My Monthly Blogging Goal

Clearly I'm not the consistent blogger I wish I was, so here's my new goal:

Post something new at least once every month

Considering my last post was four months ago, I thought only one new post a month would (hopefully) be a fairly realistic goal. I love going to friends/family's blogs to see what's new, and envy those of you that manage to update yours on even a somewhat regular basis.

For this month, here's an update of all the things I never got around to posting:
1. The rest of our summer trips were amazing! I spent a weekend in Albuquerque visiting Jared while he was down there for two weeks doing research. Then we had a week in Canada with my family, went to the Calgary Stampede, ate at lots of Stampede dinners/breakfasts around the city, and visited old friends. Lastly, we went to California with Jared's family, spent a day at Disneyland, and every other day was spent on the beach/playing in the ocean. Pictures from this summer are all posted on Facebook.

2. Just over a month ago (Sept. 21st) Jared and I found out that we are having a baby!!!! My first Dr. appointment was on the Oct. 5th, and unfortunately we weren't able to hear a heartbeat yet or figure out how far along I was. So I was told to come back in a week for an ultrasound. Although Jared and I had a hard time making out a baby from the ultrasound we were assured that there is one in there, and hearing our babies heartbeat really made it all seem more real! I am now eight weeks pregnant and our due date is June 2nd. We're excited to be adding a new addition to our little family!

3. The Trousdales came to visit! A few weeks ago Mike's brother got married so Allison, Mike, Elaina, and Erin all came up to Utah for a week. Elaina must have learned about nocturnal animals recently in preschool, because as I was leaving one night to go to work and explaining that I sleep during the day and work at night, Elaina asked me, "so, are you nocturnal?" I've never thought of it like that before, but I guess she's right! It was great to see and spend time with the Trousdales, and at Christmas we'll be going down to Texas to visit them!

4. We are buying a condo! We found three that we really liked; one sold before we even had a chance to put in an offer, we put in an offer on another but they wouldn't lower their asking price and it was just too much for us, and the third lowered their price much more than we were expecting... and we close this week! It's a 2 bed/1 bath which will be perfect with a little baby on the way! Although we don't plan on staying in Provo long term, it will be "owner occupied" long enough so we qualify for an FHA loan, and then once we move we'll keep it as a rental property. Jared and I have been taking lots of classes/reading a ton of books on real estate and business and it's become a new passion of ours. It's so much better being able to study and learn things without having the stress of exams.