5-10 Rule

I had orientation for my new job at Providence yesterday and today. I start my real on the job training tomorrow. I'm a bit anxious about starting this new position....I have to be all grown up now, and in a new place that has no idea where I am coming from or what I am capable of, and I have no idea what they expect or where they are coming from either....ah, don't we all love the stresses and unknowns that come with starting a new job?! Anyway on a positive note - during orientation yesterday they told us about Providence's 5-10 rule...it's the general idea that all Providence employees will make eye contact or look toward anyone, patient, family member, co-worker, that is walking toward them in a hallway etc once you within 10 feet of them (rather than staring at the ceiling or the floor or looking away) and once you are within 5 feet of someone you should say "hi, how are you, good morning, have a good day" something of that sort. Can you believe that - a rule that actually says that people should be nice to each other in the work place rather than ignoring each other as you pass in the hall. I am used to working in a hospital where people are a bit evasive and would actually flat out ignore me when I would say hi in the hall. I'm excited to put this 5-10 rule to the test - might make for a happy workplace huh?

25 weeks....how time flies!

We are 25 weeks pregnant - it feels just like yesterday that we found out. The baby has grown a ton the last couple of weeks and is really starting to stick out there! Here is a belly photo per the request of a few of you.

Puppy Love!

My Dad and Teah got a new puppy! He's a 7 week old golden retriever...he had 8 brothers and sisters. He is such a bundle of energy and a giant fluff ball! Grobin is his name and he's already wrapped us all around his paw! Can't wait to play fetch and chase each other around the yard! Probably a good thing that we don't have a house because we would have brought home one of his siblings in an instant! :)

Baby Furniture

We found our baby furniture, dresser/changing table combo and crib at a local baby store called Good Night Room. It takes 8-10 weeks for it to be delivered - who knew it'd take so long! Good thing someone tipped us off or we would have waited much longer to order it!

Our crib...it'll be cherry color

Our crib set...it's a pink toile sheet, a pink and white polka dot bumper, pink quilt and pink toile curtain. We had seen this picture and were trying to find something comparable for the nursery...well then we found the exact set on super clearance at pottery barn kids! Super cute on super sale...who could ask for more!? We weren't going to use so much pink but then just found the perfect fit. We're going to use pale green as an accent color. Can't wait to get her room all set up!

Christmas Rewind

We've been terrible about posting anything lately. We're pretty out of our normal routines so blogging has taken a back seat. Here are a few photos from our many Christmas gatherings.

Christmas #1 with the Manson's

With Great Grandma Healy

Christmas #2 with the Beasley's
Us with Grandma Polly, Grandpa Clyde, Merideth & Erin

Christmas #3 with the Martin's
Our niece Emily, loving the play tube

Jason with our other niece Abigail

Home to the Snowy Northwest

We made the move home safe and sound! We were supposed to leave last Saturday morning but decided to try to beat the storm that was going to hit all the passes, so we left SoCal Friday night. We stayed in Bakersfield the first night and then drove all the way to Portland the next day and got in about 1am Sunday - we hit snow and ice on the passes and knew that if we stopped for the night again that we might be there for a few days. We woke up Sunday morning to about 3 inches of snow, and the wintery weather hasn't stopped since then!

We had to buy chains for our car and for our Uhaul to get them across town to Jason's parent's house where we're staying. We got the Uhaul unloaded and into storage on Monday and now we're just going to interviews and trying to get into some sort of routine - which is hard to do when you really can't drive anywhere! There are so many people that we want to see and really haven't been able to see much of anyone due to the ice and snow!

It snowed all day yesterday, there are at least 7 new inches of the white stuff on the ground and to top it off there is ~1/4 of ice on top of it from the freezing rain last night. We're pretty home bound for the next couple of days, that sure makes running last minute Christmas errands difficult to do!

Baby Bump

At the request of a few of you I am posting another belly picture...it really is an odd concept to be celebrating getting fat! :) The baby has been moving up a storm, I started feeling her at about 18.5 weeks, and I'm 20 weeks now. her movements and kicks are getting stronger each week. Jason has even been able to feel her kick quite a few times which has been really exciting!
On another not so fun pregnancy note - I am on an emotional roller-coaster and I'm not loving that! I've never really been an overly teary person but my gosh it doesn't take much to bring it on...we were in church and I saw a cute little girl lighting the candles and welled up with tears - I mean come on, get it together! I can swing the other way at the drop of a hat too...I don't like to be grumpy but it just seems to come out of no where! Between the stress of moving and dealing with his psycho wife I don't know how Jason is surviving! Oh the joys of hormones!