What will you be doing Sep. 19th?

I'll most likely be in excruciating pain. Yes, the rumors are true. I am pregnant. I'm 12 weeks and 2 days, and the baby measures exactly that. We went in for our second doctor's appointment and they couldn't pick up the heartbeat with just their dopplar thing so we had to go get an ultrasound (I'm not complaining!). We got to see the baby move around. When she first put the thing on my belly the baby did a little jump. Then it was moving it's little arms around and it legs were straight up in the air! Then she zoomed in on the chest so we could see the heart fluttering and then we got to hear the heartbeat. So amazing. Brady was crying. Anyway, so that's our big news. I've been pretty nauseous up to this point but it is getting better and since I'm at 12 weeks we should be done with the morning sickness soon! Here are the ultrasound pictures, hopefully you can tell what is what!

Brady's Birthday

So Brady celebrated his 26th birthday on Friday! We had a small celebration, per his request. The only thing he wanted to do is eat at In N Out, his favorite place. It was delicious. I just got him Transformers 2, because this summer he wants to get a car that he can fix up, like an old Camero or something. I gave him a haircut last night because that's the one thing he really wanted for his birthday - I know, really exciting, but whatever. It's his birthday. This Tuesday we are going to the Pizza Pie Cafe. Brady has heard such good things about it that we must go. I'm excited. And tonight I think we are going to go shopping for a new watch for me. The battery of the one I had died a few months ago and I'm really missing it! Looking at the time on my phone is not the same. I don't really have anything good to write about, but I felt bad for never updating this. Soon I will have a big update but I'm waiting another week before I do that post. ;) Until next week.

Inane People

SO, as many of you know, I am an avid Harry Potter fan. It's almost an obsession, really, but that's not the point of this post. I read recently that yet another claim has been made that J.K. Rowling stole from other books to write the Harry Potter series. This claim is being made by the author's family, the author of said book is dead. Apparently in this book, the main character, a wizard, goes through a series of tasks that is similar to HP #4. Besides the obviously idiocy of this claim, and all claims like it, I just wonder why these people think that their relative was the first to come up with a series of tasks and then has their character go through them. Even if the premise is the same, the tasks are no doubt completely different. People just need to stop accusing people of crazy things, like stealing material to write books from other books. I might also point out that the idea of having a hero go through tasks is as old as the Greek myth of Heracles (Hercules). So, are the ancient Greeks going to come out of the grave to accuse Rowling of stealing material from them? No, this claim, as well as all of the previous claims, are just ridiculous. She had never even heard of, nor read, the book in question. The Harry Potter books changed my childhood and I am just tired of people trying to steal Rowling's hard earned money. She's a brilliant author who doesn't need to steal from other people to come up with awesome plot lines and characters. End rant.

Gift Cards and Colds

For Christmas Brady and I got a combined gift card for Barnes and Noble from my brother and sister-in-law. Lucky for me, and not so lucky for Brady, I love to buy books and read and Brady does not. So he didn't really get a gift from them except maybe that I got to buy books without him having to pay anything for it. I got some sweet books, I can't wait to read some of them. I got about half that I haven't read and half that I already have. So, that's pretty sweet. We went to IKEA yesterday so that we could buy more book shelves for my burgeoning collection. I put the shelves together today and they look great in our living room! We were going to get two other shelving units to hold our dvds, etc. but they had sold out of them just earlier that day. Luckily, they got more in that night and so we're going back tomorrow to buy them. They should be great.
Brady and I have both been sick with colds ever since we got back from Christmas break. It stinks! I was getting better but now I have regressed and am worse! Brady isn't worse, so hopefully he gets all the way better. Tomorrow, like I said, we are going back to IKEA and having breakfast with my friend Alaina and her boyfriend David. Then Brady and I are going to a fancy lunch and Market Street Grill in South Jordan. We have a gift card so we plan to go after we finish up at IKEA. Depending on how I'm feeling, I may wish that I just stayed home and slept, but we'll see. I get pretty much a 4 day weekend since Tuesdays I only have one class in the afternoon. I despise being sick!

Somebody Call 911

That song has been in my head all day (Somebody call 911, shawty fire burnin on the dance floor). I doubt I've even heard it all the way through. Anyway, as to my health, I don't have an ulcer, apparently I just have some random thing. So I've been taking that antacid thing everyday and I've been feeling great! Other than my headaches are back, like they were all through high school, but I'll take headaches over weird horrid stomach aches any day. Anyway, I am looking forward to Thanksgiving break, and even more to Christmas break. I'm getting crazy about reading Christmas books already. The library is already getting Christmas trees put up. While I love the sights of Christmas, it is depressing in that I want it to be Christmas already but it's still about 7 weeks away! It'll fly by, I know, but I want it to come sooner! That's it for now, I think.

Health Issues

So, many of you who read my blog, which I'm pretty sure consists of my husband and three college roommates, know that I am sick quite a bit. I've had troubles for a couple years now with my health. Pretty much a constant upset stomach. Well, I finally went to the doctor and she told me it is either an ulcer or something wrong with my gall bladder. I've been taking some anti-acid stuff every morning 30 minutes before I eat breakfast and it actually has been helping me feel good throughout the day. So, I'm thinking it's an ulcer and I'll be going back in this week for a follow-up and will be put on a combo of 3 antibiotics so that it'll clear it up for good (hopefully). So I'm feeling much better and on my way to feeling all the way better! Unfortunately for me, usually on an ulcer people lose weight, but I am of course the exception and have gained some weight, which is really annoying since I haven't done anything to gain weight, so hopefully also I can lose some weight and get back down to a normal size. Especially since Brady and I are going to try getting pregnant pretty soon!

Camping and general hoopla

So for this three day weekend Brady and I went camping! We went to a campground called Iron Mine (which reminds me of Transformers. Just imagine Optimus saying it). Anyway, it rained for a couple hours when we first got there so we sat in the back of the car, with the seats down, and watched a movie on the laptop. That only lasted for about an hour but by then the rain had stopped so we set up camp. Then we decided to go on a walk around the campground and we found a marked trail that we started to climb but it was getting dark so we just headed back down. We didn't get a campfire that night since our lighter was really low on fluid and Brady's matches aren't "strike anywhere" matches. Plus all the wood was wet from the rain.
But the next day, Sunday, it was nice and sunny. We got an early start and hiked up until there were no more markers in the woods. It wasn't a normal hike. It was more like if you were a character in Lord of the Rings, or some other such fantasy novel, and you were just traveling through a heavily wooded area. So it was actually pretty cool. Although, the higher up we got, the rockier it became so we were doing some serious rock climbing - minus the ropes. Anyway, we ate lunch up on top of one of the rocks and it was awesome. Later that night, we finally got the campfire going and ate some delicious s'mores. Anyway, it was all in all a great trip and I'm sad that camping season is pretty much over!
School has begun. I am in my last year at BYU. It's sad but at the same time I'm excited to be a college graduate - the first in my immediate family, by the way. I'm in a lot of great classes, doing a lot of reading. I'm working at the HBLL still, and hopefully will be getting a second job at the Provo Library in a week or two.
Brady and I are trying to make plans to do a Europe trip this summer. We are wanting to do it before we have kids because it'll be easier to move around quickly and go where the wind blows us. Hence the need for me to get a second job so as to fund the trip! It's all pretty exciting and I will try to keep updates on here more frequently than in the past. Until next time.