Saturday

Kale and I were sealed on June 23 at the Logan temple. It was a little stressful at first but we were able to work everything out and it went really well. My parents, Jane, 4 of Kale's friends, the elder's quorom president, and our Temple class teacher were all there. It was really nice and beautiful in the temple. We had lunch at the BlueBird Cafe and it was nice. Later than night I talked Kale into going swimming with me for our 'anniversary'! He didn't really want to go because he was pretty tired (he had to work late the night before) but he came and we were able to go to the outdoor aquatic center that has a little lazy river. I got to use my maternity swim suit and it was fun to just float!

Kale and my mom both worked so I went to my baby appointment Thursday alone. I was at work and couldn't get it off, so I had to sneak away and felt really bad leaving. I called before I went and the office said she was on time, but of course she's half an hour behind ten minutes later when I get there. I had to take my glucose test. I love my OB's office, they don't make me drink that icky flat orange drink. I was able to eat a candy bar and a soda an hour before. I passed my glucose test at 95 (anything below 135 is passing) and my Iron was 12.2 (normal 12-18). My BP was ok, lowest it's been in a while I think, 132/80. She did a really short US, mostly looking at the placenta and umbilical cord. It showed a good amount of fluid and the placenta had good blood flow. On the DVD you can see Sophie swallowing and her tongue moving around! It was cool.

*Here are the stats: HR 133, weight 2lbs, all of her measurements (head, abd, femur) measuring right on for Oct 1st still! 13 weeks and 5 days to go!

Temple

Kale and I took our endownments out on Thursday. My escort was my Mom and Kale's was our temple class teacher, Brother Garlick. Being there was wonderful, the temple was beautiful, and I felt very peaceful. We were there for just over 3 hours but it didn't seem long at all. I had the sweetest temple worker that was assigned to help me. I loved her, she was such a sweet little lady. I can't wait to be sealed Tuesday. I am so grateful for the temple and the blessings and peacefulness it brings.

I've just been hanging out, organizing Sophie's drawers, cleaning, watching TV. A lady at work said that her sister was going through some baby clothes, so I was able to go over there today and I got two boxes full of baby clothes and a sack full of bottles for $35 bucks. The lady happened to have twins so I seperated the double outfits and have them listed in the classifieds to hopefully make back some of the money I paid. The clothes are all very very cute and well taken care of! Now we are all set for 0-6 months. I'll keep an eye out for 6-12, and 12+ but we won't need those right away. It rained a lot here, which is great for our grass. It looks like it's doing well, I love having our yard!

Sophie is doing good. I feel her kick several times a day usually. We're excited for our appointment next week. I'm just over 25 weeks today, which almost puts me in the third trimester. The closer it gets, the more excited I get. It will be nice to have a baby in my arms instead of in my belly!

I took my RN boards Tuesday. I had not prepared at all, and pretty much since school has been out I tried to ignore the fact I had to take that test. I had to be there at 8am. I was trying not to be nervous about it. The minimum number of questions is 75 and the maximum is 265. A certain number of people get all 265 despite how well they are doing. I was hoping that wasn't me! You have 5 hours to do the test. Basically how it works is it starts you out at a certain level of difficulty, and if you answer those correct it slowly raises in difficulty until you get a certain percent right and then the test stops. If you get them wrong, the questions get easier, and you have to do more and more. Most of my friends had gotten near the minimum so when question 75 came and went my heart dropped... luckily after question 79 the test shut off and I was done! I felt surprisingly better after the test than I did with my LPN test. I found out the next night I had passed, thank heavens.

Target Ultrasound

We had our big Target Ultrasound on Monday. It is the ultrasound where they check out all the organs and get accurate measurements of head, abdomen, femur, and where they usually give a 100% gender. Of course when I checked in they were 40 minutes behind (story of my appointments...). We finally got called back and started the ultrasound. First off, the tech said do you feel that-you're having a contraction? I could see the twitching on the screen (I could feel it, I've been feeling them for weeks). It was weird/cool to see. We were able to see the four chambers of the heart, a bubble in her belly (meaning she's swallowing and moving fluid through), and her labia! She remains a girl! Her head, femur and abdomen measured consistent with my gestational week and all within normal range. She weighs 1 pound 4 ounces. My due date is measuring between Oct 1 and Oct 6. The tech said that they don't give a specific date but rather a range. The tech did the 3D/4D and we got to see some neat pictures of her face. She has both hands up so it made it very hard and time consuming to get a few good pictures! They had to wiggle my belly a lot to get a picture without both hands in front of her face. My next appointment is in several weeks, hopefully all remains well until then.


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Our Future Lawn

My dad borrowed a neighbor's tractor so he could come till the rest of the backyard and get it ready for sod! It's pretty dusty right now, but all the icky weeds are gone and we have a lot left to get ready but it will be wonderful to have all grass. I have been un-invited to help because I'm pregnant. My mom is going to come over with her landscaping rake and get it as level as possible. Then we're going to get a load on Monday and the second part of the load Tuesday. We have to go by my mom's schedule since she's the brains and the braun of the whole operation. Our trailer is only rated to have two full pallets, that's why we're making two trips. I'm sure I'll post pics later of how it goes.

We had our F/U baby appointment Thursday and things are better. I only gained 2lbs, and there is no protein in my urine anymore. My blood pressure was still elevated (150/88) but she seems less worried. That's all good news but the bad news is I'm still banned from all the delicious food I would like to eat and the salt shaker. Sophie is doing good, she was very active on the ultrasound, even though I only feel her movements once in a while. The doc said she is big, 18 ounces! She's still measuring ahead so the doc changed my due date again to Oct. 1. I'm convinced I'll have her in September though, I just have a feeling it will turn out that way.