Updates

YIPEE!!! I finally reached the third trimester (according to all the reading I'm doing). I didn't think I would ever get here. Time went so fast in the first part of the pregnancy, but now it just seems to drag, maybe because my due date has changed by two weeks, so I'm living some weeks over again. I still think the baby is due on May 14th though. We'll see who's right, me or the ultrasound. Hopefully I am! I am so ready to get this little guy out of me and have him here to watch and play with. I am so excited about being a mom. It's weird. I never thought I would get this excited, but I am. He's a sweet little boy.

Not much is happening in our lives. We hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. Ryan spoiled me as always. We decided that we don't like Valentine's Day on February 14th because everything is marked up for the holiday, so we were going to celebrate in the summer or some other time when there's nothing going on. Well to my surprise, when I got home from work on the 13th, I walked in the house and it was lit up by candles, and he had made us a candlelit dinner, with roses and a teddy bear. It was so much fun. I'm so lucky. I was completely surprised, especially since he usually can't keep things from me. We just sat and ate dinner then cuddled on the couch, well as much as we can without me feeling crunched because of the belly. I'm still in the process of working on his gift. I'm always behind on the holidays; I'm so bad, but when I get it done I'll post pictures or explain.

Last weekend we were able to go up to Idaho to visit my family, and it was my sister's bridal shower. It was such a fun weekend. While we had the shower, Ryan went out with Hal, my stepdad to feed the neighbors elk. He looked so cute. He had hay all over him and he was in chaps and a levi jacket. I just love that man. He's ready and willing to try and do anything. He's never been around a ranch or a farm, but he's so interested in what goes on.

I am faced with a really difficult decision. I have been working in my job for about 3 months, and my boss just gave her notice. She's going to work at another facility and offered me a position to go with her. The pay is better and it's close to home, the big problem is now I'll have to go part time. We have really enjoyed being able to save so much money since I'vebeen working full-time. The job with my boss would go full-time, she's thinking in about two months, a month before our baby is due, and that's still no guarantee that it will be full time at that point. After I have the baby, I'm going back to work, so I think going with her and only being 2 miles from my home would be great, that way I'm close to my baby, no matter what. On the other hand, I have a history with the place I work now, and I'm always guaranteed full-time, but I don't know who my new boss will be and how they'll feel about me going on maternity leave, my school schedule, and all the doctors appointments that I have to go to. Ryan and I have talked and talked but we can't come to a decision. Hopefully my boss doesn't want an answer today because I'm not ready to answer. I really worry about the economy and what could happen if I were to leave my job now that's full-time. Any advice?

Happy February everyone. I can't believe it's going to be over this weekend. Maybe time is going fast.