Well here we are at the end of another semester! I can’t believe how quickly time has flown by. Dave completed his last final this afternoon and is officially finished with school until next semester. I have a few more assignments to complete and turn in but nothing too major. I have to admit this has been the least stressful end of a semester that I’ve had in a couple of years. I quit working about a week ago so I had plenty of time to make sure that all of my work was done and my professors just happened to cancel or not have a final in their classes! Talk about luck!
Dave and I are thrilled to be on break from school! I have a few sewing projects I want to do before school starts back up as well as a few fun scrapbooking projects. Dave is still working and has increased his hours during the break but when he’s home we love to party! Our favorite pastime has become games of every variety- but particularly card games and board games. In fact, when it comes time for chores around the house, we decide who has to clean the bathroom by playing one of our favorite card games (Blink or Ligretto –I highly recommend you get them for your family game closet). Loser has to clean the bathroom! Lol
We are going to Star Valley and spending Christmas and New Years with Dave’s parents. We’re pretty excited to get out town and enjoy a fun and relaxing Holiday. Thanksgiving was spent in New Mexico with my parents and that was a blast. The car ride was our only worry and other than becoming familiar with every bathroom from Logan to Farmington, the drive went very well!
Unfortunately school starts back up Jan 10. Dave will be finishing his last semester of “classes” before starting his student teaching in the fall. He has worked extremely hard and has some of the best grades in the entire Special Education Program! I’m an awfully proud wife…. I will have finished my associate’s degree at Snow College at the end of the current semester, so next semester I start at Utah State University. I’m only taking 2 classes and they will be online to accommodate for the baby. I’ll also be applying to the Family Life Studies Bachelor’s Program for the fall semester. Lucky for me it’s geared completely toward online classes. I’m getting really excited to start classes specifically for an area that I’m really interested in.
The Baby: What a whirlwind adventure being pregnant is. Some days are wonderful and other days I’d prefer to hide under the covers in bed and wait for another day to come! Our baby girl is thriving, or at least she feels like she is! She is now able to punch my bladder and kick her feet into my ribs at the same time! Not always a welcome or pleasant feeling but at least I know she’s growing like she should be!! I’m officially 33 weeks along now (half way through the 8th month). Dave and I have decided to name our precious little girl Emilia Rebecca Cazier. She’s due Jan 28. It’s crazy to walk into what was once a spare bedroom/office, and now see a crib with blankets and quilts sitting across from the desk. Dave and I are extremely excited if still a little nervous about this new adventure. We’ve been attending a Lamaze class which is almost over and I’m not sure if the idea was to prepare me for labor or to terrify me. Either way, I feel it’s done both. Thank goodness for a husband who reminds me that my body WAS made to do this and that epidurals are a gift from the heavens. Lol.
All in all the pregnancy hasn’t been too bad. Recently the struggle is just getting comfortable. I have found a variety of places to put pillows other than just behind my back! I haven’t had much nausea or too many problems with swelling –thank goodness. As usual my frustration is food. I love it and I always want to be eating, but finding something that sounds really good to eat (and is still appetizing after I’ve seen it and smelled it) is not a fun process. The fact that I can only eat small portions due to the lack of space in my abdomen does not always leave me the happiest either. Once again, all I can say is that I have a wonderful husband who takes really really great care of me. I can’t wait to watch him with Emilia when she is born! She already knows his voice really well—he started singing the other day and it was as if she was trying to push her way out of me to get to him. I’d never felt her move that much and with that much force! What a wonderful experience. Needless to say, whether a surprise or not, we are excited to be parents and to meet our little girl!
The telemarketers may never get our name right, but they always come close.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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Married!
May 23, 2009
We're engaged!
Dave and I had mentioned getting married and we knew that's what we wanted however I was not expecting to have him propose until the spring semester had started and to not be getting married until the beginning of the fall semester.
Dave had other ideas.
December 12 was the last day that Dave and I had before I headed back to New Mexico for Winter Break. For my Christmas Present Dave had told me that he was taking me up North to walk around Temple Square with all of its Christmas lights, and to the church history museum, to see the new Joseph Smith movie, and to take me to dinner anywhere I wanted to eat. He also gave me a gift card to one of my favorite stores, Deseret Book which he also planned to let me roam through while we were up North.
Others had mentioned the possibility of him proposing but I brushed it off knowing that he didn't want to get engaged this semester. I knew I was right when the week of the trip, Jake and a date (Emily Dutson), planned to join us for the trip.
The day we had set to leave, I was a stressed out mess. I had packing to do, and a final to finish. Dave, Jake, and Emily all arrived at my apartment while I was still in my Pajamas finishing the last of my work. I very quickly showered and got dressed (thank goodness my roommates had already picked out my clothing for the occasion). We left town and I slowly de-stressed as we continued the drive. By the time we made it to Salt Lake we were all starving. We stopped and got the soup and sandwich at the Nauvoo Cafe, which was absolutely amazing and incredibly delicous. We then found the times for the Joseph Smith Movie and left to walk through the Church History Museum. On the way there Dave and I realized that his camera had no batteries so Jake and Emily walked through the museum and Dave and I went to buy the batteries. We all made it back in time for the beginning of the Joseph Smith Movie. It was a fantastic movie which also had me crying by the end of it. When the movie finished the lights were all on at Temple Square so we decided to walk around. As we walked Dave began tossing his keys in the air. He dropped them and I stopped to wait for him while he picked them up. It took me a few seconds to realize that he was proposing to me! I said yes and he slipped a beautiful ring on my finger.
Dave had other ideas.
December 12 was the last day that Dave and I had before I headed back to New Mexico for Winter Break. For my Christmas Present Dave had told me that he was taking me up North to walk around Temple Square with all of its Christmas lights, and to the church history museum, to see the new Joseph Smith movie, and to take me to dinner anywhere I wanted to eat. He also gave me a gift card to one of my favorite stores, Deseret Book which he also planned to let me roam through while we were up North.
Others had mentioned the possibility of him proposing but I brushed it off knowing that he didn't want to get engaged this semester. I knew I was right when the week of the trip, Jake and a date (Emily Dutson), planned to join us for the trip.
The day we had set to leave, I was a stressed out mess. I had packing to do, and a final to finish. Dave, Jake, and Emily all arrived at my apartment while I was still in my Pajamas finishing the last of my work. I very quickly showered and got dressed (thank goodness my roommates had already picked out my clothing for the occasion). We left town and I slowly de-stressed as we continued the drive. By the time we made it to Salt Lake we were all starving. We stopped and got the soup and sandwich at the Nauvoo Cafe, which was absolutely amazing and incredibly delicous. We then found the times for the Joseph Smith Movie and left to walk through the Church History Museum. On the way there Dave and I realized that his camera had no batteries so Jake and Emily walked through the museum and Dave and I went to buy the batteries. We all made it back in time for the beginning of the Joseph Smith Movie. It was a fantastic movie which also had me crying by the end of it. When the movie finished the lights were all on at Temple Square so we decided to walk around. As we walked Dave began tossing his keys in the air. He dropped them and I stopped to wait for him while he picked them up. It took me a few seconds to realize that he was proposing to me! I said yes and he slipped a beautiful ring on my finger.
Engaged!
I know this picture isn't the best quality but this is right after Dave proposed to me and was putting the ring on my finger!
How We Met/First Date
Dave and I first met when he and his best friend Jacob Thomas ( a fellow resident on Castilleja Dorm like myself) decided to decorate Duke Dance's apartment before he returned home from his honeymoon. At the time they claimed that they needed help knowing how to decorate it and therefore were looking for the help of a few girls. They roamed the hallways until they found a room of about 6 girls (including myself). We agreed to help and set up a time for later in the week. Later that week we all met up and made a trip to Walmart to get the needed decorations. While there Dave and I ended up separated from the rest of the group. Dave and I talked while we looked for the right decorations...he asked what brought me to Snow and I answered honestly. "The Lord. This is where he wanted me and there is no other explanation for it." He claims this impressed him...and I think I believe him. The next Friday, I had the apartment to myself for one hour before my next class. I had just succeeded in splattering miracle whip all over after dropping the bottle on the floor when someone knocked on the door. Lo and Behold it was Dave. He came and we talked for the next hour. He invited me and my roommate Marsha to go on a hike the next day. I thought carefully and decided it would be fun. I was almost late for my next class which I just happened to have with Jake. Jake and I started talking and the plans changed so that we ended up turning the night into a double date and doing the hike that night rather than the next day. Sadly enough I am not much of a hiker and I gave a little over halfway through the hike. Dave, ever the gentleman stopped with me and we again talked for the next hour while Jake and Marsha finished the hike and came back to us. The men had brought with the makings for a sandwich which we all ate while watching the sunset. Afterwards we headed back to the car and went back to Duke Dance's apartment to watch the Emperor's New Groove and Mountains of Ephraim (most of you won't know this one..it's a home video Dave and Jake made before their mission) and enjoying a bowl of ice cream. Before ending the night Marsha and I invited them to join us for the rodeo in Manti the next night. They agreed and that concluded our first date!
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EMILY!!!
You are such a cute pregnant woman! I am bummed we havent seen each other yet! It will happen though! I hope you are having a wonderful break!!!
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