"pictures....your blog needs pictures...."

...at least, that's what I was told today...so...I have to find out how to add pictures to my blog... we'll see how this go since this is my first blog that I've ever been inclined to post pictures on...so yeah. for right now we'll just put some random pictures up.

so..whenever we babysit my niece Brooklyn, she almost ALWAYS goes after the mouse Albert uses on his laptop...it's like a magnet.

Once upon a time I turned 20 and several things happened:

Laura came and dwelt in my tub while I attempted to curl my hair,

Andrea and Brooklyn came and wished me a happy birthday and brought me some lollipops whose age is still in question.

And then in the evening, we had dinner at Toucanos with Albert's family. :)

(left to right: Uncle Mark, Aunt Sonia, Kathy (Mark and Sonia's daughter), Kimmi (Albert's 2nd younger sister), me, Albert, Sammi (the 3rd sister), Albert's mom, Melissa (the youngest of Albert's sisters), and I'll include Albert's dad even though he is not featured here cuz I know he was there in spirit)

Anyway...yeah...that was all mostly for Andrea's sake cuz she was commenting about how I didn't have any pictures posted yet.

So, an update on Albert. We found out that he has type 1 diabetes. Which is not entirely a terrible thing, because we know that Albert didn't cause himself to have diabetes, because type 1 is hereditary. But so far he's doing a bunch better than he was...which we're happy about.

So yeah, that's the story. We're happy, excited to live life and continue learning.

Love you all!

Today our lives changed.

About two weeks ago, Albert went to work. An hour after he got there, he threw up...three times. He came home. Since then he'd been drinking 2-3 gallons of water a day and going to the bathroom a lot (getting up 3-4 times during the night). Saturday the 24th we went over to Albert's parent's house and he talked to his mom (who was a nurse) about what was going on, and she told him that his biological dad (who is still in Peru), his grandmother (on his dad's side) and his grandma's grandpa all had diabetes. She suggested that we went to the doctor and talk to them about it.

On our way home we called my aunt, Mary Ann, and she also said that it sounded like Albert had diabetes and said we should get an appointment on Monday.

Today we went into the BYU Health Center. We went in around 9, but there wasn't an open appointment until 11, but we were willing to wait...well, as long as we could play solitaire. When we were seen, Albert was sent to get a urine test and a blood sample (he'd gone in fasting). We knew something was really wrong when we handed the nurse at the back counter the test results and her face kind of fell and she said "oh" in a voice that says "that's not very good."

Turns out Albert does have diabetes. His blood sugar was 320 when blood sugar is supposed to be like 100ish...so yeah...not good. We aren't sure if it's type 1 or 2 yet...we find out Wednesday...it all depends on how Albert's body responds to the pills he was given. So...yeah...we're hoping for type 2 cuz then we can get rid of it...though we would understand if it is God's will for Albert to have type 1.

One good result of this, is that we'll definitely be eating more healthy (though Albert is not allowed to eat rice anymore...which is going to kill him)...and we'll be getting more exercise which will hopefully result in weight loss for both of us (yes, I'm going to try to go along with Albert's new diet...though I'll for sure be "sneaking" random "banned" items while Albert is at work....which he knows). So that's how our lives changed today...please keep us in your prayers.

<3

This is our life...well, sort of.

So...we've been told many times that we need to get a blog...and so this is our blog...

A little bit about ourselves:
-We were married on the 22nd of December 2009.

-Albert wants to be a heart surgeon.

-I want to be a librarian at an elementary school.
-For the fall Albert will be working part time at the job he currently is working full time at and in the winter he hopes to be a Chem 105 TA. :)
-I am currently a page at the Provo City Public Library, but I am being promoted to a clerk at the circulation desk in August. :)
-Albert is originally from Peru and is still an official Peruvian citizen (yes he is still a legal resident in the US)
-sometimes I still miss VA, but it's nice being so close to Ange, Thad, Brooklyn, Ben and Eric....not to mention Albert's family (who live only about 20 minutes away).
-We love life, playing games, the church, and our families.

:)