She is here!

Coming home from the hospital
A few hours old

Our baby girl was born Friday December 12, at 1:23PM. She was 8lbs 2.5oz and 20.75 inches long!!! She is a big girl. We decided to name her Kate Noelle Spicer. It was an easy labor and I am so grateful that everything went well and we have a happy healthy baby girl. Kallon already loves her, he is so good with her. He recived a braclet in the hospital that says big brother and he loves it. He is always asking where his braclet is. The first morning she was home I had brought her into the bathroom with me while I showered. When I got out of the shower Kate was covered in toys that Kallon had laid all over her. He said to me "look mom, I sharin' with baby sister." It was pretty darn cute. My sister Katy and her boy Stratton have been here and it has been so fun to hang out with them, she has also been such a great help. I don't know what we would have done without her! So far everything is going really well. We are all happy and healthy and a little bit sleep deprived but I wouldn't have it any other way.
3 days old
3 days old
In the hospital
The pround big brother!

Merry Christmas

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I think this might be the first time I have done a tag. This is the 4th folder and 10th picture in our files. This is my baby Kallon at almost two weeks old. I forget how teeny tiny they are. Look at all that dark hair! Now my baby is almost two and a half. How the time flies!

Happy Anniversary

Yesterday, November 22 was Cory and I's fifth anniversary! I can't believe we have been married for five years. The time goes by way too fast especially now that Kallon is here to keep us very busy. I just wanted to let Cory know that I love him very much. He is so good to me, somedays I think I don't deserve him. I appreciate all he does for me and our family. I know he works hard for us to make us happy and comfortable. Kallon also loves his daddy very much. Cory is so good with him, after work and dinner if you come to our house you will find Kallon and dad playing tennis(of course), baseball, golf, basketball, reading stories, hide and seek, or just rough housing on the floor. I know that our baby girl is going to have Cory wrapped around her little finger too. I can't believe she will be here in three weeks. I am in the stage now where I am just uncomfortable and Cory has been so good to massage my back whenever I ask. He is also willing(sometimes with a little coaxing) to help cook and clean. He just does so much to help me out latley and I just want him to know that I appreciate it and that I love him so much. So happy anniversary Cory!
As a side note I had a doctors appointment on Friday, I am dilated to a one!!! Hopefully this baby will be here sooner than we thought because I am ready to be done! We are excited and a little nervous but we can't wait to meet her!

Kallon

I know all I write about is Kallon but let's face it, we are together every hour of everyday. For now and most of the time:) he is what makes me happy. This post is more for Cory and I so that we can remember the funny things Kallon says and does. I wish I could remember all the hilarious things he says, lately I have been writing some of them down. Here are some of my favorites. We have a window from our family room to kitchen, Kallon will stand up on the back of the couch poke his head in the window clear his throat and say, "huh um, I have a question." I have no idea where he got this from but it's so funny. The Quaker oatmeal man has his picture on the Life cereal box and one morning I asked Kallon what he wanted for breakfast and he said "I want cereal man cereal." So now Mr. Quaker is now known in our house as the cereal man. If he hears a noise like the airplanes that fly over or a neighbor Kallon will ask me" whats that makin' noisey, mom?" If I am cooking dinner or we are driving in the car and he smells something he will say mom I smell like somethin' instead of I smell something. We have tried to correct this one but he just won't let go of his way of saying it. I will ask Kallon what he is doing and he anwers me saying 'I just doin' somethin' mom" or "nothin' I just hangin' out." I will ask him if he has pooped and he says no I just toot toot. Which most of the time is a lie. He is really starting to hate diaper changes but we can't get it in his head to just go in the potty. We are working on it though, one day at a time. Also he is so polite. What two year old is polite, and a boy for that matter? I really don't know where he gets that from, I mean we try to have him say please and thank you but recently when he burps he will say excuse me. He also says your welcome if you say thank you. He will say excuse me if we are in his way, a little shove also comes along with this but its a start, right? He also likes to rub my belly and say hi baby sister, and give her a big kiss, which leaves a bunch of slobber all over my big belly. We ask him what we should name the baby and he says Simba. Kallon also goes around telling people that he has a baby sister in his belly and lifts his shirt all the way up so they can see. We can always count on Kallon for a good laugh.
Here is our big milestone of the week! I think it hurt me more than it affected Kallon. Yes we did it everyone, we took the pacifier(fire) away! It was very hard I am not going to lie, it was more a crutch for Cory and I. We started out the week telling Kallon this story how the Pacifier fariy was coming to take away his fire and give it to a little baby boy who needed it more than he does. He thought the story was pretty funny and would just laugh at me and say, "ok, mom" when I would tell it to him. Every night this past week we had him cut a little piece off the pacifier so it would be harder and harder for him to hold it in his mouth. I told him the story everyday so when Friday came he would hopefully get that his fire would be gone.
Friday night right before bed we sat down at the table and we wrote a note to the fire fairy to please take Kallon's fire to a little baby who needs it more, because Kallon is now a big boy and does not need to have it anymore, and yes I cried while writing this note! I know, I am such a big baby. I should be ecstatic that Kallon will finally be pacifier free but it somehow felt like all the sudden he wasn't my baby anymore! I know, I know you are all thinking how pathetic but I am going to blame it on all the pregnancy hormones. Hey I have got to use the excuse while I can right!? Anyway Kallon seemed to agree with the letter we wrote and wanted to draw a picture on the paper too. I gave the paper and pen to him and started drawing and with a high pitched voice like he was dictating a letter as he is coloring he says "don't take my fire away" over and over. I was crying and laughing hyterically at the same time. Cory had to leave the room before he exploded with laughter as well. After we recovered from our laughing we folded the letter and put it in an envelope along with the fire and left it on the kitchen table. We took Kallon to his room did our nightly bedtime ritual and laid him down. We gave him his special blanket, his lion, wolf, dog, and lightning blanket. Then came the dreaded question "where's my fire." We told him its on the table waiting to be given to a baby boy, because you don't need it anymore, you are a big boy now. He didn't like the sound of that, he started to cry, we told him we loved him and left his room. As we walked away Cory said to me "it's like we are starting all over." What the heck are we doing was all I was thinking. We let him cry for about 10-15 minutes before Cory went back to check on him. As Cory was walking in Kallon say up and asked where his lion was. Cory found his lion laid Kallon back down and rubbed his head for a few minutes and Kallon was out! Just like that, it has been two nights now and no major issues. He stays in his bed and goes right to sleep without his fire(knock on wood). In place of his pacifier we left a Backyardigan memory game. He was so excited the next morning to open and play with it. If he asks for his fire we remind him that he has a cool new game instead. It has worked pretty well so far. Naps on the other hand have not been so easy. He refuses to to take a nap. I don't know if this is coincidence or if his pacifier was really that helpful with him falling asleep. While Kallon was supposed to be taking a nap yesterday we found him in his room with Desitin everywhere! I am not kidding, everywhere, including Kallon. Today he was into the crib and dresser and baby powder, I have to keep telling myself its all worth it over and over. As for now Kallon is fast asleep and I couldn't be happier! One day at a time right? He is such a good boy(most of the time) and I am glad he is dealing so well without his fire! Thats my big boy!

Halloween

Our scurvy Pirate

Halloween was fun this year because Kallon is starting to understand what goes on around the holidays now. Kallon dressed up as a scurvy pirate or pirante as Kallon would say. Many of you may know that one of Kallon's favorite cartoons is Backyardigans, there is one episode about pirates and they sing a song all about it. In the song they sing "what do you do with a scurvy pirate?, and then the other characters answer back saying "make him walk the plank." Kallon sings this song to himself a lot, it's pretty darn cute. If you ask him what a pirate says he will say Aargh! We didn't plan on dressing him up as a pirate but it was the cheapest costume at the store so it worked out. Kallon's cousin Bentli was also a pirate, they were both pretty cute together. At preschool the kids all dressed up in their cosutmes and had a party. They learned about the letter "J" and jack-o-lanterns, sang songs, played pin the nose on the pumpkin, decorated paper pumkins with glitter and stickers, had a very yummy lunch, and decorated cookies. I think most of the candy went into little mouths more than actually got on the cookies. I don't think Kallon has ever had as much sugar in 4 hours as he did that day. All the kids were running around the yard in crazy mode! Having 5 two year olds on a sugar high is pretty hilarious. We also carved pumpkins with Jennie and Jared's ward on Monday night. Kallon was not too intrested in that one but Cory and I got some adult interaction and conversation!:) Our ward's Trunk or Treat was on Wednesday night. We had a good time there. We played games and ate way too many goodies. Kallon also participated in Go Fish and helped some older kids wrap up thier friends as mummies with toilet paper. Cory went as a ob doctor complete with prenatals in his pocket and a stethoscope and I put on my comfy pj's and robe and said I was a woman in labor! I know kind of lame but we decided to dress up at the very last minute. We had a good time. Hope everyone had a fun, safe holiday!

After the trunk or treat Kallon enjoying his treats in the trunk


See the resmeblance?
Two year olds gone wild!!!

Preschool kids with their mom's

Cheese Snatcher

This is what we have been finding in our fridge lately, very large bits of cheese missing from the block. One morning Cory and I were still in bed and Kallon came running in with the block of cheese in his hands. "Look mommy, look dad, I eat cheese." I don't know what it is all of the sudden with Kallon and his cheese obsession. A few months ago he would not even touch the stuff. For the past three weeks I have been buying string cheese for him and he loves it. He asks for stringa cheese(as he calls it) about 10 times a day. I think he would just eat cheese all day long if I really let him. I guess I shouldn't be too worried about it because its actually somewhat healthy for him. Now instead of ripping into the block he gets out and carries around his stringacheese like its a beloved toy or stuffed animal. Now I only hope that in a few more weeks he will begin liking fruit! I know, what a strange little child we have!:)


Just look at that innocent face!

Poopy in the potty!

Today Kallon finally pooped in the potty! For all you moms out there I know you understand my excitement. I don't care if this grosses anyone out because I am so glad that I am one more tiny step towards getting Kallon out of diapers. It would be nice to be diaper free for a little while. Anyway I haven't been trying too hard with potty training because of all the change that has been going on with us and everything. I would ask a few times a day if he had to go potty and he would say yes, so he would go sit on it for about 2.3 seconds! He just didn't act too interested so I didn't push it. Today I was laying on the couch and Cory was playing Zelda-loser and I could see Kallon trying so hard to poop. Cory and I immediately jumped up and said lets go poop on the potty. For some strange reason he is deathly afraid of the big toilet now so he sat on his potty chair and we gave him spiderman snacks. Gross I know to eat on the potty but hey, what ever works at this point! We left him to do his business and a few minutes later we hear the little song that alerts us that there is a surprise in the potty. Sure enough we went in to check and there it was. Kallon was so excited he was jumping up and down and to everyones surprise he started peeing all over the place! He tried to stop it by putting his finger over himself but of course that just made it worse and it got the cupboards. Cory and I were laughing so hard and poor little Kallon was so upset that he'd peed on the floor he burst into tears. Cory got Kallon in the tub and cleaned him off while I got the fun job of cleaning the potty and the floor. Its was quite the ordeal but it only means we are getting closer. I hope it was not just a fluke!

Nap anyone?

What two year asks for a nap???? I swear our little Kallon sleeps sooo much, a lot more than your average two year old. Not that I'm complaining I actually LOVE it, but its so funny to me. Here is what happened to bring on this thought. This morning Cory had a tennis match and had to be there at 8:30. I decided I would wait until Kallon got up that we would meet him later because as much as I love chasing a two year old in the heat 6 months pregnant I decided it would be best to just catch the last bit of the match. Kallon woke up about 9:15 and we ate breakfast and I finished getting ready. We got to the tennis courts around 10:00 and Cory just finished losing the second set. He won the first so now he had split sets and had to play a third. Kallon and I sat on the picnic table and watched tennis and he was being suprisingly good. He would sit by me then climb on the table, then get down and run around the table but he never ran off like usual. Its not like he used a lot of energy running away from me. We got home around 11:30am and Kallons says "Mom, I want to take a nap." I said no not yet its still too early, do you want to watch a movie or play a game?" NO. Then I said "well lets wait a little while and then we will go take a nap." With that I went to my bedroom to go change. As I came back out Kallon was not where I left him, so I went looking for him in his room and guess what I found. Kallon laying in his bed with his plethera of stuffed animals, blankets, his fire(pacifier), and his eyes squeezed closed. I asked him if he was sure he wanted to take a nap and he said "yes mommy leave, I can sleep, then go to park, close the door!" WHAT!!! He is such a little smart alec, but if he wants to sleep I am sure not going to aruge with him!:)

We made it!

After three LONG days of driving and just in time for a pretty serious hurricane approaching we have arrived in our new home of San Antonio Texas! We got here Monday night and unloaded with the help of Jared, Jennie and their friends (thanks you guys). My mom and I have been unpacking ever since and I think we've done it except for three boxes in Cory and I's room that I really don't want to open. So other than picture and curtain hanging I think its done-hallelujah. I actually really like our apartment. I was so nervous to see it but Jennie approved so I knew it couldn't be that bad. Its just a little scary moving into a place you've never seen before. It's way bigger than Mckinley manor and we have two bathrooms and washer/dryer hook-ups and a dishwasher!!! Its pretty sad when you get all worked up over having your own dishwasher!:) Anyways we are in a gated apartment complex which is nice. We are on the third floor and have a great view out of our balcony. I am very happy with it so far and now that it looks like an apartment instead of a storage unit I think we will really enjoy it. As far as San Antonio I don't know yet. My mom and I ventured out Tuesday afternoon and I couldn't find what we were looking for so I called Cory on the verge of tears asking him how to get back to the apartment. I knew that I could have just turned around and went back the way we came but I thought I knew the city pretty well becasue or our one week vacation here last summer-dumb assumption. I do not know where anything is and its very frustrating. My mom and I don't even leave the apartment unless Cory is with us to drive or tell me where to go. Poor Jennie has gotten quite a few phone calls from Cory asking her to look up directions for us. I think once I drive around I will figure it out-I hope. The city is a lot bigger than good 'ol Pocatello Id. The other reason I don't want to leave the house is the humidity! Its awful, I feel like I can't breathe when I step outside and the worst part is that is doesn't cool off at night-not at all!!! That is going to take some getting used to. Kallon is doing well but I think he knows that something is different. He is sooo cuddley since we've been here and that is not Kallon at all. He never wants to sit still but there has been no major meltdowns. He also did so well on the way down. I think we watched Cars about 6 times in three days in the car. He only cried 10 minutes the entire trip and it was when we were just pulling into San Antonio-he is such a trooper! Cory has an interview tomorrow so cross your fingers that he gets it. Its a little scary not having any money coming in. We are doing well but we miss home. We stopped at Carlsbad Caverns on the way down so I am posting some pictures of that. If you ever get a chance to go I would recommend it!






Cory & my Mom

Daniel & Kallon

Entrace to the cave, we walked 75 stories down!

Funny stories and scary moments

About a month ago we were on a family boating outing on a Saturday afternoon. Everyone had taken a turn on the water and decided that we were all starving-which is pretty normal in this family. We got out the chicken, fruit, goodies, and drinks and were all stuffing our faces while Kallon was on the back deck of the boat playing in the water. Kallon usually just likes to stand on the deck and kick his feet and splash in the small amount of water. It takes a lot of coaxing to get him to even sit down on the deck most of the time. I thought it was a great idea to let him play back there in the water while I ate my dinner in peace and conversation, which as most you mothers know that rarely happens! We are all eating in the boat enjoying our food when all the sudden we hear a big splash, then some choking and Kallon's death cry! Luke was the closet to Kallon and when he looked back he saw Kallon laying on his back in the water with his eyes as wide as they would go! (We now know for a fact that his life jacket works properly) So Luke reached in and pulled him up into the boat. We were all laughing trying to calm him down between his crying and telling us that he fell off the boat. After a few minutes he was fine and back in the water. What makes this story so funny is that a couple weeks ago Cory, Kallon, and I were driving home one night and Kallon tells us this story: I go boating, I play in da water, I fall off boat, Luke save my life! We were laughing so hard!!! Its so amazing what their little minds remember. So now we hear the story quite often of how uncle Luke saved little Kallon's life! Now papa Spicer tries to convince Kallon that Luke actually pushed him in. So the story goes back and forth from Luke saving Kallon's life to Luke pushing him in. We still laugh every time!


We kind of had a scary pregnancy moment on Saturday. We had been running errands during the morning and boating in the afternoon. We were getting the boat ready to leave the lake and I was pulling down the skies from the rack and I felt something pop in my left stomach. I didn't think much of it until the ride home, I just ached and I couldn't sit still and I was getting sick. About an hour later we get home and I just had to lay down because I felt so crappy. As I laid there for a while I started thinking I haven't felt the baby move all day! I know we were busy and on the boat so I probably wouldn't have but it started to really scare me. So I drank some water and laid on my left side for about 30 minutes and still nothing!!! Then I remembered the whole pop in my stomach thing and because I'm a hypochondriac I thought for sure I had torn the placenta away from the uterine wall and I was going to get pre-eclampsia! So Cory called the hospital because I'm sure he was sick of my complaining and he knows just about everyone (which is nice when we have a question or have to go in). The labor and delivery nurse told him that it would be good to get in there asap. We got Kallon in bed and took off to the hospital at 10pm. What really puts the icing on this cake is the night before I had a dream that I lost the baby and had to have c-section to deliver the stillborn baby. Not a good dream for a pregnant lady to have at five months pregnant! So we get to the hospital and go right up to L& D. The nurse hooks me up for a non-stress test and for what seemed like FOREVER but really was only about 10-15 seconds the nurse couldn't find the heart beat! I was just holding back the tears, it was the longest 10 seconds of my life. There was no way I had made it through the worst part of pregnancy to go through something like this. Finally the nurse finally found the heartbeat and made me sit there with the monitor for about 25 minutes. Dr. Dyer poked his head and said that baby looked great and I could go home. Dr Dyer made a little comment saying its funny that sometimes the babies will play with the umbilical cord and that makes it hard to find the heartbeat-how about completely not funny!!! Anyways everything is great, no torn placenta, and a good strong heart beat! Like I said sometimes I can just be a little bit of a hypochondriac. But its better to be safe than sorry.

Grandma Tubbs

We lost our dear grandma Tubbs Thursday afternoon after a sudden illness. It happened so fast that I don't think its set in quite yet for any of us. We know that as much as we miss her she is in a better place doing great things. Grandma loves her family very much and she would do anything for any of us. Family was very important to her, which is good because she has a big one. I'm not sure how many grandchildren there are but I do know that there are 52 1/2 (ours in progress) great grandchildren and she knows and loves every single one. She and grandpa were always supportive by attending all sorts of sporting events, dance and music recitals, birthdays, or just coming over to visit. Grandma Tubbs was always so willing to watch Kallon. Kallon could spot grandma and grandpa great from a mile away in Walmart, where we frequently ran into them. He would just start shouting grandma great, go see grandma great! She actually took him for a weekend while Cory and I went to Las Vegas for a tennis tournament. Grandma and Kallon have a special bond. They were always so excited to see each other and Kallon is always asking to see grandma great. He loved going over to visit and play with toys and grandma great would let him play with the vcr, which he never gets to do at home! The first time I met her which was about 10 years ago when Cory and I started hanging out I remember her making me feel so welcome even though Cory and I weren't supposed to be seriously dating!:)
She is always so kind to everyone and I don't think I've ever heard her say a bad thing about anyone. She and grandpa had fun together throughout their lives. They would go dancing every week, go camping with a group, and even go on motorcycle rides together in the mountains. I hope that Cory and I can stay young like she and grandpa have. What great examples we have to follow and live up to. We love you grandma, and we will see you again!

Our week of fun

Jared, Jennie and family came to visit this past week. We had a great time playing tennis, boating, eating, and just hanging out. Its always fun to get together with them. Kallon and Bentli had their fights and arguments or should I say beat downs! Overall they did great and I think enjoyed each others company. Here are some pictures from our week.



Park in Salt Lake

Uncle Luke playing in the water

Luke got soaked so we didn't have to.


We finally got both of them to sit on the surf board!
Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandkids

Bath Time

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Big news!

Cory and I went to Boulder C.O. for tennis sectionals. What a long boring drive! Anyways we had a really fun weekend. We left Thursday morning, traveled all day and arrived in Boulder at about 8:00 pm. Cory and I won 4 of 5 matches and our team won two! Not too bad, I was just really happy that we beat Utah and Nevada. On Friday we went and saw the new Batman movie and had dinner at a very expensive steak house. Boulder is a really fun place, I think I would really like living there. Anyways it was a fun weekend and a good tennis experience and it was also to get away for a weekend!


Our other big news is that I had an ultrasound today! We found out what we are having. We were hoping for a boy because we already have everything and he and Kallon would such good friends (because I say so) and be able to entertain each other. As we walked into the ultrasound office Cory and I were talking and he says okay, I'm changing my mind I think its a girl, and guess what.....he was right!


We are having a little baby girl! I'm really excited and a little nervous all at the same time. I hope she gets her dad's laid back personality because otherwise I don't know how I'm going to handle a high maintenance girl with attitude. I hear stories from friends about their little girls' attitudes already and I always thought to myself, I am so glad I have a boy. So much for that. We are excited and I am also very happy to report that the due date is now December 18th or 19th. That is much better than Christmas Day! I did not want to be in the hospital giving birth on Christmas-yuck. So now I am excited to shop for all the cute little girly dresses, shoes, and everything else. We ran into my doctor on the way out of the office and he said "Cory, all I have to say is get used to pink and purple." Darn right, its going to be fun! We are both very excited. We are open to any name suggestions please let me know because we have nothing, or I guess its more like we don't agree on anything. Cory is too darn difficult!:)

Boating

Our first boating outing this summer was Saturday June 28. Kallon has been boating since he was eleven days old and last year he wasn't sure about the whole thing but this year he loves it! He wants to jump in and swim, drive the boat, tube, and even says he wants to surf! I love to be out on the boat in the heat of the summer. I am glad Kallon is now enjoying it now too.


This is Kallon impatiently waiting to leave for the lake.
This is Cory surfing
Kallon and Mom
Me surfing, not so good!
I told Kallon to take a nap and this is what he did.
Uncle Daniel and Kallon driving the boat!

Birthday pictures

Yea! I finally figured out how to post pictures! These are some of Kallon's birthday. Kallon got a potty training kit from my mom, a tricycle, a cars blanket from aunt Katy that he loves, new clothes, sidewalk chalk, Cars toys, and or course a tennis racquet. He wasn't too sure about the candles on his cake but once he finally blew them out he wanted to do it again. Grandma and Grandpa great gave Kallon two dollars that he was pretty proud of.

Happy Birthday Kallon!

Today is my little baby boy's birthday! I guess he is not so much my baby anymore, he is two years old today. I just can't believe he has been here for two years. This afternoon we went to Ross Park with his cousin Stratton, uncle Jonathan and aunt Becky to get a free lunch from the school district. Kallon is so independent already its so fun. He just took off all over the toys by himself. He went to the tallest, longest slide right off and he didn't want any help as he says...Kallon do it,yea, okay. He has started this new thing where he says yea, okay, and yep at the end of all his sentences. It is so funny and we think he does it because when he asks us a question we say okay or yea. He is our little copy cat we really have to watch what we say because the next second the same words are coming out of Kallon's mouth. Also he has exploded with the talking. He strings five to eight words together already and it just amazes me every time he does it. He is so fun. We will be celebrating his birthday on Sunday with both families where he will get to open all his presents. We got him a tennis racquet, some Cars toy cars, sidewalk chalk and clothes. From his grandparents he will be getting clothes, and a tricycle. I think he will very excited. I also have a tennis update. Cory and I won all of our matches last weekend at districts. Our team as a whole also won and now we get to go play in Boulder, C.O. at the end of July. I am excited but nervous I will be a lot more pregnant when we go there. It will be a good, and very fun experience! Anyways Happy Birthday Kallon, we love you and hope your day is wonderful!!!

Update to our lives

Nothing too exciting has been going on lately. We have moved in with Cory's parents and that has been going really well. Its nice to actually have some space. I know its not ours but I'm loving it while I can. I think that I'm finally starting to feel better! I am now three months and really sick of being sick all the time. I'm sad that the weather hasn't been very good for the past month, poor Kallon is stuck inside all day long with his boring old mom. At least he's got grandma and grandpa and Daniel to entertain him. That is a very nice bonus to have family around to play with Kallon when I really don't want too. This past weekend a bunch of my friends from high school that I haven't seen in a really long time all got together-thanks Britni!:) That was a really fun day. I miss some of those good times in high school with all those girls. Our ten year is in three years! I can't believe it, that makes me feel so old! Cory and I are working on child #2 and some of my friends are working on #3! Its so crazy to me. This is a really random post but I thought I would just get some of the stuff down that has been going on. Tonight in Idaho Falls Cory and I are playing in the mixed doubles districts. Our team won here in Pocatello so now we play in IF. We have one match tonight, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. If we win in I.F. we get to go play in Boulder CO. That would be so much fun, the only problem is we probably couldn't afford to go! Trying to save money for the big move. We still are looking for an apartment and a job. Cory is thinking about a new job opportunity where he could actually use his degree and do research for the Univeristy of San Antonio. That would look so good on his med school application. We will see though, I know everything will work out. Anyways thats about all that has been going on with us, pretty exciting I know!!!

Big News!

We are expecting another bundle of joy! Cory and I found out about a month and half ago that I am pregnant! I can't believe it. Its kind of scary to think of having two kids. I'm all worn out with just Kallon. We are very excited though. My first doctors appointment was yesterday and you know just how much fun that first one is! Anyways we thought that my due date was around December 18 or 19 but the ultrasound determined that the due date is December 25!!! Santa is bringing a baby this year!:) So I am about 8 weeks along and sick/hungry all the time, why did we do this again!? Its okay though because this time instead of throwing up everyday I find if I just can keep my belly full I don't feel quite so crappy. Only about 5 more weeks until the first trimester is over and no more sickness! To top it all off I've been trying to pack up our apartment and clean while feeling sick. We are moving in with the in-laws tomorrow! That will be nice because I will finally be out of this mess and there is always good food at momma and papa Spicers. I am trying to tell Kallon that he will have a little brother or sister but I don't think that he understands quite yet, but I'm going to keep working on it. This past week my sister in law, Jennie was here visiting with her two kids, Bentli who is 2 years old and Tate who is 2 months. It was a fun visit and I'm glad we got to hang out for a week. I was nervous about Kallon being around Tate because he is kind of rough as most boys his age are, but he was so good with the baby. He would always want to hold him and give him kisses and every time we would arrive or leave Kallon would says Hi baby Tate or bye baby Tate and blow him a kiss. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! So maybe making the adjustment in December won't be as bad as I had first thought! I guess we will have to wait and see.

Its Official

We are moving to San Antonio, Texas!!! I can't believe it myself, I never thought in a million years that I would live in Texas. We decided that since Cory did not get into medical school we needed to do something different. He has done everything he can do here to make his application better. The reason we chose Texas is because there are about ten medical schools there that accept 75% or more Texas residents. We will move down and Cory will find a job at the University Hospital doing more hands on patient care and I will get to play all day with my long lost sister Jennie! That part I am excited about. I am nervous about living so far away from my family and friends. I have never lived out of Pocatello! It will be hard not being able to just run over to my mom's in 15 minutes and have a nice dinner-because I do not cook! Thats the other thing, we are probably going to starve when we leave!:) It's not because I don't like to cook I'm just not very good at it. Anyways we are planning on leaving the first weekend in August. At first I was not very excited about the whole thing but after a lot of thinking, praying, fasting etc...we have decided this is the best decision for us. It really hit me hard when we gave our thirty days notice to our landlord. The day after that I started packing some boxes because I'm a little ocd and if I know something is coming up I like to be ready. So when I started packing I started crying too. I don't think I've cried that much in a while, probably since I was pregnant and had out of whack hormonal issues!:) We will be moving in with Cory's parents in mid May to save some money, apartments there are much more expensive that I thought, but I guess it could always be worse. After talking with my wonderful mom and sister in law Jennie I am feeling much better and I am even getting excited. Texas will be a fun place to live and it won't be permanent so I am going to enjoy it. Whats even better is that we will live about a thirty minutes from Sea World and Six Flags! We just say this is our next adventure and we are going to enjoy life at every step of the way!

Eve 6 Concert

Last night there was a free Eve 6 concert at the Holt Arena. Cory and I took Kallon and met up with some friends. We thought Kallon might really enjoy it because every time there is music he is always dancing. He loves music especially dads rock music which is really funny. I was a little worried about how loud and crazy it might get. We get there and the music started about 15 minutes later and Kallon immediately perks up to see what the noise is. At first he was a little scared and kept pointing to the exit saying bye bye. I got him to settle down and sit on my lap by bribing him with some snacks. The most funny thing about the whole night is when Kallon wasn't eating he had his little fingers in his ears saying "loud music." If his fingers weren't in his ears he was holding my hands up to cover his ears. After each song he would clap and smile and say "again, again." It was a fun night and as always nice to get out of the apartment. I don't know if I enjoyed the band more or Kallon!

Frustration

Alright I need to vent a little bit. We received a letter from U of U on Saturday (the medical school we were really hoping to get into) well don't get your hopes up because it was a no-again. Honestly I really don't know what these darn schools are looking for. Cory has the grades the mcat score, the service, the experience. I just don't understand what they want. I told Cory to start telling people that he's one quarter Hispanic or something and then maybe he would get in. It's just so hard to take because Cory has jumped through all the hoops and works so hard, it just sucks that someone else decides whether or not he gets to become a doctor. What really breaks my heart is that today one of the Dr's. in town that Cory is close to called the Dr. in Utah that interviewed Cory to find just exactly why he didn't get in. Well the Dr. was actually surprised that Cory didn't get in and said that he was very impressed with Cory. He also said that he could not have given him a better score on the interview. So what the heck!? We are just a little confused right now. Anyway I don't mean to be so depressing I just had to get it off my chest. So now we will embark on a new adventure. We need to move somewhere so that Cory can continue to beef up his application. We will probably go somewhere to get residency in a state with a lot of medical schools. Its sad to say but there is nothing left for us at home. It will be hard to move but I think it will be the best for our family, and we will try again next year!:)

Last night I was over at the in-laws and we watched the movie August Rush. I was not expecting much cause movies theses days are very hit and miss. I actually really enjoyed it, I'm not going to give anything away but it was so nice to sit down and be able to watch a good, clean, uplifting movie. So if you are in need of something to watch and do not want to worry about the content I recommend August Rush-so good!

ABC TAG

A-Attached or single: attached
B-Best friend: sisters both Green and Spicer
C-Cake or pie: pie
D-Day of choice: Saturday
E-Essential Item: phone, chapstick
F-Favorite color: purple
G-Gummy bears or worms: worms
H-Hometown: Pocatello
I- Indulgences: ice cream and reading
J-January or July: July
K-Kids: One
L-Life is incomplete without my: family
M-Marriage date: November 22, 2003
N-Number of siblings: 2 sisters and 1 brother
O-Oranges or apples: both:)
P-Phobias or fears: insects or all kinds
Q-Quotes: Family is a journey into forever
R-Reason to smile: Playing with Kallon and being with my family
S-Season:I love them all
T-Tag six: Julie, Kristina, Laura, Cami Jo, Tasha, and Becky.
U-Unknown fact about me: Unlike Emily, I Love milk. I could drink it all the time but I don't because its getting so expensive and I would probably be a bit chubbier if I drank as much as I would like!:)
V-Vegetarian or meat eater: meat eater
W-Worst habit: picking at my split ends
X-X-ray or ultrasound: ultrasound
Y-Your favorite food: Gyros from the Grecian Key, yummy!
Z-Zippers or Zebras: What? I guess Zebras

Tennis

Cory and I are playing on a mixed doubles 7.0 team this year. So far this season we are 2 for 2! I can't believe we are doing so well, of course its all Cory I just stand there and watch him play. I am having such a good time playing with him. I keep joking saying that we will see if we stay married after this experience but so far its been great. No yelling or fighting!:) We have a match tonight at the Country Club and hopefully we can keep up the winning streak. We are hoping that Kallon will enjoy tennis as much as we do. So far so good, when we get home after playing he runs over to the tennis bags wanting to get the racket out. He will do his best to hold it and swing it across his body and say "boom." Its the cutest thing ever! He actually does it with better form than I do. His dad is so proud!

New to this

Alright, here goes nothing. I have never really been a fan of blogs until I found that many of my friends had one. I love looking at the pages and seeing what everyone is up to and what they are doing in life. I also had the thought that because hopefully we will be moving this summer for medical school it would be a great way to keep friends and family posted on our family adventures. So I am going to give this a try and see how it goes. I am not good at this stuff but I'm going to give it a whirl. Hopefully it goes better than my scrapbooking ambitions!:)