University of Michigan

It's official! Jonathan was accepted to the Ross school of Business and Health administration program at U of M. He will be starting his dual degree this Fall so we will be in Ann Arbor for the next three years. We are very excited that he has been blessed with such a great opportunity and that we will be close to both sets of grandparents!! Congratulations Jonathan!!

Family expansion

Well, I think it is safe to announce that Jonathan and I will be having a baby at the end of the summer! We are very excited! I will post the first ultra sound picture. It looks like a peanut in the picture; however, when I was there it had little circles for arms and legs. It was really cute. When I saw it it all sunk in that this was real and that I really was pregnant. I wasn't just imagining all the sickness and whatnot. The second set will have to be another post because I think I need Jonathan's help to scan them and upload them into the computer.


The second set will have to be another post because I think I need Jonathan's help to scan them and upload them into the computer. They are much better than this one. The second ultra sound was for a genetic "first screen" where they determine early if the baby has Down Syndrome or another congenital defect. I agreed to go but I wouldn't do further testing if they found something wrong. They are some really cool pictures. We got some 3D pictures and the baby has everything! It opened and closed it's mouth, had shoulders, ears, eyes, fingers, toes and a little something that made the sonographer ask us if we wanted to know the gender. I didn't think she would tell us so I said, " why not" and she turned the screen around and showed us three different angles of the BIG possibility to have a little boy as our first baby. I of course took the news with a grain of salt considering the baby was only 15 weeks old and they can't be sure until 18-20 weeks or so. However, until they prove otherwise we are going to plan on having a baby boy. I think I need to follow Alicia's footsteps and find a blue background for my blog. I am going to try and document all that I can about the pregnancy. I need to take more pictures and talk about it. I haven't been a big talker. I just figure I still have 5-1/2 to 6 months left. (Actually, I don't really know...everytime I go to the doctor they tell me the baby is bigger than what I tell them. my EDD is Sept 4th but I think it will come sometime in August since I obviously miscalculated my LMP.) It makes me crazy not knowing exact details!

The school quest

Well, I may need to be changing the name of my blog because we are in the final stages of hearing back from the graduate schools Jonathan applied to. He has been accepted so far to UNC and U of M's Master's of Health Administration programs. He has even received some scholarship offers which is very exciting! We are still waiting to here back from business schools and will hopefully have made a decision by the end of March. It has been exciting to see all of the opportunities that has led Jonathan down this path. I feel that he will be very successful at this career and will enjoy finally going back to school!

Boring Blog

So, I am officially finished with school. I say official because I don't have to go to class anymore and hopefully don't have to retake any qualifying exams. All i have left is a semester of working with little kids at the Detroit Children's hospital. I am starting tomorrow and am very excited. I have realized for some time now that my blog was boring. I never have anything interesting to write...however, although my posts may be pictureless or boring I am going to try and be better this year. There is no reason not to post...I check Google reader every day to see what everyone else has to say. I can take a minute to say something. Wish me luck!

My roommate from BYU-Idaho

I was in Boston this weekend for a convention and as I was walking around the exposition center I saw someone that I recognized. I immediately knew her name was Erin, I just didn't know how I knew her. As I was scrolling through all of the options she looked at me and said, "Is your name Abby?" She was my roommate at Ricks from 2001 to 2002. She was there with me when I was applying to be a YPM in Nauvoo. She asked about Phil and I told her that he and Roxy got married and have two kids now. It was very exciting to see her. She is such a great girl. I hate losing contact with people so hopefully more people will randomly come back into my life again!!!

Halloween 2007

A month ago was Halloween and I wanted to post some pictures of the event. First, a word of caution. Never leave a carved pumpkin on your mantel over a long weekend. You may just come home to a sea of mold dripping out of its mouth. Not to mention the pumpkin had collapsed on itself. GROSS! Second, our Halloween party was a huge success. We invited the Bartlett's and the Adamson's over for dinner in a pumpkin. We also had dry ice creating a misty effect with our root beer. It was a lot of fun. I can't find a picture of all of us... We hang out with the Bartlett's and Adamson's all of the time. It has been a lot of fun living here in Detroit with such great friends!

A little too much pink!

Well, I had been trying for a long time to change my blog's background. I found a cute template online but never figured out how to apply it. So I have officially gotten rid of the pink and hopefully this will be better until Erin teaches me how to make my background cute and have songs play when people come read it!! Help please!! Suggestions are welcome...