We've had a pretty darn good week! Over the summer right before we moved, Eric completed a program to become a certified Pharmacy Technician. He did so well and passed his final exam with flying colors! He received a national pharmacy tech license and when we moved to California, he had to apply for a state license as well. All he had to do was send in the application, some personal info, and money. Then they send the license back to him. Simple, right? Well.. California is slow. REALLY slow. Plus there was that whole government shut down thing, which I'm sure didn't help. They said that it would take 45 days to send him his license. We sent in all the stuff as soon as we got here in August and he FINALLY got his license last week! In the mean time, he was still applying for millions of jobs (either pharm tech jobs where he'd say he had a license pending, or just regular Joe jobs) and didn't have any luck getting one. He sent in so many applications and had quite a few interviews, but was just not getting any takers. His parents own a dental tech lab, so to make money he's been working for them a couple of times a week cleaning and running errands. When we found out I had to be on bed rest, we honestly saw this as a blessing. He was able to stay home and take care of me when I couldn't do very much for myself. I was able to stay down and keep this girl healthy. He was also able to focus on school and has seriously rocked this semester. Then, about a week after we found out I was good to get up a little bit more, his license came. And the very first pharmacy he applied for, he got an interview and was hired right on the spot!!!! Now that I can take care of myself, he'll be able to work so we can provide better for our little family! This girl can come anytime with no fear :) He's been so patient and has had SO much faith in knowing that things will work out. He's helped me through many a tear filled night and never lost any confidence. When we got married, we got the advice to wait to have kids and spend time together from numerous people. I thought that was smart advice, and I honestly thought we would have at least 6 months to a year before a pregnancy test turned positive. When I got pregnant right away, I was thinking of all the advice we'd gotten and wondering if it was going to be difficult on our marriage. Honestly, I feel like we've spent more time together these past 9 months than many couples do in a couple of years. We've gone through a lot together already and our relationship has been strengthened so much. I'm grateful for all the time I got with my husband before we enter into the phase of parenting. I never thought I'd be grateful for unemployment haha
We had our 36 week appointment yesterday and it looks like things are beginning to progress a little bit! I've dropped, I'm dilated to a 1.5 and I went from about 5cm to 3cm. The doctor walked into the room yesterday and said "Are you seriously still pregnant?! Is this real? Someone pinch me." haha He told us about a lady he knows who had the same issue as me and is still in the hospital to prevent her from moving any faster. House arrest was much better than hospital arrest haha Anyways, at the end of our appointment, we set up a date for me to be induced! He said just in case we make it there, he wants to keep an eye on my labor the whole time. But he's more expecting us to go before then. The induction date is December 19th at 7am. 20 days is our max! 20 DAYS or less and we'll have a baby!! We are so ready for this girl.
Eric and I decided to practice swaddling and diapering. This monkey was the closest size to a newborn we could find... haha (Baby Payne will be MUCH cuter)
Since it's Thanksgiving today, I thought I'd share a list of things we're grateful for :)
-Heavenly Father
-Our Savior
-Marriage
-Temples
-Baby Payne
-Our big, loving, helpful, gracious family
-Our incredible friends (you know who you are!)
-Warm California weather
-FaceTime
-Social Media (to keep up with our loved ones)
-Our great ward
-The luxury of having really yummy food every day
-All the gifts, and hand me downs we've received for Baby Payne (We seriously don't know what we would have done without it all)
-A nice, comfortable home to live in
-The ocean
-Ultimate Frisbee (Eric)
-Our awesome Doctor
-A great car with the best gas mileage ever
-The Gospel.
This is a very small chunk, but we seriously are SO blessed. Words can't express our gratitude for all the things we have. I love this day and this season.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!
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