update

I am kinda mad at myself for not keeping up on our blog like I should have. I first started the blog over 3 years ago, just after we got married, to keep my family in Utah updated and informed on our life in Las Vegas. It turned in to a good spot to for record keeping and we updated it a lot with milestones of Zoee's life. We have not done so good with Gussy's life and I feel bad. I don't have the important dates written down or any of the cute things he does and that makes me sad. I really need to try to do better...for my own self and for our family. I used to be an excellent journal writer and have over 20 journals from the time I was in jr. high but things just get so much more hectic and life just passes you by. So here is an update on our life and family.

Nate.
He is doing good. I came home from Utah yesterday to a shaved head husband. I really like when he has hair but he does bring up a good point about it being much cheaper to just shave it. I still love him even if he doesn't have much hair. He just started his new shift a few weeks ago and it seems to be working out ok. He works from 9pm to 7am which I kinda hate that I am home alone the entire night but it is ok. He has friday nights and saturday mornings off and that is really nice. We are able to have a little more of a social life. He is currently working in the female dorm at work and as he will tell you, he hates it. He says the women are drama, catty and needy. I remind him to just be patient with them and his time in that station will be done soon. He is currently serving as the sunbeam teacher in our ward but just barely started to be able to go to church (once his new schedule started since we have 9am church now). I think he likes it ok. I keep telling him it is one of the best callings in the church, in my opinion. I think that pretty much sums it up for him.

Me.
I am good. I am not really sure how pregnant I am. The doc says that according to my last period, I would be almost 22 weeks but according to the ultrasound, I am 2 weeks behind that so he has changed my due date. I am now due on July 15th instead of july 5th. I am ok with that because I DID NOT want a baby close to the 4th of july. Don't know why, I just don't. I have another ultrasound on March 2nd to check everything and hopefully we will be able to see if it is a boy or girl. I want both for different reasons so I guess either way, I will be part happy and part disappointed. Just as long as it has everything it needs and is growing properly, I am good with whatever sex it is. This has been the hardest pregnancy for me physically for some reason. I have been more sick with this one and still continue to get sick even this far along. I guess every pregnancy is different. I was not tired at first with this one like I was with my last but the tiredness has really set in the couple weeks. It has been killing me. Luckily Nate is home more often and can help with the kids. I went to enrichment today and it was really good. It was just what I needed to hear. It was on relationships. My friend Amy gave a really great lesson and she said so many things that I felt were just for me. It made me want to be a better mom, wife and person. I am glad that I was able to go. I am still serving as the RS Secretary and I love it. I love the ladies I get to serve with. I feel like they are my friends and not just people I work with at church. I really enjoy spending time with them.

Zoee.
She is becoming quite the little lady. I love her so much and she is such a blessing in our family. She is always willing to help and do things for me. It is really nice to have her around to help with the little things. She even knows how to change a diaper and will do it if I am busy. It is very helpful. She is not the best at cleaning her room but she tries. I have to remind myself that she is only 4 and it doesn't matter if the toys are there in the morning. It is not worth stressing over. She is going to preschool 2 times a week and she loves it. She loves doing her homework and the crafts at school. I really think she is ready for school and it will be nice when she can go more often. I am always having to try to find things to entertain her with and it's exhausting!! She is a sweet, sweet girl.

Gus.
Oh goodness! What can I say about my little man?! He is such a light in my life! I love going into his room every morning to see him flopping around in his bed. He always just looks up at me and laughs or covers his face with his "lankey" and waits for me to say, "where's Gus?" and then pops his cute little face out of the blanket. He is always running around and is such a little boy. He loves to go outside and always comes in muddy and wet. I am amazed at the difference in little boys and girls. He loves his cars, trucks and trains. He loves to watch Woody and Buzz. He is still addicted to his binky and loves his blanket. He rubs the corners of his blanket in his ears, nose and between his toes. He has worn out most of the corners. Sometimes if you are laying on the couch, he will bring his blanket and stick a corner into your ear. I guess he just wants to share some of what he thinks is so good. He is adorable and I can't get enough of him.

So that is a little run down of our life. Not a lot going on. We are just living life and having a good time. It's pretty boring most of the days but according to my doc, boring is good and I guess he is right about that. We have been trying to get out and do something fun every day. Mostly to get out of the house. It has been fun to find new places and we have discovered a few places that are actually really cool. We took the kids on a hike the other day and they really loved that except they kept saying they wanted to see animals. The only animals we saw were a duck, lizard, fish and one dead mouse. It was exciting.

Life is good.