new and exciting things

Well it's official. I am a sucky blogger. I am not good at this at all. Anyway here is a little update on what has happened within the last few months. Since the new year Dave and I decided it was time to add on to our family. We will be expecting our new addition in october. I will never forget that night I told Dave the exciting news. I have never seen anyone so happy in my life. He jumped up and down with a huge smile on his face. He could not stop kissing me....I loved that :-). When we found out I was only 5 weeks along so I waited a couple of weeks to go see the doctor. My first doctor's visit was cool. The doctor did an ultrasound and the baby was only the size of a kidney bean, so cute.
I feel lucky not to have had the experience of morning sickness though. I was however extremely tired durning my first trimester and working full time. My days off consisted of my laying on the couch all day long. Since then my second trimester has been better. I have been less tired but I still make many frequent trips to the bathroom. I had another doctor's appointment on friday and they did another ultrasound. The doctor told me that the baby was in a breeched position and my bladder was empty making it difficult to see the gender. So we will find out for sure on May 29th. The new pics of the baby were so amazing. I actually have a baby inside of me and it looked more like a baby then a kidney bean. There was even a picture of the baby waving at us.
Also some other exciting news is that Dave has finished his first year of grad school. Yay!!!! only one more year to go. I can't waite to see what the next year brings. Dave is going to be an amazing father. I love him so much. I thank the Lord everyday for sending me someone so good. And for slapping me in the face to wake up and see that I had something so wonderful right in front of me. Most days I feel like I don't deserve him.....ok I lied I totally do. But I was one of the lucky ones that's for sure.

Our 1st Christmas 2008

This Christmas was special cuz it was our first one together as a married couple! YEA! We had a pretty sweet fake tree and some killer presents. We spoiled ourselves with a Nintendo Wii with Mario Kart and Guitar Hero! We have already mastered the game on "EASY." Our next quest is to try rockin out on "MEDIUM!" Jen is truly the guitar hero, and I'm the drum master! Our first Christmas together was awesome. We spent Christmas Eve together at our place but had dinner with Jen's family since her brother just returned home from his mission in Mongolia. I love eating Jen's mother's food! She has been filling-in since my mom isn't around to cook =) We almost got snowed in at her parents house but luckily made it home alright. I was pretty excited to sleep-in on my only day off from work but not to my surprise, Jen was up bright and early like a little school girl waiting to open presents! Jen started the magical holiday by giving me my stocking full of gifts and goodies...but then I realized I totally dropped the ball...and forgot to fill her stocking with anything! I officially failed the good husband test! I somehow got "wrapped up" (No pun intended) buying her gifts and forgot to buy stocking stuffers. Oh well, there's always next year. Well, Jen forgave me and we went over to her family's house again to open presents her family had bought for us and we spent the day there playing games and eating junkfood. It was an awesome holiday and a wonderful break from school. I had a whole month off! We couldn't have asked for a better Christmas together. We both decided that we probably will never be able to spoil ourselves again like we did this year. Afterall, we may possibly have a family of our own by next Christmas!

More Recordings

I have posted a couple more songs on yourldsneighborhood.com under the inspirational and show tunes categories. In the inspirational is called One Voice. The one under the Show tunes is called On my own. If you get a chance listen to them and let me know what you think.

Halloween 2008

Well, we had our first Halloween together as a married couple. Last Halloween, Jen and I were just dating (weird). The picture of me as a pumpkin was actually Jen's old costume she used to wear growing up. Jen is totally obsessed with Halloween! She was so cute in her Snow White outfit. I decided to save money and make my Dopey costume and I have to admit...it was pretty dang sweet! =) Jen and I bought Halloween decorations (per her request) to make sure our home was festive. She even bought a Halloween calendar where I consistently saw her changing the marker to the next day. She couldn't wait till Halloween!

Recordings

My sister and I have been to a recording studio in provo and have recorded a couple of songs. So far there are only two of us together singing and one of her. The two songs the we are both singing are called still believe and angel. The one of her is called when all is said and done. They have been posted on a site called www.yourldsneighborhood.com go to the music building then click on jukebox. go to the insperational section and look for melissa nielsen. The more you view and rate us we will be able to be on a cd at the end of the year. I will be going back in a couple of weeks to record some solo songs and post them under my name Jennifer Nichols. This is something my sister and I have been working towards forever it seems. We love to sing more than anything. So check it out and please tell me what you think. I would like to know if we are not that good, then maybe I should take down the songs and save us the embarassement :-) lol! I really would love to hear what you all think though for real. I hope you enjoy them.

An Unexpected Change

So I haven't really been liking my job. It has turned out to be just as stressful as the other. I took a major pay cut taking this job and so I needed to find something that would pay more since dave would be leaving his job soon to do an internship. I had planned to tell my supervisor this when she came to me and told me that she and steve(my boss)thought I was great and they really wanted me to think about taking the position of office manager. They would pay me three more dollars an hour. So I talked with dave about it and did some praying plus talking to the girl who already has the job about what type of things I would be doing. I already liked the sound of it because I wouldn't be at the front desk, except for helping out here and there when needed.
Dave and I thought it woul be best if I took the job. So now I have been promoted to office manager after only 2 months of working there. This couldn't have come at a better time. I'm so greatful that the Lord is mindful of us and knows what is best for us.

changes

Dave and I moved from Pleasant Grove to South Jordan at the end of July. Along with that I started a new job and Dave started school. Though I was rather excited to leave my last job I fear that this job may be more stressful than my last job. I have more and more things to learn everyday. I am a medical receptionist at comprehensive psychological services. Pretty much I went from being the boss to knowing nothing at all. I was nervous and feeling really inadequate. The time goes by so fast because I am always answering phones, doing things for the doctors, handeling issues with clients, solving problems, faxing, filing. Oh well I'd rather be busy being physically stressed than emotionally stressed. at least my headaches are gone....for now :-) but now I'm beginning to have back aches. Dave is so sweet to rub my back for me every night when I get home. I know he has his own worries. Dave started school last Friday and had to learn the Trax schedule so he could take it to school and he works in orem still. Dave is going to be working really hard these next couple of years I hope that I can help him out as much as he has helped me when I was going to school and working. I fear we will be seeing less of each other than we already do right now. When he comes home on the days he's not at school all day he waits for me to come home. I'm so tired when I come home I eat, kiss him, try to get in some good reading and then go to sleep. Then when he's at school all day he comes home and I'm already asleep. So that's what's been going on so far. I sound like I'm complaining but really I feel so blessed. I have a wonderful husband and we have a good place to live and we are both working. Life is good. Just busy most of the time.