Investing in a Crib!

We are about to the point where we are going to invest in a crib for our sweet little baby girl on the way. Here are the 3 we like the best= each of them can convert into a toddler bed(which is a feature we really like) and we have tended to lean towards the lighter wood colors for a girl. None of them are very extravagant, but I feel whatever cute baby bedding that we add to the crib is what really can spice it up! So...what do you guys think????

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Which one do YOU like the best??? Make sure to vote on our poll on the right side of our blog to help us get some feedback! :o)

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

We are having a baby girl at the beginning of June. We are still both in shock because we both really thought it was a boy...and had a HUGE surprise when the ultrasound tech told us/pointed out that the baby is a girl!! aahaha
We were able to find out 2 days before christmas about the gender, and surprised our families with the news for christmas...they were all very surprised and excited as well! This will be Clark's parent's first grandbaby, and my families first grand-daughter (my sister Natalie has 2 little cutie-pie boys), SO, she's going to be very spoiled...and that's fine with us!!! :o)

OUR EXCITING NEWS

Hey all! First off we want to say happy thanksgiving to everyone...we were able to go spend the holiday with Clark's cousin Crystal, her husband and cute little twin boys, and also Grandma Simons. SOOO......for our exciting news, WE'RE HAVING A BABY, YAY! We are so exciting! I'm 14 weeks pregnant now, and the baby is due on June 2nd. We are hoping to find out the gender of the baby right before christmas so we'll be able to share the news with all our family together. What do you guys think....a BOY or a GIRL??????? We both are thinking it's a boy, but you never know! Wish us luck, I'm a paranoid pregnant woman!

NEW CONDO

We're moving, yay! We just signed a lease for a new condo that we will be renting, and are VERY excited. Its in the Marmalade Square area of Salt Lake City...which is basically the north-west part of capitol hill.It is a 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo. It is PERFECT for us...it has a new dishwasher and all new appliances. It also includes a washer and dryer, YAY, and it has a good sized backyard for our 2 little pootches to play in.
My favorite part of the condo: the little doggy-door it has that leads right out to the backyard. Clark's favorite part of the condo: the pool and hot-tub!
So, COME VISIT!!! The hot-tub is open all through the winter so we can enjoy that together, plus....Salt Lake City IS a good place to get your christmas shopping done *hint, hint*

UGH, CITY LIFE!

So, there are definitely ups and downs to living in the city...especially right downtown SLC where we live. I have loved having everything so close, and it seems like there are so many more opportunities. But, I'm getting REALLY sick of it! Why?-because not only are there a lot of scary people roaming around every inch of downtown, but with downtown/city life there is more crime! For instance: Monday morning when I went out to the car to go to work I discovered that both Clark's and also my car had been broken into. The passenger side windows in both cars had been completely smashed in, and everything in our cars had been gone through and was scattered everywhere. The craziest thing is nothing was even taken except my car insurance info and my car registration info..which are both things that only have my name and no personally info that they could use. I'm assuming that the jerks who did this were the identity theft types, who were looking for any personal info they could. The thing that made me the most angry was that the apartment parking lot where our cars where park was supposed to have surveillance cameras, but when we talked to the maintenance man about it he said they cameras didn't even work...gee, I sure feel safe living here!

I STARTED A NEW JOB!

Yay, this is Alicia, and I got a new job, I'm really excited and I've enjoyed my first 2 days there so far. I am working at a place called Comprehensive Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, and there are 3 orthopedic surgeons who work there along with a Nero-surgeon who comes in a couple days a week.
It is a temporary job until the end of january, which is perfect because I graduate in december and then it will take me a little while to get licensed at a Massage Therapist through out the end of december/early january. I'm doing receptionist work there, but it's not the crummy kind where you get treated like crap, and they pay really well.
You can check out their website---> www.comporthopedics.com

UPDATE....
So, we are still here in Downtown Salt Lake City. We keep VERY busy, and are both going to school/working full time. Clark started up again for the fall semester at the University of Utah He is really enjoying his classes, and he is working hard to get good grades to get into med school. He is planning on becoming a M.D, want to go into Pediatrics, and is considering having child psychology as his major since when you are pre-med student you can have any major that you want. He is working full time in the evening for the church, and works in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
I am still going to school at the UCMT(Utah College of Massage Therapy). I LOVE it, and will be graduating in December. I am planning on becoming a certified Massage Doula and Prenatal Massage Therapist after I graduate, and want to work with pregnant women and before, during, and after labor...along with doing some infant massage. I am working at the Avenues Pet Clinic, and REALLY looking forward to when I graduate and become a certified therapist so I don't have to work a crummy receptionist job anymore!
On August 19th it was our 2 year anniversary, YAY! We went to Lagoon, then Clark surprised me by taking me out to a really fancy dinner at the Roof Restaurant. We had a really fun time, and I will try and get some pictures of our fun day on here soon :o) Year #2 was definetly a better year for us then year #1. We have really grown up, learned to compromise, and love every minute with each other!
Other things that happened this summer: we went to numerous concerts, Clark's family came to vist in July, and we went to a Penry family reunion in August held in Colorado and a nice lodge.