CT Test

I was trained in CT at work during the month of July. It was great learning a new modality and getting to split my time between CT and x-ray.


There was a new law starting January 1, 2011 that stated if you weren't registered in modalities like CT, you would need to be re-certified every 10 years. Otherwise you would be grandfathered in and wouldn't have to worry about it.


I had to complete my list of exams that were required before I could send my paperwork off to schedule my exam. When the paperwork went through I scheduled my exam for December 6. I wanted it to be over before Christmas so I could enjoy the holiday.


Life was a little stressful with being pregnant and having to force myself to study whenever I had the chance. I really had to discipline myself to focus. Brittany, a fellow coworker and I studied a couple of times and I was feeling pretty good. However the test was way harder then I thought and I just wanted it to be over as soon as it began.


I wasn't feeling very confident when I pressed the submit button but lo and behold I did pass and that was all that mattered. Now I could move on and put the studying behind me. Such a relief!

Thanksgiving

This holiday was different this year since I had to work a 12 hour shift. I knew my time was coming since I hadn't worked any holidays the last year.

Jeremy had the day off and had invited his brother to come but he wasn't able to make it due to weather. So my parents drove up from Tri-Cities and came with Jeremy to the hospital to have lunch with me.

The cafeteria had made Prime Rib and so my dad and Jeremy were excited! Guests were able to get quite the meal for only $7.

It was great to spend time with my family even though I had to work. Then I got to go home and spend time with Jeremy and eat leftover turkey, mashed potatoes and all the fixings that my mom had left for us.

Halloween pregnant belly

1st Anniversary, 10/10/2010

First anniversary:

- 5 months pregnant

-our anniversary gift to each other was buying a crib for our new baby boy coming

- Oregon Ducks game at WSU

- spent night at Couer d'Alene resort

- spent time with mother-in-law Carla -great laid back anniversary

Jack Johnson Concert

Back in April of this year, Jenny brought to my attention that Jack Johnson was coming in concert to the Gorge Ampitheater in October. Of course I wanted to go see him!

Jeremy let me know he didn't want to go a couple of weeks before and so I was able to get my friend Tiffany to go. However a week before she found out she had to work that weekend. So I asked my friend Erin and she was delighted. I was so glad I found someone to use that other ticket. I drove down that day to pick Erin up and we met up with my sister and my cousin Lisa from Seattle. We found a great patch of grass up towards the top and spread out our blankets. We discovered the incline made it difficult to sit without sliding down and so we decided to rent some chairs to sit it. Boy did they make a difference!

There were two acts that sang before Jack came on. What a beautiful night to sit out listening to great music and watching the sun go down.

New car

With a new baby coming, Jeremy and I wanted to get a new car. We knew we couldn't keep his truck because with it only being a single cab he wouldn't be able to take the baby with him.

Jeremy wanted a safe car that we could keep for many years and I wanted an SUV type vehicle so we could have cargo space and sitting room. We put everything together and decided we liked the Chevrolet Traverse.

We ended up going to the Chevrolet dealership in Hermiston to get the best deal. It took them about a month and a half to find the one for us. It was a 2010 white Traverse, used with 9300 miles on it. We put some money down and traded in Jeremy's truck. They really did great working with us and getting the price down where we needed it to be.

We love the new car and we both want to drive it as often as we can!

We are having a BOY!!

Since I had been getting weekly ultrasounds, Amanda the ultrasound tech said I could bring Jeremy in and she would let us know if the baby was a boy or girl. She would get this look on her face and lean closer to the screen and go "mmmm". I turned away quickly because I didn't want to see anything premature.

We had planned on our regular wednesday and would have Jeremy come in towards the end of Amanda's shift. Instead we decided we wanted to go in a day early and surprise everyone. Almost right away Amanda found what she was looking for and saved the picture. Our baby had their legs wide open and their was a little nub in the middle!! Our baby was a BOY!!!

Amanda said she first saw it at 13 weeks but wanted to keep looking to be absolutely sure. Jeremy had a great time taking pictures and videos and asking Amanda questions.

Afterwards we called my parents to see what they were doing that night and told them we wanted to run to Costco and have dinner with them. We went to Walmart and bought an Oregon Ducks jersey and decided to put it on the dinner table later and see their reaction. We took a picture of the jersey for Jeremy's mom Carla and said her new grandson would wear this next year to a game. I called my sister and she said I told you so since she had said it was going to be a boy. When we put the jersey on the table later, my mom grabbed it and knew immediately what it meant!

Now we could start thinking about decorating, thinking of names and buying baby clothes for a boy!