SFW banquet

What a great weekend we had! at the beginning of the week a guy from my ward knocked on my door and said that the SFW was having a banquet which he was a chairman for and they wanted to honor Randan at it. He told me a little bit about it and what was going on. He wanted to keep it a secret from Randan, so I told Randan as little as possible as I could to get him here and in his dress blues. so Saturday we got there at 5:30 Randan was so so nervous of what was going on. we ate a great dinner and then they had a slide show of this amazing "hunt for heros" program that they put on. They send Military Heros on this amazing hunt on the northern Canada border just south or the Arctic. I sent some pictures to the guy in my ward and he put together a slide show of Randan and just told about him and his hunting/military experience. they gave Randan an awesome gun and then called his dad up to join him and said they were sending both Randan and Fred on this all exclusive 12 day hunt, the one on the northern Canada border south of the Arctic!!! Wow!!! are people really that generous??? AMAZING is all I can say! then as the night went on they had a auction and a drawing and Randan won another gun! and to top the night off Grandpa won a safe and 4 guns! ha ha, what a cool night!
I don't know if its the pregnancy hormones or what but every time I think of it i just about bawl! Really makes me realize how good people are. Randan has earned and deserves every bit of it but its so so neat that people who aren't his wife think so too! I'm so proud of Randan! He's been on such a high and probably will be for a while! I have to post some pictures, this was the first time I've ever seen Randan in his blues, and man did he look good!! ;)

Emma's crib

so we got a crib from Randan's sisters! we were so excited that we wouldn't have to purchase one. I had my bedding for Emma's room all picked out and talked Randan into sanding and painting it black with me. So we did and it looked great! but Randan complained about the cost of my bedding, so.... I found a new one.However, It wouldn't look good with black of course so we had to paint it white! ha ha! Randan wasn't such a good sport about painting it a second time and from black to white! In fact he told me I could get the more expensive bedding, but I liked the cheaper one better! ha! so he helped me paint it white! what a good man I have! He's so good to put up with me! we got it all painted and the bedding came and I love it! Thanks Jess and Kaydee for the Crib!! little by little we're getting Miss Emma's room put together! I'm getting quite anxious for this sweet little girl to get here, we have about 8 more weeks!
An update on us, I'm still working and getting quite large! Randan headed back to California and will have physical therapy three days a week at least until March 31st then who knows whats next for him. We're doing great tho! :)

this and that!

Well first off, Randan is doing great! at his doc appointment the doc was very pleased with how everything was healing up. he now can put 40 lbs on it! Randan feels great and his only complaint is that he can't do enough. he hates having people wait on him and normally find a way to do it himself before asking for help. we got to spend the last 30 days doing nothing but being together and hanging out with family, it was amazing! The holidays couldn't have been better having him home! I love that man and am so thankful to have him home and well!! He now is back in California and will more than likely be there till he is out of the Marines in august. so, there will be a lot of back and forth, back to our dating days!
I'm a workin girl again! Today was my first day back at Richens Eye Center. I love working there and its kinda fun to be back. I went in to get a letter of recommendation and they offered me a job. so I took it, at least for a little while until EMMA is born. yes thats right we chose a name! It was in my top 3 and Randan LOVED it! I love that this little girl of ours finally has a name and we can stop calling her "her" or "baby" we're still working on the middle name tho! I think the middle name is tougher than the first name! Everything is going great so far. in the ultrasounds she's such a wiggle worm and its fun to start feeling her move more. not so fun that most my shirts only fit to my belly button and my feet are starting to disappear! ha ha. Randan's wonderful sisters gave us a crib that we had fun sanding and painting together, and the bedding is on its way, its so fun getting everything ready. I can't believe how fast its all happening!
I have some cute pictures but am too lazy to upload them, next post will have to be a picture post! :)
love you all and hope you're doing well!

???Boy or Girl???

ITS A GIRL!!!
Randan and my mom have been convinced its a boy, I kept telling them it was a girl. ( just to go against what they said, not cause i have this great mothers intuition that some moms have ha ha)
Randan and i couldn't be happier! It made it so much more real! Crazy that that sweet beautiful little girl is in my belly!! :) Now the naming game begins and I can quit calling her "baby" ha ha!!

Update on Randan

Well I'm sure most of you have heard that Randan was shot in the leg in Afghanistan. I thought I'd give a little update. He was shot by enemy gun fire on November 21 through the femur. He called late that night and told me he was shot in the leg and they were taking him to the hospital in Afghanistan and then the phone went dead. ha ha, what a long night. the next morning a Gunny Sgt. called and told me that he was stable. he was transferred to a different hospital in Afghanistan then to Germany then to Maryland then to northern California and finally on to San Diego where Fred, Fran, and myself met him there! He had some minor surgeries where they would clean the wounds out and then on December 3rd he had the big one. They put a plate in there that went pretty much from his hip to his knee. He was in a lot of pain after but thats expected, the Doctor was very happy with how things turned out. He said that after recovery Randan would have 80%-90% use of his leg. It'll be about 6 months before he's walking on it without crutches. Today the 9th Randan was released to a wounded warrior battalion and will be there till the 16th when he'll see the Doctor for his f/u appointment. If all goes well he'll get to come home for about 30 days! I am so proud of Randan, I can't imagine what he's been through, and through it all he's had the best attitude!
This has been such a roller coaster ride. As much as its made me realize how bad the world is, its made me realize how good it is as well. Randan and I have had SO much support. Thank you all for your thoughts and pryers, it means so much! There has been so many visitors, people donating stuff, people bringing in dinner and treats, offering their home for the holidays, and their phone numbers for a friend. People's generosity truly amazes me. Randan and I feel extremely blessed. Things could be so so much worse, and are for so many men. Things are rough over there, please keep all those strong, brave, wonderful, selfless men in your prayers!

Update on the Mister!!

Randans been gone a little over a month now! Boy has it been a long month! I got a call from him last week! He sounded wonderful. Things are pretty crazy/scary over there and even still he was positive about it all. (thats my husband for ya though!) from the sounds of it he pretty much is just a mountain man! ha ha! they eat MRE's and cook what food gets sent to them from family over a fire. He told me all excited that his best meal has been Bear Creek Potato soup that I sent him and they added Velveta Cheese to it and something else I can't remember (I wanted to gag when he told me) ha ha! He's been a month now without a shower and said it doesn't look like he'll be getting one anytime soon (gonna have to hose him off when he gets home ha ha) but is excited that he doesn't have to shave much ha ha! To say the least he said the people are very different (I probably shouldn't say much about this, and I wasn't told much about it either) I think there weather is a lot like ours, he said its been hot but now is cooling off and it gets pretty cold at night. He told me he's been taking pictures but has no way to get them to me, (I'll have to share when he gets home!) 3/5 is doing a great job over there, we get letters from the Commanding Officer every so often and he says he couldn't be prouder of them, that they're doing what they were sent to do and they're doing a great job of it! Randan said he appreciates all the prayers and support from friends and family and that it is definitely felt, to keep them coming!
I sure do miss that man and life is so much different without him, but I am SO SO proud of him! What great men we have over there!
Again, thank you, thank you so much for all your love and support during this time. It means the world to me. I don't know what I'd do without friends and family! Love you all!
one down six to go!!

Baby Woods!!

About the same time Randan Comes home so will Baby Woods!! I'm Prego!! Randan and I found out just a few weeks before Randan left for Afghanistan. Randan was so excited, it was so cute he wanted to tell everyone! but we just told the parents and decided to wait a while! I'm now 12 weeks and due May 6th 2011!!! we couldn't be more excited! Keep your fingers crossed that daddy comes home before baby does!!