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! :)

Thanksgiving

Here is Josh after his nap...he was attempting to take his shirt off but got stuck! Also, notice injury #1 on his chin...that is from falling down a flight of stairs and getting a nice rug burn from the carpet...just to let you know...it happened again(falling down the stairs). It was horrible, but this was the worst of injuries...thank the heavens for that!
Injury #2...a large cut over his right eye from tripping and falling onto the edge of the entertainment center...this was our thanksgiving day event!

I just realized I'm doing these blogs out of order. Oh well! So, by the pics and details of the pics, you can tell we have been really lucky with Josh only hurting himself minimally in these last few weeks. Yes, he fell down my brother's flight of stairs...not just once but twice within two weeks of each other. It was horrible. Thank goodness he didn't roll down the stairs, he went down them on his belly. I truly have never felt worse as a mother when this happened. I honestly think my heart stopped when it happened, especially the second time because I was right there. Anyway, that was horrible!

The second accident happened on thanksgiving. He cut it open deep and I thought he might need stiches, so yes, we ended up in the ER on thanksgiving. We sat there for 2 hours and all they ended up doing was some dermabond (glue) to close it up. I was greatful they didn't have to do stiches though, that would have been pretty traumatic. (I think more so for me! :) Anyway, I was scheduled to work thanksgiving too, but ended up being oncall the entire day so that was a blessing. After leaving the hosptial we headed over to my dad's house to have dinner and then went home to put Josh to bed for his nap. And that was thanksgiving! That pic is after a few days, it looks a lot better than it did. It was really swollen, but I swear Josh barely noticed his eye was all swollen. He's a tough kid!

Anyway, Dave finished up yet another semester! Did really well! I'm so proud of how well he does in school. I can't believe he has OFFICIALLY 1/2 way through his masters program! I can't believe he has been going to school already for a 1 1/2 years already! Good job babe!

I'm pretty excited for Christmas this year for multiple reasons! I'm so excited for Josh to open up his gifts! It's a lot more fun to see that he gets excited about new toys and books! Also, I am SO excited...I get from the 24th-30th of December off! Yeah! I can't wait! It's about time! :)

Anyway, that's about it! Hopefully I'll post pictures of christmas and new years before...Valentines day! :) Don't hold your breath though!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Sorry no cards this year...the next 2 weeks are crazy! Maybe next year!

Playing catch-up!

I know I have majorly slacked on blogging, but I find myself doing a lot of other more important things like sleeping when I get a chance! :) Work lately has been kicking my butt, it's been so busy! Anyway, I feel more tired lately! Anyway, lots has happend these last few months and a lot of holidays have passed without me blogging about them, I'll keep it brief! :)

First we had halloween! I'll be honest, even as a kid I didn't really get into this holiday! It's probably because I have never been creative, nor will I ever be. I didn't even really eat my halloween candy as a kid! Weird I know! Anyway, another reason why I wasn't too excited about this halloween was because I had to work that night. I was pretty bummed! I REALLY hate missing out on these things because of my job! Anyway, I decided to have Dave dress him up in all the Harley Davidson gear I had. He looked pretty cute eh?! They had a fun night though. They went trick-or-treating at a few homes in my dad's neighborhood with my brother and sister-in-law. They had fun!