Monday, August 11, 2014
White Family San Francisco Adventure
So, here we are, in August of 2014, and I just realized that I had not posted on here is quite some time, and, thought it was definitely overdue for an update.
Since May of 2013:
we have grown from a family of 3, to a family of 4. Jaydon is the best big brother I could have asked for, for Emmalee.
We have moved from Taylorsville, Utah to the Bay Area of Northern California. Before this move, I had only been to Southern California and only for brief visits. Let me tell you what a difference this move has been. My whole world feels like it has been turned upside down. Especially where the closest family members live around 8-10 hours away.
We have our house in Utah rented out, with a Property Manager that has seriously been a life saver for us! We left our 4 bedroom/3 bathroom house for a little 1 bedroom/1 bathroom "Manufactured Home" in Concord, California. Yes it is small, yes my children do not have a lot of room, yes I have a countertop dishwasher that only gets used here and there because it is easier most of the time to just handwash what I need cleaned; but somehow, things are working out so so much better than I ever thought they would. The thing that everyone keeps asking us though, is WHY we are living in a trailer, when we make as much as we do; with a combined household income like ours. Well, the trailer we are in, costs about as much as our house back home; and until April of 2014, we were paying not only rent/mortgage on the trailer out here, but also for the mortgage back in Utah. I honestly don't know how we made it work.
I still work from home, for Western Governors University (thank heavens!! it is SO expensive in this area of California!!) and I watch both of my kids during the day as well. Justin's car is out of commission currently, so we are sharing my CRV, which I really feel like has been a blessing in disguise. Justin's Malibu is a tank and guzzles gas like no other, my CRV is much more efficient on gas; which is what Justin needs right now where he has to drive into the City every day for work.
The Bay Area is so beautiful, and it is so crazy that in the city that we live in, it can be 85 degrees and in the City (The City is what locals call San Francisco) it can be 10-15 degrees lower just because of it being on the coast. I guess that is what I get to learn the hard way because of being born and raised in Salt Lake City haha
It is so funny to hear what Californians consider mountains, coming from Utah LOL makes me giggle almost every time I hear someone say it
Mom and Pop shops are BIG out here, which is cool, I do have to say that I did not realize how sick I was of restaraunt chains until we moved out here. Everyone asks me what it is like to live in the Bay Area, well, I will tell you a little about this:
We live in what they consider the East Bay, which is one of the warmest parts of the Bay Area. The city we live in, is Concord, which is the biggest city in Contra Costa County. In this area, it is VERY common for you to drive 2 hoursto get to where you are wanting to go, not only because of the traffic out here (which is seriously ridiculous) but because all of the really cool fun things to do, are that far away! My mom and sister, Candace were recently here for a visit in July, and we took them into the City, down Lombard Street, to Ghirardelli Square (mmmm Chocolate!!), on a Bay Tour because the Alcatraz Tours were all sold out, to Coit Tower, down to Santa Cruz to walk the boardwalk down there, to Monterey Bay Aquarium, to Stinson Beach, over the Golden Gate Bridge and of course, showed them around Concord a bit. Almost every place we went, except for the City, was about 2 hours each way... We did have a lot of fun going and doing the site seeing, especially since we haven't been able to do much of that since we have been here. We really are here to work, pay bills off and for Justin to hopefully get his Mechanics Card before we move back home to Utah.
We are determined though, to pay off almost all of the debts that we have currently, and we are doing a really great job of working towards this goal. We have paid off one of the loans we came out here with already, and are working on others.
With all this said, we cannot wait until the day comes that we are able to move back to Utah and be back in our old neighborhood, home, etc... and we are really shooting for moving back the summer of 2016, as long as things continue to work out as they have been. Now, of course, if the opportunity presents itself to move back sooner because things have worked out better than we orginally anticipated, we will definitely take that chance. However, as it sits right now, we are looking at July of 2016 as our anticipated move back to Utah date. We miss all of our family and friends back home!!
I need to get some dinner cooking, so I will post some pics soon!! <3
Thursday, May 2, 2013
May 2013 Update
Holey Moley! I cannot believe I go so long in between updates on here.
Since my last update, we have learned that we are having a little girl with this pregnancy. Justin is hoping that she will be our last child, although, we are young, so I am not planning on doing anything permanent.
Justin has been working a lot more consistently lately (YAY!!!)
We have been living in our house, just our little family, since the end of November. I cannot believe how nice it is to have just us living here. Although, I LOVE my mom and little sister, it is definitely nice to have a place that we can call (and feel like) it is our own.
I got a promotion at work, am still able to work from home, thank goodness, and am LOVING my new position!! :-)
We just found out that Justin DOES have insurance, and our family is now Double Insured! It is such a nice feeling to have that stress off of my mind with little Emmalee so close to being here.
Justin and I bought a new car! We traded in my little Honda Accord, and bought a 2013 Honda CRV :) We are very happy with our decision, and we got a GREAT rate on the vehicle.
I am currently 37 weeks pregnant with little Emmalee, dilated to a 2 and 80% effaced. I am really hoping that she decides to come here soon. My body is starting to hurt and I am just ready to have her here.
Jaydon is 20 months old!!! I cannot believe how much he is learning and growing right now! He amazes me everyday with the things he knows and says. I cannot believe that in a few short months, we will be having another birthday party for him, and that at that point in time, it will only be 3 years before he is in school!!
Jaydon is trying to potty train himself. We are not pushing it as of yet, as we are worried that if we push it too hard before his little sister is here, that he will regress and have a hard time wanting to be potty trained. We have him in pull-ups though, and when he tells us he needs to go potty, he goes potty in the big boy potty, even at other people's houses.
Such a smart little boy. I love him so much!
I am working on getting a routine down for cleaning at my household. Having specific days where I clean specific things. I used this the week before my Baby Shower, and it worked quite well :) I think I will continue to use this routine as much as I can.
Some of my best friends, Chelsi and Brittanie, threw Emmalee and I a Baby Shower/Sprinkle. They did such a good job. I had a lot of fun, and enjoyed spending time with all of the lovely ladies and kids that showed up! (Iwill work on getting on and uploading some pictures, before I have this little princess) TTFN
Since my last update, we have learned that we are having a little girl with this pregnancy. Justin is hoping that she will be our last child, although, we are young, so I am not planning on doing anything permanent.
Justin has been working a lot more consistently lately (YAY!!!)
We have been living in our house, just our little family, since the end of November. I cannot believe how nice it is to have just us living here. Although, I LOVE my mom and little sister, it is definitely nice to have a place that we can call (and feel like) it is our own.
I got a promotion at work, am still able to work from home, thank goodness, and am LOVING my new position!! :-)
We just found out that Justin DOES have insurance, and our family is now Double Insured! It is such a nice feeling to have that stress off of my mind with little Emmalee so close to being here.
Justin and I bought a new car! We traded in my little Honda Accord, and bought a 2013 Honda CRV :) We are very happy with our decision, and we got a GREAT rate on the vehicle.
I am currently 37 weeks pregnant with little Emmalee, dilated to a 2 and 80% effaced. I am really hoping that she decides to come here soon. My body is starting to hurt and I am just ready to have her here.
Jaydon is 20 months old!!! I cannot believe how much he is learning and growing right now! He amazes me everyday with the things he knows and says. I cannot believe that in a few short months, we will be having another birthday party for him, and that at that point in time, it will only be 3 years before he is in school!!
Jaydon is trying to potty train himself. We are not pushing it as of yet, as we are worried that if we push it too hard before his little sister is here, that he will regress and have a hard time wanting to be potty trained. We have him in pull-ups though, and when he tells us he needs to go potty, he goes potty in the big boy potty, even at other people's houses.
Such a smart little boy. I love him so much!
I am working on getting a routine down for cleaning at my household. Having specific days where I clean specific things. I used this the week before my Baby Shower, and it worked quite well :) I think I will continue to use this routine as much as I can.
Some of my best friends, Chelsi and Brittanie, threw Emmalee and I a Baby Shower/Sprinkle. They did such a good job. I had a lot of fun, and enjoyed spending time with all of the lovely ladies and kids that showed up! (Iwill work on getting on and uploading some pictures, before I have this little princess) TTFN
Thursday, October 11, 2012
New News :-D
I am the worst slacker ever on updating this blog!!
Since my last post, Jaydon turned the big ONE! Justin is back working for the time being (YAY)
and Justin and I found out we are expecting the pitter patter of little feet again in May! Jaydon is going to be a big brother!! :-D
Jaydon is so excited, he says "Baby" all the time, and I have taught him that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy. Today I am exactly 8 weeks along, we have our first Dr appointment a week from today! WAHOO!
It is so crazy to think that we are going to have TWO kids soon. It kind of blows my mind lol and it hasn't really hit me very hard yet lol I am sure it will soon. I have my little freak out moments where I'm like "OMG Jaydon is into everything and is so smart, and I am going to have another one, OMG" lol but then I look at other people, and know I can do this! :)
Well, until next time... Have a great October!!
Since my last post, Jaydon turned the big ONE! Justin is back working for the time being (YAY)
and Justin and I found out we are expecting the pitter patter of little feet again in May! Jaydon is going to be a big brother!! :-D
Jaydon is so excited, he says "Baby" all the time, and I have taught him that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy. Today I am exactly 8 weeks along, we have our first Dr appointment a week from today! WAHOO!
It is so crazy to think that we are going to have TWO kids soon. It kind of blows my mind lol and it hasn't really hit me very hard yet lol I am sure it will soon. I have my little freak out moments where I'm like "OMG Jaydon is into everything and is so smart, and I am going to have another one, OMG" lol but then I look at other people, and know I can do this! :)
Well, until next time... Have a great October!!
Friday, July 20, 2012
The Latest News
So I really need to get on here more often and update. It has been 5 Months since the last time that I posted here. That is just unacceptable.
Well, Jaydon is now 11 months old, he has been walking for 2 months now :) is everywhere, LOVES to feed himself... he eats pretty much anything that we put in front of him. We think that he is lactose intolerant (soy milk for this boy) but are hoping that he grows out of it. Jaydon also has 5 teeth that have cut through the gums, but his teeth take forever to actually finish coming in. Poor Boy. He loves to just sit and gabble nonsense, and loves to yell at his daddy :)
We also bought our house, it was finalized on April 20th. Justin has been working off and on since we bought the house. We are working on paying off bills and getting things ready for our little man's first birthday that is coming up so fast.
I got to go to the Hogle Zoo last week with my work for our Summer Academic Meetings. I love the Zoo, we have not had a chance to take Jaydon as of yet, but I plan on taking him soon.
Jaydon has also gotten his first Hair Cut. I absolutely love doing his hair in hair gel lol but when his hair is done it makes him look like he is 14 months old :( which depresses me lol It is tough enough that he already is considered a toddler, not a baby anymore lol but I am definitely looking forward to the future and him actually being able to talk to me and just be a cute little child haha and sometimes a monster.
I need to get my crafty side going... and I really need to get my house cleaned up because I still have boxes in my bedroom. ohh boy am I a slacker... Oh and another thing, I am having the hardest time losing my baby weight... I am STILL carrying around an extra 40-45 lbs from the pregnancy... even with going to the gym (which I have to admit is not as consistant as I would like it to be) but I am drinking a ton more water than I used to. I did get the Insanity Workout Program and it is on it;s way to me as of today and then I will be looking HOT again :) :) at least before I get pregnant again... yes you read that correctly, Justin and I are trying for Number 2 :) we want them to be fairly close in age... I would have liked to be pregnant already, but it will happen when it is supposed to happen.
Well, work is calling my name... Ta Ta for now..
Well, Jaydon is now 11 months old, he has been walking for 2 months now :) is everywhere, LOVES to feed himself... he eats pretty much anything that we put in front of him. We think that he is lactose intolerant (soy milk for this boy) but are hoping that he grows out of it. Jaydon also has 5 teeth that have cut through the gums, but his teeth take forever to actually finish coming in. Poor Boy. He loves to just sit and gabble nonsense, and loves to yell at his daddy :)
We also bought our house, it was finalized on April 20th. Justin has been working off and on since we bought the house. We are working on paying off bills and getting things ready for our little man's first birthday that is coming up so fast.
I got to go to the Hogle Zoo last week with my work for our Summer Academic Meetings. I love the Zoo, we have not had a chance to take Jaydon as of yet, but I plan on taking him soon.
Jaydon has also gotten his first Hair Cut. I absolutely love doing his hair in hair gel lol but when his hair is done it makes him look like he is 14 months old :( which depresses me lol It is tough enough that he already is considered a toddler, not a baby anymore lol but I am definitely looking forward to the future and him actually being able to talk to me and just be a cute little child haha and sometimes a monster.
I need to get my crafty side going... and I really need to get my house cleaned up because I still have boxes in my bedroom. ohh boy am I a slacker... Oh and another thing, I am having the hardest time losing my baby weight... I am STILL carrying around an extra 40-45 lbs from the pregnancy... even with going to the gym (which I have to admit is not as consistant as I would like it to be) but I am drinking a ton more water than I used to. I did get the Insanity Workout Program and it is on it;s way to me as of today and then I will be looking HOT again :) :) at least before I get pregnant again... yes you read that correctly, Justin and I are trying for Number 2 :) we want them to be fairly close in age... I would have liked to be pregnant already, but it will happen when it is supposed to happen.
Well, work is calling my name... Ta Ta for now..
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Jaydon 7 Months Old
I was just looking at some of the blogs that I follow and was realizing how long it had been since I last blogged.
Since September, I have:
Here is a recent pic of my baby Boo
Yes, my son is crawling everywhere, loving trying to play with the heater vents, the vacuum, and picking anything and everything up off the floor. He is also trying to pull himself up (successfully might I add) and trying to let go after he is standing and take steps!! I keep telling him that he is taking these things waay too fast lol
I love him so much though. He is the highlight of my day! Everyone always tells you that time will go by really fast, you expect it to go fast, but you never expect it to go as fast as it does.
I mentioned that I work from home now (YAY!!!!!) which makes my day even better because I get to see my little booger wake up and sit and listen to him as he watches Blues Clues on Netflix.
Now that Jaydon is here, I can't even imagine how it would be if something were to ever happen to him. Being a parent is so rewarding!
Since September, I have:
- Had Jaydon
- Moved into a house
- paid off some of our debt
- been working between50-70 hours a week
- started going back to church
- trying to be a little more active
- started working from home
Here is a recent pic of my baby Boo
I love him so much though. He is the highlight of my day! Everyone always tells you that time will go by really fast, you expect it to go fast, but you never expect it to go as fast as it does.
I mentioned that I work from home now (YAY!!!!!) which makes my day even better because I get to see my little booger wake up and sit and listen to him as he watches Blues Clues on Netflix.
Now that Jaydon is here, I can't even imagine how it would be if something were to ever happen to him. Being a parent is so rewarding!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
I'm a slacker....
So I am a total slacker and the whole 6 weeks I was off of work I didn't post anything on here... I gave birth to our beautiful baby boy, Jaydon, on August 17th, 2011 at 2:19 AM. He weighed 6 lbs 4 oz when he was born and was 19 inches long.
I was sitting at work on August 16th, I had some back pain and it just seemed to be getting worse and worse. I started chatting with one of my co-workers about my back pain, and she thought I was having back labor and that I should go home. ( I wanted to be stubborn and stay at work, to get more hours, but I couldn't take the pain, so I didn't fight her) I had only worked 4 hours, but I went home anyways. I took a nice warm bath, hoping that that would help my back pain. I tried to nap, but nothing was helping, and the contractions were getting closer and the pain was making me cry.
I finally called the doctor on call and was told to go in, even though I had been into the hospital the 2 days before for false alarms. I arrived at the hospital at about 450pm, and saw both of the nurses that had been my nurses the two previous days. Third time's a charm right? I was hoping so.
They got me into a room, and checked me......
I had progressed! I was now dilated to a 3.5 (the day before I was only dilated to a 1+)
They were going to admit me, because I was so close to being in active labor, and my contractions were hard enough that they figured that I would progress on my own.
Justin was not happy with this, as he was stuck taking a class that was required for certain reasons, until 10 pm. I had to have Justin's brother, Kelly and my little sister Candace take me to the hospital. (Which by the way, they decided to go and get food while they checked me, and right after they got the IV in my arm they came in with Fries and burgers that smelled SOO good, but of course, I couldn't have anything but ice chips to eat :( )
Justin called me, frantic that he was stuck in class, he wanted me to wait to get the epidural until he got there!!! HAH! No way was I waiting for him to get that epidural! (and I'm glad I didnt wait too!!) They gave me the epidural, which immediately gave me SO much relief from the contractions! After they gave me the epidural, I just sat and waited for everyone to show up. Justin's mom got there next, and sat there to talk with me while we waited for things to progress. Heather Saulnier (Jaydon's god-mother) came to visit as well. A little time had gone by, it was almost 9pm when a man walks in the door, he didn't get a chance to say anything before his phone rang and he walked back out the door and Justin walked in. The man that had just walked in was the on-call doctor and was going to break my water. (Thank goodness Justin showed up when he did!!! He would have been SO upset if he missed that)
So he broke my water at 9pm, and they figured that I wouldn't be ready to push until 4 or 5 the next morning because I am a first time mom. I let my mom know since she was stuck at work until 11 pm. My mom got there about 11, or 1130. The first thing she said, because she had me so quickly, was "Why haven't you checked her lately?" The nurse kind of stammered and said that they don't check very often that way I wouldn't get discouraged if I wasn't progressing very fast.
The Nurse ended up checking me, and seemed kind of in shock...... At about midnight, I was completely dilated and effaced.
We had to wait for the go ahead for me to start pushing, and for Jaydon to move down just a little bit more.
I got this strange feeling that I needed to push. Justin hurried out to the nurse and the nurse checked again... yes, Jaydon had moved down and I was ready to push.
We did some practice pushes, to gauge how long it could take for me to push Jaydon out. (Can I say that pushing was probably the hardest thing, where I was so numb I didn't really know how to use the muscles that they wanted me to use haha) but I got him down enough for them to call the doctor.
Side note::: they were going to have the on call doctor deliver me, but Dr Langer had said that she would come in to deliver me :)
When my Dr finally got to the hospital, she said that she had gotten pulled over, never once has she been pulled over before lol ( the funny thing here is that we had just been talking about this exact thing, wondering how many doctors get pulled over on their way in to the hospital to deliver a baby)
I pushed and pushed, they almost got the forceps to help get Jaydon's head out, thank goodness they brought me the mirror and let the epidural wear off a little... because I got him out all by myself, no need for the forceps :)
(Since I am at work right now, I will post some pictures when I get home, if I remember ;-) )
I was sitting at work on August 16th, I had some back pain and it just seemed to be getting worse and worse. I started chatting with one of my co-workers about my back pain, and she thought I was having back labor and that I should go home. ( I wanted to be stubborn and stay at work, to get more hours, but I couldn't take the pain, so I didn't fight her) I had only worked 4 hours, but I went home anyways. I took a nice warm bath, hoping that that would help my back pain. I tried to nap, but nothing was helping, and the contractions were getting closer and the pain was making me cry.
I finally called the doctor on call and was told to go in, even though I had been into the hospital the 2 days before for false alarms. I arrived at the hospital at about 450pm, and saw both of the nurses that had been my nurses the two previous days. Third time's a charm right? I was hoping so.
They got me into a room, and checked me......
I had progressed! I was now dilated to a 3.5 (the day before I was only dilated to a 1+)
They were going to admit me, because I was so close to being in active labor, and my contractions were hard enough that they figured that I would progress on my own.
Justin was not happy with this, as he was stuck taking a class that was required for certain reasons, until 10 pm. I had to have Justin's brother, Kelly and my little sister Candace take me to the hospital. (Which by the way, they decided to go and get food while they checked me, and right after they got the IV in my arm they came in with Fries and burgers that smelled SOO good, but of course, I couldn't have anything but ice chips to eat :( )
Justin called me, frantic that he was stuck in class, he wanted me to wait to get the epidural until he got there!!! HAH! No way was I waiting for him to get that epidural! (and I'm glad I didnt wait too!!) They gave me the epidural, which immediately gave me SO much relief from the contractions! After they gave me the epidural, I just sat and waited for everyone to show up. Justin's mom got there next, and sat there to talk with me while we waited for things to progress. Heather Saulnier (Jaydon's god-mother) came to visit as well. A little time had gone by, it was almost 9pm when a man walks in the door, he didn't get a chance to say anything before his phone rang and he walked back out the door and Justin walked in. The man that had just walked in was the on-call doctor and was going to break my water. (Thank goodness Justin showed up when he did!!! He would have been SO upset if he missed that)
So he broke my water at 9pm, and they figured that I wouldn't be ready to push until 4 or 5 the next morning because I am a first time mom. I let my mom know since she was stuck at work until 11 pm. My mom got there about 11, or 1130. The first thing she said, because she had me so quickly, was "Why haven't you checked her lately?" The nurse kind of stammered and said that they don't check very often that way I wouldn't get discouraged if I wasn't progressing very fast.
The Nurse ended up checking me, and seemed kind of in shock...... At about midnight, I was completely dilated and effaced.
We had to wait for the go ahead for me to start pushing, and for Jaydon to move down just a little bit more.
I got this strange feeling that I needed to push. Justin hurried out to the nurse and the nurse checked again... yes, Jaydon had moved down and I was ready to push.
We did some practice pushes, to gauge how long it could take for me to push Jaydon out. (Can I say that pushing was probably the hardest thing, where I was so numb I didn't really know how to use the muscles that they wanted me to use haha) but I got him down enough for them to call the doctor.
Side note::: they were going to have the on call doctor deliver me, but Dr Langer had said that she would come in to deliver me :)
When my Dr finally got to the hospital, she said that she had gotten pulled over, never once has she been pulled over before lol ( the funny thing here is that we had just been talking about this exact thing, wondering how many doctors get pulled over on their way in to the hospital to deliver a baby)
I pushed and pushed, they almost got the forceps to help get Jaydon's head out, thank goodness they brought me the mirror and let the epidural wear off a little... because I got him out all by myself, no need for the forceps :)
(Since I am at work right now, I will post some pictures when I get home, if I remember ;-) )
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Less than 30 days....
So in less than 30 days we should be able to meet our little Jaydon bug. He wanted to make sure today while I was sitting at work, that I knew he was in there still, waiting to come out, because he stuck out an elbow or heel, (something pointy) and boy did it hurt!
But I love him anyways! :)
We got a crib for him finally, from some of our great friends at one of our Baby Showers. It is SO cute!! We are trying to be moved into Justin's parents by the 15th.... that way if I happen to have Jaydon early, we will be able to relax with everything over at the parents house already. My next appointment is on my birthday, the 8th, we will see how things are looking. If I have dilated anymore or not.
35 Weeks and 5 days
So other than thinking about how I could go into labor literally at any time, we are in the process of moving into Justin's parents house, Justin hasn't worked in over two weeks, I have been working as much Overtime as I can get to make up the difference, we aren't able to get Unemployment to cover while Justin hasn't been working, when I do go on maternity leave my wages drop to only 60% of what they are now..... I have a fear that Justin is going to get called to go out of town for work, and then I am going to go into labor, and today, the hubbs hurt his back to the point that he can hardly move. Just wonderful.
I wish there were a limit to how many times things can go wrong in your life, and they have to be passed on to someone who hasn't had anything bad happen to them for a long long while. I was hoping that this past year would be enough and things would start going up when Justin got Elevators back the beginning of July, but boy was the joke on us.
One of the only good things that has happened in the past month, was that I got a bonus from my work, and we were able to pay off two more of Justin's credit cards. However, I was hoping that I could have paid off four instead of the two. But with the way money is falling right now, that just isn't going to happen unfortunately. Oh well I guess, that's why we're moving in with the parents, that way we can hopefully pay off more credit cards and not move out until we get into a house.
I am hoping things will pick up and go better from here on out..... Crossing my fingers.
But I love him anyways! :)
We got a crib for him finally, from some of our great friends at one of our Baby Showers. It is SO cute!! We are trying to be moved into Justin's parents by the 15th.... that way if I happen to have Jaydon early, we will be able to relax with everything over at the parents house already. My next appointment is on my birthday, the 8th, we will see how things are looking. If I have dilated anymore or not.
So other than thinking about how I could go into labor literally at any time, we are in the process of moving into Justin's parents house, Justin hasn't worked in over two weeks, I have been working as much Overtime as I can get to make up the difference, we aren't able to get Unemployment to cover while Justin hasn't been working, when I do go on maternity leave my wages drop to only 60% of what they are now..... I have a fear that Justin is going to get called to go out of town for work, and then I am going to go into labor, and today, the hubbs hurt his back to the point that he can hardly move. Just wonderful.
I wish there were a limit to how many times things can go wrong in your life, and they have to be passed on to someone who hasn't had anything bad happen to them for a long long while. I was hoping that this past year would be enough and things would start going up when Justin got Elevators back the beginning of July, but boy was the joke on us.
One of the only good things that has happened in the past month, was that I got a bonus from my work, and we were able to pay off two more of Justin's credit cards. However, I was hoping that I could have paid off four instead of the two. But with the way money is falling right now, that just isn't going to happen unfortunately. Oh well I guess, that's why we're moving in with the parents, that way we can hopefully pay off more credit cards and not move out until we get into a house.
I am hoping things will pick up and go better from here on out..... Crossing my fingers.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Everything that is on the mind....
There is a lot that is on my mind at the moment as I write this blog post.
- Justin went back to work yesterday for the Union (YAYYY) but he is going out of town today lol ( I didn't think it would be so soon, oh well, at least he is back working)
- Money-ever since our douche of a roommate ditched out, I have been a little stressed over our bills
- Moving-there is so much to do, so little time, and now Justin doesn't want to move in with his parents, he has a good reason, they do get along better when they aren't living together, but I am worried about how we are going to pay our bills and such
- baby Jaydon-Yep, I am in Nesting mode now... I feel like all I can think about is what all I need to clean and get organized at home, how we don't have anything for him yet except a changing table, etc...
- being a parent- O M G I am nervous, scared, excited every emotion in the book... I'm worried about how things are going to be, how things are going to work when he is really here and not just in my belly...
- LABOR- uhhh yeah, pretty sure this is self-explanatory lol
Thursday, June 9, 2011
The Decision has been made....We're Moving
Yes, Justin and I have made the decision to move in with his parents when our lease ends on August 31st. I definitely had to talk Justin into it, because he isn't too keen on living with his parents again...but in the long run it will help us (and them) out a lot. We will be saving SO much more money (depending on how much we end up spending on baby Jaydon for diapers, etc..) but at least we will have the relief of knowing that we will have extra money to be able to get those things we need.
The number one and two reasons I am so happy that we are moving:
1. We can't afford the duplex we are living in now on our own without Justin's Union Elevator job.
2. This means that we would need roommates, and as of right now, I have had it with childish people who take advantage of their family and friends just because they think they can, therefore, Buh bye roommates, fend for yourselves, because we have been supporting you people since our first pair of roommates left, and this pregnant woman right here is DONE with it! I have lost all respect in almost every person that has lived with us in the last two years. They all will find out what it is like to have to take responsibility for themselves and actually pay their bills/rent in full ON TIME!
meanwhile, we, will finally have some breathing room since Justin was laid off (almost) a year ago now. It has been so long since we have been able to do that.
I am appalled at how many people that have lived with us, that are older than both Justin and I, that are so low that they can't hold a job for the life of them, some of them have kids themselves and hardly see them, have NEVER paid their portion of rent ontime, don't help out with the Utilities at all, nor the groceries...
All I can say is I sure hope they get what they have coming around to them.
Can you tell I am a little heated and irritated by this subject? I swear that I will never offer to help another person out again, not with how we have been treated for the last year. Everyone else is all about #1 all the time, I think it is about Justin and mine's turn to be selfish for once! No more paying it forward for us in this same way, because all Justin and I have gotten is crapped on for it! People take advantage and think it is ok to never ever return the favor.
On an up note, Justin and I will be celebrating our Official One Year Anniversary in only 36 days, and we will hopefully get to meet our son in 86 days! (or a little bit sooner)
The number one and two reasons I am so happy that we are moving:
1. We can't afford the duplex we are living in now on our own without Justin's Union Elevator job.
2. This means that we would need roommates, and as of right now, I have had it with childish people who take advantage of their family and friends just because they think they can, therefore, Buh bye roommates, fend for yourselves, because we have been supporting you people since our first pair of roommates left, and this pregnant woman right here is DONE with it! I have lost all respect in almost every person that has lived with us in the last two years. They all will find out what it is like to have to take responsibility for themselves and actually pay their bills/rent in full ON TIME!
meanwhile, we, will finally have some breathing room since Justin was laid off (almost) a year ago now. It has been so long since we have been able to do that.
I am appalled at how many people that have lived with us, that are older than both Justin and I, that are so low that they can't hold a job for the life of them, some of them have kids themselves and hardly see them, have NEVER paid their portion of rent ontime, don't help out with the Utilities at all, nor the groceries...
All I can say is I sure hope they get what they have coming around to them.
Can you tell I am a little heated and irritated by this subject? I swear that I will never offer to help another person out again, not with how we have been treated for the last year. Everyone else is all about #1 all the time, I think it is about Justin and mine's turn to be selfish for once! No more paying it forward for us in this same way, because all Justin and I have gotten is crapped on for it! People take advantage and think it is ok to never ever return the favor.
On an up note, Justin and I will be celebrating our Official One Year Anniversary in only 36 days, and we will hopefully get to meet our son in 86 days! (or a little bit sooner)
Monday, June 6, 2011
June....Already?
It is June! OMG time is flying by WAAY too fast!
So I have been a slacker and keep forgetting to upload pics from the last ultrasound we had, and even write a blog. So here goes: :) May 27th we had a second ultrasound, due to the fact that it was too early to see some of the things they needed to when I was 18.5 weeks and Jaydon was measuring at 17.5 weeks. He is still measuring at about 5 days behind where I am, but his Hearbeat is strong and everything is on track a this time :)
I am fairly sure that he is sucking his thumb here :)
He's almost sucking his thumb here too.
So I have been a slacker and keep forgetting to upload pics from the last ultrasound we had, and even write a blog. So here goes: :) May 27th we had a second ultrasound, due to the fact that it was too early to see some of the things they needed to when I was 18.5 weeks and Jaydon was measuring at 17.5 weeks. He is still measuring at about 5 days behind where I am, but his Hearbeat is strong and everything is on track a this time :)
I am fairly sure that he is sucking his thumb here :) 
He already has his father's attitude....
Not a shy one, not one bit! Haha
He's almost sucking his thumb here too.
Showing off his little biceps already, he's gonna be a show off like his father ;-) 
I love his little lips! :) :)
My beautiful baby boy, Jaydon Brody White. Mommy is getting so excited to meet you! I already love you with all my heart!
Only a little over a month til my first Baby Shower, oh my I cannot believe how fast time is going by! I keep getting told that pregnancy just lasts and lasts, but I feel like it has flown by already. We will see how the 3rd Trimester goes though.
I have started to get my motivation back for getting my butt in gear and excersizing more, I went to Yoga on Saturday, and plan to start going to water aerobics whenever I can :) and if there isn't a class, I'll just go swim in the pool :)
I am definitely looking forward to BBQ season, and all of the fun that comes with it. I am just hoping that my swelling feet work with me and don't get too horribly bad.
Any ideas on what I could do for Justin's birthday? His 24th birthday is in a couple weeks from today... right after Father's Day.... I have no clue what to do for him....
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
"Extreme Couponing"
So I decided, after taking an online class from a friend from high school and watching only a couple of episodes of "Extreme Couponing" that I am definitely going to get going on couponing. My mom and I might do this together :)
On one of the episodes that I watched last night, a family of 9 went out shopping with coupons, the husband and wife had to shop and check out separately that way they would be able to save more because of the store's rules changing on coupons. Both the wife's total before coupons and the husband's totaly before coupons was over $500. After Coupons and store loyalty cards, the wife spent $5.97 on her groceries. The husband, after coupons, spent $36. together they spent a total of about $42 for over $1000 worth of groceries!!!
This would be the reason that I want to start couponing. Diapers, toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, deodorant, toilet paper, paper towels....etc.... are all things that these Extreme Couponer's had a HUGE stock pile of. I hear a lot of people say that they don't coupon because they don't use the things that the coupons are for... but they just aren't looking in the right places. Which is one reason I am glad I took the online coupon class that I did. My friend was a big help. I don't quite remember everything from her class, so I may take it again in the future just to refresh my memory :) Awesome stuff though!!
Until next time...
On one of the episodes that I watched last night, a family of 9 went out shopping with coupons, the husband and wife had to shop and check out separately that way they would be able to save more because of the store's rules changing on coupons. Both the wife's total before coupons and the husband's totaly before coupons was over $500. After Coupons and store loyalty cards, the wife spent $5.97 on her groceries. The husband, after coupons, spent $36. together they spent a total of about $42 for over $1000 worth of groceries!!!
This would be the reason that I want to start couponing. Diapers, toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, deodorant, toilet paper, paper towels....etc.... are all things that these Extreme Couponer's had a HUGE stock pile of. I hear a lot of people say that they don't coupon because they don't use the things that the coupons are for... but they just aren't looking in the right places. Which is one reason I am glad I took the online coupon class that I did. My friend was a big help. I don't quite remember everything from her class, so I may take it again in the future just to refresh my memory :) Awesome stuff though!!
Until next time...
Thursday, May 5, 2011
May 4th Prenatal Visit! :)
I had another prenatal visit yesterday. Justin was not able to go, as his work did not approve the day off for him, so I went to my appointment alone. I got there in plenty of time, and can I just say, I forget how easily you have to pee when you are pregnant lol I had gone pee earlier, at about 930, I left my house at 1045 with a full mug of water (I always take it and gulp it down, that way I know I will have to pee, since they make you at every visit), I arrived at the dr at about 1110 and checked in. I sat down and figured ok I have 20 minutes to gulp this water down since I still don't feel the need to pee. I gulped it alright lol and I had to pee before my little 10 minute visit with the doctor and after. (and when I got home later too haha) They weighed me, so far I have gained about 27ish pounds with the pregnancy, my dr said that if I can try and aim for only gaining another 10 pounds throughout the rest of the pregnancy (17 and a half more weeks) that I should be in great shape! :) Looks like I need to start hitting the gym a little bit, doing some water aerobics and walking on the treadmill, to help keep my weight under control. I have gained between 4-6 pounds between each of my appointments. She got out the doppler and we listened to the heart, very strong at 145 beats per minute :) She also said that I am growing pretty much right on track for the pregnancy.
She set me up with the 1-Hour Glucose Test drink for next appointment which is only 3 weeks away on May 27th!!! (I am SOO not looking forward to this test, I can't eat breakfast before, I have this orange glucola drink to drink and then they have to draw blood from me again, hopefully this time I get a better person to draw my blood than at my first visit where she collapsed a vein...) So I have to go in early, about 9 am to have my blood drawn, and then my real appointment is at 2pm for a check up and my ultrasound!!! YAY I was hoping I could get another ultrasound. I hope the Tech gives me some better pictures this time :) and I'm crossing my fingers for another dvd too :) hehe
Now for an update on Justin and I, we are going good, taking things day by day, or atleast trying to. He is still working at Wendy's partime, and thank goodness is still able to keep his unemployment, otherwise we'd be totally screwed. We gave up on trying to see what we could qualify for for a house/town home for the time being, as we are still trying to pay down, if not pay off, a lot of bills that way our credit will sky rocket and we will be in a much better situation all around.
I am officially done with roommates that act like children! One of our roommates moved out this last weekend, she just turned 21 and is about to have a kid in less than 2 weeks and just is not acting her age. When asked simple questions she blows up and is just plain a beast. She did not clean her area after she moved everything out, trash was left everywhere and things were left behind that were hers that she apparently didn't care about anymore, and she is refusing to give our house key back that she has, and one of my shirts that she borrowed a few weeks back. It's just interesting to see the way she is acting and the things she said to me. I understand that she may be *Grouchy* because of being so close to her due date and just wanting to be done with being pregnant, but when someone doesn't do anything at all to make you act the way you are... I think it is a little excessive... I will leave it at she will get what she deserves, maybe in the future she will have the same thing happen to her that she did to us, or what ever, all I know is that we may have been screwed over 4-5 times in the last year by roommates, and when Karma comes around they will all get what they deserve, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
Other than that, we are planning on staying where we are living for now, our lease ends in August. I want to look for a one bedroom apartment on our own, but Justin wants to stay where we are for another year and continue doing the roommate thing (which I am hoping we wont need to do for much longer, if I can make sure that bills are paid down/off the way I am hoping they will be) and then we won't need roommates and can look for something for our family, and our family only. NO more roommates.
I just feel like roommates don't care like they should, as we have seen with the 4-5 times that we have been screwed over by them in the last year... and two of those roommates have been family members... The unfortunate thing is that Justin and I just are not able to afford a place on our own right now without these roommates, and I don't know when we will be able to afford a place on our own until we get some bills paid down/off.
Well, when i get pictures from the ultrasound on the 27th I will most definitely put them up! :-)
I am getting more and more excited as I feel little Jayden move more and more :) I cannot wait until Justin can feel him move too!
Much love to you!
She set me up with the 1-Hour Glucose Test drink for next appointment which is only 3 weeks away on May 27th!!! (I am SOO not looking forward to this test, I can't eat breakfast before, I have this orange glucola drink to drink and then they have to draw blood from me again, hopefully this time I get a better person to draw my blood than at my first visit where she collapsed a vein...) So I have to go in early, about 9 am to have my blood drawn, and then my real appointment is at 2pm for a check up and my ultrasound!!! YAY I was hoping I could get another ultrasound. I hope the Tech gives me some better pictures this time :) and I'm crossing my fingers for another dvd too :) hehe
Now for an update on Justin and I, we are going good, taking things day by day, or atleast trying to. He is still working at Wendy's partime, and thank goodness is still able to keep his unemployment, otherwise we'd be totally screwed. We gave up on trying to see what we could qualify for for a house/town home for the time being, as we are still trying to pay down, if not pay off, a lot of bills that way our credit will sky rocket and we will be in a much better situation all around.
I am officially done with roommates that act like children! One of our roommates moved out this last weekend, she just turned 21 and is about to have a kid in less than 2 weeks and just is not acting her age. When asked simple questions she blows up and is just plain a beast. She did not clean her area after she moved everything out, trash was left everywhere and things were left behind that were hers that she apparently didn't care about anymore, and she is refusing to give our house key back that she has, and one of my shirts that she borrowed a few weeks back. It's just interesting to see the way she is acting and the things she said to me. I understand that she may be *Grouchy* because of being so close to her due date and just wanting to be done with being pregnant, but when someone doesn't do anything at all to make you act the way you are... I think it is a little excessive... I will leave it at she will get what she deserves, maybe in the future she will have the same thing happen to her that she did to us, or what ever, all I know is that we may have been screwed over 4-5 times in the last year by roommates, and when Karma comes around they will all get what they deserve, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
Other than that, we are planning on staying where we are living for now, our lease ends in August. I want to look for a one bedroom apartment on our own, but Justin wants to stay where we are for another year and continue doing the roommate thing (which I am hoping we wont need to do for much longer, if I can make sure that bills are paid down/off the way I am hoping they will be) and then we won't need roommates and can look for something for our family, and our family only. NO more roommates.
I just feel like roommates don't care like they should, as we have seen with the 4-5 times that we have been screwed over by them in the last year... and two of those roommates have been family members... The unfortunate thing is that Justin and I just are not able to afford a place on our own right now without these roommates, and I don't know when we will be able to afford a place on our own until we get some bills paid down/off.
Well, when i get pictures from the ultrasound on the 27th I will most definitely put them up! :-)
I am getting more and more excited as I feel little Jayden move more and more :) I cannot wait until Justin can feel him move too!
Much love to you!
Friday, April 8, 2011
IT'S A.........
So Wednesday April 6th we had another prenatal appointment!!!
We weren't sure if I would get the ultrasound then, or if my doctor would have to schedule it and have me come in a week or two later. Well, just so happens that we were able to go right now and have the ultrasound done right after my appointment.
As we walked down to the ultrasound suite, I started getting excited, nervous, my emotions were going haywire.
Was the baby going to cooperate? What if I wasn't as far along as I thought I was? All kinds of things were running through my head.
The ultrasound tech called us back to the room. I sat down and looked at the blank screen as we waited for the tech to come into the room and begin.
Those first pictures of our baby were amazing! It is so amazing to think that that little alien-looking creature is inside of you, growing, maturing at a rapid rate, loving you for sacrificing your body to help make them!
We were able to look at the head, the face, the arms (which seemed pretty long in my opinon), the legs. The baby did not want to cooperate with the ultra sound technician to be able to measure the legs. It kept it's legs scrunched underneath them.
That's when she saw. The ultrasound technician said, "Oh, you guys are having a _______!" There was no need for a different point of view to tell for sure. She was sure.
So here it is.... WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!!
I am sure the picture looks weird, his head isn't visible at the moment, but that is our son, right there! He weighs 8 ounces, was measuring at a week behind where I am, so 17, almost 18 weeks, but is perfectly healthy, HeartBeat was 154 beats per minute. :-)
I love you my little one!!! :-)
We weren't sure if I would get the ultrasound then, or if my doctor would have to schedule it and have me come in a week or two later. Well, just so happens that we were able to go right now and have the ultrasound done right after my appointment.
As we walked down to the ultrasound suite, I started getting excited, nervous, my emotions were going haywire.
Was the baby going to cooperate? What if I wasn't as far along as I thought I was? All kinds of things were running through my head.
The ultrasound tech called us back to the room. I sat down and looked at the blank screen as we waited for the tech to come into the room and begin.
Those first pictures of our baby were amazing! It is so amazing to think that that little alien-looking creature is inside of you, growing, maturing at a rapid rate, loving you for sacrificing your body to help make them!
We were able to look at the head, the face, the arms (which seemed pretty long in my opinon), the legs. The baby did not want to cooperate with the ultra sound technician to be able to measure the legs. It kept it's legs scrunched underneath them.
That's when she saw. The ultrasound technician said, "Oh, you guys are having a _______!" There was no need for a different point of view to tell for sure. She was sure.
So here it is.... WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!!
I am sure the picture looks weird, his head isn't visible at the moment, but that is our son, right there! He weighs 8 ounces, was measuring at a week behind where I am, so 17, almost 18 weeks, but is perfectly healthy, HeartBeat was 154 beats per minute. :-)
I love you my little one!!! :-)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
17 weeks 4 days
I realized it had been a while since I posted anything, so I decided to write again.
Justin may have found a job at Wendy's for now, which would still allow him to keep his unemployment while he worked. I am hoping that him working will help with the bills that contiue to pop up. We recently got a (future) bill for what the delivery will cost. I am happy with how little it is, however, I wish I were able to be double insured and not have to pay anything. but such is life.
Our neighbors gave us the extra changing table that they had, it is in good condition and the best part, it was FREE! :) We have started buying diapers, so far we have only bought one box. You gotta start somewhere right? ;-)
I think that I feel little movements here and there, but it is not often enough nor am I able to tell for sure if it the baby, or just indegestion or something else.
Wish us luck that in a week from today, at my next appointment we are able to find out what the sex of the baby is!!!
We also have had a hard time these last few weeks as we had some of our roommates move out and the girl that is living in the basement refuses to pay anymore even though we weren't able to find someone else to move in to cover the other part of rent. As usual though, Justin tells me not to worry because we always find a way to make things work. I wish I were able to not stress so badly though. It is so so so much easier said than done.
But alas, I listen to the recording of our little one's heart beat and it makes everything all better, for the moment at least. I have most definitely gotten addicted to watching too much television. I need some motivation to get me back in the gym, even if it is just swimming and/or walking on the treadmill, at least it will help when I give birth. Any Ideas?? I was told at WIC a few weeks ago that I have already gained a little bit too much weight for the pregnancy... which is exactly what you want to hear right? lol so now I'm worried that I am going to end up gaining too much weight, get pregnancy diabetes and/or not be able to lose the weight after the baby is born.
Justin may have found a job at Wendy's for now, which would still allow him to keep his unemployment while he worked. I am hoping that him working will help with the bills that contiue to pop up. We recently got a (future) bill for what the delivery will cost. I am happy with how little it is, however, I wish I were able to be double insured and not have to pay anything. but such is life.
Our neighbors gave us the extra changing table that they had, it is in good condition and the best part, it was FREE! :) We have started buying diapers, so far we have only bought one box. You gotta start somewhere right? ;-)
I think that I feel little movements here and there, but it is not often enough nor am I able to tell for sure if it the baby, or just indegestion or something else.
Wish us luck that in a week from today, at my next appointment we are able to find out what the sex of the baby is!!!
We also have had a hard time these last few weeks as we had some of our roommates move out and the girl that is living in the basement refuses to pay anymore even though we weren't able to find someone else to move in to cover the other part of rent. As usual though, Justin tells me not to worry because we always find a way to make things work. I wish I were able to not stress so badly though. It is so so so much easier said than done.
But alas, I listen to the recording of our little one's heart beat and it makes everything all better, for the moment at least. I have most definitely gotten addicted to watching too much television. I need some motivation to get me back in the gym, even if it is just swimming and/or walking on the treadmill, at least it will help when I give birth. Any Ideas?? I was told at WIC a few weeks ago that I have already gained a little bit too much weight for the pregnancy... which is exactly what you want to hear right? lol so now I'm worried that I am going to end up gaining too much weight, get pregnancy diabetes and/or not be able to lose the weight after the baby is born.
Friday, March 4, 2011
13 Weeks 4 days
On Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011, I had my second Prenatal Appointment. I like to get places early, so we got to Jordan Valley Hospital at the Women's center at about 930, waited a few minutes before walking in and ended up getting to the doctors office at 945. My appointment was scheduled to be at 10. I checked in and we sat down, the office was unusually busy, I just figured it was because of the other OB's that work there too that it was so busy, but we waited, and waited... We heard one of the other ladies sitting there talking on the phone say that her appointment was supposed to be an hour ago. Sure enough 11 O'Clock rolled around and that's when we got called back. They weighed me, I gained about 5ish pounds in the first trimester, although because my clothes hardly fit anymore, it feels like more. We sat in the room and waited for my doctor. She came in, measured my belly, (which she said was growing right on track) and then she grabbed the doppler to listen to the heart.
Hearing my little peanut's heartbeat for the first time was SOO amazing, I cannot even begin to tell you how happy it made me. The heart was beating at 159 beats/minute where it should be. :) Justin and I both were a bit emotional about it, even though he won't admit it. I can't wait until I can feel the baby moving. Hopefully that is within the next few weeks. We have an appointment in 5 weeks, then the appointment after that one, we should be able to find out the sex of the baby!!!! (Justin is making me wait because he doesn't want to spend the extra money if we don't have to. lol) I guess it's ok, where it's only a couple of months out.
We are getting more and more excited as time passes. I need to go clothes shopping but, maternity clothes are so expensive, I guess that is what one of my goals will be today and this weekend, to go shopping for cute maternity clothes that aren't super super expensive. :) Oh how I can't wait until August/September, I am getting so excited about the fact that I will be able to hold my precious little one.
If someone were to have told me that by the time I was 22 I would have a child, I wouldn't have believed them. Oh how I love how things turn out sometimes.
Until next time.
Hearing my little peanut's heartbeat for the first time was SOO amazing, I cannot even begin to tell you how happy it made me. The heart was beating at 159 beats/minute where it should be. :) Justin and I both were a bit emotional about it, even though he won't admit it. I can't wait until I can feel the baby moving. Hopefully that is within the next few weeks. We have an appointment in 5 weeks, then the appointment after that one, we should be able to find out the sex of the baby!!!! (Justin is making me wait because he doesn't want to spend the extra money if we don't have to. lol) I guess it's ok, where it's only a couple of months out.
We are getting more and more excited as time passes. I need to go clothes shopping but, maternity clothes are so expensive, I guess that is what one of my goals will be today and this weekend, to go shopping for cute maternity clothes that aren't super super expensive. :) Oh how I can't wait until August/September, I am getting so excited about the fact that I will be able to hold my precious little one.
If someone were to have told me that by the time I was 22 I would have a child, I wouldn't have believed them. Oh how I love how things turn out sometimes.
Until next time.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
New Years Day/A New Journey
Justin and I didn't do anything special for our New Years Eve this year, Justin has been sick lately and he managed to get me sick too. So him and I just stayed home and watched movies, watched the Ball in Times Square drop and then pretty much went to bed.
The next morning I wake up to find that I still hadn't gotten my lovely gift from Aunt Flow...It was over a week late. I had taken a pregnacy test earlier that week and it had said Negative, so I was starting to worry about what could be causing me to not get it. I decided to take another Pregnancy Test just to make sure. Sure enough.... that Blue plus sign was there. It was a little faint, but it was definitely there. I was in shock. I didn't know what to think. I think Justin is still in shock today, but it a little less in shock than he was a few days ago. We wanted to make sure, so we went to Jordan Valley Hospital to have a Blood Test done. A half hour later I called to get the results. Another POSITIVE!!
Justin had already let it leak out onto Facebook, so I decided what was the point of holding back. I posted it on Facebook, After I had let my parents know. Justin was unsure of letting his parents know. He thought they were going to dis-own him or something. I wondered why he thought this as we have been together for nearly five years, and married almost six months.
I finally told him he NEEDED to tell them before they found out from someone else. How upset would they be then? I know that if it were me, and I found out from a friend that had read it on Facebook, and not from my own child I would have been pretty hurt. Well, his parents didn't dis-own him, just said, " I guess you better get a job."
.....Which is another thing I am crossing my fingers for, I am hoping that Justin gets called back to elevators soon. It would help our situation in SO many ways! Keep your fingers crossed with me! ;-)
Onto another subject....What do you think the baby will be? Boy or Girl?
The next morning I wake up to find that I still hadn't gotten my lovely gift from Aunt Flow...It was over a week late. I had taken a pregnacy test earlier that week and it had said Negative, so I was starting to worry about what could be causing me to not get it. I decided to take another Pregnancy Test just to make sure. Sure enough.... that Blue plus sign was there. It was a little faint, but it was definitely there. I was in shock. I didn't know what to think. I think Justin is still in shock today, but it a little less in shock than he was a few days ago. We wanted to make sure, so we went to Jordan Valley Hospital to have a Blood Test done. A half hour later I called to get the results. Another POSITIVE!!
Justin had already let it leak out onto Facebook, so I decided what was the point of holding back. I posted it on Facebook, After I had let my parents know. Justin was unsure of letting his parents know. He thought they were going to dis-own him or something. I wondered why he thought this as we have been together for nearly five years, and married almost six months.
I finally told him he NEEDED to tell them before they found out from someone else. How upset would they be then? I know that if it were me, and I found out from a friend that had read it on Facebook, and not from my own child I would have been pretty hurt. Well, his parents didn't dis-own him, just said, " I guess you better get a job."
.....Which is another thing I am crossing my fingers for, I am hoping that Justin gets called back to elevators soon. It would help our situation in SO many ways! Keep your fingers crossed with me! ;-)
Onto another subject....What do you think the baby will be? Boy or Girl?
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Anxiety
I can feel it rising...and there isn't anything I can do right now to stop it. It would help if one of our "Roommates" would take care of his responsibilities and pay his share of rent, do his dirty dishes, help to try and keep the power bill down and /or help pay it. It's not fair for Justin and I to be paying for EVERYTHING. We have our own bills. This person hasn't had a job for 4 months now. Isn't looking for one either, and just doesn't care. We've had to start asking for help with food, because without that help, we wouldn't have food to eat. Next month is going to be worse, Justin's unemployment got cut and that is not helping us at all right now. I'm wondering if it's going to come down to us having to pack up and move....Again....Not what I want. I just want this one person to pay the money they owe, including the 105 dollars in late fees that hac accrued, because of this person, and I want them to leave, be gone and out of mine, my Husband's and my sister's lives forever! All this person has done is cause Drama, with a capital D, hurt and stress! Nothing good has come from this person living with us. We have cut our spending, we haven't gone out to eat or out in general in I don't know how long, we don't drive if we don't have to, we're getting rid of HBO and Showtime, since we have movies we can watch...I guess... all of our money goes to paying bills. Not to mention, Justin has court coming up about his DUI on Tuesday. I'm hoping they drop the charges and give us our $700 dollars back! It's BS that the Justice System will let things like that happen! If they don't drop the charges we are going to fight it and end up having to pay $2000 for a lawyer... I have to tell myself, somehow I guess it could be worse, but right now, I don't know how. I am praying and crossing my fingers that Justin gets called back to work Elevators very very soon. That would be the only thing that could save us right now.. I cry nearly everyday lately because of this crap in our lives. We're 21 and 23, why are we being subjected to this?? Why is a 32 year old man living off his Niece and her Husband??! I know one day he will get it coming back to him, but that day can't come soon enough! I also would like to just say how much I love my Husband. He rubbed my back last night until I had calmed down enough to fall alseep. He is my Love, My Husband, My Best Friend, My Everything! I don't know what I would do without him.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Feeling the Stress
I'm trying to get us back on track money wise, however, it's not easy where Justin has been laid off since July. I don't make enough to pay all of the bills, put gas in the cars, AND put food on the table... Justin is getting unemployement, but it isn't helping enough. To top it all off, the Credit Union that Justin's car loan is through, only took our payment down 63 dollars when we asked to be put on a Hardship program. I don't know how to deal with this stress that just keeps building up. I'm having such a hard time right now. I make a considerable hourly wage, which I absolutely LOVE my job, but we have never really been able to catch up on bills since Justin has been laid off periodically within the last 3 years. We haven't been able to have a Christmas for the last 3 years because, Justin has been laid off all 3 Christmases. I make too much for us to be able to get food stamps by like 50 bucks. Can you please tell me how sooo many other people that aren't Americans, are able to live off of the government and yet, us Americans can't get help hardly anywhere??! I am excited to go on our Honeymoon in a little over a week, but we won't have extra money to do anything except stay at the hotel and lay on the beach. I guess it is good enough to just get away from everything, and relax, but Reality will still be waiting for us when we get back. Which does nothing to help my stress level that is continually rising. I feel like Justin and I are so taken advantage of at home because he may not be working, but has always been right on top of unemployment if he knew it was close for him to be laid off, there are others that are supposed to be paying rent and we have to pick up their slack just to keep a roof over our heads, let alone pay for their toilet paper and food, as well as the water they use and the electricity they use. Tell me, am I wrong for feeling so much more grown up and responsible than these other people?? I almost can't wait unti our lease is up so that Justin and I can go get a place all to ourselves again and not feel the NEED to depend on other people in order for bills to be paid on time. These other people complain like they are having to shell out so much cash for having a roof over their heads and food to eat, when Justin and I have taken on a lot more money coming out of our pocket since our previous roommates left. It's really starting to get to me and irritate me. I have horrible headaches because of stressing so bad (that only said because I know it's not from being dehydrated because I have been making sure I drink TONS of water lately.) What is your opinions? Please, any advice is greatly welcomed!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Just Married(Preview)
My name is Sharistan, I am 21 years old, and I just married my best friend and man of my dreams, Justin, on July 15th! We are trying the best we can to make a good life together. We have lived with each other for a majority of our relationship, nearly 4 and a half years, so marriage doesn't seem any different to us. Justin is an apprentice for the union elevator companies. When he's working, we live a comfortable lifestyle. He has been laid off the last 3 Christmases in a row... and was laid off a week after our wedding. I have consistantly had a job (or two). I work at Western Governors University currently and LOVE it!! Once we get a few of our bills paid off, I will continue my education with Salt Lake Community College for an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. I then want to get my Bachelors in Accounting from my work. We have been through some pretty rough times, this time is by far the worst though. However, I think of it as, we can only go up from here, things will not get worse. :) We are excited though to go on our Honeymoon (Finally...) in October, to Cancun for one week. Paradise can't come fast enough! Well, that's about all I can think of for now...but this was only a preview of our life together. Hope you enjoy!
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