6 Year Anniversary @ 24 Weeks

The years are quickly going by! 

July 8, 2006 we got married...

I can't believe we are having a baby this year. What a blessing we have 

been looking forward to since that day!!! 

We decided to celebrate this year by doing fun things in Austin over 

our anniversary weekend!

We haven't had a chance to go around and do stuff so it was really fun.

Saturday we went kayaking-loved it:

Then we went shopping on SoCo (South Congress St)

for some cowboy boots for rotations for Jordan...we found a few other 

things along the way;)

these items were from a vintage shop & totally random, haha!

Yay! His 1st pair of boots, and super comfy for being on his

feet all day in the hospital.

lookin good....(this was taken after his first day on surgery)

Going out for our anniversary dinner, (we went out Saturday night since 

he had to work Monday morning) Jordan surprised me 

with this super romantic restaurant!

Inside the restaurant: 

 

yummy yummy food!!

 

Outside when we were leaving, and stuffed!

Sunday, our actual anniversary, we just chilled at home;)

24 weeks!!

 

Sunday night I made bumble-berry cobbler, we had some italian food and

sparkling cider while we watched a movie;)

I'm so blessed to be married to this man, a man I've known over

15 years. We are beyond best friends, and I admire & respect him so much. 

The past year of our marriage was the hardest one we have ever gone through,

and we are overwhelmingly blessed to start this new year together as parents

 and start this new chapter of our relationship. 

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Earlier that week, was July 4th. I didn't want to do a separate post for that,

so I just wanted to tag it on here;)

We laid low for July 4th. Jordan is in his surgery rotation,

so he has to go to bed at 8:30 every night and gets up about 4:00am.

That being said, we decided to go to our friends, the Lord's house 

for dinner, and then we went home to bed! No fireworks this year!

I don't know why we were all passing around this gun taking pictures.

lol.

there it is again! haha.

Josh was our grill man for the night. 

They were great hostesses at their cute house!

Oh ya, Zeus got to quit wearing his cone this week!!

He was happy to throw it away;)

He was also happy to finally get groomed. haha. He's so cute.

Oh ya, and:

24 WEEKS:

Photos of the belly

(and Jordan..)

 

3rd Trimester is almost here!!!

this is what happened...

As some of you might know, I sprained my ankle, (YET AGAIN!) a few weeks ago....yes, that's right, I had an incident. It is very frustrating b/c at the time it was exactly 6 weeks until Kelsey's wedding and our vacation to Riviera Maya!!! Thankfully, that was all the time I needed according to the doctor.

So this is what happened...

First, this is the saboteur. A ratchet from one of Jordan's moving straps that resides in the 

bed of his truck. 

I thought I would be a really nice wife and go to get his truck washed on a Thursday afternoon. I get up to the car wash and they ask me to take the straps out of the back. I step on the wheel and hop on in the back to grab these out real quick (there are like 3 or 4). I throw them over the side and check to make sure for other stuff and then decide I'm going to jump out the same way I got in (he has rail bars you can grab on to). So I grabbed on and jumped over the side...well, mid air, I realized... I'm probably jumping right in the spot where the straps are...and sure enough I look down and see that huge ratchet. It was too late. I landed right on it with my outside (left) ankle, and snap! Tore a ligament. Fun times, let me tell you. It hurt soo bad....but I am very thankful that it was my left ankle and not my right one (so I could drive home)!

It immediately swells up:

Isn't that lovely? And continued to do so the rest of the evening, and of course I iced it and elevated it all night. I decided to get an appointment the very next day (thank you zocdoc.com!) at an orthopedic office b/c I needed to know if it was broken, or torn, or whatever, I just needed help walking! And, to my dismay, I did tear the ligaments on my ankle in some choice spots. Awesome. But, thankfully, he doesn't make you wear those clunky 'boots' that you usually have to wear (that I have had a few times in the past), now he only uses the nice, and ever so stylish, black braces:

I got my ace bandage and brace and was ready to go! He said this brace does the exact same thing as the big boot, but just adds more support, and less discomfort. Plus you can wear tennis shoes with this and keep your hips aligned better (b/c those boots make you off balanced) so I was thankful!

I didn't take any more pictures of my ankle b/c once the bruising started to show it was pretty nasty. I am now coming on my 4th week with the brace, and its still swollen, but feeling better. I think I will be ok for the wedding/vacation, or at least I like to hope so!=)

Anyway, I was in Dallas the weekend before that, and it was a lot of fun! I went by myself (jordan had to study) so it was nice to be with just my family. We are here at the harbor for Jennifer's Birthday! My mom took the picture on the right...and the one on the left is just something funny we did to see what I would look like with brown hair...ha! 

you decide!!! Although, I think the blonde looks better, but I may be biased...

This is Jordan and I on our 5 year anniversary (July 8th), I don't think I posted this earlier. We went to eat together and then went out for some fro yo! (no that is not a hat, its a sign on the window...)

and last but not least-this is us at Murdochs. If you ever come to Galveston, this is a neat little place to visit! They have an outdoor patio bar/snack place where you can sit and eat/drink while you enjoy the ocean! Plus they have a huge souvenir shop that had some pretty interesting stuff inside.

 It's worth a look-through=)

thanks for reading.

lately..

//I have been debating whether to go back and re-blog everything that has happened...I think I decided just to sort of 'move forward' and if I have time to go back and re-blog things that have happened I might like to put on here, but just don't hold your breath//

Summer is going by way too fast! I cannot believe it is almost August. I am very much enjoying having my husband here this summer, as opposed to last summer when he was gone at Officer Training for the AF. (I wish I would have had my business back then so I wasn't so bored!)Ha. However, Medical Students do not get a summer break=( So after Jordan's 8 week research rotation he went straight into his 1st day of Year 2 that following Monday..boo! 

Speaking of Medical School, Year 2 is the HARDEST and WORST year of medical school, or so, everyone will tell you. But it's nice knowing that going in b/c you can prepare for it. Why is it so horrible? 

Well, just the fact that they are still 'studying' books (and not really seeing patients yet) makes it difficult, and obviously the classes are getting harder...but the main reason is the dreaded STEP 1 USMLE exam that happens in June. That is the 1st and hardest Board Examination Test they will take on their road to becoming an MD. Their are 3 STEP tests, the 2nd and 3rd ones are 'not as hard' so they say. The stress for this test starts in, well, lets just say day 1 of year 2, however, it doesn't really get bad until about January....so bring it on 2012!!!! After that its smooth sailing. Years 3 and 4 of medical school are the more 'fun' years where you do rations and no more lectures...I think.=) 

I am looking forward to meeting all the 'newbie' medical student wives. I have not forgotten what it feels like to be living in a strange place and not knowing anybody! I am also hoping that this year, since I will be setting my own schedule, I will have more time to devote to hanging out with these ladies, and hopefully doing some 'mentoring'...or just having fun is nice too!=) We are going to be starting a Bible study for the wives of medical students for us to discuss and share our perils, joys and laughter with older wives, younger wives and us in between. I am very pumped to meet the new ladies and hopefully connect on a deeper level with the ones I already know.

I cut my hair at the beginning of summer...that's right-the day AFTER school got out I went and chopped it all off! I was ready for a fresh start. It's been an exciting/rough/different kind of year for me so I wanted a fresh start for my new journey...i guess you could say.

Speaking of new journey, Jordan and I have decided that next year I will not be returning to the school I was teaching at. To most of you this is no new news, but I just felt like I should blog about it for some of you who may not have known. I have decided to stay home and do my business full time (and by business I mean my calligraphy/shirt stuff) and I am also going to be teaching piano lessons part time at a private school on the island. I am also going to be teaching some free lance after school music programs/clubs for students that are interested, so I am excited about that. I am glad to be home and setting my own schedule, its been really great for Jordan and I as well. I think it has been a really great change and I am looking forward to the future. here's my new do:

We have had some visitors this summer, which of course, we always LOVE LOVE LOVE! So keep 'em coming=) It is so nice to be in this place in our lives where we live in a 'vaca destination' that people like to come visit. We have been so blessed having people here at our home, (and we hope we have blessed them...?hehe) and we are always excited about who God might bring into our home next..

here are a few snapshots of what's been going on this summer:

Kemah with the Carls

feeding the sting rays!

grillin on the beach with my family 4th of July weekend!

he loves meat.

First camping trip with our NEW TENT=) awesome. we love it=)

floatin' the river..both good and relaxing..oh my..these glasses are NOT cute with this short hair...

guess I need

to make another Target trip soon=) hehe.

We went 'tubing' in New Baunfels-so fun! It was our 'early' anniversary celebration.

and we got to eat at the Gristmill after our tubing experience...and then we returned back

to our tent. HA! we were really roughin it....

and these are a couple pics from 5 years ago (July 8th, 2006)...wow, i just typed that. craziness. 

it has been such a good 5 years though. God has and still is taking us on an amazing journey together, and I am so glad to get to share it with my husband. 

that's all for now....have a good night!

the weekend before Jordan left for his AF training we went back up

 to Dallas to spend the weekend with family (and so I could stay there

for a week and not be alone!)

It was a lot of fun, and good memories were made!

 

Are we surprised that I wanted to take pictures together?

I like this one

 

we were actually having a BBQ with my family, it was good to be 

with everyone

TILLIE!

she's so cute, and so little=)

And of course, Madeline LOVES Zeus, I'm not sure the feeling

is mutual though..hahaha

we swam in the pool, or the guys did anyway...

LOL

The next day we headed over to the Carls house to spend time with

them as well. Its funny how both households have small babies-

it definitely is nice to be around them, they are both so sweet. 

At dinner!!! Look at that piece of meat! (not jordan, =) the actual piece of

meat on the table, lol.

Little Hayden and his shower cap!!!

 

the next morning we had breakfast with Hayden on the table! haha

Then I made Jordan take more pictures, poor guy! I said he had to make

up for being gone a month and all the pictures he would miss!! =)

So THEN...Jordan surprised me. Our Anniversary is on July 8th, and 

he of course was going to be gone for his training since he left

June 28th. I had NO idea, we left the Carls and he took me to the Gaylord Texan

for our 'mini-anniversary trip'!!!

I have always wanted to stay here, and he remembered me saying that

a while back. Plus its close to the airport=) hehe. 

It was SUCH an unexpected surprise. To get to be with him alone before

he left, and to celebrate our 4 YEAR anniversary! I can't believe it! Time really flies.

Walking around the Gaylord Resort.

I love the San Antonio feel you get here. Especially since that's where

we were when he asked me to be his girlfriend back a LONG time ago=)

Since I didn't know we were going I didn't really have 'appropriate clothes' 

like I would have liked, you know a nice dress or something. But it didn't 

really matter, I was so glad to have the time with him.

the next morning was so hard saying goodbye, especially since we have never

been apart for more than a week before, and this was 5 weeks.

The Lord definitely saw us through, and it was so nice to have so many people

come visit in Galveston to help me pass the time. Of course, he 

was just having a blast getting up every morning at 4am to go do

Physical Training and then class and moredrills, etc

and then not getting to bed every night until about 11 or 12! I dont know 

how he could do that, but he did. And he still managed

to call me almost every night=) And let me just say, iphones are 

really helpful when you have someone that is far away from you-everytime I had

friends/family over we would take pictures and send them to

Jordan so he felt like he was there. He said it really helped him not feel so far away.

I am CERTAINLY glad he is back now=) and I still have a lot of blogging to

catch up on, but I thought this was a good start.

Thanks!