Well Walmart FINALLY called back and Mike now has a job. It is working part-time in the produce dept. It is in Centerville which is about a 30 minute drive, but at this point we will take anything that comes our way. Over the past couple of days he has been going to orientation. Apparently working at Walmart isn't as easy as it looks! :p But it has been paid orientation which is good. Mike is making so much more money than he was at his previous job. We are so grateful to our Heavenly Father for this amazing blessing in our lives! Mike also has another job that he is looking at that pays $10/hr installing Christmas lights...so that would be awesome if he could work that into his Walmart schedule!! There have been so many things that have happened since we have been here that have been amazingly beneficial to us. Mike has gotten this job for one thing, medicaid and wic sort of just fell into place once I made the phone calls, we found an awesome doctor, we really enjoy our ward and love the members and the neighbors, and countless other blessings.
This weekend is General Conference! I always love hearing the words of our Prophet and Apostles! But this weekend is also exciting because I get to see Becky and Tara and their significant others :p I haven't seen Tara since Fall Semester 2008. That was a long time ago!! I am just so excited for us to all be together again and enjoy being together! And Mike and Tara will finally get to meet after almost two years of learning of each other. We're all going to hang out Saturday evening I believe, after Priesthood session. Every time I think about this get together I get all excited and giddy like a child!
Well Mike just called me and said that he will be home shortly so I better go get dinner started so that we can go buy more baby stuff tonight! Buying baby stuff has become my biggest obsession in the last month or so. I think this is my urge during the nesting stage...I don't really desire to clean, just to have all the baby things in order and ready for when he gets here. So not having any of the stuff like the bed, car seat and stroller, ya know that kind of stuff is driving me up the wall!!! But Mike promised if I did all my chores today and dinner was mostly ready when he got home, he would take me tonight to go get some of the stuff :D Anyways, now that i have procrastinated even further it is now time to say goodbye for now.
P.S. Reece is going to be moving out here to live with Aunt Elaine as well in the beginning of Nov. So we are also excited to have him here and be a part of our odd but cute little family! :)
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Kicks From Heaven
We have been in Utah now for about three weeks now if I'm not mistaken. We have moved into Aunt Elaine's basement and finally put all our stuff in storage. We now have a doctor here and have transferred our WIC from Idaho to Utah. Mike has a job (part-time, but a job). And we have even done all our homework and research and are poised and ready to make all the major purchases for the baby. We are just waiting until we can save up the money necessary.
Our new ward is pretty good. We do miss our married student ward in Idaho and our bishop. We really enjoyed our time there and made some pretty good friends and had some very great opportunities and experiences there. Our new ward is definitely a family ward. Young men actually bless and pass the sacrament and there are tons of primary kids and lots of youth. Not to mention the older couples. It is a very diverse ward and we are excited about the opportunities and experiences we will have here. We haven't met with the bishop yet, but we have a feeling that there are callings on the horizon for us. Mike is already attending a scouting activity tomorrow night. who knows where this might lead...
The 2 1/2 of us are all healthy and happy. Baby boy is kicking and kicking harder, stronger, and more frequently. I love to feel him move around, it's like little kicks from heaven :) although they are starting to be a little more painful, I love them and am grateful for these little reminders that I am going to be a mommy and am being given this little gift to love and take care of. We are getting so excited for his arrival and want him be here already! Life in Utah is pretty good so far, we will update you all when more events unfold.
Our new ward is pretty good. We do miss our married student ward in Idaho and our bishop. We really enjoyed our time there and made some pretty good friends and had some very great opportunities and experiences there. Our new ward is definitely a family ward. Young men actually bless and pass the sacrament and there are tons of primary kids and lots of youth. Not to mention the older couples. It is a very diverse ward and we are excited about the opportunities and experiences we will have here. We haven't met with the bishop yet, but we have a feeling that there are callings on the horizon for us. Mike is already attending a scouting activity tomorrow night. who knows where this might lead...
The 2 1/2 of us are all healthy and happy. Baby boy is kicking and kicking harder, stronger, and more frequently. I love to feel him move around, it's like little kicks from heaven :) although they are starting to be a little more painful, I love them and am grateful for these little reminders that I am going to be a mommy and am being given this little gift to love and take care of. We are getting so excited for his arrival and want him be here already! Life in Utah is pretty good so far, we will update you all when more events unfold.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Packing and Moving and Preparing
We have finally made it home to Idaho! We had such a fun visit with all our friends and family! We spent a lot of fun family time with Mike's family in Virginia, we were able to visit with our friends Kyle and Alice and their cute little baby Emmaliyah. I was able to go and be a part or Kelsey's wedding and we got to visit where Mike grew up in Illinois. Anyways we had an awesome time away, but it feels so good to be in our own home. But we will be moving out in a few days, so we have to pack and pack like crazy in the next couple of days!!
We will miss Rexburg a lot more than we thought we would. Rexburg is where we met, where we dated, where we started our lives together and spent the first year of our marriage. It really is a great place to live and to start a family, but there isn't much left for us here. We will miss it, but we are very excited about what is still ahead of us elsewhere. The birth of our baby boy, Mike finishing up school at wherever we decide to go, and the many other things that the Lord has in store for us in the near future.
So, off we go to face the world, have a baby and hopefully get a really good job so we can move wherever the academic winds take us.
We will miss Rexburg a lot more than we thought we would. Rexburg is where we met, where we dated, where we started our lives together and spent the first year of our marriage. It really is a great place to live and to start a family, but there isn't much left for us here. We will miss it, but we are very excited about what is still ahead of us elsewhere. The birth of our baby boy, Mike finishing up school at wherever we decide to go, and the many other things that the Lord has in store for us in the near future.
So, off we go to face the world, have a baby and hopefully get a really good job so we can move wherever the academic winds take us.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Crazy Kicker!
We have been in Virginia for a week now. We are having fun with Mike's family going to the movies and clothes shopping for Mike, myself, and even the baby has some new threads!! ;) And since we've been here little jr. has been kick kick kicking away like there's no tomorrow!! It doesn't bother me or hurt me any (yet) but he sure is letting the world know that he is in there. Reece would take this as a sign that he will follow in his uncle's footsteps and become a pro soccer player hehe ;)
Anyways, just a quick update that we are here enjoying our little vacation and that baby is doing good. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week and summer as it comes to a close for a lot of you.
Anyways, just a quick update that we are here enjoying our little vacation and that baby is doing good. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week and summer as it comes to a close for a lot of you.
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Crossroads...
So I am basically done with school. I only got my associates and would really like a bachelors, but I think that I am going to take so time off of school to stay home with my baby boy and be a mommy. So I'm pretty much done. I will probably go back and/or take some online classes to finish up and get a bachelors at some point in the future, but as of now I just want to be a mommy.
But anyway the graduation hoopla was this last Friday and my mom and dad and Reece came. They were really good services, but when did they expect us to eat? We had to line up in our colleges by 4:00 pm, the commencement ceremony began at 5:00 pm and went to about 6:00 pm. And then the convocation with your individual colleges was at 7:00 pm and went to about 8:00 pm. So we didn't eat dinner that night until almost 10:00 pm because my family was staying in Idaho Falls, so that is where we ate. So besides it being at the worst time possible, the graduation was really good.
Mike also got his associates, but is going to go right back to school, so he didn't walk or anything because he's not done, it's not really a finishing point for him as it is for me. We just need to decide if we will be going to school in January or if we will be taking some time off and go to school next fall (2012). There are pros and cons to both sides so it is just a matter of weighing our options and deciding what is best for our family.
Decisions and plans have been made for our summer though! We will be traveling to VA to visit Mike's family. We are leaving Idaho on Monday August 1st. We will spend about a month there with his family and travel back to Idaho at the end of August. We will then pack up our apartment and all our junk and head down to Utah where we will be staying with my Aunt Elaine and work until we can afford our own place there in Utah. We decided Utah because we don't have to move all our stuff very far, the job market there is much better than it is here in Idaho and we can live with Aunt Elaine for a while and not pay rent and save up to get our own place hopefully before the baby comes. Then comes the tricky part. We have the baby there in Utah in late Nov. early Dec. and then we either go to school in January, or wait till next fall...I know that Mike doesn't really want to take off a whole lot of time between semesters, but we will have a newborn, and if we waited until next September, Mike could work more and we could save up more money so that our financial burdens while Mike is in school would be lighter. But it might be better for him to jump right into school, so we need to figure all that stuff out and decide what we want to do.
Mike has decided on three schools that he wants to apply to. UC Davis, BYU, and University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne. His top choice is U of I. So moving a newborn to Illinois would be a little difficult, rather than moving in Sept. So that has a lot to do with it too. And he might not get into U of I, and we might be staying in Utah, or going to CA. So a lot is dependent on where Mike gets in.
We are so blessed to be surrounded by friends and family that love us and what to help and support us. I am grateful for my visiting teachers especially!! They have been awesome and they always make sure that I am taken care of and that they are there to help whenever I need them. They are amazing and I have been so grateful for their love and service. Not to mention our families and all that they do for us and their love and service! I am just in a grateful mood and I feel so blessed to have all these wonderful people in my life that want our little family to be happy. So to all those who have provided help to us spiritually, financially, emotionally, by giving us advice that we needed, those that have been praying for us for any reason, and for any other help, we are so grateful for you and what you have done to help us get where we are today. So again, thank you!!
But anyway the graduation hoopla was this last Friday and my mom and dad and Reece came. They were really good services, but when did they expect us to eat? We had to line up in our colleges by 4:00 pm, the commencement ceremony began at 5:00 pm and went to about 6:00 pm. And then the convocation with your individual colleges was at 7:00 pm and went to about 8:00 pm. So we didn't eat dinner that night until almost 10:00 pm because my family was staying in Idaho Falls, so that is where we ate. So besides it being at the worst time possible, the graduation was really good.
Mike also got his associates, but is going to go right back to school, so he didn't walk or anything because he's not done, it's not really a finishing point for him as it is for me. We just need to decide if we will be going to school in January or if we will be taking some time off and go to school next fall (2012). There are pros and cons to both sides so it is just a matter of weighing our options and deciding what is best for our family.
Decisions and plans have been made for our summer though! We will be traveling to VA to visit Mike's family. We are leaving Idaho on Monday August 1st. We will spend about a month there with his family and travel back to Idaho at the end of August. We will then pack up our apartment and all our junk and head down to Utah where we will be staying with my Aunt Elaine and work until we can afford our own place there in Utah. We decided Utah because we don't have to move all our stuff very far, the job market there is much better than it is here in Idaho and we can live with Aunt Elaine for a while and not pay rent and save up to get our own place hopefully before the baby comes. Then comes the tricky part. We have the baby there in Utah in late Nov. early Dec. and then we either go to school in January, or wait till next fall...I know that Mike doesn't really want to take off a whole lot of time between semesters, but we will have a newborn, and if we waited until next September, Mike could work more and we could save up more money so that our financial burdens while Mike is in school would be lighter. But it might be better for him to jump right into school, so we need to figure all that stuff out and decide what we want to do.
Mike has decided on three schools that he wants to apply to. UC Davis, BYU, and University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne. His top choice is U of I. So moving a newborn to Illinois would be a little difficult, rather than moving in Sept. So that has a lot to do with it too. And he might not get into U of I, and we might be staying in Utah, or going to CA. So a lot is dependent on where Mike gets in.
We are so blessed to be surrounded by friends and family that love us and what to help and support us. I am grateful for my visiting teachers especially!! They have been awesome and they always make sure that I am taken care of and that they are there to help whenever I need them. They are amazing and I have been so grateful for their love and service. Not to mention our families and all that they do for us and their love and service! I am just in a grateful mood and I feel so blessed to have all these wonderful people in my life that want our little family to be happy. So to all those who have provided help to us spiritually, financially, emotionally, by giving us advice that we needed, those that have been praying for us for any reason, and for any other help, we are so grateful for you and what you have done to help us get where we are today. So again, thank you!!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Baby Boy :)
Well, here we introduce our little baby boy! He was hiding his face practically the entire ultrasound, but we did get a few good ones of his cute little face! :)
Little baby boy Moran!
This is my favorite 3D one of him. He liked to have his hands up by his face...such a cutie!!
Well there you have it. Our little boy, pride and joy! And boy let me tell you, he just loves moving around dancing and whatever it is that babies like to do in the womb. The ultrasound tech called him a wiggler. Anyways we are so excited for him to come and join us and make us happy! We want December 1st to come faster!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Harry Potter and a Baby Boy!
Yesterday we found out the sex of our baby. IT'S A BOY!!! We are so excited!! We would take whatever the Lord gave us, but deep inside we secretly wanted a boy first to be a big brother and protector to all the younger ones. So we are very excited to bring this little boy into our home in December!! He is in the 62 percentile! A little bigger than the average baby. He was so cute! The ultrasound tech said he is wiggler, and he was moving around so much. He hid his face behind his hands for most of the ultrasound, but he did cooperate towards the end so we got a couple cute pics of his face. Oh man this is such an exciting moment for the Moran family!!
We went and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last night at midnight. It was pretty awesome! It is so sad that HP is finally over. That is a huge part of my childhood...and now it is pretty much over. We will tell our boy someday that the day we found out he was a boy was the day "It all ended", we saw HP7 pt 2 at midnight...kind of a cool story.
Anyways, we have pictures form the ultrasound that we want to put up for you all to see, but I haven't gotten them on the computer yet. So they will be posted at a later date. So keep checking back and they should be up sometime this weekend for all to see.
We went and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last night at midnight. It was pretty awesome! It is so sad that HP is finally over. That is a huge part of my childhood...and now it is pretty much over. We will tell our boy someday that the day we found out he was a boy was the day "It all ended", we saw HP7 pt 2 at midnight...kind of a cool story.
Anyways, we have pictures form the ultrasound that we want to put up for you all to see, but I haven't gotten them on the computer yet. So they will be posted at a later date. So keep checking back and they should be up sometime this weekend for all to see.
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