On Saturday, November 26th, we had yet another ultrasound. Casey's sister's soon-to-be mother-in-law teaches up at Weber...ultrasound tech stuff. :P She offered to do a free ultrasound for us! We are so appreciative of her! This time baby's legs were spread WIDE apart. :) I drank some orange juice before we went. Terri, Jenn's mother-in-law, said she was 95% sure it is a girl. I feel good about that. :)
On our way home, Casey had to quickly pull off the side of the road so I could throw up. Yeah, all that orange juice. So glad I kept it down until AFTER the ultrasound. That was the problem the first ultrasound! :)
We are soooo excited to be having a little girl! We are naming her Lilli Loock. No middle name. Lilli is my mama's name. :) I love the name and since we call mom, "Mom," it's perfect. :) We aren't giving our girls middle names because neither I or my sister's have a middle name and neither do Casey's sisters. We thought we'd carry on the tradition. :)
I love you to death (and forever after that!)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Ultrasound 11/16/2011
Here are the ultrasound pictures from the day we WERE supposed to find out the gender. :P I labeled them what I could make of them...but I could be totally wrong. :) I just barely saw the face one yesterday. :)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Shy Little Bugger!
Did I call it or did I call it? I knew this little cutie would be shy! I just knew it! :) We have been anticipating this day for awhile now...and the little booger had to have his/her legs crossed. Modest little thing! :) I'm already raising it to be modest. Good thing! :) Thankfully they scheduled us for next Wednesday to try again! Whew! Lucked out on that one! I thought they were going to make us wait another month!
I honestly wanted to cry when we couldn't find out. I think it was mostly because just as we got to the office, the lady that works with the insurance told us there was something wrong with our insurance and our bill was racking up! That caused anxiety for me. (It's not hard to do). :) So that started it out rough. I just felt uneasy...even though we got it worked out just fine. But then the unknown gender! Thankfully, the baby is doing great! It's healthy and strong. It measured right on and the due date stays April 10th.
I was going to drink some orange juice this morning (thanks to Shari Crawford's suggestion) :) but turns out I threw up twice. So I'm afraid even if I did drink it, it wouldn't have stayed down. The orange juice, I presume, is to help with the sugars to help the baby be a little more active. Darn! But the doc said to drink some caffeine and have some sugar a half hour before the appointment and hopefully that will help. He thinks it's a girl... I guess we'll see....next Wednesday. Maybe. If this little cutie is still shy next week, there will be tears. :)
I honestly wanted to cry when we couldn't find out. I think it was mostly because just as we got to the office, the lady that works with the insurance told us there was something wrong with our insurance and our bill was racking up! That caused anxiety for me. (It's not hard to do). :) So that started it out rough. I just felt uneasy...even though we got it worked out just fine. But then the unknown gender! Thankfully, the baby is doing great! It's healthy and strong. It measured right on and the due date stays April 10th.
I was going to drink some orange juice this morning (thanks to Shari Crawford's suggestion) :) but turns out I threw up twice. So I'm afraid even if I did drink it, it wouldn't have stayed down. The orange juice, I presume, is to help with the sugars to help the baby be a little more active. Darn! But the doc said to drink some caffeine and have some sugar a half hour before the appointment and hopefully that will help. He thinks it's a girl... I guess we'll see....next Wednesday. Maybe. If this little cutie is still shy next week, there will be tears. :)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Moment of Truth...Tomorrow
Ah!!! Tomorrow we get to find out the gender of our baby! WE'RE SO EXCITED!!! I feel like I'm waiting for Christmas morning as a child...and it just won't come fast enough!!! :) I have been worried...not in a bad way....that the baby will be shy and we won't be able to tell what it is! :) Come on baby! :)
It's been so crazy to feel the little tiny kicks! What a surreal feeling. There is little LIFE inside me! It always brings me to tears (maybe because I'm pregnant or maybe because I'm just an emotional person) when I feel those little kicks and think about a little baby in there! I'm going to be a mom! Me. Little ol' me. Say what!? That brings me to tears too. Happy tears. I know I said it before, but it's so weird to me that this time the baby will be mine. Not my sister's or my brother's...mine. :) Though that means when the baby cries, there's not giving it back to the mommy...because I am the mommy. :) But, I can't wait. :) Until tomorrow....the suspense will continue to kill me. :)
It's been so crazy to feel the little tiny kicks! What a surreal feeling. There is little LIFE inside me! It always brings me to tears (maybe because I'm pregnant or maybe because I'm just an emotional person) when I feel those little kicks and think about a little baby in there! I'm going to be a mom! Me. Little ol' me. Say what!? That brings me to tears too. Happy tears. I know I said it before, but it's so weird to me that this time the baby will be mine. Not my sister's or my brother's...mine. :) Though that means when the baby cries, there's not giving it back to the mommy...because I am the mommy. :) But, I can't wait. :) Until tomorrow....the suspense will continue to kill me. :)
Friday, November 11, 2011
A bbbbbbBABY?
Well here's our little peanut. This was at my first appointment at 11 weeks along. By now that little peanut isn't much of a peanut any more. :) More like a mango. We are SOOOOOOOO excited to find out what it is on the 16th, next Wednesday. Both Casey and I think it's a boy...but most of my family and most of his family thinks it's a girl. We shall see!! :) There's either a Coleson or a Lilli in there! :)
I can't believe I'm going to be a mommy!!! It's a dream come true. I'm not going to be the aunt or the friend of the mom...I'm going to be the actual, real-life mom. :) Say what!!?? :) What a tremendous blessing and miracle from the Lord.
Casey can't wait to be a daddy either! He's going to be soooo cute with our kids! I can't wait to see that. :)
Life: In All Its Glory
Life can be funny...but sometimes I'm not laughing. I think that's the problem! :)
Casey is such a hard worker!! His days are long and tiring. He's doing school right now as well as two part time jobs. He is going into Political Science...which I think is perfect for him. He has such a good heart and wants to make a positive difference...and Heaven knows out country needs that! After school he goes to work at Storage Management where he is a contract manager. He works there for five hours and then goes straight to his second job, FedEx. His day usually goes from 7 AM to 11 PM! Yipes!!! It's so hard to not see him all day...but boy am I ever grateful for his hard work and dedication!
His schedule is wearing on him! Yet it's been difficult to find ANYTHING new! He's been trying so hard to find something with a better schedule, but the economy hates everyone right now. It gets discouraging when nothing seems to work out, but we both know Heavenly Father is taking care of us and something will come.
As for me, I've not been working. I had a job in the summer, absolutely HATED!!!! it, so I quit. It was not a good environment. Thankfully I did quit because that's about when morning sickness really flared! It's been an amazing blessing that I've not been working. As much as it would have helped, and sounds weird to call it a blessing, I know the Lord knew what was best. I have been pretty darn sick with this pregnancy. So to have a job would not have been a pretty sight. It's been bad enough that many days I'd just lie in bed, sick. Casey's boss at his storage management job wanted me to fill in for their secretary who has been out with a broken shoulder. I started last week....but was sick much of the time and would end up leaving early. Thankfully she's very good to work with and is very understanding. So I will continue to work a few days a week for her until either I get a different job or the secretary returns...whichever comes sooner.
I had an interview at the Clearfield Elementary last Tuesday for an aid in the computer lab. I felt really good about it. They have other applicants they had to interview, so I still don't know if I got the job or not. I am crossing my fingers but not holding my breath. I would L-O-V-E LOVE to work there! I loved working at the middle school so much! But as in all things in life, I know, if it's meant to be it will happen. If not, you just move on. :)
Even through the trials we've been having with trying so hard to find something better when it comes to jobs, we KNOW the Lord truly is taking care of us and things work out when it's time. And that time is ALWAYS the Lord's time, not ours. My favorite quote about that is this: "When we are unduly impatient with an omniscient God's timing, we really are suggesting that we know what is best. Strange, isn't it, we who wear wristwatches seek to counsel Him who oversees cosmic clocks and calendars." -Neal A. Maxwell. Can't be said any better than that.
Casey is such a hard worker!! His days are long and tiring. He's doing school right now as well as two part time jobs. He is going into Political Science...which I think is perfect for him. He has such a good heart and wants to make a positive difference...and Heaven knows out country needs that! After school he goes to work at Storage Management where he is a contract manager. He works there for five hours and then goes straight to his second job, FedEx. His day usually goes from 7 AM to 11 PM! Yipes!!! It's so hard to not see him all day...but boy am I ever grateful for his hard work and dedication!
His schedule is wearing on him! Yet it's been difficult to find ANYTHING new! He's been trying so hard to find something with a better schedule, but the economy hates everyone right now. It gets discouraging when nothing seems to work out, but we both know Heavenly Father is taking care of us and something will come.
As for me, I've not been working. I had a job in the summer, absolutely HATED!!!! it, so I quit. It was not a good environment. Thankfully I did quit because that's about when morning sickness really flared! It's been an amazing blessing that I've not been working. As much as it would have helped, and sounds weird to call it a blessing, I know the Lord knew what was best. I have been pretty darn sick with this pregnancy. So to have a job would not have been a pretty sight. It's been bad enough that many days I'd just lie in bed, sick. Casey's boss at his storage management job wanted me to fill in for their secretary who has been out with a broken shoulder. I started last week....but was sick much of the time and would end up leaving early. Thankfully she's very good to work with and is very understanding. So I will continue to work a few days a week for her until either I get a different job or the secretary returns...whichever comes sooner.
I had an interview at the Clearfield Elementary last Tuesday for an aid in the computer lab. I felt really good about it. They have other applicants they had to interview, so I still don't know if I got the job or not. I am crossing my fingers but not holding my breath. I would L-O-V-E LOVE to work there! I loved working at the middle school so much! But as in all things in life, I know, if it's meant to be it will happen. If not, you just move on. :)
Even through the trials we've been having with trying so hard to find something better when it comes to jobs, we KNOW the Lord truly is taking care of us and things work out when it's time. And that time is ALWAYS the Lord's time, not ours. My favorite quote about that is this: "When we are unduly impatient with an omniscient God's timing, we really are suggesting that we know what is best. Strange, isn't it, we who wear wristwatches seek to counsel Him who oversees cosmic clocks and calendars." -Neal A. Maxwell. Can't be said any better than that.
Blogging Incompetent
So, trying to figure this blogging thing out has been interesting. It's not so much the actual blogging part, it's getting the blog to look good. For the life of me I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of that big open space by the picture above. I'm sure by the time I do figure it out this post will be somewhere in the dark abyss; that's how long it will take me to figure it out. :)
I thankfully saw on a friend's blog the "the cutest blog on the block" button. That helped me spice our page up a bit. But even still, with all that, I still feel like it needs help! :) I don't think I was meant to blog. Correction, I don't think I was meant to create and "decorate" a blog. I can write all I want. That's easy. :) But thankfully I have a brother who knows blogs...maybe he can help! :)
I thankfully saw on a friend's blog the "the cutest blog on the block" button. That helped me spice our page up a bit. But even still, with all that, I still feel like it needs help! :) I don't think I was meant to blog. Correction, I don't think I was meant to create and "decorate" a blog. I can write all I want. That's easy. :) But thankfully I have a brother who knows blogs...maybe he can help! :)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wedding Pictures
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| Casey's family (in-laws included) |
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| Casey's brother's and sisters and parents |
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| Casey's cute niece and nephew; Taylie and Brayden |
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| My family minus my brother Chad and his wife Orlinda (in-laws included) |
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| My brother (minus other brother, Chad) and sisters and mom and dad |
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| Me and my cute sisters; Angie and Tiffany |
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| Me and my sisters and mom. Lori, Angie, Tiffany, Mom :) |
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| Me and my new cute sisters :) |
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| Casey and I with all my nieces and nephews (minus Cale and Dax) |
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| Bahaha! |
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| My whole fam! (Again minus Chad and his wife Orlinda and their son Dax; also Tiffany's husband Stewart) |
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| This is what I married into? :) Haha! JK I'm just as crazy!! |
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| Casey's whole fam! |
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| All the girls. I couldn't not put this in here because it makes me laugh every time. You can tell which one out of my sister's and I is the crazy one. Yeah, me. |
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| This one is classic only because my brother Tory looks so grossed out :) |
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| Casey and all the guys |
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| The cake. No? Really? :P |
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| Our reception was absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! |
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| That's right. Don't mess with me! :) |
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| Cutting the cake. Better than cutting the cheese! |
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| Coming out of the Bountiful Temple |
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| Me and four of my best friends I'll ever have in life |
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| The food. Hmm...now I'm hungry. :) |
How He Did It!
So how did Casey propose?
This is coming straight from my journal. :)
March 6, 2011
TODAY I GOT ENGAGED!!!! Casey Loock and I are getting married June 10th! I'm so excited! Today was a great day and I will always hold it dear to my heart!
Casey and I were at his parent's house in Layton and he wanted to go the Ogden Temple to propose but didn't know how to get me there without me being suspicious. He had been telling me that he didn't have the ring yet...that he hadn't had time to go look yet. I completely believed him. He's a busy man with school and work so I figured he was telling the truth. :) Needless to say, I was oblivious to any of his schemes for the night. :) I was really tired too, so that helped me be more clueless. :)
We were going to go to his brother and sister-in-law's house to see their new dog. It was raining and so he wanted to take an umbrella. I didn't think we needed one to go from the house to the car...but he wanted one...and I know now why he was so persistant. :) As we were pulling out of the driveway he said, "Ryan (his brother) just text me and said to go to Ogden to meet them at their friend's house." I was down with that...so I thought that's where we were headed. As we were getting closer to Ogden he tells me that for some reason Ryan said to go to the temple and he'd tell us how to get to their friend's house. He said he wasn't sure why. Surprisingly I was still totally clueless and really didn't think much of it. If I hadn't been tired and kind of out of it I probably would have been suspicious. But really in my mind he wasn't going to propose until the first of April. He somehow led me to believe it would be around conference.
As we're getting into ogden he was mentioning something about Ryan and Kristin's friend's - whose house we were supposedly going to- and saying they are fun and he wants me to meet them one day. I was so confused! I asked him if they were home and he said, "Yeah, they are." So I said, "Ok, I'm confused. Didn't you say I would meet them one day?" He was like, "Yeah...." I said, "So, won't I meet them today?" He pulled if off nicely and said, "Oh, I'm just tired." I totally bought it.
We got to the temple and he parked the car. I was already confused what the plan was and wasn't sure why we weren't getting directions, but didn't ask...because, well, I was already confused! :) So I decided to just go with the flow. :)
Casey said, "Let's walk around the temple since it's not going to be here for awhile." Ah-ha! That's where the umbrella was coming in handy! :) But I didn't think about that at the time. :)
We walked hand-in-hand around the temple grounds. It was such a special night! It's kind of funny because just being silly I said, "Remember that one time when we met here?" Perfect preface to what was to come, Lish. Good job with that. :)
We walked around the tabernacle first and then Casey said we should walk around one more time and then we could go. So we did but went a different way this time. It's funny because at one point as we were going around the tabernacle the thought came into my mind..."What if he is going to propose!?" But then I remembered, "HE DOESN'T HAVE THE RING YET, LISH!" :) And besides the ground was wet...so I was sure he wouldn't get on one knee on the wet ground! :) Haha.
The second time around we walked to the back of the temple by the fountain and came to a little reflection pool with a bridge over it. We were standing on the little bridge and I'm thinking two things, 1) "This would be a perfect little place to get proposed to", and 2) "Is he going to propose!!?? This seems like it could be a proposal." But again, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE RING, LISH! :)
As we're standing there, he unzips his coat and says he's a little warm. I thought it was a little crazy because I was freezing! But it was really so he could get the ring out. ;) He started telling me that he's going to take care of me and just all kinds of sweet things - but he really always says things like that so I didn't really think anything of it in particular. However, he then got one knee, opened up the ring box and said, "So, Alisha, will you marry me?" :) :) :) I squealed and said yes! I gave him a big hug! I hadn't even really looked at the ring at that point because I was in shock and just so excited!! :)
He slipped the ring on my finger and we kissed and hugged. It was so wonderful!! It was such a perfect moment. It's such a fond memory and I will always treasure it!
The ring is called, "Water Under The Bridge" which I thought was appropriate because he proposed on a bridge. It was perfect.
He felt badly that it was raining...but I loved it! I was proposed to in the rain, under an umbrella, over a bridge. To me it was a fairy tale.
The rest of the night we couldn't stop smiling. It was such a surreal moment! And the best decision of my life!
Casey is the most wonderful man I've ever met! All the while dating he would say things that I would think, "Seriously, who is feeding him these lines? He's right out of a fairy tale." And the best part is, it's just who he is!
We both knew very strongly that we were to get married. I felt very early on that the Lord had truly prepared him for me...He had held him just for me. I remember driving home one night after a date and just pouring my heart out to Heavenly Father. I thanked him so much for blessing my life with Casey. I had an overwhelming feeling of peace and a distinct impression that Heavenly Father was smiling down upon us and approving of this relationship. It was then that I knew I would marry Casey. There's no doubt in my mind...at all...that this was all by Divine design. I know the Lord's hand was in this. And I'll be forever grateful I waited for this special man.
We were married June 10th, 2011 in the Bountiful Temple. It was the most wonderful day anyone could imagine! Finally our dreams were coming true. And finally WE were at the other end of the wedding! :) What a relief!
We've been married five months, today. And we are already expecting out first. He/she is due April 10th. We will find out the gender November 16th...and we can't wait! :) We both felt very strongly that we needed to start out family. We have been very blessed to get pregnant so quickly and easily. We thank our Heavenly Father everyday for this miracle.
This is coming straight from my journal. :)
March 6, 2011
TODAY I GOT ENGAGED!!!! Casey Loock and I are getting married June 10th! I'm so excited! Today was a great day and I will always hold it dear to my heart!
Casey and I were at his parent's house in Layton and he wanted to go the Ogden Temple to propose but didn't know how to get me there without me being suspicious. He had been telling me that he didn't have the ring yet...that he hadn't had time to go look yet. I completely believed him. He's a busy man with school and work so I figured he was telling the truth. :) Needless to say, I was oblivious to any of his schemes for the night. :) I was really tired too, so that helped me be more clueless. :)
We were going to go to his brother and sister-in-law's house to see their new dog. It was raining and so he wanted to take an umbrella. I didn't think we needed one to go from the house to the car...but he wanted one...and I know now why he was so persistant. :) As we were pulling out of the driveway he said, "Ryan (his brother) just text me and said to go to Ogden to meet them at their friend's house." I was down with that...so I thought that's where we were headed. As we were getting closer to Ogden he tells me that for some reason Ryan said to go to the temple and he'd tell us how to get to their friend's house. He said he wasn't sure why. Surprisingly I was still totally clueless and really didn't think much of it. If I hadn't been tired and kind of out of it I probably would have been suspicious. But really in my mind he wasn't going to propose until the first of April. He somehow led me to believe it would be around conference.
As we're getting into ogden he was mentioning something about Ryan and Kristin's friend's - whose house we were supposedly going to- and saying they are fun and he wants me to meet them one day. I was so confused! I asked him if they were home and he said, "Yeah, they are." So I said, "Ok, I'm confused. Didn't you say I would meet them one day?" He was like, "Yeah...." I said, "So, won't I meet them today?" He pulled if off nicely and said, "Oh, I'm just tired." I totally bought it.
We got to the temple and he parked the car. I was already confused what the plan was and wasn't sure why we weren't getting directions, but didn't ask...because, well, I was already confused! :) So I decided to just go with the flow. :)
Casey said, "Let's walk around the temple since it's not going to be here for awhile." Ah-ha! That's where the umbrella was coming in handy! :) But I didn't think about that at the time. :)
We walked hand-in-hand around the temple grounds. It was such a special night! It's kind of funny because just being silly I said, "Remember that one time when we met here?" Perfect preface to what was to come, Lish. Good job with that. :)
We walked around the tabernacle first and then Casey said we should walk around one more time and then we could go. So we did but went a different way this time. It's funny because at one point as we were going around the tabernacle the thought came into my mind..."What if he is going to propose!?" But then I remembered, "HE DOESN'T HAVE THE RING YET, LISH!" :) And besides the ground was wet...so I was sure he wouldn't get on one knee on the wet ground! :) Haha.
The second time around we walked to the back of the temple by the fountain and came to a little reflection pool with a bridge over it. We were standing on the little bridge and I'm thinking two things, 1) "This would be a perfect little place to get proposed to", and 2) "Is he going to propose!!?? This seems like it could be a proposal." But again, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE RING, LISH! :)
As we're standing there, he unzips his coat and says he's a little warm. I thought it was a little crazy because I was freezing! But it was really so he could get the ring out. ;) He started telling me that he's going to take care of me and just all kinds of sweet things - but he really always says things like that so I didn't really think anything of it in particular. However, he then got one knee, opened up the ring box and said, "So, Alisha, will you marry me?" :) :) :) I squealed and said yes! I gave him a big hug! I hadn't even really looked at the ring at that point because I was in shock and just so excited!! :)
He slipped the ring on my finger and we kissed and hugged. It was so wonderful!! It was such a perfect moment. It's such a fond memory and I will always treasure it!
The ring is called, "Water Under The Bridge" which I thought was appropriate because he proposed on a bridge. It was perfect.
He felt badly that it was raining...but I loved it! I was proposed to in the rain, under an umbrella, over a bridge. To me it was a fairy tale.
The rest of the night we couldn't stop smiling. It was such a surreal moment! And the best decision of my life!
Casey is the most wonderful man I've ever met! All the while dating he would say things that I would think, "Seriously, who is feeding him these lines? He's right out of a fairy tale." And the best part is, it's just who he is!
We both knew very strongly that we were to get married. I felt very early on that the Lord had truly prepared him for me...He had held him just for me. I remember driving home one night after a date and just pouring my heart out to Heavenly Father. I thanked him so much for blessing my life with Casey. I had an overwhelming feeling of peace and a distinct impression that Heavenly Father was smiling down upon us and approving of this relationship. It was then that I knew I would marry Casey. There's no doubt in my mind...at all...that this was all by Divine design. I know the Lord's hand was in this. And I'll be forever grateful I waited for this special man.
We were married June 10th, 2011 in the Bountiful Temple. It was the most wonderful day anyone could imagine! Finally our dreams were coming true. And finally WE were at the other end of the wedding! :) What a relief!
We've been married five months, today. And we are already expecting out first. He/she is due April 10th. We will find out the gender November 16th...and we can't wait! :) We both felt very strongly that we needed to start out family. We have been very blessed to get pregnant so quickly and easily. We thank our Heavenly Father everyday for this miracle.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Casey Lock Look Loock and Alisha Aleisha Malisha Lock Look Loock
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| Our third date. He came to Logan, I made him dinner and we watched a movie. First kiss date! :) |
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All my life I've been called Aleisha, Alissa, Melissa, Ashley, Alison, and many more. But my favorite yet is Malisha. :) It happened when I went to a friend's apartment and some guy visiting asked me my name. I guess I didn't pronunciate it well enough when I said, "I'm Alisha." Instead he thought I said, "I. Malisha." :) Easy and understandable mistake...but really? :)
All Casey's life he's been called Casey Lock or Look. Now he married an Aleisha, Alissa, Malisha Lock or Look. You take your pick. It's a hard life. :P But you get used to it. :)
Well now that we got that out of the way, and you can pronounce our names, I'll tell our story. :)
Let me begin by saying that both Casey and I felt as though we would never get married. For Casey dating had become a joke. For me, I didn't date enough for it to be anything. :) Casey would be a man and actually asked girls on dates, but to no avail. I just never went on dates. :) Family and friends would try and talk me into going online. Bahahahahahahaha! That was usually my response. :) I would have rather chewed my arm off than to resort to online dating. I thought it was the best way to show desperation. No thank you!!! :) Casey would have the same response to those who encouraged him to do that as well.
We both went through moments in our single-hood-ness-ship (a John Bytheway word) where we felt hopeless. Marriage was just a dream. For me even dating was a dream. :) We both had our low points where we just wanted to give up. I went through phases where I was doing great, loving single life, and other times I wanted to throw-up if I heard of another couple getting engaged...whether I knew them or not. Sadly, it wasn't until I was nearly 27 when I started to really let go and not care. I'm not sure when it was for Casey.
A week before I turned 27, in Dec. 2010, I was talking to my brother, Tory, online. I was venting my frustrations to him as I often did with him about guys and how it felt as though everyone looked past me. He told me I should get on LDSsingles. This was probably the 30th time I had been told that. :) He told me he was going to create a profile for me. I had remembered that probably a year before that I had created one but hadn't done anything with it. You had to pay to get any messages from anyone...so it was pretty pointless to have it on there without paying....and at the time I wasn't about to pay for it. :)
I guess curiosity got to me because I decided to update it and put information about myself and pay for a month just as a trial run. It proved to be a very good decision. I attribute the credit to Tory. :)
Casey had been online for about a year or so after HIS brother had talked him into getting into online dating. He had been on a couple different sites, but was also on LDSsingles. He had had no luck. He had decided that if nothing had happened by the end of the year (2010) that he was going to be done.
I went down to St. George to my parents for Christmas. While I was there some guy started really talking to me. He lived in Provo and was from Spain. He was very creepy. He just wanted to meet me to make out with me. Uh, yeah, not happening. I told my parents that I was going to get off because that was the very thing I was afraid of. I stopped talking to him.
On the site there is a little personality test type thing you can take that will match you up with others that had similar answers. Both Casey and I had taken the little test. On the 26th of Dec. 2010, Casey got online and there my picture was along with a couple other girls. We were potential matches according to our tests. According to Casey, he saw my picture and thought, wow! I'd really like to know her. :) He had been talking to a couple of other girls...and some of the girls he'd send a little "hi" to and would never get a response. He thought he'd at least say hi to me. So he sent the "flirt." I got it and sent a "hi" flirt back. The rest, I guess you could say, is history. :)
We started talking. I noticed right away how sweet he was and how I felt. There was no uneasiness like there was with the other guy that had been talking to me. I had asked Casey through our correspondence via LDSsingles and Facebook what kind of girl he was looking for. He described...pretty much me. :) Then he asked the same thing. I described...pretty much him. His response to what I was looking for was, "I am really close on this." :) My mom sure thought that was cute.
It didn't take long for us to fall in love. We started officially talking on the 27th of December and corresponded everyday through FB or LDSsingles. He had asked me for my phone number, but it took him forever to call me. I had to keep hinting that I wanted him to call me. :) Finally when he did I had a nasty cold and had taken Nyquil and was out! Blasted colds ruin everything! :)
He finally got me on the phone. :) I was always impressed with him when we'd talk on the phone. He was always so respectful. I could tell he had been taught very well by his dad how to treat women...and I love that. He would always say how he never wanted to face Heavenly Father knowing he had hurt one of His precious daughters...so he always tried to be respectful. Yup, he's a keeper! :)
On January 8th, 2011 was our first date...and our first time meeting in person. I was living in Logan at the time and he in Layton. The Logan Temple was closed and so I got my little brain a-going! I really wanted to meet Casey but I wanted it to be a safe place. I had the idea to invite him to do a session at the Ogden temple with me. I knew that one, he wouldn't try and hurt me or try anything sneaky and two, I knew if he agreed to go that he had a temple recommend. When I asked him he said he'd love to! I was happy about that. It told me a lot about him.
We met in the waiting room of the Ogden Temple. I was soooo nervous. He had gotten there early...way early...so he was waiting for me. I walked in and he stood up. Ok, I knew he was 6'4", but when he stood I suddenly shrunk. :) The first thing he did when I walked in was wink at me. Seriously all a guy has to do to melt my heart is wink at me. He had me right then and there. :) THE WHOLE TIME we were together that day he looked at me in a way that made me feel like I was the only thing that mattered. I will never forget the way he looked at me and the way it made me feel. I felt so special. More special than I had ever felt.
In the Celestial Room we sat on the couch. I was still nervous. I barely met this guy, said maybe ten words to him and now I'm sitting in the Celestial Room of the temple with nothing coming to my mind to say to him. "Nice session.", "You look good in white.", "Let's get married." :) I could tell he was super nervous too. But it felt so comfortable being with him. We talked about how we'd both never done the temple thing on a date before....and before you know it...we're holding hands!!!!!! What!? :) Weird thing was, it felt so right. :)
After the temple we went and had lunch and then departed ways. The whole drive home I couldn't stop thinking about him...or stop smiling. :) I knew this was going to be the start of something great....and it was.
On March 6, 2011 Casey proposed. And that's for another day. :)
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