Life has many changes...

As many of you already know, there is never a stagnant boring moment in life. When one thing goes wrong, it seems like every element in the universe needs to be included. There have been  many moments like this in the last few weeks. First Justin was having issues with his job, so he quit. Then I was having health issues and I ended up having to quit my job just to survive the day. Thank goodness that Dad Furnell needed help these last weeks with his company or we wouldn't have any money for this holiday season, let alone our many bills and responsibilities. Just to top it all off, Justin's Great Aunt passed away. So, we are currently learning about financial discipline, hormones and egos, and how to keep Sadie entertained for nine hours a day (not an easy task!!)

As far as the pregnancy is going, I have been feeling better since I quit my job. My body has more time throughout the day to wake up. I am also having problems with super light-headedness, and some issues with my Sciatic...already! My next doctor's appointment is tomorrow and we will get to hear the heartbeat again. But if you read my last post about my latest appointment, you are probably just as nervous as I am about the Doppler hearing the heartbeat. Hopefully there will not be any complications!

Still waiting to feel the baby, but I know I will soon.

Here's some news for the whole family in Utah! We are flying out December 24th, if all goes well with the pregnancy and I'm okay'd for flight. We will remain in Utah until January 5th! That's two whole weeks to catch up, feel the baby, see me as a beached whale pregnant woman, and for me to re-introduce myself to my baby brother!

We are very excited for the changes that life is throwing at us, and we are ready for anything!

And one more thing... PC Wizard is up and running! Checkout our website: pcwizardmo.blogspot.com!

Blessings come with Trials

The last couple of weeks have been... let's just say... difficult.

First, I have been worrying about the baby. Like any soon-to-be mother, I always wonder what is going on inside that little womb of mine. Another huge worry is my lack of morning sickness! But after a few doctor appointments I feel better about the uncertainty.

Two weeks ago, I had a doctors appointment for this beautiful little baby that is growing inside me. It was my 12 week appointment where they first try to find the heartbeat with the battery-operated Doppler. The Doppler is usually quite accurate, but in my case... the baby was not being heard. Fear of a miscarriage, started to fill my mind, but lack of bleeding left me still hoping. So an appointment on Monday, leaving a weekend for the baby to grow a little more, was scheduled. I went back on Monday and just like Friday, the baby was still being shy. The fear of something being wrong grew stronger. Because of both tries being negative with the Doppler, an ultrasound was necessary. It took about three seconds for the doctor to find the baby, and the heartbeat! I am so happy that everything is still going how it should. We even got to see the little boy/girl move around! All the excitement of that weekend ended in a 3 lb weight loss.

Last week, my husband's boss announced that he was cutting my husband down to 32 hrs a week, and he took away the vacation pay. We had been planning on me quitting my job in December, which would mean that we would only be living on Justin's  income. Now with his income being cut by 1/4 what we had been planning, budgeting has gotten even more difficult. Today... Justin let me know that his pay has now been dropped a $1.50 an hour and he still can only work 32 hrs a week. Its almost as if we are being tested... Welcome to mortality.

Saturday was a wonderful day for my family. My Dad has recently had his priesthood restored and it was time for him and my step-mom and their three beautiful children to be sealed in the temple. What a wonderful blessing that is for them and for us! On Sunday, my Dad had the privilege of blessing Alysa and Canyon. I am so heartbroken that it didn't work for me to go out and see these wonderful things happen. But seeing and hearing the change in my Dad while he has been working on his priesthood restoration helps me to recongnize more and more how wonderfully blessed our lives are.

Let me rephrase my title to explain more what I have learned from all the things we have been blessed with lately. The new title is: Blessings come FROM trials.

Say Hello to... BABY FURNELL!

That's right! We are having a baby. I'm currently 8 weeks along, no morning sickness, losing weight from lack of interest in food, mood swings (just ask my husband!) Ultrasound said that baby is healthy, strong heartbeat of 162 beats per minute. Ladies at work say that its a boy! Still way too early to tell though! Our due date is May 3, 2012. Yes... My dad's 40th birthday is our due date!

Family is excited, and Justin and I are ecstatic and nervous all at the same time. At first I was very afraid that the four pregnancy tests and the test at the doctor's were lying, because of my lack of symptoms. But it turns out that I am in the 25% or pregnant women who never experience throwing up morning sickness! It was so amazing to see the baby on the ultrasound. The sweet sound of his/her heartbeat made it so real!

At first, I was having cramps all of the time. They have gone away because I have started lifting less at work. Now I'm just suffering from complete exhaustion! Eight weeks down, thirty two long weeks to go!