy-ness for me. Woot! Anyway, Christmas was fun, it was fun to share my family traditions with Michael, and it's been way fun to spend some time with the family.

We've been staying up super duper late playing games, like shanghai, screwy lewy, mormon bridge, 16, and many others. Michael and I introduced the family to the redneck game of life. Needless to say, it's been fun.

So, anyway, as far as other updates go, I'm still pregnant, very much so. I am definitely showing, quite a bit. (mom wouldn't be surprised if it was twins because of how much I'm shoring) If it weren't for the style dress I bought for the wedding, it definitely would not be fitting me for tomorrow. I tried it on today, and well, it doesn't really fit, but with a few people's help (at least 2 people aside from me), I can sort of squeeze into it. I just hope the zipper doesn't break... oh, and I can forget about breathing for two hours tomorrow... and I'm supposed to sing? Ha, this should be interesting. But at least I should be able to eat a little bit! The morning sickness has been much better recently, but only if I take the new medicine I got from my doctor. He's letting me try another kind, and it's really helped, it just makes me grouchy. Anyway, I've still been feeling pretty sick, but it's been a lot better. I've been able to keep most foods down, which has just been splendid because it means I can actually have a little bit of energy.

Anyway, I'll post again tomorrow, I'm super tired at the moment and still trying to play a game with the family. :)

Alrighttt... here's the news!

Well, I'm not dying! And neither is our baby!

So, because the doctor could feel my Uterus and where it was/how big it was and find the baby's heartbeat in it without a problem, we didn't end up needing the Ultrasound today, but we did get one scheduled for January 9th (it was the soonest we could get one because we'll be gone...)!

So, my doctor thinks that I am either further along in my pregnancy, or we have twins! But, we only heard one heartbeat... so we'll see on January 9th!

However, the way my uterus is sitting, the babies could be behind one another, so there is still a pretty fun chance that we could be having twins. The heartbeat was pretty clear, but there could have been another one in the background, but who knows? It was SOOO fun and amazing to hear the baby's heartbeat. It was super easy to find for the doctor (which is surprising at 9 weeks... they weren't even sure we'd get a heart beat).

It's crazy to actually know that I have life inside of me. I think this whole pregnancy thing has finally started to kick in. The morning sickness doesn't seem so bad now that I'm sure it's not for nothing. Although, it is still VERY bad... haha. It's just more fun now knowing that it's not for nothing. Anyway, so there is still a possibility of having twins.. orrrr I'm just more like 10.5-11 weeks pregnant than 9 weeks. So, I guess we'll find out in about three weeks!

As of right now, my due date is July 14th.

Anyway, I'm exhausted, and I've got the munchies, so it's time for me to do something about that. =)

OBGYN Appointment today!

Well, in about an hour (well, less actually) is my first appointment! I'm not sure how long it is going to be, but afterwards we are meeting with someone who wants to give Trixie a new home.. and then we are meeting up with Michael's brother Brad and his wife Mariah and their baby. It's pretty exciting because I haven't met Brad yet... but don't worry, I'll post about the appointment later. And I'll call the people that have asked :)

Although, if it's twins I'll probably call everyone.

Michael's Two Front Teeth :)

So today Gates and I were texting back and forth a little bit... and she asked what I wanted for Christmas...

I asked Michael, and he said "My two front teeth".
So, I told Gates that what I wanted for Christmas was "Michael's two front teeth ;)"
She responded with, "Bahahaha I mean, I guess I could like.. Try to do that.. But I don't think your husband would look too cute without them! lol"

Haha, and that is one of the many reasons I love Gates Alexis Kielty.

Anyway, today has been alright I suppose. Not too terrible. Michael and I have just kind of enjoyed being with each other. It's been a pretty long week, so the time together was nice :)

We're about to go make some dinner (that I'll hopefully be able to eat). We're going to make Sweet and Sour Chicken. :)
and Tomorrow we're going to try a yummy-looking crock pot recipe I found online! It's Creamed Corn Chicken Soup. So, I guess we'll see what it actually tastes like!

Anyway, that's about it...
Although, we decided we're going to have to give Trixie away after all. I've just been too sick to help with her, and it's been too hard for Michael to have that responsibility on his own. We think she'd be better off with a different home right now and hopefully she'll get the love and attention she deserves.

I think once we post her online she'll go pretty fast because she is still very much a puppy, but she is almost completely trained. She doesn't have accidents inside anymore, and she's learned some pretty fun stuff. (Like "high five"). She's a very smart dog, and a very cute one. It'll be really hard the first little while after she's gone, but as long as I know she's getting the care she needs, it'll be okay. I hope she goes to a family with kids... she REALLY likes playing with people, especially children. And she's actually really good with them too.
She's a very playful puppy still, which is why we just can't do it right now. Michael doesn't have the time, and I don't have the energy. We need an old dog that is calm and cuddly right now :) Haha, but, that's not gonna happen anytime soon. We'll try a puppy again when our kids are old enough to want one and help a little bit with one.

Anyhow, I should get going so I can at least sit in the room while Michael is cooking! :)

-Amy

Addicted?

I fear I am becoming addicted to blogging, but it's pretty terrible for everyone else... because I really have nothing to say, I've just got a ton of time on my hands recently.
But, not only am I addicted to blogging, I'm addicted to reading other people's blogs, so it's frustrating when other people don't update their's "fast enough" for me to read a new one every time I get on... (which is like.. every 2 hours...).

Anyway, that's all I'll say for now. It's just going to be another boring day... although, it is friday! Michael left for work at 6 this morning... and won't be back until later :(
BORINGGG.

The Worst Day

Today has been the WORST day. Okay.. maybe not the WORST, but it's been terrible.
To think, we thought I was getting better...

I have been throwing up ALL DAY. On the up side, I feel better afterwards... for about 30 minutes. I don't think I have every been so sick before in my life. I don't have any energy because I haven't been able to keep water, ginger ale, or pedialyte down all day. I've got literally NOTHING in my stomach... I don't even think there is much acid in there any more. I can't really stand or sit up for more than a few minutes without falling over. Yay, what a happy life. And poor Michael comes home from work to a sick wife who looks like she's dead on the bed, and a whining puppy dog who needs to go out.

I feel so bad sometimes. I've actually been super depressed the last month or so because I feel so bad that I literally CAN NOT do anything. The apartment is a mess, and Michael stresses about it because he feels like he has to pick up every responsibility that I can't do anymore. He cooks, works, goes to school, gets things for me, tells me stories to make me happier, and tries to clean... But, it's too much for him to do alone. I just feel so bad and it makes me so sad to see him worry about EVERYTHING and not be able to do anything to help. I just feel so sad sometimes because I feel like I am the worst wife in the world. The saddest part for me, is I try SO hard to feel good enough to pick up at least a few of the things on the floor, but sometimes I can't even do that much. I'm not used to not being able to do anything but sit around sick all day for weeks at a time and it makes me really depressed. I've always been a pretty busy person.. and I still am (well, was...) but now I just get to watch my life pass by.

Today, the owner of the Academy for Cosmetology I go to texted me to check up on me... and it just made me feel really good. I really REALLY miss going to school, but I just can't do it. I'm terrified that I'd get there and be alright for an hour, and then be stranded there because I wouldn't feel well enough to drive all the way home. I really like my school because it's more of a family environment and you get a lot of support from everyone there. My classmates are absolutely fabulous! (They're almost all moms though... so maybe I'll fit in a bit better now! haha). They are really great though. When they found out I was pregnant, they were super excited for me, and all gave me different tips about what worked for them (surprise surprise, NOTHING works for me).

Anyway, about my final tonight... Michael just emailed our teacher, and we might just do a recording of the song later on this week or even in NJ. We'll see what she wants us to do. There is no way I'll be able to perform tonight anyway... I really can't even sit up without being propped up, and even then I get dizzy real soon after. I just want to eat! That's all I want to do... I am SO hungry, and I FEEL hungry, but I also feel super sick at the same time. Talk about worst feeling in the world. I JUST WANT SOME FOOD DARN IT! But, I suppose there will always be tomorrow... and hopefully it's not as bad as today.

If you just read all of that boring, kinda gross, rant, I'm sorry. Read the other post today, it's better.
-Amy

My Husband Loves Me SOOO Much. =)

I just want to take a second to appreciate Michael. He's always doing the sweetest things! He has been so helpful, and so wonderful while I've been sick. I feel really bad, I haven't been able to do much around the house, or anywhere really. It's been a big enough chore to get out of bed! But he has just been so good about it, he helps me do the things I need to do, and he feeds me. When he gets home from work, he always asks how I'm feeling and if there is anything he can do to help me. He is constantly looking out for me, and making sure I'm as comfortable as possible. I just hope I'll be able to make it up to him someday. I try to do as much as I can on my own, but sometimes I really can't do something, and he'll always do it with a good attitude, even though I know it's not what he'd like to be doing.

He also has been really good at putting up with my want for Ramen. He's really sick of Ramen, but he still makes it for me, and finishes what I can't. He's just been really good about not complaining about what I want to eat, and just dealing with it instead. I feel really bad. :(
He's definitely starting to gain some weight too.. because he finishes everything that I don't (which is basically everything that I have). Tehe... that's not my fault, right? At least he's getting enough to eat!

I just really appreciate how sweet he has been to me, and how hard he works to try to keep me comfortable and happy, even though he's got a lot on his plate right now.

Anyway, last night was the worst night, EVER. But, I'm sure there are worse to come. Michael was feeling pretty sick, so he was having a really hard time sleeping. His shoulder has been really bothering him the last few days, and so he has been trying not to sleep on that side, but last night he had a stomach ache, and could NOT sleep on the other side. So he was trying to sleep on his hurt shoulder, with a tummy ache, next to me. I was really struggling to get comfortable, and I had a fever. I just was NOT feeling good at all. So, it woke up about every 30mins-1hr. It was dreadful. Then, on top of that, for some reason Trixie was having a really rough night too. She was up until 3:30 AM. Yikes! None of us slept well, at all. But, it's alright I suppose. Michael still woke up early and wasn't able to go back to sleep, so he woke me up... and I could NOT for the life of me fall back to sleep. So, I layed in bed until 9:30 trying to sleep, then just gave up. But, this morning has NOT been a good one. I've been terribly sick again. yuck. I haven't been able to get comfortable, my eyes are droopy and hurt, and my tummy will just NOT give me a break.

Anyway, Michael just headed off to work. He's starting his project today! It's pretty exciting, it just means I won't see him much for a while. =(
It's alright though, at least I can sort of walk around the apartment. I am really grateful we don't have stairs atm. I don't think I could do stairs. I just get too dizzy and lightheaded anytime I stand, I'm pretty sure I'd fall on the stairs. It's hard enough not to run into the walls.

So, hopefully tonight I'll be feeling well enough to take one of my finals. (Today is the LAST day of class, and it's an in-class final). Michael and I are singing a duet for our final for this class. And our teacher has been SO good about me being sick. She is the BEST teacher I have had at BYU, by far. She is so silly, and she makes it okay to be silly. It's a music performance class where we perform a piece of music about every other week. She makes it completely easy to stand up in front of a bunch of different people and sing. She makes it okay to look dumb, or mess up or anything like that. It is absolutely great! Because of her, it has just been so much fun. Everyone is able to be themselves. Anyway, so tonight is our last night to take our final, so I REALLY hope I'm feeling better. And I hope Michael is feeling better too. I mean, if it was a written final, I could take it for sure. I'd be hard and I probably wouldn't do very well, but singing? Now thats really hard to do when you're about to throw up... so this could be interesting.

hmm... so last night we saw Arthur Christmas. It was actually pretty cute. :)
It was a good movie for little kids or for people in the mood to watch a animated christmas movie that isn't Rudolf... It was definitely a fun one. At least, we liked it. And it wasn't just because it was the first time we had gone on a date in a long time, and it wasn't just because it was my first time out of the house in a while...

Anyway, I'm sleepy, so I'll probably go try to take a nap. Yay for mid-day naps! They make me sooo happy! But... I usually wake up feeling pretty gnarly. =/

Anyway! Good night! ;]

Another Boring Day for Amy!

So, it's 11:34. This morning I haven't done tooo much, but I have been able to eat quite a bit! So that's kind of nice. I think this is one of the first times in the last two months my tummy hasn't been rumbling because of hungry, or hurting because of morning sickness. I think that's a good sign, right? Although, recently I've been getting morning sickness later in the day, rather than all day. Which, I guess is kind of nice in a way... I get a little bit of a break. It just makes falling asleep a bit harder. And I haven't been sleeping too well the last few nights.

So, Michael's at work, and he gets to start his research project pretty soon. He applied for the Orca grant a little while ago, so if he gets chosen, it will be really nice for him to have already started the research. The research they are doing actually has a lot of potential to be very successful and VERY quotable. Which, for Michael will be great, because he'll be the first author, and it will look really great for Med Schools. The more papers Michael gets his name on (especially first author), the more likely he is to be able to get into the med school he wants to go to. So, it's pretty excited for a bunch of different reasons. They've got some great research ideas, and Michael will get some great opportunities to go to conferences and write some papers. I think it's cool what they are doing anyway...

So, my plan for today? I'm going to the Distribution Center (so if anyone needs something and they don't live in Utah/close to one, let me know before 3:30) and then Michael and I are going on a date :). I'm not sure where/what we're doing, but Michael knows... haha. So, hopefully I'll still be feeling well by then, if not, we might not actually go. It's just been forever since we've gone on a date... so we're going to try to! Especially since in a few months, we'll definitely not have as many opportunities to go on dates... unless we find a baby sitter.

Anyway, that's my plan for today! YAY! How exciting!? So, I'm kind of sad, because Michael will have to be in to work ALL day friday (like 12 hour day...) for his project, so maybe I will have to go over to Kelli's again so I don't die of boredom. Heh. Or maybe I'll just watch TV/Movies on Netflix all day again...
Or I mean, I guess I COULD study... and I probably SHOULD study... but, that doesn't sound very fun at all. If I try to study all day, I'll definitely die of boredom. Anyway, I'm going to go eat some more food! (An everything bagel with some fresh veggie flavored cream cheese! YUM!).

Love ya all!
Amy

Soup From Michael

That was some good soup!

Amy may have posted about the chicken noodle soup that I made a few days ago. I really liked it. I guess I just have a knack for some spices and flavourings. And yes I just spelled that correctly for a Canadian. We woke up this morning to a house that could see your breath. I mean that in our house you can breath and see your own breath. It is soooo cold. I was going to wait until Amy woke up to call about the heating but much to my surprise the heating called us! Apparently our landlord was so on top of things that she called the company herself to get them to check it out for us. I really appreciated a small thing like that. Unfortunately it seems that other people have heating problems too because they have a full day today and can't make it until first thing tomorrow. It seems that twenty four hours cannot go fast enough!

I guess for me I am looking for dismal grades this semester. It isn't the end of the world but I have my work cut out for me. I am enjoying working in the lab though. We will be starting my research project this week and running some tests before we are out for the holidays. I'll be doing some western blots (a way to check for proteins) some southern blots (a test for RNA) and some lipid analysis. We should get a good picture of whether or not our hypothesis will yield any results.

Amy is doing pretty well this morning. She was able to eat just less than half of the soup that I served for myself (to share of course). I am always so impressed by the way that she continues to go forward even though it is so hard for her. I just do my best to make it easy on her. Not much works. ;). I just love her so.

We spent the last few moments awake last night reminiscing about how terrible a job was that we both did during the summer. It made alot of other terrible jobs seem so much better. My suggestion is to never work for a boss that will never allow you to speak up about what is really going on but will still blame you and not trust you because of other peoples' mistakes. Instead work for Ben. He will work with you and listen to you and even compliment you.

The weight of being a dad is still settling in and I expect that feeling to continue until I have been one for at least eighteen years. I look forward to it so much however. I guess that is one of the things that helps me wake up in the morning. And soon it will help me wake up every morning. Several times. And at night. Good thing I have tested living on not much sleep before! I will have to do it again before long.

I guess that is todays post. Unless Amy posts again. We love you all!!

Our day today...

Well, we actually slept in today! But... that's because we didn't get home until around Midnight last night. We were at our friend's house playing games and eating dinner and just hanging out. It was very fun. We played a new game called SwashBuckled. It's definitely a Mormon-made game. The taxes are 10% of your income... and Coffee is the lowest in value... and a bunch of other silly things like that. But, it was actually pretty fun. Anyway, so we woke up around 10. (Which NEVER happens... especially for Michael. He's usually up by 7).

Since then, I've been taking it really slowly... I'm still on the bed in PJs. Although, I did get up to make some yummy homemade chocolate chip waffles :) YUM!

Today Michael has to work quite a bit, so he's gotta get going. But before he leaves, he's going to drop me off at our friend's house so I don't have to freeze all day today in our cold apartment. We found another blanket last night before we went to bed, so we put it on, and I actually woke up OVERHEATED! So I had no problem getting out of bed into the freezing air... but, that didn't last very long... because I got cold really fast.

Anyway, I'm excited to spend the day with Kelli, she's really fun and sweet. She's pregnant too actually! I found out she was pregnant, about the same time I found out I was... so it was pretty exciting. She's due in the middle of June... so she's going to have her baby on my birthday. It's been decided... haha. So, she's only a month further than I am, so it's kind of fun. This is her third pregnancy though, so she knows what goes on. It's really nice to have a friend that not only has been pregnant before, but is pregnant with you. Someone who really gets it, and is very close by.

Anyway, I should get dressed so that we can get Michael to work. He doesn't really have to be there a certain time today, except for a meeting he has a 3. But, the sooner he gets in, the less he has to work other days this week! So, I'm pretty motivated to look ugly today and just throw on whatever I find and let my hair be a mess :)

Anyway, life's good. School has been really hard to get to the last few weeks, so who knows how I'm actually going to do this semester. Talk about bad timing to be super sick with morning sickness... right before/during finals? YIKES! Oh well, I probably won't be headed back to BYU anyway. It's kind of bitter sweet. I never really liked BYU, but I've got some good memories from winter semester (mainly with Michael...). So, it's sad to not get my degree, but it's a happy separation with BYU. As long as I get to keep the good part (Michael) ;).

I am going to finish Cosmetology school though! So I'll still be able to have a career to fall back on if anything happens. I've actually been offered a teaching job at the school after I graduate. I'd be teaching nail tech. stuff (which, surprisingly, I LOVE). Anyway, so that's the good news! It will just take a little bit longer to graduate from Cosmo school than originally planned because I'll have to take a maternity leave for a while... but, that's alright. It won't put me back too far, because they have a daycare at school that is free for students and staff. Which is actually really nice. It's kind of cool, because Michael and I both felt like this school was the one I needed to attend... and I guess now we know why. Even though it's the furthest one from our apartment (by a lot). It's in Spanish Fork. But, the travel ended up being a blessing in disguise. And, I LOVE my teachers too. I really feel like I made the right choice in school.

Anyway, I've really got to go now... gotta get dressed and send Michael away!
We'll see if I can persuade him to write on here sometime soon :)

- Amy

Our Lives Today...

So, this post will be really boring to read... it's literally just a boring update on our lives.

It is freezing!
Our heater stopped working the other day, so we called our landlord, and she gave us the number of the company that installed it... and so we called them, and they came and "fixed" our heater. (Basically told us when it stops working, to push a button.)

Well, we've been pushing that button every 15 minutes or so in order to keep the heat on... except, at night, we don't wake up every 15 minutes... SO WE FREEZE. We have taken EVERY blanket we own (which is actually a surprising amount) out of storage and we've got about 15 heavy blankets we sleep in.
But, it's still cold during the day... because it takes a lot to get out of the covers to go turn on the heater, so sometimes, we just sit around covered in the blankets instead... it's cold. Michael and I both have bad colds and tummy aches :(
Long story short, our heater is still broken. =/
At least we didn't pay for the repairs, and our gas bill will be SUPER DUPER low this month! Yay!
Michael is calling our landlord again tomorrow.


So, the morning sickness part of pregnancy, is absolutely dreadful. It's been about 4 weeks now that I haven't been able to do much other than lay in bed or on the couch watching movies or doing things that do not require much effort. Although, it does seem like I am getting a bit better. Things are starting to look up. I've actually been able to do a little bit more the last few days. I've been able to stand up long enough to take a decent shower without getting too terribly dizzy! Although, I've been liking my bubble baths recently anyway :).

I have tried so many different medications to help me feel better, but each kind has given me ALL of the side effects listed on the bottle. It's been absolutely dreadful, but I suppose it could be worse. Michael has a brother who is a practicing doctor and one who is a pharmacist, so when things are too terribly unbearable, Michael gives them a call/shoots them a text for any suggestions. So, I've tried almost everything pregnant ladies are allowed to try... NOTHING works. I've taken, Benadryl, Dramamine, Zofran, a combination of a sleeping pill and Vitamin B6 (it's the drug they use in Canada for morning sickness), and all of them have been terrible. Benadryl didn't work, Dramamine worked except it made me super moody and grouchy, Zofran gives me migraines, constipation, extreme dizziness, and sleepiness, and then the sleeping pill Vit. B6 combination makes me sleepy for much, much longer than 8 hours. I can't get out of bed until it's been at least 12 hours since I've taken it because my body hurts when I move because of how tired it feels. But, that is the best one that I've taken thus far (even though I have to take it at night, so during the day I don't feel quite as good as I'd like).

I can't wait until my doctors appointment on the 16th of December, when I get to actually meet and talk to MY doctor - one that will be able to see me, instead of doctors that live either in Canada or across the U.S.. I mean, I guess I've seen a doctor a few times here, but not an OB/GYN yet. Also, on the 16th, we should be able to find out whether or not we're having twins, its an eptopic pregnancy, or just a normal pregnancy that has been terrible. If it's an eptopic pregnancy, that might complicate things with getting home for Christmas, so our fingers are crossed! I guess most of you don't know that we're worried about it being an eptopic pregnancy, so let me explain...
About two weeks after we found out we were going to have a baby, I started bleeding pretty heavily... which usually means a miscarriage. So we went right to the Health Center to have it checked out. At that point, I was only 4 weeks pregnant, so they couldn't do much for me. They had me get a blood test to see how much HGC was in my blood (to figure out how far along I actually was...) and so that three days later they could do another test so that we could compare the amounts of HGC (that was really the only way to see if it was a miscarriage or not). So, the lab results came in and they dated me about 4 and a half weeks pregnant based on the HGC levels and scheduled more blood work for the upcoming Monday. They told us to go straight to the lab and they'll already have the order in for us. So, that was actually pretty quick. We waited for what seemed like FOREVER on Monday to get the results, but after an hour, they finally came in. We were definitely still pregnant. My HGC levels had more than doubled in three days... so there was no question about it. I was definitely very pregnant.

However, the doctor warned me that if I started to have cramping, and continued to bleed, it could be an eptopic pregnancy - especially if the cramping was on one side of my tummy. Well, surprise surprise, a few days later I started cramping up VERY badly on my left side. However, it only lasted for about an hour, so we don't know exactly what to expect. But, since then I've had some other cramping too, just more spread out everywhere. Although, about once every week or so I get extremely terrible cramping on my left side again. It could just be my Uterus expanding, but it could also be something more than that. We don't know, but we're hoping it's nothing too extreme.

Michael and I both feel like we're going to have twins. But who knows? We also feel like if we don't have twins, we're going to have a girl.

Okay, question - the other day I could feel a fluttery movement in my stomach (it's actually happened a few times...) and today I had Michael try to feel it, and he could. Is that the baby moving? or it's heart beat? Or what? I did some research online, and some people say that you CAN feel the baby moving (and it feels like a fluttering) at about 8 weeks sometimes, if you try really hard. But, the fluttering was right where I'm thinking the baby is. I don't know, maybe I'm just crazy?

Anyway, we're excited, but a bit nervous as well. We're not quite sure what to expect, or how exactly things are going to work out, but we know they will somehow work out. We are really banking on God's help for this one, because we don't know how it will work without it. Especially if we have twins. Can you imagine? Oh well, we'll see how it goes!


So today, for Lunch/dinner Michael made some really yummy homemade chicken noodle soup. He added some veggies we had laying around and some other things, but it turned out really good. As he was testing the soup he said,
Michael: "Amy, guess what I just did?"
ME: "What?"
Michael: "I took a pea in our soup"

Yep, that's my darling husband for ya! He's such a silly goose! Love him to death. He always makes me smile, even when I feel so sick I'd rather just die.


Anyway, We'll be flying home to New Jersey in just a two weeks! I am very very excited to show Michael where I grew up. And he's pretty excited as well. We'll probably go in to NYC sometime to see the lights and show Michael around. He's never been to NYC or the Statue of Liberty or anything like that. We'll probably just go to Time's Square, Temple Square, and some other places that I actually spent time in when I went.

Alright, well, I just got a phone call from our friends and they'd like to have us over for dinner tonight (they heard our heater was broken...) and so I should probably start making some brownies or something for dessert. I'm also headed over to Jennifer Waite's house soon to look through some clothes for my mom from Aunt Janet. So it's a busy Sunday! Which is very rare. Anyway, I've spent over an hour on this... so I really should get off.

There ya go family! A blog post for ya to read! I'm going to start to try to blog more, now that I actually have something to blog about!

Love you all!

Amy (and Michael)

Sitting in devotional...

So, I guess you all know by now... I'm planning on getting married in July. Yes, it is crazy. And yes, it is fast. But I know it's the right thing for me. Dad advised me to pray about timing and when it is right for us to get married. He said he is confident that Michael is a great guy and thinks he very well could be the right guy. He just is worried about the timing and whether or not we really know each other. So, he asked me to hang out with family as much as possible... any takers? Haha. We'll be going to Adam and Meredith's the weekend of the 20th of March. That should be fun! haha. We've been looking around for housing for next year... and will probably be doing more of that sometime this week. anyway.. that's just a short update.. yay! I'll post some pictures next time. =]

school...

Well, life has been interesting recently. Schools is really great this semester! I LOVE IT! I'm taking a lot of music classes, and I really enjoy them. I mean, none of my classes are easy - at all. But, they are super fun so I don't mind doing the work. I love the way my schedule is laid out too. I always start close to home and my last class is close to home too. So I never have a super long walk to a class. It's pretty awesome. I've also got a decent amount of time between most of my classes - unlike last semester when they were right after each other ALL DAY. Now, I've got a class, a break, and then like two classes. Then I'm done for the day! It's awesome. =D My dance classes are a lot of work, but are so much fun. I love it! Although, I'll have to practice more this semester than I did last semester. It hasn't been cold and snowy here... it's be cold and rainy. But, I've learned to appreciate the weather and my life. I'm a lot happier this semester than I was last semester. I had a really hard time adjusting. I hated the weather, hated the situations I was put in, hated the classes, and the stupid freshman mentoring program. I hated having to move mid-semester. But, I realize it was supposed to happen that way. The Lord knew that is what I needed. Without any of that, I would not be where I am today. I wouldn't understand what it is like to be happy out here. Because of the move, I've met some really great people. Because of chemistry, I've met one of my best friends. Because I had to struggle so much last semester, I've learned to appreciate the little things in my life again. I've learned to many lessons I know I needed to learn. Looking back, 2010 was a good year. It was miserable, but it was what I needed. I'm thankful for the hard times, but even more thankful for the good ones. Among all of the dreadful days of last semester/year, there were good people who supported me. There were people who helped me, who hurt me, and who loved me. 2010 was a good year, but 2011 is going to better - especially knowing what I know now. I'm ready to have fun!