So I entitled this entry "Slacker" because I think it has been almost a year that I have not updated our blog... that is horrible! This is suppose to be like a journal of mine and Par's life, I'm not doing a very good job at it. I thought by creating this blog I would be on it all of the time. Life comes at ya pretty fast. Well, let me take the honors and catch up, bear with me! Ha! I think that last entry I made was in October or November of last year, while we were living in Minnesota. Guess what, we moved back to Utah! Parley got offered a job last November to come work for a company called Career Step. He interviewed over the Christmas holiday the week we got back to Minnesota from the holidays we packed up and moved back to SLC. We ended up having to keep paying on our apartment until the lease was up in May so my parents were kind enough to help us out by letting us stay in the guest house on Abinadi Rd. I was able to get my jobs back with The Perfect Dress and Dr. Jensen's office. I would have worked at Dr. J's office full time, but he didn't need me full time, just two days a week, which has been really helpful and nice. We bought a town house in Sandy during the month of April and we spent about two to three months fixing it up so it would be livable for us. Parley did most of the work, but with friends and families' help we were able to get it all done. We put in hardwood floors, repainted, and put new carpet in the upstairs. When we enter our neighborhood we sometimes feel like we live in Pleasantville. It is a really nice area and it is hidden so no one can really see it.
Parley has been traveling a lot with his new company. He goes about two to three times out of the month to the Midwest. I am home alone a lot of the time, which gets kind of scary. Good thing I have my family here that I can see and be with when he is gone. Parley loves his new job and he is kicking butt. He broke the record for getting the highest contracts in, in one months time. His boss loves him. I am glad he is doing so well. The structure of his company is changing quite a bit and lately he has been a little stressed, but things will work out, they always do. He got a new best friend, though! The new i4 phone! I've been teasing him ever since he got it that he has a new found best friend. He is like a little boy at Christmas! It's so funny! One of these days the newness of the phone will die down and I will be the best friend again! Ha!
We had an opportunity to go to New York City and Washington DC this past summer. It was such fun trip. I learned all sorts of new things. What a culture shock! We spent three days in NYC and then 4 days in DC. We walked our little hearts out and to the point where we could not walk any more. We visited Eli and Julie who live in DC and I won the lottery to see "Wicked" in NYC. We got to see the Statue of Liberty and Canal Street. We took the subway to Ground 0 and stayed in the Waldorff Astoria. That was a neat experience. I felt like a million bucks. The best part was we stayed there for free ninety-nine. In DC we went to the Mall and saw the historical sites. It was amazing and beautiful. You gain a better sense of pride for our country while you are there. Amazing, Amazing!
During all of these things that took place since we have been back... We found out we were pregnant. Yes, I am having a baby. I am due on December 20th. We are having a Christmas baby boy and we are so excited. Finally with all of the girls in my family and in his family, there will be a boy. We have no idea what to name him yet, but we have a few names here and there that we like. I think we will actually decide when he arrives and we get to meet him for the first time. I am so excited for that day. I have had a rough pregnancy though.. I was really sick in the beginning, which went away, but now I am on mild bed rest, Doctors orders. I have been experiencing some contractions really early. I am only 5 1/2 months and contractions aren't suppose to kick in until around 7 or 8 months. Dr. Terry, who is the most wonderful Doctor, said I have to take it easy for a while to see if these contractions will go away. He gave me some medicine to help calm my uterus, because I guess I have what is called an irritable uterus. This can lead to pre-term labor if not watched properly. I think I will be okay though. This baby is so active and healthy, I am pretty sure as long as I am careful with my body, we both will do just fine the rest of the way.
Utah Football started back up! Yay, we are so excited. We have season tickets this year, so we get to go to all of the games. I will go to as many as I can for the next little while, after that Parley is on his own. I just keep getting bigger and bigger and its starting to get hard for me to get around. I even had to quit The Perfect Dress, also Doctors orders. We will see how the rest of the season plays out. The Utes played Pitt their first game and won in overtime. They definitely outplayed Pitt, but made some stupid mistakes throughout the game, which caused them such a close game. They will get better as the season progresses. They are going to the PAC-12 next year, which is really exciting for the team and the fans.
That is everything in a nut-shell. I am sure I missed a few things here and there, but I can't possibly jot down everything, just the main things that are important. I promise I won't take this long to blog again. Ta Ta For Now!
