December 2014
BIG News Part 1:
Jordan got back from Philly on Sunday, and we heard back from Temple University on Tuesday! AND..... Jordan got ACCEPTED!!!! And he got a scholarship!!!! I was at school when Jordan got the message, but he called me right away. Luckily I had a break and found out the great news! I totally started crying.... haha One of the other teachers thought something was wrong, so I had to explain they were happy tears.
We decided to celebrate by having the best Philly Cheesesteaks in the Provo area. :)
Jordan's acceptance to Temple University came with one catch... He was accepted on December 9th and had to respond with a $1,000 deposit by January 9th. Unfortunately January 9th was the same date as Jordan's interview with the Samuel Merritt School in Oakland. Even if we went to the interview in Oakland, Jordan wouldn't know if he was accepted or not until it was too late to respond to Temple. After a lot of thought and prayer, we realized we didn't really have much of a choice. We were totally fine with that though. Temple was our #1 school. We only wanted to go to Oakland to compare and make sure Temple would stay our #1.
So just like that we cancelled the interview and our trip to Oakland. And it was official... we will be moving next summer to the East Coast! We are super excited! Marcus and Lana are from the Philly area and so they have told us about everything. Plus, Lana's family still lives in the area (that's where Jordan stayed when he had his interview). Her family is so nice and have already done so much for us. We are excited to get to know them better!
BIG News Part 2:
The week we found out about Jordan's acceptance was also the same week I found out that I was all set to graduate December 19th! I figured everything would work out, but after being in the El Ed program at BYU, you never knew if something random would come up out of no where! I was relieved and happy that I was finally going to receive my bachelor's degree!
BIG News Part 3:
Okay, so technically we already knew this part of the news since November, but it really became official in December....
Yep! We're having a baby!!! The due date is around July 9th, but we'll see if it stays that way. We actually went to get this ultrasound on our 2 year wedding anniversary! The place we got the ultrasound at was pretty weird, but we were desperate to see our baby.
The health insurance I have through my parents is not usable in Utah. I had been trying to figure out other health insurance options for months. We would qualify for Medicaid, but not until I had graduated (I couldn't have access to "affordable" health insurance and BYU has health insurance they offer students). Jordan and I were willing to pay for our first doctor's appointment out of pocket just so we could see the baby, but I called just about every doctor's office in the area and they were all booked for the rest of the December.
We especially wanted to have an ultrasound so that we could show a picture to our families when we announced our pregnancy. Jordan found an ultrasound studio at a mall nearby and so we decided to go for it. We figured there's not much anyone can do to mess up an ultrasound, so at least we would be able to see the baby and make sure it was okay. I have to say, it was a crazy experience seeing a little human and knowing it was growing inside me. It was mine and Jordan's baby! Soon after the ultrasound focused in on the baby, the baby started to move its arm back and forth for a good long while! It was so cute! It was like the baby was waving to us! Jordan and I definitely got teary-eyed watching our little baby move around. The ultrasound was reassuring for me to know that everything was okay.
We feel very blessed to have so many things working out for us. We know we couldn't have done this all on our own. Heavenly Father has played a major role in our lives and has blessed us with more than we deserve. We just hope that we can continue to become better people and hopefully be able to bless and serve others. We are extremely happy and can't wait to see how much our lives will change within the next year. :)
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