All right, so its been a couple of weeks since the last post and it seems as though a lot has happened since then.
First we will start off with the new news with Mike. He quit working at ThermoFisher in the production area after 6 long months of doing something he didn't like and working with people he really didn't enjoy. No worries though, he does have a new job that he is MUCH happier at. He is working for the Cache Valley Radio Group doing sales. He started on Friday of last week since his boss would be out of the office all this week. He is on salary for the first year while he builds his client list up then he will be moved to commission. If he starts making more money with commission than his salary before a year then there is the possibilities to be switched sooner. With this job he will be signing businesses up to do advertising on the radio. Since we all know that radio is pretty much the best way to advertise it shouldn't be too hard to get clients. He loves not having to work certain hours during the day and not having to use a time clock. That is Mike's kind of job for sure.
School has started once again. Mike is taking 5 classes online which is a lot, but we have the time all figured out for the most part so I think it will work. He usually gets off around 5, then he comes home and plays with Reighlyn while I get dinner ready, we eat, and then it's time for him to go do homework in the office. While he is doing homework I get dinner cleaned up, Reighlyn feed, bathed, and put to bed. Then its time for me to do homework. It's pretty nice that Reighlyn goes to bed at 7:30 or so. That way Mike and I can get a couple of hours of homework in along with spending come quality time together before bedtime. Our days start pretty early now, we get up around 6 and right now we just go one walks as a family,but soon I will have a bike and then we will go on bike rides together while the weather is nice. We will have to find something else to do for exercise come winter, we are thinking maybe going swimming a couple of days a week and then just working out in our basement the other days since we have a treadmill and exercise bike.
My days right now are very relaxed and chill. I was suppose to start watching the Gleisberg girls full time as of Monday, but due to a employment change for Jonathan, getting hired on by the USU police department, he won't start work until the 10th of September when he goes down to SLC for 3 months for the police academy. So while I have a couple of days off I have been working hard to get ahead in my classes, which are two, so then I won't feel too stressed when I do have them from 8-5 Monday- Friday.
More new exciting news is that Mike, Reighlyn, and I will be taking a trip to California! We leave next Friday morning and will be visiting the beautiful city of LA. Mike is going for a BYU game with his brother and we all thought why not bring the families and have a little mini vacation. So we will get there Friday morning and start going site-seeing and won't stop except for them to go to the game on Saturday evening. While they are at the game, Reighlyn and I will be chilling at the hotel, taking naps, relaxing, swimming....whatever we want! Then we will be coming back Sunday afternoon so we can be back for our busy work week to begin Monday morning. It will be exciting because I have never been there and obviously Reighlyn hasn't either... so it will be FUN! Don't worry we will take TONS of pictures to show you all when we get back.
Another trip to report will be one Reighlyn and I will be taking without Mike...SAD =( I will be driving home with Ariana and her girls on the 17th of September for her to go to a wedding she is in. Jonathan was going to go but since he got the new job...no more Midwest trip for him. I am SO EXCITED because I wasn't going to be able to go home with year since Mike started a new job and I will be too pregnant to fly around the holidays. I haven't been to Iowa since May of 2006 and Reighlyn as never been there, so it will another exciting new trip for her. I think we are planning on taking the girls to the zoo one day, Tasha is in a Parade the Friday we are there and she is marching at halftime in a football game...so those should all be fun things to take the girls to. The rest of the time will just be relaxing time. We might also do a little sewing during the day since we just found out what we are having....
Ok enough stalling....we are having a little BOY! And before you start thinking you never know it could end up being a girl....no believe me it's a boy, no question about it. I have pictures to prove it. So that will be the first boy on the Wright side and the first boy on the Ashton side to have that last name. So everyone wins. Mike was really hoping for a boy so I am glad it is. I wasn't really hoping either way I just thought it was a boy since I have been so sick on this pregnancy compared to Reighlyn. Good news is I haven't gained any weight yet and I am half way there. The doctors only want a weight gain of 15 pounds so I am doing good as far as that goes. I actually lost 5 pounds at first, but have now just recently put those 5 back on so we are back to 0 pounds gained. I am not sick any more though and everything looked great with our little guy. The name we are thinking of is Keegan Michael Ashton. He is due the 15th of January, so not too much longer to go!
So quick new news on Reighlyn is that she is now the proud owner of 4 teeth. Two on the bottom and 2on the top and they all came at about the same time. Poor girl as got some buck teeth though for the top...a pretty big space,but hopefully that will close up a little as she gets more...if not we will love her just the same. Mike said he would be ok with her having buck teeth till she is 19 then we will get her braces...he thinks that will keep the boys away. I think it will just make her hate us. Reighlyn is also now done breastfeeding for the sake of me since she now has teeth. We decided to put her on Rice Milk, which she loves. Once she is one or maybe a little bit before then we will put her on cow milk. But she is loving her food and has decided that baby food is not for her. She loves noodles, rice, bread, potatoes, cheerios, yogurt, cottage cheese and pretty much anything else mom and dad are eating. She also had her first lollipop week or so ago. She thought she was living large...when really all she was doing we making a HUGE mess...don't worry I got pictures of that wonderful day. Alright well I can't think of anything else right now so I will end. But don't worry there will be more to come soon!