The Closet Door Day Two

Mike came over again to help me out and we got the door installed and did some more mudding!!! Just a few more hours and it will be finished!!!

Second layer of mud.

Just after the door was installed.

The great Mike helpin out.

The Closet Door

Well, I had this great idea to maximize the space in our condo. So, I decided now that I am done with school for the semester that I should get on the task of moving the closet door from one side of the wall to the other side of the wall closest to the front door. Genius right? So, today it began. I can't say it was just me, I had the great help of my neighbor Mike, he sure knows his stuff.

Picture one as I started I first took out the closet shelf and the casing on the backside.

Picture two cutting out the old sheet rock.

Picture three after crawling into the attic to wire the coax cable and the plug.

Picture four the mudding and perfataping begins.

Picture five finished mudding and taping.

Picture six the inside of the new closet.

Now we just have to wait for the mudding to dry and mud again!

All in a days work!!!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!

We couldn't be MORE ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!! Yesterday we found out we are having a little BOY!!!!!!! Bring on the cars & trucks, sports, creepy crawly bugs, dirt & mud, suits and ties...all of it! :) We can't wait!!! Based on the baby's measurements yesterday, it looks like our due date is gonna be pushed a little later as well. Apparently we're about 2 weeks off...maybe??? On April 28th (Our Anniversary--what a great way to celebrate!) we are going back for another ultrasound to update measurements and get a more accurate due date. Right now the due date is looking more like September 10th-ish. It was so fun to actually SEE our little boy yesterday! He is adorable, and I've got pictures and a wonderful DVD to prove it--he he he! Even though he was pretty snuggled up in there...we're sure glad he cooperated with us yesterday so we could find out gender and get some measurements!

Yesterday night my parents, Stephie, Amy, Matt's parents, Stacey, Ryan, Blake, Parker, and Austin all came down to find out the baby's gender. Matt & I hid Easter eggs all over the house. Half of the eggs had pink candies and half of the eggs had blue candies. Little did everyone know...Matt had the "deciding" egg in his pocket. After finding all the eggs, the family realized that our totals were even for boys and girls. So, Matt pulled out the last egg from his pocket and gave it to my mom to open. Inside the egg it said, "Come find me!!! I'm somewhere between Cars and Hitch..." This sent the kids to the shelf of DVDs searching. Between Cars and Hitch we had hid the DVD of our baby's ultrasound. Once they found it, they saw it's blue cover and knew it was a boy. It was so much fun! After, we all celebrated and went out to the Brick Oven for dinner. It was such a WONDERFUL day!!!!!

At first, I couldn't sleep because I was so anxious to find out if it was a boy or girl. It would keep me up at night wondering. Now I can't sleep because I'm so excited that in 4 1/2 months a little boy will be joining our family!!! :)

...and the votes are in!!!

Alright...I can't believe how quickly the past 3 weeks went! Finally...TOMORROW is the big day-10:00 AM (as long as this baby cooperates..ha ha ha)!!! The past 3 weeks flew by so fast, I'm nervous for how quickly the next 4 months will pass! (Yikes! I have so much to do.)

Anyway...here are all the final guesses, thanks to everyone who joined in! :)

Matt- Boy
Jen- Boy
Jen's Mom- Boy
Matt's Mom- Girl
Matt's Dad- Boy
Jason- Girl
Stephie- Boy
Amy- Girl
Omi- Boy
Loris- Girl
Stacey- Girl
Blake- Boy
Ashley- Girl
John- Girl
Heather- Girl
Erika- Boy
Kelsey- Boy
Dr. Cook- Boy

I am so so SO excited for tomorrow, but for some reason I am super nervous about it, too! Hopefully I'll actually be able to get some sleep tonight... :)

3 more weeks...

Today marked another fun "baby" appointment for us at the doctor's office :) Unfortunately Matt had to work, so I went alone today. It was so much fun though! I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again!!!! Even though I have heard the heartbeat more than once, it almost doesn't seem real...still. Each time I just want to ask the doctor, "Are you sure that's coming from inside me?" LOL. I'm crazy. Anyway...another thing I got to do today was schedule the gender ultrasound!!!! Only 3 more weeks to go!!! We can't wait! What a wonderful miracle for us!

Here are the gender guesses so far...
Jen's parents: undecided
Jen's grandma: boy
Matt's mom: girl
Matt's dad: boy
Jason: girl
Stephie: boy
Amy: girl
Loris: girl
Jen's work: half guessed boy, half guessed girl...lol.

Anyway...feel free to guess! :)

Token White Guys

Some of my fellow co-workers have created a blog entitled Token White Guys. This blog is pretty much dedicated to our current economic conditions. While reading from this blog and another blog I became involved in a debate with an individual that has completely confused socialism with the United Order. I am completely convinced that the socialism is so close to the truth much like some of the Anti-Christs in the Book of Mormon that it would easily confuse some. I encourage individuals to truly seek out the truth of all things. A prophet of god has specifically spoken against socialism, and even Joseph Smith has said in attending meetings on socialism in his day that he did not believe the doctrine. Simply stated that these two people are enough for me to completely agree, but I will gladly still continue to follow the path outlined by Moroni to search out the truth of all things. I also am posting a link to a talk delivered by Ezra Taft Benson that my co-worker Brian informed me of. This video talks specifically on these issues.

Go to this youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAaOATLLrg

Bad news

Well, just as I expected, my pre-management GPA just wasn't enough, and I will have to re-apply to the business program when I get that up. I found out the other day as I was running around to get all the information in that they wouldn't be able to use my grades from this semester, hence the re-taking of accounting won't count. So we will see how that works out. Wish me luck on the rest of this semester, and thanks for all your prayers.