Today is a happy day!!!

There is much rejoicing and happiness in the homeland of Partridge because Brett got 'his' job in Arizona!!!! Yay for Brett! Oaisys is located in Tempe and they offered him a great job once he graduates in April. They are also having him work part-time remotely from home until then. This is exactly what we have been praying for, and the timing is almost too perfect. He's working like crazy on his Masters and hoping to have all the big stuff done before the end of the year, so he can quit his job in the lab winter semester. He'll be starting Oaisys at the beginning of October. At that point I'm going to 'drop' my clients at the salon to minimize schedule complications. There are a lot of changes happening here and they're all moving in the right direction. We are just so excited to have things working so well. We will now be able to buy our house in Arizona and live happily ever after. . .

Decontamination, Summer Farewell, and Ducks

So, last week was a bit . . . ok, a lot aweful with Hyrum being sick, but since then we've been able to do a complete home 'detox.' All of Hyrum's hard toys have been bleached, soft toys washed, new bedding, and anti-mocrobial (whatever that means, but it sounded clean) sprayed on Hyrum's bedroom carpet. Anyway, it was a long process, but everything is very clean now without any bad sick germs.
We were supposed to go to Wisconsin for the weekend for a 'possible' job opportunity that Brett was being interviewed for. We were really planning on that time to be our last hoorah before school started, but with the 'bug' we ended up cancelling the trip. There were a lot of things that were great about cancelling, like not spending forever on a plane and in the airport! Instead of the trip we decided to spend a day touring Temple Square. It was great, and Hyrum really enjoyed it!
Another love of Hyrum that we discovered today is feeding ducks! We went over to the BYU pond and he had so much fun watching the ducks and trying to pet them. Here are some pictures to prove it:

Finally asleep

We came home from an Arizona trip on Monday, and I've been wanting to post something ever since then. Wednesday night is my typical blogging night, so I put it off until then. . . but plans changed. Hyrum got really sick. Wednesday night he decided that, like a timer, he would wake up screaming ever 45 MINUTES!!!! The first few times, we just rocked him and put him back to sleep. Once the 1:30am scream came I ended up moving on the coach with him cuddled up to me. Brett came in and swapped with me around 4:15 and I tried to get some sleep. (Tried being the key word). Needless to say, it was a very tiring and exhausting night for all of us. Thursday morning we took him in and, sadly there are no antibiotics for him. We have to wait it out and keep him quarantined for a few more days still. He gets a little better every day, but he's still not back to his busy happy self yet. Even though I hate the fact that he doesn't feel well and is obviously in pain, I've really enjoyed the extra cuddling he's needed. He's usually such a wiggle-worm that I don't get the chance to just sit and hold him in my arms anymore. It's been kind of a sweet experience for me.

Anyway, I really wanted to post some exciting news: We found a house!!! We've now gone down to Arizona a couple of times and seen dozens of houses, and we finally found a builder and model that we both like, good location, and within the budget. If you want to see pictures click on the "OUR FUTURE HOME IN AZ" link on the side and then click on 'virtual tour' and 'pictures'. And, since we are new at the home buying thing we are very open to other people's advice, warnings, etc. We won't be signing anything until November-ish, but I'm still just so excited to see the light at the end of the school tunnel. Brett will be done in April and then we'll be moving in to a newly finished home (hopefully).

While we were in Arizona we got to have a pool party with some of our friends down there. It was so fun to see everyone with their little families. It's so nice to have so many friends going through the same stage as us. Here are some fun pictures (I stole one from off your blog Kristen. . . you're just so good at getting the good shots!)
I absolutely love this picture with all the dads and the boys. . . plus two cute girls :)
I don't know why this in underlined. . . weird I can't turn it off. . . oh well.

It was so much fun talking with everyone and cooling off in the pool.
Scott and the twins. . . they've gotten so much bigger since the last time I saw them.

Picture Update

So, Brett and I realized that we haven't posted that Hyrum can walk now! He's not a full time walker, but he frequently will stand up and take 4 or 5 steps and then sit down several times a day. I'll have to post a video of it later, but for now I'm just working on some pictures. Hyrum loves playing with our cell phones. Usually he just pushes the buttons on the front and it doesn't really do much to anything. . . until tonight. Brett's phone rang weird, and we discovered that Hyrum deleted all of his fun rings! How did he do that? Well here are some pictures of our little monkey:

Hyrum has two more teath popping through. You can't see them in this picture,
but it's just cute.

He loves 'putting things away.' It's just too bad that most of the places are not where they go. For example, the subwoofer has now become blocked by a chair, so that we'll stop loosing things to the beyond. Brett also finds quite a few little toys in his laptop case when he forgets to zip it up.
Hyrum keeps us on our toes, because he is such an explorer and climber. He climbs on and in EVERYTHING! He'll trap himself under our bed, he gets up on chairs, he loves hiding inside our ottoman! AHHHH. . . it's so cute, but man he makes me nervous!

Childhood Joys (from Brett)

So I was having quite a "craving" today after lunch for something sweet. I first went for a Toblerone (if you haven't had one they're great, but they are best if you get them in Europe rather than in our "fake" chocolate version). Alas, the BYU Bookstore was all out (trust me I looked everywhere). And as I was looking around, what did I behold. . . SPREES. It's probably been a decade or more since I've had sprees. I used to get these when we'd go on long car ride vacations as a kid. I popped the first one in my mouth and it was like I was magically transported back to the early 90's squished in the back seat of our minivan reading "My Teacher is and Alien" while driving for hours! Oh the joys of childhood!!!

The Tag

So, I know that Hina tagged me a little while ago, but I'm finally getting around to it now. So, here it goes:

3 Joys:
I'm sure this is probably obvious, but I must say my three joys are Hyrum, Brett, and Friends/Family (they count as one entity in my book)

3 Fears:
Losing Brett and/or Hyrum would be the first thing that comes to mind. Next would be spiders on my face while I sleep - I've had a few bad dreams that come into mind, yuck! Needles! They don't bug me so much just looking at them, but if one goes in me I tend to freak out a little bit or faint (that's why I went to my 'happy place' and never looked at the epidural needle when he walked in the door).

3 Goals:
I've always wanted to be like Martha Stewart when it comes to creativity, dinner parties, and style (minus the jail time and OCD). Traveling to England, France, Italy, India, and Spain have always been a goal. To be a super wife and mother is a daily goal that I hope to someday master.

3 Current Obsessions:
Reading has always been a pendulum obsession for me. I'm about to swing back to the no reading for a little while once I finish Breaking Dawn. Digital Scrapbooking is a great hobby (I just finished Hyrums baby book, and I should be getting the final copy from Blurb on the 14th. I'm extatic!) I don't know if this really qualifies, but being pregnant I've been obsessed with sleeping. . . just can't get enough it's like I'm a sleep junkie.

3 Random surprising facts about me:
I'm usually pretty random, but not very surprising. . . I can't think of much that you all probably don't already know. hmmmm. . . when I was little I used to worry the slugs would drown in the rain, so sometimes when there was a downpour I'd put my raincoat on and pick up all the slugs I could find and put them in safe homes up high. I didn't have a middle name until I got married. hmmmmm. . . wow, I'm really not that exciting. . . . ok, I've been staring at the screen so long that my screen saver just turned on. I'm out of ideas. I have no idea, so I'll cheat and leave it at two.

I haven't kept track to who all has been tagged, so I'm sending out a generic tag to anyone and everyone who has not yet done this tag: YOUR IT!!!! Now do this tag on your blog, so we can read all about you. Thanks!

Two Heartbeats

Today we had the appointment we've all been waiting for. For those of you that haven't seen or heard: I'm 11 weeks along and I look more like 16. I have a definite round bump on my tummy, and I've been wearing maternity clothes for a few weeks now. I've had this huge fear that I'm having twins. Babies are great, but 3 kids under 2 might just cause my end. So, we expressed our worries to Dr. Grover and she did a check. She heard 2 distinct heart beats. . . . luckily, one of them was mine!! Yay! So, anyway. . .there were some sighs of relief and we are looking forward to our new babY (not -ies) As far as the pregnancy, things are going pretty well. Of course there's the emotions, the sleepy-ness, and the eating issues. . but who's keeping track? I seem to be lactose intolerant when I'm pregnant, so no milk, ice cream, or anything like unto it. I've been taking calcium pills and just staying away from dairy. The last two nights I've started to get really nauseous at around 9 and so I just go to sleep. Which, ironically I'm feeling right now. Hina tagged me, but I'll have to continue this tomorrow night before I get sick.