Gallstones and BIG news....

If you have been around me for the past year I am sure you know that I have had some major stomach problems. First, I thought it was and ulcer in Jan. 2011 so I got prescribed some anti-acids for about 6 months, but they were not helping. I got a scope done in the fall of 2011 and it showed nothing wrong with my stomach. After all of that I decided I might just be crazy and that I just might have some issues when I eat certain foods. The pain went away for about 4 months and then about about 3 weeks ago I started to get the pains really bad again. I'm talking roll on the floor, can't talk, and can't think straight pain.

So I finally went to Instacare. They took some blood and they said that they would get back to me if the results came back abnormal. Well that night at about 10:30, the doctor called me and said that I had increased levels of my pancreas and liver. She was pretty concerned which made me super nervous! She said that she wanted to get a ultrasound done first thing in the morning.

I went to the hospital the next morning at 8:00 am. They check out my stomach and everything looked fine until they scanned over my gallbladder. It was pretty much full of stones. At that moment I yelled "Hallelujah I'm not crazy". Right after they saw all of the stones they called my doctor and told her my results. She said that I needed to go the ER due to the elevated blood levels as well as the gallstones and they probably will do surgery.

(in the ER)

Well to make the story a little shorter I was admitted to the hospital and stayed overnight (for the first time in my life) until my pancreas levels came down. It was miserable! I couldn't eat for a full 30 hours, nothing but the IV with the nutrients. I was so hungry that I think I even said that I like processed cheese... GROSS! Anyways But i'm not going to have my gallbladder out until my second trimester......

Yep that's right! We are going to have a BABY! I know it is kind of bad timing with the gallbladder but I wouldn't trade it for anything! We are really excited! I'm about 9 weeks along and this little guy/girl will be due in October! As far as my gallbladder I haven't had any attacks so that is great news. They just want to wait until the second trimester because the risks go down a lot! I was pregnant before my pains came back really bad, but the doctors said that gallbladder pain can be a lot more common during pregnancy.

There will be a lot more posts coming from me i'm sure this year because we are both so excited to turn our family of 2 into a family of 3!

Spooky.....

Usually I don't get into Halloween. I have never enjoyed the holiday full of spiders and zombies. However this year I really enjoyed it! I don't know if it was because we laughed a lot at each other in our costumes, or because we went to a friends party and practically danced the entire night. I think it must have been the outfit cause Drew busted out his moves for most of the night as well.  Either way, it was a blast Saturday night! 

(oh yeah, Drew was Kip from Napoleon Dynamite, and I was Nikki Minaj)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

A girly craft

I have been so sick of scrounging around in my drawer to find my makeup. Also my drawers are older so they don't open and shut very easy. Anyways I was looking online and I found an idea to keep your makeup organized. I thought it was really cute and pretty easy so i decided to make it! It turned out great.

All you have to do it get a old frame, some spray paint (I chose cherry red because it reminds me of lipstick), and a sheet of metal. After that you staple the metal sheet to your frame (painted or not) then you can glue thin magnets on the back of your makeup and put it on your board. I will hang mine by my mirror for easy access to my face.

Oh and this little holder was a great find! Its a magnetic pencil/marker holder and it has a good magnet built into it... $3.35 at Walmart. Anyways, talk about crafty right? Ok it was pretty easy but hey drew is stoked to have a free drawer and I'm excited to have easy access to my makeup in a magnetic way.

Running

Look at those legs. I wonder how she really got those legs. Cause I want them, and do you really thing that i need to work out to get those? Sure, but lately I have been in a exercise slump. I can't seem to find something that I enjoy in exercise for some reason. I know I would love cycling but I need to save up for that, and right now I'm in desperate need of exercise.

I have a full time job now at Camp Chef and I'm really enjoying it. The only problem is I work Monday- Thursday and for those 40 hours I am sitting. I need some butt kickin', booty trimmin', stomach slimin' work out. So I have decided to start to run again. I just needed to announce it so I get going with it. I used to run and i loved it, oh why did i ever stop?????

Also this weekend I went to the pool with my family and I swam across the pool and back and MAN i was tired! I think I'm going to start swimming laps cause thats super fun and I would love to be in shape for swimming.

Estee... I know that you would be proud.

Costa Rica

Let the recording of our adventure begin.

First let me start with the day one. We had a little delay on our way from Houston to San Jose and we were all nervous that our car rental place wouldn't be open, so rushed to get our bags from luggage pick up. We finally got all of our bags together, Drew was kinda mad cause his wheel on his suitcase was faulty from traveling..... or so we thought. We get to our cute little hotel and jump in the shower. Drew gets out of the shower and opens his bag. He yells to me the bathroom, "What the heck is this," and pulls out a silky floral shirt from his bag. I had no idea and started to look in his bag and yep, Drew got a senoritas bag instead of his! We slept for about 3 hours that night figuring out his bag and it all ended out ok. He got his bag and hopefully the senorita got hers.

The next day we met up with our pals (their flight landed in the morning) and headed on our 3 hours drive to Dominical. This drive went super fast because we were driving through a freaking jungle and it was AMAZING! There were a ton of fruit stands, when we stopped at one I got a huge mango and an even larger avocado. Oh and drew got a coke.... and then another coke.... and then one more. It is true though coke is better down there....

Then we made it! To our destination, Dominical. The most beautiful place in the world. We put our bags away then threw on our swimsuits and jumped in the pool. We enjoyed the sun the rest of the day.

We started the next day bright and early to go get some lessons on surfing. It was a lot of laughs. But hey I did get up and yes I surfed!

After we kinda learned how to surf we went surfing most every day that we were there. Well I didn't go every day... a book on the beach sounded more relaxing. After one of the days that we went surfing we went up to this amazing waterfall. The ocean it really warm, like 79 degrees... so it makes it really hard to cool off. This waterfall was so pretty, it felt so refreshing, and it had a rope swing!!!!

One of the days we went horseback riding! I had never actually been on a horse for more then 5 minutes and i was so excited! The jungle was so pretty and we saw some little wild moneys that were pretty hilarious. We ate at this little house off the side of the trail and had breakfast and on the way back we had some lunch. The food was really good but the place we ended up was even better. We ended up at this huge waterfall! I don't have pictures cause it was so wet but we went swimming once again at a waterfall but this time it was huge!

The last day of the trip we went ziplining! It was super fun, but it rained so hard. I'm talking I have never rain like that in my life. It was a wet and fast ride but i wouldn't want to do it in the sun because it was so fun in the rain.

This was the house we stayed in! There were monkeys and toucans that lived in the trees around our place. It was so weird in the morning to wake up to monkeys instead of dogs or birds. We had papaya trees, starfruit trees, and coconuts growing all around our house so we stoked!

This was the inside downstairs.

Back porch

Trail to pool

Pool

Best fruit in the world! Sweet as candy!

Costa Rica was such a fun vacation. I will never forget the memories we made and the fun time we had with our friends!

My Lamps

So i have to show off a little bit.... mainly because i'm pretty proud. Who would i thought i had such talents. haha Not really. But they were really fun to make.

I recovered and painted some lamps that I got from my Great Aunt Edith. Saved me a lot of money compared to new lamps and i really do like how they turned out.

Moab

Day 1 (wednesday)

Got everything packed & then double checked the packing list. Packed some more, then packed some more. Laid on the bed and watched Parenthood while waiting for Drew to come home so we could load up everything I packed (we were prepared). Loaded up the jeep (8:30 pm) on the truck and took off. Got lost in Spanish Fork for 30 minutes. Laughed a lot because i really don't know how to use a GPS. And then feel asleep. Woke up at 3:00 a.m. while drew was driving in a open lot off the side of the road in Moab and crawled in our back seat and feel asleep once again.

Day 2 (thursday)

Woke up in a state of where the heck are we. Looked outside and noticed that there was red rock and blue skies above and remembered where I was. Alan started to pound on our window so we got up (7:00am). I had to pee so bad and there was no where to go. So for the first time in my life i grabbed a cup and... need i say more. Lets just say i felt so much better. Drove to our camp site, set up camp, grabbed some lunch and headed on a trail. Poison spider, sounds scary.

The end was scary. The arch is scary. I held onto drew's hand like i was going to die.

Walked on top of the scary arch for a while then found a cave. Loved the cave. Soft cool sand, climbed around a bit, and laughed a lot. Love to laugh.

Day 3

The day of Kane creek. My favorite trail. Memories include a lot of dancing to lady gaga, good lunches by the creek, and dodging the trees that try to hit me as we are driving. Dinner was at the Moab Diner and i got some egg deliciousness and drew got something else... and then liked mine and ate mine. Oh i drove for a while this day on the wild rocks. No big deal.

Day 4

Another trail. can't remember what its called. Something mean like lions back, or sabertooth. Ok maybe not but something like that. I had to listen to anatomy lectures about the reproductive system. Talk about a lot a weird stuff to learn. Car show was at night. We got a little crazy trying to make people peel out in their cars. Oh and we ate at my favorite moab pizza joint and i saw Miley Cyrus. Ok not her but someone that looked just like her. I don't have the picture but seriously it was nuts.

Fun time at Moab. Always is. Always will be.