A Good Birthday Present

Yesterday Christopher turned old...24 years old to be exact. We are now both considered to be in our mid-twenties. As a birthday present, we got a free ultrasound. Okay, it wasn't free because it was his birthday; it was free because we're participating in study at LDS Hospital. It's a study testing if taking extra vitamin C and E will help lessen the chances of having high blood pressure during pregnancy (HELPS is the acronym). I have to go next week to get my blood taken, and then two more times throughout my pregnancy. Each time I get a Target gift card to compensate. Anyway, the other perk was that we got a free ultrasound. We got to see our baby for the first time ever and it was pretty amazing! Our baby had the hiccups the whole time we were watching. It was shy and wouldn't turn around, so we just saw its back. The lady said that it's about 7 cm long right now from head to bum and it's heart rate was around 180. Its little legs were so tiny and curled up. According to its size and everything right now, they said that my due date looked closer to July 30th than August 1st. To say the least, it was pretty amazing to see! There really is a little human being growing inside me! Probably the first week in March we'll have another ultrasound and we'll hopefully get to find out the sex if the baby cooperates. It'll be nice to not have to call the baby "it" anymore!

My Christmas Vacation

Well, I guess I should tell you all about our cruise to Mexico. Saturday morning (Dec. 31st) we drove down to Longbeach, California. It was a long drive, so we didn't do anything exciting for New Year's Eve; we all went to bed around 9pm. The next day we got on our boat, the Carnival Pride and the first thing we did practically was eat. The rest of the week wasn't much different. I'm trying to be a good pregnant lady and eat only good things in good portions (no, I'm not eating for two; I'm eating for me and a very small person inside my tummy), but it was hard because they had pizza and icecream available 24 hours a day!! That's my kind of heaven! For dinner we were scheduled to eat at 8:15--a little too late for my likings; I like to eat around 5:30 or 6pm. Our waiters gave us so much food--often food we didn't even ask for. Tons of food was wasted, and I felt bad for all the poor Mexicans we saw in their one-room huts who would have loved to eat our leftovers.

We stopped first in Puerto Vallarta where we went on a hike. The next day we went deep sea fishing in Mazatlan. I got so sea sick on that little boat that I have been scarred for life! It was a 6 1/2 hour fishing trip, and I started throwing up within the first half hour! It was awful! The cool part of that trip was that we caught a Marlin which was 8 ft. 3 in. and weighed 153 lbs. The next day we went to Cabo San Lucas where we spent the afternoon souvenir shopping. We got a really good deal (we think) on a hammock.

The rest of the time we just relaxed and hung out. We got off the boat last Sunday and spent the day driving back arriving in Bountiful around 12:45am. It was a nice break from work and school. It was hard going back to reality the next day as the semester started up again.

I Have the Sweetest Hubby!

Tuesday was my first real day of school (I have only one class on Monday nights). I have classes from 9:10am to 3:20pm. I took the bus home, stopped by Mom and Dad's house to eat some yummy scrambled eggs, and then went to work till 10pm. By the end of the day I was exhausted mostly because I haven't gotten into the groove of school yet. Chris also had a long day. He baked at Great Harvest from way too early in the am (I think he goes in at 4am) till 11 or 12. Then he had to go work at InstaCare a few hours later until 9pm. When I came home from work, a beautiful bouquet of flowers were waiting for me on the kitchen counter with a handwritten note that said, "I just want to say that I love you!" What a cute boyfriend I have!

Here we go again!

So somehow taking 21 credits last fall wasn't so bad. I got the best grades ever! My theory is that once you have a lot to think about, adding just a little bit more isn't such a big deal. For example, Chris only had one online class last semester. This class wasn't a priority on his list of things to do. By the week before the final exam, he still hadn't taken his midterm exam! I would think that managing one class would be easier than mananging seven, but no, or at least in my experience, it was not the case for me. So I'm going to try it again. I haven't decided yet exactly, but I will be taking somewhere around 20 credits. I hope this semester goes as smoothly as last semester!