Back to Work

Hello all.

It's been a little while since I have made a post. Last week Heaven, Noelani, and I went down to Missouri to have a baby shower with my family and friends. We left last Wednesday and came back this past Sunday. It usually takes us about 8 & 1/2 hours to drive, but because we had to stop when Noelani got fussy, it took us around 13 & 1/2 instead. The way back wasn't as bad, as it took us only 10 hours. I think that she got used to traveling so she slept more on the way back.

As for being down in Missouri, it was fun. We hung out with my best friend & Noelani's god-father, Dusty, and we also got to meet his girlfriend. She was pretty cool and funny. I'm happy for him & think that he has a good girlfriend. So does Heaven, especially when the two gang up on him.

We also hung out with the family quite a bit. Everyone is excited about Noelani, and my mom especially seems excited to be a grandma. Willow is also happy about being an aunt. As for the baby shower itself, there were quite a few people who showed up, mainly family. We got just about everything else that we were wanting, so things worked out really well. And it was good to see everyone for a while again too.

As for this week, it's back to the grindstone for me. Working away. Our manager promised us that if we got a certain amount of work done this week that he'd buy us pizza. So hopefully everyone gets all of their stuff done so we can have a free lunch. We have a pretty cool manager.

That's all for now. Stay posted for more stuff going on!

One semester left to go!

Horray for the end of the semester! I had my last final for the Spring semester yesterday afternoon. I am glad that the semester is finally over. It has been so hectic and busy. Only one more semester to go before I get to graduate! Summer semester classes start on June 15, so I have about a month break before I have to go back. I will be working for the whole summer though, so that'll be fun as always.

As for work, we're having an end of the semester party for our group of 6 trainers and our manager. We're having food and games. I'm bringing my Wii for Mario Kart, and another guy is bringing Rock Band. Heaven and I made my mom's cheese ball and dessert cheese ball to bring for food, so that will be delicious. The party is tomorrow night, so we're looking forward to that.

Also, we're pretty sure that we are going to be leaving for Missouri on Wednesday. The baby shower is going to be on Friday, so that should be fun. Other then that, just time for a little bit of relaxing. As much as possible anyway, with a baby and all.

That's all for now. I hope that everyone is enjoying the blog and thanks for reading!

Finals, Finals, and more Finals

So this week is Finals Week at Purdue. So far I've taken two finals and I have one left. My last final is on Saturday at 3:20pm, the very last time you could have a final. In another one of my classes, instead of having a final, our professor is taking the class to Hot Box Pizza and buying us all lunch. He's a pretty cool professor. So other then my last final that I have to take, I am done for the semester, and it couldn't come sooner.

Once the semester ends, I'll have about a month with no classes, just working. Near the beginning of June I'll start French 101. Before I could graduate, I needed one Liberal Arts elective, and that was the class I chose. I tried to sign up for Spanish 101, but the Spanish department threw a fit about me taking it because I had taken some Spanish over 5 years ago in high school. So taking French made signing up for classes a little easier. Other then taking French, I'll be working all summer.

As for the family, things are going quite well. Noelani is doing great and Heaven is feeling a lot better. Noelani usually sleeps about 5 hours straight before waking up at night, so that's awesome. I just hope that it lasts, lol.

Also, we're planning on going down to Missouri next week for a baby shower. Approximately the 13th through the 17th, depending on how much financial aid I get for the summer. I'm still waiting to hear back from the financial aid department... hopefully soon.

That's all for now. I'll be back once more stuff happens!

An addition to the family

So most of you should know that Heaven and I were expecting a baby. And as of Friday, April 24th, 2009, we have a beautiful little girl. Her name is Noelani Kaylin and she was 7 pounds 1 ounce and 21 inches long. She was born at 12:58 Friday morning. She was extremely healthy and she picked up on nursing right away.

Generally, hospitals (at least locally) make you stay at the hospital for 48 hours to make sure everything is going well and to take a couple of tests at the end of the 48 hours to make sure the baby is healthy. Noelani was doing so well that they said that we could leave a day early. We decided to stay anyway because the people who take baby pictures had left for the day and wouldn't be back until the next day.

We came home Sunday and both mom and baby are doing great. Noelani has already gained weight and everyone is getting adjusted to how things are going to be. Heaven's mom and grandma were down for the birth and several days after to help us out. After they left my mom and sister came up to help out as well, and after that my dad and brother came up too. They helped out a lot and just left today. My dad and brother also brought us our new car, so that's great news!

Now, since everyone is gone, we're hoping that we can get settled into a set schedule for all of us and start doing all of this on our own. So things are going well and we look forward to what happens in the future for our new family!!