Time is Flying!

    With the exception of a little drama that likes to follow us around life is GREAT!  I got approved for medical insurance with Kaiser so as of December 1st I can make a Dr. appointment to discuss the possibilities of Rob and I starting a family!  Yay!  Been back on my food plan for a while now (90 days)  and definitely feel healthy!   I have been taking prenatal vitamins for the past month and have been doing my best to track any ovulation!  (Sorry boys if this bores you!!!  I am very excited about it all!)

     We can't believe it is almost DECEMBER!  It's so amazing that Thanksgiving has already passed us!  Rob and I spent the whole day together cleaning the house and decorating for Christmas!  Today we will go pick out our TREE!!  :o)  Last year we had a fake tree that we borrowed from my parents and this year we will be getting a real one!  Rob is very excited about this because he loves the look and SMELL of a fresh tree in the house!  I grew up my whole life with a fake tree so it never bothered me much to have a fake one!  But the real ones are nice!

       The kiddos, Josh and Alyssa will be in town soon too!  I believe they get here on December 17th and they will be here through December 26th!  We are so excited that they will be celebrating Christmas day with us in San Diego for the first time in years!  It's a TRUE blessing that we are extremely GREATFUL for!

          Christmas shopping is pretty much done with the exception of 2 or 3 gifts and we even finished the majority of the wrapping!  :o)  It is really nice to have it all done already so that we can go and enjoy the festivities of the holidays!  We are looking forward to looking at Christmas lights, ice skating, going to the local mountains to play in the snow, baking days and cookie decorating and maybe a trip to Julian so Rob can enjoy a warm slice of the FAMOUS apple pie and cider!  Maybe go apple picking while we are there too!  So much fun stuff to go and do!  We are hoping to squeeze in a trip to Disneyland before 2011 also because we want one last chance to ride the big rides before I get pregnant and can't ride them for a while! :o)  That is Rob's one last request before we have any "Little Lacys or Little Robs" on the way into the world!

         I have been very busy with my photography business already as well!  I have already done three photo-shoots and it isn't even December yet!  I am happy to be busy because I love the job and the money is nice too!  :o)  I will be taking Rob's and my Christmas photos next week and will be ordering our Christmas cards!  We are excited to be celebrating our 1st Christmas as Mr. and Mrs. Hester!  :o)

~Love the Mrs.~

Will post pics soon!

Stress......Sleep Deprived......Over Worked

Wow....I feel like I could collapse!  I am pooped!  The past few weeks have been busy adding  third job to my schedule.  But after this week things should really start to settle down.  We are excited for Christmas time and I can't wait to decorate!   We don't really do much for thanksgiving as far as decorating goes so I am eager for it to come and pass so it can officially be "OK" to decorate with xmas stuff!  :o)  We are heading to Hazel and Jerry's tonight for dinner with the family but hopefully we can call it an early night.  I NEED a nice long night's sleep!  But as we all know there is always other things that need to be done!  And somehow they all ways take priority over sleeping!  I thought this phase of my life wasn't supposed to happen until we have kiddos!  Oh well!  I guess I am just getting prepared for it now!

Holiday Hype and The New Year is Just Around the Corner!

Its hard to believe that the 2010 Holiday season is quickly approaching!  What is even harder to believe is that Rob and I are almost done with our Christmas shopping and it is only the 1st week of November!  We are very excited that Josh and Alyssa will be joining us this year for the week before Christmas and Christmas morning!  It is the first time in MANY years!  I know that it will be an amazing Holiday season filled with many amazing memories of time spent with the ones we love the most!

The new year is approaching fast too!!!  Can you believe that it is almost 2011??  Rob and I have been married for almost 7 months now and I remember last year at this time we were busy doing wedding planning!  Before we know it we will be celebrating our ONE YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!  We are sooooo in love with each other and even in the tough times our love seems to grow even stronger!

Rob and I have many exciting things to look forward to in the beginning of next year!  I will be applying for a FULL-TIME  8a-4p job and hopefully Rob will be busy with more Substitute work.  We have been lucky this past school semester because Rob has been working a temporary long-term substitute position and it has really helped us out financially!  We are also looking forward to the beginnings of yet ANOTHER chapter of our lives!  A FAMILY!  We are NOT expecting a baby yet but it IS in our 2011 agenda!  We are very excited about the thought of starting our family and I will be getting medical insurance at the start of December 2010 so that we can begin trying at the start of the new year!

It is truly amazing when I think that all of the things going on in my life right now used to be JUST DREAMS!  Now they are coming to life right before my eyes!  We are truly blessed and are thankful for everything and everyone in our lives!

I'm hoping to use this blog a lot more soon!  So keep posted!

~The Hesters