Just as I promised . . . .

WE GOT THE HOUSE! ! ! We are so excited! I believe we can move in November 14. Luckily, the builder took our counter offer, after we rejected theirs. I was VERY worried, but I'm so excited now that it makes up for all the worry. For all those who haven't heard, it's a 3 bdr, 2 bath, 1040 sq ft home in south Nampa. It has a bay window. I'm so excited to decorate for Christmas! :) I know, I'm weird, but I can already see our pretty Christmas tree in front of the bay window so you can see the lights twinkling at night as you drive by.
By the way, my pregnancy due date is officially May 25, 2009. I'm hoping for May 15th, but I'm not totally sure that will happen. That will be a miracle, or a nice late birthday present for myself. We shall see. My sickness/nausea comes and goes. I'm not sure why, but I'm really trying to figure out what seems to trigger it, and no, Laura, I know, I'm pregnant and that's what's triggering it, :) but I think that stress might make it worse. I'm still trying that theory out. I haven't figured anything out yet. :)
I'll try and keep you all posted as our house news happens. Less than 3 weeks now and hopefully we'll be up and running again with HIGH SPEED INTERNET! *Angels singing the Hallelujah Chorus*

Our first dr.'s visit

Reed and I went to our first doctor's appointment yesterday! The best part was the ultrasound where we saw the baby's heartbeat and saw its little body wiggling up a storm. It was really active! I felt like that was really a blessing, that in its own little way, all that movement was to help Reed and I feel like everything was okay with our baby. So, in about 8 weeks, we will find out what this little one is, even though I'm still leaning toward it being a boy. I would just like to go on record with that prediction. Any other predictions about our baby's sex?

Pregnancy News!

I am excited to announce that I have not had morning sickness for 4 days! Hopefully that's a good sign - I've been able to keep the sickness away mostly by sucking on sugary candy, like mints, anytime I start feeling even the least bit sick. This is pretty exciting news to me - to only have morning sickness for a little over 2 weeks would be the best news in the world to me! How long have others had it?

I miss blogging!

I know, I know, it's been a whole month! Well, be glad, because now this can be a very newsy blog. Our lives have just been moving on this past month, so I will give you highlights of what we've been up to!
1. Reed has been out of town for a week at a time, 2 times. Yuck!
2. We think we've found our house! We will be hopefully putting an offer on it this week if our realtor decides to share his time with us. That's another story, and I'm probably just more frustrated about it because I'm ready to have my own house again.
3. Okay, for all who don't already know, Reed and I are going to have a baby! :) We're due in May, I believe the 24th, but I'm hoping to be wrong and be due earlier. ;) We have our first official dr. appointment this next friday, the 24th. And yes, to all who want to know if I have morning sickness, the answer is yes. Yuck! I think this is one of the main reasons I'm ready to have my own house again b/c there's nothing worse than being sick in someone else's space.
4. We've been saving money like crazy thanks to Mom and Dad Bishop's hospitality in letting us live with them.
5. We have a calling in our new ward. We're the Sunbeam teachers. I think it's good for us, and it has its fun moments.
6. Thanksgiving is a little over a month away! I hope I don't still have morning sickness by then.
7. Christmas is coming! Yay! I'm hoping we will be able to find out the sex of this baby around Christmastime!

Okay, it's been short and sweet. Hope this is enough to get you all by until next time.

Hey, we're still alive!

Sorry, but Reed and I moved in with my in-laws this last week, and promptly left for a 5 day camping trip. It was fun! We went up to Red Fish Lake and visited his aunt who worked the summer up there. Now that we're back, I have to actually get used to life, totally appreciating the kindness of my in-laws in letting us live with them until we find a house. One small problem is they have dial-up internet. It's quite slow, and I'm not sure I will always have the patience required to blog with this internet connection. I will try to find other solutions so everyone can assured of our existence. :) For now, though, we're just working and enjoying life.

Life is hectic!

Sorry that I have been negligent in keeping our blog updated. Today, I have come to update you all. Reed and I are in the process of moving, and it's supposed to happen this week! We also got pre-approved for our mortgage this week, so we are just waiting for our realtor to find us lots of houses to look at.
Some sad news I just got today is that my one remaining grandpa died yesterday. This is very surreal to me, because I've never really had anyone close to me die. Anyway, so we will be attending his funeral this Saturday, and in the meantime finding time to move. Sounds like our life is staying the same - running faster than we can keep up! :)

We met with our realtor today!

Well, the title says it all. We met with our realtor today, a really great guy from our ward. Reed has a calling with him in our ward and felt that he would do a great job for us, which I totally agree with after our meeting today. I'm so excited to start looking for a house! One of the un-fun things about moving though is that our landlady wants to be able to show our apartment while we're living in it, which means we feel pressured to keep it pretty spotless so people coming in don't think we're actually living here or anything. :P Oh well. It's the price you pay, right?
On to more news, Reed will be out of town again this week, not ALL week, but for a few days of the week, which will hopefully mean that I can focus on getting things packed into boxes, because we have approximately 21 days and counting left here.