White Coat Ceremony

Last night was the white coat ceremony for PNWU. Jared is now officially a medical student! I know you're all so proud!

The lighting in the building was terrible, so any pictures with flash turned out dark, almost black (and it wasn't just my camera, everyone around me was the same - weird!), so we had to use the "scene" setting without flash which makes capturing steady pictures up close REALLY difficult and so they are a little blurry...

Before being white "coat-ed". Jared looks so thrilled in that last one, huh!

Receiving his white coat.

After receiving their white coats

Sad dark pictures (and yes, the lights were on AND the flash did go off!! GRRR!!!)


And this last one is Jared afterwards eating cake (notice the blue frosting color on his teeth). YUM!

New Official due date

I just heard from the doctor's office this morning and my due date has been moved up 5 days.
Due date is now January 10, 2009!

So, how does this work with all our guesses?

Ultrasound results!!! Boy or Girl?

Yes, we finally had our first ultrasound. And yes, we did find out what "it" is!!!

The first thing the ultrasound tech said was "Well, your baby is definitely NOT shy". There the baby was, proud as can be, spread eagle for the world to take a peek...

And what did we find???

A hand poking me...

A little profile...

And this!!!

"Of course, nothing is 100% until the baby is born", said the ultrasound tech... "but I don't know how to see this one any different." Looks like Isaak will have a partner in crime pretty soon...

"IT" is a BOY!!!

The swirly looking stuff that looks like its coming out of his, eh hem, is the umbilical cord and those are his legs on either side. Every time the tech went near his rump there was a clear shot... And this kid was moving around like crazy!! It was really neat to feel him move and see it at the same time. SO COOL!!

We also found out that according to his size, I may be about 5-7 days ahead of what we thought. SO, I could actually be 22 weeks this week instead of 21. Doctor will have the final say tomorrow, but maybe our guesses will be all off... who knows...

As for names... I know people will ask, but no. No name yet, but we're working on it. We may just wait to see his little face to make a final decision... :)

OH, and check this out... He's peek-a-boo yawning! How cool is that!!!

Bagpipes

I finally did it!! I played through an entire tune (Amazing Grace) without stopping or cutting out!!!!!! I did it!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!!

New ward = speaking in church...

SO, we've been in WA for a month now and they finally asked us a couple weeks ago to speak in church, which we did this past Sunday. Not only did they ask us to speak, but speak for 15 minutes each on "Abstaining from Evil"!! Great... We equally could have given identical talks (you know, rattling off all the the do's and don't's, and should's and shouldn't's, how's and how not to's) but I think we did pretty good at splitting it up. I chose to talk on abstaining from the spirit of evil (meaning the disposition in which we conduct our lives) and Jared spoke more about the process of abstaining from evil.

You know, I'm always amazed how much you learn every time you open the scriptures because inevitably there is always something different going on in your thoughts and life every time you open them. Especially when you look at things from a different perspective. Jared got more laughs than I did, but I didn't have to speak for quite as long because I got to "introduce us" to everyone first. I think it was a win-win situation. :)

Well, I'm happy to say all went well and WE'RE DONE! Whew! No more talks until we move again... hopefully. Although, I am glad we had the opportunity. I really did learn a lot, despite being nervous about the talk. I really am happy that I'm a part of this gospel and have such a wonderful family in all of you to share that with. :)

Finally an ultrasound is scheduled!

So we had our first appointment with my OB here in Yakima. What a relief not only to finally get in somewhere, but also because he seems like a great doctor talking not only to me but also to Jared and seeming genuinely interesting in us. And not to mention reassuring and experienced.

He said that everything looked great. My "size" is just where I should be and the best part, Jared got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time! He just smiled and winked. I think he was more excited than he was showing, because after the appointment he kept talking about the instrument the dr. used and what he was listening for, etc. Such a dr. at heart, huh...

SO, my ultrasound is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5th and we should find out what we're having then. The dr. won't be there and he won't get the reports until the following Monday, but he said we would have a pretty good idea what it is even before he has a chance to look at the charts and give us a call. I'm REALLY excited not only to find out what it is, but also to just see what has been kicking me!

We'll give you all a call when we find out next week. :)

Our new place

Here it is! As promised, pictures and all!! We’re really liking it so far. The space itself feels HUGE to us after coming from student apartments at the U! Yakima is great so far! It's kind of strange how it reminds me of the Conejo Valley (where I grew up), but also comforting. Our new ward is great! Apparently our records have been there for a few weeks so they've been expecting us! We’re still unpacking so you'll see the baby's room still has boxes and stuff everywhere (not to mention laundry drying) and we’re still waiting on the managers to come get the dishwasher working, but we’re getting there. Enjoy!