We can't believe it's been two whole weeks since Lily Jane joined our family. As our neighbor put it so well, it's hard to remember life without her now that she's here. Things are going pretty well for the most part. She gets a bit fussy at times, but what newborn doesn't? We as parents are learning to function on 5-6 hours of sleep, which is just fine.
Yesterday we were blessed with the safe arrival of a sweet baby girl. It was an amazing experience to see this beautiful, perfect little girl enter this world and to feel her sweet spirit. Jen was amazingly strong during the labor and delivery. The doctors and nurses were wonderful too. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. Jen went into active labor at 7:15 and one hour later Lily was here, safe and sound. Jen's parents were nice enough to keep us company the entire day and made it all the way through the delivery. It was really nice to see family members and thank them for their kindness and thoughtfulness as we have awaited her arrival. The Lord has blessed us so much during this pregnancy and delivery and we thank Him for the opportunity to care for one of his sweet spirit daughters.
Just wanted to post a quick update. This is the big week! We finished the baby's room this weekend thanks to the master painter skills of Jason. Thanks to all those who helped and lent tools to do that project. We can now safely say that it is the nicest room in the house. :)
So we went in for the targeted or 3D ultrasound today. Joe about fell out of his chair when the profile of the baby showed on screen then all the sudden there was a 3D view of the baby's face. Joe thinks she has Jen's mouth and Jen thinks she has Joe's nose. Either way she's cute as a button.
Jen got a new job! She landed a sweet gig at the University of Utah hospital working for ARUP. She'll be working in the STAT lab (yes STAT like "This is urgent!"). We are very excited for her. It's going to be interesting as we get used to her new 7 on, 7 off schedule, but we're still excited.
Hello everyone! I know it takes us a long time to post on the blog but when we do you know it's something good. So here it goes: Jen and Joe are proud to announce that they are expecting a baby in early August. That's right, we had our first doctor's appointment this last week and had the ultrasound where we got a nice shot of the one inch long fetus and heard the heartbeat and everything. That was such an amazing experience to see and hear the beating heart and see the baby developing. What a fantastic adventure this will be! So here's a picture of "The Amazing Peanut" for all to enjoy. More news later. I promise.
So we finally did it, we got a dog. We went to the Super Adoption at Petsmart in Salt Lake and wandered around a bit and found a really nice one year old dog named Sasha. We took her for a walk around the parking lot (or maybe she took us for a walk) and we were sold. She didn't bark at a single dog except for one really mean one.
Jen did all the paperwork and I walked the dog around for a bit. We got all the fees paid and took a really fun trip through the store to get her a leash, food and all that fun stuff. We jumped in the car and took a trip to I-215 and took the brand new Legacy Parkway. What a nice road to drive. On a side not, it seems to have really made a difference on the commute at the end of the day.
We got her home and gave her a bath, took her outside to shake off and started to make our way back inside. Trouble was, she didn't want to go in through the side door and when I tried to pull her in she slipped out of her collar and ran like the wind. She ran across 36th St. and barely missed getting hit by a car but she kept running. She went from one neighbors house to another. Jen and I were chasing her for about 10 minutes. Jen asked for the keys to my car because she was running barefoot. I threw my keys but it was too dark and I overshot her and ended up totally obliterating my beeper. All the buttons were popped out. I didn't find all the pieces till Sunday afternoon.
We are very excited to have a dog, yes Joe too is excited. She is a good dog and so far we have not had any problems. She is a golden lab/boxer mix and it runs out that that seems to be a playful mix. She loves frisbee, can run a long time and can't help but follow you around whenever you're home.
Here's a short video showing her massive appetite. She pounded another bowl just before she was given the one in the video. Enjoy...
After many moons of saving and looking for a house that would work for us we finally found one close to Weber State. Here's a picture from the front on the day that we got the keys. Woohoo! We'll be posting more and more now that we have some news to report and a fast internet connection :)
Well we did have a very eventful year. So eventful that it kept us from posting a single time. We are hoping to remedy that. We really enjoy keeping up with everyone through their blogs and we want to be part of the club too.
Just for a quick recap of where we are and what we're doing...
Jen
Studying very diligently at Weber State in the Clinical Lab Science program. Don't worry if you don't know what Clinical Lab is, most people don't. Basically if you go to the hospital and they poke you, suck some fluid out and send it away, Jen as a lab tech would be the one to process and examine the fluid. She is doing very well in her classes and hopes to walk in the spring and finish one last class next summer (yuck summer school!)
Jen works for Transportation Alliance Bank, a subsidiary company to Flying J. She is a credit analyst and works to fund loads of semi trucks. She has a great boss that works very well with her school schedule.
Jen has no free time. She studies very hard and for that Joey's very proud. She has much more dedication and focus than he does.
Joe
Currently working for SkyWest Airlines as a multimedia developer. SkyWest is not much of a regular airline in that we don't sell the seats on the flights, we operate flights for Delta and United. Most of the work I do is for internal training and recruitment purposes. It's a fun yet challenging job with lots of opportunities to do lots of different projects and work with some great tools.
I also have been dipping into photography and digital painting. More on that later.
We had an opportunity to move into Jen's parent's basement for a few months to save up and work towards a house. The move went great thanks to our fantastic brothers and their muscles. Thanks again guys! So that's where you can find us these days.
We'll be more regular in this we promise. Hope to talk to everyone soon.
Love,
JEN & JOE
