Update

The last month has been a pretty crazy one. My parents bought into the Hogi Yogi franchise and a LOT of our time has been spent helping them out. Paul works his job at the Corner store, goes to school, then runs over to my parent's store in Orem. We have had a lot of late nights trying to get the store up and running, but I really think it will pay off in the end. The previous owners really let the store go. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years and I think at least a few of us wanted to cry when we saw all the work to be done. There's a lot of scrubbing and remodeling going into the store right now and we are hoping for a grand reopening in June (even though they technically aren't closed). The whole family is involved (with the exception of Ryan who travels a lot for his work). I am excited to see how it does during the summer. This has turned out to be a blessing for us because Paul will be able to pick up a few extra shifts a week, supplementing my income.

Reanna. Such a dedicated worker!

School is almost over, but we're pretty burned out. At this point I am trying not to stress. If I don't do so well on my finals I'll just have to deal with the consequences later. Right now I just need to get through this pregnancy. I have been sick quite a lot. I've had 2 flues and 3 colds along with all the other joys of pregnancy in just 3 months. I've missed a lot of work and school as a result. It hasn't been easy for me at all, and now that the bloatation is settling in I'm really not loving being pregnant. I can't wait to meet this little guy and have my body at least somewhat to myself again.

On a more positive note, I passed my glucose test last week. I was so afraid I was going to fail. My doctor told me that I was at higher risk because so many family members are/were diabetic. So that was an exciting bit of news. Everything with baby James is looking good. He's definitely a strong baby. He wakes me up just as much as the frequent bathroom breaks in the middle of the night with his violent little martial art moves. We have been trying to save up for the crib, but so many things have happened unexpectedly. The tires went out, some brake drum thingy is broken, I need to renew my driver's license, I have to buy my contacts SOON or I'll have to get another eye exam, emissions is coming up, etc. All of these things add up and so we still don't have the crib. I wish we could get that out of the way. It makes me nervous the closer we get. Only 11 weeks to go!! I've posted some random pictures of what's been going on in our lives below. Enjoy!

Extremely cute outfit!

Getting bigger. 27 Weeks.

Rosi and Reanna decided to cover Paul with pillows while he was taking a nap. Such an easy target.

And lastly, I wish that Spring would get the memo! We had yet another snow storm last week. I'm so tired of it!