There's a baby in there!

It has been way too long since i have posted. I pretty much forgot about my blog until a few days ago, i thought enough has happened in my life in the last few months to post some changes that have been going on. Well first off, Im pregnant! Which, most everyone knows considering I am about 25 weeks along as of now. So it isnt new news, but it's good news and i wanted to be able to keep all my far away friends and family updated!

I feel like its taking awhile for my tummy to grow big, but its getting there and i figure that i should cherish the time i have now while i can still put on my own socks and somewhat bend over to pick things up! In case you didn't know, we are having a boy. He is due september 4, 2009. We have decided to name him Parker Ross Slockbower. Ross is Brandons middle name and Parker is a name that we have liked that also has some sentimental meaning, ill explain that later! Anyways, I feel like my pregnancy has been somewhat uneventful, but very exciting at the same time. I didnt really have any morning sickness, but i definately have had heartburn and lots of leg cramps!

I wish i could explain how amazing it feels to have a baby growing inside me. Life has taken on a whole new meaning and God has seemed more real then before. I will admit, when i found out I was pregnant, I was shocked, scared, and a little worried. I know that sounds terrible, I absolutely love kids. But it wasn't something we were planning for. I found out on new years day, 15 days before i started nursing school. Talk about bad timing. But of course, how wrong was I! Im learning that my timing is not Gods and that his is more perfect than i could ever imagine. I felt parker kick for the first time on March 31. It was the first time that i felt that there was actually a baby inside me, and things started becoming more real to me. Having a child is not something I want to ever take for granted, i feel so incredibly blessed to be given the opportunity to be a mom. I realize that without my mom helping me along, it will be alot harder. It makes me so sad that she missed meeting her grandson by three years. I only hope that I can be as good of a mom to Parker, as she was to me. I know that I am so lucky to having an amazing husband who I know will be an AMAZING dad. I couldnt have asked for a better dad for my baby. He is soo excited that his first baby will be a little boy, and i have already started collecting outfits that i like to call "little Brandon" outfits because they look so much like something Brandon has. We have already started accumulating lots of baby stuff so i will post pictures later when i find the time. 

Brandon in almost done with his third year of medical school, and i cant believe it, but he graduates in less than a year. It has been quite a journey but I am soo proud of him for making it so far. I am just finishing up my second quarter of nursing school and it is kicking my butt! It is a really hard major, but im loving it, i know it is where I should be! I cant wait to see what the next few months hold, it should be interesting!

Renewed

Have you ever heard a song that renewed your faith just by listening to the words? I heard a song tonight and I have never been so moved as I was by this song. I had never heard of this group before, it didn't matter to me who they were, all that mattered were the words that came from their song. It made me think, how much do I actually know about my creator, and the questions they asked in their song that really hit me 

If you touched my face would I know you?

Looked into my eyes could I behold you?

Its so easy for me to live my life knowing the things that I have been taught in church or read in my bible. but tonight it really really hit me. I don't think I know my creator even near as deeply as I could. I guess I have always figured that I couldn't really know him all that deeply until I got to heaven and was allowed. It made me realize that there is so much more in my bible than what I spend the time to see. And how much he must speak to me that I often times ignore. God reveals things, but am I listening?He knows everything about me, but I don't think I have spent near enough effort getting to know him. I am so greatful for the power of music and the ways God uses it to speak to me. I encourage you, regardless of your taste in music, listen to this song, if you havent heard it. it is called "What do I know of Holy" by Addison Road. I have only been able to find in on itunes, so if you cant find it atleast read the lyrics :

I made you promises a thousand times

I tried to hear from heaven 

But I talked the whole time

I think I made you too small

I never feared you at all No 

If you touched my face would I know you?

Looked into my eyes could I behold you?

What do I know of you

Who spoke me into motion?

Where have I even stood

But the shore along your ocean?

Are You fire? Are you fury?

Are you sacred are you beautiful?

What do I know? What do I know of holy?

I guess I thought that I had you figured you out

I knew all the stories I learned to talk about

How you were mighty to save

Those were only empty words on a page

Then i caught a glimpse of who you might be

The slightest hint of you brought me to my knees

Our Life Lately.

We had a very nice thanksgiving. We went to our friends house on actual thanksgiving day. And then my dad and brother came down on friday to celebrate us. It was a very fun weekend
So My dad bought us an early Christmas present.....guitar hero. I was very excited because I have wanted it for a long time. Needless to say my brother and Brandon hogged the thing all weekend. But I am proud to say I can now play guitar hero on Medium :) 
You cant see it very well here but Brandon got a black eye. He was playing basketball and I guess he got hit pretty hard. Its really bad now, its all black and blue around most of his eye. He likes to tell people that I got mad at him and hit him :) Just kidding. 


My puppy is growing up so fast :( Im so sad that soon i wont be able to hold him in my arms. Well, not unless I plan on falling over. I know he is growing up for these reasons.....

-He can now jump on the bed all by himself

-He can actually chew things up now, instead of just knawing on them

- He knocked over our Christmas tree. Thats right. We came home and there was our 7 foot Christmas tree along with 20 broken ornaments sitting on the floor. 

- He doesnt listen to us anymore, he is very independent. 

-And im pretty sure that Dakota is becoming scared of him :(  

- Hes like 5 feet tall haha.

Medical School

Brandon is on his surgery rotation, and well, its not the most enjoyable thing in our life right now. Somedays he leaves at 4 in the morning and doesnt get home until 8 at night. But its nice to know that he can still have fun somedays while he's at the hospital. It's amazing how crazy this whole medical school thing has been. It was very interesting having our first year of marriage start in the midst of medical school chaos, but It has been an amazing year just the same! I think it has made us both stronger, individually and together.He works so hard and I am very proud of who he is becoming, both as a doctor, and more importantly as a person. He has handled stress and pressure unlike anyone I have ever met,I definitely wish I could be more like him. Anyways, I wanted to post this silly picture that was taken of him because it makes me smile. 

Love

I have been working on a analytical essay of William Shakespeare's sonnet Let me not to the marriage of true minds. I really think that especially in todays society, people are so willing to disregard the promises they made when they got married. This poem has really made me appreciate the safety and blessings that a marriage should bring. 

Let me not to the marriage of true minds 

Admits impediments: love is not love

Which alters when alteration finds ,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O, no, it is an ever fixed mark, 

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wand'ring bark, 

Whose worth is unknown, although his heighth be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within bending sickle's compass come;

Love alters not with brief hours and weeks, 

But bears it out even to the edge of doom. 

If this be error and upon me proved, 

I never writ, nor no man ever loved. 

Puppies!

So we have two doggies now. And it has been a very interesting experience having a puppy. He definitely wants to be the center of everything. Id like to think that he will stay small forever :)

                          They loved their costumes! Well not really, but they looked so cute :) 
I'd say that they are getting along pretty well. Dakota finally let Charley in his house...thats a big thing if you knew Dakota!
Charley's first bath...it was an interesting experience. He definately looked adorable all wet though!

Well we finally decided to get a blog. It seems like a fun thing to do, so I guess well see how it goes!