Thanksgiving

Dallin and I had a great Thanksgiving. I hope the rest of you did too. We went to Twin Falls for Mama's home cookin'. She had the table set up so fancy. We got to eat off the fancy china and got to drink out of sparkling goblets. Speaking of goblets, the turkey was very large and very tasty, and no we did not eat the giblets. Hee Hee. Diana, Shane, Ethan, Chance, Shanel, Sophie, Hallie, and Grandma were there. We just ate all the day long and sat around on our bums. Mom didn't sit around on her bum very much though. On Friday everyone came to Twin except for Cathy...she was there in our hearts though. Before everyone came though Diana, Shane and the kids and Dallin and I went bowling. I won with a whopping 137. I think that's my top score. After everyone got there we ate some more and then went to the movies to see Bee Movie, which by the way was very cute. The above picture is Chance's winning bowling move. Note the form he takes when he sends the ball down the lane. He really makes himself small to look like the ball to become one with the ball...a very wise technique.

14 Weeks

Our baby is now 5 inches long and weighs about 2 ounces. Our baby's skin is still clear...so clear that you can see the blood vessels right through the skin. That kinda reminds me of our see through fish. The ears are continuing to develop and they are starting to look like more normal ears. The eyes are coming closer together. The baby's bones are beginning to ossify, which means that if Aunt Cathy took an X-ray of our baby she could actually see the bones. And the baby might start to suck his/her thumb...which if the baby is anything like me it started sucking his/her thumb clear back when it was a zygote ball of cells and will continue to do so until first grade.

13 Weeks

Our baby is now 4 inches long and weighs about 2 ounces. The arms will continue growing longer. The liver will start to produce bile and the spleen is starting to produce red blood cells. Our baby is now beginning to frown, squint, grimace, and suck his/her thumb.

Hitched!

Dallin's grandpa got married last Friday night. It was a nice ceremony. Short and sweet, the way Dallin likes them. It was good to go and we are happy for his grandpa that he now has some company, a cook, and a driver. :)

Things I am Thankful for

Dallin, my family (on both sides), that we're having a baby, my comfortable and warm bed, the country that I live in, fall leaves, beauties in every season, that I'm almost done with school, variety, the food that I will eat on Thanksgiving...mmmmm...., rain and thunder, warm cookies, yarn stores, feather pillows, animals, the mountains, the ocean, good music of all kinds, hair stylists, medicine, warm sunny days...but not too warm, the smells of Hawaii, general conferences, my Savior, campfires, Ben and Jerry's ice cream, wildflowers, getting together with family, childhood memories, days I can sleep in, Chuck's cooking, children laughing, back and arm rubs, movie nights with Dallin, dishwashers, sour starbursts, snow on Christmas day, my health, strawberries and raspberries in the summer, Thanksgiving break.

(These are in no particular order. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!)

Skunked!

Last weekend Dallin and a few of his friends went fishing all day up to the South Fork. Dallin and one of his friends didn't catch anything all day and the other guy they were with just caught a white fish. I know Dallin is going to want to go again soon to blow that day off the books!

Troubled Teens

So, last night I got to do a few clinical hours at the Bannock County Jail. They have a program there called Short Stop. What happens is, parents bring their troubled teens that have been convicted of crimes to the jail and pretty much the inmates just scare the crap out of them. It was great, great fun! They had the teens come in and they told them stearnly to empty their pockets and take off their belts and if they had anything illegal in their pockets they would spend the night in jail tonight. Luckily, they all passed that test. Then they put them all up against the wall and they searched them and cuffed their hands and feet. Then, they marched them in front of the inmates that resided in the maximum security pod. The inmates yelled at them and said all kinds of cuss words at them and told them that jail sucked and they didn't want to be in there so to change their ways while they still could. I was hoping to see one of the kids start crying, but nobody did unfortunately. I think that it is a really good program for them. The officer said that 85% of the teens that go through this program never reoffend/enter the system again.

12.5 weeks

So, I had my first ultrasound today and apparently I'm a little farther along than they thought. I am now 12 1/2 weeks along and the baby will be arriving now around May 23rd. So, here is what our baby is doing this week. Our baby's big fat head is now not so big and fat. It now only takes up about 1/3 of his/her body. The baby now has fingerprints so he/she is all set for a criminal record. And our baby is covered in a very fine monkey hair. Baby is now 3 1/2 inches long and weighs about 1 1/4 oz. During the ultrasound the baby was wriggling around alot. It was wierd to think that he/she was moving but I still couldn't feel it. The lady that was taking the ultrasound said, "Oh, look now you can see the arms. Oh, he's clapping." It was kinda funny. The baby was kicking his legs alot too. The above photo is a profile shot. The head is on the right side. Pretty cool, huh?

11 Weeks and 3 Days

Our baby's eyes are moving closer together now. The ears are moving to their final destination. The intestines have grown so fast that they extend into the umbilical cord...GROSS! But, they will soon move back down to their home. The kidneys can now excrete urine. The nervous system is starting to mature and the baby now has some reflexes such as sucking. The baby is now 3 inches long and weighs about 1 ounce.

Old Fart!

So, at clinicals today my preceptor was introducing me to some other people in the office and she introduced me to this old fart and she happened to share with him that I was having a baby and the jerk actually said, and I quote, "It's a shame to waste all of that practical information from nursing school to just have a family." I couldn't believe he actually said that out loud to me. I mean I had only known him for what...like 2 minutes! It made me so mad and I kept thinking about it all day. I just stood there after he said it with my mouth open and couldn't think of anything to say. My preceptor piped up and said, "Well, that's the great thing about nursing. You can only work 1 or days a week if you want to." Luckily she thought of something.