May 14, 2013

Pregnancy Updates!

Ok So yes I said I would update more, but I didn't! My bad! I have been busy trying to get my home back in order after being in a intense program for two year. I had let things build up and get out of place and with the baby coming, Hey what not a better time to get things done. I am also starting summer school in a week so I have been taking advantage of my days off, just relaxing, reading books, and enjoying time for myself. (which is probably not the best. More on that later) So for pregnancy updates since I last update I was 15 weeks and had no idea what we were having or anything. Well April 4th 2013 (16.5 Weeks) came around and I was excited all day to find out what our little bundle of joy was going to be. and well.... Drum roll please.... ITS A GIRL! YAY! Yeah i know what most of you are thinking, the Bradshaw girls are having another girl? big surprise huh? But We are so excited to have this little daughter of heavenly father's join our home.  We have a name and everything, we have started buying some outfits, not many cause I will probably get a ton of hand me downs as well lots from family and friends. 

We have also been looking for cribs, and bedding sets. We have found a bedding set that we, ok i, love, and well my amazing brother in law is going to make our crib. I was very nervous about asking him because I didn't want him to feel pressured about making the crib but at the same time I really really wanted one like my sisters. And well like I said, I have an amazing brother in law and he is going to make it!! YAY! oh man it made my day knowing that he would make it and that i know it will be a good quality that will last a life time. :) I am so full of joy and gratitude towards my amazing talented family and that they are all willing to share there talents with us. 

So now up to week 18 and 19. Not much has changed other then me getting a belly. I am a tummy sleeper and so most of you can tell already that I have had a hard time getting to sleep or "comfortable." I think you will have to ask Jeff about that because I think i bother him cause i just sit and toss and turn and toss and turn till i get so tired that i just finally fall asleep.  I had not really felt her move at this point, and my sister said that was normal for us, and it was when I when back to my doctors appointment. The only reason why i was so nervous is that many people kept asking me and I just kept saying not yet and they would seem really surprised. 

Well going to my doctors appointment on May 2,  so about 20 and 1/2 weeks it was our big ultrasound when they do all the measurement and such. This was the first time going by myself because Jeff was unable to take off work and well we need the money so i was ok going by myself. Our little angle was doing great and is growing strong and fast. She was measuring a week ahead and her femur was measuring another week ahead of that. So yes we are probably going to have a tall little girl! This appointment was great until I was laying there and and started to get really dizzy and hot. The ultrasound tech knew what was going on and just kept a close eye on me, good thing or I may would have passed out. It was so scary and at that time i was so mad Jeff was not with me but I was grateful that he tech and my doctor did such a good job and seeing what was going on. So during this time, the doctor was talking about me and asked if i have felt the baby move, and i said i didn't think so, so this is when they checked my placenta. My placenta is in front and so the baby has to get a lot strong for me to feel her kick. So then I was a lot more relaxed about not feeling her move. 

21 and 22 weeks, belly just keeps getting bigger and so i know she is just growing like a weed. These two weeks have been pretty normal. The start of my 22 week tho was mothers day, and Jeff did good! He got up and made me breakfast, He made me stay in bed although I awake...ish.. He also for mothers day, put in a dishwasher in our apartment. We got the dishwasher for free and Jeff built a cabinet and added it to our kitchen. It looks so good and I am so grateful for that. He is going to be one great handy man, and an amazing Daddy. He is so excited about our little girl! Also on Mothers day we found out that Megs and Sterling are having a baby as well! She is due in november. So Steve and Sydnee go from having no grandbabies to two in one year. We are so excited that our little one is going to have cousins on both sides so close in age. It is going to be so much fun and very excited time. Funny story to go along with this is that megs found out she was pregnant right around the time we told our families we were pregnant. :) :) So funny. 

This 22 week was also big because I have felt the baby move so much! And this time I know its her and not just gas or something. HAHA! It is such an amazing feeling to have her kick and punch me. Although i may not feel that way in a few more months but as of right now, ITS AMAZING. 


So that is about all the updates for now, I hope I can stay on top of this more so it not so much at once every time. :) I hope all have a great day and some good summer vacations to look forward too. I know I Do!

March 24, 2013

Crazy Day! My Life changing experience

March 22 2013!

Oh man! What a Crazy day I had! So it started out great by going and getting my hair cut. I had my day all planned. I was going to go to DSU to sign up for summer classes then go and do some clothes shopping because I can't fit into any of my pants. I usually try but by the end I am just walking around with my button undone and my shirt pulled down so no one can see. Well I did great and make it to hair appointment and Karli did a Great job!!! Then on my way to campus IT HAPPENED!! The worse thing of my life!!! I was going to an intersection and BAM!! They hit me!! I has turning left onto river road and they were coming straight and continuing on Riverside drive and I had a green arrow and they ran the red light!! Yes I got in a Wreck being 15 weeks pregnant! I was freaking out! And it didn't help that I was by myself and Jeff was all the way one the other end of the county in Ivins. So I call him to tell him that I got in a wreck and to come quickly. Nothing with me was hurt or with the Baby thank goodness. No one in the other vehicle got hurt either. It was a mom taking her son to school. I started to freak out now because after I got out and thought about it I could not remember if i had a green arrow or not and I thought it was all my fault, Just something more I need to had to my already full plate. Thank goodness for some good people who were right there with me and saw that we had the green arrow and that I was not at fault. They were so good to talk to me till my family got there. I actually broke down and started to cry and I just hugged this random person but she was so good to allow me to do so. I don't know who this Dad and Daughter were but just real quick I was like to Thank them from the bottom of my heart because if they would not have stopped or been then I probably would have been at fault because I couldn't remember. The cops were also really nice and concerned about my health and the baby! Everyone was really great. So needless to say my planned easy great day was ruined. and my poor baby (Car) Ellie is most likely (BIG MOST LIKELY) not with us anymore. She took a good hard beating to keep me safe.

So with this experience I have been extremely sore and my knees have some cuts and bruises on them from hitting my car in the wreck. Other then keep replaying the stupid accident in my head and worrying about everything I am doing ok. Although it has taken be some long prayers and good hard cries to get me to where I am at today. But thanks to my families and their concern and prayers I believe that I have got better faster. I have such a wonder full family and support group that I don't know what would happen if I lost any of them. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

Now I have updated off to study for my boards!!! :)



THE JOLLEYS


Here are some pictures of my car after they had towed it away!



March 20, 2013

Big Week

March 20, 2013

14 1/2 Weeks!!! Ya made it to 2nd trimester. We are so excited about this, and that we didn't have to deal with what I have see many of my family and friends go through.. MISCARRIAGE! Ug, what a horrible thing have happen to you and your new little family. I am so very grateful my body was able to handle it but I also feel extremely sorry for that have to experience that. I hope that they all know that if there is anything I can do that i will. With the Baby we don't know the sex for two more weeks so we are very excited to find out and to get things rolling with the baby! Heartburn has set in!! :( ugh no fun. It kills and I hate the texture of Tums but I fight through it to make it help me. *** If anyone may know another great way to relive heartburn, I will take your advice! Yes I have a baby bump now and i can for sure feel my stomach grow, even more when I sneeze it hurt so bad! ALL N ALL Baby and Myself are doing great and growing each and everyday. At our 12 1/2 week appointment the babies heartbeat was 153 so right in the middle so know doing the guess with the heart rate to know the gender.

One another note I AM FINISHED WITH CLINICALS!!! YAYAYA I am so grateful for me experience at Mesa View Regional Hospital. The two years flew by, and I feel that there was probably way more that I could have learn but all in all I feel ready to go and conquer my boards and get a job! I am so excited to get into the medical field and actually work, not just for free ;). But I am also going to more school and getting my Bachelors in Sonography. I am so excited to continue my education in sonography, even though it may be tough with a new baby and all but still totally worth it. I start that program in August if I pass my boards. So yes a lot is riding on my board so I sure hope I PASS! I am still working at Cracker Barrel and I am so grateful for the mangers and employees I work with. They are so understanding and willing to work with my Schedules and help me achieve all that I want in life.

As for Jeff, He is still going working his BUTT off doing plumbing plus going to school with plumbing to get his Journeymen license. I am so grateful for him and all that he is doing for our little family. He is so supportive in all that I do and so willing to help me with all the baby ideas I have. He is for sure the BEST in the world. Sorry ladies you may think you have the best BUT you are wrong. JK!! But He is really great!

PICTURES

March 8, 2013

Update!

March 8 2012

Well I am finally updating again and well with some great news! We are having a baby! Yes most of you may know we were not planning this but we have learned that Heavenly Father has a bigger plan and better plan for us that we just all don't see sometimes. So I am 13 weeks tomorrow (Saturday Mar 9) So my Due date will be around Sept 14, 2013. Yes I know, ONE HOT SUMMER COMING MY WAY! ***Just a little side note for those of you who may not know, we will in ST. George UT, and summer are way hot** But I could not be more happy then to carry our first child and a child of our loving heavenly father. We always talk about it in church about how we are chosen to raise our fathers children, but we when were talking about it in Young Women (yes i am in YWs now) It brought tears of joy and fear to my eyes. Its a scary thought that heavenly father is trusting me (ME RaCail Jolley and Jeff Jolley) to raise this children to become a son or daughter of him, to show them love, happiness, help them see right from wrong, etc. Oh wow the pressures but what wonderful blessings.  So we told our families about us being pregnant at about 9 weeks, Well i told my mom from like day one cause i was so nervous and one of my sisters at about 5 weeks because I was so extremely lucky to get the sinus flu/cough that went around and I was unsure of what I could take. We told the Jolley's by Jeff making his mom and dad shirts and we gave it to them on Valentines day! (I will try and post the video of it) but then we just told my family by sending them a picture! Our family could not be more excited for us, I know the Jolley's are extremely excited to have the FIRST grandchild! We love going down and talking about how I have been feeling, names, ideas, etc. All the stuff you normally talk about when having a baby!

I have been feeling just as normal except that I am always tired, and if I don't eat like every three hours then i am really hungry/and a little upset stomach and get kinda inpatient. I have been having lots of headaches, and it does not help that I do a lot of my schooling on a computer and stare at screen a lot for xrays, but other then that I am doing great.  I hate doing dishes, we do not have a dish washer at the home we rent so all the food and yucky stuff just does not make a good combination for much right now so lucky for me I have a wonderful husband that is willing to do them for now but i am sure i will get pay back later! Also, all i want to do is go swimming, It is still a little cold here to go swimming out side and I am not able to get into a hot tub. So ya, swimming, i know kinda weird but its something different that don't usually want to do. Lucky for me summer is going to be hot and Jeff's parents have a pool in their backyard I will be able to go get in everyday!!!!

Cravings have been not so much weird just want more, I have always loved pickles, but when the pregnancy cravings kicked in I just wanted pickles all the time. I crave fruits and veggies. I am always up for my onion rings and fried corn dogs. Also I am not up to doing much cooking, although I do end up cooking I would rather site on that couch and eat cold cereal or Allocate milk and toast. Other then that to me nothing else has changed that I crave but others my tell you differently.

Jeff is extremely excited about the baby! He actually was more excited then me, of course I have been baby hungry for a while and have been super excited to start a family but when I actually became pregnant i got really nervous and stress about schooling and money and raising a kid!!!! Oh the stress of life! But now that we have talked more about it, have warmed up to the idea, made plan and arrangements with our money, I am TOO super EXCITED to be having a baby!!! Jeff has been so good and understand about all the changes I am going through and the more changes that will be coming but I believe deep down he is scared right out of his pants to be a DAD! But boy oh boy is he going to be a great dad! He is so willing to help me and patient with kids. Oh I just don't know how to explain it but he is going to be a great Dad! I don't know how I got so lucky!

Well thats all the updates for now. I will try and do it more weekly since I will be done with some of my schooling in less then two weeks!!


August 13, 2012

Crazy Times -

Wow Life can sure get away from you! Sorry that I have not updated much. I feel that sometimes our life is so much the same work and school and that no fun to keep repeating our self.
So a recap of our lives from the last little bit. My niece Hailey got baptized and my nephew (the only one) turned 12 and well you know what that means he received the aronic priesthood. This made me really sad and realize he is not a little boy anymore. Yes you can say I cried the whole time those two days of the baptism and orientation. I love my nieces and nephew so much. They are the greatest examples to me and I do not know what i would do without them.

We have enjoyed the 4th and 24th of July with both families. We are so grateful for our families and all they do for us. They do so much for us and we do not know where we would be without them.

As for the Summer I would say that we had a pretty great time. We enjoyed growing more closer together and more in love.We enjoyed time with friends and family. We hope that you all had a great time as well. Good luck to all those who will be starting school soon. We love you


 THE JOLLEYS

April 25, 2012

A Little of this and a Little of that!

Well Hello again, sorry it’s been so long with school and playing wife has got me running around like a crazy lady, but it’s wonderful and I love it. I have finish my second semester of the radiology program and I am loving it. I have received wonderful grades. (Better than I expected) I am still standing at a 3.7 GPA. Not bad eh? So while I have been done with classes that past two weeks I have been able to do something’s I have wanted to do for a very long time. For one thing is to finish getting my house together. I know that it seems crazy that I have lived in this home since the first of December and I am still getting things put up and away, but to be honest with you it’s a lot harder than it looks. With finishing that up I have been a little Chef in the kitchen. I have made frozen dinners as well as cafe rio salads. It was so much fun but man do it take time. And one of the last things I have done that I will be finishing today is our 72 hour kits. Oh man! That was so much easier than I thought, and thank goodness for the Dollar Tree store where everything is a dollar. That is where I was able to get most of the stuff that goes in the kits. It was so much fun doing. The other part that I need to finish is the binder where you copy all of you important documents to have on hand always. This is going to be another fun day I have a filling. The reason I did the 72 hour kits is that in church this month that is all the talks have been on and also we had a RS night on it as well which was very informational and to know that you can either just do it and get it done but they also taught you how you can do it on a budget. This was nice and it probably would have been best for the money to do a little each week but then if any of you really know me you know that I am not that type of girl. I am the girl who is the get it and get it done girl. I don't like to do a little here and a little there. You can as Jeff if this is the real me and he will tell you yes indeed. HAHA. 
OUR 72 HOUR KITS



As for Jeff's update on his life.... WORK AND SCHOOL. Yep that about sums it up. Haha. He is such a wonderful man and works full time so that I can focus on school and just work the weekends. Not that my schooling allow much of work during the weekdays as it is but still I like to think of that is how it should be for a family and I am grateful he feels the same way about him being the main income. 
SEXY HUBBY


FAMILY UPDATE: 

Jeff's side. For those of you who know her and love her Jeff's little sis Jaycee is getting MARRIED! She has actually been engaged for some time now but We are all very excited for her. This past Saturday (April 21) We had her bridal shower. She received lots of way cute stuff for their home and supplies they need since they both don't have anything for the home :) So yes another summer wedding for the Jolley family. Another up date that just happened this past Monday was something so scary I don't want to happen ever again and that was our uncle Stephen came to help up with our cooler and get it ready for summer so we are not living in a sweat house and Jeff and I ran to get pizza after meeting our uncle at H.D and he came to our house and got on the roof and the ladder feel before he was all the way and steady on the roof and he feel all the way to the ground. It was horrible. He didn't hit is head or anything and was able to move to get it phone out of his pocket to call Jeff to call an 911. so after a long day for all of us he broke his bottom 3 vertebrae and is most likely going to be laid up for 6 to 8 weeks. He didn't have to have surgery as of right now so we all hope and pray it will stay that way.  
As for my side of the family, My mom, dad and Tera are all doing great after their surgeries. I don't know if i told you about my dad's surgery but it was just a lump that was growing on the back of his neck and he went to the doctor the day before and the next day they took it out. It was pretty fast and now he is better and back to work. And also the mass came back negative, another great thing. So they are all doing well. My nieces and nephew are doing well and grow up fast, My oldest niece try-out for cheer this next week. So good luck to her. We love all of my nieces and nephew and are happy to see them once and a while. and yes poor klel is still the only boy but he has a great cheering section for him when ever he does something. 
WE WENT TO ROCK TOWN ON EASTER IT WAS FUN :) LOVE THESE KIDDOS



MORGAN GIRLS :) SUCH A CUTE FAMILY. MICKELL AND MYNDI JUST DID A SPELLING B AT SCHOOL AND THEY WERE IN THE SAME GROUP AND MICKELL TOOK 2ND AND MYNDI TOOK 3RD. LOVE THEM

(this is for ALEX. Jeff and myself went to an SAA activity last week and we were able to catch up with some of our friends from school. and Alex we like RaCail you need to blog. So shout out to her for getting me to work on our blog)

So that is our update for now. I will try to do better about blogging and updating you all more but with my summer semester starting up this next week we will see how it goes. 

LOVE ALL


THE JOLLEYS

February 23, 2012

Wonderful, Beautiful Life!

        Well this post is about some amazing people in my life right now, First off you all know is my husband. He is amazing and I love him to death but I am going to talk about some other wonderful people in my life, that are such strong amazing examples to me.
        First off is my amazing little niece Tera. She is so Strong. Today this little Seven year old girl had to go in for a second surgery on her mouth. She was born with a cleft lip and has undergone two previous surgeries.  Her last surgery was supposed to maybe be her last if everything went well. It was last year in March that she got it done. She did so well with it all. She was not able to eat any hard food for six weeks. At the time it was us planning my wedding so her six weeks was the weekend of my wedding. So she also was very excited for my wedding but I don't think it was for me. Well about two months ago we found out the some of the graft didn't take and so she would have to go through the same thing she did a year ago. Along with these surgeries she had to be very, very careful while playing and just even walking. She could not get that hit or something my go wrong, and so she is back in the same process she was one year ago. For this reason of why she is such a strong, amazing person in my life is she has been really good about the whole thing and having to do it all again. I know me I would probably be really mad and upset that I had to go it all again. Now don't get me wrong she was a little sad about it but she has done really well now that she knows it would be better for her in the long run. I love you Tera and you are the best example to me.

        Next would have to be this little baby girl in Beaver who, everyday is fighting for her life. Reese! She was born a week and half ago now with a heart condition that would have not been good if they didn't catch it. I don't know all of the details of the heart condition or what she has to go through but I do know that she is a blessing to all of us. She is not close family to me but I feel she is. Every day I am looking at her mom’s facebook to get an update on how she is doing and hoping to hear good news. To be honest, I think everyone is Beaver is. Gotta Love Small towns who love everyone as family. She is a blessing by showing us to not go down without a fight and to keep pushing forward. I feel that if the smallest, not so good heart can do that, why can't we? And another important person with all of this is her parents. I know they can feel our saviors love for them and is helping them through this trial in their lives. They know that the savior is holding on their other little girls hand and helping Reese push on. I wish I could explain more of what I feel for the little girl but I just don't know how to say it but that as I am typing, tears are streaming down my face. To the family of this sweet little girl, know that my little family is praying for her each and every day and are just hoping to help her push through.
 
        To the last amazing wonderful person in my life right now, my mom! WOW! What to say about your mother. She is an amazing strong woman and would do anything for anyone in the entire world. She is going into her surgery for Total Knee Replacement in the morning. I just want to her and the world to know how much I love her. I don't know where or who I would be without her. She is such a loving person, always trying to do good, serving others, and always being the most independent women I know. So you know that this surgery is not going to be easy for her, always having to have someone wait on her hand and foot. But she will make it through. She is a fighter and will probably heal a lot faster due to her will power :) No Mom you are going to take it slow and easy. I hope that I can be just like my mom and dad when I raise my children. They are strong people in the church and have raised such an amazing family. I know I have some big shoes to grow into but I know it will take time. I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD! Thanks for everything. I don't know how else to say what there is to say about my mom but that I want to become just like her in everything she does and that I love her so very much, and I am happy she is finally getting this surgery she so badly needed. And that I am happy I can have the job and schooling I am in that I can go home and help her for the first couple of days that she is home.
 
        As you can see, these people have all had their trails and struggles but are still fighting through and that is why these few are some amazing examples to me in my life right now. I know that they will all fight for their life and strength to come back as well, and they will return the favor for me and many others when the time comes. They are blessed people and I hope that they all know that I love them and would do anything for them. 
Lots of hugs and kisses!

Love

THE JOLLEYS