He did it!!!

I was supposed to post this yesterday but it was a little crazy! Jon is done with boards! I am not sure what to think of being on the other side! He is almost done...in a month it will be official he will be Dr. Jon Fairbanks! I rememeber when we got married, telling people that we had 7 long years of school ahead of us! They have gone way too fast, I have truly enjoyed the student life! I am weird I guess! There were lots of phone calls between Jon and his classmates (of should I call them colleagues now?), there was lots of Wahoo's and Dr. calling! Congrats to all of them, they are all awesome guys that be good dentists. Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts, I speak for Jon, but I know they were truly felt! And we are happy that the baby cooperated and didn't interrupt! I now have Jon, Emma, and my Mom telling the baby to come out. I haven't decided yet! There is something about the 38 week mark that suddenly I am very comfortable with being pregnant and have thought I could make it another month or two! I have a Dr. appt tomorrow so I am sure there will be more update on that tomorrow! Congrats Jon! I am so proud of you!

PS the first pic is from New Year's Eve a few years ago, I thought it was hilarious! The other pic is of our good friend Matt (also in Jon's class) when we were in Hilton Head, I think they look like big dorks!

Great Books

I have just finished reading New Moon by Stephanie Meyers. It was so good. It was the sequel to Twighlight. Both books I could not put down. They are written by a BYU graduate, and they are about vampires and werewolves. I find myself hoping that the main character WILL become a vampire! Anyway as soon as I finished New Moon, I thought there better be another book coming. I checked the Stephanie Meyer website and sure enough Eclipse will be out August 7th! It looks very interesting! I am pretty excited because Harry Potter (Yes I am one of those dorky Harry Potter fans!) comes out in July and Eclipse in August. I love having good books to read during the summer...now if I could just learn how to read slowly and enjoy each page. Instead I read constantly for 3 days and then I'm done and totally bummed! Anyway I just wanted to pass on a good book to read, or good news for those who have read it...that there is still one more book to come!

Ok I really didn't want to even say anything about this but I know I have too! I went to the Dr. yesterday and he is a pretty conservative guy. He won't induce me this week! So now we just need everybody to pray that I don't go into labor this weekend while Jon is doing his boards. If we walks out on boards...he fails! Since pretty much the last four years are riding on this weekend, he can't do that!!! Yesterday I was pretty mad...I even turned off my cell phone because I didn't want to talk to anybody about it. But now I have decided it is a VERY good thing. It was going to be hard enough sharing the spotlight with Jon this week, and now it can be his week! And next week will be my week! I can't say enough how important this week is for Jon! Everyone keep him in mind as the weekend gets here! I know he will do a great job, I just wish I could take away the nerves!

Alright I just thought of one more thing I HAVE to add (Sorry mom and Linz). Lindsey has been a little intrested in a guy in Provo. And he sounds like a great catch! Well as she was spilling all the details to my mom about him...my mom asked what his last name is...Well to make a long story short (and to leave lots of details for my mom and linz to blog about) My mom dated his dad in Provo!!! Linz is a little upset and pretty sure that my mom made out with his dad!!! I swear can Provo be any smaller!!!

Happy Easter 2

Here are some pictures of Emma in her Easter dress. It is has been a great day. Emma must have been really tired from her Easter egg hunt yesterday (thanks again Jaime!), we had to go and wake her up at 9:15! She thought it was amazing that the Easter bunny had left a trail of candy and had hidden her Easter basket. She kept singing Happy Easter all morning. After church we just enjoyed dinner and the masters. Emma kept saying the word reisgnaked and finally I asked her what that meant...she said it was when Jesus died he was naked and then he came back to Earth! I thought it was pretty funny, but it totally made sense to her!

On another note, our Sunday school lesson was really good today. I love how we are studying the New Testament during the Easter season. The sunday school teacher mentioned that in conference a talk was about how we should sing more during lessons, and he thought that was a great idea. So we sang I Believe in Christ. I hadn't realized that it was written by Bruce McKonckie and that it was his testimony. I have sang that song a million times, but it had a lot more meaning knowing that it was his special way of sharing his testimony.

Happy Easter

This is really pathetic that I am up waiting for Emma to wake up! This year has been so much fun with holidays. She has really started to grasp the spiritual side of them and also the magical part. So I was so excited that this year I could do some of the things that the Easter Bunny did in my family. He always left a trail of candy from our rooms out to the main room. And He always hid our Easter baskets...in high school one year it took me forever to find it! I now can totally see my mom running around the whole house puting candy all over the floor! I was laughing the whole time I was coming down the stairs, thinking I am making a mess with chocolate that I will probably eat, not Emma! I hid her basket just under the kitchen table, we have to start out easy before I can hide it really good. I am sure my parents got some kick out of watching their kids search the house for their baskets! I am sure I will be adding another post today with her reaction and Easter dress.

On another note...last night was not as eventful as Friday night! Friday I was having contractions every 5 minutes for 3 hours, I thought that for sure the baby was coming...and then I got REALLY nervous. I called the Dr. at 1:30 am and told him what was going on. I thought they weren't strong enough, he told me to try and sleep. I crashed and everything was fine...I am so glad I didn't go in, it would have been so depressing to be sent home! Last night I just had them every 15-20 minutes. And I was able to sleep great!

Too Much Information- TMI!!!

Ok so sorry this will probably be more info than most of you want to read...sorry, but this is the easiest way to tell everyone! So I had the good ol' weekly Dr. appt today. As I was getting checked I was waiting to hear no progress again...and rehearsing all of my reasoning why I should be induced early (Jon's boards, and moving). When she announced that I am dialated 2-3...YEAH! Unfortunately my appt was with the nurse practicioner and not the Dr. But after giving my speech, she told me to schedule for Monday with the Dr. She also was pretty sure I wasn't going to make it another week, which sounds great, but I remember being told that with Emma the last two weeks, so I am not going to hold my breath. My mom has been bugging me to do jumping jacks to get this baby here, now that Easter weekend is here I might actually give it a try and see if it works! Although jumping up and down sounds so exhausting!

I did it!

Yeah! I made the goal to get all my scrapbooking stuff packed up by April 1st so I wouldn't have to worry about it after I have the baby. I almost made it. I finished at 3:00 April 2nd, but I am so proud of myself anyway. I did have to leave out a little bit of stuff. I am in charge of a class for Super Saturday on April 28th I am not teaching it I just designed it and I am prepping all the stuff for a different teacher...I can't say NO! Plus I HOPEFULLY will get baby announcements made and sent before we leave! And mom I promise I didn't take any boxes downstairs...I just stacked them in the corner. Oh and I have to admit there are 20 boxes of scrapbook stuff...Let's just say Jon is a VERY patient guy!



Of course Emma had to entertain herself while I was packing. I tried to be a cool mom and made her lunch and let her eat it on her bed, and I brought up our portable DVD player and let her watch movies. She mostly played and read books to herself. But boy did she make a MESS! I do not know how one 3 year old can make such a mess so fast it is amazing! At least she sort of tried to help me pick it up. I swear though between the scrapbooking stuff and cleaning her room, this baby should be here!



I had to quick add this picture. Chelsea made a great find at her Target! This is a Barbie dress from the new movie, I can't remember the exact title but something about rainbows. At her target they were on sale for $7 and we all know how much little girls like to dress up! Anyway it is so cute on her! I love it! Thanks Chels for always thinking of us!

The past few days...

Thursday was just one of those VERY emotional rough days! I talked to my mom on the way to pick Emma up from Preschool, I totally started crying just about everything. When Emma's teacher brought her out, I am sure she thought I had lost it! Later that evening somebody pulled into our driveway and sure enough my parents had sent me these great flowers! Thank you so much for brightening my day. PS I am doing FINE now...promise!



Friday night was a tri-ward easter egg hunt. It was so much fun. The house it was at was so awesome! They had tons of grass and lots of room for all the kids to just run around. Most of you know that KY is known for being green...well it is starting to be very green and so pretty. I don't know what we are going to do in Henderson with it's lack of green! Anyway Emma had a blast! She just kept running around and around. After 2 hours of standing on my feet mostly in one place, I was ready to die! My feet were so swollen! I felt like a party pooper making Emma leave!



Like I was saying that KY is now super green and so the grass is growing like crazy. Our landlord left a riding lawnmower for us to upkeep the yard, and we thought it wasn't going to work. Jon got it all charged back up on Saturday and then took it for a little test drive. I think he enjoys it WAY too much! He didn't have time to mow the whole yard, but I can guarantee that the second he gets home from school today he will be mowing the yard!

I can't believe that baby countdown really is under 20 days! That is so crazy. I am also sad, I just realized that we move 6 weeks from today! Time is going way too fast!