All in one

It has been a while since my last post, in this time we have been busy busy bees. :) Here are some pictures of our new apartment that we are renting in Vista Ca. Jordan has officially been stationed here in San Diego, so we will (hopefully) be here for the next few years :) we are currently renting out a 2 bed/bathroom apartment that is about 15 min from base.

Chloe's room/ adorable bassinet i set up :)

Living room

Kitchen

bedroom (i have been waiting to put this bed set on since i bought them!)

Chloe update, well i go to the doctor on thursday (March 31) and we will hopefully find out when our little angel is coming. Currently we are hoping for April 18 still. Jordan is still on date for graduation.. Finally it feels like everything is falling into place. So ready to have Chloe and get life going! :) This is me at 37 1/2 weeks :)

Change of plans.

Went to get an ultrasound done yesterday. Some exciting news!! Due date got pushed up to April 13! I'm excited, and it makes things a little easier. Knowing she will be coming earlier rather than later is nice to know, since Jordans graduation is on the 15. Doctor said everything looked great! She is about 4.8 pounds, and is very healthy. He got a good picture of her face yesterday (will show once i scan them in). She has just this little chubby face!! I'm so excited to finally meet this little one! Her movement has been the highlights of my day (except when i get soker kicked in the ribcage). Knowing i have a living child in me is just amazing to me, and i have already fallen in love with her. She is going to be so cute and i cant wait till she is finally here!
Jordan is being such a good support to us. Although i cant see him very often, when i do go see him he is such a great dad. :) Cannot wait to see the two interact. Just a quick update.

Proved me wrong!

Lets go back to about 5 days ago, i had to go to the Naval Hospital on Camp Pendleton to start seeing an OB doctor. So i went to go talk to the about what i had to do. VERY stressful atmosphere.. So i go and i'm filling out tons of paperwork, turn it in and the nurse tells me i need to go confirm my pregnancy. Uhmm.. HELLO!! I'm already showing (a lot actually)!! So i go to where i need to, the nurse hands me a cup and tells me i need to do a pregnancy test.. wow. So i did. Lets just say i think that was a waste of time, and of a test. So i get my appointment and classes set up.

I was thinkin yesterday as i went to the Naval hospital (as directed by the nurses), 'I'm excited for my first baby class since i havent been to one. I wonder how many girls will be there..etc' I walk in and get my file all put together since i transfered from a civilian doctor. File is all ready and i'm waiting for the class to start, when you see women in their cami uniform you wouldnt be able to know if they were pregnant or not. So i'm thinkin okay a few women, this should be nice, be able to meet some cool people. As the nurse calls for the class a TON of girls stand up.. hmm.. so i just follow them and get into the room and wait. (I look huge to some of these women, and some i couldnt tell, so i was waiting to see if they'd split us up) So were waiting forever, and finally a nurse comes in and starts the class. All of these girls had just found out they were pregnant! Long story short, i sat through a class that i already knew everything about.

You'd think that being a military run hospital it would be organized, and very military style. NOPE!!
Oh, got pulled out into the hall by a nurse, she told me that my pregnancy test had come back positive. I just laughed and said thank you.

This is how life goes..

I'm thinkin get married, go to Cali, have a baby. Easy right? WRONG! Listed above are some of our favorite people right now.. NOT!! I know all of you that read my blog are going to say "Duah! Welcome to life on your own" Alright, but i didnt know.. This is new for me. Paying bills every month is so not fun. Out here in Cali where everything is super overpriced its hard to really go out.. But every day i thank the man upstair for the United States Marine Corps and my wonderful husband who is working hard for us to live.

Speaking of Jordan i'll kinda let you in on his status right now, promoted to Prive First Class about 3 weeks ago! YAY!! Currently more than half way through his Amphibious Assault Vehicle Technician school. (intense sounding) And gets to see little wifie and unborn Chloe on weekends. He works very hard and is doing so well in school. Very proud of him.

News on moving!! Right now Jordan is telling me that there is about an 85% chance of us living on the East coast, in North Carolina. 10% chance of us living here in San Diego, 5% chance of living in 29 Palms... Here they call it 29 reasons to commit suicide... Not sure i wanna go there. With us living on the East coast there is a less likely chance of Jordan being deployed so fast. Although with turning on the news and seeing all the chaos in the world, i feel he will be called to do whatever he can.

Just a little update :) more after first doctors visit hopefully sometime this week...

Thank you to the...

Gettin used to it all

This is the man i hate bein away from every week for 5 days. Military has put us in a different lifestyle for the past 7 months, and next few months to come. With him being in school i can only see him on weekends, and once in a while during the week at night for a little bit. Its far better than when i had to wait for him to have leave to come see me, so i am not complaining whatsoever. This last weekend i got him all to myself. They usually have to have a 'battle buddy' with them, another marine to be with them everywhere they go. But this weekend was nice to just have by ourselves.

This week focus is on Chloe, i will be visiting the Naval Hospital on camp Pendleton tomorrow. This is where i meet my doctor who will be taking care of us for the next few months, and deliever little Chloe. I am so excited to finally have her, mommy instincts are coming out like crazy, i am going a little baby crazy. I'm tired of carrying her, i want to hold her. We are really hoping that she comes after Jordan graduates school on April 15, she is due the 18.... Cuttin it close!

Jordan should be given a leave to help me out, and by then we will also know where we are being stationed. :) April will be one exciting month, and very stressful. Exciting also because my sister in law will be having a cute little boy!! I am so excited!! Grandma Gardner is going to have 3 grandkids within 1 year.. Lucky woman. :) April is the month to have babies in the Gardner/Easter clan over here. Its going to be amazing!

New year started off right!

First Christmas, and New Years together.. Perfect!

Jordan had to return to Cali on the first, it was a sad time for me. Once i feel like i finally have him back for real, he has to go again. :/ But this time i followed to Cali not too much later. I now live in Carlsbad CA, about 10 min away from where Jordan is at. I live with one of the nicest families you would meet, Judy and Steve Vigil. I have been able to see Jordan a lot more than i thought i would be able to, its really been good for me, i was goin a bit crazy in Utah.

Begining my new life in Cali has been a smooth ride so far, who can complain about warm weather?? Not me thats for sure! Chloe loves it, she has been so much more active here than she was in Utah.. The cold got to her.

Hopefully next week we will be going to find out who our doctor is (Cant choose doctors with tricare :/) and get some appointments to be going. My phone is telling me that i only have 87 more days of being pregnant.. Seems too soon for me.

Chloe Jordan Easter

We have finally decided on a name, Chloe Jordan Easter. :) When i told Jordan i had been thinking of Chloe as a name he said it was perfect. So we decided to keep it. We are so delighted to have her coming to us really soon.
I am currently packing up some of Chloes stuff, and all of my stuff to move to California on Jan 14. :) I am so excited!! This move will be really good for Jordan and i. We have been apart for so long, and its finally time to do anything we can to stay close. Especially with Chloe coming soon, i want Jordan as involved as he can be. He is so excited to have me down there, we can go to Dr. appointments together, we can finally see eachother more often, weekends and such.
Once Jordan graduates his MOS (job) school, we will be looking to move on base and be there right before Chloe is born.
Just a quick update before my next Dr. appointment.