Amber & Steve

It's been a while...

2009-07-29T22:35:00.000-07:00

So...from the title you can assume this is gonna be a long one. I stopped blogging a while ago, I don't exactly remember why. But with a new baby boy on the way(yep that's right..), I figured now would be a good time to start again.

So, where did I leave off? Right, Steve and I were moving... Well we did move. We found a nice place in Nampa. We had a roommate and things seemed to be going rather smoothly. We had an awesome Christmas and New Years. Although it was my first New Years Eve as a 21 year old Steve and I decided to stay in, I wasn't feeling so well... Well there was a reason or that...SHOCKER...I was pregnant...I couldn't believe it when I saw those two pink lines...Steve and I weren't trying so it came as quite a shock...Well I immediately dismissed the test as a dud and promptly went to the store to purchase another test. That one too? Could it be? Two possible defective pregnancy tests? No no no, I just left the pee on it too long... I was in denial. I took 8 tests all together. 7 were positive and one had an error message(see I told you defective). I went to the Dr and she confirmed my suspicions... I was indeed pregnant. We didn't tell anyone at first. I waited a few weeks and things progressed so we decided to tell our families. They were all so very excited. This being both of our parents first grandchild. Steve and I were getting used to the idea and were pretty confident we could handle the stress of a new baby. When something rather tragic happened...

I got FIRED. Yep. Me. Canned...I was really rather pissed about it. I had worked at an Orthopedic Surgeons office for just over a year, when they decided to cut me loose. The office politics there were absolutely ridiculous. Now I am much happier that I am not there. But when it happened, I was really rather distraught. They gave me a bogus reason when they "let me go" and when I questioned them, they danced around the truth. I filed for unemployment and had to dispute everything. It was quite a headache. They said horrible untrue things about me and my job performance. Which ended up not helping them...I won my case and have been hanging out ever since...I tried to find another job. But no one is really to keen on hiring a pregnant girl. So Steve has been working hard for the two of us. Now with all things considered. New baby, no job...We needed a new living arrangement. Unfortunately we had to move back in with my Mom. It's not ideal but, the help will come in handy soon.

So I guess here we are...I am 33 weeks pregnant. I am due September 19...It seems like I have been pregnant forever. I am sure everyone says that though. We are having a little boy. His name is going to be Judah. No ideas on a middle name yet. We are really excited to see him for the first time. I can't wait to see who he looks like. Well I have rambled on long enough...

8 things

2008-11-13T12:11:00.000-08:00

**8 Favorite TV Shows - in no particular order

1. Weeds

2. Kath & Kim

3. The Office

4. Heroes

5. Dead Like Me

6. American Dad

7. Family Guy

8. Scrubs

**8 Favorite Restraunts - in no particular order

1. Wok King

2. Chapala's

3. Texas Road House

4. Los Betos- 24 hour drive through Mexican...probably a bad thing. But when you want tacos at 2 am...

5. Quizno's- okay it's not fancy but super yummy sammiches

6. Kyoto's

7. AppleBee's

8. Chili's

**8 Things that happened yesterday - in order

1.Got coffee and oatmeal from Starbucks

2.Went to work at an ungodly hour

3. Had a yummy lunch

4. Got home early, it was so nice

5. Steve made me a delicious Pizza

6. Watched Kung Fu Hustle

7. Snuggled with my Boyfriend

8. Took a disasterous shower (see post below)

**8 Things to look forward to - in no particular order

1. Our annivsary is coming up soon, 2 years Nov 26

2. Thanksgiving! I actually have it off and can spend time with my family

3. 5 o'clock so I can go home and see Steve

4. The weekend, I really want to sleep in

5. Christmas, for the same reason as Thanksgiving

6. moving into our new place, even though it is stressful

7. January 20th!

8. Lunch time...I am really hungry all of a sudden.

**8 things I love about Fall - in no particular order

1. Cold nights

2. Snuggling

3. Football

4. The holidays

5. All the pretty fall colors

6. Book reading weather

7. Bon Fire's

8. Warm Coats

**8 Things on my Wish list - in no particular order

1. For Steve to find an amazing new Job!

2. Saving enough money to get married sooner rather than later

3. A perfect new house for us

4. A sewing machine...I really want to be crafty!

5. My Ring...I want it bad...

6. A nice long vacation...please...

7. new Clothes

8. a new puppy...Ellie needs a friend. I know, I am ridiculous.

Ghetto Shower

2008-11-13T11:24:00.000-08:00

Last night I couldn't sleep...Mostly because the last few days my schedule has been way off. I was sick on Tuesday and slept most of the day so I was up all night. Then Wednesday I worked the early shift, if you will, at my work. So I went to sleep at 2am and was up at 5:30am and at work by 6:45am. Not terrible but not ideal. So by the end of the day I was very sleepy and possibly loosing my mind. I came home determined to stay up to get back on my normal schedule. But shortly after dinner I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up around 9pm feeling much better and very awake. Steve and I hung out, watched some movies, you know basic Wednesday night stuff. I finally felt sleepy around 2am again. I went to get into bed, then realized I would be so tired in the morning and I should take my shower that night. So I got out of bed and went to turn the water on so it would be nice a hot for me. We live in a kind of older home. The shower nozzle has been on my list to fix but, with us moving out at the end of the month it has been put on the back burner to everything else. Anyways, I went back in the bathroom and got in the shower. I tried to adjust the shower head, and then it happened. The whole thing came off the wall. With a fairly loud thud I might add. I started panicking, water was shooting out from the wall like Old Faithful. Steve quickly came to the door asking if everything was okay. I quickly responded yes as I frantically tried to piece together the shower head. It was no use. I let him in to see what all the commotion was. He tried to fix it as well, but it was cracked beyond repair. So now we have ghetto shower with water that sprays out of the wall. Tonight we are going to fix it, but last night I had to use the ghetto shower...I felt ridiculous.

Twilight Addiction

2008-11-10T09:02:00.000-08:00

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So I am in love love love with this story. I can barely wait for the movie....Or Midnight Sun...

Moving

2008-11-10T08:29:00.000-08:00

So most of you know, we live in my mom's old place...She decided a year ago to move out with her boyfriend...Which in turn made me responsible for her house?? anyways... Just recently she has decided to move home for myriad of reasons...most of you can probably guess. So Steve and I are getting the boot. We have been looking high and low for a place for us. We haven't had much luck. I did however find an adorable house in Star...yeah that's right Star. It is fairly cheap and super cute. I hope moving will be better for us. It will be a nice change to have a place of our own. But moving is ever so stressful.

New Do

2008-10-28T09:52:00.000-07:00

So some of you know. Steve has had very long hair, for a very long time. Ten years plus, I am told. So I have been thinking, the guy needs a change. You can't rock the same style for ever. So last weekend he took the plunge. (I am horrible at this blogging thing...) We were sitting on the couch, I was looking at a magazine and saw some awesome hair styles, then the thought came to me. I asked and he agreed. I was a hair stylist at one time. But I have not done hair in a while, so needless to say I was a bit nervous. And it is my boyfriend, what if I mess him up...Oh goodness, anyways. I got in there and was about half way through and realized that my idea of what I wanted his hair to look like and what it was actually doing were two different things. I started to panic a bit, but I quickly found a solution. His hair turned out better than I had expected. I went with this 50's style greaser look. You know combed back and all debonair like. He looks so different, and so handsome!

Just some stuff...

2008-10-27T15:09:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged... So here are some things you may not know about me....or maybe you do?

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. playing outside in sunny california
2. playing POGs...Any one remember that??!
3. excited for middle school, oh goodness...
4. playing on my super sweet hand-me-down IBM computer my grandparents bought me
5. having sleep overs :)

5 things on my to do list today:
1. make it through the work day
2. get gasoline
3. make dinner for my love
4. take the dog for a walk
5. relax... :)

5 snacks I love:
1. salt and vinegar chips
2. apples and peanut butter
3. cheese
4. ice cream...yum...
5. wheat thins

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. buy my dream house
2. pay off our debt
3. do something nice for our family
4. invest, invest, invest - gotta retire someday
5. go on an amazing vacation

5 places I’ve lived:
1. Salinas California
2. Meridian Idaho
3. Eagle Idaho
4. Boise Idaho
5. Nampa Idaho - which I do not recomend

5 places I have worked:
1. ShopKo
2. Wal-mart
3. Teleperformance USA - don't do it!!!!
4. TelAnswer
5. Intermountain Orthopaedics

Poor Ellie

2008-10-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

So our weekend was kind of eventful. I think it kind of all started on Friday. Steve and I have a 2 year old Weimaraner named Ellie. I noticed that her back foot was swollen and red. Upon further inspection I realized, to my dismay, that she had a peice of cheat grass embedded in her foot. (really gross) This happened to us, oh about 2 months ago. 2 surgerys, 4 vet appointments and 500 bucks later we got her all fixed up. Man it was stressful. Not to mention expensive. Can you tell I am an obsessive dog mom? Anyways. I was panicing to say the least. We did't really have the money to fix her and every vet I called wanted payment in full. A-holes. Well, I was freaking, nervously I started cleaning. And to my Delight I found a check....What?? I was so confused. How did we miss a check in the mail? It was from Steve's auto accident a few months back. There wasn't major damage but the other lady was at fault, so he got a settlement. What a life saver. So we got the dog patched up and made some nice plans with our new found fortune...Ha well, not exactly a fortune but it feels like it to us.

Surprise Surprise!

2008-09-30T14:55:00.000-07:00

My wonderful Boyfriend surprised me at work with Flowers today! Oh he is so wonderful to me. Thank you Steve for making my day! They smell so good too, I am so lucky to have such a wonderful guy.

new to this kinda thing

2008-09-30T12:31:00.000-07:00

So after much coaxing from a few certain people I know. We, well mostly me, have decided to start a blog. I really am not sure what I will fill it with but, I am sure I will get the hang of it soon.