Maternity Clothes!

So John bought me some maternity pants and a maternity dress the other day but I really needed more than just those two items to get me through the next few months. So my aunt Summer graciously let me go through her clothes and pick out some of the ones that were too big for her so that I could wear them. Now I have skirts and dresses and some pj's and even some pants! I am one very happy girl right now.

I was even productive last night and today. Last night I made my famous pasta salad and cheesy kielbasa. John loves that dish. It takes like 2 hours to make and prepare it all. The potatoes take the longest because you have to make sure they get cooked all the way through. After putting everything all together it turns out I didn't cook them long enough which sucks because I really wanted the dish to be perfect. John and Ina ate it nonetheless. I on the other hand opted to not try it out.

And tonight we made shake and bake chicken. Hopefully this means i wont have my family starving this week! heres to hoping I keep feeling better and up to doing this kinda stuff.

Irrational behaviors a psychology major makes.

So basically a month ago I tried to make my blog more private and email ppl the link to get the hook up in my life. turns out no one was able to use the links so no one read the blog. So if you used to read it and then suddenly felt jipped, I apologize. It was a technical error, not a Moriah doesn't like you deal.

I think I had the flu the past 4 days. I feel fine today and want to eat everything in sight and then some. I hated being sick. It was like morning sickness all over again. In fact I emailed my Midwife and asked them if it was normal. My aunt and her kids all had the flu so its just one of those things. John was so upset I was sick. While laying in bed with me on Sunday he decided that I am not allowed to leave the house anymore because he wont have my health and the baby's health jeopardized. I am pretty sure he knows how irrational that is because I get up and go when i please. But its cute to have him be over protective. I never had someone care about me or what I was doing like that before.

I was actually talking to a close friend the other night about how my relationship works. They were curious how we make things work. I had a hard time explaining it because honestly it just works. I know John loves me more than anything else and he would do anything to protect me and make me happy. And I would do the same for him. So even if he is having a man period and I am moody and pregnant we still get through those days and always end up snuggling. We aren't perfect and we have lots of time to improve our marriage but I never thought in a million years I would be so blessed to marry someone so compatible with me and really understand me.

He even listens to my jibber jabber when he can't follow anything I am saying. For example he asked me how  my visit went with my aunt summer and i proceded to give him a run down of our conversation about pyschodynamic and cognitive theory and how it applies to irrational beliefs. He did pretty well at hiding his glazed over look. I was eating my nightly cereal in bed. When I had finished my long narative he asked me if I was finished with my essay. I tend to give long stories to simple things. He says I make paragraphs out of a sentence. I started to explain my whole train of thought of why i had a pile of clothes on our big chair in the bedroom. I had to explain that none of them fit me and so I began to organize the ones that didn't to be put in the large bin we have in the closet and that I had needed his help to get it down. He just laughed and asked me why I needed to explain all of that when all i had to do was ask that he help me get it down.

Not sure why I complicate things but I think its because I always see every little detail to get from point A to Point B and john just sees Point B and just gets there. he doesn't need to analyze everything. But he is willing to let me be me as I let him be him. Ahh... love. Ain't it grand.

Bored and sick

Today has been a wash. I have been sick with the flu yesterday and today. So of course this means I am at home all day long with nothing to do but crochet and watch Netflix all day long. That can only last so long. I began to then watch FRIENDS. I decided that I dont like the episodes when Monica and Chandler are living together in the 6th season. at least not the episodes with Joey's dancer roommate. Maybe I do but honestly today i just wasn't feeling it. However I did get some laundry folded and some dishes started. So I wasn't completely unproductive.

I felt so bad because i didn't cook anything but a frozen pizza today. Sometimes being pregnant and then sick really makes me feel like a failure as a wife. Ok I know I am being overly dramatic but I can't help myself. John and I both miss my old self who actually wanted to get out and do things all the time. Now I just want to either stay in or go to my grandparents house. Someplace very familiar and comfortable.

And now with John at work during the night i am home alone. Last night and tonight Ina is gone visiting some cousins so I am completely alone. Hopefully when the baby is here I will have more company. I swear I can't be more excited than I already am. And I love babies so having one of my own will be the best thing yet!

We are still debating if its a boy or girl. However we only have 4 more weeks left till we get to find out so its not that far off. I can't hardly wait... I can't wait to see our gorgeous baby.

Our life so far...

So i think I am getting used to John working nights. It sucks majorly to sleep alone but since I am always uncomfortable at night and way too hot for comfort, having the bed to myself and the fan on me directly has been nice. John loves his job and always comes home excited from working overtime. He even got to meet the owner of the company the other night and the first thing she said was "you must be john. I have heard so much about you." I doubt seriously that our owner would even know my name let alone anything about me. My work has been about the same. I like it again now that I dont have to mute people in order to puke every hour or so.

My baby bump is showing more now so people are finding they need to rub it. Even people I dont know seem fascinated by it and need to touch it. I read in my baby book that if that bothers me I can either tell them directly or proceed to rub their belly in return. I think I will rub theirs and maybe they will think twice before rubbing the belly. I don't mind people touching it so long as i know who you are. AKA creepy guy I have never seen before... back off or my samoan hubby will kick your booty.

There is a lot more to do in ways of paperwork for the baby than I anticipated. I have to fill out a bunch of forms for work and make lots of requests for Short Term Disability and possibly FMLA. I did find out however that Short term disability lasts for 25 weeks and FMLA lasts 12 weeks. I dont think we will use the FMLA because its without pay and I want some kind of income. But that means I can still have like 6 months off if I chose. We will only be using 3months I think so that I can get back into the swing of things at work.

I was thinking the other day of the most memorable moments of my past jobs. Here are a few snap shots:

Age 16- Cleaning a ladies house from church- locking my keys in the car with the car running.
Age 17- Wild Waves working on SkyCoaster- A man riding the ride was yelling for joy and his teeth flew out and landed near the line of people. He got off and put his dentures back in and walked away.
Age 20- BYU--I Testin center- Getting out of my car going into work my skirt falls to my knees and I dont notice until I lock the car door. Many people see me and I high-tail it next to a truck and the owner shows up while my skirt is in my hands.
Age 20- Harborview Pathology/Morge- walking into an autopsy and seeing a guys insides outside.
Age 22- Free & Clear- Asking a participant if he has serious or worsening Angina or heart pain. He says " uh, mam, I am not a female." He thought I said Vagina and I had to clarify.

These are my most memorable moments to date. I am sure I will have plenty more in my lifetime. I would love to be a stay at home mom but chances are that life never turns out how you plan so I will most likely be working while being a mom. And i think i am up to it. John will be that one dad that shows up to every dance recital, soccer game, and birthday party to support his kids. I will be there too but I am sure that John will be there more often since its just what he wants to do. He loves to go to my cousins games and all their sporting events. Its all about the family he says. What can I say, I married well.

Catching Up

Realizing today that I haven't written in quite a while and that bothers me because I have so much on my mind. People have asked us recently how long we have been married and I keep saying 7 months and then realize that our 1 yr anniversary is 2 months away. Surprise Surprise! I remember feeling so bad because we weren't pregnant yet but now I am looking back and know it was in God's timing. Our biggest worry was that we wouldn't be able to have kids since my female parts dont cooperate like normal people. Now we know that everything will be alright. We are 12 weeks 3days pregnant and feeling GREAT! I haven't thrown up in what feels like ages. I think its been like a week now and I am so excited! I thought that chapter would never end. I feel so bad for my friends who have been sick their whole pregnancy. It seems everyone I talked to said they were sick the whole time and I should just expect that. I guess I get to be one of the lucky ones now. 

I even felt so amazing that I cleaned up the house and started cooking again. When I was cooking John just smiled at me with such love in his eyes and said "I have missed you." We both missed the normal me. The happy me who enjoys cooking and cleaning and wants to be active. The moody, vomiting, and nauseated me was not my friend. I do get emotional now where i cry over simple things. But I will take that over vomiting every day of the week. 

John starts his new job tonight! He is so excited and I couldn't be more proud of him. He sought out this job on his own. He did the interview and the next day they called and asked him to start the next day. Its a job at Pink's Original Bakery which has the cutest website. He gets a discount so you know I will be getting lots of yummy treats! My only sadness comes from the fact that for the next 3 months he will be working graveyard and I will be sleeping alone. Not a huge fan of that at all. But he is home during the day so I will take what I can. And it is more money and he will be happier so it all works out in the end.

It is basically official that Ina is staying with us for certain. We still have her sleeping on the air mattress in the living room but she prefers it. I think once she gets a job she will be more apt to move into the office and have a regular bed. We will be moving in April I think to a 3 bedroom apartment in the same community since two bedrooms won't cut it with a new baby and with Ina here. I have no idea how that will all work and I need to figure out how to keep the good aura in my home without making my office go into my bedroom. That would be not so good. Maybe by then we will have enough income to rent a home... who knows. but its nice to think about the future. 

So we are still moving forward with the apprenticeship applications so John can get a job as an electrician. That's the end goal we are working towards. we plan on having his parents move here the summer of 2013 and we will need to get them jobs right away and then we will be moving into a house for sure and then buying a house shortly thereafter. I am so much a planner I can't even help myself. If I could I would start looking at houses today. 

Our dogs got a serious shave this week. they were so hairy and their hair was so long and matted I couldn't even begin to get through it. So off it all went. Now they look like little poodles but its only temporary. Now that I am feeling better I will be able to keep the hair from getting matted. And we are keeping it short. None of this long hair business. 

Anyways thats the update with us! What's new with you?