2011 in Review

2011 was a pretty good year for the Cooper family. Everything started happening around June of this year which happened to be the time when I was finally back to normal after my jaw surgery. During June both Joseph and I were offered new positions at work. I started working on the new re-entry team and Joseph became a Network Security Analyst. My position is pretty similar to the old one but I do like this one a lot better. I feel like I'm making a big difference in our student's lives. Joseph's job is a big change from tech support and he is so happy with it! He is learning a lot. The only hard thing about Joseph's new job is that we work opposite schedules. I work from 6am-3pm(Mon-Fri) and Joseph works 2pm-12am (Wed-Sat). We make it work.

On July 4th we received the best news possible. That's when we found out we were pregnant! I woke up at 3:30am and had to use the restroom. I figured, if I don't take the test now I'll be wondering what the results would be and wouldn't go back to sleep. My sister-in-law Kacey bought a 2 pack test the week before and found out she was pregnant with the first test. So I had a test sitting in my bathroom just waiting for me. I decided to take it and right away it turned positive! I couldn't believe it! I went back to Joseph and told him. His response was "You ARE!!!". It was a really happy and excited response :)

On September 28th we found out we were having a little girl!! Joseph was convinced we were having a boy, so we were a little surprised when we found out it was a girl. We weren't disappointed, just surprised. After we made a few phone calls to family the shock wore off and the excitement kicked in.

We decided to name our daughter Adelyn. Joseph thought of the name right after we got married. Then one day we were in the temple and I had a really strong feeling that we should name our daughter Adelyn. Two years later, we are finally having our little girl!

Now all we have to do is wait for our little girl to be here! Just 11 more weeks until our due date, March 8th. Today we cleaned up all of the paint stuff in her nursery and put most of the furniture in place. The only thing we (meaning Joseph) need to put together is the changing table and the furniture will be done. After that we just need to hang the curtains (that I made!) and add some wall decals.

Since Joseph's job needs to be open 24/7 he does have to work tonight. Luckily he doesn't have to work Christmas Day. Since I also have Monday off we get to spend 2 full days together! We don't get that often so we are really excited. Then next weekend he was able to take New Year's Eve off so we'll have 3 full days together. We don't have any big plans except to go see the Muppet Movie (FINALLY!).

We wish that everyone will have a wonderful and safe Christmas and New Year's!

Love,

Joseph and Stephanie

Feeling Very Pregnant!

I am 26 weeks and 6 days along and I feel very pregnant today! I can really tell that I'm on my way out of my 2nd trimester and into my 3rd. This heartburn is out of control. The one good thing about it is my appetite is down so hopefully I'll stop gaining so much weight if this keeps up! LOL

We had a bit of a stressful week with a pregnancy scare at 25 weeks, but things seem to be going a bit better now. We had an appointment with the midwife last night and she said not to worry.

Good news is that my baby bedding is completely done and I really love it! I'm so happy that I decided to make my own baby bedding because now I have exactly what I want. Our crib is all set up and the color of the crib looks beautiful up against the pale lilac color walls. I will post pictures once the room is all done! We set up (correction... JOSEPH set up) our glider a few nights ago. Now the only thing left to set up is our changing table. Once that is done I'm going to add a few vinyl decals to the room and call it good!

I love this little girl so much! Joseph and I can't wait to see her. I think she is starting to recognize Joseph's voice. On Sunday morning she wasn't moving around very much when I was downstairs by myself. I went upstairs to wake him up about an hour later. Once he started talking she started moving tons! It was really cute. She wasn't just shifting around, she was full on kicking hard. Joseph felt almost every movement. It was such a fun experience.