First Baby Pictures

We went to the dr. today and they did a quick ultrasound and everything looked great. Here's the pictures that they gave us. Gary and I saw that there is indeed only ONE baby in there, we saw it's little heart pounding away, and we even saw it squirming around in there. In all honesty, if I had interpreted the ultrasound pictures myself, I would have said that the wrong end was the head....but the dr. tells me that the left side of the baby is the head, and the right is the body. You can see it's little arms next to it's body and it's feet and legs are curled up in front of it, so you can't see them at all (but trust me, they're there, we saw them wiggling around). It's still way to early to tell if it's a boy or a girl, and we haven't decided whether or not we're going to find out.

Amy tagged me with this. I'm supposed to list 7 random things about myself. Here are the rules:Link to the person that tagged you. Share 7 random or weird facts about yourself. Tag 7 people with their links at the end of the post, and then scout them out to let them know they've been tagged. (I may or may not do this step - so if you reading this and I tagged you - surprise!)Here goes:

1. Gary was my very first crush. When I was in the first grade I prayed that I would marry him when I grew up. We actually started dating when I was 14 and here we are....12 years later!

2. My family has taken several fishing trips to northern Ontario. We took float planes to lakes that could only be reached by airplane. The biggest fish I ever caught in Canada was actually on my crappiest day fishing. I had finally had it with casting and reeling, and I tied a minnow lure on my pole, threw the line out the back of the boat, got comfy on some cushins, and put my hat over my head. After about 20 minutes I got snagged on a log, so Daddy turned the boat around while I tried to wiggle the lure loose. I was reeling the line in as we went toward the location of the snag, then all of a sudden my drag took off. HOLY COW, THE "LOG" WAS MOVING! I waited for the fish to wear itself out, but after a few minute of the drag constantly wining I began to worry I was going to run out of line. So we took off after the fish in the boat and chased it around the lake. After about a 10-15 minute fight, the fish finally surfaced....did a dolphin jump in the air, and managed to wiggle the lure from his mouth. So while I never actually got him in the boat, Daddy, Gary and I all agreed it was probably around a 40 inch Northern!

3. I like all different types of music. I listen to some country, instrumental, new age, oldies, classic rock, rock, etc. As long as it's in English and not rap or opera, I probably listen to a little of it. Gary and I mostly listen to Jack Johnson, James Taylor, Norah Jones and Paul Simon.

4. I love watching Christmas movies all year round. I can watch A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, Charlie Brown's Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, etc. any time of the year!

5. It's a small world! For those of you who don't know, my Dad grew up in Elkins on a chicken farm. He was best friends with one of the boys who lived on the neighboring farm. After Gary and I started dating, and I began to get aquanited with his family, it became known that my Dad's boyhood best friend was Gary's uncle!

6. Here's an odd coincidence for you: Gary and his cousin were born on the same day, 5 years apart. His cousin's wife's birthday is June 19th, which is our baby's due date...if our baby is born on it's due date (highly unlikely) and THEY someday have a kid on MY birthday, then I'll start to wonder if there's actually something to this.

7. Here's one that I'll probably never live down, but I believe in ghosts. Here's my reasoning: I believe in the Holy Ghost, so doesn't that mean I must believe in ghosts? I don't believe they can hurt anyone or do anything...but I simply believe that they exist.

Okay, I can't think of 7 people with blogs to tag with this that haven't already been tagged. So if you would like to do this, then TAG!

First Appointment (nothing big)

All they really did at my appointment today was ask us a bunch of questions, take our insurance info, and do some lab work. I do NOT like having blood drawn, and I don't really understand how they could have possibly missed my vein...but somehow they managed and had to wiggle it around in there a lot. So I wasn't very happy about that. But I got them back because I'm not the most skilled at peeing in a cup that is no more than and inch-and-a-half, at most, in diameter....enough said. So I really didn't learn much, but they didn't seem to be too concerned. My next appointment is in 2 weeks, and hopefully we'll get to hear the heartbeat then.

Gary and I are both doing well. Neither of us can believe that Thanksgiving is next week ALREADY! Anyway, we hope everyone out there is doing equally well (or better). Hopefully we'll see most of you over the upcoming holidays!

Job Status Update

For those of you who have been keeping up with the news, you know that Tyson laid off a bunch of people yesterday. Gary, thankfully, did not get laid off, but several people we know did. So, while we're grateful that we didn't get directly affected, it's pretty tough to see people you know and care about losing their jobs. Please keep them in your prayers. As for the status of my job (for those of you who read the newspaper), I feel pretty confident that my position will remain open if job cuts become the solution to balancing the budget....but you never know. However, next year is a mayoral election year, so everything's up in the air then. I'm really not worried, God hasn't let us down yet, even in times that it didn't seem like he was anywhere to be found it has always turned out he was there all along.

Neither of us really want to talk about jobs and/or politics when we get together with family and friends. We'd rather just enjoy your company and discuss the usual bs that we're accustom to. So we'd appreciate it if you'd please not ask us a million questions about it. We'll keep you posted if any new information comes up.

Aversions kicked in

While I haven't actually gotten sick, nor been constantly nauseated, food aversions have definately kicked in. I cannot stand to even think about plain meat (grilled chicken breast, steak, fish fillet, etc.) or raw veggies. I can eat meat in a casserole or something, and veggies as long as they're cooked, but I literally have to choke them down otherwise. I suppose I still ought to be thankful that it isn't worse. I haven't had any cravings yet, unless you can count dill pickles, which I've been addicted to for as long as I can remember.

Anywho, all-in-all things are going really well. Gary's still doing some work on the house, but I think that will come to almost a halt after this weekend when the time changes. It'll be dark when we get home until about mid-Feburary. I'm contemplating getting my Christmas stuff out this weekend. I'll just have to see how the weekend pans out.