Our April last year was crazy!! Sean and I took our first mini-roadtrip to Syracuse, New York to visit my brother and his girlfriend Erin for Easter. We weren't sure if we would be able to take this trip because one of Sean's coworkers was killed in the line of duty, and we needed to be at his funeral. It turns out that the funeral was the Tuesday after Easter.
Eric Zapata's funeral was so beautiful. It was a wonderful tribute to a public safety officer that gave his life to protect our community. It was amazing to see how many officers from all over the country came to support KDPS in our time of need. One of my greatest fears is Sean never coming home from work, I have been worried about being all alone dealing with the loss of my dear hubby. I realized that I am never alone, that there is a whole family in blue that will be by my side. Not to mention the blessings of being sealed in the temple, so I get to spend eternity with my love even if he is taken prematurely from this earth.
Here are some touching videos from Eric's funeral:
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Last year I took my first graduate level classes and applied to the get a Master's of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Sean and I had been praying about what direction we should take our life and the big question was either we should have a baby or if I should get my Master's before we started our family. We had been praying for about a year, and we had decided that it would be easier for me to go to school before starting our family but I couldn't figure out what program I wanted to do. On April 28th, 2011 I found out that I was not accepted to the MSW program for this year (they wanted me to reapply for this coming fall) and then a few hours later I took a pregnancy test and it came back positive. We thought for sure that I wasn't pregnant, and that I was just stressed out from everything that was going on that month.
We went to the doctor to see if I really was pregnant. Sure enough I was already 5-6 weeks along!! Right after we found out, the morning sickness started. It was a LONG summer being sick, Sean was working 24 hour shifts, it was an average of 95* when I was the sickest. It was a good day if I managed to get out of bed and make it to the couch for the day. We saw the midwives at Partners in Women's Health, and they had this medicine that helped with the morning sickness and once I was on that it was AMAZING and such a life saver!
In July, my mom came out for a visit. It was so fun to have her here. While she was out we visited Uncle Don and Aunt Judy at their lake house. And I had an appointment when I was 17 weeks along. At that appointment, Linda French said that we can do an ultrasound to see if we could find out the sex of the baby since my mom was in town. We were able to get in, and we found out that we were for sure having a boy!! Our little baby was NOT shy at all!
Here is a picture of his ultrasound:
The rest of my pregnancy went pretty smoothly. We did another ultrasound around 32 weeks, and I told the ultrasound tech that I still was having morning sickness. She thought I might have gallstones. She said she would check, but with how big I was that she might not be able to see them. Luckily, she was able to see my gallbladder, and I in fact did have one really large gallstone! Craziness. It explained why I was so sick and uncomfortable. I just had to wait till after I delivered Elijah to do surgery to remove my gallbladder. More of the story to come.
