Happy New Year!

It's no coincidence this post is coinciding with the first day of January. I've been terrible about blogging ever since Billy started his apprenticeship and while I don't really make any official resolutions, I do want to get in the habit of blogging more, even if I feel like I don't have a whole lot to share. Hopefully as the months pass I will get a new vision for this blog, but in the meantime, I'll continue to update it with what's new in our lives.

After Billy finished his climbing class in Riverside, CA, we headed up to Los Molinos and Red Bluff to spend thanksgiving with our families. Billy then drove down to Blythe, CA (in the desert between Phoenix and L.A.) to start his new job, which was supposed to last until April of this year. As it turns out however, he wasn't able to get the distribution hours he was supposed to be getting for his apprenticeship, so they're moving him again. Which will hopefully be a good thing! The worst case scenario would be him working in Nevada which has a lower pay scale, or working far fewer hours than he wants somewhere in California. But best case scenario is he'll still be getting lots of hours and it'll be much closer to home! In the meantime he's had to go to another week long class in Riverside (which is where he is now) and he will hopefully find out where he'll be placed by the end of the class.

I'm staying at with my mom until the baby's born to avoid all the craziness. Everything's going perfectly as far as little boy Jacobs is concerned and we are getting so excited to meet him!

Lineman Rodeo

Last weekend Billy competed in the International Lineman's Rodeo in Kansas City, MO. It was so much fun! There was a big expo on Friday where we got lots of free stuff :) and Saturday was the actual competition. Billy competed in three events, and did really well in all three! Here are some pictures from the weekend (including a giant piece of meat Billy ate one night...).

And in other news... I'm 24 weeks pregnant! 

We set up our crib last week and I made a flannel swaddle :) So much excitement!!!

How is it October Already?

The end of last month flew by! And the if the last week is any indication, this month will do the same!

Well we found out some very exciting news a couple weeks ago...

We're having a boy! Needless to say Billy was more than thrilled, and so was I :)

Everything here is going smoothly. Billy's birthday is this weekend so we're celebrating by going to an Octoberfest party here in Lawton, eating pie and watching movies. I can't help but think of all that will happen by the time Billy turns 28! We will be parents, he'll have topped out, and we'll hopefully be living back in California! 

Big News!!!

I really, really meant to make this blog a priority again and am so disappointed with myself for letting it fall by the wayside.
However, I did have a pretty good excuse for a few months... I'm pregnant!

The sonogram was at my 10 week appointment and the picture is obviously at 17 weeks, I'm now almost 19 weeks!

The first trimester was exhausting to say the least but the symptoms pretty much stopped with that, other than the occasional bloating or craving for sour patch kids. 

Since about week 15 I've been feeling great! So I am making it a priority to get back to blogging, now that I can no longer use the overpowering desire for naps as an excuse. 

I've also started writing the occasional article for the blog: Literally Darling

these are my first two:

http://www.literallydarling.com/blog/2014/06/25/5-tips-look-like-tourist-vacation/

http://www.literallydarling.com/blog/2014/08/15/enjoy-every-single-workout/

I absolutely love the stage of life we're in right now! We're relatively settled down in one spot and looking forward to meeting our first child in February. So far I love being pregnant! I am more than anxious to start feeling the baby move and we have our big ultrasound next week, so hopefully this baby will cooperate and we'll find out whether it's a boy or girl!