We went duck hunting on Saturday and that night I started bleeding. For those that don't know, that is NOT a good thing. It started while we were driving down to Utah with all our stuff. We stayed a the night in a hotel just outside of Ogden and continued our journey to Pleasant Grove. Sunday we moved all our stuff in, and I was still bleeding. On Monday Jared made sure I called a doctor and they got me in just thirty minutes after I called.
At the doctors we discovered something. Jared and I are the epitome of the RH factor. The RH factor happens when a mom is A negative (which only 10% of the population is, and like 4% of that is women, yep rare) and the dad is anything positive. And the most dangerous one is when a dad is A positive, and even more dangerous than that is when the dad is a double positive (you can be A positive and be heterozygous or homozygous). What happens is that the baby will be a positive blood-type (especially if the dad is homozygous). The moms body has never seen the protein (RH) which is on the baby's blood, and will therefore treat it like an intruder and attack it until it is gone. Yep, the moms body will kill its own baby.
And of course I am A negative and Jared is double A positive. (I hope this is all making sense) And this is the reason for the bleeding, my body has started attacking the baby. So naturally, this sent the doctors into a whirl of telling us things to do, namely have me go to the hospital to get my blood tested to see exactly how many enzymes my body has made (those attack the baby) and to get me a shot to stop my body from producing those enzymes (a HUGE needle into the hip, doesn't sound very fun) We went to the hospital, got both mine and Jared's blood drawn, but they couldn't do the shot that day because they had to wait for the results of my test to know how much to give me. So lucky me, I get to go back in today to get that oh so fun shot. But out of all that not so fun news we did get some rays of sunshine! The doctor did an ultrasound and the baby is healthy! My body hasn't harmed it yet (it is just trying really hard). You could even see its little heartbeat! And we got the first picture of our baby!
According to my period I am 9 weeks and a couple days along, and according to the ultrasound it says I am almost 9 weeks, so we are right in the ballpark we should be! Yay! The baby is 2.11cm long, and the doctor says the due date should be around May 10,2010. This was not a routine first pregnancy checkup (I have that scheduled for Thursday) so I don't know all the information yet, but it is pretty fun to have this picture!
And because I can, I zoomed in on our baby! The doctor outlines it in those while 'T's. On the left hand side is the head, and where the white dot in the middle you can see the little arm stubs, and on the right you can see the legs! I can see it. I think it looks like a little baby doll. Jared can too, he just likes to make fun of it by saying it looks like a stingray or something => There is our first baby! And today I will get that lovely shot and it can continue growing peacefully! I am so thankful for modern medicine and doctors!
I had just talked to my cousin Cera a couple days earlier and she had mentioned a Bridal Veil Falls that she likes to go to. I had never been there, and it was fresh on my mind, so we went! And it was GORGEOUS!!!! The falls itself is so pretty, but then we hiked (ok strolled) around through the gorgeous changing shrubbery and trees! Oh I just loved it! It was so romantic!!
While exploring Jared spotted this huge rock by a stream and wanted to go sit on it with me. He started going down and I took this picture, then I started going down and he abruptly grabbed me and yanked me (gently) back. The rock and path was surrounded by poison oak. (and trust me, me and poison oak definately do NOT mix well!) My lover rescued me from a puffy hospital filled fate! What a hero! => After some continued strolling we decided to take a drive by some of the huge houses Jared works with. Let me tell you, they are enormous and beautiful! It was so much fun! I loved the little fun afternoon we were able to have together! We will definately be going back to the falls again!
The day we got them we started on the sanding. It was not a hard task, just a mundane one. haha There are 15 blocks, in four different shapes, and trust me, these blocks NEEDED sanding! I didn't know you could cut wood so splintery.
This is a transformation of the block => First it was sanded, then it was stained, then a sticker was put on and a top coat completed it. =>
On Sunday we had a second session. I was ahead of Kalyn, my blocks were already stained, but we stained hers, put stickers on and top coated the blocks!
And here is the finished product! I had some drama (newspaper got stuck to all the sides of the blocks) and I tried to take it off, but trust me, the newspaper is not moving.
And here is a close up! I dont know why but I really like nativity scenes. I have a couple that I really like, but kids can definately not touch them! I though this would be such a cute/fun nativity set for kids to play with, instead of the nice ones. (I still find the thought that I am going to have a kid weird. And its kind of still in the make believe haha)
This is a picture of some of our second bathroom => I could not get all of it in one shot, but this is the jist of the bathroom (shower curtain, rug, and toilet =>)
Our master bathroom does not have as much room as the spare (spare has a lot of just space) but it has all the necessities => And I LOVE having a bathroom in our bedroom!It is so nice, especially since I am getting so aquatinted with the bathroom at nigth. haha
This is our dining room. I know its not the best picture but thats what happens when its sunny outside I guess. The color splash in this room is red. And I twisted a red window scarf with a cream one, but I dont think I like it too much, so it will be changing soon. =>
When we were packing our stuff from Idaho Jared and I decided to buy tubs rather than boxes because we could easily reuse them. Well it turns out, we didnt think about having to store the tubs when we moved into a new place. Luckily there are two little storage places that come with this apartment, so we packed those as best we could, then we put stuff under Jared's shirts in his closet, and we still had a couple tubs left. So I covered them with a table cloth and put them in the spare room. => I think it is pretty cute haha. And our sound system broke in the move, but the speakers still work, so we are storing those next to the tubs, and it makes a cute little display. haha
Jared was going to go to Idaho this weekend to hunt. He left to go and 45 mins later he walks back in the door, and with ice cream in hand! It was a great suprise!! So we got to play last night and this morning but he went to work this afternoon. So while he was at work I went down to Provo and played with Kalyn! We had a day of shopping! We went to the mall (she got a way cute dress and I got a cute shirt/turtle neck that can work now and when I am big prego!) Then Bed Bath and Beyond (I still had gift cards for there from my wedding) and then we went to Quilted Bear! I had never been to that store but my Grandma loved it, so we figured we would give it a shot! And it was so fun! We had a blast in that store! I got these shelf/frame things that Jared was able to put up! He is such a great handy man!!
Kalyn and I got matching nativity sets. They are so cute! You get the blocks and have to sand and paint them then stick the natvity picture things on then do a top coat! We started on the sanding and got through that, then it was getting close to Kalyns movie party so we are saving the rest for later. I am excited to finish them! I love craft projects!!
And this is what the shelf things look like! I am so excited for them! We have decorations up in our apartment! Yay!! I love decorating the house too (if things are working the way I think they should hehe) It was a fun day! I am glad I could play with my sister and my husband! I love them! And I cant wait to see how else I can decorate and what else I can do for crafts!!
It was already late, but the boys were so excited they could not go to sleep. It was so funny to see them all giddy and anxiously excited like that! Then they decided to clean their guns, at like 11:30! We didn't get to sleep until around 12:30am, and we had to get up at 4:00am!! It was like being a kid waiting for Christmas morning, but with ducks! haha
By some wonderous happening we were able to get up and actually be at the hunting spot like 45 minutes before we were supposed to be! Being all crammed into a truck at four thirty in the morning is definately an experience everyone should have. haha
The boys had blinds (and one of their wives) but I didn't, so they rigged up this sweet set up for me! I was in a sleeping bag and even had a pillow. It was suprisingly comfortable and super warm! I loved being in there! And Jared's head was right by mine so we could talk and I could see him shoot! I must say, I really enjoyed duck hunting! It was so cool!!! The only downside to my set up was I couldn't get out until they shot all they ducks they were allowed to (21), and of course I had to go to the bathroom when they had 8 ducks left, and of course at that time no ducks were flying over. haha Just my luck.
But the boys did hit their limit! (Seven ducks a person, so 21 total) and my bladder did get relief, and they boys were so happy! They had over 60 lbs of duck! It was fun to see! =>
Jared got his opening hunt and enjoyed it very much! I loved seeing him in his element and having a blast! And I really enjoyed it too! One day I might even get a hunting license to be able to actually shoot things out there! => But until then, I will be perfectly content with just lying beside him watching him 'bring the rain' haha (ok so I don't know if thats the right place to use that phrase, but it sounds cool => )
