Swimming

I did it! Well, John did it. We finally figured out how to transfer pictures from my new camera. It turns out my laptop ports are going bad and not always working properly so we transfered them using John's laptop instead. Here are some pictures of Victoria swimming with her friend Maverick. Everything was going great until he pushed her over and then she didn't want to swim anymore. Go figure. :)

V's Vocabulary and Katrina's Birthday

People usually ask me what V can say these days. So I've decided to make a list of things that she currently says. Lately she's been catching onto words really fast...about one a day if we take the time to teach it to her. So next time you see her she'll probably know lots and I won't be able to keep up. I thought she'd like to know what her first words were one day. I tried to keep it in the order that she said them, but some of them are out of place. So here goes:

Dada, Mama, Whoa, Wow, Up, Pop (soda), Bop, Dog, Boo, Eye, Uh-oh!, That, Cheese, No, Open, Shoe, Juice, Hello, Bye-bye, Whoo-hoo, Ewww, Dude, Ow, Milk, and her latest...'Thank you'.

Keep in mind these all sound like a baby saying it so, for example, "hello" sounds like "lello" and "Thank you" sounds like "tank jou." This, of course, makes it cuter. :)

Ok so for my birthday John got me a new camera. Yay! So hopefully I can finally post some good pics and more...coming soon (when I figure it out). Also, a much looking forward to professional pregnancy massage at a spa because some days your back is just about to die and I'll be needing it. So there you go. That's the little update on us.

Anxiety at the Hospital

I tried to post this earlier, but it didn't save. I told you all I would keep you posted on all baby happenings so here I go again:

Monday, May 19th I started to spot a little blood, but didn't think much of it because I did with Victoria as well. I was told if it got worse I should go get myself checked.
Tuesday, May 20th around 4:00PM I was bleeding a lot. I got scared and decided I should go in to the ER. I thought I was having a miscarriage. I called John and waited for him to come home. We went in and waited...a lot. I think I waited almost 2 hours to even get checked in. Victoria was running around the waiting room and John chased after her. I just sat nervously. When I get called in I get my blood pressure, temp, and heart rate taken. The EMT responder asks what's wrong and I tell him. He types it in the computer and leaves. Another person comes in and asks me what's wrong. A little annoyed I tell her. She types it in and leaves. A third person comes in and takes me to a room. In the meantime, John sniffs oxygen to pass the time. He gets high. I'm told to change and wait for a nurse. I do so. A nurse arrives and takes my blood for tests. I wait again. Another nurse comes for an ultrasound. Finally I can find out if the baby is alright. Thankfully the baby is ok...for now. It is healthy. "What a beautiful alien/skeleton thing!"
I go back to the room where another person is getting insurance info from John. Waiting and more waiting. For what? Test results and a pelvic exam so I can know why I'm bleeding. Victoria is cranky. It is passed her bedtime and John doesn't believe me when I tell him it'll take forever for the doctor to come in and that he should just take V home. 30 minutes later he finally does. I fall asleep waiting. I'm starving and I can't have food because if they decide to do surgery on me I can't have had food for at least 8 hours. Boo.
A nurse finally comes to save me from my misery. She explains she's waiting for a RhoGham vaccination. The doctor comes. I'm checked and she can't tell why I'm bleeding. She says it may just be a popped blood vessel. I now wait for my RhoGham shot. After I get it I have to wait 20 minutes to see if I have any side effects. Finally, finally, I am discharged. It is about 11:00PM. John comes and gets me and we go home. So in summary, everything is ok. I'm supposed to just sit around for a few weeks and try to stay off my feet. I'm finding this hard since I get bored just sitting around (go figure). And there you go. John is still high.

The Official Unofficial Announcement

To all those that don't know yet this is the official unofficial announcement that I'm pregnant again. Yay! I'm currently 12 weeks along and am doing alright. I'm throwing up a lot like I did with Victoria, but I'm better prepared mentally for the task, which is good since I also have to watch Victoria. I waited to tell people this time because miscarriages are common (about 1 in 3). So don't feel like I was holding out on ya. I was holding out on everyone. We're excited and looking forward to another beautiful baby. And yes it was planned. We don't know the gender yet, but we'll keep you posted on all baby info. In fact, perhaps we'll do a poll for those that would like to guess (Sorry Kristen, I'm copying you).

Good Riddance

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Our most recent purchases

So as of today we have no money, but a brand new investment property instead. This is the house that is next door to our Salt Lake Duplex where we currently live. It is a 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. The previous owner only had it for a little over a year and did the following renovations: all new windows, new paved driveway, new electrical, and had the furnace fixed. Sure we paid for his "fix-ups" considering we wanted to purchase this house before for a lower price, but I guess on the bright side we did not have to do all the dirty work and to be honest we really wanted the land more than the house.

Plus, we already will have new tenants beginning in May because as the Lord works in mysterious ways He's done it again. A family that is in our ward has been wanting a bigger place for a while now. My husband discovered this because he was doing he's home teaching as he should (it still surprises me when he goes, but don't tell him I said that) and they had mentioned it to him. John then told them that we were about to purchase this place and that they could move in to it. They decided they could afford it and so we'll thankfully be having a LDS family move in next door.

As for another "big" purchase we have failed to mention... John received an exceptional bonus this year from work. It was way more than expected. In fact, it was four times more than it was last year. We were very excited and decided it's time we reward ourselves for all of our hard work. John has been wanting a big screen HDTV since who knows when and I told him he could get one with his bonus from work even if it wasn't enough to pay for it. We got one of course. Well, John got himself one (I'm not too big on things like that...I'd rather have a nice and reliable car. So drop him a hint for me). It's a Samsung 52" LCD tv and Blu-ray movies look awesome on it. Movie party anyone? Pirates marathon coming soon. :)

We thought you all should know...

Friends and Family,

I don't know how to start this so I'll just come right out and say it... John and I are getting divorced. I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but let me explain. Over the past two years things have not been going as well as we have portrayed them to be. With John working so much it's just become overwhelming. We've had no time for each other. No time to grow. We'd been fighting a lot and we've decided it's time to move on. We've tried to work things out before and keep things going for Victoria's sake. We've even been in to talk to the Bishop, but nothing has worked. We've just got too many things going on in our lives separately that it's gotten out of control. We decided we will share custody of Victoria and that I will take one of our homes in Provo to live in. Perhaps I'll even finish school so that I can get a job. Who knows. All we do know is that we need your support at this time in our lives and anything you can do to help will be appreciated. Thank you.

Oh yeah, and ...

APRIL FOOLS!