As promised, here is post #2 for the weekend. This is a record: even though I usually have enough stuff to write about I try to keep myself to one post a month. Sorry, you're stuck reading two posts from one weekend.. actually, I'm not really sorry. No one is forcing you to read this ;)
Well, as I mentioned we're still settling here in Utah. Things were really crazy the first few weeks back. We made ourselves at home as best we could and then did random chores that go along with moving cross country and tossing half of your stuff. I hate spending money and whoa buddy did we have to spend money. Oh well, it's over and done with now so whatever.
Drew started classes and is really liking being back. It keeps him busy but it's encouraging to know that we're at least making progress towards our future plans. He has his first test this next week so he's somewhat nervous about that but I think my genius husband will do great :)
I started work with the SLC PwC office and after my second day on the job I got a job offer from the company I had worked for here in Utah previously (Imagine Learning). It was a really good offer and promised so many perks: 40 hour work weeks (not the 60 I was doing with PwC), good benefits, great coworkers, 10 minute drive to and from work, and doing something where I felt like I was actually making a difference in someone's life. The company makes language-learning software specifically geared towards teaching children English. So, those kids who's first language is not English and who struggle in school because they can't speak the language are the key focus. They also focus on struggling readers and those with learning disabilities. It really is a great product and I love what i'm doing. There was a lot of drama involved with me quitting PwC and it was rather stressful but now that I'm started with IL it seems so natural and easy. It was totally worth all of the drama.
I'm especially glad to have this new job because it provides the insurance and income that we need but not the stress. I know I've only been there for 2 weeks now but I really feel like this will be completely different from what it was like in DC doing audit. There's no threat of audit rotations (meaning 65 - 70 hour work weeks doing stuff that I don't even begin to comprehend) and my manager with IL said he doesn't anticipate that I'll have to work overtime more than once a year. That's definitely something I need. I don't want to count on the lessened stress to magically solve the health issues we were having before but I don't think it'll hurt. The next few months of doctor appointments and the like will let us know if the lessened stress has any impact.
One negative thing of the move is that it feels like we're starting back at square 1 with everything. Oh well, I got an appointment set up at the Utah Fertility Clinic for mid-February so it's better than nothing I guess. A few people already know what's going on but we've decided that the more people who know means more prayers for us and hopefully more sensitivity as well. As a result: welcome to the 30 second intro of please-don't-pity-us-but-if-you-need-a-reason-to-here-you-go. It probably won't be 30 seconds but oh well.. you can stop reading whenever you want!
Moral of this story is that 14 months of "trying" has yielded the same results as 15 months of birth control: Drew and me and that's about it. We decided back in November 2010 that we were ready for kids and I had my heart set on telling our families for Christmas that they were going to have a grandkid. Instead, December came and went and my excitement quickly turned more towards frustration. By June we decided to go see a OBGYN to see what was happening. I'm just going to say now that kids had better be worth it because I am not a fan of OBGYNs. We saw the OBGYN for 3 months and he got me on some medicine to make me ovulate. The medicine works for some people (as I found out.. one of my friends informed me last month she's pregnant after taking the meds) but unfortunately I am not one of those people.
It was around this time that I hit a seriously low. I don't think I've ever questioned God's plan before but July was a rough month for me. Everyone I knew was getting pregnant - thus why I've started steering away from Facebook: I don't want to be comparing myself to all of my friends who are having their second kid or people who have been married less time than Drew and me who are popping out kids now. Every month since I started seeing the doctor resulted in me getting my hopes up only to then get angry when things did not turn out like I had hoped. I felt like a failure as a woman: we're taught "survival of the fittest" as well as "multiply and replenish". By both of these standards I was failing and I didn't understand what we had done to deserve this. Thus the purchase of Chester: I had pent up "mothering" feelings and a puppy was just the way to release those. I feel somewhat pathetic that I really do consider him to be my child but he's helped both Drew and I to get through the past few months and I really think he's helping us to prepare for when we finally are able to have kids.
Around September my endocrinologist (my diabetes doctor) told me that I really should be seeing a Reproductive Endocrinologist instead of a regular OBGYN. We found one close to where we lived and started seeing them in October. October yielded more medicine and tests and the like and finally in November they decided that the next step was to try IUI (inter-uterine insemination) which is the next step up from the meds and one step down from invetro. I was so excited after the IUI in November because I thought it would actually happen this time and just in time to tell people for Christmas THIS year that we were pregnant. Still nothing. December came and the stress of the move was excruciatingly high so I knew the IUI that month wouldn't work either. We tried it yet again though and as I expected, a week before Christmas I got the gift I was dreading.
I'm not telling this story to get attention but I want people to understand and hopefully keep us in your prayers. We felt the timing was right 14 months ago for a purpose: it has given us the time to go through all of the doctor appointments and tests and we have the insurance to cover this and we're still young. I am so grateful for the jobs that I've had that they've provided the income and insurance to facilitate all of this. Heaven knows how much money we've spent on all of this: well over $1300 thus far and that's not including what insurance has covered. Thus why with this new job I'm hoping the decreased stress will help everything. It was a battle for me in DC because I felt like we couldn't be doing all of the doctor appointments and tests if it weren't for my job but because of my job and the stress involved with it my body was rejecting everything we were doing. It was a catch 22 of sorts so we'll see if that was actually true now I'm working elsewhere. I'm hopeful now and I am beginning to finally grasp that all things are in His hands and this is not happening as a punishment (I'm somewhat retarded, I usually beat my head against the brick wall for a while before I finally come around to what Heavenly Father wants me to learn). We are learning from this and we are growing. We'll appreciate our child so much more when we finally get him/her, whether it's through finally getting pregnant or else through adoption.
So, if you made it through this mondo post thank you. It means you care about us and we owe so much to you; whomever you are I know that you have had an impact on our lives for the good at some point and for that I am grateful. I promise the next post will have pictures of the house though I kind of want to wait until I have the piano here but we'll see when that happens :P
Love,
A and E
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
New Beginnings
I feel like things keep changing drastically in life thus causing me to write gi-normously long blog posts. Cause I can guarantee now that this post will be huge. Therefore, oh ye weak of reading endurance, be warned. :P
First thing first: holy changes of getting to Utah. The move went well, we got all of our stuff in the trailer and successfully cross-countried it. Some stuff ended up with dings and scratches due to the lack of furniture pads that the Uhaul people suffered from but all in all we made it. The trip seemed like it took for-ever! Day 1 was DC to Jackson, TN. This ride took us about 14 hours (we quickly found out that the trailer was going to definitely hurt our speed and gas mileage).
First thing first: holy changes of getting to Utah. The move went well, we got all of our stuff in the trailer and successfully cross-countried it. Some stuff ended up with dings and scratches due to the lack of furniture pads that the Uhaul people suffered from but all in all we made it. The trip seemed like it took for-ever! Day 1 was DC to Jackson, TN. This ride took us about 14 hours (we quickly found out that the trailer was going to definitely hurt our speed and gas mileage).
*You can tell we truely are in the south...
Jackson scared us just a bit.. maybe it was just the area we were in but the Waffle House that we graced was somewhat questionable in their food handling standards and then the area around the hotel caused us to pray that our stuff would remain in our car. Literally. We prayed that. It might be sacrilegious or something but hey, it worked so I'm not going to make a big deal out of it.
Next we ventured to Amarillo, TX which took forever and 12 years. Actually it took 16 hours but that's almost the same thing. Amarillo wasn't bad. We were so exhausted when we got there that it could have been Slumsville and we wouldn't have cared.
Arkansas took a while to get through But not as long as Oklahoma
was it's pretty even though you can't see it
Then we ventured through New Mexico and stopped in Monticello, UT. First of all, there's a temple in Monticello, UT? I mean, seriously?? That's great but holy tiny-place. You learn new things every day I guess. We wanted to stop somewhere since the last day, if we went from Amarillo straight through to Orem, was suppose to take 15 hours according to Google which would translate to 18 hours trailer-driving time.
Oh Mountains how I missed you.....
I thought the reflection was cool :)
Obviously I liked this sunset :)
Welcome to Utah The same sunset
I’ll post pictures of how we’ve decorated the place later. For now, here’s the gorgeous view of the sunset from the top of the staircase and from one of the extra bedrooms (through the window screen.. it looked something like a Monet and I thought it was cool). Enoy!!
Since this is such a huge post with pictures and there’s still more to write, I’m going to make this end of post #1 and fill in more tomorrow. Enjoy!
E
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Happy Christmas!!!
So I know it's been a while since my last post. The reason: I suck at keeping secrets so I've tried to limit the amount of communication I've had with the outside world for the past month... two months.. while. Anywho the reason for this need for secrecy is no longer because of the following:
What my father is reading, in case you can't hear for some reason or if you want to follow along with what he's reading it is the following:
"PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ms. Erin Madsen
November 18, 2011
Dear Erin,
Congratulations! I am pleased to offer you a transfer as an Experienced Associate to PwC's Rockies Risk Assurance Practice based in the Salt Lake City office, effective January 1, 2012."
Yup, it's official. I'm transferring offices and we will be in Utah again. Drew has been accepted in to BYU as a former student and will start classes on January 3. He's going to be getting a second undergrad degree in Exercise Science to bump up his science GPA so he can be a more competitive candidate for med school. I think he's going to apply to med school this year also though just to see what happens.
We decided the middle of October that we needed to move back to Utah and holy cow we've seen a lot of things that show us this was the right decision. Everything has fit together sooo well and just helps us know that we made the right decision. Drew got in to BYU, we're going to be able to live in his parents house there in Orem, I got to have 3 weeks off for Peter's wedding (which was lovely. I have supermodels for in-laws, curse you Peter and Becca ;)), Christmas, moving our stuff, and getting settled. I"m really excited to be here.
So yeah, we did the "we're moving!" thing as Mom and Dad's Christmas gift and holy cow it was difficult to keep it a secret. I suck, as I said, at keeping secrets so I've been dying and seriously stressing out every time I talk to my mom. As you can tell from the video, the secretive-ness was a success though so yay! It was exactly the reaction I was hoping for :)
It was seriously a great Christmas. I went all crafty and made everyone's gifts so Clari, Colton, and Christian all got scarves that I crocheted
and then for Annette/John, Peter/Becca, and Ryan/Natalie I made decorative wood thingies.
But yeah, I'm ranting now and people don't really like reading long blog posts. I don't at least. I will update more often with details of once we've settled in and life is going.
Merry Christmas and I hope everyone has a fantastic day :)
Sunday, October 30, 2011
BOOO!
*** It has been brought to my attention that we are bordering on Crazy with the amount of Chester photos on here. It's kind of a sad comment on the excitement level of our lives that the only thing we want to tell people about is our puppy. To make up for this, I will try to keep the Chester to a minimum and try to add more about us..
See!! We have faces! We do exist!
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So tomorrow is Halloween. Which means that Thanksgiving is coming!! Happy day, happy day, HAPPY day, happy DAY. Bet you couldn't tell that I like Thanksgiving. What's even better than Thanksgiving is Christmas. Cause you get food and presents. What more could you ask for??
Drew is laughing at me because I'm already starting my Christmas vacation countdown. I haven't had a vacation from work since May. Definitely learned the hard way that I should take a summer vacation. As a result, I am very much looking forward to a 2 weeks Christmas break so thank you Peter (and Becca) for deciding to get hitched because that gives me an excuse for a long break. :)
It's been a somewhat busy past couple of weeks. I had to go off to Dayton, OH for work two weeks ago. I was not a huge fan of Ohio from our cross country trip and I was hoping to have that remedied but no such luck.It was cold. It was wet. It was dreary. I ate nothing but fatty food (not necessarily Ohio's fault but I don't care). I did have some amazing pizza though. And there was a zoo on the loose when I was there so that was kind of exciting.
Then this last week was a lovely trip to Fort Walton Beach, Florida - still for work. It was GLORIOUS! At least the part where I got to be by the beach, especially because my hotel was right on the beach. I mean, this was the view from my balcony:
and I just got frustrated that the fish wouldn't slow down enough so that I could take a picture of them. It was a sad day because it hit home that my photography skills are definitely lacking. <Sigh>
So I settled on taking pictures of stationary objects like creepy crocs...
And now my quick snippit about Chester. Promise it'll be short!!
Chester is officially less of a man now. We were mean, horrible people and took away his God-given right to procreate. Not that I feel bad about that though; I was not a fan of the marking every single thing that was standing upright outside (trees... poles... an occasional fire hydrant) nor the <ahem> other thing that happens with male dogs. Poor thing has to wear the Cone of Shame for the next week or so. It's tragic and yet absolutely hilarious. He runs into walls and chairs, face plants a lot, and has taken to catching the toys we throw with the cone. It's like I get basketball practice every time i play with him!
and his little needle injection site where they had to shave a bit of his arm so he's now bald in that spot
See!! We have faces! We do exist!
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So tomorrow is Halloween. Which means that Thanksgiving is coming!! Happy day, happy day, HAPPY day, happy DAY. Bet you couldn't tell that I like Thanksgiving. What's even better than Thanksgiving is Christmas. Cause you get food and presents. What more could you ask for??
Drew is laughing at me because I'm already starting my Christmas vacation countdown. I haven't had a vacation from work since May. Definitely learned the hard way that I should take a summer vacation. As a result, I am very much looking forward to a 2 weeks Christmas break so thank you Peter (and Becca) for deciding to get hitched because that gives me an excuse for a long break. :)
It's been a somewhat busy past couple of weeks. I had to go off to Dayton, OH for work two weeks ago. I was not a huge fan of Ohio from our cross country trip and I was hoping to have that remedied but no such luck.It was cold. It was wet. It was dreary. I ate nothing but fatty food (not necessarily Ohio's fault but I don't care). I did have some amazing pizza though. And there was a zoo on the loose when I was there so that was kind of exciting.
Then this last week was a lovely trip to Fort Walton Beach, Florida - still for work. It was GLORIOUS! At least the part where I got to be by the beach, especially because my hotel was right on the beach. I mean, this was the view from my balcony:
Obviously the only time I saw the sun when I was there was in the morning when I was getting ready for work and at night when i was getting back from work. And the latter was more questionable since we often wouldn't get back to the hotel until 8:30. But I was able to get up early one day and take a walk on the beach. In shorts and bare feet. Happy. :)
And then I came home and then it snowed.
Pooh..
Last weekend we went to the Baltimore Aquarium and that was purdy sweet. Drew was like a kid in the candy store, it was funny
and I just got frustrated that the fish wouldn't slow down enough so that I could take a picture of them. It was a sad day because it hit home that my photography skills are definitely lacking. <Sigh>
So I settled on taking pictures of stationary objects like creepy crocs...
... and whatever this thing is..
And now my quick snippit about Chester. Promise it'll be short!!
Chester is officially less of a man now. We were mean, horrible people and took away his God-given right to procreate. Not that I feel bad about that though; I was not a fan of the marking every single thing that was standing upright outside (trees... poles... an occasional fire hydrant) nor the <ahem> other thing that happens with male dogs. Poor thing has to wear the Cone of Shame for the next week or so. It's tragic and yet absolutely hilarious. He runs into walls and chairs, face plants a lot, and has taken to catching the toys we throw with the cone. It's like I get basketball practice every time i play with him!
On that note I'm going to sign off until the next post. Whenever that might be...
Happy Halloween and YAY NOVEMBER!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Fancy Meeting You Here
Well well well... so we meet again.
This is turning in to a monthly meeting. And by meeting I mean monthly upload of Chester pictures scattered with pictures of random Drew and I stuff... but mostly just Chester pictures.
The agenda for this meeting, Chester sure cleans up good. I mean, look at him before (my cute little demon dog..):
And now him after we took him to PetSmart
I didn't know his hair could be so straight. And now he really is a puff ball on legs. Plus, he now has more of a 'stache rather than a beard and stache.
He wasn't feeling well a few weeks ago and it was really really sad. The Sunday of conference he was just zonked. He wouldn't move much and he just slept. The funny/cute thing was that he only wanted to sleep ON us. He would sleep on Drew's head
or else on my legs..
He wouldn't eat much though, he had the runs, and he was just so exhausted. I felt so bad for the little guy. We took him to the vet the next morning and they said he had an ear infection and they weren't sure what was wrong with his inards. They gave us some meds to help with the ear infection and some more to help with his.. um... bathroom business. He's definitely feeling a lot better now so hallelujah it's great to have our puppy back.
But yeah, we're rather attached to our cute little guy. I know a lot of it is compensating but hey, I'll take a cute puppy any time :)
In other news here is our brand new-ish aquisition:
And I greatly dislike myself now because about 3 weeks ago when our car was still only 3 weeks old, I scratched it.. really good. Grumble grumble grumble. It was my first day back at the client I love oh so very much <insert eye roll here> and I was late in getting there since we had taken Chester to the vet earlier. The parking garage was really full so I had to pull around in there and I was coming around a corner when I had to pull my turn in tighter since there was a car coming. didn't know there was metal at the bottom of the column I was pulling around and it scratched the back passenger-side about an inch away from the wheel well and then above as well. oh how I dislike life some times. The sad thing is I think we may have to break down and get it fixed since it's starting to rust a little bit already. Definitely don't have the money to be doing something like that. Yikes. We'll figure something out. I guess Drew and I are even from our car chaos this year.
In other, other news we took Drew shopping with money his parents gave him for his birthday. He cleans up pretty good too I guess :)
Also, I have to give a shout-out. I am going to be an aunt!! I'm super excited and it feels so weird but yep, as of around May 14 there will be a mini-Goodrich roving about. Yay Natalie and Ryan!!!
In closing, Happy Halloween from Chester :)
This is turning in to a monthly meeting. And by meeting I mean monthly upload of Chester pictures scattered with pictures of random Drew and I stuff... but mostly just Chester pictures.
The agenda for this meeting, Chester sure cleans up good. I mean, look at him before (my cute little demon dog..):
And now him after we took him to PetSmart
I didn't know his hair could be so straight. And now he really is a puff ball on legs. Plus, he now has more of a 'stache rather than a beard and stache.
or else on my legs..
He wouldn't eat much though, he had the runs, and he was just so exhausted. I felt so bad for the little guy. We took him to the vet the next morning and they said he had an ear infection and they weren't sure what was wrong with his inards. They gave us some meds to help with the ear infection and some more to help with his.. um... bathroom business. He's definitely feeling a lot better now so hallelujah it's great to have our puppy back.
But yeah, we're rather attached to our cute little guy. I know a lot of it is compensating but hey, I'll take a cute puppy any time :)
In other news here is our brand new-ish aquisition:
And I greatly dislike myself now because about 3 weeks ago when our car was still only 3 weeks old, I scratched it.. really good. Grumble grumble grumble. It was my first day back at the client I love oh so very much <insert eye roll here> and I was late in getting there since we had taken Chester to the vet earlier. The parking garage was really full so I had to pull around in there and I was coming around a corner when I had to pull my turn in tighter since there was a car coming. didn't know there was metal at the bottom of the column I was pulling around and it scratched the back passenger-side about an inch away from the wheel well and then above as well. oh how I dislike life some times. The sad thing is I think we may have to break down and get it fixed since it's starting to rust a little bit already. Definitely don't have the money to be doing something like that. Yikes. We'll figure something out. I guess Drew and I are even from our car chaos this year.
In other, other news we took Drew shopping with money his parents gave him for his birthday. He cleans up pretty good too I guess :)
Also, I have to give a shout-out. I am going to be an aunt!! I'm super excited and it feels so weird but yep, as of around May 14 there will be a mini-Goodrich roving about. Yay Natalie and Ryan!!!
In closing, Happy Halloween from Chester :)
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Money spent will sometimes equal happiness..
Well, there are just a few things to update about and only a ba-jillion Chester photos/videos to post!!
First thing first, I can't help but note what day today is. I want to write down my remembrances of what happened 10 years ago as it's kind of crazy to me that I remember something so vividly that happened so long ago. I remember I was not feeling well that morning so I told my mom I was going to stay home sick. Don't ask me whether I was really sick or not because I will neither confirm nor deny that I was totally faking and just didn't want to go to school (don't tell my mom!). My mom had gone to drop my brothers off but I could hear her downstairs on the phone as she got back, "Planes have hit the World Trade Center! A second plane just hit." I rushed downstairs to see what was going on, thinking that she was talking about some sort of action movie rather than real life. She had turned the news on and was sitting with disbelief on her face. Pillars of smoke were rising from both towers. I sat glued to the tv all day, from 8 am to 6 pm. I watched the chaos that was going on in New York with people running around, screaming, stuck in disbelief. I saw people falling from the top floors of the towers because they didn't see any other way out. I watched as the towers fell. It's surreal that ten years have passed since this and surreal to think what horrible things I actually watched with my own eyes. It's good to remember what happened and remember that America is strong and can get through.
I have to admit now, it's kind of hard to transition from something so serious and somber to the other things I was going to write about. :P One way to segway: to show our support of America, we have decided to add to the economy by spending money in the form of buying a new car (that was a good transition, right?! :D ). Our car is reaching it's last leg... granted, it's got a feww feet before it reaches that leg... so we want to sell it while it's still worth a good bit rather than putting money into it that we'll never get back. We went car shopping yesterday and I have to admit that I was SOOOO STINKIN' EXCITED. But then we got there and I felt overwhelmed and couldn't believe we were contemplating spending that much money so I kind of got moody was just generally not pleasant to be around. I wouldn't talk for a good 5 hours the first time my mom made me buy my own pair of pants so yeah, buy a car isn't much better. We honestly need one and we're planning to keep the car we get for a LONG time so it's just a matter of me sucking it up.
The main cars in the running right now are a 2011 VW Jetta which is the one Drew is totally championing (http://www.vw.com/en/models/jetta/gallery.html), a Kia Sportage which is the one I'm loving (http://www.kia.com/#/sportage/explore/) and the Hyundai Elantra (http://www.hyundaiusa.com/elantra/). We posted our car for sale on Craigslist just to see if we could get any interest in it and then we're thinking in the next month or two making the big ol' purchase. Scary!!!
That is the most exciting thing really going on for us right now. Chester is getting big, he's up to 10 pounds now! We found out with the hurricane and the tropical storm this past few weeks that he refuses to go to the bathroom outside when it's raining. Dumb high maintenance dog. It makes life rather difficult for us considering when this happened he also decided that he was going to forget how to go on the pad. Grumble... OH well! Still love him and after you see these pictures/videos you will too!
Sleepy puppy!
We learned the hard way how best to puppy-proof the bathroom when we leave him in there while we're gone...
First thing first, I can't help but note what day today is. I want to write down my remembrances of what happened 10 years ago as it's kind of crazy to me that I remember something so vividly that happened so long ago. I remember I was not feeling well that morning so I told my mom I was going to stay home sick. Don't ask me whether I was really sick or not because I will neither confirm nor deny that I was totally faking and just didn't want to go to school (don't tell my mom!). My mom had gone to drop my brothers off but I could hear her downstairs on the phone as she got back, "Planes have hit the World Trade Center! A second plane just hit." I rushed downstairs to see what was going on, thinking that she was talking about some sort of action movie rather than real life. She had turned the news on and was sitting with disbelief on her face. Pillars of smoke were rising from both towers. I sat glued to the tv all day, from 8 am to 6 pm. I watched the chaos that was going on in New York with people running around, screaming, stuck in disbelief. I saw people falling from the top floors of the towers because they didn't see any other way out. I watched as the towers fell. It's surreal that ten years have passed since this and surreal to think what horrible things I actually watched with my own eyes. It's good to remember what happened and remember that America is strong and can get through.
I have to admit now, it's kind of hard to transition from something so serious and somber to the other things I was going to write about. :P One way to segway: to show our support of America, we have decided to add to the economy by spending money in the form of buying a new car (that was a good transition, right?! :D ). Our car is reaching it's last leg... granted, it's got a feww feet before it reaches that leg... so we want to sell it while it's still worth a good bit rather than putting money into it that we'll never get back. We went car shopping yesterday and I have to admit that I was SOOOO STINKIN' EXCITED. But then we got there and I felt overwhelmed and couldn't believe we were contemplating spending that much money so I kind of got moody was just generally not pleasant to be around. I wouldn't talk for a good 5 hours the first time my mom made me buy my own pair of pants so yeah, buy a car isn't much better. We honestly need one and we're planning to keep the car we get for a LONG time so it's just a matter of me sucking it up.
The main cars in the running right now are a 2011 VW Jetta which is the one Drew is totally championing (http://www.vw.com/en/models/jetta/gallery.html), a Kia Sportage which is the one I'm loving (http://www.kia.com/#/sportage/explore/) and the Hyundai Elantra (http://www.hyundaiusa.com/elantra/). We posted our car for sale on Craigslist just to see if we could get any interest in it and then we're thinking in the next month or two making the big ol' purchase. Scary!!!
That is the most exciting thing really going on for us right now. Chester is getting big, he's up to 10 pounds now! We found out with the hurricane and the tropical storm this past few weeks that he refuses to go to the bathroom outside when it's raining. Dumb high maintenance dog. It makes life rather difficult for us considering when this happened he also decided that he was going to forget how to go on the pad. Grumble... OH well! Still love him and after you see these pictures/videos you will too!
Sleepy puppy!
We learned the hard way how best to puppy-proof the bathroom when we leave him in there while we're gone...
The many emotions of Chester. He's so blasted cute!!
And then some videos :)
Sunday, August 21, 2011
We're All Growing Up!
Happy Anniversary to Drew and I! It's crazy that it's been two years; for some reason that makes me feel old even though I'm only 23. Granted, being officially 23 now makes me feel old. Pretty much from the time I hit 20 it was all down-hill from there. I was going to feel old no matter what.
Anywho.. coming back from that tangent. Drew. Yep, I still quite like him. The past 2 years have been COMPLETELY different than how we had both imagined they would be but i can still say I'm happy with day to day life. We've grown soooo much, both as people and as a couple. It's kind of funny but he really is my best friend and I love being able to come home each night and tell him all about my day and I love that we can talk about EVERYTHING. That's one thing about our relationship: we don't run out of stuff to talk about.
Last night we celebrated since we couldn't really do so on a Sunday. We went to a nice restaurant for dinner (it was REALLY good) and then we came home and cuddled. Drew got me some gorgeous jewelry and I'm getting him a printer/scanner thingy cause he really wants one as well as making BBQ ribs and some pumpkin pie today. I'm restocking my jewelry collection slowly but surely with his help!
So babe, here's to 2 fantastic years! ... and I just realized we forgot to buy sparkling cider like we were plannning. You ok with a Koolaid toast instead?
In other news, Chester is getting SO big! I mean he's still small but compared to that tiny little thing we brought home almost a month ago he's huge! We're kind of getting into a groove and he's doing better about house training. He's pretty much paper trained with the exception of going number 2. With that we still have to watch for his "I'm going to go" signs. There is hope though. We still need to be consistent and eventually this only-go-outside thing will take.
We've discovered that the toys he has the most fun with are mundane house items (I've been told this happens with kids too). I have an old pair of shorts that I stole from my older brother long, long ago. Well, they pretty much got ripped in half because of excessive use so I decided that since Chester is always trying to chew on our clothes, I'd give him one item and let him chew on that. He LOVES the shorts.
The other item we discovered just this last week. It's an empty 2 liter soda container. He will chase that thing all over the apartment. The first time he started playing with it he thought it was alive because it "moved on it it's own" (aka, slides on the carpet at the slightest touch).Drew said he pinned the container in the corner and then sat there waiting for it to move. Below is evidence of his silliness with the container:
As you can see, our little man is still really cute. When he's not bouncing off the walls he is asleep on our laps so we've only got extremes here. He loves people and will usually try to maul them with kisses when we pass them on our walks. It's fun.
Drew likes to rough house with him and Chester absolutely loves it. He likes to attack your nose, hair, and ears. We're working to have that not happen because all we need when we have a baby for him to attack the baby and nibble on the baby's nose. Don't think that'll go over so well.
He's still really cute so I guess we'll keep him :)
Anywho.. coming back from that tangent. Drew. Yep, I still quite like him. The past 2 years have been COMPLETELY different than how we had both imagined they would be but i can still say I'm happy with day to day life. We've grown soooo much, both as people and as a couple. It's kind of funny but he really is my best friend and I love being able to come home each night and tell him all about my day and I love that we can talk about EVERYTHING. That's one thing about our relationship: we don't run out of stuff to talk about.
Last night we celebrated since we couldn't really do so on a Sunday. We went to a nice restaurant for dinner (it was REALLY good) and then we came home and cuddled. Drew got me some gorgeous jewelry and I'm getting him a printer/scanner thingy cause he really wants one as well as making BBQ ribs and some pumpkin pie today. I'm restocking my jewelry collection slowly but surely with his help!
So babe, here's to 2 fantastic years! ... and I just realized we forgot to buy sparkling cider like we were plannning. You ok with a Koolaid toast instead?
In other news, Chester is getting SO big! I mean he's still small but compared to that tiny little thing we brought home almost a month ago he's huge! We're kind of getting into a groove and he's doing better about house training. He's pretty much paper trained with the exception of going number 2. With that we still have to watch for his "I'm going to go" signs. There is hope though. We still need to be consistent and eventually this only-go-outside thing will take. We've discovered that the toys he has the most fun with are mundane house items (I've been told this happens with kids too). I have an old pair of shorts that I stole from my older brother long, long ago. Well, they pretty much got ripped in half because of excessive use so I decided that since Chester is always trying to chew on our clothes, I'd give him one item and let him chew on that. He LOVES the shorts.
The other item we discovered just this last week. It's an empty 2 liter soda container. He will chase that thing all over the apartment. The first time he started playing with it he thought it was alive because it "moved on it it's own" (aka, slides on the carpet at the slightest touch).Drew said he pinned the container in the corner and then sat there waiting for it to move. Below is evidence of his silliness with the container:
As you can see, our little man is still really cute. When he's not bouncing off the walls he is asleep on our laps so we've only got extremes here. He loves people and will usually try to maul them with kisses when we pass them on our walks. It's fun.
Drew likes to rough house with him and Chester absolutely loves it. He likes to attack your nose, hair, and ears. We're working to have that not happen because all we need when we have a baby for him to attack the baby and nibble on the baby's nose. Don't think that'll go over so well.
He's still really cute so I guess we'll keep him :)
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