I married a Prince!

With all the hype about the Royal Wedding Alex has been getting a lot lately that he looks like Prince William. I have to say at first I couldn't see it, but then more and more people started to tell him and I took a second look. It's true! receeding hair line and all. lol

Happy BIRTHDAY!

Happy 25th Birthday Alex Hector James Klc!

On Friday it was Alex's 25th birthday. I think I was more excited then he was because I was begging him to open his presents all week. I am not very patient and he was very firm in telling me his birthday was April15th and that is when he would open his presents and not a day sooner! So Friday morning I woke up bright and early and woke him up with a bed full of presents! I decided to go the practicle route this year and get him some good clothes. Plus I scored big at sears and found their clearance isle! So he got a pair of pants, shorts, 4 shirts, 1 sweater, 2 jackets, and his most favorite gift....

isn't he soo cute?

For his birthday dinner he wanted to go to Joe's Crab Shack. I am not a fish/seafood person at all but Alex LOVES the stuff and since it was his day I couldn't say no. My mom was in town for the weekend so she met us at the restaurant. We were relieved to know they had a non seafood portion of their menu as well. It wouldn't have mattered anyway because he was soo happy to just be there --it made my night. After dinner we made a Walmart run because the new Harry Potter movie had just been released on DVD (more postings on his obsession soon to come!) So we bought that, went to Menchies for Frozen yogurt and then back to the house to watch HP7. Last year I was still deciding if I wanted to date him or not so I just bought him a silly souvenir from Oklahoma. This year was the first time we really got to celebrate and I hope he had a good day.   

I have heard the first year is hard... luckly we have eachother.

I dont know which phrase best suits me this week... When life gives you lemons, or dont cry over spilled milk. We can't control the inevitable. Bad things are going to happen, and the timing is usually impecable. I just want to yell and scream and get it all out. I want to cry and say why me, but it wont do any good. There are life lessons that are unavoidable.

About 2 weeks ago Alex went to work to find out his department had been sold to another company that wanted to pay him half of what he was making the day before. He declined and his old employer handed him a final check. Poor guy. When he called me I could hear the stress in his voice and I tried my hardest not to let him know I was upset. I wanted to be strong and say all the positive things a wife is supposed to say, but then a small little voice reminded me we were having a baby in 7 weeks and I burst into tears. Mostly tears of fear-- the unknown is a scary thing for me. But when I got home that night we updated his resume and appliued for many jobs and tried to stay positive. My main concern is that I did not want this situation to weaken us as a couple.This is something we couldn't control. Alex was one of their best employees and such a hard worker it was just the luck of the draw. It came down to money. It always does. I remember laying in bed with tears slowing running down my facing just thinking about how much I loved Alex and there would be a door open for us somewhere.

There was a tiny crack in a door a few days later when his old employer called and asked if he could work a couple hours here and there for the same wage he was making before. He immediatly accepted because it is better then nothing, but to be honest I was not thrilled. All I could think about is what they put us through the last couple of days and now they are calling asking him to come in because they know he is such a valued employee!? Alex immediatly set me in m place and said there is no need to burn bridges. We need to thank god and take what we have been given. So its not the hours it use to be, but atleast it will provide until we can find him something better.

This past friday we drove up to Idaho to visit my parents and have a baby shower! It was just the getaway we needed and we were soo excited to see everyone. The night before we left Alex's clutch went out in his car and we got a lovely estimate of how much it would cost to get fixed. The car isn't even worth the money it would cost. So now we are in the situation of trying to figure out what to do and  I am asking again why me?? This again was unavoidable . Just another life lesson... I keep telling myself.

I am writing all this down not to be a Negative Nancy or for anyones pitty. I really just want to look back in 10 years and remember these times. I know that we can get through it. Honestly it could be worse, and I am soo grateful for all that we have been given. The shower in Idaho was a bit overwhelming for me. Everyone was so generous and gave us the cutest little things for Jocelynne. We are very blessed. Jocelynne is the light of our lives right now and she isn't ever here yet. She has given our lives more meaning and has filled our hearts with more love then we thought was possible to possess. I can't believe we are only 6 weeks away from meeting her. I cannot wait. In a world that looks a little grey these days we couldn't be happier for this special gift we have been given. I hope I can live up to her's and Alex's expectations as a wife and mother.

While you were out

Alex works every Saturday from 12pm to 11pm. I hate it! So after I did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen and picked up the bathroom I decided to make myself feel better and get a new best friend to pass the time. And it was delicious!! Every pregnant lady has to do this at least once. Jocelynne and I enjoyed the whole dang thing and didn't feel one ounce of guilt! I have a Dr's appointment on Tuesday let hope Ben and Jerry's doesn't plan on hanging around for the long haul.

Baby Klc

31 Weeks along and finally getting around to writing again. In my defense carrying around another human being is quite tiring which leaves less time in the day to get things done. Another excuse is that we are poor and have crappy Internet, and the cherry on top of that is that my computer cord has a short and sometimes doesn't like to charge my laptop. Good news is Alex and I got sick of the computer cord shorting and decided to take measures into our own hands. I am quite proud of the splicing we did! With a little electrical tape to cover the wounds it is now working like a charm!

On to more important things.

Alex and I are soo excited to have this baby girl in our arms. My whole pregnancy has flown by and then hit a brick wall right at the third trimester. Now time is ticking by because I am actually keeping track. To be honest being pregnant has not been half bad. I am proud to say I have not thrown up once, or had any extreme bouts of heartburn. I considered myself pretty dang lucky until my legs started to swell and I now have the pregnancy waddle. Because of the swelling and my Dr's recommendations I am now the proud owner of thigh-high support hose! Which I wear daily.... but by the end of the day my legs and toes still look like sausages hooked together by a tree stump. So I have put myself on bed rest when I am not working and am trying my best to drink plenty of water! I am soo lucky to have such a wonderful husband. Honestly. He not only puts up with my mood swings, but rubs my feet every night and doesn't complain. I am soo blessed he came into my life. I really don't think anyone else could have the patience with me that he has. I know he is going to be the best daddy ever!

Here are some fun pictures over the last couple of months. We have some really great friends that let us borrow their bassinet, and swing and I had Alex put the bassinet together.

We also chose a name for our baby girl. We were going back and forth between a few and then Alex starting calling her this one day. I loved the way it sounded when he was talking to her... so it stuck.

Yesterday we also finished up our Hypnobirthing classes! That's right... this girl is going to go all natural! I am really just intrigued by the whole process and really fell in love with some of the concepts from hypnobirthing. So we are going to give it a try. Alex is very supportive of my decision and is going to make a great coach. Now all I have to do is convince him to cut the cord!

Ready or not....

So about a month after we were married some weird things started happening.

I got sick at the smell of these... and anything fried for that matter...

I couldn't get enough of these little guys....

And especially LOVED these.... Rootbeer is my FAVORITE flavor!

 The most annoying thing that started happening though was nothing being able to find my car in the parking lot. It's like I can't remember anything anymore.

I also started get VERY sleepy and taking lots of naps and going to bed early.

SOOo.....

We bought one of these...

And it said PREGNANT! 
(I tried to upload the picture for an hour and then gave up)

So we have been waiting, waiting, waiting, to go to our first dr's appointment on November 10th. I am soo excited to finally hear a heartbeat and know there is really something in there swimming around. Alex is pretty excited to. I don't quite think he understands that the baby has to go through the newborn stage to get to the fun walking talking stage but he will learn quick. We are sooo excited and feel soo blessed. This year has been full of many good changes!!!

New life....

About a week before my trip to Oklahoma my world changed upside down. Although I did not know it at the time, I was falling in love with a funny, charming, handsome man named Alex Klc. After dating 2 months Alex proposed to me on my lunch break at Gardner Village on May 27th, 2010 and we were married in the Salt Lake city Temple On August 13th, 2010.

I can't imagine my life without this man, and am soo happy to be his wife. So here we are one month later in our cute basement apartment trying to figure out the ups and downs of life and the amazing blessings we have experienced in a short amount of time.

Currently I work at the Corporate Office of Miche Bag in the Customer Service department , while Alex works at America's Incredible Pizza Company as an busing supervisor. We both have been hard at work and it seems to be paying off because we have received promotions this month! I am moving over to an Account Executive position while Alex has moved to being the Assistant director over Customer Service. We plan on registering him for school in January and filling up all of out extra time with fun side projects!!

I am committing to be back on the blogging wagon. I hope to have wedding pictures up within the next week so stay tuned!!