Ultrasound Date...

We did get the call for our ultrasound. We will have it January 30 at 1145 am, down in Spanish Fork. We are excited to see our baby again. Still haven't decided what to do though. There are so many pluses to dong it each way and I enjoyed it both ways. It makes it harder to decide though. Looks like most people are guessing boy. That would be so exciting and different for us! Another girl would be so much fun as well though...

The baby has been very active the last week or so and the little flutters have turned into kicks and punches! I love it. That is my favorite part of being pregnant, feeling the baby move around in there. There is nothing else in the world like it!

It is after 1 in the morning here. The time stamp is correct. I have been struggling with an ear infection for close to 2.5 months now. My ear does not want to drain and it is causing me a lot of pain right now. Much too much to sleep. I did take some medicine that the doctor gave me and I am hoping that I will be able to sleep soon!

To find out, or not to find out? That is the question...

So, tomorrow I will get a call and we will set a date for our 20 weeks ultrasound so that the doctor can make sure that the baby looks healthy and normal. Now really, that is all I care about but at 20 weeks there is a very good chance we could find out if we are having a boy or another girl. Now really, I would be thrilled with either. I have never had a preference with any of my babies. I just love that Leata and Taylor are happy and healthy kids. We knew Leata was a girl from the beginning. It was just something we knew. Then we had the ultrasound and that confirmed what we knew. With Taylor, we had no clue. We didn't find out at the ultrasound and it was lots of fun to find out at delivery.
Now I don't know what to do this time. I enjoyed doing things both ways. I do feel like it would be nice to be prepared for a little boy if that is indeed what this baby is. There wouldn't be much of anything we would need for a little girl though and mentally I am set for girls right now. So I am asking your opinions. Let me know what you think. Ultimately we will make the decision on our own but I am interested in what everyone else has to say. Leata says we should wait. I thought that was interesting...

My laptop is back!

My laptop arrived today! It was covered under warranty so we just had to pay to send it in. They replaced the motherboard and did some other things so it should be good to go now. Hopefully for a long time!

Dentist

I went to the dentist. I had gone just before I was pregnant to have my cleanings and checkup done. I had one new cavity and three fillings that needed to be replaced. I had the cavity filled then but by the time I had that done I had used up my insurance for the year so since the other three were not urgent we waited until this year to do it. It's such a pain to have to keep your mouth open for so long and have the whole side (top and bottom) numb. Now that the numbness is wearing off I know something is not right with one of my teeth. Hopefully I will not need a root canal!

Leata will go this year for her first real appointment to the dentist. She has been to sit in the chair and have them take a quick peek at her teeth but she hasn't done it all yet. It will be interesting to see how she reacts!

Arizona

We went to Arizona last week to visit friends and family. We had a great trip! It really was wonderful.
We were able to see my Grandparents while we were down there. Grandma has not been doing well lately and just had a stroke before Christmas. During that time they found that her heart is starting to fail as well. Grandpa seems to be doing so well right now though! It was so fun to go and visit with them. We were even all able to go out to lunch while we were down there. We also saw my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin.

We spent part of our trip with our good friends Brad and Kae while we were down there. Their 8 year old son was baptized on Saturday and it was great to be there for his baptism. I watched him when he was just a newborn while his mom went to school. I really enjoyed the time that I got to watch him and I am so glad that we were able to get to know their family!

While we were there A.J. and Leata went swimming, outdoors, on January 3! It was crazy but the pool was a heated pool but it hadn't been heated since the day before so it was kind of cold! They had a lot of fun though. Taylor and I were smart and just watched the craziness.

While we were driving back on Sunday evening we went through an area in Utah that was 22 degrees below zero! COLD!

The trip down and back up were easier then we had anticipated. We took two days to get down there. It was not our original plan but I was feeling miserable the night before and so I went to the doctor the day we were planning on leaving. As it turned out, I have a sinus and ear infection. I had been on antibiotics early in December for them but they didn't get rid of the infection. Fortunately, the second round of antibiotics seems to be doing the trick. Because we couldn't leave as early as we would have liked, we stopped in Mesquite, NV for the night at a nice hotel that we got a good deal on. It was so nice to splint the trip up and we all felt good when we arrived in Mesa the next day. On the way back we did it all in one day and it only took us 13 hours with stops and all. Not too bad. We also found that North of Cedar City they have a test zone where the speed limit is 80 mph! That was a big surprise to us!

I will try to post more pictures soon!