Christmas Time

Well we had a great Christmas. We love that we had tons of snow on Christmas and that the weather wasn't too bad so we could visit our families. We enjoyed all the different Christmas parties we had and have one more to attend on Sunday. We are also excited that we have two more months before our baby is expected to arrive. I have some belly pictures to share. I am not fond of taking these pictures because I don't like to see my self so large! It seems the baby is growing rapidly and everything with the pregnancy is perfect (no swelling etc) But she is making me uncomfortable these days, her favorite position is sticking her foot under my right Rib cage. I have 9 weeks to go and I am sure that as she grows the more uncomfortable I will get. Good thing Russ gave me a Prenatal massage certificate for Christmas! =)

28 weeks

30 weeks

We are getting ready for our baby girl to arrive and collecting things slowly so we don't have to buy everything at once. We have had the crib for a few months and this is the bedding that I got for Christmas, it is my favorite gift =) It looks so adorable now it just needs a little girl!

Here are some other Christmas activities photos

Decorating cookies

Building a snowman

GO BYU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last post was by the husband. This is the true team to cheer for!

GO UTAH!!!!! 

Please HELP RUSS!!

For Russ's English class he has to write a research paper. For this paper he needs data from a survey he created. Above is a link to the survey, it is only 10 questions, if you could take it it would be very helpful. He is polling college graduates and current college students, so if that applies to you please take it!!! Thanks!!!!

Other updates:
I can feel the baby move a lot now. It is real kicks and movements I can feel now rather than the bubbling it was before. It is one of my favorite things because it makes her feel real and when she moves I know she is there.

Russ and I spoke in church today. We were assigned to talk about Pres. Uchtdorfs talk from conference "The Infinite Power of Hope" People told us we did well, so I guess it went good?

I start my job a week from Monday (Nov 17th) The office is only 5 minutes from our house. That is fabulous. When I was on rotations in Arizona I had an hour commute.

Thats all for now!

JOB

So I finally got a job and one that I want =) I have a lot of interviews and I was really getting sick of the process. I got a job with Central Utah Clinic in the Internal Medicine department. I will be working in an outpatient office in Orem. The doctors I will work with are really nice and the office seems like a great place to work. I have been really bored and I am very excited to get to work!

Battlecreek Canyon

My mom and I went hiking in Battlecreek canyon, it is a little canyon in Pleasant Grove. It was so beautiful, if we had gone a few weeks earlier all the leaves would have been changing but it was still pretty. It was a mile and a half straight up hill. It was hard but worth it. The trail was right along the river and waterfalls. There was one big waterfall and a few other smaller ones. Here are some pictures.

Its a......

So we had an ultrasound this week. It was really amazing. Up until now I have kind of been in denial about the whole pregnancy thing. When the Dr. put the ultrasound on my stomach and I was a baby it was really amazing. He looked and showed us everything from the choroid plexus (in the brain) to the heart and the spine. Everything was good and healthy in the baby. Then he stops on a picture and said "Do you want to know what it is?" We said Yes, and then he circles something and said do you know what this is? We had no idea it really didn't look like much. He then said, "It's a GIRL"!!!! We got a few more wide open shots between her legs from a few different angles so we are pretty sure that it is a girl!!!! Here are some pictures


This is part of her face and her hand.




This is her face and her big belly.


These are her legs as if you were looking at her from the bottom.

Now we are debating over names...