Baby BOY, New Job, New Blog..

Don’t worry guys, I have a valid excuse why it’s been weeks and weeks since I blogged. The thing is, I feel as if our life is full the same old boring things unless we have an ultrasound to go to now days. I was going to blog a little while ago when I thought I was getting an ultrasound to find out the sex of our little one. That way, I could put anything and everything that was exciting into one log and not have like 5 different short blogs for everyone to read. SO, I was really just doing you all a favor! (wink)

Well things have gotten a little crazy in the Allred household over the past few weeks. Our life is still full of me and Ty working completely opposite schedules and never seeing each other. When I’m not working, I’m cuddled up in a blanket on the phone with my mom or watching Netflix and Lifetime all day. When Tyler’s not working, his life is full of studying and MORE studying. The few moments we get together throughout the week are now spent watching our new favorite series, “Lie to Me”.

Now that I’ve told you the “same ol’”, “same ol’”, I guess I can get to the more exciting things.

As you all know, we eventually found out the sex of the baby. WE ARE HAVING A BOY!! And we are stoked! What had happened was, we went to our 17 week ultrasound thinking “hey, we will probably get to find out the sex today!” At out last appointment with Doctor B, he said that the next appointment we would probably be able to see. So here I am all hyped up and ready to go for 4 weeks when his secretary calls and first, wants to reschedule. I’m like “uh…..NO! ARE YOU KIDDING!?” I didn’t really say that but I sure was thinking it. We only had to reschedule to the very next day, so I eventually got over it. I was anxious all morning long, so was Ty, I could barely sleep the night before. We get to the OB and they’re like, “Todays not a too exciting appointment, we are just going to give you a flu shot and listen to your baby’s heart beat! But sometime within the next three weeks, someone from Radiology will call you and set up your ‘BIG’ appointment to find out.” Needless to say, I cried and was completely devastated. THREE WEEKS!? There was no way I was going to wait more than a week. I gave Rhonda from radiology a few days to call and I didn’t hear from her so I just took matters into my own hands and me and Tyler both called a few times till she finally called us back and set up our appointment. We only had to wait 1 week (thank goodness) to find out what our little peanut was.

We love him SO much already and things got really exciting and real when we found out what the gender was because before, I was pregnant and really excited but my pregnancy consisted of throwing up all the time and pinning things on Pinterest for a boy or a girl. So first thing after the appointment, we got to go straight to Walmart and buy the cutest little boy outfit. Now I get to do fun things for him all the time, like dream about what his room will look like, I can actually buy things that I see on yard sale pages and at Walmart. It’s just become super fun for us! On the plus side, I don’t throw up anymore either. Doctor B said that the next few weeks will be some of the best because I’ll be feeling super good. Then once I hit the weeks after 30, i’m just going to want the baby out! Haha. The only think now is that the round ligament pain that I have to deal with, baby boy is growing FAST. He’s actually a week ahead in weight and size, which means that I’m officially half way through. Its crazy to think how fast the last 20 weeks have gone! We are SO excited!

Now besides preparing to become first time parents, we do have some more exciting news to share. Tyler was reached out to by one of our missionary friends with an incredible job offer to work in insurance! Tyler has been preparing to start and is overly excited to start working. We will be making a LOT more money, which will be a lot better for us, especially when the baby comes. Mostly because this means that I won’t need to work and I can be a stay at home mommy like I’ve always dreamed. Tyler has always been absolutely incredible in providing for us and it’s been a very high priority of his to make it to where I could become a stay at home mom. I love him so much for that. Like I’ve mentioned before, my patriarchal blessing talks A LOT about motherhood and how important it will be in my life. I’m so grateful to have found someone who can help me reach the potential that Heavenly Father knows I can. Anyways, one more LITTLE thing, Tyler will be taking a semester off of school so that he can have more time with me and baby. I know, many of you are probably thinking that it’s not such a good idea, but we feel that this is what he needs to do and he is still determined to get a degree. College is very important to him, but being there for me and the baby for a few months is more important to both of us right now.

I don’t know if I mentioned this in my last blog but I know I did on Facebook. We are moving next month to Provo/Orem. We’ve thought about it for quite some time now and we would really like to be closer to my family when the baby comes. My parents live so far away with us in Cedar City, 5 hours to be exact. This way, we will only be about 2 hours from them which will be so much nicer, we just don’t get to see them as often as the rest of our family.

Well, there’s another peek into the life of us. Hope you enjoyed it! I would also like to let everyone know really quickly that I will be starting up a second blog. I would tell you what it’s for, but that would ruin the surprise. Haha. It’s really nothing all that fantastic, I’ll tell you. It’s going to be a blog about anxiety, for those of you who don’t know, which are many- I struggle with anxiety and it is REAL. Like the REALEST OF REAL. Along with it, there will be a little twist to it and it will be mixed in with how my knowledge of the savior has helped me with my anxiety. I get a lot of questions about it and sometimes I feel like I can be hard person to understand to some because anxiety is so different for everyone and a lot of people have a hard time understanding me and why I am the way that I am.

SO, look out for the blog if you’re interested!

Love you guys! Till next time!