Lately...

To be honest since school has been out I haven't been up to much of anything. Being pregnant makes me super super tired, I hardly know what to do with myself. I come home from work and crash on the couch and then I'm usually in bed by ten! Luckily, I haven't really been sick at all. There have been some occasions at night when I feel nautious and sick, but other than that things have gone pretty well.

Sadly I have yet to take the NCLEX. I was a little late at registering due to the cost of the stupid test and then that pushed my test day even further back. I take the test sometime in December. I am not disclosing the date. :) Trust me, you will know when it's over. I am however starting to look for a job. I really would love to have a nursing job to make some more money and of course get into the career that I just spent thousands and thousands of dollars in school for. Whenever this day comes I will be very sad to leave my friends at TOSH, but I know ultimately it will be a good move and something that has been a long time waitng. So, if you know if any job openings for new grad nurses please please let me know.

Miguel and I still have crazy schedules. He recently got promoted and is now working different, but longer hours. He loves it! We have a couple days a week that we are able to spend together and catch up, but other than that we mostly see each other in passing. I guess our opposite schedules will be good once the baby is born...right?

Well, that's all for now. We will definitely keep you updated on how things go the next few months. We have yet to decide on a name, nursery decorations, strollers, etc. I may be searching for some much needed advice in the 'what to buy' department. :)

I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving and holiday season!!!

It's a BOY!

After debating for the last several months on whether or not we were going to find out we went through with it and found out that baby Molina is a boy! We couldn't be more excited. Miguel and I can hardly wait until April to see our little guy. :)

The Rumors are True!

That's right, we're having a baby! We are so excited and can't wait until April to meet our 1st little baby. We'll definitely keep you updated on how things are going. :)

I DID IT!!

I'm sure everybody knows by now, but for those that don't, I have been in nursing school for the past 2 years. Just the other day I took my final exam in order to graduate and I passed! I'm done with nursing school and graduation is in just a couple of weeks. I do still however have to take the state board exam so my studying isn't completely done with. I will keep you updated and let you know when I'm completely finished and on a hunt for a job.

I am so happy. This has taken up so much of my time the past 2 years and especially the past month. For the past month I have put everything on hold to do what I needed to pass this test. I thank everybody, my friends and family for your love and support that helped to get me through this. I have been cranky, emotional, stressed and everything else. I especially thank Miguel. He has kept me in line these past few days especially. He beleived in me and never gave up when many times I did. I spent many nights frustrated and crying and he put up with me through it all. Thanks Miguel. Making those two phone calls last night to Miguel and my parents telling them I passed was the greatest thing and coming home to Miguel waiting for me outside for a big hug made everything worth it.

Like I said, I'm not quite finished yet, but I have climbed the first big hill and I know I can make it over the next.

Happy 30th Birthday to ME!!

I know I am a little bit late at posting about this, but I guess better late than never. A little over a month ago I turned the big 3-0! I know, hard to believe! I had been too busy with school to really plan anything big so Miguel and I were just going to hang out for the day. We woke up, got some breakfast and then got ready and went to Park City for some lunch and of course outlet shopping. I probably could have stayed there all day. We left PC and headed down to Target where we got a new Wii game (Wii Resort, which I have yet to play). After that the plan was to go to the mall to do some more shopping. Obviously it was my birthday, there was no way Miguel would do so much shopping in one day. So we're on our way to the mall and Miguel gets a phone call and pulls over to the side of the road. To make a long story short I get blind folded with a plastic bag (not safe I know) and we drive in many circles back to our apartment. He walks me with my eyes closed to the clubhouse where all my friends and family are waiting...it was a SURPRISE party just for me!! Miguel did a great job at planning all of this. I must say that I did suspect a litte something in the days to come, but I didn't know that he would be going to this much trouble. My family was there, friends from CPK, and many other friends I hadn't seen for quite some time. I thank all of you that came, it really meant a lot!! I know Miguel tried to get ahold of as many people that he could so if he missed you, I apologize, I know the thought was there. Thanks again everyone and thanks to Miguel. I love you so very much!! Here are a few pictures.

Eating. We had Chili's and Rumbi's. Yum!

CPK gals. I miss you guys!

My yummy chocolate peanut butter cake from Coldstone!

Trying to light the candles.

Blowing out my sparkler candes (it didn't work).

CPK Peeps

Shots of Tequila

Me and Chris

Grandma, Grandpa and Judi

My mom and her good friend Judi

Thanks Miguel...I love you!

Evanston, Wyoming

On Sunday my mom, Miguel and I went to Evanston to see my Grandpa. Miguel and I also went to the horse races. Here are a few pictures.

Beautiful flowers in the garden.

This is the view from my grandpa's house.

We put the camera on timer and tried to take a picture.

Miguel

Me

Horse Races

More Racing

Picture minus me. :) Somebody had to take the picture. The one with me didn't turn out.

Our Anniversary

About 3 weeks ago we had our two year anniversary. I surpised Miguel with an ipod touch...he absolutely loved it and was soooo surprised. Here is a picture of him opening it.

I have been wanting an iphone for several months now. We have been holding off on getting one for me because my current contract is with Verizon and the iphone is with AT&T. My Verizon contract actually ends on July 24. Well, Miguel ended up buying me the new iphone for our anniversary. We went to the apple store the day after it came out and there was a long line to get one. Miguel had to go to work so I waited in line and got my new phone. Yes, I have two phones now until Verizon ends, but it's worth it...I love my new iphone!! I'm sure I will love it even more when it's my only phone. Thanks Miguel, I love you!!

We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner for our anniversary and we are going to Vegas in a few days to celebrate some more before school starts again and things get crazy.

Miguel shaved his head!!

About a month or two ago Miguel shaved his head. He knows I hate it when he does this. I came home and he was sitting on the couch with a t-shirt covering his head, I knew immediately that something was up. He ended up shaving it a couple more times before I finally talked him into letting it grow out. Here is one picture I got.

Happy Anniversary!

Happy 2 year anniversary to me and Miguel. I can't believe how fast these 2 years have gone by. Thanks Miguel for everything, you have stuck by me and supported me in good and bad and I know there are many more years to come. I love you so much.

Thoughts...

I'm sorry I haven't posted on anything for a while, things have been pretty crazy. Here are a few updates/thoughts I have.

• I'm sick of the rainy weather. I want to sun to come out so I can go relax (if that is even possible) or should I say STUDY by the swimming pool.
• I can't believe it is already the middle of June, this year has flown by!
• I am still working with my personal trainer at the gym. I have started noticing some more muscle in my arms and feel thinner around my waist so I think its working. I pretty excited, I just need to keep up with the workouts. I have also found a new workout buddy to go to classes with....thanks Tracy!
• School is stressing me out. I don't have time to do everything and I'm running out of time. I took a test tonight that gives me an idea of how I will do on the exit exam and so far it's not looking so good. I have a lot of work to do in the next 3 months.
• On June 23 we will be married 2 years...can you believe it, it has gone by so fast. I can't wait to give Miguel his anniversary present, but I can't say what it is in case he happens to read this. ;)
• We are going to Vegas in July and I can hardly wait. I plan on doing NOTHING the whole time we're there. I am going to sleep in, relax, sit by the pool, relax and not even look at a nursing book.
• I have 3 weeks off of school from June 27-July 19. It's going to be nice to have the break, but I plan on studying during that time to bring up my test score.
• Miguel and I want a baby....(no, I am not making an announcement). ;)

Those are all the updates I have for tonight...sorry nothing too exciting. My brain is fried after 4 tests in the past 2 days. I hope everybody is doing well.

Card Making Party

Today I went to a scrapbooking/card making party. It was a lot of fun! For $10 I got to make 5 cards and all the supplies were given to me except for the adhesive. They give you a sample card and you can make it the same or be creative. Here are 4 of the cards that I made. They have a few mistakes, but for my first time I think I did pretty well.

I am going to have my own card making party on Saturday May 30. If you are interested let me know. The cost is $10 for 5 cards. I think it will be a lot of fun and the cards will be different than these. I figure this is a good hobby, you can always use cards!!

My favorites are the baby and the bee cards.

A Day in the Park with Kobi

It was so nice the other night I went and got Kobi and took him to the park. It was fun! I don't have any kids or nieces or nephews so I figured I would take my parents dog out. :)

Tulips

I still haven't had time to figure out how to work my new camera. I am hoping to take a class or two once school is over, but for now I just have to try new things on my own.

These are just pictures of some tulips I took outside of my apartment. They aren't great, but I guess it's a start.

Personal Trainer

About a month ago Miguel bought me a personal trainer at Gold's Gym. I have been wanting one for a while now and he finally got sick of hearing me complain and bought one. What a nice husband!! Because my schedule is so crazy I am only able to meet with my trainer once a week, but he gives me some exercises to do when I am able to go to the gym on my own. I have been trying to keep up, but it has been hard. I really need to get into a routine and make time to go in between working, class, studying and sleeping. Man...I really need more hours in the day!!! I am so excited though to learn different exercises to do, hopefully this way I can get rid of some flab and gain some muscle. :)

Dear Miguel...

I know you hardly ever look at this blog, but just in case you do I want to tell you I love you so much! Thanks so much for putting up with me the last few weeks during this stressful time at school (the last year and a half for that matter). I'm sure the next 6 months aren't going to be much better, but just remember, I really appreciate it and I don't think I would have been able to do any of this without your support.

P.S. I also want to thank my family, friends, classmates and coworkers for your support too!! Thanks everyone!!! I love you all!!

Backgrounds

These blog backgrounds are making me mad. I can't find one I like. The 2 column and 3 column thing is messing me up, what's the difference anyways? Help!!!

Happy Valentines Day!

Miguel and I had a great Valentines Day this year. I think it was one of the few Valentines that we've both had off of work since we've known each other. We both had the whole day off together.

On Friday when I came home from work I was surprised with some beautiful roses sitting on the counter in my bathroom. It was a nice surprise. I just got flowers a few weeks ago so I wasn't really expecting any. On Saturday we went to lunch at Morelias and then went out to Jordan Landing. We went to Kohl's and Miguel bought me some earrings. They are very pretty! They are diamond hoops, I love them!! He picked them out (for the most part) and I love it when he picks things out for me. After that we went to a movie, The International, it was pretty good! After Jordan Landing we came back home and watched tv until it was time to get ready to go to dinner. Our plan was to go to Macaroni Grill, but we didn't make reservations so we knew we would have to wait. We got there about 7:35 and they said our wait was 105 - 115 minutes so we went to the mall for a while and then we ended up getting seated by 9:00, not too bad. We had a great dinner and a great rest of the night. I enjoyed having the WHOLE day off with Miguel. If you know us, you know these days are few and far between.

I love you Miguel!!

Christmas Time

We had a great Christmas this year. I am very thankful to have Miguel as well as my family and friends in my life. I love you all! Happy 2009!

My dad took a pretty good picture!

Dad and Kobi

Miguel opening the movies Santa gave him...He was so excited!!

Chris (brother) and Mom

Me and Kobi

Kobi and Chris

This is the bad snow storm we had on Christmas. Miguel and I went to the movies and when we came hom we played in the snow.

I found the Wii fit!!

I finally found it. Last night after CPK I told Miguel I was going to look at the ads online and see if anyplace had it in the morning so I could wake up early and go. I had pretty much given up the past few days, this was my last hope. I looked at Walmart and they had it! I wasn't sure what to do because Walmart is open 24 hours so did the ad start at midnight or in the morning sometime? I tried to call 3 different Walmart's but no answer. It was about 12:15am by this time and I made Miguel come with me to Walmart to see. After all, this was his Christmas present to me. Miguel asked behind the counter and they had them!! They started the sale at 12:01am. I'm glad we went, I'm sure they would have been gone by morning. YAY!! Finally!! Too bad my week off is over and I'm not going to have nearly enough time to play. We played for a little bit last night and it told me I was overweight, had no balance and my Wii fit age was 35. I guess I have some work to do. :) I hope you can all come over and play sometime soon.

GO UTES!

Day Five: Miguel was off all day today too. We ate at Cafe Rio, I got a new coat and we relaxed. Way to go UTES!!!