This is Man Speaking...Again

Hello Blog people, this is Cory speaking again. I have come to realize that when a woman is pregnant and still works each day, she gets tired by the end of the day. This was a revelation to me. So now that I understand that there is no such thing as endless amounts of energy, I have decided to pitch in and write a little about some fun recent things we have been doing.

 

I will let Hayley do the updating about the pregnancy and baby, and I will stick to the fun things we are cramming into our lives before the big (little really) addition comes to our family!

 

So for this post, lets look at the fun trip we took to.....California!!

 

I figure that the best way to do this is through pictures. Hopefully they are in order...

 

OKAY THIS IS HAYLEY NOW. I will be captioning the pictures. While I watch TV okay? (That is not a complete sentence)

 

We decided to take one last trip before the baby comes, so we decided to go to California and visit Cory's mission. It was SO much fun and I am so glad we could go! It was around 70 degrees there and it was just so . . . blissful!

(Me enjoying a Bob's big boy chocolate shake..  yummers!)

 

 

(Can you spot Cory?)

 

(A nice gentleman took this picture for us! I kinda just look fat in this, but it is alright)

 

(THE JAY LENO SHOW!!) We were able to be in the second row! And we got to go up at the beginning and high five him, but he and I clasped hands! It was a great show, he is nice and funny. We waited in line for 3 hours. When the show was about to start I started itching everywhere really bad. It was weird and made me very  squirmy. But then it went away? I don't know what it was.)

 

 

(At City Walk in Universal Studios. We went here after the Jay Leno show and it was really fun and exciting! Except my body shut down, my pelvis started aching and I started waddling and the baby was like, "Please mom, sit down" Anyways City Walk just has a bunch of stores and restaurants that are fun.

 

 

(City Walkt)

 

(I loved the pretty blue sky and the palm trees... why I do I live where I live?)

 

Topanga Canyon! (Like Topanga from Boy Meets World, but I am guessing it isn't named after her)

 

(THE BEACH! This was in Malibu but not at Malibu beach, it is Will Rogers beach)

 

(Cory down by the water)

 

 

 

(I can't even tell you how much I loved the beach.)

 

( I really popped out in California!!)

 

(Bob McMann and I, I liked him, he was nice)

 

(Pretty mountains and sky)

 

(These are a little out of order... us with the Mcmanns!)

 

(Mt Whitney restaurant. I am not mad I promise)

 

(In front of the Lone Pine church house.. it was so cute like a miniature church!)

 

(Lone Pine)

 

(Alabama Hills)

 

 

 

 

 

(Cool film history museum)

 

 

 

(It was SO WINDY in Lone Pine. I am being attacked in this picture)

 

(I took a picture of this because in the top left corner it says, "nobody loves a fat man")

 

(So pretty!)

 

(A cool dress from the museum)

 

(The Lone Pine crew!! They all came out and it was so much fun and Cory felt very special)

 

 

 

(LA temple visitor's center)

 

(LA temple)

 

(Cory liked this Arby's sign)

 

(FLOWERS )

 

(Huge palm tree!)

 

(Our cute rental car that I loved)

(And last but not least, the Andersons! They were so nice and let us stay with them in their lovely home while we visited. They even sent us home with a box of California goodies!! Like Avocados, oranges, lemons... we have been eating them non stop.  We loved staying with them! Thanks again!)

 

You're havin' my baby..

So I guess Cory posting was a clue to get my buns in gear and post something on this blog of mine! I'll try to keep this short and to the point but it might be kind of long. Cool!

First item of business is... we are having a BABY!! Come sometime around May 21st we will have our first child and we could not be more excited!

We found out at the beginning of September after we went to the Blackfoot fair. I had my suspicions and that day I kind of felt weird and tired and then all of the sudden I was like, "Okay we have to go home I am so tired." So we went home and I fell asleep for 2 hours. That night I took a pregnancy test, and covered it with toilet paper while Cory and I waited the 3 minutes (yes he was in the bathroom with me through the whole.. process). We uncovered it and only saw one line. Disappointed, I threw it away and went on to other business. A few minutes later Cory said, "Hayley! I think you're pregnant!!" I guess he had a feeling to check one more time! He got it out of the garbage can and lo, and behold there was the faintest of pink lines! We jumped up and down with excitement and proceeded to take 2 more tests, kind of excessive I know.

The next day Cory went and got a fancy digital test just to be sure. That told me I was pregnant too! Then I went and got a blood test and my HCG levels tested positive! We waited a few days to tell our families. We didn't do anything special but we did just say it out of the blue and their faces were just priceless!

During my first trimester I did have some nausea and since I work at a dentist office I had to stick with the Zofran and it saved my life! Other than that I got the 24 hr flu and had to get an at home IV! Lame! It was over Thanksgiving. Then I caught some kind of nasty throat virus thing and couldn't speak for 3 days. So I have gotten sick, but I have had it pretty good. 

Getting my IV!

                                            The nice nurse absolutely obliterated my vein

Once my second trimester hit I had more energy for about a week and then that is when I got sick with the flu and the other virus.  So I haven't had too much extra energy, but my nausea is completely gone and I have started gaining weight so that is good.

 

13 weeks- not really showing but I want to see the progression..

Nasty picture- 16 weeks

 

So now I am almost 19 weeks, just like that! We went in yesterday to find out the gender and........


THEY COULDN'T TELL!! Our lovely baby was clear down in my uterus and facing the wrong way with it's legs together. The WORST possible position to be able to tell. And my poor doctor tried so hard to get the baby to move! I tried what I could but it would just wiggle and stay in the same position. So we were really bummed out and it actually made me really grouchy for the rest of the day. Especially because  no one believed me when I told them we didn't find out. They thought I was joking! Haha, I guess it would be a good joke. So we go back at the beginning of January to find out the gender. Good news though, everything with the baby is healthy and right now the baby is even a little bit big for my approximate due date. 

I have felt the baby move quite a few times this past week! Last night, after the Doctor's appointment, it was going crazy! I was just thinking, "really baby?! Now you move?!"  We strongly considered driving to Provo and paying $40 for a gender check at the clinic there. But, there is no time! Christmas is coming!! So we will wait to find out. It is funny because when Cory and I told our siblings, his said, "Oh the baby is stubborn just like you!" and my sister said, "The baby is already stubborn like you Hayley!!" So I guess we are in trouble. 

One funny thing is, is we decided to start trying to get pregnant I think everyone else and their dog did too. I seriously feel like I am following a trend! I swear half of my high school got pregnant at the same time! Before we put it out there on social media, all these other girls did! It is so crazy. It really is such a sacred decision between you, your husband, and the Lord, but I guess it was on all of our minds at the same time! It really is funny and I am so happy for all my friends that are having babies too. 

In other news, Cory just finished another semester of school and I am so proud of him for the long hours he puts in practicing the Organ and for how well he does in school. He was just selected to receive a prestigious scholarship for full tuition for 2 semesters! That is such a blessing for us. He is also really excited about the baby and I know he will be such a great daddy. 

We also got a dog. Her name is Tutu, she is a Shih-Tzu and she has one eye! She is very very sweet and we are so excited to have her! My sister works at an Animal hospital in Salt Lake and she was "fostering" this dog for a few days and I just fell in love with her and convinced Cory we should take her!! We can have a dog now because we are moving out of our current apartment and into the home of a couple that are currently serving a mission! We also have to take care of their dog, which is an 18 year old poodle named Poppy! We are really excited for this new phase of life and I am so excited to have some creatures to take care of. 

Anyway there is the update. I want to start doing weekly updates like my SIL Megan did with her pregnancy, they are so fun to look back on. I hope everything is doing well and I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas!!

One year

So, we have been married for one year!! I really can't believe it has already been a year. Sometimes I feel like we have been married for a week and sometimes it feel like 20 years!! Both are a good thing, I promise, haha. So to celebrate our one year anniversary we decided to go to Salt Lake for one night and stay and Little America! (And maybe a little shopping...) It was really fun, but also really COLD. The earth decided to dump snow in Utah that weekend! Nevertheless, it was still a fun time and it was so wonderful to spend some extra time with Cory. We still really like each other, so I take that as a good sign.

Organ recital, duh

Eating our cake! My mom double wrapped in the saran wrap, tin foil and a plastic bag. It still tasted good!

Um.. Cory cut into it first ha ha

So this is how they do it...

This is Cory. The husband of Hayley. I have never done this before, and it looks like I am just typing into a word document. I'm guessing that once I'm done writing, I will just click the fancy orange publish button, and it will magically look all frilly and such. I always thought it took great talent to make a blog post look cool....

Anyways!, I have realized that Hayley has not written anything for over a month, and a lot has happened. In fact, the little posts she has made have been about strange or interesting things, and not really about normal life. So since I know all of you who read this (I have no idea if anyone reads this...I do once in a while if I remember) are very interested in every detail of our life, I will try to give an update on some of the fun things that have happened to us over the past 6 months. Come along for a wonderful journey of the stories of life by Cory. That kind of rhymes.

I think the best way to approach this is to just go through the pictures, and describe what happened over the last little bit. Hayley's camera has a strange black dot on the lens, so until we get a new one, we have been, and will continue to use my phone camera. It's not too bad.

We'll start with the trip to Colorado. We left during the afternoon of someday in August, and drove down to SLC. We stayed the night in a hotel by the SLC airport, and then in the morning, we headed over to the airport to catch our flight to Denver! Everything was going wonderfully. We made it through security in plenty of time to get to our gate. In fact, we had enough time to peruse some little stores and food places, in a very relaxing fashion. After we were done wandering, we decided we should head back over to the gate, and get ready to board the plane. We were sitting in the terminal, and a lady came over the speaker announcing that our flight was just about to board. She mentioned that every once in a while, they will check IDs to make sure that they match the boarding pass. No problem right? WRONG. I started to gather up our things and looked at Hayley, who was sitting right beside me. She looked like there was a colony of ants climbing up her pants. She looked frantic, and was searching for something. In my calm way, I simply said, "What are you doing?" She replied, " I can't find my Driver's License." Wonderful. Just great. A million things started to run through my mind such as missing the flight, just going home, getting arrested for not having an ID (realistic, I know), and a variety of others.

I made the grave mistake of asking Hayley how in the world could she have lost her driver's license from security to the gate, and this was the face I received:

 

This may not actually be a photo from the airport, but this is the face that helps me understand my boundaries. Anyways, we went and talked to the people, and they said we shouldn't have any trouble getting on board. They were mostly concerned for us returning home, since she would need it to get through security coming back. Yes, we made it on board safely, with no issues. Great start to a vacation...

 

In reality, the vacation went very smoothly. We enjoyed going to places such as the Denver Aquarium, Water World, and our favorite, Elitch Gardens, and cool theme park. Here are a few pictures from the trip:

 

 

 

Here we are at the Denver Temple

 

This was a cool Roller Coaster

 

 

 There are people's legs

 

 

 The Old Spaghetti Factory where we had dinner

 

 

This is Hayley. Hi Hayley.

 

 

Shark, this was our seat at the aquarium restaurant.

Merperson

 

Hayley was able to see her friend Amber!

 

 

After the trip was over, we headed on home, and were able to get back home without Hayley's ID. All she had to do was the Hokey Pokey in the airport, and they let her through. Actually, she had some other forms of ID that helped them know she really was Hayley.

 

Well, that is all that I have time for, and I will let Hayley inform you of some of the other events happening in our lives right now. There will only be two of us for a little longer......Stay Tuned for the update by Hayley!