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So I took a few pictures of the floors. We still haven't finished decorating or putting anything on the walls, so it still might seem a little bare, but the big furniture is mainly there. Also the finish work isn't completely done (like putting the baseboards on), but you get the gist, let me know what you think! (also any spots on the pictures are just my stupid camera, haha):

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another couch

So when we first moved up to West Jordan, I thought furniture shopping would be much easier and we'd find something we like right away... well it took us an awful long time to find a couch. We finally found a place that would actually make us a couch and they would let you pick the fabric, the cushions, etc. We were really excited about it and the floor model was great, so we thought, why not! Let's make our couch!! Poor decision. After 3 weeks of waiting for it to be made, we lugged it into our house, took off all the plastic.... and sat down. Let's just say it was not soft, when you sat on it you had perfect posture because there was like no room to sit on it since the back cushions were so huge, and the arms of the couch you could feel like the wood through the fabric... it was terrible!! We went back to the place and told them this was NOTHING like the floor model they showed us and they offered to make another one for us. We said fine, and they said it would take another 3 weeks.... lame. They did let us keep the old couch while we waited for the other at least. (Lucky us). Well 4 weeks went by and I called the place and they were like, "Well, it should be done very soon, probably in like 1 1/2 weeks." I was like "no, I don't think so. We're bringing this couch back and we're getting our money back."

We took back the couch, got a check and went shopping yet again. This time we found a couch same day we started looking!! It was actually a couch we saw the first time we were looking and really loved, but it was a sofa sleeper and it was much more expensive. When we saw it this second time, it wasn't a sofa sleeper but it was the exact same couch other than that! So we bought it!! I absolutely love it!! We got it from Ashley Furniture. Here's a picture of the stock photo. It looks much bluer in this picture than in real life. It's not nearly as blue in person. I'll take pictures of the couch and the floors because everything is finally put back to normal. Now we can start putting things on the wall!!!

Yup it worked! Nice! I may have some shorter posts because of it but hey maybe there will be more.

Hey so I just set up my blog so that I can post from my phone. So I'm trying it out today to see if it works. I hope so because this is fun!

spring and golf

Something else that's been great is the beautiful weather we've been having! It finally feels like Spring time, and from what I've heard, the entire week should be nice and warm! I couldn't ask for anything better than that! Since it's been so nice, Josh and I have been able to go out golfing every once in awhile. It's so nice to spend the day outside, especially with Josh. We have such a good time when we go together.

almost...

Well, we've been working really hard on our floors and we are almost finished!! We only have a little bit of the hallway left and the stairs, but other than that, we're good!! I can't believe how amazing it's all turning out! The only pictures I have are before we've swept the floors or put the furniture back, but here's to give you an idea what Josh and I have been doing this weekend. And yes, just Josh and I. One of his super sweet cousins came over on Saturday to help us out, so I definitely want to give him credit, because without his help we would have been working on this much longer. It's been a big project, but it's really paying off. I LOVE hardwood floors and I especially love the hardwood we picked out. Enough blabbing... here are the most recent pics (I also included some prewood pictures):

Gettin it done

Well we decided to start tackling the renovations on our new place this weekend. Josh and I both had Good Friday off which was nice and we actually spent a lot of the day just hanging out and enjoying the day off. We didn't want to be working the entire weekend on the house :) We've been talking about hardwood floors for months now, but finally all of the pieces we need have come in and so we are now taking on this project. I know I say this a lot, but I'm so lucky Josh is handy and knows how to do this kind of thing. He hasn't put in hardwood on his own before, so this is a different experience, but he's doing amazing. And yes, I have pictures to show you of our progress so far. Here are some before pictures. The stairs are the hardest part of the house to do because of the prep work that needs to be done and they're just tedious, so we're starting there first. These are pictures of us prepping the stairs (and yes I said "us"... I pulled up the carpet, the pad and also ripped up the tack strip that holds it down... tough work I tell ya!):







More to come later.

Deja Vu... baby number 2

That's right, another baby was born in the family just 3 days apart! Mike and Rebecca welcomed a sweet baby girl on Sunday, Mar. 22. She's so adorable and her and Rebecca are doing great!! They named her Charlotte (Charlie) Dean. Such a cute name for such a cute girl! I'm so happy to live close to them and be able to be a part of this experience. Mike and Rebecca actually let me come in the delivery room and be there for the labor and delivery so that I could see what's it like when I do it one day. At first I was hesitant and didn't think I wanted to go in, but I'm so glad I did because it was such an amazing experience. It was seriously a miracle how Heavenly Father makes this all work! Rebecca was a freakin' all star... she didn't take any medications and definitely made it look easy. I know for a fact it won't be that way for me (I am such a wuss), but at least I understand the process and feel a little prepared for later on. Thanks again for letting me be there. I love you guys so much!

Anyways, Macy and Molly are so excited to be big sisters and you can tell they absolutely love their little sister already. Congrats to everyone and I'm happy to have little Blake Dean and Charlie Dean now in the family. (Same middle name... how tender).

New Baby!!!

This morning we have welcomed a new addition to the family!!! I have another nephew!! YAY!!! Jason and Megan just brought a new little boy into the world. I don't remember the exact details, but I think he was about 7 pounds or something and maybe 21 inches long? Haha, sorry J, I was driving when you gave me the news :) This is their second baby, and 1st boy. My side of the family now has almost 8 nieces and now this will be the 3rd nephew!! The family sure is growing so quick! And Rebecca will have her little girl any day now! Jason and Megan most likely will name him Blake Dean Dulgarian, but we'll see once they leave the hospital. I think it's an adorable name... I love it! I can't wait to see what this sweet little baby looks like. It's weird to think they have another one! Congrats you guys, we sure love you!!!

Almost 2 1/2 years

So I'm not normally so personal on my blog, but I felt impressed to share my story since maybe someone out there is struggling as well.

As most of you probably know Josh and I have been trying to get pregnant for almost 2 1/2 years now. We both felt prompted to start trying at the same time and if we would have become pregnant the first month, we would have had a baby just before our 2 year anniversary. I thought it was perfect because then we would have 2 great years alone together and then be able to start bringing children into our lives.

After a year of trying we went to a doctor to see what was going on. We've done MULTIPLE tests over the course of the last year and so far everything has come back normal. Once everything comes back normal and doctors don't see a reason why you're not getting pregnant, if you have the symptoms, they assume you have endometriosis. So I went in for surgery in July of last year to have this fixed. They did the surgery, diagnosed me with endometriosis and fixed as much as they could. (If you don't know what it is, it's not serious, just makes it difficult to get pregnant and it's treatable).

Then the doctors said to wait 6 months after the surgery and if we're still not pregnant to come back. So I did. I went back last week. I went to a new doctor because we've moved. He's a really great doctor and I read a lot of reviews online and he actually specializes in infertility and endometriosis, which is perfect for me. So he told us of one more test that I hadn't heard of before that we can do. I'll actually get tested for it in a couple weeks and if this comes back normal... it's on to artifical insemination.

To be quite honest, I'm excited about that. He said the chances are really good for getting pregnant once we do it. Not only that, but he will give me fertility pills during that process which will increase our chances of multiples as well! We really want multiples, so that would awesome. Either way of course, we'd be ecstatic just to be able to have a baby.

Now, I'm a firm believer of everything happens for a reason and I know this is part of His plan, so for awhile I was sad and discouraged, but now I know it's just not the right time. I'd rather have it happen when it's supposed to and not just because I want it to. I'm happy to have Josh be so amazing and supportive and loving during all of this. He's so positive too and I love that. I know we'll be able to have kids, it's just a matter of when. And we've been able to have even more time to spend together! Which also means we've been lucky to be able to do a lot of fun things that probably wouldn't have happened if we did have a baby. So, looks like there's another trip in our future!

Anyways, I just felt like sharing, and this was a long post, but if anyone else is going through something similiar and needs to talk... I'm always here :)