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Sunday, August 21, 2011
July
Lets see, where did we leave off in the updates? July. Lets see what happened during the month of July?
Work: Work was a complete nightmare during the entire month of July. We were remodeling the Valley View Room, something which was much anticipated and now has taught me that I will never build/remodel my own place (at least if it means I have to hire a contractor). We moved all of the 'necessary items' down to the food court and 'merged' business with them for the month. Needless to say by the end of the month EVERYONE was glad to see us go. David's work continued to be great. He has a wonderful boss and co-workers. He looks forward to going to work and gets anywhere between 38-50 hours per week which has been great. I am truly grateful that he was able to get this job, especially at this point in our marriage where a little more financial stability is much needed for my sanity, or at least what is left of it.
Family: My family did not do much that I can think of during the month of July. We had a BBQ for the fourth with the Cordners, that was a lot of fun. That evening we went to Magna for the Dexter annual Fireworks extravaganza. David's cousins put on an insane show where tanks battle it out and there are random explosions. The excitement for the newly legalized areal fireworks spread to the family and we had those as well. Granted they were not so much fun when one tipped over and erupted into the crowd. All in all it was good to see the family. David has two cousins that are also expecting children in the next few months. Actually, one should already be here. Life in the Dexter clan is always hopin and the addition of three little ones will be no exception.
In the middle of the month we
July 23rd we were able to celebrate our two year anniversary. Someone asked me if we were out of the hard part yet and honestly I don't know. The first year of marriage we were so polite and cautious of causing problems that we each bottled everything inside. The second year was the exact opposite. We are ourselves and snap whenever needed. I prefer the second as bottling led to a lot of resentment and problems. I would rather we snap over the small things and get over them before they become something even bigger...you know? Anyway, David made reservations at the hotel we went to for our honeymoon. I love this place it is luxurious and not expensive, close to everything and easily assessable. We spend Saturday in Park City shopping, and can I just say the baby made bank! Sunday we checked out of our hotel and spent the day at the zoo. David had never been to Hogle Zoo before so that was fun, just blasted hot. After that we headed home and slept the rest of the day. It felt wonderful to relax and be pampered and I will admit I wish we could go again, and again, and again.
For the Twenty-Fourth we spent the day with my family, kind of. We attended the Fiesta Days parade, booths, food, relaxed in the cool basement, more food, saw the community theater version of Hairspray, and then went home to crash.
Later in the month the Dexters had their three year Dexter reunion. This included family that I had yet to meet. You see, the Dexters, unlike my family, are spread from California clear too Tennessee (about six months ago I could have said Germany...but that distance has now been bridged). It was fun to meet everyone, especially my doppelganger. David's cousin Orion married a really nice girl named Kayde. That's right there are two of me! I still claim to be the original but he says that she claims the same thing. David's family all came down for the reunion and spent a couple of nights at our place. Let me say the addition of five extra people in a small two bedroom apartment was quite the feat. We were able to drive up each night for the family firesides before returning to the daily grind.
Baby: As previously stated we found out in June that we were having a girl. It was not our 'official' pronouncement of gender but we were excited none the less. July 11th we went in for our twenty two week ultrasound/anatomy check and gender analysis. Well, we learned a few things, and changed a few things. During the ultrasound the doctor was impressed with her strong heartbeat and how perfectly formed she was. Thank you, thank you apparently I know how to bake 'em. He had a bit of problem actually getting a shot for the gender, but when he did it was golden. We definitely have a little girl on our hands, there were no if, ands, or anything else to complicate that matter. The only issue came up when he started measuring her for growth. Our little tatertot is in the 3rd percentile, technically she is below it and that is a big concern. If she is really measuring that small it means that something is wrong and he wants to send us to a specialist. I explained to him how we received our due date and he left to look at our past ultrasound. When he returned he said that she was actually measuring true to the past ultrasound and that he feels that our due date is off. At this point I was very relieved and did not care that he was pushing us back about a week. Really, she will come when she wants to come. So as of now we are not really expecting a tatertot, but a Turkey! David had no idea how true it would be when he told me one day my 'turkey timer' would pop (belly button) to show us when she is done baking. Hopefully that is still a ways off however.
Early in the morning on July 28th I lay as I felt our turkey kungfu fighting with my insides. I noticed that these kicks were particularly strong and so I grabbed Davids hand and placed it on my stomach. Until this point he had never felt her move and I was still in awe that anything of the sort was happening inside of me. Well he felt her alright, it was awesome. I am still pretty excited but we can't get her to do it to him often as every time he places his hand on my stomach she becomes completely still. I think its pretty funny.
Well thats about all I have for now, and you don't want to read anymore so I will update August next time (hopefully a lot sooner too!)
Work: Work was a complete nightmare during the entire month of July. We were remodeling the Valley View Room, something which was much anticipated and now has taught me that I will never build/remodel my own place (at least if it means I have to hire a contractor). We moved all of the 'necessary items' down to the food court and 'merged' business with them for the month. Needless to say by the end of the month EVERYONE was glad to see us go. David's work continued to be great. He has a wonderful boss and co-workers. He looks forward to going to work and gets anywhere between 38-50 hours per week which has been great. I am truly grateful that he was able to get this job, especially at this point in our marriage where a little more financial stability is much needed for my sanity, or at least what is left of it.
Family: My family did not do much that I can think of during the month of July. We had a BBQ for the fourth with the Cordners, that was a lot of fun. That evening we went to Magna for the Dexter annual Fireworks extravaganza. David's cousins put on an insane show where tanks battle it out and there are random explosions. The excitement for the newly legalized areal fireworks spread to the family and we had those as well. Granted they were not so much fun when one tipped over and erupted into the crowd. All in all it was good to see the family. David has two cousins that are also expecting children in the next few months. Actually, one should already be here. Life in the Dexter clan is always hopin and the addition of three little ones will be no exception.
In the middle of the month we
July 23rd we were able to celebrate our two year anniversary. Someone asked me if we were out of the hard part yet and honestly I don't know. The first year of marriage we were so polite and cautious of causing problems that we each bottled everything inside. The second year was the exact opposite. We are ourselves and snap whenever needed. I prefer the second as bottling led to a lot of resentment and problems. I would rather we snap over the small things and get over them before they become something even bigger...you know? Anyway, David made reservations at the hotel we went to for our honeymoon. I love this place it is luxurious and not expensive, close to everything and easily assessable. We spend Saturday in Park City shopping, and can I just say the baby made bank! Sunday we checked out of our hotel and spent the day at the zoo. David had never been to Hogle Zoo before so that was fun, just blasted hot. After that we headed home and slept the rest of the day. It felt wonderful to relax and be pampered and I will admit I wish we could go again, and again, and again.
For the Twenty-Fourth we spent the day with my family, kind of. We attended the Fiesta Days parade, booths, food, relaxed in the cool basement, more food, saw the community theater version of Hairspray, and then went home to crash.
Later in the month the Dexters had their three year Dexter reunion. This included family that I had yet to meet. You see, the Dexters, unlike my family, are spread from California clear too Tennessee (about six months ago I could have said Germany...but that distance has now been bridged). It was fun to meet everyone, especially my doppelganger. David's cousin Orion married a really nice girl named Kayde. That's right there are two of me! I still claim to be the original but he says that she claims the same thing. David's family all came down for the reunion and spent a couple of nights at our place. Let me say the addition of five extra people in a small two bedroom apartment was quite the feat. We were able to drive up each night for the family firesides before returning to the daily grind.
Baby: As previously stated we found out in June that we were having a girl. It was not our 'official' pronouncement of gender but we were excited none the less. July 11th we went in for our twenty two week ultrasound/anatomy check and gender analysis. Well, we learned a few things, and changed a few things. During the ultrasound the doctor was impressed with her strong heartbeat and how perfectly formed she was. Thank you, thank you apparently I know how to bake 'em. He had a bit of problem actually getting a shot for the gender, but when he did it was golden. We definitely have a little girl on our hands, there were no if, ands, or anything else to complicate that matter. The only issue came up when he started measuring her for growth. Our little tatertot is in the 3rd percentile, technically she is below it and that is a big concern. If she is really measuring that small it means that something is wrong and he wants to send us to a specialist. I explained to him how we received our due date and he left to look at our past ultrasound. When he returned he said that she was actually measuring true to the past ultrasound and that he feels that our due date is off. At this point I was very relieved and did not care that he was pushing us back about a week. Really, she will come when she wants to come. So as of now we are not really expecting a tatertot, but a Turkey! David had no idea how true it would be when he told me one day my 'turkey timer' would pop (belly button) to show us when she is done baking. Hopefully that is still a ways off however.
Early in the morning on July 28th I lay as I felt our turkey kungfu fighting with my insides. I noticed that these kicks were particularly strong and so I grabbed Davids hand and placed it on my stomach. Until this point he had never felt her move and I was still in awe that anything of the sort was happening inside of me. Well he felt her alright, it was awesome. I am still pretty excited but we can't get her to do it to him often as every time he places his hand on my stomach she becomes completely still. I think its pretty funny.
Well thats about all I have for now, and you don't want to read anymore so I will update August next time (hopefully a lot sooner too!)
Monday, August 15, 2011
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