Can I please vent?

Our lives have been in a horrible and boring rut lately. I am 13 weeks along and have been so so sick this whole time. I spend everyday in bed. I have only been to work a few times in the past 2 months. I know those of you I talk to a lot are probably sick of hearing me complain, but I'm going to use this as another opportunity to express my frustrations. Do you know how depressing it is to spend everyday in bed?? The thing is, I don't even want to try to get up and out because I feel so crappy. I just can't keep anything down. I've tried everything and still have no relief from this sickness. I have been to the doctor twice now. The last time we went we got to hear the heartbeat which was so cool! It's a good reminder that this suffering actually is for a good reason. My doctor is a very nice man, but is another source of my frustration. He told me I need to stop losing weight, gain a few pounds by the next time I see him and said I am dehydrated and need more fluid. Well duh! I know this! Believe me, I eat and eat and drink but nothing stays in me. The medication I have been taking hasn't helped my nausea but he has no suggestions or helpful advice for me. Today I decided to switch doctors. I just think I would prefer an OB doctor instead of just a family doctor (which is what he is). When I told the new office that I was switching they acted strange and said they would call me back. ?? Is this some sort of "no-no" I don't know about? I'm still awaiting the call and hope I'll be able to switch. Well, thank you for any of you who actually read all my whining. I'm going to try and be more positive... 

Baby on the Way!

We are excited to announce our first baby is on the way!! We couldn't be happier about this. The baby should be born at the end on July next year. Unfortunately, I have been really sick with 24/7 nausea, vomiting, and being extremely tired. I have lost weight since I haven't been able to eat much and my doctor said I am dehydrated and that is what is causing me to feel dizzy and lightheaded. I've had to take time off of work and am trying hard to get myself rehydrated and trying lots of tricks to help the nausea. I had my first doctor appointment yesterday and we got to see our little baby on the ultrasound. It was exciting, we saw the little heart beating away and could make out the head and arms. (It wasn't great quality, and the picture they gave us looks like a blob with no identifiable parts, but we love our little blob!) We hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas!!

Quarter Century and Random Updates

Happy Birthday Zach! Today was Zach's 25th birthday!! We're getting old! He really is the best husband ever. We had a fun filled day planned but unfortunately I was in bed sick all day so we weren't able to do anything. He even had to get his own meals. I felt so bad, but hopefully we'll be able to do the birthday funtivities later this week. 

Last week we went to see The Forgotten Carols. It was both Zach and my first time seeing it and we really loved it. Yes, the acting was cheesey but the music is amazing! And it was a great outing to help get us in the Christmas mood. 

Also, we had these pictures from way back at the beginning of November from Robert's birthday party. We didn't have the camera out for the real candles so this picture is a re-do. We love you Robert!

Park City Anniversary

Last month was our anniversary. We went to Park city for a couple of days and had a great time shopping at the outlets, walking around main street, and hanging out in our slightly ghetto hotel room. 

We brought our frozen wedding cake along and let's just say it tasted like it had spent a year in the freezer in the garage. (Oh that's right, it had.)

One Year Anniversary!! Whoot-woo!

Wow! We can't believe it's been a year since we were married. It's definitely been an amazing year with lots of change, stress, but mostly full of great times and happy memories. I've been thinking about everything that we've gone through this year. We started out in a tini-tiny duplex that was freezing all the time and smelled like cigarette smoke from our crazy neighbor. Since our first place we have moved three times! Zach has had two different jobs this year, we have taken a bunch of fun trips and have loved having so much time together. We are heading out tomorrow to Park City for a couple days to celebrate. Yay!! 

We saved the top of our wedding cake and will be celebrating with a piece of it tomorrow... Zach is a little scared to eat it. It will probably taste stale and like freezer-burn but we have to have at least a bite, right?

I'm glad I finally have an excuse to post some of our wedding pictures :)

This is our first dance. We put on smiles, but Zach was whispering in my ear "Your friends are being SO loud!" Ha, it was still fun.

New Template

The last time I was at my family's house I got on the computer and saw that our background didn't show up on their computer. It was supposed to be a red background with a baby blue swirly tree. I'm so sad that some of you weren't able to see it so I decided to just do a new one. Please let me know if you can't see it.

Vandals, Voting, and VVVery Cute Pumpkins!

So the other day Zach and I went on a little hike/jog through the canyon that's just next to the state capitol. We parked across the street and got a good workout while enjoying the fall colors. We got back to the car and the drivers window of our car was shattered and our GPS was stolen. How rude!! We couldn't believe it. We had parked on a busy street in the middle of the day! Luckily whoever did it did a smash and grab job. If they had taken time to look they would have found my purse, Zach's wallet, both our cell phones and an ipod. We were so glad that it was only the GPS we lost and not everything else. We had to buy a new window and are now back to using our brains to get around instead of our GPS. But we have definitely learned our lesson- we'll never leave things in the car again!
Today we went and voted. We had to stand in line for an hour (which we thought wouldn't happen since we were voting early) but our civic duty is done. Afterward we bought pumpkins and carved them. Below is a display of our amazing carving talents :)