35 weeks

so tomorrow i will be 35 weeks pregnant. it blows my mind that in just 5 weeks i will meet this little baby girl who has been swimming inside of me all this time!
i sit and day dream of her all day long - what she is going to look like and what she is going to be like.
i already know she is going to be a stubborn one... she will be kicking like crazy and as soon as anyone goes to feel her little feet kicking my belly she completely stops moving... and once they move their hand she starts kicking again! sometimes i will trick her into thinking it is my hand and so a few people have felt her in there but its not very often that happens.
she likes to kick a lot during the day when i am at work - then i think she gets tired and doesn't kick a whole ton when i am home around everyone but once i am getting ready to go to sleep she kicks and kicks and kicks. luckily i haven't been woken up by her kicking me but if i do wake up during the night, i definitely feel her trying to wake me up!
she doesn't have a name yet... i always thought i knew the name of my first little girl but as soon as i found out it was a girl ALL these other names started becoming cuter and my old name became a little more blah... so we are still working on the name of this little girl. for now i just call her baby.
i had my first baby shower this last saturday thrown by alex and kd. they did an amazing job and i was so grateful for the nice things people were saying to me and for all the wonderful gifts i received. this little baby is going to be very well dressed i can already tell you that much :)
i have two more baby showers that are getting thrown for me and i can't wait! they are both for different sides of the family and so i am excited to get to spend time with all the girls in the fam.
my brother has a good friend who is a photographer and she took some maternity photos of me! i love them - i thought i would hate them because i feel like i have been looking rather large in pictures but they are actually really cute. she is super creative and the shoot was really fun.
i can't wait to have this little girl - well i am TERRIFED of the whole "having a baby" part but i can't wait til she is out and in my arms. i just already love this little girl so much and my situation may not be the ideal situation but i feel so blessed to be given such a miracle.
here are some pics from the shower and from my maternity shoot!

growing belly

30 weeks

21 weeks

17 weeks

14 weeks

1800CONTACTS

today i started my second week of training at my new job at 1800CONTACTS!

i seriously already love working there...
all of the benefits and how they treat their employees is amazing and plus going through this whole training process with my sister makes everything a hundred times better, even though i'm getting real close with all of the other trainees.

last week was a little bit stressful because first of all we are thrown into this new environment surrounded by people we dont know and learning things that we had never even heard of before. plus we had two tests we absolutely had to pass in order to move on any further in training.

we spent a lot of last week studying all this new information about contacts and the different kinds they have and all the cool lingo that i would never have to know unless i worked at a job involving contacts. the two tests last week really weren't that hard at all and i scored a 98% on both of them :)

we have spent a lot of time also going to the actual call center and plugging some headphones into other agents lines and listening to their calls. it gives us a chance to hear their sales pitches and notice mistakes they may make or things that really stand out to us that are working with their calls. a lot of this job is based on how well you can sell the product - which isn't going to be hard at all because
a) i dont have to call people asking if they need contacts
b) people call me needing contacts and if they are calling, obviously they are looking to buy contacts

so as a phone agent i just have to learn those important sales skills on how to catch that customers attention and have them buy contacts from me :)

we have also spent some time doing role playing with one another pretending to be the customer calling in for contacts or pretending to be the phone agent taking the order. my partner has always been my sister and the first time we practiced it was just hilarious because we have a certain "phone voice" and she kept laughing at mine and i kept messing up and it was just awkward but after practicing quite a few more times i feel like i am starting to get the hang of it.

we start on the phones this wednesday!! ahh i can't believe it but we are on the phones for 2 and half weeks while we are still training so our trainers will be right there to help us if we need it (which i definitely will)

i am so excited about this new job adventure in my life - i have felt i needed a change for a while now but i had really loved working at cartridge world and the people i was surrounded with so it was hard to make a commitment to something but with this little girl on the way, i needed the insurance benefits that this job offers so the decision was rather easy when i just thought about the baby girl and what was best for her.

wish me luck with starting on the phones! i will probably make a fool of myself for a little while - HOPEFULLY it doesn't cost me any major sales... :)

pregnancy post

ok so now that i've just thrown out a HUGE secret i guess i will share a little more about it.

my baby girl has been cooking for 24.5 weeks and is due may ninth.
she does not have a name yet because davis and i can't agree on a thing!
i was very sick the first 16 weeks of being pregnant but for the most part i'm not getting morning sickness at all anymore.
flossing makes me look like i've just sucked someone's blood because i guess your gums swell up during pregnancy.
i did not faint when i got my blood drawn the first time at the doctors (HUGE STEP)
i get my blood drawn again in a week so i guess we will see how that goes.
i have gotten two different ultra sound techs look at this little baby and instantly tell me she's a girl. (she's not very shy i guess)
she's located at the front of my uterus meaning i just barely felt her kicks and actually knew what they are! now i feel her kicking constantly.
i dont have any crazy cravings but sometimes if i hear someone talking about something I HAVE TO HAVE IT RIGHT THEN!!
dairy products all smell kinda nasty to me but i can still eat them.
i dont feel like i look pregnant yet, i still feel like i'm in the awkward "haley's gained a few pounds" stage.
i hate sleeping on my side but am trying real hard to get comfortable doing so.
my boobs have freaking grown! i am now wearing a 34 D at victoria's secrets.. WHAT??
my back hurts all the time and its just going to get worse.. good thing i will get to sit a lot at my new job.
i'm absolutely terrified of giving birth because of my fear of anything to do with hospitals and surgery and blood and needles but somehow i'm going to have to do it! ahhh
i'm so in love with this little baby girl already and can't wait to see what she's like! so as nervous as i am for may ninth to come, i'm super excited as well :)

i will post some pictures of my growing belly soon enough!

change

with this new year comes a new job opportunity for me! i just got hired at 1-800-CONTACTS and i am so thrilled to start a new chapter in my life. i have heard nothing but good things about working for 1-800-CONTACTS and how they treat their employees so well so its going to be a good place for me to work.
after four and a half years at cartridge world it was soo hard to have to put in my two week notice but this new job is really going to help me out a lot. i'm going to miss the people i work with at cartridge world and its sad to leave but it had to happen sometime right?
this new job is so important at this time in my life because they have insurance benefits. i'm currently covered with my mom's insurance but if i were to have any little babies any time soon then they would not be covered. which is a problem because I'M PREGNANT and i will need to have insurance to cover my little baby GIRL - who will be here may 9th!

everything in my life is changing but it's all going to be so amazing and i can't wait!!

new year

today brings the start of a new year! i cant believe that 2011 has already flown by and is nothing but a memory now.
2012 is going to be different from any year that i've ever had and i am scared/excited about it. change can be a great thing and that is what is going to happen this year. a lot of things will be changing. but no one knows whyyyy yet :)
here's a little list of some memorable times during 2011!!
*ran 3 ragnars
*ran 3 half marathons
*taught math to elementary kids
*became a nanny
*got my tonsils out
*purchased my mac computer
*got an iphone
*started a sunday brunch tradition with my best friends
*paid for a personal trainer
*travelled to new york city
*went camping in a tent that i bought
*went to mexico for the first time on a cruise
*dressed up like a zombie and got kicked in the chest by a stranger
*held one of my oldest friends little baby girl
*moved back into the parents house
*fell off a ski lift with madi and about killed ourselves
*discovered my love for country dancing
*tried new restaurants with my sister
*went to the circus. twice
*made new friends
*reunited with new ones
*fell in love with one of my best friends baby boys
*went to a few free summer concerts
*went to one of my best friends wedding
*drove a lot of places
*spent late nights talking to calli about nothing and everything at the same time
*watched fireworks with my love
*got a twitter
*went to my first "lady" doctor
*went on many adventures with my sister
*and much much more that i just cant think of right now

hope everyone's 2011 was wonderful but that their 2012 is better!
happy new year**

back home

i have officially moved back to the parents house.

i really was pretty sad to leave the house i've been living at for the past year and a half but it is good to be home. there is actually food in the fridge i can eat and my mom cooks dinner! its amazing.
not to mention its been real good on my sleep schedule.
even though having a bunch of girls around me all the time was a blast - i was sleep deprived all the time and late for work a lot too because i had the hardest time waking up.

and my room got a makeover! i got a brand new comforter for my bed which definitely makes it look better.

who knows how long i will be here for but for now it is treating me well :)

my sad blog

blogging has definitely not been at the top of my list this last month or so..
i have SO many things i need to blog about and with it being finals week now i dont plan on doing those any time soon..
a week from tomorrow i will officially be finished with fall 2011 and might have some spare time to do things i really like to do - like relax, read, blog.
we will see i guess
for now!
hope everyone is enjoying this month of december and isn't too busy and stressed :)

winter winterrr

winter always sneaks up on me way too fast.
this year i thought i would write what i like about winter, to try and trick myself into enjoying it a little better. but to be honest, i just hate the cold. and thats why winter is just not my season of choice!

things i like about winter

*its my birthdayyy
*peppermint flavored everything
*christmas celebrations
*new years celebrations
*having a break from school for a few weeks
*getting to see family
*snowboarding
*having wishful thoughts about snow days (even though they usually never happen)
*hot chocolate all the time
*and that's pretty much it..

things that i do not like about winter

-scraping my car windows every morning
-i get cold faster then you can count to 1
-i hate being cold
-getting out of bed is impossible because i get cold the second i get out
-people's driving skills decrease ALOT during the snowy seasons
-you have to wear a million layers and i still am never warm enough
-not being able to be outside for too long
-you get super pasty
-even when it snows 2 feet, school keeps on going. only in utah...
-people judge me for eating ice cream
-as a person afraid of the dark, i really dislike when it gets dark at 5..
-slipping all over campus every single day..
-winter just NEVER ends!

help?

so i am not really sure how i'm supposed to focus when i will be here (see picture) in a week and a half?? i have 2 online quizzes, and 2 assignments due by sunday, and the week i am gone i have a huge project and an online exam that i MUST finish before i leave on the cruise in one week..
i seriously need help getting motivated because thinking about doing homework when i have a cruise on my mind is VERY difficult.
well.. i'm sure once i have barely any time left to finish all this school work crap i will find the motivation to do it!
procrastination at its finest :)