The First Ultrasound

On Friday we got to go for our first Ultrasound! I tend to have long cycles and so I had been charting to know when I ovulate etc, but even if you bring the chart, dr's somehow never believe anyone would have a cycle different than the text book 28 days. Hence the early ultrasound. That's ok, I was happy to have the opportunity to see that everything was going alright. First let me just say that they tell you to drink WAY too much water! It was absolute torture, especially since they were running 10 minutes behind schedual. In the end the lady doing the ultrasound had me get rid of some so she could get a better picture. All the extra pain was for nothing! It was worth it though. We got to see out little munchkin with a very healthy hearbeat of 160 bpm. Also, the dates I calculated are right so we can expect our little one to arrive in early Nov. People say babies are ugly at that stage but to me he/she was beautiful. We saw the little head and a tiny little bottom and arms and legs and the little heart flickering on the screen. I can't wait until I get to go back for the 18-20 week one where we will get to see more. Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures from that one. I have none to post here this time. One thing's for sure though, I'll be reducing the amount of water I drink for that one!

The Cat's Out of The Bag!

No, not one of our cute kitties, although they ARE immensly interested in paper bags. I mean, the secret's out! We're expecting! I didn't want to post this news until we'd officially told our families since you never know for sure who's really reading these things. I've been feeling pretty good so far aside from several aversions to foods I normally really like, which makes deciding on dinner a bit difficult. I've had very little nausea but brushing my teeth has become a form of self torture since the gag reflex has been, shall we say, improved. We are both so excited and can't wait to meet our little one EDD Nov. 1st. If by some miracle we go early (rare for first pregnancy's, I know) we could actually have a halloween baby. I'll have a built in costume: clueless first time parent, the sacriest thing in the world! LOL. Kevin's sure we're having a girl but I don't have a strong feeling either way yet. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. My little sister is a little hyper about it all. She keeps rubbing my belly. If she keeps it up I might have to chop off her touchy feely little hands (j/k). Nah, that's just the hormones talking. Now give me some ice cream!!!

Too many hobbies

I've come to the conclusion that I have too many hobbies and interests. I quilt, I scrapbook, I cross stitch, I do some water colour painting, I'm trying to learn to crochet and knit and I've done some beading. I've basically dabbled in every kind of craft imaginable! On top of that I love to read and sing and I play a very little bit of piano and I enjoy baking. I also really enjoy taking photographs and I wouldn't mind learning some more techniques. Will the madness ever end?? Will I ever focus on ONE hobby at a time? or will I continue to do a little of everything and never get really good at any one in particular? I'm inclined to think it will be the latter since I just enjoy so many different things so darn much I would hate to give any of them up. Plus I'm a bit fickle when it comes to crafts. One day I'll totally be into my painting or cross stitching and the next I won't feel like doing those at all and would rather be quilting or crocheting. Maybe later I'll post some pictures of my many adventures in arts and crafts. And after I take the pictures and turn them into a video slideshow I'll print them out and scrapbook them! Oie!

President Gordon B. Hinckley receives his honourable release

Well Sunday evening we found out that our beloved Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley had passed away at about 7 pm. Although we will really miss him I can't really be sad. After having done so much for so many people, at the age of 97 it was his turn to rest from care and sorrow. I have no doubt that he was anxious to see his beloved wife again. It will still be strange for me not to see his familiar, happy, loving face at the next General Conference. He was, after all the prophet durring my YW days. I will never forget being present for the broadcest when he gave his wonderful "Be" talk:

1. Be grateful.
2. Be smart.
3. Be clean.
4. Be true.
5. Be humble.
6. Be prayerful.

Although we will miss President Hinckley, I know our next prophet will be just as true and just as inspired. The head of the Church, our Saviour Jesus Christ, would not have it any other way.

Girl Guide Cookies

Yesturday Kevin bought a box of girl guide cookies from a school friend that is a Girl Guide leader of some sort. We were terribly dissappointed to find that these mint things were the only kind she had! Boo!

Why oh why did they ever add these? They aren't "real" girl guide cookies! When I was a wee brownie the sandwich kind were the only ones we sold, and everyone loved them and were happy. Now THESE are Girl Guide Cookies:
That's the end of my cookie rant for today. Hopefully we'll be able to get the sandwich kind next time.

Weighing Cats

We have had two cats for about a year and a half now. Today I decided that they should probably be weighed. Have you ever tried to weigh a cat on a typical digital bathroom scale? They'll sit on it for long periods of time quite happily as long as it's not turned on, but the second it's on... good luck!

In the end I decided to just weigh myself and then hold each cat while I weighed myself again, then subtract the difference. Luckily even Kita will allow me (and only me) to pick her up. Just about anyone could have used this method with Tobi who's rather indescriminant with her affections. Amazingly they are both 6.6 lbs, which is surprising since Tobi's such a pig I was almost sure she was eating 75% of their food plus any people food she can get her fuzzy little paws on (Chocolate, granola bars, potato chips, icheban, PINEAPPLE bits of all things! What kind of cat enjoys granola bars and pineapple?) Anyway, here they are. Kita's the black one and Tobi's the spotted one. They're so cute that it's hard to stay mad at them even when they do eat my favourite granola bars.

Christmas and New Years

Well a brand new year has begun. I'm looking forward to all the possibilities it holds for us. It can really only improve on last year anyway. I won't bore you with the details but 2007 wasn't exactly an easy year for our family. I suppose that's how we learn the most though.

We had a good Christmas this year. We stayed in town and were completely spoiled by both Kevin's parents and mine but I was still sad I didn't get to go down to Cardston, Glenwood and Magrath and see all the family down there. Luckily we still got 2 turkey dinners with family. Yum! I don't think I'll ever get tired of turkey dinners, it's my favourite meal. I wish we had the leftovers...

We were in the Nativity pageant at Heritage park again this year. It was a wonderful experience and I would recommend it to anyone who has the chance to do it. We even got our picture on the front page of the Calgary Sun Christmas Eve! We feel so famous! I'll try to post it later if I can find it.

New years wasn't too exciting this year. We watched a movie with my parents, worked on a puzzle and drank sparkling apple juice at midnight. I even had to have a nap so I could make it to midnight. How sad is that! The most exciting thing was dinner at Swiss Chalet with Matt complaining the whole time because he was missing the hockey game. Poor guy was forced to be in our company and miss the first two periods.

Here is that picture I promised to post: