Another Sunday Afternoon

I was asked to give a talk today at church on the freedom to choose. Actually every time Bro Tanner in the bishopric asked me to speak I conveniently had to be out of town :) but I told him I was willing so he very graciously booked me out about a month and a half later. It didn't seem to make it any easier to get up in front of the whole congregation but I appreciated all the time studying and preparing. Apparently I did well because several people in the ward said I did well and they said they couldn't tell I was even nervous but boy let me tell you I was trying really hard to keep my voice from quivering.

I thought I would take some pictures today of a typical Sunday afternoon at our house. When we get home from church Jon usually starts a fire and we'll let Doak come inside if it's raining outside, which it was today.

Doak loves to give Jon kisses, and Jon loves to receive kisses haha. (These pics were taken with my iPhone so you can't really tell that Doak is doing anything cuz he's blurred out, sorry about that.)

Jon often time has the tv on while he's working, as you can tell he looks distracted.

Once the fire is burning he'll relax and enjoy some sporting event, this happens to be the US vs Canada Olympic Hockey game.

While I take a much needed nap. Jon always joins me, he looks forward to his Sunday naps all week long.

Even Doak gets to take a nap inside. This way it keeps him from being outside barking and keeping us up while we're trying to sleep.

We woke up to my visiting teacher dropping by to bring us over dessert. She's so thoughtful and sweet to make them look so nice, Jon and I are just excited to eat them!

Baby Gender Myths

Here are some of the myths that I have come across to determine whether our baby will be a boy or a girl.

Feeling good, no severe morning sickness. BOY

Age + number for the month you conceived and the sum is an odd number: GIRL

Your baby's heart rate is at least 140 beats per minute. BOY

You are carrying low. BOY

You are craving salty or sour foods. BOY

You are craving protein -- meats and cheese. BOY

The hair on your legs has grown faster during pregnancy. BOY

Your left breast is larger than your right breast. GIRL

You prefer sleeping on your left side. BOY

Your skin breaks out. GIRL

You feel graceful during pregnancy. GIRL

My sister, Keri, has a theory that if the oldest boy of a family has a boy first then the next boy in the family will have a girl first and so on. So Jon's older brother had a boy first so according to her theory Jon will have a girl first. GIRL

Jon's brother-in-law, Seth Hanson, apparently has a knack for being able to call whether a baby will be a boy or girl. He had two boys and then two girls and he called it accurately before each one was determined. He says that we are going to have a boy. BOY

The Hanson boys say I am going to have a boy. BOY

The Hanson girls say I am going to have a girl. GIRL

It's still early to tell but so far the tally is GIRL 6 to BOY 9. My mom has convinced me to wait until my baby shower to find out whether I'm having a boy or a girl. My wonderful sister-in-law April from the New York Newmans has so kindly offered to throw my a baby shower in July. I am going to let her decide how she wants to surprise me with the news. So Jon will be the only one to know until he decides to tell others, as long as they can keep a secret from me : ).

We're Having a Baby!

On January 1, 2010 we found out that Jon and I are going to have a baby! We had decided a month earlier that we wanted to have a baby but we thought we would wait a few months since we would be moving in the fall for grad school. But we were thrilled none the less.

This is just 9 weeks. I thought we would take the picture in the same outfit every time starting with when I still look thin.

This is 10 weeks and you can already see a little bump.

And this is just 11 weeks and I look considerable bigger than a week ago, granted I was very full from eating a large meal at dinner. But still, I'm getting bigger!
I have my next doctor's appointment on Monday February 22, 2010. I will have a physical and they will probably do another ultrasound to hear the baby's heartbeat. At the first appointment Jon went with me and they did an ultrasound. I thought that we would just hear the heartbeat I didn't realize that they would actually sound a picture of the baby, it was so special we got to see the bean with nubs growing inside of me. I took an early pregnancy class at Kaiser which was very informative and interesting. I learned how to have a healthy pregnancy and they even showed me fake examples of a baby at 10 weeks which was so small, then 15 weeks which was considerably bigger, and then at 20 weeks which was soooo much bigger.

Sacramento Zoo

We didn't take many pictures because there really wasn't much to see but we went to the Sacramento Zoo because on this day it was free.

Jon looks like he's having a really great time, hahaha.