boy howdy

So its almost the end of the week and i have to say that I find myself living more and more for the weekend. This week has been pretty nuts on many levels. Work is going alright, although im finding it harder and harder to get out of changing diapers in the toddler room when i work in there. Classes are going well, in my speech class next week im giving a speech on how to make peach cobbler in the dutch oven and Im actually going first in my class because the first speech we gave, the class voted and said mine was the best altogether so I got to choose when I want to go with the next speech and I voted to go first and get it over with. Also in my American women writers class we have an in class writing assignment on tuesday and a test on thursday. So thatll be fun!! I had my first psych test this last week and got a B on it which is totally cool with me since I just wanna get it over with and on my record for having taken it.

Jordan is feeling alot better, shes actually gained a few pounds int he last few days which is awesome. We have a doctors appointment this coming monday to see what we need to be careful with (diet, exercise, travel etc) so thatll be nice. We bought our tickets to come home thanksgiving and we will be there from saturday to saturday so thatll be nice. However were still up int he air for Christmas, we need to wait and hear what the doctor says and figure out work and all that.

We finally gave up hope that we are going to get free wireless from Pop, weve exercised every option and its just not gonna work. So Jordan and I decided were just going to pay the 25 a month and get our own high speed internet. Logan, jordans bro, has a wireless router he no longer needs and so hes gonna ive it to us so thatll be nice.
Anywho today i got class til 12:20 and then work from 3-6 and then class tonight. Then this friday were hanging out with our good friends Matt and Katie and on Saturday I think im sealing all three driveways (our 2 and pop's) and then Jordan and I are working the hayrack ride at the church fall fest from 3-4. Other than that its all up in the air.

Please pray for wisdom and strength for both Jordan and I. And also pray that he would begin to break us down so only he is showing. Thanks guys!

From A Womans Point Of View Part 1

I hear that Nick's updates on how I am feeling through out this pregnancy are quite vague and not quite up to par so I have been requested to give my own update. These days I am sick off and on just about every other day. When I have a sick day I am pretty miserable, today I had a rough morning but as the day has gone on I am feeling some better. On the days that I am sick I am pretty weak and exhausted, however on my rare completely good days I feel pretty good. Also my appetite is pretty minimal, I am looking forward to the second trimester where everything looks good and I can eat as much as I want without getting sick!!! At this point I have lost 12 pounds because of my rude appetite, so you can understand why I can't wait till I can eat whatever I want . As you all know we just got our puppy on Wednesday and she is wonderful! It is really good training for both of us because she likes to wake up at 1am, 4am, and again at 7am! and then we get to get up and be at work by 8:30am! Yes it is exhausting but we are thoroughly enjoying her company. Well thats all I have to say for now because it is time for dinner and tonight I am going to attempt to eat a meal!! Talk to you all soon :-)

Doggy and belly

So here are a few more pics. We took a picture of Jordans belly one month after we found out. She is now about 9 weeks along and is just starting to show. Also we just got our puppy the other night and have a few pics of her Shes just starting to come out of her shell and is running around the house curiously inspecting everything. We have a nighttime routine worked out with her already. We put her in her cage and she sleeps until about 4-5 and then we take her out and let her go to the bathroom and then she sleeps for another few hours in bed with us. So far its working pretty good. Well let you know though.






This first one is a pic of Daisy after her first bath. She didnt like it but she felt pretty good afterward.




This one is a pic of daisy asleep on Jordans chest. Shes very snuggly




Here are a few pics of jordans tummy, haha

crying in front of girls

so yesterdays doctors appointment was really just a meeting to get all Jordan's info (insurance and such) and then set up another appt. with her doctor in 2 weeks. So we didnt find anything out but we will know Oct 1st, which is her next appt. After we got out of the appointment I called the lady who we are getting the dog from and asked when was the soonest we could come to get it. Originally we had to wait 8 weeks but since its been 7 and the doctors appointment took us an hour closer to her I thought id call and just see if we could get it then. luckily the dog was big enough to be on her own so she said we could get it then. So we went and picked up the dog, the biggest in her litter so far and took her home!! She is about 4 times bigger than she is in the previous pics, shes grown so much since we saw her. We went to Petsmart and got all her stuff and she is officially moved in with us. She slept soundly in her cage until about 4 in the morning and then she woke us up and after we took her out she got in bed with us. She was very timid yesterday but is already coming out of her shell and being a goofy puppy. Anyway we woke up at 6:30 again when the dog had to go out and just decided to stay up. Im very tired but i think this is Gods way of preparing us for our first baby.

Anywho today in my american women writers class I had to read a poem of my choosing and i read one called "the mother" that is about abortion. I started by saying that when i got my sonogram and saw my babys heart beating it was one of the most amazing moments of my life. Now I had read the poem 4 or 5 times at home and had no problem but unfortunately and for whatever reason I started crying at the first word this time. I cried the whole time and could barely get the last few lines out. The class all applauded and the teacher said that these were the moments that she lived for in her class. I felt like a wuss and wanted to leave and never come back. However I felt alot better being done and everyone told me that I did a good job. so its all good. Today after this class, which ends at 12:30, im going home to let Daisy and Cinder out and then Im taking Daisy to the daycare center to show her off to all the kids and staff. Then Im working from 4-6 and then jordan and I have class from 6:30-9:50.
Tomorrow full work day and then the weekend!! Were not doing anything on saturday and its gonna be great. Im so tired, hope the dog sleeps all night tonight.

pics yo

here are some pics of jordan and me and Rock state park, pics of our puppy were gonna get and a few random ones. Hope you like them!
Jordan has a doctors appointment today and were about ready to leave, well update afterwards!

oh happy day

so ya this morning jordan woke up and said she felt the baby move.......it fried my mind, not gonna lie....but im super excited...Praise God for his goodness is overflowing!

heyheyhey

so its Sunday evening and im sitting in Grandmoms living room using her wireless network. Mom (Julie) got home from her missions trip yesterday and had an awesome time. She went with a group from our church on a work and witness program to Arizona. She helped teach the 3rd 4th and 5th graders all week. Jordan and I were in charge of work/school/Mike all week and I must admit it was a long week. Friday was jordans birthday and we ate dinner with Grandmom and Pop and then went to the community colleges production of the musical Chicago. Jordan loves that movie and it was a pretty awesome performance. Then on Saturday we went with our niece Caroline to the county fair at the college and played games and rode rides all day. That was pretty fun.
Pop is still looking into what can be done with the wireless situation but if worse comes to worse Jordan and I will probably just get DSL for our house which is only like 30 a month and it would get used quite a bit.
Anyway back to work tomorrow, lots of drama last week with Julie gone so we will probably have some sort of meeting tomorrow night to straighten all that out. Exciting.
I promise il get some pics up within the next few days.

Jordan is asleep right now, shes not feeling very well at the moment. Good news though, shes gotten used to throwing up already and now encourages it to make herself feel better. So that'll make morning sickness alot easier in the future hopefully. Julie has been giving her a two hour break during the day but that doesnt seem to be working out so she thinks maybe shell just have her come in at 10 instead of 8:30 and she will just work til 6 every day. Thatll still get her 40 hrs in which will keep her full time and keep the free insurance, plus shell get to sleep alittle longer each day which will help tons.
Anywho I think thats about it for now, il update again in a bit. Love you guys

p.s. thanks for all the letters and packages for jordans birthday and for the baby, we appreciate it all.

wireless-less

so anyway we got our wireless in the other day and it definently doesnt work right. Jordans grandfather (pop) got it at his house and the router is liek 180 ft away so he bought a booster for it, which is supposed to make the signal go 3 times further, but it still doesnt reach our house. So hes gonna see if theres something he can do or if we will just need to get DSL at our house, so a few more days on the pics unfortunately. Classes are going well, work sucked this week because Julie was on a missions trip all week and so everyone is working like you do if your boss isnt there. That means that alot of people call in and say they cant come in and Jordan and I end up covering their shifts which sucks a little. Lots of drama when you work with 30 (18-50 yr old) women and you are one of the only 2 guys. So anyway im in class now and its liek 2 1/2 hrs long of this 60 yr old woman talking to us about stuff we already know, bo-ring.

Oh yesterday was mikes bday and he got his van from boyle buick. It can take his wheelchair around and they did a fundraise for it so its totally payed for!! Praise God for that.

anyway il update again soon, hopefully with pics next time

hey all

hello family. Another attempt to keep a blog going. On this one yall can make a name and leave comments so do so. Anyway we will update jordan and the baby often and let you know how general life is going. As soon as our wireless gets put in (tomorrow 9/12) we will put pics on here of us and of the first sonogram we got. Were also getting a new dog in 2 weeks so there will be pics of her soon, actually we have pics of her already so theyll be up probably tomorrow. Anyway things are going well, Jordan feels like crap, has for the last few days. So prayer is much appreciated.
Work is going well, my schedule as of now is as follows
Monday-Work from 8:30-6:30
Tuesday-Class from 8:30-12:30/work from 1-6/class from 7-9:50
Wednesday- work from 8:30-6:30
Thursday-class from 8:30-12:30/work from 1-6/class from 6:30-9:30
Friday-Work from 8:30-6:30

Its going well and jordan and i are trying to save as much money as we possibly can. We just got the first three office seasons and are halfway through the 2nd season.
Hmm thats all until i can get some pics on here, il update again later