Spring?

Anyone in Utah (or at least Northern Utah) will agree with this...why the heck is there SNOW?! On the first day of spring?! There are supposed to be budding flowers, and birds chirping in the air. But we wake up to snow on the ground! Of course it isn't much, and it stopped snowing and the sun is out now and so most of the snow has melted already. But STILL! Yesterday was such a nice day! The sun was out, and up here we even got to 60! It was SO nice! And today it is freezing! I am sitting here wrapped up in a blanket trying to stay warm.

And I am trying to get motivated to clean! I WANT to clean, I just can't get myself up to do it. Maybe I should ground myself from the computer until I get a certain amount done...Nah. Sounds too hard to do. :-)

Ok, well I will attempt to clean. I am going to take before and after pictures, and then hopefully show you my progress!

My Mind and Allergies...

So...these last few days I have NOT been able to write, or talk! I keep messing up even simple words! It is like I have NO BRAIN! It is insane! I try to type, and it is taking me three times as long, because I keep spelling things wrong all the time! Now, I know it's normal for it to happen every once and a while, but this is like on EVERY OTHER WORD! It's insane!! And I just read through this, and found that I had repeated like 2 different things, so I had to go and change them! Yikes! I have a feeling that this is just going to get worse!

So, not only this, but my allergies are kicking in and making me feel awful! My eyes are red and puffy, and they ITCH like CRAZY!! And my nose is itching! I am driving Sam crazy, because I keep walking up to him saying "they itch!! make it go away!!" Maybe that is part of the reason that my mind is seeming to leave me. That and they make me tired, so I just want to sleep!

And I can not tell you how EXCITED we are for this next weekend / 2 weeks. It is going to be a very emotional, and exciting time for us! I will try to keep it documented so that I can share it later on in his life.

Also, the weather today was AWESOME! I actually drove in my car with the window down! It was GREAT! Too bad it is supposed to storm tonight and tomorrow. Bleh, but the weather was still nice today! And it is supposed to be up in the 60's all next week! But, alas, we will miss it as we will be in Oregon where there is rain 24/7. But that's ok, it is worth it!! So here is to hoping that SPRING is actually here!!!

It grows...

So, as we thought, the list grows. Here is an updated list! (the new ones are in purple, red is complete and blue is in the process...)

*Find an Attorney - We found on AWESOME one here in Logan that will do wonderfully!
*Find a Pediatrician - Again, we found one that we have heard wonderful things about!
*Email our caseworker - We had to get some odds and ends tied up
*Check on Loan - Wanted to make sure we had a back up plan for finances
*Get insurance papers
*Fill out insurance papers and turn in....
*Finish website and go live
*Talk to Sam's teachers to make sure he can leave for 2 weeks
*Call on our 401(k)'s and close them out
*Call Landlord and clear everything up with him
*Get other neccesities for baby
*Chart all of our expenses on Excel so I don't have to do it later
*Clean every room in our house
*Organize everything in the baby's room, so I know where to find it
*Update registry
*Make a list of things we still need, and give it to mom :-)
*Get our birthmother her gift

I don't know if I will ever complete everything on the list! But having a list makes me WANT to do, because then I can cross it off and see progress!! Yay!!

THE LIST....

Dun dun dun...
We have a "list"! Since we got home we have had this ever growing list of things that we need to do! We have accomplished many of them; but here it is (red means I have done it, blue means it is partly done, and black means I still need to do it!)...

*Find an Attorney - We found on AWESOME one here in Logan that will do wonderfully!
*Find a Pediatrician - Again, we found one that we have heard wonderful things about!
*Email our caseworker - We had to get some odds and ends tied up
*Check on Loan - Wanted to make sure we had a back up plan for finances
*Get insurance papers
*Finish website and go live
*Talk to Sam's teachers to make sure he can leave for 2 weeks
*Call on our 401(k)'s and close them out
*Call Landlord and clear everything up with him
*Get other neccesities for baby
*Chart all of our expenses on Excel so I don't have to do it later
*Clean every room in our house
*Organize everything in the baby's room, so I know where to find it

That is all that I have written down so far! If I am missing anything, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! I want to make sure everything is set out! So there it is...The List...I am slowly starting to cross them off! But for what I cross off, I add another one to it! It started out with like 4 things I needed to do! Yikes! Enjoy!

Home Again!

Ok, so we made it home! Luckily we only spent about 10 hours on the road this time (we didn't take as many stops this time), but it was still a LONG drive! But we did see some GORGEOUS scenery! As we drove through the Blue Mountains, there was snow everywhere except on the roads. It had snowed yesterday or last night, and the trees were covered in white. Which just made it gorgeous, as most of the trees through there are pine trees. We watched a pretty sunset tonight, just outside of Juniper Idaho.

And we will be making that trip again shortly! We are planning on heading back up on Friday or Saturday of this week. And we will be experiencing a miracle on Sunday! This just happens to be Easter Sunday, but it will be the best one that we have ever had as our little boy should arrive into the world that day! YAY!!

In this trip to Oregon, we were lucky enough to meet Crystal. Crystal is our birthmother and an AMAZING person! She is SO sweet, and has such an awesome personality! We absolutely just love her! So here is a picture of our first meeting. We also went to a shower that her friends were throwing for her. That was neat to be a part of! We met some awesome people. And we just felt at home. It was great!

And here is a picture that I thought I would post of the two of us. This is us at Multnomah Falls. It was pretty windy, so don't mind the hair!

Oregon Coast...

OK, so we have been in Oregon for 3 days now and we LOVE it. I always knew that I loved it, but I had to convince Sam. And it only took a day. ;-) We went to the beach yesterday, and we went and saw some waterfalls on the way. So here are a couple of pictures for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

I will have more up in a little bit!!

Done With Icon!

I can not tell you how thrilled I am to be done with Icon! There was so much that I just could not stand it there anymore! And with everything that is coming up, we decided that I would go ahead and quit! I feel AMAZING to not have to go there anymore! And I was able to accomplish SO much today! I cleaned a lot of my apartment, got a lot of things ready for baby, and just about completely finished my new website! YAY!!

So I am going to try and make it a goal to post at least once I week. I usually forget. (I know shame on me) So I will try to be better about it! I check everyone else's blogs, and I forget to update my own!

Also, I got my candle stuff today and my house smelled SO GOOD! So YAY for scentsy! If you are interested in any of it, or you live in Utah County and want to smell all of them, let me know and I will get you in touch with the consultant! The stuff is SO good! It took 10 minutes before my home started smelling good, and then I had to turn it off after an hour because it was so strong! But it is SO good!! I am very excited that I have 12 different scents to burn! YAY!!

Anyway, that is about it for my random blogging...hope you enjoyed!