Baby
So, as you all should know by now, Valerie is pregnant! We
are so thrilled and can’t believe we are already 4 months along. The due date
is March 3rd and so far everything is going well. We need to figure out how to
make space in our small one bedroom apartment for a new addition to our family.
We might be able to find some space in the bathroom, the biggest room in the
house, to squeeze in a bassinet. We find out if it is a boy or girl in just two
weeks! We're more than a little bit excited.
I think I may have scared Valerie a little bit today in
nursery… There was only 5 minutes left and one of the kids got a really smelly
dirty diaper. It didn’t seem worth it to go find his dad all the way across the
church so we just decided to wait. That was all fine ‘til he decided to come
sit on my lap while I was reading the kids a story. It was pretty bad smelling
so I jokingly told the kid to go see what was in the opposite corner of the
room. In an uncharacteristic stroke of obedience, he went over to the corner and
stayed there until I got him to come back over just a moment later. I had to
promise Valerie that I won’t do that with our kids when they have dirty diapers
when she’s not home.
Barf
Valerie has been a pretty sick the past couple months and
still gets some morning sickness every now and then. It’s a lot better now than
it was, but there are still mornings she just wants to sleep in ‘til forever.
She is starting to show now and is starting to feel pregnant. She doesn’t want
people to notice, but I think it’s the cutest thing in the world. Luckily she
hasn’t had any more stroke-like problems so we are keeping our fingers crossed
that it really was just what they call a complicated migraine.
Biomat
So I’m not sure that people know what I do for a job, so
I’ll just give a brief synopsis. I’m a certified EMT and Medical Supervisor at
a plasma donation center. We draw people’s plasma which then goes on to make
necessary medications for all sorts of diseases like immune deficiencies and
hemophilia. My job is to do a brief physical process with new donors to
determine if they are healthy enough to donate. I’ve been with the company for
over two years now and I was just recently made part of the training program to
train other medical supervisors. It’s a lot more work but it is a nice little
promotion that helps us out and will help me get into PA school in the next
year or so.
Beard
Although the picture below shows my nice long Jewish beard,
I am now currently clean shaven. Filming for the New Testament movie has concluded
and they did not end up needing me. Although I was sad about that, at least I
got permission from BYU (and my wife) to grow out a full beard for once in my
life. I shaved it all off for Valerie’s birthday two weeks ago and surprised
her when she woke up. I think she barely recognized me at first!
Baker
The past couple of weeks Valerie has started moving outside
her comfort zone when it comes to cooking. When her sister Carmen came to Provo
in August she gave us some good tips when it comes to feeding a family and even
sent us some really great cookbooks. Since then, Valerie has tried all sorts of
fun recipes and it’s been great. My favorite was the pumpkin Alfredo she made
this week. It was better than any pasta dish I have ever had, even at a
restaurant. She hasn’t had any real blunders yet except the time she added a ¼
cup of dry mint flakes instead of whole fresh leaves to a rice dish. Regardless
it still tasted fine, and to boot, my breath was great for the whole next week!
Busy
Overall, life is just busy right now. School, work, church
callings and pregnancy get us both completely exhausted by the time we get to
bed at night. But we’re loving it. Life is good!
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