THE GUBLERS

Busy Busy Busy

2012-02-09T12:13:00.000-05:00

Ok so not so much, but if I were, I wouldn't feel so bad not updating for 6 weeks. So Christmas was amazing and Bailey loved it!
A few weeks later we ventured out to Utah again for Missionary homecoming/farewell. My brother came home on the 18th and it was so nice to spend time with my sisters and brother. We rarely all can be there the same time, so it was nice to see everyone together.

This is us waiting at the airport for him to come.

Kyle joined us after working that week for the homecoming, and then we headed down to his parent's house. His little brother was having his farewell the week after, so we had time to spend with him.
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"Uncle" Bailey calls him. She loves him so much! And its pretty cute to hear her praying for him every night.The people of Guam will be forever blessed to have him!

The Farewell hug,
And once again the whole Gubler clan was there.

This is Kyle's whole family, just missing the baby that Lindy had a few days ago. It was so nice to see everyone and to spend time with them.

Well now we're back in Cali and potty training! This is probably the most stressful thing ever, and I don't know why, but we're a week in and she's doing great! Well not going #2 in the potty yet, but someday it will come right? It's a good thing we have a backyard and a hose, because it's so easy to clean up that way. Anyways, she's doing so great that she earned a prize, we haven't gotten it yet because we ordered it too late and she finished her potty chart really fast. But I'm sure I'll post a picture when we do.

Breakfast with Santa!

2011-12-10T12:59:00.000-05:00

The Senior Citizen's Center here hosted a Breakfast with Santa. We thought it looked fun and decided to go.

Bailey kept asking Santa where Rudolph was. She loves the movie Rudolph and am sure when she sees that Santa brings presents, she'll love Santa even more!

Our Costumes!

2011-11-01T08:17:00.000-04:00

How can you not have hip surgery when you have the two cutest doctors around?

Pumpkin Carving!!

2011-10-31T01:24:00.002-04:00

Bailey's Favorite Song!

2011-10-20T21:55:00.001-04:00

Birthday Cake

2011-10-05T11:18:00.000-04:00

Bailey loves Cars, and Cars 2, so we made her a Lightning McQueen cake! She loved it!

Since we've moved

2011-09-30T12:36:00.001-04:00

So not a whole lot has gone on since we moved. Kyle started his job on the 22nd and its been a hard adjustment on all of us. Bailey has a hard time when he leaves in the morning, but it's getting better. I have a hard time with him being gone for so long, and he is adjusting to working for so long and not seeing Bailey. The job itself is stressful, but I told him that's what he gets for being a pretend doctor. :) But it seems to be getting better and he's getting more familiar with the surgeons that he works with so he's more comfortable.

A few weeks ago we bought a car, I would upload a picture, but it seems that Bailey has gotten to the computer and it won't read my disc. Anyways, it's a 2007 Dodge Durango and we love it! It's an 8 seater, so hopefully someday we'll fill it up. Bailey and I have made great use of it, between the library and grocery stores, we've broken it in. And when we aren't zooming around town, we like to go swimming in the afternoon heat. Luckily our backyard is really shaded so we don't get a lot of sun, but the heat is horrifying! So we like to play out back and we have bought one blow up pool and a sort of splash pad thing

We love it and Bailey always has a great time. That's pretty much what we've been up to. Bailey is turning 2 on Sunday and I can't believe how fast time flies! She has grown so much and is so smart! She already knows all her letters and loves the alphabet. She has gone from mellow to motor, she goes and goes and goes. If she isn't into the pots and pans, its the computer or the tv or the bathroom! But that's ok, she learns a lot and really fast too! She's getting better with playing with HER toys and not things she's not supposed to, and she spends hours in her room 'reading' her books. That's why we go to the library a lot. She loves it and cries every time we leave. She's getting better at me doing her hair, and she loves to wear dresses. She's girly, but everyday when Kyle comes home she begs for the Big Buck Hunting game. She loves going on bike rides every morning. We see all sorts of things on them. Birds, planes, turkeys, bunnies, coyotes, etc. Anyways she's just a blast to be around and adjusting well to the move. She doesn't have close friends yet, but her and I have become 'buddies' as she says and she is just the right friend for me too!

We are going back to Utah on the week of October 14th because I am having hip surgery on the 14th. Finally after 6 years of pain, we know what is wrong with my hip and are getting it fixed. I should be able to start running in January - just in time after the holiday weight gets packed on, and maybe it will be nice and cool then. We'll be in Utah until Thanksgiving and then Kyle will fly out and help me drive back. We are looking forward to spending more time with family!

New House!

2011-08-07T00:33:00.000-04:00

So this is our new rental house! We opted for a house instead of an apartment because we need space! Bailey loves running and running and running! But this is what I'm most excited about...

A BACKYARD!!! We can't wait for Tuesday - move in day!

Kyle starts his new job at a hospital in Sacramento on the 22nd. He pretty much has his dream job, 100% OR time and its in Cardiothoracic Surgery. He would be doing the vein harvesting by himself. We are so excited for the things to come!

Everyday...

2011-08-01T14:21:00.000-04:00

Ok so this is Bailey's all time favorite movie. Even if we watch it, she asks for it all day long! Anyways thought I would update what we've been up to....and this is it! Hope to have more soon about our move.

Oceanside/San Diego

2011-06-28T09:17:00.000-04:00

Hey, we have been a busy bunch! We just got back from Southern California! We went there on vacation with Kyle's family and had a blast! We got a 3-in-1 pass for the Safari Park, SeaWorld, and the San Diego Zoo. First we went to the Safari Park. It was cool there was a big open field and in it there were giraffes, elephants, zebras, gazelles, and rhinos! It was awesome!

This is the petting corral. Bailey didn't really get it at first, but once she did, she loved it.

It was a lot of walking, but my hip held up and we didn't even need to get a wheelchair!

We went to the beach a lot when we were there!

Bailey was a little leery at first when it came to playing in the sand, she doesn't like to get her hands dirty. But she ended up loving it and started to love running into the ocean as fast as she could.

SeaWorld was a blast and we really enjoyed it. They have a mini kiddo park with rides and a splash pad. Bailey loved the rides.

Luckily Grandma and I don't get sick on the teacups, so Bailey could go on them! This is our second ride of the day on them.

We liked going on the rides also!

And what's SeaWorld without Shamu?

Then we went to the zoo, and by that time, it was time for my hip to have a rest, so luckily they have a bus tour that shows you 70% of the zoo!

At the petting part of the zoo, Bailey got pretty attached to this goat, and wouldn't want to pet any other goat.

We had a really good time!

And on the way home we stopped by Hurricane Ut to see Kyle's grandma.

Four generations of cuteness!

Bailey loved Great-Grandma!

Hogle Zoo!

2011-05-04T17:29:00.000-04:00

So since Kyle doesn't work this summer, and I will finish school shortly, we decided to get season passes to the zoo here. Anyways, Bailey loved it! She loves animals. My father in law is a vet and she loves to go visit him at work, so we thought she would like this as well. Needless to say she was worn out and still sleeping! So I have a chance to blog.

In the Prairie Dog hole

Getting a drink or eaten?

Lots of tigers!

A Giraffe licking the building....weird

Pretty tiger!

Not quite as big as an ape....darn

Tuckered out, during her snack time eating her apple.

Easter!

2011-05-04T17:21:00.000-04:00

Ice Cream!

2011-04-22T14:28:00.000-04:00

So today Bailey had her first ice cream cone. Of course she had ice cream, but never in a cone. And of course it was so cute so I had to document it!

Finishing it off!

Dancing

2011-04-21T17:59:00.000-04:00

Ok Bailey is definitely our baby! She LOVES dancing! This weekend we went up Boise and she was screaming and pointing to the radio for us to turn on music for her. She loves music and loves dancing to it! This video is fun, but towards the end she saw that grandma had some frosting, so she stopped dancing. Enjoy!

Easter Dress

2011-03-24T18:15:00.000-04:00

Ok I know its not Easter, but since I started school this week I had to make Bailey's Easter Dress. And since I made it, she hasn't gotten enough of it! She keeps asking me to put it on her. So I gave in today and she twirled around the house.

Twirling

Bailey

2011-03-18T13:55:00.000-04:00

So this girl is stinkin cute! I can't get over how cute. I went to a Relief Society dinner last night with my best friend cousin Rachael and it was a tropical theme. So they gave me a flower necklace and a flower to put in my hair. Bailey had a great time with them today!

Saying family prayers just before daddy goes to work.

And for her mid morning snack we thought cookies would do :) So this is her eating her cookies.

Saying prayers for her snack :) She loves saying prayers.

Gorgeous right?

Eagles

2011-03-18T13:38:00.002-04:00

So I think every year out at Farmington Bay, the Eagles migrate and they stop here in Utah for a while. So this year we went out to greet them.

Nomads

2011-03-14T23:21:00.000-04:00

Here we are in the real world, and come to find out it is much harder than school world! Kyle graduated and we came and journeyed to Utah in search of a job. Kyle has found a part-time job in Tooele that he commutes to on the weekends. This job has been great and understands that he needs a full-time job, so he is free to go if the need arises. We have been living in Roy with my parents until today when we loaded up the car with the necessities and moved to North Salt Lake so that I can start school next week. That's right I'm going to school! Well really I'm just going for the grants so we can live a little longer on the part-time salary. But I am going to the ATC at SLCC for the accounting clerk certificate. That way I will feel like I have something just incase I need to work, but now I can stay with my baby girl and not feel like I need to go to 10 years of part time school to fill that part of my life. Anyways, we are still searching for a job, and enjoying the time that we have together. Having Kyle home all the time has been great for our family and we love him being home. Well that is an update from the Gubler family. Thanks and come again!

Bailey's Piano Time

2011-02-11T11:33:00.000-05:00

So Bailey has loved music ever since she was a baby. As soon as she started lifting her head up with her arms, she would sway to music. She loves dancing and has a toy keyboard that she LOVES to play with. So this morning she wanted to play with my keyboard, fair enough since it is so much bigger and funner than hers. She started sitting in the chair but got so into her music, and had to turn the pages of the music, that she had to stand up. And of course she had to have the metronome on so that she knew that her timing was just right :)

Bowling Celebration!

2011-02-04T11:34:00.000-05:00

To celebrate Kyle when he finished his test, we headed out to a nearby bowling alley to relax and enjoy ourselves.

Bailey loved it!

Graduation and moving

2011-01-19T10:55:00.001-05:00

So I know this is about a month late, but Kyle has been on the computer every chance he could get studying so I had to wake up early this morning to steal it away from him.

After 2 1/2 years of intense schooling, Kyle had passed all his tests and rotations, and GRADUATED! We were so proud of him and this great accomplishment!

And with no clue what we were to do, we decided to head west. That is what our ancestors did and they found Utah, so we took the same trek, but in a very large yellow Penske (heated) truck.

And special thanks to the "moving" quorum that helped us out with our move, we wouldn't have ever gotten here without you!

The original plan was to leave right after graduation that next day we could leave at 6 am and send Bailey off with Kyle's parents. But the day of graduation we found out she is anemic and they don't know why so we ended up in the hospital when we were supposed to be driving. Luckily they just drew her blood and then we could leave. So we ended up not leaving until about 3 pm that day and we only drove about 2 hours outside of New Haven because we wanted Bailey to get a good night sleep for the long day we were going to have the next day. Well our delay in our trip became a blessing because that next day when we were driving we saw at least 20 cars and semitrucks that had slid off the side of the road the night before. We missed the storm by an hour and we were so blessed! So that next day we drove like crazy, and I got to drive!

So we were very blessed and watched over the whole way to Utah. We made it to Utah on Friday at 6 pm to my parents house. We unpacked that next day with the help of my brother in laws and the missionaries here, although really just the in-laws. :) Luckily my parents have a whole garage that they don't use that we can use as our storage unit. We are slowly moving things inside and unpacking. Our stay here may be longer than we planned or hoped for, but its ok, the rent is just right and so is the 'restaurant' right upstairs :).

Kyle is currently studying like crazy to take his board exam next Wednesday, and then focusing on the job hunt. I currently finished up my Book of Mormon class at BYU and just have to take my final by next week.

That's an update to our lives here in Utah. We are missing our friend terribly in Connecticut and wishes we can find friends like that here.

Ok for realz.

2011-01-12T20:43:00.000-05:00

Hey working on posts but here's a great teaser to see what's to come.

Bailey's hair in piggy tails! Covers up the mullet hair and super cute!

Halloween

2010-11-08T09:13:00.000-05:00

This year for Halloween Kyle went as Ol' McDonald and Bailey went as his little duckling. Those of you who are around Bailey may have heard her 'duck' noises so we thought this costume was very fitting. And at the Halloween Party she won best costume for the age group 0-2 years. Unfortunately I was so sick that I missed out being Ol' McDonalds Hick wife, but oh well there's always next year.

Colors of Connecticut

2010-10-25T16:43:00.000-04:00

We went outside and played today and there were really pretty leaves!

Birthday Girl!

2010-10-03T09:55:00.000-04:00

Our lovely Bailey had her birthday on Saturday, with a party on Friday. Her party was a success, other than me losing my voice, it was fun! We had dinner (yummy!) with cake, ice cream and presents afterwards. Dinner was good, with pulled pork, crab salad, mac n cheese, chicken salad, and potato salad. everyone loved it, but there was tons of leftovers, apparently the cold is going around like candy this October! So not everyone was able to make it, so enjoy the pics!

If you didn't notice, this was a Corduroy themed party and the little bear is Corduroy. Although she did get messy she didn't have any of the cake, just the frosting! Oh well maybe next year!
Then on Saturday we took a getaway with the Ramos' to a maple syrup farm. We couldn't convince them to get the hayride going - not even for Bailey's first birthday!! So we went to a pumpkin patch/cornmaze/hayride that we saw on the way up there. It was lots of fun! Although we did get sick on the way up there with the cold going around.. Sorry Val and Dan!

The Bulldog she got from the girls I nanny.

The "corn" box that they had, a huge box full of dried corn!

PRESENTS!

Photos

2010-09-24T13:19:00.000-04:00

I know that I haven't updated recently (as always..) but we really haven't been up to anything much. So I'll just let the pictures do the talking.

Seriously fun! Hopefully I will post next week for our little one's first birthday!

Slacking

2010-08-17T20:18:00.000-04:00

I know I know, my last post was lame as it is, but then not posting for almost 2 months is a really long time. And I wish I had a great reason why, but I can't think of a single one. So this post is a catch up of our summer.

So this summer has gone by REALLY fast! Like its almost over in a few weeks. Oh how the time flies. Kyle has been busy working on his thesis so we haven't been able to get out much, and this month is completely dedicated to his thesis, so we can't wait for this to be DONE!

Bailey and I have been doing little things here and there. She loves that her little friend Joseph moved into our complex because now they see each other tons! And every time she sees him she just laughs and waves. She is also on the move! Which is really nice now, if I walk out of a room she can just follow me instead of screaming :). And she is eating so much REAL food. Favorites are mom's homemade bread, rolls, and bananas. But will eat anything! Which is nice since we just give her what we are eating. She has been in this independent mode recently wanting only food that she can feed herself. Which I get nervous about her throwing food everywhere, but she's pretty good! She's getting into some dresses that I'm just in love with, so of course we had to have 10 photos taken of her in each.

She is just such a joy to be around and really draws people to her whoever they are. I can't go ANYWHERE without at least 5 people stopping to talk to her and compliment her on how good natured she is.

The other day we were outside and our friends were playing with water so we hurried and got Bailey's swimming suit on and played with them. Come to find out Bailey can stand if she's playing with water in a sink thing. This is here wiht her friend little Joseph. So cute and adorable right?

We have been pretty much just hanging out with our friends, and each other. She is my partner in crime and I love spending all day with her! She is seriously so good and something about her just makes me can't get enough of her.

Happy 4th!

2010-07-04T08:36:00.000-04:00

Yummy White chocolate raspberry Cheesecake.

Our Little Ute Fan

2010-06-22T09:58:00.000-04:00

Spontaneity

2010-06-12T16:59:00.001-04:00

Recently our dear friends told us about "Name your price" from Priceline.com, so I decided to check it out. I was playing around with it and one of my bids were actually accepted in Philadelphia. So I only had a few hours to get ready, packed for all three of us. Kyle got home, and he got to guess where we were going and we took off. Of course hit rush hour traffic and I think our GPS got us lost more than it found us, but we eventually got there.

Bailey was more than excited to get out of the hotel and go see the city! We got to stay at the Radisson which was pretty nice, minus the no parking.

We got to see the liberty bell which was nice, except when we got there, it was broken....lame i know.

Then we toured Independence Hall which was fun to see where our country started.

Bailey was just relaxing being pushed around the city! On our way to Reading Terminal Station where we got really yummy gyros! (And of course we had to go there, it was in the National Treasure Movie :))

Finally tuckered out, we headed back to the Hotel where we can all take naps. And I know, I think we have more pictures of Bailey than we do of Philly.

Then Sunday we went to Valley Forge, which was really pretty and has a cool history!

Bailey helped drive us home (not really but this picture was fun to take)

And then just yesterday we decided that we wanted to go camping. So while Kyle was at school I tried to get us ready and we took off to Devil's Hopyard by Old Lyme, CT (guess where Lyme disease comes from...)

As we showed up, we realized that the scouts from our ward was there, so that was fun, but we did sleep far enough away that we wouldn't have to wake them up at 7 am when Bailey wakes up. And I foolishly planned all of our meals with our dutch oven, but showing up, all we had was wet wood so we didn't get enough coals for dinner to be made. So we brought hot dogs luckily, and managed to eat one for dinner before filling up on s'mores. Bailey slept really well and didn't wake any of the neighbors up. Then for breakfast, we did get a good fire going to get enough coals, so we made cobbler for breakfast, I know healthy right? But what's camping without junk food? Those were our fun trips that we've loved getting to know the Northeast more and more before we happily leave.

And this was Bailey's chair while we sat by the fire,

She then found out that she can rock forward and pick some clovers. She's getting smarter and smarter.

Our newest addition!

2010-05-25T21:16:00.000-04:00

This is Chester.

We inherited him from our dear downstairs neighbors that moved today. I got really excited about him wanting to go buy him some toys for his tank. Hopefully he will be able to move with us when we go so we won't have to pass him along. Bailey alreay is watching him so hopefully they'll be great friends.

Graduation!

2010-05-24T20:43:00.001-04:00

Today was Yale's Graduation! And Kyle got to walk with his classmates that 'shall' receive their diplomas in December! It was fun. Bailey was having a hard time because of her naptime, but the nice family next to me rocked her to sleep and held her the whole time! It was so nice.

Here's the bitterly happy graduate. Happy to graduate, sad to go back to school the next day..

Bailey was ready to get out of the sun, and out of the sunscreen!

And here's our proud little family. We just cannot wait until December!

And of course to celebrate I baked something, what is better than that? And the real reason is, is that I had an excuse to use my new cake topper. This cake is so chocolatey it's amazing. (The extreme chocolate cake from allrecipes.com) Don't let my frosting job fool you.

Last Minute Trip

2010-05-18T11:49:00.000-04:00

Bailey and I decided to take a trip to Utah, a week before we left. We needed a break from New Haven and Kyle needed to work on his thesis that is due the end of August. So we took off for 2 weeks, a little long to be away from Kyle, but one week is way to short to see all three families.

We went to Kyle's parent's house for a few days to see everybody, and absolutely loved it!

Here's all the girls in their matching dresses. Lydia didn't want to just sit there, she wanted to crawl, and Myrrie wanted her mom, poor girl! -Bailey is just chill, we got so lucky!-

This is all the girls plus little Cooper. All born within 6 months of each other and all going to be best friends!

Then we went to my parent's house and even though they were busy, we had fun together. My sister came down from Wyoming to hang out with us, and for Mother's Day, we got pedicures, so much fun!

These are the 'October Twins'. Korahle, my sister and I were due 2 weeks apart but went into labor at the same time. My poor mom...trying to be in two places at once. Gavin showed up 15 hours before Bailey so he beat her by a day. They are going to be really good friends too!

Then we went up to my dad's house which was really relaxing! And my other sister from Idaho came to see us! And surprised us, it was so good to see her, even though I forgot about getting pictures with her cute kids.

Kyle missed us, and we missed him! But it was so good to see family and nice to get out of CT once in a while! Maybe next time we go to Utah we won't have to come back to CT!

Swimming!

2010-04-18T16:38:00.000-04:00

Couple weeks ago we took Bailey swimming for the first time. She loved the water. And I did mention in an earlier post that we were going to put her in swimming lessons, but I just can't justify paying $55 for lessons that I can just do myself. So we decided that we'll go swimming lots.

Daffodil Hill

2010-04-11T14:15:00.000-04:00

About an hour from New Haven, there is a beautiful place called, well its not officially called Daffodil Hill, but that's what everyone calls it. And there are just thousands of daffodils. So pretty!

Happy Happy Easter!

2010-04-11T13:56:00.000-04:00

6 Months of Bliss

2010-04-02T19:29:00.000-04:00

Ok so maybe it hasn't been bliss the whole 6 months, but pretty close. Bailey has been a joy and such a good baby. She is almost to sleeping through the night and is so giggly all the time.

And this is Bailey's swimming suit. We signed up for the YMCA today and in a few weeks, she will be getting swimming lessons! Anyways, we love her so much!

Matching Easter Dresses!

2010-03-31T12:27:00.000-04:00

So this year I thought it would be fun to have matching Easter dresses, so I asked Kyle if I could make one for me and he gave me the go ahead! So finding matching fabric at joanns, plus all of the extras, it came to $35 for both dresses - not bad if you consider how much dresses are at the store. So I had to finish mine, it took a couple days, but Bailey's only took a couple hours, and I just finished! So now we can go get Bailey's 6-mo pictures taken on Friday.

Can't wait to wear these to church in a couple weeks!

Lighthouse Point!

2010-03-24T09:34:00.000-04:00

So we've been slackers, we've lived in New Haven for a year and a half, and never been to a beach. So we decided that on Saturdays, as long as Kyle has them off, we are going to do something fun! So it was nice and we had our friends come down with us to the beach for a KFC picnic and a stroll.

This is Bailey sporting her sun hat. So dang cute!

And Bailey sporting her overalls, we just had to take a picture!

And we've been spending a lot of time outside recently. Since the long COLD winter, we need to be out when its sunny. And Bailey's favorite thing to do is to watch cars.

Her in her 'crunch' position that she is always in. Abs of steel right?

And Bailey has these jammies that we like to call her our little inmate because they are so dang cute!

And what have I been up to? I made my first Goodwill Outlet quilt which is basically a bunch of clothes cut up to make a quilt. And for the back, I got a sheet for 99 cents at the goodwill, talk about cheap fabric!

And our puzzle that we glued together and hung above our bed fell yesterday and broke apart, so to replace it I made a collage of a few wedding & engagement pictures we have laying around the house.

Growing up!

2010-03-15T09:29:00.003-04:00

Bailey is getting so dang big! She is already 5 1/2 months and growing faster than we ever thought possible.Already she rolls from tummy to back, gives kisses and raspberries, laughs all day long, sits, knows her name and responds, holds her hands up when she wants picked up, points to what she wants, eats rice cereal and applesauce, and just talks constantly. We love her little guts out!

She is still sitting with her hands, and sometimes bends completely in half, but she is getting there!

And her new favorite game is to see how fast she can roll over after I roll her back to her tummy.

Bailey's Communication Skills

2010-03-04T17:06:00.000-05:00

Mirrors!

2010-02-19T12:24:00.001-05:00

She gets it from her dad...

2010-02-19T11:30:00.000-05:00

What we've been up to..

2010-02-19T11:07:00.000-05:00

So we've been busy, sort of.

Bailey has grown so much! She is constantly giggling and finding her feet. It seems like she always has one hand in her mouth, and the other on her toes. And a few weeks ago, she got a tooth!

She is getting so big that she really wants to eat our food. She is fixated on it, so I think in the next few weeks we will get her some cereal. She can roll over from her front to her back, but only gets to her side when she's on her back. She is loving sitting up, and when she is laying down, she is in a constant crunch position because she is trying to sit up. It seems like she is always so happy.

And her sleeping habits are getting so much better! Last few nights, she has only eaten once a night, and slept for so long. For example last night I slept for about 10 hours! I slept 7 hours straight! (luckily I fell asleep reading waiting for Kyle to get home) then she ate, and I slept another 3 hours! I actually had time to dream! So since she got a tooth, we thought, oh maybe we should be brushing it, because the Dr didn't really tell us anything about it. So we got her a little toothbrush that she loves to chew on.

She's also been my buddy and we've hung out all day every day.

This is a blanket that Bailey got for Christmas. And we were tying it together.

I've been up to a few things.

I've got this neighbor that got me addicted to the Goodwill outlet center! Love it! So what happens is that when they don't sell stuff at the regular thrift store, they send it to this place, and people can buy stuff by the pound! And get some killer deals. Kyle I think dreads it when I leave with my friend to go to this place, but I always get the best stuff! Like for example one time I went to the store, I got a breadmaker, george foreman grill, humidifier, basket for my books, a sweater, cordoury the book, and a christmas tree pan all for $6. Its amazing!

So I got a shelf to go in Bailey's room and I painted it.

I got a shelf to hold the big spices in our kitchen and painted that.

And then I got another shelf that I painted, and put fabric on for our spices.

That's all that I've been up to other than I signed up for a Book of Mormon class through BYU Independent Study. I love having a reminder to read my scriptures, hopefully it makes it a habit.

Kyle really has been up to a lot! He finished his Internal Medicine rotation (thank heavens!) and started on Primary Care. This has given him more time to be home with me and Bailey. Although the commute is about 45 minutes each way, he is normally home by 4 or 4:30. But on Fridays he has the option to get off at noon, who wouldn't take that? And luckily he has weekends off so he gets to come home and we get to see him all weekend, which makes Mondays even harder. But luckily this weekend we get to go to Boston and to the temple!

Oh and happy valentines day!

Gubler trip

2010-01-15T11:49:00.001-05:00

So Kyle and I decided like 2 weeks before (around Thanksgiving) that we should go to Utah for Christmas. He had classes until the 16th so we took off on the 17th. So much for a thesis month right? So we first went to the Gubler's house. With 8 siblings and 10 nieces and nephews, it was a full house! But we loved every minute of it. We ate, hung out with family, ate, went to see his sister's new house, and did I mention ate? His parents have an island in their kitchen that is about 15 ft long and full of food 24/7! We stayed at their house until Christmas morning. We went skeet shooting and Kyle shot most of the clay pigeons, so he let me do it, and I'll just say I'm better at shooting with a scope and rifle. We had a party when all of the siblings could be there the Saturday before Christmas. Then on Christmas eve, we did the traditional nativity scene. Bailey was the angel, I was the shepard, and Kyle was the inn keeper. We had Abby as Mary, Daxton as Joseph and a wise man, Caleb and Richard as a wise man, and needless to say it was a blast! Seeing all the little kids trying to act out the parts was fun. Christmas morning was nice, we slept in for a bit, ate yet again, and opened presents.

Christmas afternoon we were on our way up to the Pippin family's house (my mom). We went there just for that night until my dad got back from Boise. We got there, opened presents, and had a wonderful dinner. In the morning Taylor, Brook, Kyle, Bailey and I took off to Preston Id to see my dad. I have to admit this was the best house to be at. There was nowhere we needed to be, and nothing we needed to do. They had a hot tub, so after Bailey would go to sleep, we would relax and if she woke up my dad and Cindy would take care of her. We played games a lot there, and ate a lot as well. What is it with family and eating? Kyle went to the gym with my dad a couple times, and definitely worked off what he ate that morning, if you know what I mean.. There were a couple days we went down to Utah and stayed at my step-sister's house so my dad could go to his dr's appointment in SLC. We of course ended up at Cabela's. We also had dinner with Kyle's good friends Tyler, Janna, Lily, Jordan, and Jamie. It was nice to get together with them, they just moved to the mainland from Hawaii.

On the 2nd there was the Gubler extended family Christmas Party. This was my present to Kyle, a plane ticket for him to come home on the 3rd so he could go to that. That of course was a lot of eating. And just a little background information. Kyle's dad's family has 12 kids plus their kids and grandkids, so there was a ton of people there! Kyle was excited to show off Bailey and the food was delicious. Kyle flew out the next day so he could come home for his Internal Med 2 rotation. I stayed and extra week and headed out to my mom's house.

My little brother got his mission call a while back to the Houston Texas East mission. He was supposed to leave on the 13th, so we decided to stay at his house last to spend that time with him. On Monday while he was at the dr's, I headed down to the mall and got Bailey's ears pierced. Kyle had a hard time with letting me do this, but I explained that this way they won't get infected as easily because she can't grab ahold of them yet. And if she grows up and decides that she doesn't want earrings, she can take them out. But what little girl doesn't want earrings? So on Tuesday we were joined by my sister from Boise and her two adorable kids. Her husband couldn't come til Saturday because he owns the Great Harvest up there and had to run that. Then on Friday my sister from Lander, WY came down. It was fun to have everybody together, but we also realized that we all had differences and we needed to not get into fights. :) So Sunday was my little brother's farewell and Bailey cried through the whole thing. You see, I had ice cream on Saturday night and when I have dairy, it gives Bailey really painful gas so we don't have such a great time. But we got to listen from the hallway and it was a great talk. They gave him all of the meeting, so we got out 10 minutes early. Then we all left on Monday. I flew out and had two layovers and three flights. It actually went better than I thought. At first it was hard because Bailey is used to not being held when she is sleeping but when she realized that she can sleep with me holding her, it was ok. The last flight was the best because I got a whole row to myself. The flight attendents are also really nice when you are travaling alone with a baby.

We are so glad that we made it home for Christmas, and hopefully we'll be able to see our family before next Christmas.

Two Whole Years!

2009-12-14T15:13:00.000-05:00

A long time coming

2009-12-12T09:30:00.000-05:00

So its been a really long time since I posted, and so many things have happened since.

Bailey turned 2 months old! Her Doctors appointment was last week and she did so great. She was tired and it was her nap time so luckily right after they gave her all of her shots, she cried for about 30 seconds and then fell back asleep. It helped me to know that she was ok. She gained 3 lbs since birth and weighs 10 lbs 11 oz and is in the 50th percentile for weight. Her head is still in the 10th percentile, and her height is 21 3/4 inches, in the 25th percentile. So that is the only thing it seems that she inherited from me, is my height. Other than that she is looking more and more like Kyle everyday.

Kyle finished his first month of Internal Medicine rotation and luckily it wasn't as bad as some people have said. His next rotation in Jan is the exact same at the exact same place so we are relieved that he'll be home some of the time.

We had Kyle's PA Christmas party last Saturday and I made Bailey a dress for it! She looked so adorable!! We also got to dance for the first time in like a year and we loved that. Thanks to our friends who watched Bailey as we took out the dance floor!

Bailey and I love to go on walks as well. But yesterday we got all bundled up to go out and made it about 10 feet out the door. She loves getting all bundled up most of the time.

And yesterday was our Ward Christmas Party. They do it this early because most everyone goes home to their families for Christmas. Bailey got her first visit with Santa.

So this morning we had a 'fake' christmas because we are going to be in Utah for Christmas and we didn't want to drag some of the presents all the way to Utah and back. So I got a keyboard that has enough keys that I can play songs on it. Kyle got suprised with his flight change so he can stay in Utah for the Gubler family christmas party. And Bailey got a high chair so she can sit at the table with us while we eat. We still have 4 months before she'll be eating from it.

Happiness

2009-11-25T13:00:00.006-05:00

This November I've thought a lot about happiness. I've learned to realize that happiness is spending time and going through journeys with the ones that you love. Since Bailey was born, we've never taken another day for granted and hope that we never will. Motherhood is the most amazing and hardest thing ever! But even if she's been screaming all day long when she gives me the gummy smile, or takes a nap for longer than an hour, it makes it all worth it. I think God created babies that they have to nap. Even the most colicky baby you will miss if they sleep for more than an hour. We love our Bai and are excited for our lives with hers. As this Thanksgiving approaches these are the things I am so thankful for..

My house for looking like this..

My hubbyThe opportunity we have to be in school right now during this economy. Yesterday as I was driving through New Haven, I saw a man digging through the trash just for bottles to get a 5 cent refund on. This normally doesn't disturb me that much, but this man wasn't raggedy and homeless looking. He looked like a middle class normal man that the economy obviously affected.

Our great friends here in New Haven that makes up our family away from our family. Without our great friends, this holiday would be a lot harder than it is. And I know that when we come to visit here in years to come, it won't be the same New Haven as we remember it because most of our family here will be gone and done with school.

And finally

need I say more?

6 Weeks Old!

2009-11-14T06:56:00.002-05:00

So its official that Bailey has reached the 6 week mark! I though that this point would never come! Now she is supposed to be sleeping longer through the night and getting less fussy! And now I can go back to the gym! So far Bailey has been a joy and I love spending all day everyday with her. She smiles at us so much and loves to be given lots of kisses. She loves tummy time and thinks that it is a game to see how fast she can roll onto her back before I roll her back over. She loves to roll and thinks that its so much fun. She also loves her binkies that I forced on her when I saw her starting to suck her thumb. (binkies you can take away but you can't thumbs). She loves her bath times and the sound of running water soothes her so much that even if she is cold she doesn't cry. We are still working on her going to sleep by herself. We lay her down and have to let her cry for between 5-45 minutes depending on how tired she is. And we are starting getting into a routine of morning, afternoon, and evening naps then bedtime at 6:45-7:00. We just love our little bug and her big cheeks make her cuter everyday! And she fits into some of her newborn clothes that makes me happy!

Guilty Pleasures

2009-11-09T13:53:00.002-05:00

So, in my family (this might just be me and Mallari) we love our Christmas Music. We love anything to do with Christmas and I know that she's been to the store to buy Christmas movies already this year (nothing wrong with that). So I loved that year round, FM100.com had Christmas songs that you could listen to even in July. All the songs are just so cheery, and there is no station that has all happy songs. So this year I did have to wait until after Halloween for FM100 to put up their Christmas Music, and I feel a little bad about it this year. People make such a issue with listening to Christmas Music before Thanksgiving. I am here to clear it once and for all. We listen to the music because it makes us happy. It doesn't make us any less American or Thankful when Thanksgiving comes around. I have all my Thanksgiving decorations up and we are thankful people. I'm just really thankful for Christmas Music. One month isn't enough to listen to all the beautiful music about our Savior (and some about Santa). And that's why we ungrateful people listen to Christmas Music this early.

PS this is by Makayla because I had to beg Kyle to let me listen to Christmas Music this early.

An eventful week!

2009-11-01T16:25:00.007-05:00

So my dad came into town on Tuesday and we've had a pretty eventful week. First, on our way to pick up my dad, instead of driving to La Guardia Airport, somehow we ended up in Yonkers, then to New Jersey.. but his flight was delayed so we got there just in time to feed Bailey and pick him up. Kyle had to work that night so I had Kasidy come with me and we figured out how to navigate and drive all in one trip while taking a scenic route to the airport. Bailey was a champ and slept the whole way there and back waking up only when we got there to eat.

Wednesday was kind of a lazy day because it rained and Kyle was trying to sleep. But we went down to the carts and got our delicious meals, and then went to the bookstore to get souvenirs for my dad.

Thursday we got up and ready to go and went on a walking tour of Yale. Kyle and I were also lucky enough to get the Flu-mist H1N1 since Bailey isn't old enough to get one. At the Yale tour, we went all around Yale, then when we were getting pictures of something, we lost the tour, so we went to Ashley's Ice Cream, and I'd have to say that it definitely wins over Wentworth's Ice Cream. We also went to East Rock Park and saw the view from there (not as pretty as when the trees actually had leaves on them).
Friday we went to a submarine naval museum that we actually got to tour the submarine they had there. When we were there we saw a sub coming back from sea which was really cool. Afterwards we went up to a cidermill and got the yummy applecider and apple doughnuts. I love New England Falls for the colors, and the cidermills.Our ward then had a Halloween get together that we thought would be fun to dress up and do something for Bailey's first Halloween. So I went as a cowgirl, Kyle went as a hunter, and Bailey went as our little pumpkin.Notice that Bailey is winking at the camera. However our Halloween party didn't last too long because the fog machine that they had setup in one of the rooms set off the fire alarm, and we didn't want to wait for the firetrucks to get there to we decided that we were done for the night.

Saturday we went up to CABELA'S!! We had so much fun and again Bailey slept the whole time (what a champ!). Then we got to bless Bailey today. It was amazing and she was beautiful!

First Day at Church

2009-10-25T13:22:00.006-04:00

So today around 6:30 I decided that I wanted to go back to church. So I got ready, got Bailey ready and we headed off and were actually on time which is more than we have been the past year. So this is Bailey all dressed and ready to go at church.

And the dress that she is wearing is my dress from when I was a baby.

Life is crazy!

2009-10-15T16:59:00.003-04:00

So today Bailey had her 2 week appointment and she is almost up to her birthweight, only one more ounce to go. She is getting so big! She was so good at the doctor's today, that could be due to 8 hours of not sleeping right before, but it made me look like my baby is so good.

Kyle now is on his Emergency Medicine Rotation at Yale and is working crazy shifts. It is kind of nice though because when he works all night long and then comes home to sleep all day, I can just sleep all day with him when Bailey is sleeping. So we don't mind the crazy shifts and he is almost done with the first whole week. We were debating whether or not he should take a month off to help me, but after the first few nights of being home, he realized that he can't help that much (feeding her). But we are so proud of Kyle for keeping up with his schooling in all of this chaos.

I have lost most of my water weight (I'd like to think that there's more to loose) and can now wear my wedding ring again! It got bad towards the end when I could wear Kyle's wedding ring and did on a few occasions. And now I am 2 lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight and loving it. I walked and worked out so much in my pregnancy that I'm happy that it is finally paying off. Now I just have 30 more pounds until my pre-married weight, which I'm ok if I don't get all the way down to that amount. And that's our update on life for now!

One Week Appointment

2009-10-10T11:18:00.002-04:00

So Bailey and I went in for her one week appointment on Thursday. She was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, and weighed 6lbs 15oz. At her appointment two days later she was up to 7lbs 4oz. She gained 5 whole ounces in 2 days! She is getting big so fast that it makes me sad, I would love to keep her this little for forever!

Prayers and Scares

2009-10-05T09:25:00.000-04:00

So as many may know we were joined in this world Friday by an angel at 2:27 am.

It all started on Wednesday afternoon when I noticed that the baby wasn't moving as much as she normally does, so I called the Doctor and they had me come in for a Non-Stress Test. As I was there, they noticed that the early stages of pre-eclampsia that they had been watching and waiting for had been changed to full out pre-eclampsia. So I let Kyle know that I was going to the Dr, and he was up in Hartford on a rotation (in the middle of a delivery) when he felt like he should come on home. When he got there the doctors decided that I should be admitted to the hospital and induced the next day so the pre-eclampsia doesn't turn into eclampsia. We got there and just relaxed, and the hard contractions started soon after they started to 'prep' me for induction. At this time they started filling me with fluid, and lots of it. The fluid kept coming into my IV until my baby was born. So I was up all night with the contractions and doing my best to relax through them. We had decided months before that HypnoBirthing was going to be the way our baby came into this world. So I was relaxing all night and by the next morning they decided to give me the Pitocin so I can really get things going. However 5 hours later I was still slightly dialated and not really going anywhere. They decided if we wanted to move things along that they would need to break my water. So after putting that off as long as I could and still not progressing after 8 hours of pitocin, I let them break my water, and I thought the contractions were strong before, they were too much for me to relax through. So I know many of you will be disappointed in me, but I made it through the first 24 hours of labor with HypnoBirthing, but after that I met my best friend in the whole world - the anesthesiologist. So after I got the epidural, I was in heaven and wondered why it took me so long to get it. But they kept pumping me with more and more fluid after I got it so I would stay hydrated. My blood pressure dropped dramatically and that affected our little Bailey, so they kept giving me more fluid to stabilize my blood pressure. And this is where the story gets a little fuzzy. I decided that I'm going to write what I remember and what I heard happen. Kyle will come back later and edit a few things I'm sure. I dozed off for a little while later towards 11:00pm. After waking up I noticed that something felt wrong with my head. I felt fuzzy and in a moment like I wasn't really comprehending what people were doing and what they were saying to me. Honestly I didn't know what was going on, and after expressing a little bit of that to the doctor, it took all of a minute to get 10 more doctors in there and to get magnesium in me to prevent a seizure. After x-rays, a EKG, and tons of other tests, it wasn't getting any better so they decided to do an emergency c-section. After all was said and done, we had a beautiful baby girl, 7 lbs 11 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. As they wheeled me into recovery they noticed that I couldn't keep my oxygen levels in my blood up and as I was falling asleep, it would keep getting worse. They took me down to get a CT scan and get more tests done. I was pretty out of it and don't really remember anything until Saturday afternoon. After the surgery, they put me on oxygen for the next few days, and one of my lungs had a minor collapse. The theory after all the tests were said and done was that during labor when they were filling me with fluid, that my whole body and all my organs were being filled with fluid as well. Luckily I'm still deflating and I still have a ways to go but I have lost so much fluid and I'm starting to look like a normal person.

Now we are just getting ready to leave the hospital after only 4 days of that mess and everything is back to normal. I just want to thank those of you who have had their prayers with us. It was a huge help and blessing.

Our Beautiful Angel

2009-10-03T15:35:00.010-04:00

I wanted to just get some pictures posted of out beautiful girl Bailey Lin Gubler. She is adorable! There is a lot to tell about how she came into this world and more details are to follow but I just wanted to get some pictures posted for now to show her off so everyone can see her. So stay tuned for more info, in the meantime enjoy these!! Click on the slide show for a link to larger photos. - Kyle

And just remember that I am filled up with water in these pictures. -Makayla

Baby has a room!

2009-09-29T21:06:00.003-04:00

I thought I would post some pictures of our baby's room. Makayla did a great job decorating and getting everything ready so I thought I'd show it off a bit.

New Stuff!

2009-09-17T09:38:00.004-04:00

So just recently I've always wanted to blog about random things, and I think to myself "no one really wants to hear about that". But then I realize that I read everyone else's blogs about random things and I love it. So these random things are for my enjoyment of updating my blog.

So yesterday I was looking at myself in the mirror, and let's face it there's not much you can control about your body with pregnancy. So I decided that there was one thing that I could control...my hair. I've been growing my hair out for the past 6 months or so and it just wasn't looking like me. I've always had short hair and I think that I look better with short hair. So I printed off a coupon and headed over to SuperCuts.
This is my before picture
And this is my after picture. I feel very much like myself again.

Another new thing is that my 36 week appointment was yesterday and we officially have at most 6 weeks until this little one makes her entrance into the world! Unfortunately I have gestational hypertension that is too close to preeclampsia. So now we have to lay off the sweets and get into our healthy mode for the next 6 weeks.

And here's me at 36 weeks!

Proud Moments

2009-09-15T16:04:00.002-04:00

I am so proud of Kyle! This is him on his first day of his OB/GYN rotation. He will do so great and get to deliver babies! He was a little nervous at first, but he'll warm up to working with patients. This is what we've been waiting for!

Homemade

2009-09-08T15:21:00.002-04:00

So recently I've been at home more and able to make more and more things. I've started making homemade bread every week because it is so much cheaper than buying bread at the store. Then I decided yesterday to make homemade ice cream....which is so not cheaper. I got this amazing recipe and all the ingredients cost us about $5 for 1/2 gallon of ice cream! It turned out way good, but you would think that it would be much cheaper making homemade things. This isn't just for food as well. I started to make some things for the baby and me, like a nursing cover and a padding thing for her crib. Fabric is expensive! Here Walmart pulled all of their fabric off the shelves, so all we have is Joann's and on sale it is about $5 a yard! Since when did making things homemade cost more than buying them at the store? Well making things will just have to go to a hobby now and not a source of pinching our pennies.

Thimble Islands

2009-09-06T20:42:00.003-04:00

Kyle and I haven't gotten out much since we've been here, and its a good thing that we have friends that invite us and ask us to come with them places. So we took off on Saturday to go to Thimble Islands. We had never heard of this place and we weren't expecting too much. We went on this boat tour that lasted for about an hour and it took us around to these 25 different islands. These are mostly privately owned so we couldn't go on them, but we got to see the mansions that were on them. We had a fun time and we are so glad that we have friends that get us out of the house!

Our Camera

2009-09-05T08:19:00.004-04:00

So Kyle and I decided that before this little one comes, we need a new camera. Right now we have his Dad's camera, that I think he knows that we are borrowing. Anyways this camera that we have is only 4.0 megapixels and 3x Optical zoom. Granted it isn't the nicest camera out there, but it has worked thus far. So we wanted to get a camera that takes video, because on the one we have now, there is no sound to the video.

After 3 months of Kyle constantly looking at cameras - comparing them side by side, we have found the one that works for us and we broke down and bought it. Now keep in mind, we are in school, Kyle was looking at $900 cameras, so I had to put restrictions on what he could get. So this isn't the nicest camera either, but it will do until Kyle gets a job, pays off the loans, and we get a mortgage right?So this is the camera that we decided on. You see all the picture specifications, but there is also HD movie recording in 720p and a whole bunch of other stuff that I've learned way too much about cameras. I am just glad that this searching is over and we can now start searching for accessory kits... there is always one more thing to add right?

Baby Crib!

2009-08-29T11:21:00.001-04:00

So we have had this baby crib sitting in the box since way back in April. When we bought it Kyle said that he wanted to spread it out and wait until August to set it up. I'm not a very patient person, but when work plus Kyle's schooling gets thrown into it, we easily forgot about setting it up. Now since Kyle had this week off of school, and who knows how much time he's going to be home in the next 6 weeks, we decided that now is the time to set it up. Although it took us all day, we finally got it set up.

Boston Trip!

2009-08-28T13:34:00.005-04:00

So Kyle and I decided that we needed a get away before our baby comes, and before he starts up another year. So we went to Boston to get away. We started out going to the Freedom Trail, and we did an audio tour which was nice because half way through, it started to pour. So if we would have paid for an actual tour, we would have lost out on half of it. So we then decided to go back to our hotel and wait out the storm, which only lasted about 10 more minutes, but we were soaked. Then Tuesday we went to Plymouth Rock and saw where the Pilgrims first landed. Then we headed off to the Cape. This was really pretty and we spent some time at the Beach. Then to truly get the Boston/Eastern Experience we went to a seafood restaurant and spent way too much money on a lobster dinner. When the lobster came, I didn't know how to crack it open and eat it, so I asked the waitress. Of course she didn't know either, so her manager of this really nice seafood restaurant went and got some gloves on, and came and helped me. Embarrassing, I know but it was so much fun! After that we went to our hotel and the next day we finished the Freedom Trail. We weren't ready to go back to New Haven, so we decided to extend our trip one more night and we went up to Sharon VT, the birthplace of Joseph Smith. There is a really cool monument there that was set up in 1905, the 100 year anniversary of his birth. It was peaceful, and we can't wait to go back again.

Lyman Orchard

2009-08-16T10:39:00.004-04:00

So Kyle and I have tons of stuff that we want to do before we leave the East Coast in 16 months. One of them that we haven't had time to do is go to the Pick-your-own fruit orchards here in CT. So we saw a commercial on TV that Peaches were on so we headed up there Saturday morning. We had a fun time, it was WAY too hot! But the peaches weren't quite ripe yet so we pick only a few lbs and went to their store there.

At their store they have all types of cool things. We got their own made Peach Jam, Peach spread (similar to cream cheese, just with peaches in it), and Peach muffins. They were having their Peach festival, and they do have tons of other things besides peaches, but that's what we were in the mood for yesterday.This is a picture of Kyle going to work looking for the best peaches that don't have bug bites all over them.

2 Weeks Notice & the sickies

2009-08-08T18:15:00.005-04:00

So last Friday I finally got to put in my 2 weeks notice! I was so excited, not that I hate working, I just 'disliked' working there. So as my boss was a little shocked they were really good about it because they knew that Kyle had some time off in August and I wanted to spend it with him. But now that I'm finally about to taste freedom, the sickies have hit our house. I was fine, but Kyle was sick the past 2 weeks. Then last friday, I was so happy when I came home from work, I accidentally kissed him, not thinking about the consequences of that mistake. Sure enough 3 days later my throat started to throb. I tried to stick it out at work this week, it being one of my last and all, but today it just got too much and I had to call out sick. At least they know that I'm really sick. So here we are with the sickies, and last Saturday Kyle had that chance to go fishing in the Atlantic, so he decided that he didn't feel TOO sick to do that (who would?). So he caught 2 flounder, one was 26'' and one was 22''. We ate that for Saturday night and Sunday night, then realized that an overload of fish with a pregnant woman was not the greatest idea, so the rest is in the freezer just waiting for next week. So each of these fish slabs are just 1/4 of a fish...impressive right? And also here we are at 31 weeks, and we only have 9 weeks left to go! We are so excited, and maybe this flu sickies will go away by the time the baby comes. I would like some freedom before then.

Good news!

2009-07-28T20:36:00.002-04:00

So there has been so much good news recently! I passed my American Heritage course with a B, way better than the last grade! And so now I officially am still in semi-good standings with BYU and can still take courses there, but that may have to wait until Jan 2011.

More good news, Kyle is almost done with his course work, and he has passed every test so far! (good news for his future patients) He has 4 tests left, and since you have to fail 6 tests to be booted out of the program, we are here for good. He starts his rotations the middle of September, and the first one is OB/GYN which is great because it ends 3 days before my due date. Although he'll be in Hartford, CT all day every day until then, we'll just pray I don't go early, and if I do it will be a short labor. (he can only miss like one or two days of rotations)

And finally this is good news to me, Kyle will be at Yale New Haven Hospital for most of his rotations. I'm sure he wanted to go abroad and go to surrounding city hospitals, but this will be good with him being so close with a new baby and all.

We just love good news.

Finally!

2009-07-12T15:01:00.006-04:00

So after 15 months of sorta working on my class, I finally finished all the course work at 11:00 last night! I am so happy that I actually accomplished something! So happy in fact I think an accounting class keeps calling my name..we'll see how things go after Baby arrives. But although we haven't posted in what seems like forever, we have been doing our fair share of things!

We have been going garage (or tag) sale-ing. Although even on craigslist they call them garage or yard sales, people here seem to think that they are "tag-sales". The joys of learning a "new" language. When we went, we made out like bandits! We got a changing table/dresser combo, glider with ottoman, bouncer, tons of books, pack-n-play, tons of toys, a johnny jumper, play mat, baby food processor, and more things that we can't even think of. We made out with everything for less than $200 bucks and there are only a few more things on our list that we still want to get. We also were driving around last weekend and here when people want to get rid of things, they put them right on the side of the road, so we found this wicked sweet activity center that just need a lot of disinfecting and washing, and it will be brand new! We love getting great deals.

Chole and her Fourth of July pride!

We also had an awesome fourth of July. We went to a breakfast that our ward put on, and got tons of free food;). Then we came home and crashed for a few hours just in time for a bbq at one of Kyle's classmate's house. Then after that we went to the fireworks that they set off from a barge in the ocean bay...it was beautiful! Although we couldn't see the water because the whole section by the water was blocked off for the Mayor and his party...We had a fun time with a couple from our ward and Kyle's study partner and his little family.

Kyle helping Chloe with a sparkler.

We also went yesterday to 'field day' with Kyle's classmates. This is where they all get together and play games like egg toss, kick ball, and relay races. I was just sitting having fun eating (some) of the 2 6ft deli sandwiches that they provided for lunch. As I showed up, the class president was kind enough to show me the way to the table, because he wanted me to get enough to eat...like i need to get bigger?!

This is me at 24 weeks...

And now me today...26 weeks.

Short Visit HOME!

2009-06-09T22:37:00.007-04:00

So Kyle had a week off of school, and since I won't be able to fly in August, we decided that this will possibly be our only chance to go home this year. So last Saturday morning we woke up early and got the heck out of this place!! We were a little rushed, so most of our family has pictures that we're still waiting on, so we'll add to this blog as we get more pictures.

First we went to Kyle's Parent's house in Bountiful. We were greeted there by a baby shower and lots of family and friends. Unfortunately I have a hard time staying awake too long, so even though my shower was at 5 pm, our family stayed until about 10, while I slept on the chair for the last 2 hours they were there. Sunday we also had all of Kyle's brothers and sisters (minus Jacob --we missed you!) there for some beef brisket, which I was craving on the plane ride over, (not really craving, just wanting and I found out if I say I'm craving it, its more of a big deal) and again I fell asleep on the living room chair there at 9:00 while his family was still over. Monday was our last day there so we went to the park with all the nieces and nephews and played in the sand, in the grass, and played football. Kyle loved this more than anything. We also had CAFE RIO!! And again another party that night with all of Kyle's brothers and sisters.

This is one of his sisters - unfortunately still waiting on pictures from his other siblings families.

Tuesday we ventured off to Preston ID to see my daddy and his lovely wife. We went food shopping and they had mutual Tuesday night so we found some relaxing things to do until they got home. So we got the fishing boat ready, cleaned, and licensed. We left around noon the next day to go fishing at twin lakes and caught a bunch of fish. So when we came home, Kyle and I had the job of cleaning and fileting all the fish...that took hours, but my parents had a court of honor so we had time to de-bone all the fish and filet them up nice. Most of the little fish you see in the picture are Kyle's, and the two big fish that I'm holding are my pride and joy, big mouth bass. Kyle definatley caught the most fish, but I caught the biggest! :)

Thursday afternoon we ventured back down to Ogden to see my Mom and Ron. My sister from ID that was there just the week before came back down 6 hours each way (with a potty-training 2 year old and nursing baby) to see me! So we played a lot with her kids and went shopping for more baby things. My other sister came down from WY to see me as well on Saturday which is when we had another baby shower. By the end of both we were so loaded down with baby clothes and presents, we had to vacuum pack all of our things into our suitcases (because we couldn't afford the dumb $15 to check a suitcase), but we got everything except my baby blanket from when I was little which was ok because my mom will be coming out in October so she can bring it.

Needless to say, we felt so relaxed during this trip that it was so enjoyable! We felt like we got our fill of our families, and although there were tears in the end, we were happy to just be there. Besides 18 more months before we hopefully move back there!

We drink too much New Haven water!

2009-05-20T16:14:00.006-04:00

Not that this is a bad thing. We've been drinking a lot of water since we came here. In the ward here there are two main things that you can count on. Babies, and baby girls! Yes that's right, we are having a baby girl!!! We figured that we don't mind being in on the trend of things, at least we are in style!So we went in to the radiologist and Kyle thought he saw that our baby was a boy. But during the 30 minute scan, he became more and more convinced that it was a girl, and finally the radiologist announced it was a girl. The baby is measuring normally and luckily the head is right on our due date so we don't have to worry about a big head in 5 months.

So here's some pictures of us and our crib we just bought.
I just can't wait to buy all the cute pink and frilly things at the store!!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T13:54:00.003-04:00

So this year we had the pleasure of having the Easter Bunny come to our house, of course we opened all of our presents the day before Easter so on Sunday we could relax and not focus on them. We made some eggs on Saturday and got some movies, Sahara and Radio (the $5 movies at Walmart), and a big bag of twix!!

Other new things in our lives... We had to downgrade our cable this week because our intro rate expired, so we had to get just the basic package, and we didn't know what we were giving up. I'm still going through withdrawals and my whole day schedule is messed up. Well we'll mark this one up to spending more time together and saving money.

And here's another pic!!! We are now 14 weeks along and growing like ever. I think my boss is nervous that I'm farther along then I told her. But I keep reassuring her that I'm only 3 months and there is only one baby in there. But to tell the truth, I have to keep reassuring myself that I'm only 3 months along. Since I've been walking to work, I've lost 8 pounds in 1 month, and yet I keep getting bigger, nothing seems to make sense.

Cadaver Ball and Baby Bumps!

2009-03-29T13:13:00.004-04:00

So we have been busy! Kyle has been busy at school and I have been busy busy busy at work!! But in all this busy-ness Kyle's school through a Ball for us. It was last Friday Night, and I found out about it on Thursday when I was hanging out with Kyle's classmates. It was a formal, and since I knew that I wouldn't fit into any of my prom dresses, I borrowed one from my neighbor. We were the life of the party because of Kyle's dance moves, and we were really one of the few that could walk a straight line.
Which leads me to my next subject of this blog. I can't fit into any of my prom dresses because we have a baby bump going on here! And its just going to keep getting bigger and bigger until October 14th!I guess life will just get busier!

The Long Awaited Day!

2009-03-21T12:21:00.004-04:00

So as many of you know, I'm in love with Girl Scout Cookies. I remember when I was a little girl I would beg my mom to buy my friends cookies, and secretly always wanted to be a girl scout because I know they probably have stashes of these cookies hidden in their cupboards for meetings. So every year I search out someone that has connections, no matter how far, to order these cookies. So this year it was my former head teller, so I ordered them, and I swear the wait was for forever! Now with Kyle and I being in school and all, we can't afford the 20 boxes that I want to buy. So I get two, of course the samoas and the thin mints. (Everyone knows those are the best). But this year I had an extra little push to really get those cookies, I NEEDED them!!! So of course I've been praying and waiting for the day for them to arrive, YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY!!! So I went and visited my old friends and when I got home I hid them...somewhere, (just in case Kyle reads this I cannot disclose that place). Yes I know I should feel guilty for hiding them from him, after all he is going to be the father of my children and he's working so hard so I can someday stay home with them, but I do work very hard every year finding these cookies and paying for them. So they will just have to stay hidden until I feel enough sorrow and compassion to share them with him. So now when Kyle is being so good sharing the gospel and Home Teaching, I'll be enjoying my secretive snack. Don't judge.

One thing I love about Yale...

2009-02-25T15:56:00.002-05:00

FREE TRANSPORTATION!! So before we moved out here we were looking to find the cheapest apartment, and we finally settled that we'd rather live in the graduate apartments and have other students all around us. Thank Heavens!! I can go to work, either walking or riding the bus. Kyle has never had to drive to school because a bus is in front of our house every 20 minutes!! And after hours, they have a night bus that you can call and they will take you places. Our car is just sitting in the parking lot except when we need to go to walmart every 2 weeks. I love it!

And just a side note for those of you wondering, yes my new job is going great. It is different but they are keeping me busy and I'm loving learning all of it!!

Hip Answers!

2009-02-11T21:30:00.003-05:00

Alright well after months of waiting the answers are finally here! Some good some bad. So all of this is a result of a dislocated hip when I was 10 years old. So in the MRI the doctor said that I had some tearing of the lining of the cartilege on the ball of my hip. So they called it a torn labrum. Good news, the femur hasn't "died" so I don't need a full hip replacement. Bad news is that there is really nothing I can do about it, because this condition is fairly new that they don't really have a surgery to reattach the cartilege for the hip. So I'm kind of in a rut just waiting for a new surgery. Just thought I would let all you guys know the results!!! Thanks for all of your support!

Brawl on the ICE!

2009-02-07T21:52:00.010-05:00

So Makayla and I have discovered how much fun watching hockey can be! Last week we went to the Yale vs. Princeton game with our friends Matt, Nicole and Chloe. We had a blast and Yale ended up winning! We had a blast. It was fun watching Chloe having a good time. The great part was that we sat on the front row on the level of the ice just behind the goal! We had a good time banging on the glass and watching the players get checked into the wall right in front of us.

When we couldn't get into the sold out Yale vs. Harvard game last night, we walked down to the rink tonight to watch the Yale vs. Dartmouth game. Boy o' boy was it a thriller! We even sat in the same place! Yale was down 0-1 at the end of the first period. Then they scored two goals in the second and held off Dartmouth until the last 30 seconds of the third period. Dartmouth had been pretty feisty all night but Yale wouldn't take any of it. With 3o seconds left Dartmouth pulled their goalie so they could have 6 offensive players to try to tie it up. But in a frenzy, a Yale player broke free on the open net of Dartmouth and scored making it 3-1 with about 24 seconds left, then the ice went NUTS! Their were helmets, gloves, sticks and referees flying everywhere! One Dartmouth player got ejected then, then after the game at the "good game" line-up, a few more punches were thrown and another Dartmouth player got escorted from the ice by the refs! It was a great game and it happened all within feet of us, but luckily behind a wall and some thick glass. (Which almost fell over after the final goal because of all the excited fans banging on the glass!) Anyway, we had a great day! We love living so close to so many things. We just walked down the road to the game!

New Job!

2009-01-30T07:47:00.002-05:00

So just a quick update, I got a new job! As most people know I've been looking for a full-time job ever since I started my part-time job that I have now. So now I will be the Senior Teller at the Downtown New Haven branch of the same bank I worked for. So I will update you guys on my first day which is going to be February 17, 2009! Thanks to my family for their prayers!

New York City!

2009-01-29T08:48:00.000-05:00

So we've been here for almost 6 months now, and with New York city just an hour away, we thought it was time that we went and did the tourist thing. We decided that we were going to see the city one stop at a time, we are here for 2 more years so we have time. So we woke up early on Dr King day to go to Time Square and Central Park.

Well not that early, but we still look tired. So we got to Time square and we went to the swatch store. Kyle needed a new watch as a part of his "medical equipment". I suggested Walmart, but he decided that nothing short of a swatch will do. So here we were with 5 layers of clothing on in a warm store. I was just looking at watches, thinking of the possibility that maybe I'll get one, then the nice salesboys started putting the watches on my wrist. So I gave in. Here are our Valentines-Birthdays watches.

Here's a little bit of Time Square.

So once we were done with that, we decided that we should walk around Central Park.When we were in Central Park we found an ice skating rink that had a beautiful skyline of the city in the background.

And yes, I have different hats on in all the photos because I kept buying them and they became my new favorite.

While we were in Central Park we thought well since the Metropolitan is just on the other side of Central Park, we will just walk there. Well 50 blocks later...we finally got there. Plus on top of that we didn't really plan on walking so I wore snow boots, not at all walking material!! So here's our pictures!

Christmas at the Gublers

2008-12-24T11:44:00.009-05:00

So to start off our trip, we went to the Gubler's household. For those of you who don't know, Kyle has 8 brothers and sisters, and 4 nephews and 3 nieces. All of his family lives around his parents, so when we come into town, its a big deal. Kyle's nieces and nephews love him, and by chance when we got married, they started loving me. So at his house, when we would sit down and in the next 5 minutes all of the kids are sitting on top of us! So here are some fun photos of the kids and the funness of the Gubler household.

Then we went down to temple square to see the lights. Oh my how beautiful! I can't believe that some people think that our church isn't christian! We went to go and see Luke II, the Christ statue, and saw all of the lights.

Busy-ness of the holidays!

2008-12-23T13:02:00.005-05:00

We finally made it home for Christmas! The trip here was long and tiring. First, on our way down here we figured out that our flight was 2 hours later than we thought, so that gave us time to drive our friends (Peter and Shelly) to the La Guardia airport and then we headed our way to my beloved JFK...sort of. The only time I've flown in and out of JFK is on Jet Blue, which by the way the terminal is beautiful! Nice and spacious and I just love it. But come to find out the Delta terminal is crowded and junky, no outlets anywhere! Well we made it to the security line, and I, thinking that I would go through security super fast, put my license in my pocket so when I got there I wouldn't have to take it out of my purse, only problem is when your license falls out of our pocket! So once we got there, we'd been to a grocery store, taken the rental car back, gone on a train and a million different places, we figured that we'd take our chances with my Yale Student (affiliate) Id. Luckily by some small chance, the lady had some christmas spirit and let us on the plane! So we got to our terminal around 5:30 we waited and got some snacks with the small money we have just to fill us enough until we get in around 11:00 utah time. Well that didn't happen. We got on the plane around 9:30, 3 hours after we we supposed to be leaving. Delta never really said that it was weather related, they just said that it was "out of their control". So we got on the plane so excited to take off and be done with this whole experience, right? Wrong, we sat on the plane for 2 more hours. And when you have 250 people on the plane, chances are that people are going to have to go to the bathroom, people get hungry, and kids start screaming. Clastrophobic people start throwing up and getting sick. Yay the holidays right? So we finally took off around 12:30, 5 hours after our supposed time, and people were cheering. We got free eye masks, free headsets, and free blankets. I felt ok the whole time just sick to my stomach and my throat was getting sore (from all the sick people on the plane, 2 hours gives you enough time to spread your airborne diseases around the WHOLE plane). So when we finally made it to Utah 3:30 their time (5:30 ET) we were just happy to be home. Wow the busy-ness of the holidays!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

2008-12-07T07:58:00.004-05:00

So growing up in Wyoming really helped me fall in love with the snow! I remember one year it snowed 3 ft in May or something crazy like that and we had like a week of snow days. (we had to go to school on Saturdays to catch up). Anyways, moving out here and talking to some of my coworkers really discouraged me. They told me that it definitely doesn't snow here as much as it does in Utah. But anyways I was planning on no snow whatsoever! But luckily today it snowed!!! And it did last Sunday as well! Here is our beautiful Connecticut snow! There is last weeks snow fall.

And this is today's!

O Christmas Tree!

2008-11-30T07:43:00.000-05:00

Last weekend, we decided that if we were going to get a tree, we might as well do it on Saturday, besides we always decorate for Christmas as soon after Thanksgiving as possible. So we ventured out to Joseph's Tree Farm in Hamden, a town away, and they had 8 acres of trees that we could choose from. This is what we came out with.

This is us cutting the tree down! Eventually we decided on a Bulgarian Fir, which is exotic! Needless to say, I fell in love with it!

Then we came home and decorated it and had a fun time!

Thankful

2008-11-27T07:29:00.003-05:00

So as most people close to me know, I cannot sleep past 7:00 am, even on those special days that Kyle and I have off. He can sleep until around 9:00 or so, but as for me, well obviously I'm up this early blogging. But when I woke up, I started thinking of all the things I'm grateful for, and wow were there so many! I think Thanksgiving should come once a month, football and everything. I should have started this like Becca and said everything I was grateful for once a day until today, but here we go.

I'm grateful for the gospel and the knowledge it brings to my life.
I'm grateful for eternal marriage and the fact that I get to be with Kyle forever.
I'm grateful for kids and how dang cute they are.
I'm grateful for our house, and even though most of the time its messy, I still love being here.
I'm grateful for Kyle and the motivation to come to more school even after he gets his bachelors.
I'm grateful to be at Yale. Once in a while, Kyle or I realize that...wow....we are at Yale!
I'm grateful for moms, and how great they raise children.
I'm grateful for siblings to teach us the things mom doesn't ;)
I'm grateful for my job, and no matter how much I complain about it, I'm starting to love it
And I'm grateful for letting Kyle into my life. No matter how much I liked BYU and how much I wanted to go to France, the past 11 months have been way cooler than anything BYU and France could offer me.

Loving life is great, but stepping back and counting your blessings and the reasons why you love life, makes life worth loving.

SOS

2008-11-22T16:47:00.001-05:00

Help! I know you guys out there are smart people, and I'm not so computer literate, so I need help. As you can see we are stuck on this Halloween layout because every time we change our layout, it deletes all of our friend list, is there anyway to not delete that while redoing our background?

Beeca's visit!

2008-11-20T11:04:00.002-05:00

So a few weeks ago, I know I'm slow, Jacob (Kyle's brother AKA beeca) came to visit us! It was our second family visit since we've been here, but our first family visit since our stuff has been here. It was nice to have a family member here, and it made me realize that I'd been too busy to get homesick. Well now that everything is slowing down and we're making it into the end of November and December, I'm starting to get homesick.

Those of you away from your homes know what I'm talking about this time of year. I miss the snow and being around family this time of year. Growing up in Wyoming, 3 feet of snow was common from October until April. Utah has a little less, but here, I think they only get slush. That means no snowboarding on natural snow, just man made, and no snowmen! But I am feeling the cold bite of the winter coming here. Yesterday it was only 29 degrees at 5:00 pm, of course the sun had set an hour before, so that might be the reason why, but still brrrrr! Those of you from Connecticut, what is there to do in winter that might keep us busy?!

Well family, we miss you terribly and want more of you to come out here!

Halloween!

2008-11-02T13:17:00.005-05:00

Happy Halloween! I just love it when this holiday comes. It has the two best things ever - candy and dressing up! Kyle finally got talked into dressing up this year. Last year, he didn't know me as well, and now he knows that you only have to be super mature 364 days of the year. Here's a sample of funness that happens once a year!This is Kyle as Dwight K. Shrute from the Office.
Unfortunately, we have no pictures of me as a jailbird, but I'm sure you can all picture it.
Happy Holidays!

Pictures as Promised!

2008-10-25T11:38:00.002-04:00

So here are some pictures of the drive we took a week ago. The colors are just gorgeous. I only wish the pictures could do them justice. I guess some of you may have to come visit next fall to see for yourselves! It was kind of a dark cloudy day, but still beautiful. Enjoy!

Good News!

2008-10-23T11:02:00.004-04:00

So after going to the doctor everyday this week so far, and getting ready to go again in 15 minutes, I decided to think of some good news. So someone has to have good news in the midst of all this mess right? Well I'll start with my good news, I went to the doctor on Monday and they took an x-ray of my hip, and the good news is that the hip problem is totally muscular and my joints are fine. The doctor believes that it is my back so after buy a heating pad, the hip is finally feeling great! Kyle's good news is that so far he's passed all of his dreaded tests and is ready for more to come! So what is your good news?! I would love to see all the positive things that are going on in the lives of the people who mean so much to us!

Another Week (or 2) in Connecticut!

2008-10-17T21:09:00.002-04:00

So here we are in the beauty of the fall, so Kyle and I decided to drive around a bit to see the beautiful fall colors. So this post was originally meant for those pictures, sorry mom, but I left our camera out in the car, and my wheelchair (office chair) won't go down the stairs, and the car is way far away since they are redoing our parking lot. So this is just an update.

So we are busily going faster and faster into the school year. Kyle is doing wonderfully in all of his classes, and he got 100% on his anatomy written test yesterday!! I knew he must be smart, of course he got into Yale and now is kicking some Yale butt! So we are all proud of him and he's studying like crazy. That's pretty much all he does, study. But he found a really great study partner that they get along great and they are an awesome family.

I am of course just working away. I'm not sure how long I'll be working a ton if my bum hip keeps acting up. Seems like its getting worse, but I have a doctors appointment on Thursday, we'll just see if I can last that long. But other than that, I'm keeping busy on sewing and craft projects.

Tomorrow, after work, we are going to Lyman's orchard to pick apples and pumpkins, so we'll definately take our camera there and post those pictures as well. Well we love you all and thanks for checking up on us!

And Life Goes On...

2008-09-30T22:38:00.002-04:00

So we've been here for almost 2 months now! Wow. We still aren't moved in completely yet, but we're slowly working on it. That's our "Family Home Evening" every monday. I think Kyle is expecting to come home one day and see everything unpacked and this wonderful home he has, but after my bum hip acted up, my suprises are limited. However this week we got most of the office moved in, I think that we are focusing on that, because after 8 months in our last apartment, it still wasn't moved in. Next up is our bedroom which suprisingly got pushed back to the end of the list, mainly because no one besides Kyle and I see that room. But that's our progress so far. I'm still busy as ever at work. Today was d-day because we had a system conversion, (for you friends at DFCU, theirs isn't as bad as ours was, sorry) and of course they put the "new girl" on the drive-up so if people get mad at the long line of cars, I can just explain how slow I am because I'm new right?? Life is different here, coming from a world of sheltered life to people asking me how I can share my husband with other wives (usually a sarcastic remark comes from me at this point) is so hard. But it does have its advantages. People at my work really stick up for me, especially they know I don't drink or have coffee, and I can't really say that they are curious, but they are noticing I'm different. Kyle I know is having fun at school, and suprisingly he has more days off than the whole 'scary' program led us to believe. Almost enough where I want to quit my job and hang out with him all day, but this way I'm at work til 6 and he can study all day long. (lucky!) He comes home everyday telling me cool things he learns. Half the stuff he has to show me because I don't know medical things like him, but its cool to see him so excited about seeing a pacemaker and his curiousity of human life and everything! His teachers are very impressed by him and I"m so proud that he's going for what he wants to do in life.

This weekend was a blast. We decided 3 weeks ago that we needed some time to go and think at the temple. So we set last saturday to be the day to go after I work (again). So of course we were in the midst of Hurricane Kyle all weekend (Kyle has been thrilled this year because he was going to get a stormed named after him) so it was a complete downpour, but still makes life interesting. So we headed out and the temple was closing at 3, so we had to hurry. We made it about 20 minutes before the session and in the locker room I heard one of my friend's voices, so that was fun, out of the 7 people there, 4 of them were from our ward. But after that we found somewhere to eat, and I decided that my body wanted Queso from Chili's!! So we ended up there which was good and we checked into our $60 motel, which suprisingly was not bad for that price. And sunday was a day I needed. We met my sister in Boston, her getaway before she has another baby, and we partied. Kinda, we went to church and walked all around the city catching up on things. But sadly we had to leave halfway through the day because Kyle had an appointment, but still good to see family.

Well that's the latest in our lives. Just waiting to get to the doctor about my bum hip so I can walk again! For now I'll just sit in my nice office chair I just bought and roll around the house ;)

The Last Day of Purgatory!!

2008-09-09T17:24:00.002-04:00

Yes it is true, we're getting our things tomorrow! The movers called today around 4:00 pm and said that it would be here tomorrow morning but they wouldn't give us a specific time. So granted, the one day that they come we are short staffed at work and I can't take tomorrow off, and it's the first day that I work until 6:00 pm instead of getting off at 3:00. So I called my work to see what I could arrange, and the nicest lady is covering my shift for me! So I'm getting off at 3:00, which is still a problem because they are coming in the morning. So I remembered in the contract they have to call us at least 24 hours in advance, so we called them back and they were conning us saying "well since you've been so patient and such great customers, the latest I can come is is 4 or 4:15". Yeah they are so like that, but don't worry we will have Yale Security Police here and at least 2 other guys from the ward here. So we'll have plenty of witnesses and they won't con us into anything. So everything is worked out and hopefully everything will go smoothly. Thank you everyone for your support and prayers. And we'll post again soon when we're settled and let you know how it went.

Dead Car and HAZMAT

2008-09-05T18:13:00.003-04:00

After 5 hours of studying today, I think I'll update our blog since Makayla is still at work. This week has been a fun one as I have now made it through the first week of classes. We wanted to share a couple experiences from this week.

On Monday we had a Labor Day barbecue with my class and we were on our way to it and stopped at Walmart to get some chips. We were in there for maybe 10 minutes, came out and our car battery was completely dead. I knew this would be coming sometime soon because it was the original battery (6 years) and I have also been noticing slower start times, so I was pretty sure what it was. We asked a security guard who was patrolling the lot if he would help us jump it. Then we drove to the party and turned off the car and tried to start it and it was still completely dead. After another jump and $87 later, we again have a working car! We had a barbecue later that evening with our neighbors as well.

On Tuesday night there was sort of kickoff party for the School of Medicine so Makayla and I went to that. (who can resist free food!) It was in an outside courtyard behind a builing and the fire alarm went off, so we had to go back through the building and out the front entrance. I guess it was a chemical spill of some sort and there were fire trucks and ambulances, so it must have been a bit serious.

Thursday I got fed breakfast and a way nice lunch again by the School of Medicine, so its been pretty nice. I love Yale and any activities that we have with the med students!

I'm just trying to get a regular study schedule down so I can get into a rythm and it's been a pretty good week. Next week will be a better indication. I could go on forever but I guess that's enough for now! Oh, one more thing, there was a representative from the Disabilities office talking to our program about study skills and she mention that the PA program was probably the most difficult program at the univerisity! That made me feel better! Later!

Orientation Week!

2008-08-29T13:44:00.009-04:00

It has been almost a week since we posted. Last Saturday Makayla and I made some lunch and went up to the look out at East Rock Summit park and had a picnic and played some frisby. It was a fun afternoon and it was good to get out and do something. It was a beautiful day. That night we decided to kick off our last day of freedom before school starts by going out to dinner. We went to a Thai restaurant called Thai Taste. It was delicious and actually not very expensive :) We were glad for that! Then we went over to the home of Clay and Jessica Shorter, one of our neighbor families and played the Wii with them. It was a fun evening and a great day that helped to get our mind off of things.

On Sunday we got the wonderful opportunity of substituting for the 5-year-old primary class! Let's just say that it was an experience we will remember! There were like 10 of these little sweet spirits! Good times! nuff said!

Makayla has worked every day this week and is doing an awesome job. She is a hard worker and I have been so impressed by her willingness to support me in my goals. I am so grateful that we found each other. She is so wonderful and means the world to me. I can't imagine life without her. I must be the luckiest man in the whole world to have such a beautiful companion!

She is enjoying her new job and is getting along well with her co-workers. Her boss even offered to loan us a TV!

My orientation started this week. All in all it was a good week and it was nice to finally meet my classmates and figure out who we'd be stuck in classes with for the next year. It seems like a pretty good group. Some of the highlights of the week I'll just quickly mention were: Welcome, PA program reception with the Dean of the School of Medicine, various presentations by computer support, Yale Health Plan, Security, disability insurance, a PA panel discussion and Q&A period, meeting our donor for anatomy (we do a full body dissection), and a ropes course yesterday. This was just a bunch of team building games and excercises out in the woods. It was pretty fun.

One thing I'll say about the PA reception was that Makayla was talking to a man for about 15 minutes and he was asking her all kinds of questions about her life such as if she'll be going to school, about her job she got and where she was from and really seemed to have a genuine interest in her life. After he walked away I asked if she knew who he was, she said, "No." So I told her she was just talking with the Deputy Dean for Education for the Yale School of Medicine. She was pretty impressed and excited that he was interested in her life and well-being. I am happy about that too. The faculty here is just amazing and are willing to help with anything they possibly can. The Dean of the PA program offered to let us borrow some of her cooking things or whatever we need while we are waiting for our things to come. She even said she would write Makayla a letter for school or work or anything that she needs. She also made sure we were able to find our meeting house for church on Sunday! What a wonderful person she is! Her name is Mary Warner.

This is a really great program and I am excited to get started into the course work on Monday, although I am a little nervous. But with the great support from the faculty and Makayla, I know I'll be able to get through it. I didn't have any school business today so I am at home and Makayla is at work so I thought I'd give y'all an update on what's been going on. We hope everyone is doing well and that school is going well for those who have started again! We love you all!

The Lookout

2008-08-23T07:43:00.004-04:00

So Kyle and I decided to do something fun yesterday, well more blogworthy than fun. So I hurried to get done with work so I could come home and hang out with Kyle. So once I got home he was ancy to go and do something. I don't blame him, he's been so good sitting in this house for 2 weeks straight. So we've heard about this drive that is just up this little hill behind our house. So after wandering around a while, we finally found what everyone was talking about. Really its a beautiful drive, trees everywhere, and looking out over the city and New Haven Harbor. There's this really cool war memorial statue upon the top of it. You guys should come visit us and we'll find some places to take you! We stayed up there for a little while and then went to Wal-mart, which we are sick of going there for all the little things, and bought some playing cards, a lamp to light our house, a frame to put our puzzle in, and a shirt for Kyle's first day of school. We've pretty much given up on our things coming all together. Broken promises and things are a little disheartening. Now that no one is even answering the company's phone, we have become discouraged. So we've been trying to do things to keep our minds off of it. Enjoy the photos!

We've Survived 2 Weeks!

2008-08-20T10:36:00.003-04:00

Well, Makayla and I have been in New Haven for almost two weeks now and we're still alive! I decided to update our blog while Makayla is at work and I'm still free. So we finally posted a run-down of our trip to Hawaii, its a couple posts down to keep somewhat of a chronological order to this, so scroll down and check it out.

Well, we still aren't sure when our things are coming. We called the movers on monday and they said they would be leaving Las Vegas with our things on Monday or Tuesday and it should be here by this weekend! But they also told us they would call as soon as they leave and we haven't heard anything yet so I guess we'll try calling them back again today. We just hope it comes this weekend because my orientation starts on Monday and there is a dress code for orientation and all the clothes I have for that aren't here yet. I don't think they'll like me wearing shorts and a T-shirt! Oh, well.

Makayla is almost finished with her second week of training at her new job as a teller at New Alliance Bank! I think she'll be glad to finish up her training. She will be working part time but with the option to work extra hours if she needs to. She also is wanting to take a few classes to get her associates degree while we're out here so she has been looking into an accounting program at one of the community colleges out here. Her employer offers tuition assistance so why not? She hopes to then transfer to a university to finish up her bachelors degree when we come back home.

We have awesome neighbors and friends here in our apartment complex so that has been nice. They have helped us a lot with things that we need while we're waiting for our things to arrive. Even last night, one of the couples in the ward who lives in our apartment complex, Geoff and Emily, invited us over to chat and watch some of the olympics because they know we have been watching them on our computer. The computer is fine, but it's usually at least a day or two old, so not as exciting. Anyways, it was nice of them to have us over. Our neighbors across the hall, Brady and Whitney Pope have been awesome. They have loaned us a ton of stuff and made us breakfast one morning. They have been life savers. So we made them dinner and brownies the other day.

Every Sunday, I think mainly in the Summer, the members of our ward who live in Whitehall (our apartment complex) get together in the courtyard for a barbeque. It is really neat to visit with each other and get to know them. We have really enjoyed that.

It's hard to get settled into a new apartment when you don't have anything to settle in. We were able to pick up some living room furniture from craig's list so that has helped. We're just glad we brought our air matress in the car with us, although I can't wait for our bed to come! Our apartment is actually a lot better than we had expected. It is plenty roomy and in pretty good shape and in a good location. The laundry room is right below our apartment in the basement so that is really nice.

We've been trying to find things to do in the area before school starts. Last week we just worked on a puzzle all week, which was a fun thing to do together. Then on Saturday we went to the park and saw Shakespeare's Hamlet, put on by a local theatre group. They call it Shakespeare int the Park. We went with the Popes and sat on a blanket on the grass. It was pretty cool and a lot of fun. We are going to try to go see The Matchmaker next week for family home evening. We'll take some lawn chairs this time if our stuff comes!

Well, I am supposed to be studying medical terminology before classes start, so I guess I'd better wrap this up. As we get settled in we are going to try to keep this updated better and post more often so our posts aren't so long! Anyways, we're doing okay and we hope everyone is enjoying what's left of your summer!

We're finally here!

2008-08-10T16:38:00.002-04:00

Well we all made it to Yale ok! Well.... Kyle and I did, we're not sure when our things will be here but we're here and we have enough to get us through. The first day we were lucky to have my Dad, Cindy, Korahle, and Casey to be coming with us. They drove all the way to Cheyenne with us, and then headed down south to go pick up a Harley! We ended the first night in North Platte, NE. We really didn't feel like we accomplished much, but I think that that's the farthest we drove of all the days. The second day we drove by ourselves to Princeton, IL. That was a blessing because my mom got us a nice hotel room for a senior citizen discount, either that or the girl was on something because my mom didn't recall getting it for that cheap. We didn't care! But we did notice on the side of our car was a small dent and a really funny thing happened. I was driving down the road, trying to give Kyle a break and a coyote ran out of nowhere and hit US! It ran into the side of us! The dent isn't big enough to report to the insurance company, but it does have a good story behind it. So the third day we were driving and we stopped and the college football hall of fame in South Bend, IN. We were there for a couple hours and once we got on the road we realized we weren't going to make it to our goal town tonight so we were looking at the map deciding if we wanted to stop at 9:00 or at 10:00 that night. We originally said every night at 9:00 we would make sure we are stopped, but something keep telling me to go a little further that night, and this is one of the rare times I listen to my gut! So we drove until late that night and pulled up to the "Traveler's Delite" hotel that we were planning on staying at, luckily we didn't give them a reservation, because when we got there it was a bar with three rooms on the back of it. So for $20 more, we stayed at the Comfort Inn which was a really nice hotel and the lady there gave us a discount as well. Well following my gut paid off, because as we started driving, Banks that I applied to months ago started calling me. New Alliance bank called me and set up an interview for Monday and Bank of America set up a phone interview for Friday. So I was getting really excited because the things I've been worrying about for the last couple months were getting close and I almost had a job. However, New Alliance Bank called back about 15 minutes later asking if I could possibly come in today, because if they would offer me the position, I would be starting on Monday! So Kyle stepped on the gas and we didn't stop the whole day. We got to New Haven and picked up our apartment key and went straight to my interview. Everything went well and thankfully my mom gave me some clothes before I left that had some slacks in there. So I had some clothes to look good and then they were doing some research on me and kept calling me on Friday, then they offered me the job! So I actually have a job where I can bring in some income, and take one class at Yale! Well audit one class, I get to sit in on it, but I don't get credit, just a good way to keep up my French. So I'll be working 27 hours a week and because they feel bad for me because I'm putting Kyle through school, they will let me work as much as I can and after six months, they will promote me either to a full time teller or work out on the floor oopening new accounts and doing loans! Well that's what's new in our life!

Tagging

2008-07-19T00:39:00.002-04:00

HAWAII!!!

2008-07-17T11:51:00.016-04:00

So once Kyle and I were done with our 9-5 jobs, we decided to have a little fun! You see, Kyle's friends, Tyler and Janna West and their new baby Lilia, are stationed for the Airforce in O'ahu, Hawaii, so we thought we would be so kind to come and see them. It was really the least we could do. So once we got there, it was about midnight Mountain time so we were really tired and went to sleep and woke up quite early that next day. We were very privileged on this trip because since Tyler is in the Military, we got to make it to all of the cool things that most tourists don't get to see. Our first day we got to take a special Naval tour of Pearl Harbor. We got to see the Arizona Memorial, which we learned so much about. There are 7 holes on each of the sides of this memorial, and also on the top representing the 21 gun salute. And the curvature of it represents initial defeat, and the higher sides represents the overall victory. We were also able to see the USS Utah Memorial which is closed to public access because the island it is on (Ford Island) is an active Navy Base so its the "Forgotten Memorial".

After this wonderful excitement, we went to the Swap Meet, which is pretty much a huge Flee Market. We got all of our souvenirs here because everything is so cheap. We then went out to dinner at Hale'iwa Joe's. Which is a very nice restaurant. And just an FYI, Hale'iwa is a huge surfing town in O'ahu, which is the same hometown that Jack Johnson is from!

The second day was a little more relaxing. We went on a hike to Manoa Falls, which the Hawaiian name for this means "trickling water", and then we went on a drive with our hosts around the South Shore of O'ahu. We went to a cool little beach park and bbq-ed dinner and went boogie boarding. The third day we were a little more adventurous. We got up around 4:30 and hiked the 'Stairway to Heaven'. Its 3,922 steps to the top that was originally built for the military satellite. In the beginning they had like a wooden ladder, which would be freaky. But then they replaced those with a wooden staircase, which you can see parts of off the side of the trail you are on now. But now they have these steel steps that are so sturdy, but still a little scary since the staircase is on a ridge with drop offs on both sides. But still its very cool. We went with Tyler and his friend. Now we woke up that early because technically its trespassing hiking these stairs. They put a Rent-a-cop out there to turn people away. Normally they don't cite you, but they can. Once we got down to the bottom, the guard was talking to us, and come to find out, he hiked these stairs a week before on his day off. Well once we were done with that we went home and slept, my legs were shaking so much that all I could do is lay down. But after that we did go snorkeling and saw the prettiest fish ever! We had dinner on the beach and watched the sunset. The fourth day we decided that we would go surfing, since we were in Hawaii we might as well right? So we had really good teachers, Janna and Tyler. Of course Janna couldn't come out there with us, but she coached us from the shore. So we paddled out there and figured out that surfing takes patience. Its not like snowboarding where you can go whenever you want, you have to wait for a good wave and hopefully it will be strong enough to take you far enough to work up the courage to stand up. A couple times we would catch a wave and wait a while to stand up, and by then the wave would die out. So it ended up that we were kind of boogie boarding on surf boards. But all in all we had fun. I quit when a guy accidentally ran over me with his surfboard, and Kyle had to stay out there until he caught a good wave, because he loves to end things on a good note. So we came in and Tyler wanted to go and catch some good waves. We then went home and rested.

The fifth day was Sunday so we went to church which we got to experience how great and different church is than it is in Utah. I loved going there. Kyle was also able to help Tyler bless their new baby. We then went for a drive to Punchbowl Cemetery. This is where thousands of soldiers are buried. This was a cool experience. The sixth day we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center which was so cool. Its hard to describe but we got to experience 6 different cultures of the Polynesians. Our very favorite was the Samoan culture. Not that the others weren't fun, this is just where we stayed the longest and they had the funniest shows. But we went to get some shaved ice between going to all the villages and the night show. The Luau was sold out so we had to find dinner on our own. So we first went to Mossumoto's for shaved ice then to a Thai place right next to it. We normally wouldn't eat dessert before dinner if it was up to Kyle, but the dessert place closed before the dinner place. We then went to the night show and that was so cool seeing all the different cultures preform for us. We also got to see the Hawaiian Laie Temple, we didn't have the opportunity to go do work there but we got to drive around it. The seventh day, our last day there, we went Kayaking in the ocean. This was really fun, hard, but fun! We kayaked out to an island and back. This was pretty much the only day where I got really burned. We put sunscreen on before we went, then put it on again before we came back from the island. However one -just one- of my legs got fried. So either the sun just really likes that leg, or we forgot to put it on that leg, it's all a mystery really. But we got to come back to Tyler and Janna's house and eat an awesome dinner before we had to catch our plane ride home. It was a great trip and fun to see our friends again. We had a blast! Check out our pictures!

Yellowstone...2 months later

2008-07-16T22:04:00.010-04:00

So I know that I never update my blog, but now that I'm out of work and school, and really have nothing to do...I think that I'll be updating it a little more. So back in May we went to Yellowstone for a little trip away. I honestly don't remember all the details of this trip, but I hope that some of the pictures will paint a picture in your head. Enjoy!

Needless to say, we saw a lot of Bears and Snow. We did see some Buffalo, but who knows where those pictures are. Sorry for all the vague info! We've included our complete Yellowstone Slide show here for your enjoyment!

An American President?

2008-06-16T16:43:00.003-04:00

So recently I've been really curious about the two men running for our national President. I did research on Obama, went to his website and to his "former" church website. There were some things that disturbed me. I like the guy, and those of you that are going to vote for him, don't take offence, but this is just me publishing my thoughts. The first thing that bothers me is how he puts emphasis on the racial aspect of it, how he's going to be the first "African-American" President. Growing up, I grew up in Wyoming, I've learned that either you are American or you're not. I don't get the in between stuff, and I think that if Obama wants to truly represent our country, he needs to consider himself an American. I understand that he is proud of his ancestral descent, but those ties were broken a long time ago and he should represent everyone in our country. I've also looked into his religion. Really what I got from it was it was the black version of the KKK. It was a very black sight. Pro-black, some anti-white. This is straight copied from the website, "Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization." So if Obama remains true to the native land, what does he remain to us?