Falling into Fall

The Alpine Loop

One of the things we do love about Utah is that you really get to experience all four seasons. We took advantage of the government shutting down and got free admission to the Alpine Loop. It runs all the way from Sundance to American Fork Canyon and it's beautiful this time of year. We had to stop and take some pictures of course (they might have been better if it wasn't snowing on us though!).

Canadian Thanksgiving
The second Monday in October is Canadian Thanksgiving so this year we decided to go to out to eat to celebrate. We met up with Brett's grade school friend Trisha and her husband. I was really craving some stuffing but since we couldn't think of a restaurant that serves a Thanksgiving dinner we decided to go to Station 22 for the first time instead. The deciding factor was that Station 22 has a poutine. For my American friends, below is a picture of a poutine. It's basically french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds (awful for you but incredibly yummy)

Baby Check Up

My Doctor said there was a chance we would be able to know the gender at this appointment so I was really hoping that we would find out... but it was a huge let down and we couldn't tell. The baby's legs were crossed at the knees and facing the placenta. I guess we might be having a modest child. I was starting to get a little nervous because I've only gained 1 pound so far during the pregnancy and I think about 4-5 pounds is what's normal but it turns out I'm one week less far along that I had been thinking (bummer-it feels like I've been pregnant forever). I guess I'm only 16 weeks not 17 weeks. 

Medical Schools

We still haven't heard a thing from A&M or UNT which is mostly driving Brett crazy. On October 15th he was pretty much having a panic attack every time I texted him because he thought I might be a medical school. So we continue to wait. This weekend Brett is flying to San Antonio for another interview; the process continues. Calgary & Edmonton's application deadline are finally coming up so they should start looking at his application soon too.  

BYU vs. Georgia Tech

This is probably the last time we can take a picture at a home football game when we aren't freezing. Good weather, good game, and free shirts :)

We're Prego!

Pregnancy is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get. I had started wanting to have kids pretty bad, so when Brett and I found out I was expecting, I was pretty much bouncing off the walls. I kind of had the attitude of, bring it on mother nature and oh how I've eaten my words... here's how the story has gone so far

Weeks 4-9: This was a pretty lovely time. Besides passing out once in the kitchen and the occasional nausea not too much had changed. I was mostly just excited to be pregnant, terrified of having a miscarriage, and desperately wishing I could tell more people.

Week: 10-14: This was my hugging the toilet time of pregnancy. I can now say that I have puked in many different places including my apartment, my work office, Kemah boardwalk, and LaVell Edward's Stadium. The 3 hour block of church can not happen without snacks anymore - I would die. I have grown a recent fondness for tortilla chips in the morning. They just sound more appetizing than anything else I can think of to eat. I also miss sleeping through the night. Every single night it seems I wake up at about 3 AM and need to pee.

Funny Pregnancy Moment: We have church at 11 AM which is great because I usually get sick at 9 AM on the dot but bad because I also feel sick if I don't get lunch. One Sunday, it was about 10:40 (so we     needed to leave in 10 minutes) but I was already a little hungry and I knew it would be bad news if I didn't eat something. The problem was, the one thing I could think of that sounded good, so good, was a bacon sandwich. Needless to say, Brett came out of our bedroom and found me hacking at a pound of rock hard frozen bacon from the freezer with the biggest knife we have. I made the bacon sandwich, it was the best thing I had ever tasted, and it was a great meeting.

Latest Check Up: Went to the Dr. for a check up, and baby Shaw doesn't look like a peanut anymore! It has a cute nose, cute legs crossed Indian style, and lots of cute individual vertebrae (everything's cute when it involves your baby). My Dr. couldn't get the baby to move even with prodding so we're hoping this is a sign that it really likes to sleep (crossing fingers). We are also hoping that the baby's legs aren't crossed next time because they we will probably find out the gender!

Week 15: The sickness is finally slowing down, not gone, but slowing down for sure. I feel like I definitely look pregnant now, but that scale from the Dr. office says I haven't gained any weight yet. Either way, I thought it would be fun to start taking pictures and see how we grow.