More Thanksgiving Photos

I made my first turkey ever and it actually turned out really well. I was pleasantly surprised!

Happy Thanksgiving

I hosted my first Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday.  We had my sister Allison and her husband Curt over as well as Lance's sister Becky, her husband Kevin, and 2 kids Aedan and Keva.  It was so nice to spend the afternoon with family.  I've decided that Thanksgiving is probably the best holiday of all because the main focus is being with family (and eating yummy food).  Living away from family for the first time I realize how much I miss being with family on special occasions!  I am excited to go home next weekend!

More Craigslist Confessions

This was my latest craigslist find! I got it for $50!!

Belly Status

It's been a while since I updated the status of my growing belly. Here I am at almost 29 weeks (just over 11 weeks to go!)

Musical Furniture

So, being unemployed for such a long time gave me way too much time to shop on craigslist. Since we moved to Denver at the end of June we have had 3 different couches. Yes, three. We started off with Lance's $75 D.I. couch (which I absolutely loved), but the place looked empty without another chair. I put my craigslist skills to work and found a really nice Pottery Barn oversized chair for really cheap. When I purchased them I noticed the seller had a matching couch (a sleeper sofa). They looked so cute, and with a sleeper we could have houseguests. I told her that when she was ready to sell, that I would buy it. A few months went by and I got a call from the seller, so I bought the sleeper (the green couch). I had to sell our D.I. couch right away because we had 2 couches in our little living room. I was able to sell it for more than double what Lance paid and had matching furniture! After washing the couch and chair slipcovers ONCE I realized how unforgiving it was. I decided that it would never hold up to the 'accidents' of a new baby, so I put the set up for sale not more than a few weeks after buying the couch (I'll never hear the end of this from Lance). I was able to sell the pair for more than double what we paid for them and used the money I made to buy a VERY nice brown leather couch that I LOVE. I found an awesome bargain and actually paid less for the leather couch than I sold the Pottery Barn furniture for...SCORE! Lance isn't too upset now that we have a WAY nicer couch and I think we paid ~$300 out of pocket for it!

Family Outing

So, we had our first 'family' bike ride today. Lance took the day off today and was nice enough to fix the 2 flat tires I got on my last ride (almost 2 months ago...). I had the itch to ride REALLY bad since it has been in the mid-70's for the past few days and we got over a foot of snow last week. I'm sure Lance needed to get out too. Junior probably wants to get out too, but now's not the time :) It's hilarious how much slower and more tired I am now...I'm lucky to average 11 or 12 mph on flats, but I've got almost 6 months of pregnancy (and nausea) to blame I guess. I look deceptively normal in the front shot, but the side shot tells a whole other story. It's nothing a little low-riding your shorts and sporting a men's jersey won't fix!

Little Lance, Jr.

Here's little Lance, Jr. He wasn't shy for the camera at all. I actually asked if it was a boy before the ultrasound tech had a chance to tell us. Let's just hope he grows out of that phase. He is an active little guy, I feel like he's kick-boxing in my belly sometimes. As far as we know, he is on schedule to join our family in mid-February. Now we just have to figure out what to call him!

Welcome to the world of blogging

So now that there's a baby on the way and we don't really live near family, it's probably time I bit the bullet and started blogging.  In a few months there will be much more interesting things to talk about and a cute little boy to look at.  So, bear with me for the next little while until it actually gets interesting.

To fill you all in, the last 4 months have been...interesting...to say the least.  We moved to Denver at the end of June (about a week or two after I found out I was pregnant) and the morning sickness decided to make its full-force debut on the day we were supposed to drive our moving truck out here.  Lance had the privilege of unpacking pretty much everything over the next few weeks while I stayed in bed trying not to throw up.  Thanks for the morning sickness genes, Mom.  Even though I still feel nauseated EVERY day (at 25 weeks), it has been at least 3 weeks since I worshiped the porcelain gods, if you know what I mean.  At least I feel pretty confident it will all be worth it.  I love feeling him wiggle around inside of me!

Lance spends all of his days and the hospitals (and every 3rd Saturday and Sunday), and all of his nights working on various assigned projects at home.  He is VERY busy with his residency, but has decided he wants to do a specialty residency next year in solid organ transplant (which will hopefully bring us back to Salt Lake City).

I spent the last 4 months looking for a job as a retail pharmacist (jobs were a dime a dozen in Salt Lake City 2 years ago).  I got a job with Albertson's only to be laid off due to store closures after my 1 week of training.  I never actually got to work in a store.  I have been picking up random shifts with a temp agency recently and have finally found a part-time job with Target and start training on Monday.

Highlights of our time here in Denver include mainly time spent with family.  My mom has been out to visit twice now (and is coming out again on Sunday); my sister Anna and her family came out during Conference weekend; and we drove to Vail to visit Lance's sister Becky and her family.

Taya and Kohl during October General Conference

Becky, Kevin, Aedan, and Keva at the Pumpkin Festival