First Appointment

Yesterday I had my first OB appointment for this pregnancy and everything is fine. We even got to hear the baby's heartbeat. That was so neat. It sounds like a little washing machine - which is normal if you haven't had the chance to hear a heartbeat by ultrasound. One thing I find amusing is that they give you all this free stuff like magazines and samples of prenatal pills etc. It just seems a little weird to me that you'd get free things for being pregnant. I understand that they're just trying to get you to buy their stuff and think that they can hook you with a free sample.

We've already picked out a name if the baby's a boy: Nathan Thomas Rail. We haven't been able to think of any girl names yet. We still have about 10 weeks before we get to do the ultrasound to find out the gender. I'd be happy with either, but a little boy would be different and I think that would be fun. I have seen how much wilder little boys can be so that would make it harder.

The "What's This?"

So, Heidi's Sam has a bad case of the toddler "Why's?" and at the same time Gwen has come down with her own version: the "What's this?". She constantly points to random things and asks "What's this?" only in her toddler speak it sounds like "Whaszis?" Today it started with her farm animal puzzle at 6:45 in the morning I might add. She held up each animal and quizzed Jonathan and me until we'd gone through them all about ten times each. That's how long it took to get her breakfast ready. Food slows down the questions but they still continued as she scooped out her yogurt with her fingers and separated the pieces of strawberry to ask "whaszis?" as she popped each one in her mouth. Luckily, Jonathan was feeling good enough to stay up with Gwen and I got to sneak back to bed for a few more hours. He took her shopping at the grocery store where he assured me that the "whaszis?" was in full effect as she pointed to everything in the store including the checkers and the people stocking the shelves. Thank goodness for Grandma who has spent all day with Gwen and the "whaszis?". I hope she doesn't end up catching it.

Preston, ID and BIG NEWS!

Earlier this month we took our first family trip to visit Grandma Elsie and Farmer Floyd up in Preston, Idaho. There's really not a lot to do in this little town just past the Utah border. We did have lots of fun just being with some of Jonathan's family for a change of pace. I don't know what I'd do without all my family near me. Jonathan's family is scattered all over the US. He and his mom were trying to remember the last time all five of his siblings were in the same room together and they decided it was at his sister Laura's wedding - about 20 years ago. YIKES! I get grumpy if I have to miss out on a family birthday party and I see my sisters at least a few times a year and my parents live down the street from us. That's one thing that will keep me from moving to another state. I'd have to convince all four of my sisters and their families to come with as well as my parents. It'll never happen. Sure, Jonathan and I could both find higher paying jobs in other states, but I have to be near my family. I just like them. We had our tough times growing up. I was probably the meanest and grumpiest of the five but we're close and I consider all of my sisters to be very good friends. Someday before too long, we hope to move up closer to the three that live in Davis County.

Anyway this was supposed to be about our trip . . . and our BIG NEWS. First, because I'm dying to make sure everyone knows: I'm pregnant again! Yay! Gwen's going to be a big sister! My due date is February 19th which means I'm 9 weeks along right now. So far, so good with this pregnancy. I have more energy and less nausea then I did with Gwen. I'm still exercising and trying to eat well, or at least eat something because I don't have much of an appetite with this pregnancy again. Oh, and the heartburn has already started. Other than those few minor things, I have to remind myself that I'm pregnant because it doesn't seem real yet. I remember it being that way with Gwen, and it was more real after I heard her heartbeat for the first time. That's usually around 12 weeks or so, so I've been putting off my OB appointment until around then so I can hear it when we go in. It's okay, I got the doctors I work with to write me a prescription for prenatal vitamins and I know what to expect these first weeks anyway. I'll keep the news posted on here and I'm sure many of you will get sick of hearing about my pregnancy.

So,our trip to Idaho. We spent three days there hanging out with Jonathan's mom and step-dad. We took their dog, Lady for walks and Gwen climbed their big tree as much as she could. We stayed in the one motel in the city and all slept in a king size bed. Gwen did great with the sleeping arrangements except that she loves to sleep sideways and shove her feet under your ribs. Not very comfortable sometimes.

Grandma bought Gwen this cute outfit. Guess what, no pink on it anywhere. Wow, I think that's a first. Check out that wood panelling and shaggy green carpet. Stylish.Gwen and Lady. Lady is the world's worst guard dog, she's very friendly and enthusiastic. She knocked Gwen over a couple times but Gwen still loved going over to play with her.Here's Grandma playing with Gwen. They got along really well.Grandpa Floyd and Gwen on his tractor. Gwen liked it until they started to drive away from Mommy and Daddy. Then, not so much.Gwen sleeping in the bed. This is what it was like each morning as Jonathan and I tried to stay in the bed and not be shoved off.Climbing the big tree in front of their place. I had no idea she was any good at climbing trees. She'd never done it before but she got up higher than my head. I didn't take a picture because I was standing under her trying to talk her down.We had some of Jonathan's aunts and uncles over for lunch the last day and Gwen ate all the olives and about half of the tomatoes before the hamburgers were ready.