Last Day in the Old Apartment

Well, it's official. We are leaving Provo for good as of tomorrow morning. We are frantically packing and trying to get everything together to be able to get Jessie to the airport by 7:30 and me on the road to be home hopefully before midnight. Lance hasn't been tested hauling anything yet, and we'll call this one a baptism by fire...hauling a UHaul trailer over 700 miles is quite the first shot at towing. We are going to miss Provo, but are more than a little excited to start the next chapter of our lives.

So Aiden has decided to bake a little bit longer, which is just fine because he is still two weeks short of his actual due date. But, that just means that Aiden gets to be born in the same hospital I was born in! Ok, well at least I'm excited about it. We are really excited to have him come, but are a little nervous now about finding another doctor and starting from scratch...again. He and Jessie had another checkup on Monday and both are great and healthy.

Again, we would love to put some pictures up here on the blog, but the camera is still out of batteries. We actually took some batteries out of our controllers before we packed them all up and threw those in the camera, but as luck has it, those had enough juice to turn the camera on long enough for it to tell us that the batteries were dead. We never heard from it again after that. SO.....moving, baby, no pictures. That about sums it up.

COEUR D'ALENE, HERE WE COME!

Congratulations Tyler!

Congratulations Tyler! Tyler graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School this past weekend. The last one to graduate from the family. He has done such amazing things and I'm excited to see what he accomplishes in the future. I'm sorry that Jessie and I weren't able to be there for the graduation, but Tawni, Ryan, Meagan, and Brent were there to represent us. :) We love you Tyler and are very proud of you.

Blessings

So, lately Brad and I have been very blessed.

First of all, on Tuesday Brad got his MCAT scores and found out that he did really well!! He had been so nervous about how he did so he was very relieved. He was worried about having to retake it or wait another year to apply to medical school, but since he did well he can move forward with his medical school applications! I am so proud of him :D He works so hard to accomplish his goals. I love you Brad!

Secondly, yesterday out of the blue my boss at work offered to fly me to Coeur d'Alene instead of having to drive! He has been the best boss I have ever worked for and I was so touched by his generosity. He told us that whether it's just me or me and the baby he wants to fly me up there so that I don't have to sit in the hot car all day.

Brad and I feel so blessed to have such sweet people in our lives and to know that the Lord is looking out for us.

I Just...Love...These Things

Ok, since Jessie tagged me on this thing I guess I had better do it.

Five names you go by:
1. Brad
2. Bradley
3. BD
4. Griffitts
5. Jackson

Two of your favorite smells:
1. The smell just as it starts to rain
2. Homemade bread

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Sweat Shorts
2. A red t-shirt
3. ...underwear

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. To get into Medical School
2. For Aiden to be here already

Three people who will probably fill this out:
1. Mom
2. Mike D.
3. Heather

Two things you did last night:
1. Had a bbq with Mike and Brittany Ratelle, Chris and Tiffany Goodwin (I know they aren't married yet, but we've already called it legit), Kevin Goodwin, and Jess
2. Watched Arrested Development

Two last things you cried over:
1. Stress over school and medical school preparation
2. When Jessie cried

Two things you ate today:
1. Homemade pizza
2. A Costco Blueberry-Lemon muffin

Two people you last talked to on the phone:
1. Zachary Sattley
2. Chris Goodwin

Five of your favorite songs:
1. Everything (Michael Buble)
2. Where the Green Grass Grows (Tim McGraw)
3. Hotel California (Eagles)
4. Drops of Jupiter (Train)
5. Let Her Cry (Hootie and the Blowfish)

Two things that you are proud of:
1. Jessie for having our first little boy.
2. My parents and their dedication and love.

Two things that you are not proud of:
1. My random grey hairs
2. The fact that I am completely lost when people start talking about the Twighlight series...I'm just kidding...i'm actually proud of that. :)

Two things you are going to do tomorrow:
1. Check my TB test results at the health center
2. Go on a bike ride

Two longest car rides:
1. Polsbou, WA to Manassas, VA
2. Manassas, VA to Coeur d'Alene, ID

Four favorite beverages:
1. Cranberry Juice
2. PEPSI!
3. Guarana
4. Passion Fruit Juice

Three of your sweetest memories:
1. Seeing Jessie for the first time in her wedding dress in the temple after we got married...I almost started crying.
2. Finding out Jessie was pregnant
3. Every other day

Two favorite vehicles you have owned:
1. Lance...too bad he has a terminal case of vehicular cancer
2. The Bond Car (Buick Century that had a secret button in the glove compartment that popped the trunk open)

Little Things (Quick Update on me via a TAG)

Five names you go by:
1. Jessie
2. Jeffrey
3. Jess
4. Jessica
5. Mrs. Griffitts

Two of your favorite smells:
1. How it smells right after it rains
2. Homemade Apple Pie

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Maternity Jeans
2.Maternity shirt
3. Reef sandals

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. To not be at work
2. To eat a big feast without getting heartburn

Three people who will probably fill this out:
1. Brad
2. Jill Putnam
3. ??Whoever else wants to

Two things you did last night:
1. Made a yummy dinner with Brad, we had steak and homemade macaroni.
2. Cuddled up with Brad and watched the newest Batman movie

Two last things you cried over:
1. Being overwhelmed and stressed about baby stuff--It was a hormonal/tangry (so tired I was angry/emotional) breakdown :D
2. Being hungry--yeah pregnancy tends to make me irrational. haha :D

Two things you ate today:
1. Fruit smoothie
2. Turkey sandwich

Two people you last talked to on the phone:
1. Brad
2. Alison, my best friend from back home.

Five of your favorite songs:
1. Everything (Michael Buble)
2. Where the Green Grass Grows (Tim McGraw)
3. Our Song (Taylor Swift)
4. Love Story (Taylor Swift)
5. Banana Pancakes (Jack Johnson)

Two things that you are proud of:
1. Brad. He is such a sweet husband and a very hard worker.
2. My mom and all of my siblings. They are inspirations to me.

Two things that you are not proud of:
1. Anytime that I have raised my voice or had a fight with someone I love.
2. My tendency to procrastinate.

Two things you are going to do tomorrow:
1. Go to church
2. Relax with Brad and read a good book.

Two longest car rides:
1. California to Georgia
2. Georgia to Utah

Four favorite beverages:
1. Cranberry Juice!!!
2. Strawberry Mojito from Applebees
3. Sparkling Juices
4. You are probably seeing a pattern here...any fruity drink off a menu that I can get non-alcoholic.

Three of your sweetest memories:
1. The first few weeks after I met Brad
2. The day I married Brad
3. Family hikes and picnics with my family

Two favorite vehicles you have owned:
1. Lance! (Toyota 4runner)
2. Chevrolet Malibu

Just Another Quick Update

To begin, sorry, there are no new pictures. The batteries to our camera died, so we are kind of slacking on the picture taking. Ok, I know everyone would rather hear from Jessie, but seeing as how our roles have reversed this term, I feel it is probably better that I take care of the blogging for a little bit of time. Jessie is extremely busy this Spring term. She is taking two classes right now, one of which is her Capstone class for her major. She needs to write a 20-page paper by the end of the term, which is already only a month away! Poor thing. That's definitely why I decided to do Engineering. She's also taking a marriage and family religion class. She is one of only two married students in the class, and the only pregnant one. She says she feels a bit out of place, especially when they talk about the dos and don'ts of dating before marriage. haha. She has classes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. She is also working about thirty hours a week. Bless her heart, I love her so much for all she is doing. She's amazing. Then there are the bi-weekly doctors visits, which are going great by the way. Little Aiden is growing fast and moving a ton. His new favorite place to wedge his foot into is under Jessie's right ribs. We also found out yesterday that if we scratch lightly over Jessie's bellybutton that Aiden either sticks a foot or a hand up against her stomach. It's a lot of fun. We spent 15 minutes last night just scratching her belly, having Aiden reach up to the stomach and doing it all over again. Needless to say, we are really excited to have him with us soon.

As for me, I'm taking three labs: Chemistry, Physics, and Molecular Biology. They are all pretty simple and straight forward. I only have school Tuesday and Thursday, and my job switched to weekends, so I don't have to be at school Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. So, I have been spending more time finally getting on my bike and riding as well as getting ready for Medical School applications. I took the MCAT almost two weeks ago and am now just waiting for the results.

We will be done with school about June 17 or so, and the plan is to head back up to CDA either the 18th or 19th. We are still trying to work out the specifics though, and there is still a chance that things might change a little. Really kind of depends on when the baby decides to come. Anyway, we are loving life down here in Provo for the last few weeks that we will be here. I can't believe that it's already time for us to say goodbye to BYU. It has been an incredible 4 years down here and I wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere else. Jessie feels the same way. We love you all. GO COUGS!

We Are Almost Done!

Classes are over and finals will be over next Wednesday! yea! We are so excited. For Brad these are his last really hard engineering classes not to mention the end of his huge capstone project. It is such a big achievement for him! I am so proud of him and how hard he works. We are staying for spring term as well, but Brad's load will be much easier. He is taking a few science labs that he needs for his pre-med requirements and I am taking my history capstone class and a religion class. So, for both of us spring term will be a little less crazy I think :D

Brad has his MCAT coming up at the beginning of May and he is going to have to do some major cramming during the week off that we have between semesters. Sadly, he won't have much of a break, but it is also good he has the free time to focus just on studying.

After spring term, we will be moving up to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho for a year! We have a limbo year between Brad graduating with his undergrad and heading off to medical school somewhere so we are going to just try to save our money for a year before heading off to med school. Sandy and Alan are so nice to let us stay with them. We are so excited to get to spend more time with them! Brad is especially looking forward to going on bike rides with his Dad. He has been so busy he hasn't had much time to take his bike rides. Today, I just registered for a LaMaze class for Brad and I to go to! So, we will be starting that next week in preparation for Aiden. I can't believe there are only 2 and a half months left until he is here! We are planning on moving up to Coeur d'Alene 2 weeks before he is due so we are hoping he is not an early baby :D

Beautiful weather is on the way here. The temperatures will be in the 70's next week for finals :D We can't wait to start our summer!