A couple weeks before the fall semester was about to begin I got a lovely e-mail from the school telling me that I wasn't going to be able to graduate in May 2013. I would need to go to school for another semester. Now this came as a shock because I had been told, advisor after advisor, for the past two years that I was on track to graduate in May. I would complete my student teaching this spring and then be done with school after what has felt like ages. I'm still not sure how that many advisors and I missed 5-6 credits....that's kind of a big deal! I haven't had the best luck with advisors since I started at the University of Wyoming. It really has taken me awhile to get this far, but I finally felt like I was on track and headed in the right direction. Well, that hasn't changed. I still want to teach. However, after much prayer and deliberation we made the decision to have me stay home with Andrew.
It took awhile to adjust to the fact that I wasn't going back to school this fall; along with the fact that I don't have a degree and am not sure when I'll get it completed. I am so happy to be able to spend my days with my sweet son watching him learn and grow. It's been quite a blessing. It's just reaffirmed to me that our Heavenly Father has a plan for us all no matter what we have planned for ourselves sometimes. I hadn't even given a thought to not finishing school until a few weeks before the beginning of the school year and got me thinking. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Our Trip to Yellowstone
The second week of August we headed to Yellowstone with Daniel's family. We stayed in their condos in West Yellowstone and called that home for the week. We were spoiled getting to sleep in a King sized bed. When we came back home to our Queen sized bed, it seemed extremely small. Andrew was such a trooper on the drive up and just loved talking to Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen. He adjusted well to sleeping in a new place and living on a different schedule. He did really well in his pack n' play.
We went into the park almost everyday. On Wednesday we spent the day walking around West Yellowstone window shopping, eating delicious food and treats, and seeing what the town had to offer. While in the park we saw lots of buffalo, waterfalls, and geysers. We also saw an owl, bull elk, and mountain sheep. Of course we saw Old Faithful go off and spent a good chunk of a day in that area visiting the surrounding geysers. With all the hiking around that we did Andrew got to spend time in a front pack. i was really surprised at how well he handled it. Only problem was that he didn't want to be facing mom or dad; he wanted to be facing out so that he could see everything that was going on. Then he was content.
We visited Mammoth Hot Springs. We got to talk to one of the park rangers. He had lots of interesting info to share with us. Daniel's brother, Chris, and I went on a zip-line tour. It was a blast! Andrew stayed with Grandma and Daniel while Grandpa went fishing. We got rained on and drenched at one point, but it was totally worth it. By the time we were done we had dried out. We had really fun guides and a great group of people to spend time with.
There was a grizzly and wolf discovery center that we visited on one of the last days there because we didn't see any in the park. It was neat to see. All the animals had been rehabilitated at the center for various reasons.
It was a fun getaway with the family. We'll definitely be going again when Andrew gets older.
We went into the park almost everyday. On Wednesday we spent the day walking around West Yellowstone window shopping, eating delicious food and treats, and seeing what the town had to offer. While in the park we saw lots of buffalo, waterfalls, and geysers. We also saw an owl, bull elk, and mountain sheep. Of course we saw Old Faithful go off and spent a good chunk of a day in that area visiting the surrounding geysers. With all the hiking around that we did Andrew got to spend time in a front pack. i was really surprised at how well he handled it. Only problem was that he didn't want to be facing mom or dad; he wanted to be facing out so that he could see everything that was going on. Then he was content.
We visited Mammoth Hot Springs. We got to talk to one of the park rangers. He had lots of interesting info to share with us. Daniel's brother, Chris, and I went on a zip-line tour. It was a blast! Andrew stayed with Grandma and Daniel while Grandpa went fishing. We got rained on and drenched at one point, but it was totally worth it. By the time we were done we had dried out. We had really fun guides and a great group of people to spend time with.
There was a grizzly and wolf discovery center that we visited on one of the last days there because we didn't see any in the park. It was neat to see. All the animals had been rehabilitated at the center for various reasons.
It was a fun getaway with the family. We'll definitely be going again when Andrew gets older.
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| Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| Mud Pots |
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| The Family (minus Chris) |
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| This big boy climbed up the hill on the side of the road and just kept on his way. |
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| Grizzly at the Discovery Center |
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| Waiting for the river geyser to go off. |
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| The only picture we got of the three of us together. |
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| Watching Old Faithful...Andrew sleeping and taking a break from the carrier. |
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| Old Faithful |
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| My favorite picture of this little boy on the trip :) Isn't he cute?! |
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| Chris and I before the zip-line tour |
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| Just me ready to zip-line |
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Andrew's Blessing
Andrew was blessed on July 15, 2012 by Daniel. The blessing was beautiful. Lots of family were present and baby boy got passed around a lot. I sadly didn't get many pictures of everyone in attendance. It was slightly chaotic after all was said and done. Here are just a few pictures to commemorate the wonderful day:
He is one happy baby! Both sets of grandparents, Great grandparents Johnsons and McGinnis', Uncle Zak, Nic, Chris, Shawn and Clint, Aunt Korrine and Emily, cousins Porter, Wyatt, Gunnar, Mitchell and Caleb were in attendance. A couple of our friends Tony Zimny and Jordan McCort were there too. We also had several friends in the ward that were obviously present.
Afterward we went to the park and had a BBQ. We definitely didn't have room for everyone in our little apartment lol. We enjoyed the company and everyone went on their way. It was amazing to see everyone and to have them meet Andrew...some of them for the very first time.
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| Blanket was made by his Great Grandma Johnson |
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| With his cousins Wyatt and Gunnar |
Afterward we went to the park and had a BBQ. We definitely didn't have room for everyone in our little apartment lol. We enjoyed the company and everyone went on their way. It was amazing to see everyone and to have them meet Andrew...some of them for the very first time.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Andrew
Now that I'm caught up in other areas of life we can get to the fun stuff! The birth of our little Andrew. We couldn't be more excited to have him here!!! I've been wanting to get this post typed up for a long time, but I just got so busy with him that I'm just finally getting around to it. My handsome little angel is asleep so I have a little time to myself :)
Overall I had a really easy pregnancy...like REALLY easy. No morning sickness. No heartburn. No swelling. No problems sleeping. I was pretty comfortable clear up until the last couple weeks when he was growing lots. The only issue that came up was that I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The way I figured it was that everything was so easy I had to have at least something go wrong....haha. I had all the nurses and doctors confused with that diagnosis. I didn't fit any of the "normal" criteria for those diagnosed. Luckily, I didn't have to change much.Ii was already working out on a regular basis and for the most part was eating like they wanted me to. I did have to cut back in a few areas. I was able to control the diabetes with diet. My doctor was really impressed since I guess a lot of those diagnosed with it end up having to be regulated with the help of medication. Yay for me! I only hope it is a one time thing like the doctor is thinking it should be. If not...oh well. It kept life interesting. We had an extra ultrasound (to make sure he wasn't huge), a ton of NSTs (per doctors orders), and lots of extra appointments so they could keep track of how everything was progressing. With all the time I spent at the doctors office it made the last couple months fly by.
During Tuesday of week 38 they checked to see what my body was doing and if I was starting to progress towards labor. The doctor told me I was 3cm dilated and 80 percent effaced. All I could think was that this baby might be coming early. During the appt the doctor had us set an induction date because of the diabetes and they didn't want to go past 40 weeks. They worry about the baby getting too big at that point. Daniel chose May 25th (his birthday). They also planned to strip my membranes the next Tuesday to see if they could put me into labor. I called my mom to give her the update and she was convinced he would be coming early as well. She came down to stay with us on Friday since she wanted to be here when everything happened and she's 10 hours away. Lucky for us we had her around to help us with our move the next day (Saturday). I was so glad to have her around for the move. I was hoping all the activity would help put me into labor ;) I was so excited to meet our little man that I wanted him here ASAP, knowing that he would be healthy.
Tuesday came, they stripped my membranes and told me that if anything was going to happen it would happen within the next 48 hours. Forty-eight hours came and went with no changes. Bummer! I guess we were gonna be induced on Friday (the 25th).
We showed up at 5:30 AM, like they told us, got checked in, and were showed to our room. A short while later a nurse came in and informed us that the doctor was performing an emergency c-section, on another patient, and that they couldn't do anything with me until they had finished. Bummer again! (More waiting) This made me even more anxious and nervous. I had come to the hospital ready to have a baby :) They told me to walk around and maybe this would help labor progress. I had to laugh because I was walking everyday and it hadn't sent me into labor so far, so why would it now? It didn't.
Hour after hour went by. Finally, at about 10:30, the doctor came in and said we were ready to get things going. I was so unprepared, yet ready, for everything that was about to happen. They started me on Cytotec (sp?) and I went into labor. I went for quite a few hours without feeling any pain or discomfort. Around 4:30 PM I got an epidural after I had been in pain for about an hour. It wasn't bad at all. By the way other people talked about it I expected it to be lots worse. Little man's heart rate dropped after they did this so they had to lay me down. His heart rate jumped right back up. He had to give us a little scare. Once I got the epidural I was able to take a few naps between the nurses coming in, the doctor checking progress, and the machine taking my blood pressures.
Lots went on in the next 12 hours. Poor Daniel had stayed awake the whole time because he didn't want to miss anything. I kept telling him that he should sleep since I was. I was so relieved (and tired) by the time they told me it was time to have the baby. It was also at this point that the doctor discovered that Andrew was face up and this is why it had taken so long for everything to progress. After the first set of pushes little Andrew had to give us another scare with his dropping heart rate. The doctor informed us that we might have to use the forceps or do an emergency c-section. All it took was Dr. Bragg saying this out loud and his little heart rate jumped right back up to where it was supposed to be...little stinker! With this set of pushes they were able to get him turned over and facing down. After 15 minutes of pushing, Andrew James Sorensen entered the world at 4:31 AM on May 26th, two days before his due date.
The emotions surrounding his birth are indescribable. Waiting to hear his first little cry seemed to take ages, and a little cry it was. They set him up on my chest, and I'll never forget him lifting his little head and looking up at me with his wide eyes, little pouty lip, extremely long eyelashes, and full head of hair. Yes he LIFTED his head. I knew at that moment that I have a strong baby and that he is going to be one BIG handful.
I wish I had been able to see Daniel's reactions to everything going on, but I was completely focused on everything that I was doing. It was amazing to see him hold Andrew for the first time. You could just see and feel the love that was shared. Grandma McGinnis, and Grandma & Grandpa Sorensen were very excited to hold him for the first time. From then until we left the hospital is kind of a blur. Andrew stayed with us in the room beside when they took him to do testing. I could have just sat there and stared at our little angel for hours and hours. He was such a good baby.
We were happy to get out of the hospital and back home. This is Andrew's birth story. Hopefully, for my own sake, I haven't forgotten anything too major. I just don't want to forget a thing about that amazing day that has changed my life forever...the day I became a mom! I couldn't be more blessed!!
Overall I had a really easy pregnancy...like REALLY easy. No morning sickness. No heartburn. No swelling. No problems sleeping. I was pretty comfortable clear up until the last couple weeks when he was growing lots. The only issue that came up was that I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The way I figured it was that everything was so easy I had to have at least something go wrong....haha. I had all the nurses and doctors confused with that diagnosis. I didn't fit any of the "normal" criteria for those diagnosed. Luckily, I didn't have to change much.Ii was already working out on a regular basis and for the most part was eating like they wanted me to. I did have to cut back in a few areas. I was able to control the diabetes with diet. My doctor was really impressed since I guess a lot of those diagnosed with it end up having to be regulated with the help of medication. Yay for me! I only hope it is a one time thing like the doctor is thinking it should be. If not...oh well. It kept life interesting. We had an extra ultrasound (to make sure he wasn't huge), a ton of NSTs (per doctors orders), and lots of extra appointments so they could keep track of how everything was progressing. With all the time I spent at the doctors office it made the last couple months fly by.
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Tuesday came, they stripped my membranes and told me that if anything was going to happen it would happen within the next 48 hours. Forty-eight hours came and went with no changes. Bummer! I guess we were gonna be induced on Friday (the 25th).
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| Day of Induction 39 weeks |
Hour after hour went by. Finally, at about 10:30, the doctor came in and said we were ready to get things going. I was so unprepared, yet ready, for everything that was about to happen. They started me on Cytotec (sp?) and I went into labor. I went for quite a few hours without feeling any pain or discomfort. Around 4:30 PM I got an epidural after I had been in pain for about an hour. It wasn't bad at all. By the way other people talked about it I expected it to be lots worse. Little man's heart rate dropped after they did this so they had to lay me down. His heart rate jumped right back up. He had to give us a little scare. Once I got the epidural I was able to take a few naps between the nurses coming in, the doctor checking progress, and the machine taking my blood pressures.
Lots went on in the next 12 hours. Poor Daniel had stayed awake the whole time because he didn't want to miss anything. I kept telling him that he should sleep since I was. I was so relieved (and tired) by the time they told me it was time to have the baby. It was also at this point that the doctor discovered that Andrew was face up and this is why it had taken so long for everything to progress. After the first set of pushes little Andrew had to give us another scare with his dropping heart rate. The doctor informed us that we might have to use the forceps or do an emergency c-section. All it took was Dr. Bragg saying this out loud and his little heart rate jumped right back up to where it was supposed to be...little stinker! With this set of pushes they were able to get him turned over and facing down. After 15 minutes of pushing, Andrew James Sorensen entered the world at 4:31 AM on May 26th, two days before his due date.
The emotions surrounding his birth are indescribable. Waiting to hear his first little cry seemed to take ages, and a little cry it was. They set him up on my chest, and I'll never forget him lifting his little head and looking up at me with his wide eyes, little pouty lip, extremely long eyelashes, and full head of hair. Yes he LIFTED his head. I knew at that moment that I have a strong baby and that he is going to be one BIG handful.
I wish I had been able to see Daniel's reactions to everything going on, but I was completely focused on everything that I was doing. It was amazing to see him hold Andrew for the first time. You could just see and feel the love that was shared. Grandma McGinnis, and Grandma & Grandpa Sorensen were very excited to hold him for the first time. From then until we left the hospital is kind of a blur. Andrew stayed with us in the room beside when they took him to do testing. I could have just sat there and stared at our little angel for hours and hours. He was such a good baby.
We were happy to get out of the hospital and back home. This is Andrew's birth story. Hopefully, for my own sake, I haven't forgotten anything too major. I just don't want to forget a thing about that amazing day that has changed my life forever...the day I became a mom! I couldn't be more blessed!!Thursday, June 28, 2012
School
School has been done and over with for about a month and a half. It was an interesting semester for me being pregnant and all. Pregnancy brain is REAL!! I had to study so much harder than usual only to achieve results that were slightly below what I normally achieved. I was oober forgetful and spent a lot of time at the library going over and over and over information for tests. In mind I kept thinking "this is easy and I should be able to remember this," only to forget it minutes later. I'm convinced that only with the help of my Heavenly Father was I able to pull out another 4.0 semester. I was getting pretty worried that it wasn't going to be possible and that I was going to end up with a B in one or two of my classes. Once grades were turned in I was very pleasantly surprised to see all four classes were A's. I was also able to receive my certificate of advanced achievement from Institute. I feel pretty accomplished.
Spring 2012 semester was Daniel's last. He was, and is, so very glad to be done with school. Graduation was great. Daniel's family came over from Lyman to watch him graduate. Commencement wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The worst part was waiting while all the graduates names were read. The speaker was entertaining and kept it fairly short and sweet. Daniel got a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics. He's one smart cookie :)
The internship that Daniel fell into in Fall 2011 turned into a full time job and career come January 2012. With that being said he was one busy man once again. Full-time student and full-time at the office. His job title is a data analyst. Now that he's graduated he has begun taking and studying for his actuary nine exams. Its recommended that before taking each exam you should study for 300 hours! Ridiculous....And he thought he was getting away from "school." Nope. More studying for him over the next several years. An actuary is basically an insurance mathematician. He'll be getting paid to tell Mountain West Farm Bureau what their rates should be. He's loving his job! Oh yeah and since this job opportunity has come along it looks like we will be living in Laramie for at least the next ten years. Never would I have thought this would be the case once we had both graduated.
A week or so after finals I was notified of where I would be doing my student teaching next spring. I'll be student teaching in Cheyenne at Central High School. i wasn't very excited at first because my first choice was to be placed here in Laramie since our son would only be seven months old. Commuting back and forth is going to be interesting depending on what winter is like this year. luckily we have several people in Cheyenne that have already offered to let me stay with them in case the roads over the summit close. I've e-mailed my mentor teacher and she seems very nice and likable. I hope that semester flies by so that I can get graduated and start being a stay at home mom for my little man.
This next school year is gonna be a rough one for me being away from our little one.
Spring 2012 semester was Daniel's last. He was, and is, so very glad to be done with school. Graduation was great. Daniel's family came over from Lyman to watch him graduate. Commencement wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The worst part was waiting while all the graduates names were read. The speaker was entertaining and kept it fairly short and sweet. Daniel got a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics. He's one smart cookie :)
A week or so after finals I was notified of where I would be doing my student teaching next spring. I'll be student teaching in Cheyenne at Central High School. i wasn't very excited at first because my first choice was to be placed here in Laramie since our son would only be seven months old. Commuting back and forth is going to be interesting depending on what winter is like this year. luckily we have several people in Cheyenne that have already offered to let me stay with them in case the roads over the summit close. I've e-mailed my mentor teacher and she seems very nice and likable. I hope that semester flies by so that I can get graduated and start being a stay at home mom for my little man.
This next school year is gonna be a rough one for me being away from our little one.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Valentines Day, My Birthday, and the Brown & Gold Ball
These dates were obviously months ago, but I'm finally getting around to posting about them.
Valentines Day was a fun day, as it always is, with Daniel. He never ceases to be able to surprise me with the gifts that he gets me. This year he got a canvas made with one of our wedding pictures on it. It's beautiful and was pretty thoughtful on his part. It's the only picture from our wedding that we have printed and is now on display. As of right now I'm not really sure what I got Daniel for the occasion...oops! We also got to enjoy dinner and a movie together.
My birthday rolled around in March and once again Daniel was full of surprises. He kept asking what I wanted for my birthday, but the only answers I could come up with involved getting things for the baby. Man, oh man, I had baby on the brain. I just wanted to go out and get everything for our little man.I could've cared less if I had gotten anything for myself. He told me that wouldn't do and that it had to be something for me. I couldn't think of anything I needed so I wasn't even able to give him a direction to work toward. I had no clue what I was going to be getting. We went to dinner and got breakfast at Village Inn. YUM! (I love breakfast any time of day!) He ended up getting me two photo sessions with a local photographer (also one of our friends, and Daniels boss's wife)...one for maternity pictures and the other for newborn photos. She does great work and I was oh so every excited. It was such a thoughtful gift. On top of that he had also bought me a camcorder, telling me that I'd need it once the baby got here. Fun times :)
The Brown & Gold Ball is always a fun event to attend.I had told Daniel that maybe we shouldn't go this year because I was pretty sure that I didn't have a formal gown that would fit my very pregnant belly. Even with that said he came home with tickets and the stressing began. What the heck was I supposed to wear?! The dress code is formal and I was confident that none of my dresses would make the cut. I began looking through my closet once again and decided that I should just try on this pink dress that I had worn to one of my high school proms. I was fully prepared to be depressed by not being able to fit into anything. Much to my surprise....it was stretchy! It fit over my belly and I now had something to wear. Whew....that was close! I certainly wasn't going to go buy something new and looking more casual than formal would've been the only other option.
The Ball is a great time to get out for a fancy evening without the fancy cost. A three course meal, guest speaker, and a night of dancing is sure to be a hit. We enjoyed every minute and I even got Daniel to get out on the dance floor for longer than 5 seconds. Dinner was fantabulous and the company was even better.
(Please excuse the sideways pictures, I don't want to reload them lol)
Valentines Day was a fun day, as it always is, with Daniel. He never ceases to be able to surprise me with the gifts that he gets me. This year he got a canvas made with one of our wedding pictures on it. It's beautiful and was pretty thoughtful on his part. It's the only picture from our wedding that we have printed and is now on display. As of right now I'm not really sure what I got Daniel for the occasion...oops! We also got to enjoy dinner and a movie together.
The Brown & Gold Ball is always a fun event to attend.I had told Daniel that maybe we shouldn't go this year because I was pretty sure that I didn't have a formal gown that would fit my very pregnant belly. Even with that said he came home with tickets and the stressing began. What the heck was I supposed to wear?! The dress code is formal and I was confident that none of my dresses would make the cut. I began looking through my closet once again and decided that I should just try on this pink dress that I had worn to one of my high school proms. I was fully prepared to be depressed by not being able to fit into anything. Much to my surprise....it was stretchy! It fit over my belly and I now had something to wear. Whew....that was close! I certainly wasn't going to go buy something new and looking more casual than formal would've been the only other option.
The Ball is a great time to get out for a fancy evening without the fancy cost. A three course meal, guest speaker, and a night of dancing is sure to be a hit. We enjoyed every minute and I even got Daniel to get out on the dance floor for longer than 5 seconds. Dinner was fantabulous and the company was even better. (Please excuse the sideways pictures, I don't want to reload them lol)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Pretty Pictureless Post
This is me catching up on what all happened over our Christmas break. Sadly I forgot my camera, everywhere we went, hence why there are no pictures :( I guess that's what pregnancy brain will do to ya ;) Regardless...we had an amazing time getting away from Laramie for a while and spending time with family.
Our break started with a week in Laramie. I just hung around the house doing a few things here and there, and watching a TON of netflix. Daniel had work to attend to, but was so excited not to have anything school related. That weekend we left for North Dakota to spend a week with my family. Saturday we began our travels. On the way up we stopped in Gillette and got new tires put on the car, ate at Sandfords, and watched the Cowboys lose in the New Mexico Bowl. We stopped in Miles City, MT that night because our Anniversary was Sunday the 18th. Didn't do anything too fancy just relaxed and enjoyed our time together. We walked around the Wal-mart and I'm still convinced that it's the cleanest Wal-mart I have ever stepped foot in....it was pretty amazing! Sunday we headed out and made it to good old Ross, ND before the family got home from church.
The next week was filled with a lot of downtime as everyone still had to go to school and work, but the nights were fun when everyone got back home. We took a couple trips to Minot to do various activities, but for the most part enjoyed the long overdue visit. My sister and Mom were so very excited that my baby bump had decided to make a debut while we were visiting. We got the game Logo and had a blast playing it, and would definitely recommend it to anyone. The week was filled with excellent food and a lot of catching up. Everyone made it up including Matt and his wife.
It's tradition in our family to open presents on Christmas Eve and this year was no exception. Brindi's boyfriend, Ty, and brother spent Christmas with us since they couldn't spend it with their own family. We all made out like bandits this year. Our stockings this year were huge bags filled with fun things. Baby Sorensen even got spoiled and he isn't even here yet! Daniel got two really nice overcoats for work (now that he's a professional working man now). I was spoiled and got an awesome red kitchen aid! Sadly I haven't gotten to use it yet since school started back up and we just got moved into a new apartment, but we'll talk about that in a little while. These were our big gifts from mom an dad and we all exchanged gifts with everyone else. We set up Bk's new Wii and played that for awhile. Zak's Xbox Kinect was a hit and quite the workout too! It was a fun time.
Our fun-filled trip had to come to an end and Daniel had to get back to work. The trip back seemed a lot longer than the trip up because we went straight through, and I think we need to make it into a 2 day trip every time :) Another week or so of Netflix and other random crafts went by and then we headed to Lyman for Daniel's family New Years Eve party. They reserve the pool and get it all to themselves for a couple hours. It was a blast. Of course it is followed by some delicious food to snack on clear through to the new year. We played a lot of games. This year I was in bed by 10. By the time we had gotten done with all the swimming and playing I was plain tuckered out. Everyone else went and played games and Shawn's house and eventually lit off some fireworks.
So Daniel's internship has turned into a full time job that he absolutely LOVES! Toward the end of last semester his boss approached him with the opportunity to become an actuary for Mountain West Farm Bureau. They were very impressed with how quickly he completed the projects he was given and how efficient he is as well. He's still working at McDonalds part-time but will be done with that in a couple weeks so he can spend more time focusing on his last semester of college. That's right.....his last semester!! Woohoo! He is definitely ready to be done with school. He's says its really hard to focus on his schoolwork when he already has a job.
In other news....On December 27th, 2011 we found out that we're having a BOY! The ultrasound appointment was so great. The ultrasound tech explained everything to us since she had a CNA shadowing her. Little man was full of wiggles and moved throughout the entire appointment. It was kinda weird seeing and feeling him move at the same time. When it first started he did a somersault. We got a DVD of the last half of the appointment so I watch it quite regularly. He waves at us about halfway through when they are doing the 3D imaging. You can see his little fingers perfectly, and they are just of so cute! Doctor says everything is still looking good and we have another appointment on Tuesday and I can't wait to hear his little heartbeat again. He kicks around all the time so I know he's doin alright. I don't have any other pregnancy symptoms for the most part so his movement is good reassurance that he's doing alright. Love him TONS!
We just moved into a new apartment a couple weeks ago since we were living in subsidized housing and Daniel is now making too much to stay there. We're all moved in but still organizing things. I'm loving teaching my primary class! They are all turning eight this year so it's an exciting time as they are preparing to get baptized. This semester hasn't been too demanding and I'm really enjoying the classes. I'm taking genetics, ecology, and teacher as a practitioner. After this semester I'll only have a year left of school! Yay! Only bad part is that Baby Sorensen isn't going to have mom around as much as I'd like to be, but everything is going to work out just fine.
That's pretty much what the Sorensen Adventures are made up of right now, until next time :) ....
Our break started with a week in Laramie. I just hung around the house doing a few things here and there, and watching a TON of netflix. Daniel had work to attend to, but was so excited not to have anything school related. That weekend we left for North Dakota to spend a week with my family. Saturday we began our travels. On the way up we stopped in Gillette and got new tires put on the car, ate at Sandfords, and watched the Cowboys lose in the New Mexico Bowl. We stopped in Miles City, MT that night because our Anniversary was Sunday the 18th. Didn't do anything too fancy just relaxed and enjoyed our time together. We walked around the Wal-mart and I'm still convinced that it's the cleanest Wal-mart I have ever stepped foot in....it was pretty amazing! Sunday we headed out and made it to good old Ross, ND before the family got home from church.
The next week was filled with a lot of downtime as everyone still had to go to school and work, but the nights were fun when everyone got back home. We took a couple trips to Minot to do various activities, but for the most part enjoyed the long overdue visit. My sister and Mom were so very excited that my baby bump had decided to make a debut while we were visiting. We got the game Logo and had a blast playing it, and would definitely recommend it to anyone. The week was filled with excellent food and a lot of catching up. Everyone made it up including Matt and his wife.
It's tradition in our family to open presents on Christmas Eve and this year was no exception. Brindi's boyfriend, Ty, and brother spent Christmas with us since they couldn't spend it with their own family. We all made out like bandits this year. Our stockings this year were huge bags filled with fun things. Baby Sorensen even got spoiled and he isn't even here yet! Daniel got two really nice overcoats for work (now that he's a professional working man now). I was spoiled and got an awesome red kitchen aid! Sadly I haven't gotten to use it yet since school started back up and we just got moved into a new apartment, but we'll talk about that in a little while. These were our big gifts from mom an dad and we all exchanged gifts with everyone else. We set up Bk's new Wii and played that for awhile. Zak's Xbox Kinect was a hit and quite the workout too! It was a fun time.
Our fun-filled trip had to come to an end and Daniel had to get back to work. The trip back seemed a lot longer than the trip up because we went straight through, and I think we need to make it into a 2 day trip every time :) Another week or so of Netflix and other random crafts went by and then we headed to Lyman for Daniel's family New Years Eve party. They reserve the pool and get it all to themselves for a couple hours. It was a blast. Of course it is followed by some delicious food to snack on clear through to the new year. We played a lot of games. This year I was in bed by 10. By the time we had gotten done with all the swimming and playing I was plain tuckered out. Everyone else went and played games and Shawn's house and eventually lit off some fireworks.
So Daniel's internship has turned into a full time job that he absolutely LOVES! Toward the end of last semester his boss approached him with the opportunity to become an actuary for Mountain West Farm Bureau. They were very impressed with how quickly he completed the projects he was given and how efficient he is as well. He's still working at McDonalds part-time but will be done with that in a couple weeks so he can spend more time focusing on his last semester of college. That's right.....his last semester!! Woohoo! He is definitely ready to be done with school. He's says its really hard to focus on his schoolwork when he already has a job.
In other news....On December 27th, 2011 we found out that we're having a BOY! The ultrasound appointment was so great. The ultrasound tech explained everything to us since she had a CNA shadowing her. Little man was full of wiggles and moved throughout the entire appointment. It was kinda weird seeing and feeling him move at the same time. When it first started he did a somersault. We got a DVD of the last half of the appointment so I watch it quite regularly. He waves at us about halfway through when they are doing the 3D imaging. You can see his little fingers perfectly, and they are just of so cute! Doctor says everything is still looking good and we have another appointment on Tuesday and I can't wait to hear his little heartbeat again. He kicks around all the time so I know he's doin alright. I don't have any other pregnancy symptoms for the most part so his movement is good reassurance that he's doing alright. Love him TONS!
That's pretty much what the Sorensen Adventures are made up of right now, until next time :) ....
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