ANOTHER SURPRISE....

Well, we have known for some time now, but haven't posted yet. A few weeks ago Brady got called to be the Elders Quorum President in our ward. We feel so humbled and overwhelmed. That's a lot of responsibility for our little family, with me still in as the Young Women's President. But, we are happy to serve and figure out our purpose. I will post more later. Back to work. YIKES!

The Honest Truth...

Ok, so this isn't my favorite thing to post about, but it's the truth of what is going on in our lives and the next big chapter that we are going to begin.

Brady and I have been trying to get pregnant for about a year now and it just hasn't happened for us, which has been a roller-coaster of emotions and all. It's totally personal, but I know that as friends and family and being married almost 4 years now, people wonder what's up. (WOW...4 years already?)

Well, Friday I had my first, of many I'm sure, Dr. appts. Things have been just weird with my body lately and I needed peace of mind. I said a prayer, looked up our provider list and just chose a Dr. at random from our insurance list. (i'm so thankful for good health insurance) He was wonderful! Really listened to what was going on and actually took time to explain things and didn't make me wait 2 hours for my appointment....stupid Circle of Life office....

Long story short...we started with some blood work (hormone leves, estrogen, FSH, LH and thyroid etc) I got the test results back today and everything is normal (which is good, but at the same time, had something been abnormal and a quick fix, we would know). So, now we have been referred by him to an Infertility specialist. The whole term infertility has taken me quite some time to accept..it's like this automatic label. But it is what it is and Brady and I have 100% confidence that what is supposed to happen will happen, we just need to trust in God's plan for us and our family. So, I guess from here we will see what the Dr. says on Feb 19th.

I feel like it's a long road ahead of us...a good one if in the end it means we can be parents, but I am nervous about my patience levels and what not and exactly how many tests/procedures or medicines this will mean for us. I wasn't ready for it all last year, but feel that I am at a level where I am more accepting at this time.

So, in the mean time, I breathe in and out, put one foot in front of the other and take things day by day. I'm sad, but will not lose faith in God's plan. It's not the way I wanted to bring a child into the world, but at this point in my life...being 30 and all...all i care about is one day being able to hold my new baby in my arms and am ready to do whatever it takes to meet that little spirit.

So...here we go! I will try to be as open as possible about what we experience... wish us luck. I know many of you out there are in the same boat, or have been at some point in your lives, so I appreciate all the feedback and support.... This is not going to be easy, but that's ok =) Right? Tell me it's worth it!

LET ME EXPLAIN.....PLEASE READ!

Ok, this is why I have been a slacker at blogging lately.... MY JOB! I have made it a goal not to complain...at least not as much...as I do about work, but I want to explain what my life has become. In layman's terms without all our intraoffice jargon whats happening is that we are switching computer systems. So right now we have hundreds of thousands of cases that are in the old system...a DOS based system. Ya I think pretty much most of the programmers have all died off it's that old.

So, the state has spent over 80million dollars getting ready for this new internet based system caller EREP. It still has glitches but the higher ups have been feeling the heat from the feds/government peeps because we are still using our comfy old DOS system. So...there is a MAJOR push to get all these cases converted into the new system. So...we have been allowed OT the past month or so to aid in this process and its going to be really messy and unfamiliar for the next few months. The directors/sups and managers and all those higher ups have told us that its gonna be a rough road for a bit, but hopefully near spring it will settle down. We will see. Thank goodness breathing is involuntary, or I might literally be dead.

So, if I'm super anti-social and still blogging a month or 2 behind, you now know why. I'm exhausted! Literally brain dead at night. So between that, and church responsibilities I am feeling overwhelmed and spread really thin and use every excuse I can to have some Jess alone time, just so I don't offend anyone or bite their heads off cuz I'm so overwhelmed. Not to mention trying to see Brady. That kid is sooo busy! I'll explain more later about him...

BACK TO WORK!

More House Updates

Here are some recent picture updates of the basement. Again, anoter room we decided we weren't going to do...the laundry room...we have now (obviously) decided to fix up. Thank you to my sister for the Home Depot Gift card. It was the ambition/inspiration for this project. Smaller rooms just seems to be easier to do than the big overwhelming family room and 4th bedroom. But as said before...we are getting there little by little.

BEFORE and AFTER:

BEFORE AND AFTER

BEFORE AND AFTER

We still have yet to put a ceiling in...I think we are going to go with the dropped office-type one so we can get to plumbing etc. easier in case there is a problem. But...it just feels so much better having this room look so much nicer!

Getting there...

OH MY GOSH..... I didn't realize that I was THIS far behind in blogging! Wow! Well, I'm actually working on it. So, hang in there and enjoy the few new posts I have done. There will be a bunch more on their way...oh and Happy 2010!!!! Really hoping this year will be better than last....I wasn't a huge fan of 2009....

The Bedroom

Again, another room that we decided to work on before we fix up the basement. I think it's much easier to paint and get some new bedding than it is to frame walls, insulate, and sheet rock...hence, smaller re-models getting finished before the bigger ones. Oh well.

We decided to spice up our bedroom. The boring whit walls have been driving me nuts for about a year. Being that red is my favorite color, we decided it would be cool to bring red into the bedroom. It's romantic and stuff anyway...right? Well, we started this little projecta few months ago. We were making good progress on it until my accident, and finally finished it a few weekends ago. I love it! It turned out better than I ever hoped and LOVE my new bedding! (thank you IKEA!).


Sweet king sized bed...and my own closet off to the left...


picture of the other end of the room from on the bed...Brady by his closet and off to the left we have a little master bathroom in the bedroom. hence the word LITTLE, but it's so convenient for those middle of the night bathroom trips:)

close up of the bedding...cute huh? LOVE it!

Pranks at Work

Well, thanks to the show The Office...I left my phone at my desk during lunch one afternoon and when I came back, I couldn't find it. Turns out my darling cubie neighbor Misty had put it in the ceiling tiles. She happened to leave early that day for her children's Christmas program, so I got my revenge by packing her entire desk up in a box and doing this to it! he he he