Love is Not a Fight/Fireproof

"Love is not a place
to come and go as we please
It's a house we enter in
then commit to never leave

So lock the door behind you
Throw away the key
Work it out together
Let it bring us to our knees

Love is a shelter
in a raging storm
Love is peace
in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave;
May God send angels to guard the door
No, Love is not a fight
but its something worth fighting for

To some love is a word
that they can fall into.
But when they're falling out
keeping that word is hard to do

Love is a shelter
in a raging storm
Love is peace
in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave;
May God send angels to guard the door
No, Love is not a fight
but its something worth fighting for

Love will come to save us
If we'll only call
He will ask nothing from us
but demand we give our all

Love is a shelter
in a raging storm
Love is peace
in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave;
May God send angels to guard the door
No, Love is not a fight
but its something worth fighting for.

Cause I Will Fight For You
Would You Fight For Me
It's Worth Fighting For."
-Warren Barfield

This is the concluding song in a movie called Fireproof: one of my all time favorite movies. If you're married, were married, want to be married some day, etc this is a movie worth watching. ;D

Freedom is like a testimony. Some are born with ease of opportunity. Some struggle to receive it, but battle until they do. Some take for it for granted and then lose it. Some have it and cherish it and keep it. Both are given by God. Both are something we are responsible for.

But the biggest thing they have in common, is they reside in you. No one else can get them for you. No one else can keep them for you. You have to decide if you want them, and you have to seek them out. Otherwise, you will never have either.

So it has been a really long time since I've updated. So apparently I'm going to go from ultrasound photos to pictures of a two month old. haha. Whoops.

Well school is almost over. Thank heavens. I've officially gone from 3 classes to 1. I'm actually starting to get caught up too! I only have 3 more assignments to do and 2 of them haven't even been due yet. haha. Then I just need to take the 2 exams I missed, and I'm good to go!

Also, after school gets out Michael and I are moving to Santaquin, UT. We're not sure for how long yet though. So far our contract will only be from May to August. We first decided to stay because his dad is getting married at the end of June! That's exciting, but we also talked about it, and we might think about staying here for another year. Especially if he doesn't get into the school he wants. That gives us a little extra time to save up all the money we need to move. It's expensive! And then maybe I can finish my minors. :D We'll see though. Nothing is set in stone, so nobody get their hopes up... or down.

Well things have been chugging along. Sorry to anyone who's been trying to get ahold of us. Our sleep schedule has gotten so messed up that going to bed at midnight feels like I'm trying to go to bed at about 5 pm. Kinda annoying. So we usually

end up asleep at around 4 am instead. Hopefully that changes soon. Really soon.

I think that's it. Maybe I'll update a little faster next time.

Hopefully soon I can catch a bigger smile. :D

And the Verdict Is...

Very healthy baby :D

Heart beat was the same as last time-146. Everything was normal. We even got to see the heart pumping, and it was cool because you could see all four chambers distinctly. Kinda weird.

Definite thumb sucking ;D CUTE

This foot wanted to run away. That must be the one kicking my bladder.

You can see ribs in this one too.

It's a BOY!!!!!

And after everyone was so sure it was a girl. haha

New Stuff

So I haven't updated in a while, but most of you know our news. We're going to have a baby! So here's a few updates:

We went to the doctor and heard the heartbeat twice. The first time it was 160-170 the second time is was down to 140ish. Which is really good and healthy.

On Sept 10 we'll get to find out if it's a boy or a girl! We're really excited.

Plus school starts tomorrow. I've figured out how to finish school with the baby. I'm going to finish my music minor this fall, and do my Psychology capstone. In winter I'm going to take two Independent Study classes English 315 and Psych 350, that will finish my Psychology major and general education requirements. I also want to get a Family Life minor (Michael is getting one, so he already has to graduate in August and I apparently already had 2 of the requirements done). So I'm taking a class for that now, and then I'm taking the rest to finish it Spring semester, and then I'll be done! It's weird to think that I'm almost done with my Bachelor's. I am very ready to be done with school.

So our plans so far for after that are:

Fingers crossed, I'm hoping really really really hard that Michael gets into and wants to go to ISU (Illinois State University). The area is nice, it's in the midwest, but not freakishly far away from anything interesting. Plus it's located in a town called Normal. How funny is that? Then I can move to Peculiar, MO and I'd have a well rounded personality. haha

Another nice thing about that is that I can go home to visit MO during summer term and then drive up to IL to find housing since Michael will have NO breaks between winter, spring, summer, and starting grad school. Considering how much fun it would be to have one or two weeks to not only move, but to also have to find the place to move to. And maybe while I'm already in that direction I can swing by Nauvoo. It's only 3 hours away from Normal anyway. ;D

Plus, I'm guessing people in Sedalia might want to see the baby. So going to visit would be fun anyway. Yes, it is weird to think about having a baby to bring home next summer. I try not to freak out too much though.

So those are my hopeful plans. I think that's everything so far. I'll post again when we find out if it's a boy or a girl. Oh, and we have names picked out: If it's a boy we'll name him Michael Eric (Eric is Michael's dad's middle name), and if it's a girl we'll name her Emma Ray (Emma is for Emma Smith and Ray is because of my dad). That's it! Maybe I'll write again in the next decade.

Survey

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Hey everyone! I'm doing some research for a psychology class and would be really happy if any or all of you could help me out. It's a short survey, and probably won't take long. Thanks everybody.

PS: I want EVERYONE to take it. ;D Even if you aren't at BYU or in Utah or for some other reason felt like I didn't mean you... I mean everybody!!!

YAY Update and PICTURES!!!

So Michael and I are moving soon. I don't have a lot of good pictures of where we are now, but I'll make sure to take some of where we are going. I do have some that show our awesome view since I like to take pictures

of that. Michael also got me a new camera and it takes panoramic pictures, so that's what the long one is, so it's slightly distorted, but our view was amazing! :D

We also got a cat! Her name is Luna and she was born around the time we got married, so she's about 7 and 1/2 months old. She's awesome. But she's also a dog. She fetches, drinks from

the toilets, chases her tail, etc. She's funny, and so cute!