Roger's New Job - January 24, 2002

Thursday - January 24, 2002

Yesterday Roger started working at Autoliv.  They called on Tuesday and asked him to start on Wednesday.  He's not hired on by Autoliv.  He is working there through S.O.S.  They gave him a 3 week assignment to work at Autoliv.  They said that if Autoliv liked him after that assignment, they would have him come again and he would just keep working at Autoliv through S.O.S. services until Autoliv decides to hire him.  It is so hard not knowing what is going to happen.  We are nervous about moving to Brigham City because we don't know how things will work with Autoliv.  Roger is applying at other places in Brigham City just in case.  I really want things to work out and for him to get hired on at Autoliv.

I have an appointment with Baby Your Baby today.  They are going to help pay until we get insurance.  Because we don't have insurance, I haven't been able to go see a doctor yet.  I met with Roger's sister Cindi (the midwife).  She said I can come and see her until I can get in to see a doctor.  I prayed about using a midwife and trying to have a home birth, but it didn't feel like it was the right thing for me.  I'm glad that Cindi has been so nice and so willing to help me out until I can see a doctor.  I appreciate everything she has done for me.

We are really putting our faith in the lord.  We have prayed about all of these big decisions we are making and we have both felt very strongly that this is what Heavenly Father wants us to do.  It is just a little scary, when we let ourselves start thinking about the what ifs.  We don't know what is going to happen at the end of 3 weeks with Autoliv.  Roger might be unemployed and we will have just moved to this new city.

Babysitting Kristen and Elizabeth - January 14, 2002

Monday - January 14th

Today Elizabeth and Kristen came over to play.  We went to the playground.  It was cold, but fun.  We played the piano, made a video, made a tent, watched a movie, and we saw instruments (trumpet, accordian, and piano).  We went to Walmart and bought hair clippers.  I cut Roger's hair today.  I messed up one of his side burns.  That was the first time I cut his hair.  It turned out all right.  We went to the library and Elizabeth got a book about Toucans and a book about flowers.  She has already read the Toucan book once.  She is going to read it again out loud to us.  Kristin wanted a book about vampires, but we didn't find one that we liked, so she got a Halloween book and a dragon book.  She read them on the way home from the library.  I got a baby names book, a book with family night activities, and a book with scary stories.  We had a good day and it was a lot of fun having Elizabeth and Kristin here.  They are spending the night.  Here are the pictures and a long video that we took of our fun.

I'm Pregnant! - January 12, 2002

Saturday - January 12th

I took the second pregnancy test yesterday morning and the second line was much more noticeable.  I am definitely pregnant!  Yippy!  I wasn't feeling well yesterday, that's why I didn't post about it until today.  Anyway, Roger's sister, Cindi, is a midwife.  She figures that I am about 4 1/2 weeks along and that my due date is September 16, 2002!

We went to Brigham City today to find an apartment.  Caroline and Scott set up an appointment for us to meet with some people in their ward who have a basement apartment for rent.  We will have to rent somewhere until Caroline and Scott get all moved out of the four-plex and into their new home, then we can move in.  Their house is still in the process of being built.  The people we met seemed very nice and I felt really good at the thought of living there.  We haven't prayed about it yet, so I can't tell you for sure if we will move there or not.

We visited with Caroline and Scott for a while after we saw the apartment.  She is excited to have some family living close by.  Her kids were also very excited.  They said they want me to babysit them sometimes.  I think they are such cute, nice kids, I know that I would have fun babysitting them.

On our way home from Brigham City, we stopped at the store to buy a few groceries.  Then Tyson came over.  Roger and him went to rent some movies, while I made popcorn.  I didn't watch the movies with them.  Instead, I sat and read books about pregnancy.  I'm excited and nervous and a little scared all at the same time.  But mostly excited.  There are a lot of crazy emotions and symptoms, but I love being pregnant!

Positive Pregnancy Test - January 10, 2002

Thursday - January 10th

I went to a Mary Kay Party Tonight.  I don't love those, but my friend Marque was throwing it, so I thought it wouldn't be terrible, since my friends would be there.  I don't really like to wear make up, so these parties are that exciting for me.  Anyway.  We had fun.  After the party Lindsay and Marque went country line dancing and Regan and I went to see the movie 'Serendipity'.  I loved it.  It was a cute movie and I want to buy it when it comes out on video.  

I spent a lot of time at the library today looking at books about pregnancy.  I was reading to find out what are the symptoms that people experience that lets them know they are pregnant.  I have a lot of those symptoms.  I bought a pregnancy test.  There were two tests in the package.  It says on the instructions that the best time to do it is in the morning, but since there were two, I didn't want to wait.  I figured, I'll take one tonight, then the other one in the morning.  I think I drank a lot of water today and the package said that would affect the test result.  So, I waited for two hours with no drinking and no peeing (and I really needed to pee.  I held it for 2 hours, though), then I took the test.  Roger and I set a timer.  When it went off, we both raced to the bathroom to see what it said.  If I am pregnant, there should be 2 lines.  If not, there will be only 1.  When I first glanced at it I saw only one line, but when I looked closer, I saw two.  One line was really hard to see.  Roger thought that meant I was not pregnant.  I've seen a negative pregnancy test before and you can not see the line at all.  We debated about it for a little while then decided it was positive.  I had heard that the line is very hard to see.  I have also heard of others having the same experience, where they were unsure because it was hard to see the line.  I know I'm pregnant!  I can feel it!  I'm going to take the other test first thing in the morning to make sure.  Too many weird things have been going on in my body.  If I'm not pregnant, then I must be ill, because my body is acting weird.  Roger is really excited that I am pregnant.  He went to his friend, Jason's Bachelor party tonight.  It is 12:37am and he is still not home.  He should be home shortly though.  I miss him.  It's weird when we both go off and do our own things.  I'm so used to having him with me.  We always hang out together.  So, tonight was different.  But, I had fun and I'm sure he is having fun.

Kristy's Birthday - January 9, 2002

Wednesday - January 9th

Today is Kristy's birthday.  I miss her a lot.  I miss living at home with all of my sisters.  Kristy said that Kelly called her today and apologized for the mean things that she did to Kristy and I when we were younger.  Kelly said she keeps having little flash backs and remembering rude things that she did to us.  Kelly is really funny.  I miss her a lot also.  Kristy came over tonight.  We made peanut butter balls, talked, and watched TV.  It was fun to spend some time with her.  I am really emotional lately and I think I'm pregnant.  I'm actually sure of it, because of the way I've been feeling and an experience that we had in the temple yesterday.  One of the symptoms that I told my mom about, she said that's what Grandma Bone always had when she was pregnant.  So, I'm pretty excited!  I haven't taken a pregnancy test yet.  I'll let you know when that happens.

We've been worried about what we'll do if I am pregnant.  We can't afford insurance through Roger's work if I am pregnant.  We've been praying about what we should do.  Roger's sister Caroline was joking around, since they finally got a house and they are going to get to move to Ogden.  They have been living in a 4-plex in Brigham City for the last 10 years.  Scott's dad owns it, so they have been living there for free.  Caroline liked it at first, but as their family has grown, she wanted to move out of there and have a house.  She is so tired of living there and she can't wait to get out.  So, she was joking and said, "You guys could come and take over our life.  Roger can work at Autoliv and you guys can live in the four-plex."  She laughed as she said it, but when she said it, something just felt right.  I had the strongest feeling that that was what we needed to do.  Roger felt it also.  We prayed and fasted about it to make sure it was right and we both feel really good about it.  Last week, we went to Ogden and roger applied at S.O.S.  That is where you have to apply to get a job at Autoliv.  You have to start out as a temp, then if they like you, they hire you.  We're really hoping that everything will work out and Roger can get a new job soon.  

A Funny Story About My Nephew Benjamin - January 4, 2002

Friday - January 4th

I changed my social security card today.  I also went to the library.  I've been feeling really tired a lot lately, so today I relaxed a lot.  I talked to my mom today and she told me a funny/scary story about Benjamin.  Somehow he got a hold of a candle that was burning on the counter.  Benjamin is in his terrible twos right now.  Shelley was in another room when she smelled something burning.  She ran downstairs to see what it was.  When she got down there, she saw that Ben had started a loaf of bread and a pile of napkins on fire.  She just happened to have a wet wash rag in her hand, so she used that to quickly smother the flames and put out the fire.  I just thought that was kinda funny and really scary.  I'm terrified of the house catching on fire or something horrible like that happened.  I'm glad that Ben was okay and that Shelley was able to put the fire out so quickly.

New Years Eve - December 31, 2001

Monday - December 31st

Happy New Year!  It's actually January 1, 2002.  We just rang in the new year.  We went out to dinner tonight with our friends (Regan, Marque, Lindsay, and Tyson).  After dinner, Roger and I came home and they went downtown to see First Night.  I am sick.  That's why we came home.  I woke up at about 4:00 am this morning with a weird stomach ache.  It hurt really bad.  It was a different kind of pain.  I've never had a stomach ache that felt that way before.  I didn't throw up or have diarrhea or anything.  I just had a really bad stomach ache.  It didn't go away until 7:30 or 8:00am.  I slept until about 10:00am after my stomach stopped hurting.  I ran a few errands (shopping mostly), then came home and rested until we went out to eat.  After dinner I was still feeling sick, so we came home.  It was fun ringing in the new year with my husband.