Saturday 3/21/09 was our One year anniversary! I will have to post some pictures later, as I said before, we haven't been able to find our camera in a few weeks, so we took some pictures with our phone, and we still need to upload them onto our computers.
Nick and I each took off 4 days from work to be able to spend some time together to relax. Our lives have been so busy lately with work, church callings, Nick's school, etc etc. that we just needed to take a break.
We started our weekend on Friday by going to Adagio Spa and Salon in Barrington for a couples massage. The place is wonderful, and just what we needed. With the couples massage, you get a half hour in the Sauna before your massage, which felt really nice on my achy muscles. (my back has been sore from work) It was very romantic, and just perfect for celebrating our first year together.
That night we went out to my favorite place for dinner -Panera! :) and had some great soup and sandwiches. MMMmmMM! I am so happy that they built one in Dover. No longer do I have to drive 30 minutes just for some great soup!
Saturday, we of course had the top of our wedding cake, which was absolutely delicious! I had forgotten how good it was. We had a strawberry cake for our wedding cake (my favorite) We decked out the occasion, by me putting on my wedding dress,-or rather, just barely squeezing into it. lol it was definitely an "I now officially need to start losing some weight" moment. We used the toasting glasses we used at our wedding, as well as the cake sering utensils from our wedding. It was a nice way to remember the day we were married.
That evening we went out to the movies to see Knowing, an AMAZING movie btw. very suspenceful, but the ending was beautiful and had what I like to think of as a subtle LDS theme to it. I don't want to ruin it, so I won't say anymore than that. Except GO SEE IT :)
After the movie, we headed over to the Olive Garden for dinner. Besides the hour long wait, it was very nice. I recommend the Chicken Carbonera. It was fabulous! Nick's choice...not so good-lol. He doesn't remember the name of it, but it was some shrimp over angel hair pasta. Thank goodness for the salad and breadsticks!
We also spent the weekend watching our new favorite show, The Ledgend of the Seeker on my laptop, as it doesn't play on TV until about 1am around here. :( Needless to say, we're all caught up! The show is based off of the Terry Goodkind, Sword of Truth novels. Nick has read a ton of them and absolutely loves them, so when he heard that they were making a tv show out of it, OF COURSE we had to watch it! :) It really is a great show though. Think of it as, LOTR with a different plot line. I hope that it becomes more popular so that they will keep up the series. There are 11, VERY LONG, books in the series, so they have plenty of material to go off of! :)
All in all, it was a great, and most of all, RELAXING weekend.
-pictures to come!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Relief Society Birthday
Last Tuesday, was the annual RS birthday. This year we had a wonderful spaghetti dinner, and the priesthood all served us, complete with aprons and everything. Travis Park DEFINITELY won for best dressed! You know you've got a great husband when he will willingly put on an apron like that!-Go Mandy!Afterward we had a service Yankee swap, which I thought was a great idea. (And I get to go out to lunch with Heidi) It was great fun, and it was nice to have a reason to get out of the house! The priesthood even serenaded us afterward! What a great group of men we have!
We haven't been able to find our camera in a couple of weeks, so I stole these pictures from Mike and Ariane's Blog :) -THANKS GUYS!!
The Amazing Cake that Sister Brown made. "Give Said the Little Stream"
The dinner. Mandy's(the one on the far left) husband was the one in the beautiful red apron.
The Service Swap!
The men singing!-lol I crack up everytime I see that apron!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Difficult News
So, Nick and I have been keeping a secret for awhile now, and we're finally coming out in the open as a way to just inform the people in our lives and to just gain some support.
Nick and I have been trying to conceive for about 7 months now. We didn't originally plan on trying to have children for at least a year after we were married, but about 3 months into our marriage, we felt a strong impression that we needed to start trying for a child. It is now come to our attention that this will be much more difficult of a process than originally planned.
WARNING: TOO MUCH INFO BELOW :) IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ALL THE "WOMANLY" DETAILS I SUGGEST STOPPING HERE :)
I am bipolar, and was on many different medications, and so back in July we made an appointment with my OBGYN for a consultation. At that time it was decided that, if possible, I should stop all of my medications. Which I have.
I've always had a feeling that whenever I decided to try to get pregnant that it wouldn't be easy. I have never had regular periods. I remember asking my OBGYN at about 18 years old, if my irregularity would cause me to have difficulty in conceiving, and she stated that I shouldn't worry about it until that time came when I was ready to start trying.
After stopping birth control back in July, and 3 months of trying to conceive naturally, my periods went right back to being irregular. I went in for another consultation with my OBGYN in Oct 2008. I had just skipped a period, and she had decided to start me on Provera to get my period, and then follow up with 50mg Clomid. I was also sent for blood work at this time.
All of my original blood tests came back normal, except for an overactive thyroid, which was re-tested and was then within normal limits. I was tested after my first round of clomid to see if I ovulated. (Which I did) The plan from there was to try another 2 months with the clomid.
December 2008, while on my second round of Clomid, I skipped another period. A home pregnancy test came back Negative, and 2 blood tests for pregnancy were also negative. My OBGYN decided to increase my clomid to 100mg and if Nick and I did not conceive my next cycle then he would go for a semen analysis, and I will go in for a HSG test.
I've now just skipped another period while on the 100mg of clomid. Pregancy tests have all come back negative as well, so we will be starting the other testing this month.
The whole process is becoming more real to us now, particularly now that we're going in for all of this extra testing.
On one hand, I know that trying to conceive for 7 months isn't that long, most doctors wait until people have been trying for at least a year before intervening in any way, but on the other hand, it's kind of hard to even try if I have no idea when/if I'm ovulating, it's just a shot in the dark, and hoping that things work out. It's also tough because of my moods being all over the place due to hormones and the fact that I'm not on any of my medications, which can also be quite a dangerous thing for me.
So that's where we're at. we just wanted to add it here for our own journal purposes and also to give everyone an update of what's going on in our lives.
Nick and I have been trying to conceive for about 7 months now. We didn't originally plan on trying to have children for at least a year after we were married, but about 3 months into our marriage, we felt a strong impression that we needed to start trying for a child. It is now come to our attention that this will be much more difficult of a process than originally planned.
WARNING: TOO MUCH INFO BELOW :) IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ALL THE "WOMANLY" DETAILS I SUGGEST STOPPING HERE :)
I am bipolar, and was on many different medications, and so back in July we made an appointment with my OBGYN for a consultation. At that time it was decided that, if possible, I should stop all of my medications. Which I have.
I've always had a feeling that whenever I decided to try to get pregnant that it wouldn't be easy. I have never had regular periods. I remember asking my OBGYN at about 18 years old, if my irregularity would cause me to have difficulty in conceiving, and she stated that I shouldn't worry about it until that time came when I was ready to start trying.
After stopping birth control back in July, and 3 months of trying to conceive naturally, my periods went right back to being irregular. I went in for another consultation with my OBGYN in Oct 2008. I had just skipped a period, and she had decided to start me on Provera to get my period, and then follow up with 50mg Clomid. I was also sent for blood work at this time.
All of my original blood tests came back normal, except for an overactive thyroid, which was re-tested and was then within normal limits. I was tested after my first round of clomid to see if I ovulated. (Which I did) The plan from there was to try another 2 months with the clomid.
December 2008, while on my second round of Clomid, I skipped another period. A home pregnancy test came back Negative, and 2 blood tests for pregnancy were also negative. My OBGYN decided to increase my clomid to 100mg and if Nick and I did not conceive my next cycle then he would go for a semen analysis, and I will go in for a HSG test.
I've now just skipped another period while on the 100mg of clomid. Pregancy tests have all come back negative as well, so we will be starting the other testing this month.
The whole process is becoming more real to us now, particularly now that we're going in for all of this extra testing.
On one hand, I know that trying to conceive for 7 months isn't that long, most doctors wait until people have been trying for at least a year before intervening in any way, but on the other hand, it's kind of hard to even try if I have no idea when/if I'm ovulating, it's just a shot in the dark, and hoping that things work out. It's also tough because of my moods being all over the place due to hormones and the fact that I'm not on any of my medications, which can also be quite a dangerous thing for me.
So that's where we're at. we just wanted to add it here for our own journal purposes and also to give everyone an update of what's going on in our lives.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Valentines Day the Petrie Way
We decided that since our anniversary comes so close to Valentines Day that whomever's year it is to plan our anniversary, the other person has to plan Valentines Day. I am stuck planning our first anniversary (won by dueling in WoW of course-lol) so it was Nick's turn to think of something to do for Valentine's. As always he came up with a great idea, which in turn makes me really nervous about what I've got planned for our anniversary. :) It started out with Friday, he unexpectedly brought me home some Daisies (my favorite) on his way home from work (I had the day off).
I went out later that night to get a haircut, and on my way back purchased a card and balloon, and his favorite candy (boston baked beans-yuk!) I hid the candy and card until the next day(the 14th) and only brought him the balloon, and pretended like that was all I got for him.
So on the 14th when he woke up there was a card on the table and the candy was in his coat pocket for when he grabbed it as he was going out the door to work. It was great because he is always finding ways to suprise me, and I never seem to be able to be sneaky enough to suprise him, but I did it!!
That night, Nick decided that he was going to cook me whatever I wanted for dinner. I chose his mom's recipe for Chicken Enchiladas. I made a Butterfinger Pie for dessert. We layed out a blanket on our living room floor and had a romantic picnic in our house, and watched Made of Honor. (very good btw)
^^Nick Making Dinner :)
^^Our at home romantic picnic-complete with Sparkling Grape Juice, candles, and rose petals!
OOlala!
I went out later that night to get a haircut, and on my way back purchased a card and balloon, and his favorite candy (boston baked beans-yuk!) I hid the candy and card until the next day(the 14th) and only brought him the balloon, and pretended like that was all I got for him.So on the 14th when he woke up there was a card on the table and the candy was in his coat pocket for when he grabbed it as he was going out the door to work. It was great because he is always finding ways to suprise me, and I never seem to be able to be sneaky enough to suprise him, but I did it!!
That night, Nick decided that he was going to cook me whatever I wanted for dinner. I chose his mom's recipe for Chicken Enchiladas. I made a Butterfinger Pie for dessert. We layed out a blanket on our living room floor and had a romantic picnic in our house, and watched Made of Honor. (very good btw)
^^Nick Making Dinner :)
^^Our at home romantic picnic-complete with Sparkling Grape Juice, candles, and rose petals!
OOlala!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
a little update...
just for starters, no i haven't already forgotten about this blog, or my resolution to write in it, but i've decided that our lives are rather boring-lol :) I'll try not to bore people too much. :)
This weekend we finally got to go to church! :) It was really nice, and was Quintin Jorgensen's farewell. His mother gave a really heart wrenching talk, based on a letter that she wrote to him about things that a mother would like to tell her son before he goes on a mission (fancy that!) and like any well brought up son, he was balling his eyes out (go mom!) :)
and just to clear up any possible rumors! Nick and I are NOT fighting-lol this Sunday the missionaries asked me if I could sit in the back as an investigator was supposed to come and they wanted me to sort of flag her over so she could have someone to sit with, I don't think that they realized that a different investigator had called Nick the night before for a ride to church, and we didn't want him sitting alone either, so we decided to sit in different spots. :) The female investigator (Jess) didn't end up coming, (she got lost) and for Sunday school Nick went with Kurt,(the male investigator) to gospel principles, while I went to regular Sunday school. I was just waiting for the rumors to start flying! :)
On a side note, I have been asking the missionaries for over a year to be able to go out with them (with Nick of course), and until this Sunday have not seen the fruits of that yet. Nick and I were able to go with the missionaries to meet Jess at her house Sunday Night. She seems like a great person, and makes me think back to when I was an investigator, and brings back some nice memories. But on another note, it is nice to see an answer to prayer, as I've really been wanting to go out and help spread the gospel for quite some time. I hope I helped at least a little bit!
Tomorrow Nick and I had plans to go to the temple with his parents, but as they say, "there is opposition in all things". We've just leared of a HUGE snowstorm that's going to come late tonight/early tomorrow. Somewhere between 6 and 18inches I've heard, as you can never tell in New England. So we plan to go on Saturday for the 4 o'clock session. Anyone else interested?!
Besides all of that (I suppose our lives aren't as boring as I first thought) as I think I've told Nick about 10 times in the last 3 days, I believe this is going to be a year of babies. I currently know 3 people who are pregnant! (and no one of them is not me) of course that doesn't come anywhere near the 18 that Ariane knows, but I don't even think I know 18 people who are in their child bearing ages-lol
Congratulations to all!
This weekend we finally got to go to church! :) It was really nice, and was Quintin Jorgensen's farewell. His mother gave a really heart wrenching talk, based on a letter that she wrote to him about things that a mother would like to tell her son before he goes on a mission (fancy that!) and like any well brought up son, he was balling his eyes out (go mom!) :)
and just to clear up any possible rumors! Nick and I are NOT fighting-lol this Sunday the missionaries asked me if I could sit in the back as an investigator was supposed to come and they wanted me to sort of flag her over so she could have someone to sit with, I don't think that they realized that a different investigator had called Nick the night before for a ride to church, and we didn't want him sitting alone either, so we decided to sit in different spots. :) The female investigator (Jess) didn't end up coming, (she got lost) and for Sunday school Nick went with Kurt,(the male investigator) to gospel principles, while I went to regular Sunday school. I was just waiting for the rumors to start flying! :)
On a side note, I have been asking the missionaries for over a year to be able to go out with them (with Nick of course), and until this Sunday have not seen the fruits of that yet. Nick and I were able to go with the missionaries to meet Jess at her house Sunday Night. She seems like a great person, and makes me think back to when I was an investigator, and brings back some nice memories. But on another note, it is nice to see an answer to prayer, as I've really been wanting to go out and help spread the gospel for quite some time. I hope I helped at least a little bit!
Tomorrow Nick and I had plans to go to the temple with his parents, but as they say, "there is opposition in all things". We've just leared of a HUGE snowstorm that's going to come late tonight/early tomorrow. Somewhere between 6 and 18inches I've heard, as you can never tell in New England. So we plan to go on Saturday for the 4 o'clock session. Anyone else interested?!
Besides all of that (I suppose our lives aren't as boring as I first thought) as I think I've told Nick about 10 times in the last 3 days, I believe this is going to be a year of babies. I currently know 3 people who are pregnant! (and no one of them is not me) of course that doesn't come anywhere near the 18 that Ariane knows, but I don't even think I know 18 people who are in their child bearing ages-lol
Congratulations to all!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Snow Day!
:) so with the new year, comes some new resolutions, and one of them for me, is to begin actually writing in this blog. I'll do a quick update of the last year
We got married!
We got married!
We went to Orlando, FL for our Honeymoon!
(and no, the color coordinating wasn't on purpose)
(and no, the color coordinating wasn't on purpose)We went camping in Palmayra, NY! ...and made a pit stop at Niagra Falls! (where this photo comes from)
We saw the Oscar Mayer Wiener mobile!
We had our first christmas!
Nick started college for his Associates in Accounting (eeww! but hey, if he likes math that much...and he does..it's a great choice for him!) the plan from there is to get his Bachelors but he's not sure if he'll get it there at Hesser college or at another school. (Hesser only offers a Bachelors in Business Management with an emphasis on Accounting, and Nick might just want to stick with a Bachelors in Accounting)
so there we go! a whole years events summed up! now i'm up to date! :)
as for today, this is the second snow day in a row that we've had on Sunday. I'm not complaining because that means that Nick and I get to sleep in which is a rarity seeing as we both wake up at about 5am every morning to get to work. So, as sad as this sounds, being able to sleep in until 8am is HUGE! :) (our bodies don't let us sleep in much later than that, otherwise we would!) so the plan for today is lots of playing WoW (World of Warcraft) and Nick has to get some reading done for school. Other than that...who knows! It's just nice to be able to have a day off to completely relax and enjoy.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Museum Of Science
To celebrate 3 Months since we first met, Nick and I went to the Museum of Science in Boston! :) It was a lot of fun, there was just so much to see that we couldn't fit it all into one day, so we'll definitely have to go back sometime. Hehe, they even had T-Rex all ready for the winter season! Who knew that dinosaurs got cold in the winter? ;) We went to the planetarium and saw a movie that explained how the different worlds that are portrayed in the Star Wars Movies can be found here in our own Solar System...not really what we thought it was going to be, but it was still interesting. It was just really nice to be able to go out and do something special together. Here's some more pictures from the trip!In the Planetarium
3..2...1...BLAST OFF!
Nick's going into Space! Didn't you know?
Moose!
Moose!
haha! I kept telling Nick to get closer to the deer. This was his expression-LoL
OOOHHHH! You mean THIS deer?!-lol
We had such a great time! I can't wait to go back someday.
In other news...The wedding is coming up quick! Invitations were just sent out today. We've got all sorts of decorations, and we're slowly cutting down our "to do" list. One thing at a time Nick keeps reminding me :) He's being really good with having to deal with lots of women explaining all this foreign wedding stuff to him, and helping out as much as possible. I am lucky to have him, and I can't wait for us to be able to be sealed in the temple! :)
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