It's Been a Few Days...

My gosh! A lot has happened since the last time I wrote. I don't even really know where to begin actually...

I guess I will start with Easton. He is almost 17 months old and I can't even handle it. He is so much fun right now. He is also a stubborn little stinker that acts just like his dad. He is walking running all over the place. He never stops. EVER. He says a few words like mom, dad, horse, shoe, dog, and no. He talks a lot, we just don't understand a word he says usually. He thinks he can jump really high but his feet don't ever leave the ground. He has a ton of teeth and they just keep on coming. The last few that have broken through have been brutal. He hates going to church because that means being quiet and contained for a few hours. He is a daddy's boy as much as I hate it. And he is a serious dare devil. He climbs all over everything and doesn't seem to have very many fears. Overall, he is getting so big and learning so much that I can hardly keep up with him. I wouldn't trade him for the world.

Next on the menu is our move. We decided to give Afton, Wyoming a try. Eric got a job offer to be a police officer in Afton. I finished off my school year and we packed our things and headed to the mountains. We are currently renting a tiny house. And by tiny I mean TINY! I wish we could say we are loving it here but we aren't. Turns out the chief of the police department was not very honest about Eric's pay and the cost of living is very high here. We are barely making ends meet so we have started the search for another job. It would not surprise me if we ended up back in Gillette. Anywhere would be better than here. However, I have enjoyed getting to know my grandparents and aunts and uncles a little more since we have been here. We will miss them all when we do end up leaving but we have to do what is best for our little family.

Speaking of family... I am pregnant. Currently I am 25 weeks along. We are very excited but also very nervous for this new little adventure. Easton will be about 20 months old when the baby is born. We will have two babies under the age of two! Yikes! This pregnancy has been a lot easier than when I was pregnant with Easton in terms of sickness. BUT... It has been a freaking roller coaster ride. It all started when I was about 17 weeks along. I was with my mom and Easton and we were on our way home from the swimming pool. We had the green light and another driver decided to turn right in front of us. We hit head on and it spun our car around and we hit two other vehicles before we finally came to a stop. I jumped in the back seat to make sure Easton was okay. Besides a little bruising and a bit tongue he was just fine. My mom hit her head and was really light headed and she hurt her hand. I started having cramps where the seatbelt was so the EMTs thought it would be best if I got checked out at the hospital. They loaded me up in the ambulance and sent me to the hospital. Once there they used a heart beat monitor to check the baby's heartbeat. The probed me for about 10 minutes and couldn't find one. I was freaking out and it took them over an hour to get an ultra sound machine in there. Once they did they found the baby and it was wiggling around like crazy. A few days later I started having some pain again so Eric and I went in to make sure the baby was okay. The doctor did the ultra sound and found that I had a complete Placenta Previa. Because of this, we had to make an appointment at a high risk clinic in Salt Lake City. When we got there they said that I didn't have Placenta Previa but that the baby had a heart defect. We then had to make an appointment at Primary Children's Hospital for a fetal echo. We were sick to our stomachs and so worried but the doctor came in after the echo was done and said that the baby was perfectly healthy! We were so so happy. So needless to say, this pregnancy has been a stressful one. We are ready for the next 15 weeks to go by quickly and without stress. We can't wait to meet this new little one!

Other then that, I can't think of any other big events in our lives. Here are a couple of pictures: