Ch-ch-changes!

This month has been full of changes for us! To start off, I officially quit working for America First on January 3rd.  My branch was really nice and understanding about everything and even gave me a Pizza Party on my last day!  I definitely had a lot of mixed emotions about quitting so that was interesting.  It was weird because ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be a Homemaker just like my mom was!  However, I kept having these feelings of guilt about quitting, like I was letting people down/the world expectations of being a working mom.  (I blame Satan, haha)  Luckily that's over and done with and I know I've made the right decision and am doing what I'm supposed to :)  

John started school at MATC in their LPN program and so far it's been good!  His schedule is pretty busy with him being on campus Tuesday-Friday and then working some nights and all day Monday and Saturday.  Needless to say it's been quite the adjustment not seeing him as much as I used to.   So far he likes his classes, with the exception being his lab where he has a first-year-professor. I guess there have been a couple miscommunications between the teacher and the students, but hopefully it'll get better as the semester progresses.   

First Ponytail!!

Deja had her 4-month appointment on the 13th! She was so excited that she rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time ever at the check up! (She had to show off for the Doctor of course) Her stats where as follows: Head:16" (49%), Length:24" (53%), and Weight:15.37 lbs (83%).  She also had more shots, but I take it that'll be the norm from here on out.

Deer in the Headlights...

Last but not least, we moved back to T-Ville!  I hate moving so much.  That's probably another reason we stayed at my parents through December :(  I honestly can't wait till John is done with school and we can afford a house!! I'm crossing my fingers that the next time we move it'll be into our own place.  Guess I need to learn some patience till then, haha.  Luckily we had a lot of help from both families with moving and I am eternally grateful!!!  I also can't complain about our living conditions in the slightest!  For those who don't know it's a basement apartment in John's Aunt's house.  We have our own kitchen, living room, bathroom, laundry room and bedroom.  If we didn't have so much STUFF and a baby we would fit a little better, but I guess that's our own fault :)

She loves this new stander toy!!
For about 10 minutes anyway :)

Deja has always had great head/neck support (probably because of her short neck, haha).  So the Pediatrician said we could start her on rice cereal when we thought she was ready!  I was shocked when he said that.  She's growing up too fast!!!!  At the time all I was thinking was, "Yeah, that's not going to happen anytime soon, maybe we'll try in 2 months."  But then I was talking to a friend who told me that for the first couple weeks they basically just spit the food right back out because their still learning to move it around to swallow.  So I thought it would be fun just to start trying rice cereal a couple times a week just for fun.  Our first try was last night :)  We took video too, but it doesn't want to load...

The first bite was actually pretty good!

"I'm not sure about this..."

Dad was a trooper!  I just played camera girl ;)

As always, thanks for reading.  We are excited about these changes and the adventures of 2014!! Peace out!

MATC

So I decided I should give some background on John and school since most of the time I talk about myself or Deja.  So back at the end of November John's co-worker, Josh, informed him about this LPN program at a school called Mountainland Applied Technology College.  An LPN certification would basically be the first year of Nursing school, and there are a couple LPN to RN programs in Utah that he could do afterwards.  John had heard about the program before, but decided against it because he wanted to focus on going to the U AND one of the prerequisites was he needed a specific grade in Anatomy (which he had received one letter grade below).

Now fast forward back to November.  So Josh started the program in the fall and found out from one of the professors that they we extremely low on applicants for the upcoming Spring Semester. To give you an idea, the program accepts 26 students and only around 12 or so had applied).  Because of this, MATC decided to extend the due date for applications till December.  Now at first John was hesitant because of the previous reasons, but then he opened up the application packet and noticed that Anatomy was no longer a required course, but rather a suggested one.  What are the odds?!?  Since that was one of the biggest things holding him back we thought and prayed that this might be a better option for him.  Plus if he didn't make it in, he could just re-apply for the U again in January.

 So this was about 2 weeks before the application due date.  Some of the things we needed for his application included transcripts, proof of his CNA certification, filling out the application itself, taking a test on campus, etc.  To add to the craziness I was going back to work within the same time so that just added to the fun.  

Anyway, December came and I checked and re-checked to make sure we had copies of everything we needed for the application and that we hadn't forgotten anything (because I'm paranoid like that). The day came for John to turn it in and get everything checked by the department's secretary.  As she was going through all the paperwork she said he was missing his CPR card.  WHAT?!?!??  I kid you not, I read and re-read that application a dozen times and it said nothing about a CPR card.  Luckily the lord was watching over us and John just happened to have said-card in his wallet.  The secretary was able to take a copy of it to be included  :)  John told me later that he almost took that card out of his wallet a few weeks earlier, but decided against it for some reason.  That reason: the spirit.  I'm sure of it :)  A couple days later he went down to take the test on campus.  The testing center was PACKED with potential students all taking the same test. (probably people who had heard that they were short on applicants and in the same shoes as John).  After taking the test, he felt pretty good about it and actually scored in the 99th percentile for the math section!!

 About 2 weeks later we received a letter showing us that John was ACCEPTED to the program.  I think I was a little more excited than he was, but that's the norm.  There is no doubt in my mind that we had a lot of tender mercies and that God's hand was in our lives throughout all of this.  Maybe John wasn't supposed to go to the U last fall so that he could spend time with Deja and I.  To sum it up, I like to think we're on the right track and that the lord is guiding us daily :)