Tender mercies

Well we are finally in our cute little townhome here in St George. After some craziness and major frustration of getting packed up, moving, unpacked, and most of all getting our new place official, we can finally (well almost, after we get all decorated and settled) call this place home. I am so excited. Already I feel like a new person. I like change for the most part. I feel it is so refreshing. Like starting new. Just the warmer weather, blossoms and leaves on trees, fresh air, and blue skies really makes a huge difference in my attitude. Monday was a trying day, with a trying 3 year old. But yesterday was such a good day the I have to document it. Yesterday was the first day in a long time that I said "Man, I am having such a good day today!" 

It started off like any other day. But we went to run some errands and I smelt the awesomeness of fresh cut grass for the first time this year. That is one of my favorite smells! I would have to wait for another month at least in Provo for this to happen. While we were out Lucy was actually a really good girl, despite Monday when I almost put her up for adoption. In fact she was really, really cute. Ill talk more about her cuteness in a minute. But as we came home a little lizard was on our porch to greet us home. But at least I got to show Lucy before it ran away and for the rest of the day Lucy kept yelling "Wizard where are you?!" and "Hey, where the wizard go?" We ate lunch and took a nap and Lucy actually slept in her "big girl bed" like a CHAMP!!! Man talk about a solid from Heavenly Father! I was unpacking more of the kitchen and Lucy kept going out the front door by herself, I couldnt make her stay in. I walked to the open door and found Lucy sitting on our little stool in the middle of the sidewalk looking down the sidewalk at the little kids playing. It broke my heart. She just wants some friends SO badly. She gets so sick of hanging out with me all day. I could just see her longing for them to come over and talk to her and being to nervous to go over to them. So of course I couldnt make her go inside with me while I unpacked so I stayed out with her. This. made. my. day.

As we were out there the little boys on their scooters that she wanted to play with noticed her and came riding up the sidewalk in front of our house over and over. Lucy kept yelling "Hey boys!", "Boys, Im Wucy King!" and "Woohoo boys, a wizard over here". It was hilarious! So then I could here them plotting something and I heard "...the girl in the pink shirt" then they came riding back up. As they passed the first one did a little tiny jump on his scooter as he passed. The next one tried his hardest to do a wheely and the last (the best one) as he passed he winked really big at Lucy. It was HILARIOUS!!! Then when they came back they did the same tricks and the last one instead of winking, raised his eyebrows up and down at Lucy. I think we are in trouble! Then they stopped and we chatted and Lucy found some little buddies to show off too. It turns out that so far, Lucy is the only girl (that isnt a baby) that is in our direct neighbor area. 7 boys (that we know of) and Lucy. Yep, we are in trouble. But the best news is the dad of 2 of these boys came over and introduced himself and his kids. One of the boys is 4 and the dad said that he doesnt get along with boys his age very well but REALLY gets along with little girls, esp girls younger than him. That he gets really protective and big brotherly. So Lucy may have a new best friend already! Also everyone is so nice here. WAY nicer than in Provo. We have only been here a few days and feel more welcome then maybe the whole time we were in provo! 

Yesterday was a great day. A tender mercy that is for sure. I think the Lord knows I really needed those little moments to really give me a boost. 

Provo ~ St. George

Well, the post I have been ready to post for the last 3 years is finally here!! I am going to allow myself one gooshy and sentimental post about P-town and the craziness going through my mind. Feel free to skip this post as it will be super wordy, long, and like I said gooshy and sentimental. Without further ado, I am so excited to announce that we have found a job and are moving to the sunny St George! Out of the HUNDREDS of applications and jobs my darling applied to, who would have thought that we would end up right in Utah. We were pretty sure that we were leaving since out of the hundreds of jobs we only applied to a handful in Utah. In fact, we almost had a job in NC, but we turned it down and decided St George was where the Lord wanted us to be.

So the job is for Voxxy Networks. Its an SEO company that one of our close family friends owns with his buddy and they decided that they want to integrate social media into what they do, so they contacted Tyler. We didnt even have to apply, how awesome is that! Its kind of funny that again, out of the hundreds of jobs (literally, I'm not exaggerating) we found someone who came to us. Its funny because that is basically what happened with grad school. Ty was told that he wasnt even qualified for BYU grad program, but we applied anyway. He didnt even completely have the application complete before they accepted him, weird. It just goes to show that the Lord has a plan, and His will be done. For some crazy reason the Lord blesses us beyond our deserving or understanding.

We decided that next wed is the day of days. That is the day we bid farewell to our first home. Its getting really weird. We have taken down pretty much all of our decor and have a bunch of stuff packed and boxes lying all over the house. As anxious as I am to get going on the next chapter of our lives, i have to admit, i certainly am going to miss Utah county. I may even shed a tear. How I said the Lord has a plan for us, for me moving to Provo was nothing short of just that. I moved here by myself, no friends or family. While all my friends moved away together, i seperated myself because i knew provo was the place for me. I have experienced SO much while living here. I found myself here actually. I found who the REAL Jody was. I met people who will forever stay in my heart and experienced things that helped shape and mold me that couldnt have been done elsewhere. I fell in love here, I got married here, I had a baby here, and created a home here. Im definately going to miss a lot of things like provo canyon in the summer/fall, byu grounds in the spring, the mall (st goerge mall is sub-par), Maceys, our condo, friends and family, BYU, and our favorite local restaurants and a bunch more things i cant think of at the moment.

Last but not least I need to say just how proud of Ty I am. He works/has worked SO hard for us. The stress of school, work, applying for hundreds of jobs (have i mentioned that already?), plus dealing with everything at home has been really hard on him. I truly lucked out on him. I dont think anyone else could handle me. He is just SO layed back and easy going! He deserves the world, thats for sure. Im so excited to start this new chapter with this guy. Thank you buddy, I love you and am so proud of you!

Weather for art thou spring?!

Lame title I know but did you get it, instead of "Whether for art..." I said "Weather..." because I was talking about Spring? Ok Im even more lame now. If you want to stop reading now, I understand. Its late, throw me a bone. So lately I have been needing some serious sun and warm weather. Its hard being cooped up all day because of it being super cold and because i want to preserve our lives from lung cancer, which we are all bound to get from the nasty never-ending inversion. You could basically cut that stuff with a knife its so thick! BLEH!!! Anywho, this is the first winter that I have never had to work, so I haven't been cooped up like this before. So LUCKILY we get to go to St George for an impromptu vaca/job interview for the nice long weekend! HELLO 60+ degree weather! But in all honesty while we have been on the never-ending search for a job, while staying in Utah county would be a MAJOR safety net and comfort for me, knowing what winter is like is almost a deal breaker for me, pathetic maybe, but im not kidding!

Talking about the job hunt and Utah county; I discovered the other day (because it is inevitable we are moving away) that leaving this place is going to be kind of hard. While I am so anxious to leave and start a new chapter, I cant help but think what we are leaving behind. Its SO easy here! Our families are always coming to visit, or they are not far away for us to visit. 2 of my best friends live here and the other comes to visit a few times a year. Missing out on the get-togethers is going to be hard. BUT I am so ready for the chance to start something new, and mostly to stop living like a student. I am ready to get out and explore life out of Utah or at least a new place in utah if thats where we end up. While i feel so safe and guarded here, it will be so good to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone. I am just REALLY excited and looking forward to what the next few weeks/months are going to bring us.

My baby turns 3 in a few days. Im not sure how I feel about this. I already blogged about this before, but now its closer and I cant ignore it anymore. I just love that little girl! She is so darn cute! One thing I know, is that she was sent to our family on purpose and I couldnt be more grateful. Nobody has ever pushed every single emotion and feeling to its greatest extent like she has in me and I love her for it. Even though she is now my big girl, she will still always be my baby.

100th post!

Happy 100th post birthday to my blog! Thats kind of a mouth full. It has only taken over 4 years to accomplish this feat but alas, it finally happened. I would like to take a moment and thank a few people who have contributed to this little slice of interweb heaven. Without them, it wouldnt be where it is today. First off my editor Tyler, you know who you are, and what you've done. 2nd: Lucy, for without her craziness I would have nothing to blog about. And lastly the Man up above for giving me the gift of a computer and internet to which I owe this awesomeness. Thank you academy!

Whew! Glad to get that over with (as are you, im sure). I wish I had something super exciting to commemorate this momentous occasion.  turns out, we arent moving to St George like we had hoped. The company whom Ty has been interviewing with decided to table the position for now. Possibly in a few weeks/months they will revisit this option and they still want Ty to keep in touch. For now, back to the job hunting grind. Will it ever end? We sometimes/often wonder. However, we are very confident that the right job for our family will pop up. Somehow, somewhere, Heaven only knows when. Until then, patience is what we are striving for. That seems to be the story of our lives. Is it that way with anyone else? It seems that with EVERY aspect of our lives, since the day we have been married, our patience have been in constant workout mode. Maybe the Lord feels that we are SEVERELY lacking in this area and he wants to get us up to the same level as the rest of society. What doesnt kill us makes us stronger right? Right? (I hear crickets chirping in the silent background.) Oh well, patience it is.

to make the time go by faster I have revisited my nagging urge to find a hobby, or something to help these freezing days of staying inside more enjoyable. What is this new found hobby you ask? Well, im not sure yet. I need something creative, relatively cheap, something lucy cant easily destroy, and something that I can feel accomplished and satisfied. And... maybe something that i can create a smashingly popular etsy shop out of where shows like the Today Show, Ellen, or Oprah will rave about (have i gone too far?). If anyone has insight to this amazing talent yet to be untapped with in me, please feel free to share!

Just because she is cute...

So im not exactly sure what to blog about today...

Ooh I know! Ty has an interview!!! On monday Ty has an interview with a company in St George called Contact Point. We are super excited because this is the first "bite" we have had in a while. So we are keeping our fingers crossed.

Lucy started a gymnastics class and she LOVED it! since she turns 3 next month (tear and sniffle) she can move up to the next level, or do dance instead. Not sure what to do

I started hormone therapy. I think my body needs to get used to ALL these changes/medications cause i feel a little funky. Hopefully in a few days or weeks ill be feeling great! but good news. We thought we would have to wait 9 or so months to be able to go back on the baby-makin band wagon (awkward, sorry) but it turns out its only 6!! And there is a great chance that we wont have to to IVF. But we will cross that bridge when it gets here.

I seriously cant believe its basically the middle of January. Im ok with this because I am not a fan of January. The dog days of winter is not what I call a party. Its just so bleak, cold, ugly, tons of sickness goes around, we are cooped up inside, and there is nothing to celebrate. At least in feb we have valentines day, and its a short month. But it is quickly on its way out of here, YEA!!!

Did I mention my baby is turning 3 next month. This has been surprisingly hard for me. My mom said the other day that she looks like a little girl now and lost that baby look. Now I know that its not only me that is noticing this change, its apparent to others too. I think I feel super guilty and sad about this because for the last year I have been so focused on having another baby that I feel like I have missed out on Lucy growing up. This realization has also been hard on me. Ive been so focused on my week to week and month to month life and it has been so blurry that all of a sudden my baby became a big girl in the blink of an eye. Well, whats done is done, I cant go back and change it now. So i guess I will have to make the most of the fact that she is still so little and relies so much on me.     

Starting the year off right!

Wow another year has arrived! 2012 sped by so quick, I can hardly believe its already gone. Last night we got home from a party and it was 11 so Ty and I watched the final episode of the Modern FAmily 1st season and when it was over we realized that we had 2 min before it was midnight! Nice timing! So watched our phones for when the clock struck 12 and then we gave a little smooch and headed off to bed. We are old, staying up to midnight is not our thing anymore. But I think last night was our FIRST New Years kiss! Can you believe it! Every other year we have had major stuff going on that we are just too tired to stay up (2 years had surgeries, exhausted from baby Lucy, sickness). So I will choose to believe that 2013 will be a super lucky year for us since we started it off right!

At least I hope its a lucky one! This year a TON of big/life changing things will be taking place (hence why we need the good luck). We have been applying for jobs for Ty for the past few months and have had no luck. We have 4 months to find a great career before Ty is officially done with school and the job he has now is finished. We have been applying EVERYWHERE, in the world actually. So that means we could potentially be moving as far away as England or as close as Provo. Ty is even taking the Air Force Officer test in a month and we could very well take that course. But come April, whether we have a job or not we officially have to move, time for other siblings to get a chance to live in the greatest condo ever! So we definitely have a move in our forecast, which is super exciting!

This year Ty will forever and always be complete with school!!! That means we will no longer be students!!! That means we can be grown ups and have a grown up job, with a salary, and with benefits, and a regular schedule, and benefits, and a salary, and hopefully NO MORE JOB HUNTING! My poor Ty... He has applied to well over 50 jobs and he hasnt been hired yet. It is so stressful for him and he works SSSOOOOO hard and doing literally everything he can to find someone to give him a chance. We are still hopeful and know that a great opportunity will find its way to us someway, somehow, someday!

In Lucy's year we hope to have her potty trained (we started again yesterday), and also have her thoroughly know her ABC's and numbers. We also have 2 months left of speech therapy and occupational therapy, so we hope to have improvements there as well. We also want to get her into dance or gymnastics.

As far as Im concerned my life should be changing in 9 days. I start hormone therapy. We have found a new route in our hopes to someday bring home another munchkin, and hormone treatment is it! I am really excited for this! From what I have studied and heard, I should feel like a normal person again! I hope that for the first time in 5 years, I will sleep through the night! That alone will change my life! But not only that, I hope that my pre-pubescent acne face will clear up and I can finally drop a few lbs (it is impossible with PCOS and out-raged hormones!). I hope to have more energy, not have a fussy mind, be a nicer (non mama bear) relaxed and chilled out constitution! I hope to get back to ME!!! But the one down side is we have to wait probably 9 months or so before I can get pregnant, bummer, but at least maybe it can happen naturally and we wont have to spend $12,000 for it to maybe happen.  Is this all TMI? Oh well.

This post is forever long. But I am so excited and hopeful for an AWESOME year ahead! I cant wait for all the changes and new things coming our way. Happy New Year everyone!

Christmas time is here

Wow I cannot believe how fast the past two months have gone. I swear it was just Halloween and now Thanksgiving is over and in 2 days its December! Its kinda weird, but how fast time goes by kinda scares me. Like it genuinely freaks me out a little. I feel like I am on a spinning merry go round and the last couple of years it has gotten progressively faster and faster. I feel like before I know it, I will be 50! Im not quite 28 but I still feel not a day over 24 and often times forget that I am actually NOT 24. Does anyone else have this weird phobia like me?

I am so happy that we have all our Christmas shopping done for the three of us! Beside stocking stuff, we just have to do family gifts and we are in business! We put the tree up, in all its glory, well half its glory. We decided to try and squeeze our giant fatty tree into the living room this year instead of our kitchen (that is just weird, and we have no space to eat at our table) so we decided to put it up right against the wall and leave off the branches in the back! GENIUS! It only looks a little funky when you walk down the hall and can see a gap between the wall and the tree, oh well i guess.

Lucy is Super stoked and even MORE helpful than she was last year (if you can image)

My cute little bums fixing the tree

I am a lights snob and they have to be done JUST right

Lucy being her adorable self. Whats better than a necklace? A necklace that lights up!

I didnt get a pic of the finished product though. I realized the other day that this is the first winter I have been a stay at home mom. And i realized it may be harder than I thought! I have been pretty stir crazy lately and I jump at the chance for any reason to get out of the house! I also realized I am not good at playing 2 yr old games and toys. Does that make me a bad mom? Im still deciding. Its just hard when Lucy REFUSES to play by herself (she never has, never, not for more than 5 min). I feel like a dancing monkey most of the time as she is constantly saying "mommy dance!" "mommy tickle" "mommy come get me!" "mommy kick a ball". This is about when I wish she had a constant playmate, like a twin or something. Im horrible!