Snow Day!!

So this is not going to be very exciting for those of you in Idaho & Utah because you are all probably sick of the snow by now but today we had a real snow day. We probably got about 4 inches which may not seem like a lot but around here it pretty much shuts everything down at least enough that Paul & I could not make it to work. I was mostly worried about being out there with the other drivers after hearing about how many accidents there were this morning on the news. It is a good thing we had plenty of bread and milk because that is usually the first thing to fly off the shelves at the stores when there is snow in the forecast.We did not get to see any snow here last year and probably won't see anymore for awhile so we just have to enjoy it while it lasts which will probably only be until tomorrow.

Hospital Preview

Of course I am also a little late posting this but that just seems to be the way things are going right now.

A couple weeks ago I got a nice little preview of the "Labor & Delivery" in the hospital. Paul and I were just sitting there on a Sunday night just being our usual lazy Sunday selves when all of a sudden something did not seem right with me. I thought maybe I was getting a Urinary Tract Infection so I just thought I would call my doctor the next day and see if I could get in to see him. About an hour later the right side of my lower back started to hurt really bad and I was so uncomfortable. So I called my mom crying and asked what to do. She said I needed to go to the hospital because it sounded like I had a kidney infection. So Paul drove me to the emergency room and it turned out to be Kidney Stones. . They couldn't do a CAT Scan with me in my current state but they were pretty sure judging by my symptoms that is what it was. They put me on some morphine for the pain and transferred me to Labor and Delivery where I stayed all night and all the next day until I was released on Monday night. Everyone kept telling me that they have been told that kidney stones are worse then delivering a baby so I guess I am all ready for April! (There will be no pictures with this post despite how hard Paul tried to get one.)

Christmas

I know Christmas was over a month ago so hey, I am a little slow but better late then never.

This Christmas was spent in Virginia with Paul's Family. Heather was here from Utah so it was nice being able to spend time with her and have everyone together. For the first part of our Christmas vacation we went up to Stanton to Grandma & Grandaddy Cauley's. We drove back to Richmond on Christmas morning and were able to spend some time at Emaw & Grandaddy Butler's with the whole Butler family. Christmas is my favorite time of year. It is so nice just to have everyone together and be able to spend time as a family. Paul and I are so blessed to be able to surround ourselves with wonderful family and friends no matter where we are.

This is the gift that keeps on giving. Last year at work we did a white elephant gift exchange. The gift I brought was a toilet seat wrapped in plastic wrap with tootsie rolls in the middle. Everyone thought it was pretty funny except for the one that ended up with it at the end of the game. I felt bad so I traded it back for the gift I ended up with. I had to get my monenys worth and reuse it again so we decided to wrap it back up this year and give it to Heather. After that some one had the idea to wrap it up again and give it to Grandaddy Butler. I do have to say that is one toilet seat that we have gotten some good use out of. (Don't worry, it has never been used on an actual toilet)

Thanksgiving

Even though Christmas has already past I still wanted to include a post about Thanksgiving. This year it was a little different for Paul and I. Thanksgivings past have been spent with either his parents or mine. This year we stayed at home and Holly and Cameron came from Flordia to spend the Holiday with us. Even though it wasn't our usual Thanksgiving and the rolls didn't quite turn out like Grandma Johnston's (the second attempt was more successful) we still made a lot of good memories and had a lot of fun. Friday of course was filled with early morning shopping and seemed to last throughout the entire day. Although we did take a few breaks . Even though they left us with thier colds we were really sad to see Holly & Cameron leave. We enjoy spending time with them and really look foward to our next outing with them.


This year we tried something new and decided to fry our Turkey. It turned out really good. The best turkey I have ever had I think.

On Saturday we travelled to Wilmington to check out the Battleship North Carolina. It was cool to see but I would have to agree with Holly. Once you see the first few floors everything else kind of looks the same. The boys really enjoyed it though.

We even had time to squeeze in a Tinkerbell birthday party.

It's a Boy!

I have been terrible with updating our blog. I do have two good excuses though. One, things are just busy. Since Christmas is a busy time for retail I have been able to work a lot of overtime. Paul doesn't really seem to understand why I am complaining though because I am working pretty much the same hours he works every week. Oh well, I'm pregnant. And two, we are pretty boring right now. We don't really have a lot to blog about, unless you want to hear about hospital renovations or lip balm. Neither of which are really exciting.



Well now I do have a little something to blog about.



We are having a little baby boy!





We are pretty excited. Paul will finally have a willing fishing buddy. I was pretty anxious to find out what we were having because I wanted to start shopping but honestly since we found out three weeks ago I have only bought a couple things. I think it was because I envisioned buying all these cute little dresses and girly things. Boy clothes just aren't as fun. That will probably turn out to be a good thing though, at least for our check book. I think I could have gotten a little carried away with a girl. But like I said. We are totally excited and can't wait for April!

Big News!

OK, so for those of you who don't know (and to answer Angie's question as to why I have not been feeling well) we are expecting a new addition to our family in April. We could not be more excited especially since we have been waiting for this for awhile now. I was really surprised at our first Doctors appointment. When he did the ultrasound I expected just to see a little bean shape but it looked like an actually baby in there. Imagine that! Right now I am just over 10 weeks and my due date is April 22. I am anxious to get through the first trimester. I am not digging this morning sickness thing so much.

What I did on my summer vacation!

I know I have taken forever to post these pictures but here you go Heather!

The second week of September we headed down with Paul's family to the Beach. We rented a house in Frisco on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks. Even though I felt sick just about the entire time (and the ferry rides didn't help either) we still had a ton of fun. Plans are already in the making for next years beach trip.

Hatteras Lighthouse

Cleaning Crabs-There was alot of this going on all week.

Anyone whose knows Paul knows he had to get in as much fishing as possible.

Paul and Heather kayaking on the ocean.

This was the beach at Orakoke. We rode a ferry over there and just spent the day hanging out.

Oracoke Lighthouse