Details, details...

Baby:
I'm due October 31st. I have been feeling quite sick and extremely exhausted the last 4 or 5 weeks. Thankfully I haven't thrown up yet, but trust me, I feel like I could at almost any given moment. Atleast when I was prego with Lillie I only felt sick for 3 or 4 hours a day. With this baby it is all day and all night! I even wake up atleast 3 times everynight because I feel so sick. Oh well. It'll go away in a few weeks. It's reassuring to know that this baby needs to come down to our family right now. We had a strong feeling that we needed another baby (despite the shaky circumstances at the time) so we know our lives can only get better!
New job:
Dustin received a job from a company called EDL Construction based out of San Diego. They are a steel building company that work nationwide. Dustin will be a superintendant just doing what he loves- supervising, scheduling, and resolving daily conflicts. It's one of those jobs that you would either think is horrible or awsome. We will move every 4 to 6 months to a completely different location for Dustin to work. We're starting in Jackson Hole, WY and we'll see from there! We are SO excited! I think it will be a fun adventure for us.
We move in about 2 weeks. Dustin is flying down to San Diego on Tuesday and will get more details then. But don't worry, we're expert packers and can pack everything in a day if needs be.
Lots of changes ahead!

Surprise!!

It's true... We're having another baby!!
Oh... and Dustin got a job offer! I'll write more when I have more time...

Fam Update!

Life has been pretty crazy lately. With me working 5 nights a week, Dustin and I selling plasma twice a week, Dustin moving a few piano's on the side, church callings, Dustin job searching for hours a day... it gets pretty crazy around here! I'm almost caught up on laundry (2 loads left to fold!), and to be honest, I don't really feel like cleaning our disaster of a kitchen tonightYesterday Dustin surprized me with flowers! I love when he does things like that. I love my flowers!

Here's a pic of Lil' taking a bath. She smeared Chef Boyarde ravioli in her hair. She's still walking (more like running), practicing her animal sounds, throwing food on the floor, and saying, "ooooo!" whenever she sees an airplain or the moon. I think she's a bit confused on what the word "moon" means. A few weeks ago we lost Abby. I get home from work around 1:30-1:45am everynight and sometimes I let Abby out for a couple of minutes. She can never find her way back, so Dustin or I end up going outside searching for her and have to carry her back inside! She's def. an indoor cat. She doesn't have claws and she's afraid of spiders.

One night I let her out and forgot about her until the next day at 1:00pm. Sense she can never find her way back and has no survival skills whatsoever (I know, she's a disgrace to animal life), I started panicking. Dustin looked for her nonstop the whole night- we even checked all the local animal shelters. The next morning I said a prayer that she would come back then I went and checked outside our front and sliding glass door and she wasn't there. I started crying, went and poured myself some water, then looked over at the sliding glass door again, and there she was! It was amazing! She smelled dirty and had dirty paws, but she was okay. I'm SOOO glad she came back!
Last, but certainly not least, I finally recieved the jewlery box my dad has been making for me and all my sisters this past week. He was going to make it for Christmas, but soon realized that the task of building 5 intriquite, beautiful jewlery boxes would take a bit longer than 1 month. I love mine! It's made of rich mahogany wood. The best part is that it's made by my dad. Lillie also has a jewlry box from him also. I love my dad!

Lillie's Jewelry box

"Lillie, Where's Jesus?"

Here's a short video of Lillie after church today. She can recognize almost any picture of Jesus, now. She can also fold her arms to pray, but everytime I try to take a video of her doing it she won't do it! That brat! (just kidding, we love her.)

Not a year over 21!

Actually, exactly a year over 21.

Dustin gave me the best Birthday ever! I've been working a lot the last few weeks, and it was SO nice to have the weekend to ourselves.

Dustin's parents are watching Lillie for the weekend. Dustin made me breakfast then took me tubing down this cool hill by Park City with a lift thing. No excersice whatsoever! YES!!

We also went out to eat at Applebees (my fav), then went to our hotel for the night. We used a gift certificate for a tower balcony room at the Little America Hotel. We slept in, then ate at the amazing Sunday Brunch (included in the gift certificate). They had freshly squeezed orange juice.

It was so relaxing and felt like a vacation. I missed Lillie, but tried not to think about it too much. It was nice to feel like a newlywed couple again! You forget how crazy things are until you take away the child!

We asked a lady to take our picture and Dustin told her it was my Birthday. She responded, "Well, you don't look like you could be a year over 21!" and I said, "Actually, I'm 22!"

Lillie and Momma!

Ice Skating

One of my best friends from High School, Kaitlin Ehlers, spontaniously flew out to SLC to see me! It was so nice to have a girl to go shopping with. We both lost our voices from laughing so hard, of course. She hadn't met Dustin or Lillie before, so it was a much needed visit.

Here are some pictures of Kaitlin, Eric Harker, Dustin and I ice skating at this really cool outdoor ice skating rink on Main and 2nd South.

Wedding!!

They did it!! Tyson (Dustin's brother) and Alli were married January 10th in the Idaho Falls, ID Temple. It was such a beautiful ceremony, I was tearing up the whole time! The sealer gave some really amazing advise and it was so neat seeing so many family members from both sides there. It was a privilege to witness everything first hand.
Dustin and I are SO happy for them! It's so neat to see them so happy together and so affectionate. We couldn't help but be brought back to our own sealing and the feelings we felt that day.
I took way too many pictures, if you want you can check out my facebook to look at the whole album, but here are a couple.