Boston Trip!

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!!