We're Having a BOY!!!!

At the doctors office after the ultra sound!!!

Here is the cute little profile of our little man! Before we found out what we were having my sister Heather said I think it is a boy that is a boy profile! She was right!

I am sure that he is handsome but these front shots look like aliens. The ultra sound tech wasnt too happy when I said that. She said well it is your little alien. And yes yes he is. he is my little alien! lol

And here is the proof that he is a little man! He was kind of shy but this is the best shot she got and it is pretty clear! We can not wait!!!

Ok so here is the story of how we found out what we were having. My ultra sound was scheduled on Dec. 22nd. So I decided (Nolan wasnt happy about it) that we would wait to find out till Christmas. So my amazing sister Leah came with us and the tech just told her. She then put together a present that we opened christmas morning! So this video is our real reactions. I was so shocked I cried. We are so excited and cant wait for him to come. 18 weeks left! We are due May 10th 2012!

Our Year!!

2011!!!

We have had a wonderful year! We have both had 2 jobs and have lived in 2 cities. We had lived in Tucson since we got married. Nolan worked with Pioneer Cable and I worked at Massage Envy in Tucson. I loved Massage Envy and massage therapy, but Nolan wasnt a fan of Pioneer Cable. He worked lots of hours without much pay. So thankfully at the End of August Nolan found out he had got a job with Dish Network in Sierra Vista. It finally is paying him for the work he is doing. So I quit my job and we started planning the move. A week before we moved we found out we were pregnant!!! The lord really knows what is best. The timing was perfect. Nolan has a job that can pay the bills so when the baby comes I can focus on being a mom. I was very lucky and didnt have morning sickness. I maybe felt sick a week or so but thats it. So far I have loved being pregnant. It really is a wonderful thing. We found a good sized house for cheap rent in Sierra Vista and I got a job at Wellsfargo. We love Sierra Vista! it is sooo nice to be close to St. David and Willcox. We have also loved living by my sister Leah and her husband Brek. We love the weather too! We love it!!! The best news of the year will be on Christmas for 2 reasons one we get to see all of my siblings and their spouses and children and two we get to find out what we are having!!! Nolan wants a boy of course lol and I just want a healthy baby. But I think it may be a girl. We are excited to find out. We feel very thankful that we have had a good and blessed year! We are excited for 2012 and all that brings to our family. We especially cant wait to meet our precious little baby! We thank our Heavenly Father each day for the blessing he sends us and for looking after us!

Love,

Nolan, Vanessa, and baby Hatch in the Oven!

Updates on our Life!

So fair warning this might be a really long really boring blog. Oh well. I haven't blogged in a while and feel like writing tonight. Nolan has been renting really freaky movies lately so this will keep me occupied while he watches one of those. We have had a lot go on lately. Nolan has been working for a cable company. He is a subcontractor which means his company works for another. So he is working for pioneer cable who works for comcast. We were really lucky to get this job. Everyone requires a year or so of experience but no one will give you that year. My uncle Dennis Anway knew one of the supervisors there and got Nolan a job. Nolan has really liked cable. Being a sub contractor just doesnt pay very well and doesnt have the greatest benefits. So we have been applying to work for Dishnetwork. He already had his interview and took a drug test and a background test. So cross your fingers cause if we get it we will be moving to Sierra Vista soon.

Work for me has been bleh. I think I am just too nice so I get taken advantage of. I just feel like I am always busy and never stop at work and then come home exhausted. I will be excited for a change of scenery. I dont really want to work as a massage therapist in Sierra Vista if we move there but I don't really have a choice. Hopefully, though Nolan will make enough that I won't need to work. I can't wait for that day.

We have had people living with us for the summer, which was a good experience, but it is so good to just be nolan and I. You dont realize how much you enjoy eachothers company until other people are in the mix constantly. Its been fun to just be us again. Not that others living with us was bad it was a very positive experience but I would rather just be with my husband.

I have been so busy and stressed the last few months that my mood has been kind of in the dumps. It is just hard for me to focus on myself and keeping myself happy when so much is going on. I have a good friend here in Tucson who has been an absolute answer to my prayers lately. For some reason she just knows how I am feeling and what I need to help me make myself happy. She found me a book to read and I actually am reading it. Which is strange for me because I am not a reader. But it is good. It is really good actually. The book is teaching me about how I can make myself happy and not allow thing around me affect my mood. I am thankful for my friend and the support she gives me. She is like my big sister since all of my sisters live to far. She is one of those friends that you cant help but to see Heavenly Fathers hand. It is no coincidence that she showed up at my massage clinic a year ago. I pray that the Lord will bless her and her adorable family everyday for everything she does for me.

I am excited to see if we really move and what will happen from there. If we move to Sierra vista we will live close to Leah (hopefully). But at least close enough to hang out more then we do now. It will be good to live in the same town as one of my sisters again. Life is hard but super rewarding and good. I am thankful everyday for the challenges the lord gives me. But I am mostly thankful for my husband and what a good man he is. He has seriously been an angel the last few months. I knew I married a wonderful man but I didnt know how wonderful. He treats me like his world. He leaves for work early every morning and before he leaves he fixes the blanket and tucks me in and kisses me on the forehead. I dont have a good day if it doesnt start out that way. I sure am a lucky girl. Anyways sorry this was boring but like I said before I dont journal so this is my journal. I hope everyone is having a good August! I'll be 24 in a week from sunday! Yippee!

MOM!

The song that should be playing on my playlist while you read this was sung on American Idol this week. I made Nolan rewind it like 3 times. For some reason it just touched me. It has had me thinking the last few days about moms. I'll start with thoughts of my mom.....

I got lucky have the most amazing mother. I have been thinking about her a lot the last month or so with mothers day and May 6 marked 10 years since she passed away. I think the older I get the more I appreciate my mother. I remember watching her serve so many people. She had figured out what Charity really is and showed me what it is. I find myself caring for people so much and just wanting them to be happy. I tend to put them before myself a lot. I know that is from my mom. She taught me how to truly love someone and see them the way christ would. Even being gone she influences me each and everyday and I am so grateful for that! I am so thankful to the lord for sending me to my mother! I could not have asked to be sent to a better family!!
I found this picture on my computer today! I thought it was adorable! I can't even put into words how thankful I am for my mother in law. Not only am i thankful that she raised such a great son for me to marry but I am thankful for what she does for me everyday. I have never met someone who is so in-tune with the spirit. I hope to learn that from her. I thank the lord everyday for allowing me to be married into the Hatch family. I feel like I am truly one of her daughters!

I have felt so blessed lately. I feel like the lord really knows me and my needs. He knew exactly who my mom should be and who my mother in law should be. I am so thankful for their examples to me and hope to someday be like both of them! Thank you Moms for everything you do! LOVE YOU!

It's APRIL!!

April is a fun month! I love love Easter! I have been thinking of this time last year and how crazy it was with Rachel and Scott getting married and then our wedding! It was crazy!!! My mother in law would text me almost daily reminding me to Keep on Keeping on! I love that saying. Thank heavans we made it through last april. Nolan and I hit our 1 year anniversary in about 2 weeks. It is crazy that it has already been a year. It has been one crazy year but the best year of my life so far. All the job moving and apartment moving and the car problems and everything have been worth everything! We are finally in a bigger apartment and 2 secure jobs. It feels good. I still am not the biggest fan of Tucson but have met some friends here and am liking my ward a lot better. So I guess tucson isnt that bad after all.

I have had a lot on my mind lately. And before I start writing it all down just know I am not pregnant and we are not trying lol just fyi!! ha ha! But babies have been on my mind. We have finally discussed when maybe we will start trying. All of my friends seem to have a kid or 2 so I have started preparing nolan! You know how you have to prepare the husband more then the woman has to prepare ha ha! Anyways I woke up this morning thinking of kids. And I am totally freaked out. To the point of tears. Really I just dont know how new moms do it not knowing anything about raising kids. I am the worst with new borns. When I would baby sit Tenley I would hold her constantly and never set her down cause I like to be able to feel her heart beat. Is that weird? But then I realized I am not real sure what a mother daughter relationship should really be like. I mean I have my stand in moms and all but not that relationship like i see some people have. In fact I dont know if I would know how to even have a relationship like that. I am sure it would just come right? I dont know. BUT IT FREAKS ME OUT!! Anyways those are my thoughts. Kids scare me and being a mom scares me more! lol Any advice sisters or anyone else?

Life is great though! I got to see my dad Leah and Nat the other day at a softball game. I am glad that natalie plays in tucson sometimes so that I can see them. She is one athlete and I always love Leah's passion for the game! Nolans mom stayed the night the other day. It was sooo good to see her. She always just has a way of making us feel accomplished and loved. And she always has the best advice and insight. I am very lucky to have her! Life is great. Thanks for reading this. Here are some recent photos!

Dan and Lily enjoying the Suns game! I think Lily may be a Suns fan now!

Proof that I am still a psycho!

Nolan and i at the suns game! We had soooo much fun!

Steve NASH!!!

My buddy Lily and me!!

Lily took this while we were walking to the stadium and then she edited it! Love it!
In the car window getting to the game!!

nolan wasnt very happy when the suns started to lose they were

winning the whole game then lost!

Driving to the game!

I am not sure when the was taken!

DAY 4

A picture of you night:

I come home from work make some dinner and watch NCIS with nolan!

DAY 3

A picture of the cast from your favorite show:

I love the price is right! I thought Drew Carey would ruin it cause I loved Bob Barker but Drew makes me laugh. I wake up at 10am almost everyday just to watch this show!! My dream is to sometime go and be on it!