First time for everything

So it is that time...unfortunately and I have my mom to thank for this one. I had my yearly exam last week and my doctor (actually an awesome CNM), she wants me to make sure I get a mammogram. (Is this ok to talk about on my blog? Oh well!) Anyway, everything is ok but she is nervous because my mom was first diagnosed at the age of 32. Well, I am 30...so now it is my turn. She even went as far as to call the mammography office and my insurance so they will for sure pay for me. Well wish me luck. I go in this Friday. Honestly, I am not at all scared for the actual mammogram, just any bad results I could get. I'll let anyone who wants to know how it goes! Thought you might like this comic. Too bad this really doesn't happen! hehehe

September and October

So, September pretty much has come and go...and I can't be any more thrilled! I month of school down and 3 more to go! That is right, Dave is now in the middle of his last semester of classes! Oh my goodness, I can't believe we have almost made it! He has this semester and then during the spring he has another 3 month internship. But that is it, so hopefully he will be done with everything by the end of March. Truly, these last 2 1/2 years have flown by, and yet it feels like this is what we have been doing for forever! Anyway, other than Dave's school, not much has happened.
Dave did turn 29 years old at the beginning of September. Couldn't do much for that because I worked most of that weekend. I can't believe we are that old! :) Crazy!
I am again, just doing the same ol' stuff! Work, taking care of Josh, and being a wife as well! :)
Josh is growing like a weed. He is honestly such a good little boy. He is finally talking more. (Thank goodness! :) He is SO obsessed with Thomas the Train. Oh my goodness, I can't believe how obsessed he is, that is pretty much what he talks about! Also, he makes us laugh all of the time! He cracks me up! I love him so much! Anyway, no other news right now...and you might be asking, "I wonder when they are going to have another kid?" Ummmm, not for quite a while! NO HURRY right here! The thought of working late into the night, being so nauseated and throwing up all of the time, not getting a lot of sleep, etc, do I need to go on? Yeah, I can wait! :)

Anyway, here are just some random pictures of Josh...I know I am biased, but what a handsome little dude! :) Josh's new favorite spot...our bed! He LOVES looking at our old phone and the pictures on there!

Josh being cute

Josh showing off his Harley shirt

Josh loves sitting in his wagon, and making me pull him around the apartment.

So behind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I have finally decided to take the time to post some pictures ( a lot of pictures) from our vacation in California. Yes, we took this trip at the beginning of August, and I am now just posting this! Oh well, better late than never! :)
So we left for California the second week of August. The first day we drove just to Las Vegas and stayed over night there. Actually we stayed in Henderson ( I hate the strip, so dirty!) Anyway, Henderson was actually very nice. The next morning we woke up and took our time and went to the strip and decided to find some free things to do. Pretty much all we did was go to M & M world (which by the way, I refuse to pay like $10 for a 1/2 lb of M & M's that you could pay $3.50 at Walmart! :) Dave was bummed! He LOVES M & M's! :) Anyway, we couldn't really find anything else that we wanted to see. (Dave and I just wanted to get to his parents house! I was so anxious to get done with the drive to Bakersfield)
Anyway, we headed out and got to Bakersfield like 5 hours later! Yuck, I HATE driving! I literally asked Dave, "Are we there yet?" Josh did much better than I did! Next time, we are FLYING! :) Anyway, it was so nice to get to Wayland and Maile's house. We had a nice dinner that night and finally slept in a nice bed! :) The next day was my 30th birthday! Yuck! I am officially old! Anyway, that day we decided to go to the Bakersfield "zoo". Ummm, this was NOT a zoo. It was absolute crap! The zoo up in Logan was better than this one! And it was expensive! Aghhh, what a waste, even though Josh still had lots of fun! Then we came home and Josh went down for a nap, and so did we! That night, Maile watched Josh so Dave and I could go to a nice dinner. I opted for P.F. Chang's. YUMMMMMMMMY! Seriously it's my favorite restaurant EVER! Everything was good! Then we came home and had some Marie Callender's pie!
My birthday wasn't exciting, but it was very nice and just nice to be with my family! A Mexican cruise would have been even nicer, but it's not really in our budget right now! Maybe next year!
Anyway, the next day we headed to Santa Cruz (it was a 4 1/2 hour drive north-west). It is so beautiful up there, but oh, the drive! Yuck! Anyway, we went to a very yummy pizza joint and then went to bed. We were all exhausted! The next day we met James and Trisha and their kids (Dave's brother and sister in law) and headed to the beach. Ummmm, the high was 65 degrees that day. We were FREAZING, until the sun came out, and even then we still stayed in our warm clothes. Dave and James did get in the water! So funny to watch! They were SCREAMING like girls, but they stayed in the water for about 45 minutes! Crazy boys! And the rest of the kids were freazing but they too were in their swimsuits! Crazy kids!
We had such a blast with them, we were so sad that we only had a day with them! We love visiting with James and Trisha!
After the beach we drove the 4 1/2 hour drive back to Bakersfield. We were so tired that night we went straight to bed. The next day we got to just hang out at home, went to lunch with Dave's good friend from high school, Ryan, and then just hung out the rest of the night with Wayland and Maile. The next day we went to church and then came home ate lunch and then we headed back to Utah. Yes, 12 hours more of driving! Oh my goodness, I was about to die! I still can't believe how well Josh did! Seriously, he never had a break down, he just loved watching all of his movies, colored, ate food, and I read a lot of books to him.
It was such a fun trip, LOTS of driving, but overall it was great to get out of our normal routine!
Well, that was our life in August! I will post some more information later! Nothing too exciting! :)

Hello everyone! I am alive, just have been very busy with all of the same garbage...well and a little bit of fun as well. I didn't realize just how long it had been and how many holidays, and Dave and I's 4th anniversary have gone by without me posting anything. I know, I'm awesome! NOT! Anyway, things are going well with us. We haven't been able to do much extra-activities this summer but oh well! Here is the "low-down" on what we have all been up to these last few months.
Dave has one more week of his summer internship at Pineview Transitional Care in Riverdale. He is enjoying it so much and is sad that he has to go back to school! He is getting very anxious(almost as much as me! :)) to be done with school and just be able to have a "normal" life! He has done so well there and has impressed the director of the rehab center that they have already talked about offering him a position...in Henderson, NV...um, we shall see! Anyway, he starts school the end of August again. BUT, this is his third and final year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe we are almost done. This fall he will have his last semester of classes (which isn't too many credit hours, he will go mostly on tues, and thurs and one class on monday...which means he has all day wednesdays and fridays off! Yeah!) Then next spring he will do another 12 week internship and no classes, then will be done around April 2011. I can't believe we have almost made it. It has been a long two years, I feel like we have sacrificed a lot but it will all be worth it in the end.
I am still working full time at Davis Hospital on the medical floor. It is getting a little rough for me. I am just loosing a lot of energy lately. I think two years of not getting hardly any sleep is really catching up to me. I pray I can continue what I do for another 8 months. I am hoping one day I can work in the woman's center (ex. Labor and Delivery, nursery, etc) or I really would like to try the NICU and see if I like it. Unfortunately, rarely are there job openings in these departments, unless I want to drive to SLC to work. No thanks! Oh well, maybe someday! Anyway, that is about all that I do. I work, try and sleep whenever I can, take care of Josh and try and take care of my husband, oh and keep up with all of the household duties as well! Agh, I am tired! :)
Josh is doing well. He is honestly just the best little boy I could have ever dreamed of having. I always say that the Lord definitely sent him specifically to me at this particular time, because if he were to have sent me a high maintenance child right now, I know I couldn't handle it! Thank you Josh for being such a fun and good little boy. He is growing like a weed. He has really thinned out, but is still kind of short! :) He has loved going swimming at Surf-N-Swim in Layton, spending a lot of time with his Grandma and Grandpa Fisher, loves being around any other people. He is very social, and is amazing at sharing things with others. He absolutely LOVES going to church and even more so, nursery. His nursery leaders all tell me he is so low maintenance and loves playing with everyone in his class. They say if another kid comes and steals a toy he was playing with, he will just go find another toy. What a good kid! :) Josh is beginning to FINALLY talk more. For a while there I really couldn't get him to say much, but now, he really is saying a new word everyday. I was very worried there for a while. The only thing that drives me crazy is, he call Dave "cheese" instead of "dad". Seriously, I have NO idea what possess him to call him that. Just one day he started saying it, and we can't get him to stop. What a weirdo! :) Anyway, Josh is growing and learning so much all of the time. I love him more and more every day.
Some of the little activities we have done is, obviously we go swimming, but one day Dave and I wanted to escape the heat so we drove up to Pineview Reservoir and just hung out for a while. Come to find out, Josh LOVED it. He kept saying "mama, rocks in lake". And then he would throw all of the rocks he could find into the lake. He loved it, and loved the weather. It was perfect! Anyway, here are some pics from that one particular night.

Josh and Dave throwing/skipping rocks into the lake.

Dave posing for the camera...and sucking in his gut! Sexy honey! :)

Josh and I smiling for the camera

Josh showing me his rock

The Gray's (don't mind my appearance...didn't get ready that day)

Well, I will try and post later in August. We are headed out to Bakersfield the second week of August to go visit the in-laws! It will be so nice to get away. Oh, and yes, I turn 30 in two weeks...um, it totally sucks! I'm officially old! Oh well!

Joshua turned 2 !!!!

So I am a horrible mom, I wait almost 3 weeks to post something about Joshua's second birthday! Aghhh, I'll try harder to stay up to date! So these pics are actually from today, we got Josh's pictures taken for his second birthday. They turned out pretty cute! I like them!



I love this last one. Josh was playing "peek-a-boo" with the number two. We had a bit of a difficult time with Josh at the beginning of the photo shoot, but after a while, he decided to have fun with it! He is such a good boy!
Anyway, Josh's second birthday was a great day! It was VERY low key because his birthday landed on a Sunday and unfortunately I had to work the day/night before, so I didn't have the greatest amount of energy to put on a big show for a two year old...and no offense, he could have cared less whether or not I spent a lot of money on him, or if I decorated the apartment for his birthday. Josh just enjoyed having his Grandma and Grandpa Fisher there and his Aunt Sarah and Uncle Chris there...oh, and he LOVED the presents he got, and he LOVED the cake he got to eat! We had a great time! I honestly can't believe just how fast two years have gone. He is so much fun and we love him more and more each and every day. Happy Birthday Josh! Your mommy and daddy love you more than words can express! We love you!
(p.s. Josh turned two on March 7th...just to let you all know! :) )

Playing catch-up!

Ok, I realize that I don't blog that much, but I really have been super busy, and well, once I go a month of not blogging, then it feels overwhelming to catch you all up to speed on what we have been up to. ANYWAY, that is my excuse! :)
So, starting back in December, Dave finished his semester with wonderful grades (good job babe!) and we had an entire month of having Dave home with us and no school. It was so nice to have him home all of the time. We went to SLC to see the lights, and go to dinner. It was a lot of fun. It was FREEZING, but Josh did awesome. He just stayed bundled up in his stroller. He didn't move the whole time because he got cold when he did. I was so mad too, my camera died after these two pictures. I was so mad! Anyway, it was a lot of fun to be down at temple square. Josh especially loved all of the horses that were pulling the carriages around temple square. It was fun.

Here is Josh and I at temple square.

Christmas ended up being very interesting. Two days before Christmas Dave and I both got food poisoning. It was HORRIBLE! I have never felt like that. And the worse thing about it was that since we were BOTH sick, it was so difficult to entertain Josh the next day. We felt like a semi ran us over. The day after (which happened to be Christmas eve) I finally kept orange jello down that night. Dave was able to eat before I could. I couldn't even keep water down that day. By Christmas day we were feeling much better but we were still VERY tired/lethargic. We had a fun Christmas though. We kind of spoiled JOsh with some new toys, Dave got lots of clothes (he desperately needed them, and I got some awesome deals), I also got him quite a few DVD's (thank goodness for Target's after thanksgiving sale). Dave bought me some new clothes too (which I desperately needed as well.)
After having our own Christmas morning, we headed over to my dad and stepmom's house. My brother and his wife and kids were there too. It was a lot of fun. They bought us some new pots and pans, which I also desperately needed. We got some clothes, books and Josh got some more toys and a very cute new church outfit. (See picture below)
Here is my dad with all of the grandkids (boys) on Grandpa's new toy! SPOILED DAD!
Here is my handsome little boy! He looks like a little man! When I got him dressed and kept telling Josh how cute he looked and he kept looking at me saying "CHEEEEESE", so I grabbed the camera, and he was such a cheeseball! So cute! Needless to say, when we went to church I have NEVER had so many complements on how cute JOsh looked! I am biased, but he is a cute little stinker! :)
This is what we do...mom and Josh just hanging out! :)
And here is the most recent picture of Josh in his new jammies! January hasn't brought anything new in our home, except for a very, very busy life. Dave started his busiest semester. Aggghhhhh, is it almost over? To put it mildly, from Tuesday-Friday morning, Dave and I see each other for no more than 3-4 hours. It totally sucks. It's been really hard, because I don't get a lot of sleep, and work for me has been hell, it has been SO busy. Then Dave is SO busy with school. By the end of April, we will have made it through the busiest semester. WE CAN DO IT!
Anyway, that is January in a nut shell! :)
This last weekend was a lot of fun. I didn't work and Dave and friday -monday off. Friday, my dad and step-mom watched Josh for a bit so we could go out to eat...on a date! :) It was so yummy, we went to Wingers! Then Saturday we drove to slc to look at cars. We didn't find anything, but just started looking. Then on our way home we stopped at Texas Roadhouse to eat dinner. It was way good, and not too badly priced for the amount of food you get. Then we came home and just hung out. Sunday was such a nice day. I got released from scouts (it's nice, the bishopric was worried that I had too much on my plate...it's nice :)) and got asked to be in charge of the ward bulletin. Church was so nice to be there, and Josh was awesome! He was so good during sacrament, and then walked right into nursery and didn't look back! We were so proud of him. Going to church only every other week can be really rough. It is so nice to go when I can. It really "fills my spiritual side". Anyway, it was a great Valentines Day.
Oh, one last thing that was back in December. Me, and my most best friends from Snow College met up and went to dinner down in Provo. Me, Julie, Mekell and JulieAnn. Oh it was so much fun! I haven't seen JulieAnn for SO many years. And of course we didn't take a single picture! Oh well, but we have to get together soon again, because it was so great to catch up with those girls! I love you girls! I so wish we lived closer to one another!
Anyway, I know I have forgotten a lot , but I think I hit most of the main things that happened.
I hope everyone is doing well! Sorry I am horrible on updating my blog! Oh well, priorities right?! This is belated, but I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! So from us, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Valentines Day! :)