Tagged Again!

I've been tagged again! I like this one b/c I just learned so much about my friend, Elisa, who tagged me, after reading hers. So here goes: How To Play This Game of Tag: Post these rules on your blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, & 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!
Joys:
1. Julia & Nathan. I can't believe how much my priorities changed after Julia was born. I'm at the point were I think I need her more than she needs me. People always comment on how nice it must be living with my mom so that I have a built in babysitter, but the truth is, I don't usually leave Julia with her unless she's napping. I pretty much take Julia everywhere with me b/c I miss her so much when I'm gone. Even just for an hour. I am so happy to see her in the morning when she wakes up. I'll even wake her up sometimes! (I know, I'm crazy) I feel whole with her in my life :) Same with Nathan. He is a wonderful husband. He takes such good care of Julia and I, and does such a good job putting up with all the drama around him. (It's hard living with your wife's family). He is so bright, and I'm very proud of everything he has accomplished in school and life. He is a worthy priesthood holder and loves the Lord. I couldn't ask for anything more!
2. Disneyland! OK, this one will be short. You don't have to know me well to know I love Disneyland. I've been there over 20 times since I was one. So for me it is a magical place full of memories. And now that I'm older, I want to share those memories with my kids. Can't wait to move to LA!!!
3. My "BIG" family. I have a huge family. I'm the oldest of eight kids, my mom's the oldest of ten and my dad's the second oldest of seven! It is so fun! And even though we do not yet know how large we want our family to be, I find so much joy in being part of a large family!
Fears:
1. Death. The closest person to me that has died is my great grandmother Allen. She died the summer of 2003, and I still get really sad when I think about it. I'm afraid of what would happen to life if I lost someone even closer, like my Grandma, who's been sick for a while, one of my parents, or my child. I can't even think about it or I get horrible anxiety.
2. Scorpions. I never even thought about these little devils until we had an infestation at our apartment in Glendale. And then once Julia was born I couldn't sleep at night, worrying whether they would get to her or not. That's why we got our cat. But we just ended up moving anyway.
3. Ghosts, Aliens, the unknown... I know, I'm such a baby. I am terrified of these things, though, and that is one reason we are not living alone while Nathan is gone. I'm just a big Scaredy Cat!
Goals:
1. Potty training Julia before baby boy comes! We've already started. I figured it might take 4 months, so we started early. So far she has about a 20% chance of going in the toilet. Hopefully she will get better, b/c I can not afford to put two kids in diapers!
2. Get my bachelors degree. I was half way there when I dropped out to work full time when Nathan started Medical School. Hopefully when my kids are both in school, I'll go back and finish up. It might take me longer, though, b/c my major was Spanish and I've pretty much forgotten everything I'd learned.
3. Go on a mission with my husband. Nathan and I got married before he was able to serve a full time mission, so we would really like to serve together later in life.
Current Obsessions/ Collections:
1. Buying Julia clothes and shoes. I've actually done well lately, since we've been trying save for our move to California, but she has more clothes and shoes than both Nathan and I. I just love how cute she looks in everything!
2. Potty training Julia. I've been buying her so much stuff, princess panties, princess toys, and princess movies, to bribe her. I also make myself crazy asking her all the time if she has to "go".
3. Working out. Here's another one where you don't have to know me well to know I'm obsessed with working out. I wake up every morning at 5 to either go to spinning, weight lifting or go run 7 miles. It's my high. If I don't wake up early enough to go, I obsess about finding another time in my day to workout (which is hard with Julia).
Surprising Facts:
1. I like to watch the History and Discovery channels. There's just so much randomly interesting information out there!
2. I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was growing up. And I can't wait to live by the Ocean! Dolphins, whales, sharks, octopus, they all fascinate me (that's why I love that discovery channel!)
3. I can still do a back handspring, and a round off-back handspring. I know my cheerleader days are long gone, but I've still got the skills! :)

I tag Arabeth, Heather, Kara, my mom, and Jennifer.

IT'S A BOY!!!

Nathan and I found out yesterday that we are going to have a son! I wish I could have captured the look on Nathan's face when he found out. He was beaming with pride. Not that he doesn't love his daughter, but he is so excited to have a boy. The doctor said everything looked great on the ultra sound, so no worries there. We got some pictures of the face, body and his parts :) but our scanner isn't working, so that would make it difficult to post. I don't know how well it would turn out anyway, since my loving daughter has already taken her chance at crumpling up the picture! I handed it to her b/c she wanted to see the baby, and then when she was done looking at it, she started crumpling it into a ball as if it were trash! Is this a sign of things to come? She's already picking on her little brother, and he's still in the womb!

Purse Tag

My friend, Arabeth, tagged me. I am to disclose the contents of my purse. For those of you who have ever seen the inside of my purse, this is very scary. In fact, Nathan calls it "the abyss", if that helps you understand what we're dealing with. I told Arabeth I would still do it, though, so here goes: wallet, diapers, wipes, fruit snacks, crackers, hard candy, gum, mints, granola bar, chocolate, taffy, smarties, easy mac, pens, crayons, reciepts, keys, purell, lotion, perfume, Julia's play phone, hair tie, hair clip, chapstick, spare change, perscription painkillres, little tot books, camera, checkbook, tylenol, planner, kleenexes, nail file, Julia's hair bows, visine, Julia's play make-up, nailpolish, Tide to go pen, cough drops, paycheck stubs, shopping list and my phone.
I think I might need to clean out my purse.
I tag Kara and Catherine

Nathan's Rotation Rollercoaster

Most of you know that Nathan was leaving in July for rotations for school, and then coming back in November when we will then move to Flagstaff until he graduates. Well, he received a phone call Thursday that left him a little stressed and upset. Apparently the program he was super excited to attend in Tuba City (just outside Flagstaff) is dropping it's student program. So this left Nathan with nowhere to go the month of July as well as November through April. After working on his case for a little while, the school informed him that the program he got accepted to at Yale would still take him, or he could go to the Phoenix VA. Neither of those options sounded good to us since Yale is all the way on the east coast and I'm due the month we would need to leave, and he's been at the Phoenix VA a few months all ready, so he wanted to go somewhere new. Nathan went ahead and asked them if there was anyway he could get in somewhere on the west coast (San Diego, LA, SF, Portland or Seattle). Turns out UCLA had an opening, and we won't have to go until December. We just need to wait for the director to look over his transcripts and accept him. I'm not too worried though, seeing that Nathan is ranked third in his class (sorry, I'm bragging). So now Nathan is just going to a local doctor office for the month of July, Salt Lake in August, Denver in Sept, Virginia in October, and hopefully somewhere local in November before we move to LA December to May. I am so excited about this new schedule for two reasons: A) he's now going to be here for July, and B) we will live in California for at least 5 months! It's going to be expensive, but so much fun! We can go to the beach and Disneyland all we want! I think I'm a little more excited than Nathan :)

San Diego!!!

Last week we decided last minute to go to Sea World. I had been bugging Nathan about it for a while b/c Julia is so obsessed with fish and sharks. He kept saying no and that we couldn't afford it. Well, I was complaining to a friend of mine who has a daughter Julia's age, and she said that they would come too so we could split the price and it wouldn't cost as much. Nathan agreed and Saturday morning at 4 am we were on our way. (Thanks Angelica!)
We stopped to see the sharks first. Julia really liked them. She kept saying, "ooo scary!"
And here is the shark tunnel. We walked through that one a couple times. That was the best way to see the sharks.
We also got to pet and feed the dolphins. Julia was more scared of them than the sharks, though. And I think it's b/c we were able to get so close.
I'm so glad we went! Julia really got into the shows and LOVED Shamu.
On Sunday we went to the beach. It was so beautiful! Of course crazy Nathan went swimming, and we made Julia get in, too.
Julia had more fun with the sand castles, though.
And eating the sand. YUCK!
I love San Diego! The whole time we were there, I was trying to talk Nathan into doing his residency there. We'll see!!!

I also want to give a shout out to the Brimhall family. Last time we went, Julia was 4 months old and we took the trip with them. We had so much fun! (Even though Julia wasn't old enough to care) And we really missed you guys while we were there! Love you!