Just Life

Well, we must apologize about the blog which we hold. We have not done a good job at keeping you up to date on our lives witch I am sure everyone is dying to hear about. Lets face it, we are interesting people and I know that all of you are going to take time out of your schedules to read what we have to say. well maybe not but its good to dream. The last few months have been a blasty blast, we have had our hands full and everyone keeps on telling us that its a good thing. We will start with Connor, he is just fun. He is such a funny kid and we can't help but think that he is the cutest thing on the planet. He was blessed on the 21st of February and we had the great fortune to have both of our Grandpa's come out and join in the blessing. Connor has yet to roll over (on purpose but it still counts) and has yet to start walking. I even tried playing catch with him the other day and he won't catch a football....yet. Other than that he is doing great he is a happy baby and defiantly brings joy into our home. Chelsea is just the love of my life. She is the best mother and I just love to watch her play with Connor. She worries more than anyone that I have ever seen and its just funny. She has turned into quite the coupon queen and I receive picture updates all the time with the things she has purchased and how much she has saved. She loves being a mother and if you ever call and she does not answer, its most likely because she is up to her elbows in poopy, lol. She is so busy and she always manages to have a clean house and cooks for me on a regular basis (that is why I am fat). She is the best example to me and always keeps me on my toes. p.s. even though she is small she can still take care of herself and has some wicked slap moves. She is so helpful to me and she helps me with everything. And then there is me, Don Hertig. right now I have a full plate and can't wait for summer. I am taking 15 credit hours at Eastern Michigan and the are all Political Science classes, needless to say Chelsea has to deal with my rants almost every day after school. I am enjoying school as much as one can but am happy to say that I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am also still at Carrabba's Italian Grill, this has been a great motivator for me to get through school. I am averaging around 30 hours a week with serving and bar tending. Its amazing how someone that has never drank in his life can BS about drinks, I tend to live by the phrase, when in doubt add more alcohol. this brings the tips coming in and our guests happy. The Marine Corp is great, I am loving my new platoon that I am in and am just having a good time. Who knows what will happen in the future with Afghanistan but we are always ready to do what we have to do. I am the Basketball coach for the young men in our ward and have loved playing ball. Although we have not had to many games (1) I think we are the champs because we won our first game by like 30-40 points. That is just fun. I hope that you all enjoyed the update and we will try to keep it up.

Quick picks

Not going to lie, it's been a long four days so we are just going to post the pictures we have so far of our beautiful baby boy Connor Strong Hertig.

Halloween!!!

I absolutely love the fall!!! And I also love halloween, mainly because I really only have halloween decorations for our house so far.. hehe. Danny and I went to a pumpkin patch and got to pick our pumpkins--which were an amazing deal by the way-- we got 2 large pumpkins, 1 medium pumpkin and 1 small pumpkin for $14!! I'm sure others got better deals, but oh well. This was Danny's first time carving (Crazy I know!!) but he did awesome! As in family tradition we also made sure to make sure to take a picture with our pumpkin while making the face we carved into it. I was also excited because Danny and I got to go to our ward halloween party which was so fun! We got to tote around a couple of our friends kids while she was busy with the party and it was a blast. Games, trunk or treating, and lots of chili. mmmm. And I was Juno by the way, I don't think a lot of people in our ward got it, so they probably thought I was just some wierdo dressing pregnant girl, but oh well. Overall it's been a good start to fall and I am dying to go to an apple orchard one of these days, even though I know it's already late in the season. And with only 9 days left until connor is due, we will see if that happens. Connors first outside experience might just be an outing to an orchard.

Tribute

Well here I am sitting on the couch doing absolutely nothing, and feeling completely lazy. And that is one feeling I really hate, I hate feeling lazy. So I decided to write a tribute to my husband. I've been thinking and reflecting about how lucky I am to have him a lot lately. And I know this won't come out the way I really want it to, I know I can't truly express how blessed I am to have him as my husband, but I thought I might try. So here it goes....My husband is one of the strongest people I have ever met. He has gone through so much in his life and still has such a strong testimony of the gospel. He doesn't ever use his rough life experiences as an excuse to do or think things that would go against what he knows to be true. Danny is also the most caring person I have ever met. I know that he might seem like a big tough guy to most (which he is), but he is also the biggest teddy bear on the inside.

He would drop everything in a second to help someone in need. While I have been pregnant he has been the most understanding person ever. He never makes me feel bad for being lazy and not getting things done, he is just completely supportive and so loving. He makes me feel truly beautiful every day, even when my hair is sticking out every which way and my eyes are smudged with old mascara. And he even loves me after gaining 26 pounds and becoming twice as big as I used to be. I love the fact that he is a marine and is defending our country, I can't express how proud it makes me to be married to him and how much more I've come to respect those who are in the services. Plus he does look really good in the uniform. He is also extremely hard working. I know I will never have to worry about being taken care of because he is so strong willed and is amazing at everything he does. I also love danny because he is truly a family man, he is going to be the best dad ever and I can't wait to see him with little baby Connor. I can't wait to watch him coach our kids football teams and be there on the sidelines cheering my family on.

Danny is also one on the funniest people I know. He can always make me laugh and it's so hard to be mad at him because he is such a silly billy. I think that's one of the reasons why everyone loves him.

I am truly amazed at how he can get along with anyone. I also appreciate how he is almost completely opposite of me when it comes to being a worry wart. I don't think Danny has ever worried about a thing in his whole life, he is so carefree and has so much faith in everything. I am also so grateful for my husband because he completely honors his priesthood. He is always able to give me a blessing in times of need and can completely put me at ease. I guess this wouldn't be complete without me saying that my husband is also very handsome. He is so good looking with his sexy bald head and amazing smile. I know I still haven't said everything that I wanted to about my husband but I'll stop boring everyone and making everyone barf with all of this lovey dovey talk. I just can't tell you how lucky I am to have him in my life and I am so excited to grow old with him and someday be 80 years old sitting on a park bench holding hands. I love you babe for forever.

You know you're a housewife when....

You know you're a housewife when one of the best days ever is the day you receive these beauties!!! Danny and I finally went to home depot and got ourselves a brand spankin new washer and dryer. I'm so excited because I have been going to the laundromat for the past year and a couple of months and I absolutely hated it, so this new purchase is truly a blessing to me. Danny and I have been up to a lot lately, we went on a trip to Utah which was a blast. We got to see a lot of family and we had a baby shower. Danny left me all by myself for two weeks while he went to "satans buttcrack" in California for marine corp. training....yeah it was definitely a long two weeks for the both of us. I really don't know if I'd be able to handle a deployment, but I did get to watch a lot of TV shows that Danny doesn't like such as toddlers and tiaras and the secret life of the american teenager (yeah that one is actually really dumb, but I still watch it for some reason.) Danny just started school today, it's pretty exciting and we hope the next two years go by pretty fast- after getting your car keyed, having someone try to spit on your car as you drive by, and dealing with immature adults, Michigan isn't our favorite place, but we are still trying to be positive. On a good note, Connor is still growing and is healthy. I'm definitely feeling huge these days and getting more and more uncomfortable each day. Connor continues to stretch out my ribs which definitely doesn't feel good, and he did have the hiccups for the first time the other day which I thought was really funnny. But here's a picture of my huge belly at 31 weeks, I really can't conceive of myself getting any bigger than this but I still have two more months, so we'll see what happens.

Connor Strong Hertig is on his way!!

Yes ladies and gentleman we are having a BOY!!!!! I don't think a couple could have been more excited to hear the words "you're having a boy" We both shouted "Yeah" so loud we frightened the sonogram technician. Danny even did a little jig when she left the room...and it was really funny. We also decided on a name, as you can see- Connor Strong Hertig. Maximus will just have to wait until we have another baby- I know what a shame. So here is a picture of us after we found out it was a boy This is us buying his first outfits. I'm holding his coming home outfit- it has little baby dinasours and matching dinasour sock feet and a beanie. Danny was very excited to find a cute outfit that said "daddy loves me" and of course a football sleeper. We seriously can't express how excited and grateful we are to have this baby and thank you everyone for all of your support, it means so much to us. Well, we'll chat at ya later!

One more thing....

I forgot to mention that Danny has informed me that "he's glad he has his wife back." Apparently birth control and early pregnancy changed me into a little bit of a monster, but now I'm back to my normal self. And I'm not going to lie, I do feel like myself again and it is a lot more fun. I'm just glad he stuck with me for a few rough months and I feel bad that he could have thought that I really changed forever. What a silly billy.