Yes, to most of you out there this is not new news, and to some this is a speculation, but I will confirm: I AM PREGNANT! I am seven weeks along, so not too far into it,but enough to feel pregnant. I have been feeling nauseous, but luckily I have not thrown up yet, and I can feel my stomach (uterous) growing, which can be less than pleasant sometimes. All in all I think I have been lucky to not have too bad of symptoms. And since I write about everything, I will tell how we found out this news.
On Labor day Jared had noticed that I was a little over a week late for my period. I knew that => I had just attributed it to our present state of flux and the stress I have felt from it. Jared did not write my excuse off so willingly. He wanted me to take a pregnacy test. I am pretty sure my exact words for a response were "I don't want to. They always say no. I don't want to waste another one, just be patient" Jared didn't settle for that either. => We had one 'First Response' test in our packed car so he went out and got it and I reluctantly took it. Not two seconds after I ran out of pittle did it say a bright and gleaming positive. Needless to say this took me by complete suprise, afterall these tests never say yes! I ran out to Jared, wanting to scream of joy and fright but I constrained myself, and brought him into the bathroom. He was about as shocked as I was. Then he thought the test could be wrong, because it had been sitting in the car, so we headed off to WalMart. There we bought four DIFFERENT brands of pregnacy tests. In Jared's mind they could not all have the same testing stuff so if one had a fault they would not all and we could get the most correct answer. So we get back to his parents house, there was a lot of pittle, and wala, EVERY test had a bright gleaming positive! We could definately not be uncertain now, we were pregnant. => (For some reason its not as beaming positive in the picture, but trust us, they are all positive =>)
We decided then to not tell anyone until we were 3 or 4 months along. That way we could have our life settled down with a little direction, and be certain that a miscarriage would not happen. Well about two hours later we had no idea what to do next, so we decided we could tell my mom so she could help and talk me thru those months and then tell everyone else later. We wanted to have a fun way of telling her (I have planned ways to tell everyone from family to friends, and all cute ways since we were first married!) We decided the cutest and fastest way to do it was thru text. I sent my mom a picture of all five pregnacy tests and wrote "Your 5 for 5 Grandma" and expected her to call me. Well, little did I know that she was in the middle of a big Walker family Labor day party, and that she would hand her phone to my dad who would then proceed to announce what I had sent to the whole family and then call me and ask me in front of them. Haha I guess thats the dangers of a big close family. Then my mom told my sister to call me, and she was at a big Pommerville family party in Utah so they all found out. Alas, my secret was out, and a total of 3 hours after Jared and I had originally found out. So I guess that took care of telling my family in a cute way, I didn't even need to tell them at all! Haha. And then the speculations came. My Mom was very excited about it, so naturally she would tell anyone who would listen, and my sister was so excited about it she told everyone and posted it on the internet (on facebook). This was definately not how I planned it all to get out, but its not bad, I don't have to do anything cute and cleaver, all I have to do is confirm what everyone is hearing => I guess thats just the lazy in me coming out. =>
Well there you have it, my world wide confirmation! We are going to have a baby! The due date is May 7, 2010 (but I am sure that will change when I get farther along) We are nervous and excited, stressed and happy. It is really a jumble of mixed emotions => And we do have tentative names picked out. (I have been making aa list since I was like 12, and Jared has narrowed it down haha) If it is a boy Jared loves the name Daxton (Dax for short), so that will most likely end up being his name. And for a girl Jared does not have as strong of an opinion, so we will just have to see. The top girl names are Callie, Miley, Loreli, Audra, oh and the list goes on and on => So we will see.
I think that answers about all the questions I have gotten. => We are going to have a baby! Holy cow that is weird!! haha
So we took our cupcakes out and thawed them and got ready to take the plunge! haha Let me first just say, they do not look the same. And there was some type of liqiud in the bag that I dont even know what it was, nor do I want to.
And we were going to feed eachother our cupcakes, but of course, neither of us trusted the other one to not shove it all over the place, so we pinky promised we wouldn't. Aren't we just so mature?!? =>
Yes we did eat a bite, and were nice to eachother. =>
But trust me..... they tasted like disgusting freezer!! Whomever thought of this tradition must have never gotten married and eaten their wedding cake a year later! NOT the best idea! Oh well, as dumb, disgusting and repulsing as it was, we still took part in the tradtion and now we have 'officially' been married a year! haha But a word to the wise... be prepared for something that tastes nothing like it did a year ago, and only eat one bite! =>
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!!
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!
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 => )
It was fun to see where Jared wen to high school and to get to know his friends Cory and Tara better! And Jerome creamed the other team! Go Tigers! =>
One of the days that we were staying with Jared's parents he and his mom decided to make their doughnuts for a taste test. The recipie they were doing made five dozen doughnuts! Thats a lot of doughnuts!! And it took them a good five to six hours from start to finish. See even on that level Krispy Kreme is better, it takes about fifteen minutes from when you get the idea for doughnuts in your mind until you are eating one =>
After the doughnuts were all finished and glazed Karen went to get a Krispy Kreme doughnut to compare. She heated both of the doughnuts for eight seconds in the microwave then cut them up in bite sized pieces. Jared's dad Drew, his sister Melissa and both of us were in on the taste test. Aaron was sick so he was put on picture duty, and Karen passed the doughnuts out. The verdict....I could not taste a differnce. I know, I know, I failed all the Krispy Kreme believers out there! But her doughnuts were very good, they melted in your mouth and everything! So as for mine and Jared's debate, yes his mom makes great doughnuts, but I would prefer Krispy Kreme purely for the instant satisfaction! =>
I took this picture right as we got off the hicking trail, you can see some of the places we jump from over Jared's left shoulder.
Tom and Jared are standing under the rock "Hippie Head" I told them to pretend like they are coming out its nose, like boogers....they are not so good at being boogers =>
I was planning on jumping a couple times, but when we got there the water was dirty and green and slimmy crap was all on the sides of the rocks. The boys said the water was fine and that its just natural minerals, but i was standing firm! When water is green in pools its bad to swim in, so in my mind, same with the lake =>
Jared did a warm up jump off "Chicken Poo" but I wasnt able to catch a picture of it, and here he is standing on top of "Hippie Head"
And here he goes!! He is so brave to jump off a 40ft cliff!!
Look at that entry!! What a pro!! =>
I was not nervous to jump, I was just nervous about the grotty water. => So finally right at the end I decided I would go off the "Chicken Poo" jump, if Jared would come with me! =>
Then when I got up there, the height started gettin to me => I know 20ft is not super high, but it is high enough to scare me! => But luckily I had my patient husband up there with me!
Also, since the cliff is a good couple feet from the water, Jared was coaching me on how I really needed to jump out and not just down, so I don't miss the water and hit the rocks..... yep, that didn't really help my nervousness =>
We couldn't really go at the same time. that would be too dangerous, so I had Jared go first so he could catch me => Ok not really catch me, but be there when I fall.
And after a couple minutes of Jared treading water waiting for me to jump, I finally took the leap! => And the fall was not that bad, it was the hitting the water! It was a LOT colder than I expected, it was 60 degrees!!! The water was so cold it took my breath away when I landed in it!! Dang cold Idaho water!!! =>
When I almost had my breath completely caught we began to swim back to the side where you get out. It was a nice little romantic swim in the grotty freezing Idaho water...ok so everything can't be perfect beaches, but I'll take what I can get =>
To end that fun little adventure it started sprinkling and a beautiful double rainbow appeared! I thought this picture was too good to pass up! How many times do you see a double rainbow perfectly fraiming the American flag in your friends driveway? I know => It was a fun cliff jumping adventure, and I am beginning to see how Idaho can be fun => hahaha
