Monday Mornings...

So here goes...

The weekends are always TOO short, and as always I dread Monday mornings. This week, Monday hit me like a storm and ALMOST took me out.

5:30 AM- Dan had an early early morning job so he was up, he looks out the window in the kitchen "Oh crap!" I of course panic in the bed and get up. We had 2 inches of snow that we had NO idea was coming (yes- we are the idiots that watch football or TiVo-ed things at night as opposed to the news...)

I had to move my car for Dan to get the work van out (he would have done it, but I was up anyway) so I just decided to shovel. The snow just kept coming down, so I had no idea when it may stop. After 40 minutes of shoveling & spreading salt (thinking how strange it must look for a pregnant woman to be doing this in her sweats at 5:45 AM), I decided I should put the lawn mower to the back of the garage and move our new snowblower out, so it is easily accessible for Dan when he came home from work. I decided that we should make sure it is all ready with oil and gas, so I found the instruction manual and did a little light reading. 1 hour later I was in the shower, and after all of that was only 5 minutes late for work.

Sadly, it stopped snowing and the sun came out. The snow pretty much melted, so my 1 hour + of hard work was not all that necessary. Kind of a let down.

THEN- to make it better... One of my friends at work stopped in my classroom to chat. She tells me she can see the baby (pretty much anyone can by now) and asks if I have put on some weight. WELL, OF COURSE I HAVE!!! I kindly joke back that my belly is a little bigger than usual. She then proceeds to question if I have put on weight other places, I said "Yeah, I'm sure my butt is a little bigger" She then points out my face is a little rounder, maybe my thighs, etc. I kindly ended the conversation and went on with my day. Who tells a pregnant woman she is fat all over????

I am NOT looking for compliments here, but I thought this would be a good lead in to show you that I am not all that fat, but I am showing. I went to the doctor last week (27 weeks) and I am measuring 26 1/2 cm (that's 1/2 of a cm smaller than the books estimate at this point. That's not a totally accurate estimate but it made me feel good I wasn't like 30+ cm!)***October 30th, 24 weeks (I think)******This picture is 27 weeks, All maternity clothes just because they are SO COMFORTABLE!***

I survived the Monday and the Tuesday & Wednesday and thank goodness it is a long 4 day weekend! I so needed it! :)

Have a great Thanksgiving Day!

Still our little man... October 19th

Ultrasound #2

Our baby is still a boy! We went for a second ultrasound so they could get some better pictures of the baby's heart and lower spine. It was great because we had to go to the other office and the ultrasound tech didn't know exactly why we were getting another ultrasound so she did a VERY THOROUGH ultrasound. We were in there for at least 45 minutes and she just took picture after picture. It was GREAT!
At one point I asked what a 69% and a 91% meant, she explained that the baby's head circumference is in the 69 percentile and the diameter (Left to Right) was in the 91st. I think we may have a big baby on our hands... at least his head is big.

After all of the measurements, the computer calculated our baby weighed 1.2 lbs and is in the 88 percentile for a baby at 22 weeks. (or, that the baby is measuring about 6 days big but that's not enough to change the due date.)

A couple pictures...

This is a front view of the baby's face... you can see his eye lid pretty well (on his Left eye) so it's kind of cool. :)Oh... And my belly is bigger-much bigger! When I download more pictures I will post that too!

Camping in October...

Dan and I both grew up "camping" but have not been since we've been married. We've always kind of talked about it, but never actually did it. We decided it was this year or maybe never... we have a baby on the way and if we don't know what we're doing, it's probably not a good idea to bring kids into the mix. It was a great refresher/learning experience for us.


Thank goodness for nice weather (well, not too cold) and no bugs. We will definitely go again! (Of course, with people who know what they're doing- we're not pros yet. Thanks Hatch's!)

Utah Part 3- The Guys

Just to be fair to Dan's trip to Utah, I thought I should include some of the highlights.

His (our) friend P-Math (Paul Matheson) picked us up from the airport. We went to Lost Hermanos in Provo and then ended up at his house to play ping pong and HALO (yes, they have HALO anywhere...)

P-Math served his mission in Wisconsin and he would come over quite regularly for a meal and a good old-fashioned butt-kicking in ping pong. He is also one of our good friends that helped us move into our house 2 years ago and joined our PAINTING PARTY! I love having friends that are willing to help with the things you really HATE to do (or that you just really stink at doing-like painting for us.)

Dan spent the majority of his trip in Logan Utah for his work conference. He said that he learned a lot of good things and never went hungry. One of the highlights- They had a belly dancer show for the entertainment and Indian Food (that was not very good) on the last night. The weird thing- one of the belly dancers was a presenter for the conference (or a Harris Research owner- or something), just kind of odd that she would want to share her "hobby" with the Chem Dry Franchise owners who were there.

Also... Dan decided to take the stage on Kereoke night and sang "Baby Got Back" for $100 ChemDry dollars. Dan is the first to admit he is not a singer... so I am sure it was well worth the $100. :) He was pretty proud though.

After the conference was done, we saw his (our) friend Coriander (Cory Anderson) who also served a mission in Wosconsin. He went home just a couple months ago so it was fun to see him. At one point we tried to hook him up with one of my sisters, but he's a football player and that took priority when he got home.

The last day... Dan HAD to get some frisbee golf in so he met up with Mike Plum, another missionary from Wisconsin.

It's kind of nice... I go to Utah to see my friends and family, he has friends there too! He doesn't mind the yearly road trip (or flight if we're lucky) to go see everyone. We both had a great trip and were sad to leave! We will be back soon!

One Year Ago...

I could write pages on how our life was different one year ago, but last night I was reminded of how we spent our Saturday night exactly one year ago...

Our neighbors were having a Halloween party. The street was full of cars, they had games set up in the back yard, a bonfire in the back, and some loud music. It was not an obnoxious party, but it was not the type of party Dan and I would attend. I think we were coming home from a friend's house and were looking forward to a peaceful night's sleep. Assuming the party was ending soon, we had no reason to suspect differently.

5 AM... the doorbell rings. A minute later, the doorbell rings again. Dan wakes up and says "I think the doorbell rang." We were SO CONFUSED! We put our robes on, walked to the door and sure enough, some poor drunk soul was standing on our front porch wanting to come in. Dan (through the closed, locked door) tried to convince him he had the wrong house, but there was no hope for this guy. After 10 minutes of back and forth conversation, Dan finally told him to leave or we would call the cops-I was already on the phone in the back room. The guy's only response "Good, they will come sort this out."

Long story short... The cops came, the guy asked the cop to light his cigarette with a money clip and the cops happily escorted him home-somewhere on the East Side. An hour later we were left to go back to bed and attempt to sleep. This experience haunted me for nights, weeks, even months. Luckily I can laugh about this now.

I was reminded of this last night.... We were coming home from playing games with friends and 2 friends of our neighbors were walking outside in costume. They invited us over to join the party. It was late, but I told Dan he should go over just to take a picture for the blog-he declined. We got ready for bed, enjoyed a long peaceful night's sleep and had a great Sunday Day!

Surprise! Utah Part 2

Like I mentioned... We went to Los Hermanos on Tuesday for lunch and when I talked to my friend Susan that night she asked if I would be up for Los Hermanos on Thursday when we hung out (we had a busy day planned... maternity massages, shopping, afternoon naps as we watched "Jon and Kate Plus 8" and out to dinner.)
The answer... Of Course!

I should have been just a little suspicious. It's a good thing the baby seems to be "sucking my brains out" and it went right over my head!Manda and Susan planned a surprise shower for me and the baby! They sent invites out the week before and we all met at Los Hermanos in Pleasant Grove/Lindon Utah. (A couple friends couldn't make it-they live too far away.) Susan, Me, Miriam, Manda and Aimee were all there and we enjoyed DELICIOUS food, UNLIMITED salsa and chips and some frozen, non-alcoholic drinks! I LOVE!

Our little man got some new things, some of his only things since I mostly had girl things I had picked up along the way. He got a BYU hat, hooded towel, picture frame, a picture frame for the fridge, and a gift card. For me-cinnamon bears and a Willow Tree statue. It was great!

I should have picked up on the surprise... I called my friend Kristen who lives in Logan on Monday night, 10 PM her time and asked if I could come visit her Tuesday night late. When we got there, she had a little sweat suit for the baby all wrapped up! It had Music notes & and guitar on it, I told Dan it is the Baby's Guitar Hero Outfit. Luckily I am not that bright...
It was really great to visit Kristen and Jake and see their apartment! They got married in May, and of course we missed the wedding but I'm so glad they are still in Utah so I can visit! (Kristen and I were roommates in college.)

Also, we visited our friends the Larsen's in Centerville. This is our family away from home, always giving us a place to hang out for the weekends, a Sunday meal, and even filled in for my mom when she couldn't be there (like when I had my kidney stone removed- she came to the hospital when I woke up and then took me out to Cafe Rio for Lunch.)
Kris made our Little Man a hooded towel with sports balls on it. It is great because it will fit him as he gets a little bigger. We visited with her and Wayne and then watched movies on their projector. What a nice RELAXING night!
Dan went Frisbee golfing in the morning and Kris and I just hung out and talked. It was great!

Luckily I packed a 15 lb. tool set from my Dad for Miriam, so I had room to pack all of the extra things we were given (and the things I bought along the way.) We had a great trip!

*** I think I still need to post all of the great things Dan did while he was in Utah... That will be next!***

THANKSGIVING PANTS Utah Part 1

The real reason we go to Utah... FOOD
Dan and I arrived in Utah on Tuesday late morning. By Tuesday night we had visited Los Hermanos and Tucanos, 2 of my favorite restaurants, and on Wednesday for lunch- Cafe Rio.

Dan was there for work but Tucanos is his ALL TIME favorite restaurant. (Side note- at our wedding shower, we played the bubble gum game where they ask me ask me all of these questions about Dan and if I get the answer wrong, I have to put another piece of Bubblicious Bubble Gum in my mouth. They asked me what Dan's favorite place to eat was and I had NO idea... Sad to say, I added another piece of bubble gum to my already full mouth.)

So, Tuesday night we went to Tucanos in Salt Lake City with Dan's aunt Tina. The food was delicous, just like always, and we came out with FULL STOMACHS. I took a picture of Dan and noticed he was still wearing his sweats he put on at 4:30 AM when we left our house. I was wearing my first pair of maternity pants (I figured they would be more comfortable sitting on the plane all day.) We are SO CLASSY, but who cares! We needed somewhere to put the food-hence the Thanksgiving Pants!

***Friends Episode: The Rumor (with Brad Pitt)

Joey: (entering, wearing the maternity pants from earlier) All right where’s that turkey!

Phoebe: Joey! Those are my maternity pants!

Joey: Not now! These are my Thanksgiving pants!