My Doctor Appointment Update

As Justin says, the Doctor's appointment was all good news. Everything's normal and healthy, thank goodness. She also gave me some tips on how to help my morning sickness...but then she said the prenatal vitamins she prescribed can be very hard on the stomach, so maybe they will cancel each other out and I'll be right where I started. :) I try to be a little more optimistic than that, though. And my exam wasn't so bad. I figure I probably should get used to being prodded and examined asap since it's going to be pretty standard for me over the next few months. :) Like Justin said, our next appointment is in about 4 weeks, and hopefully we'll actually be living in St. George or Hurricane by then. That would be nice.

I would also like to say that I'm very sorry things have slowed down with my Book Club. I haven't felt like doing anything lately except lay in bed, watch Gilmore Girls, and eat. (The morning sickness isn't as bad if I keep something in my stomach at all times.) It takes most of my motivation to just go to school 3 times a week and that doesn't include homework. Driving 45 minutes to school and back has been pretty hard. So, I'm sorry if people are disappointed with the lack of activity on the Book Club. I'm very excited to get past the morning sickness phase of this pregnancy...and I'm sure Justin whole-heartedly agrees with me! He's had to stress about finding a place to live and paying for things and work stuff all by himself for the past few weeks, and I know he's very exhausted. I think we'll find a nice rhythm once we get moved.

So, there's the latest update. Oh, one more thing. School sucks.

Dr. My Eyes...or Belly

Since I am terrible at calling people, and I hate talking on the phone, this is where people on my side of the family can get the prego updates. We had our first doctor's appointment on Tuesday. It all went well for me, Jesse, however, may feel a little differently. She had to get all felt up and I am sure it wasn't that pleasant. But everything seems to be fine and healthy. The due date is April 18th, which is the exact day that we calculated. We are so smart. She also said that Jesse is seven weeks pregnant, so on our next visit on September 29th we should be able to hear the heartbeat! Yeah! It's all very exciting. I want it to be a girl so badly, I think if it's a boy I am going to tell them to put it back...

100% Natural Prego: It's In There

So, I assume everyone knows by now, but just in case you don't, I'm pregnant! Yay for making people! There, now everyone knows for sure. I have already decided that the fastest way to keep everyone up to date on all the fascinating details of my pregnant time, is to pass all the info onto Mom Laws and Mom Betts and sit back and relax as it trickles on down the chain. The second fastest way is to blog about it, therefore, I have settled on a mixture of the two. Therefore, here I am.

For the past week, I have been experiencing incredibly uncomfortable morning sickness all day long. Ugh. And it's especially hard because no one I've talked to really went through bad morning sickness when they were pregnant, so I'm feeling very picked on. Up until the day before yesterday, I'd only been able to eat saltines, very bland cereals, and soup. Finally, I found my cure for morning sickness, which Justin will buy for me on demand. It always sounds good, it always smells good, and it's nice to my tummy. This glorious invention is "Lay's Salt and Vinegar Potato Chips." (many tiny angels singing praises)

Thank goodness it wasn't hot dogs. Ew, just the thought of hot dogs...gag me...

In other news, I have my first doctor's appointment on Tuesday at 3:30, so there will be another update soon to come, whether you like it or not! ha ha! No, that wasn't evil laughter, what are you saying?

Lie To Me

I don't know if you all have heard of this show "Lie to Me" or not, staring Tim Roth. I do know that you're probably all sick of me telling you about all these T.V. shows that I watch and love and think are the best thing ever. Yes, I do get unusually enthusiastic about fictional shows on T.V. and yes, maybe it's wrong. But if it is, I don't want to be right!

If you all are going to listen to any of my T.V. recommendations, I would recommend listening to this one. The first season of "Lie to Me" was just released on DVD so you can get it on Netflix or at Hollywood Video if you're interested. Tim Roth plays a scientist who has spent years discovering and studying what he calls "microexpressions." These are tiny facial expressions that are universal in all human beings regardless of race, upbringing, culture, etc. He claims that when any person is about to commit an act of violence, they will all have the same expression on their faces. It's pretty interesting. He has a company called The Lightman Group and they are hired by the police, the Mayor, the FBI, etc. to help solve cases by interviewing the people involved and determining whether they are lying or not, only by studying their faces. It is fascinating.

He points out how he knows that someone is lying, and what's really fun is then it shows pictures of well-known people in the media (celebrities, politicians, etc.) doing the exact same behavior. There have been pictures of Pres. Obama, Michele Obama, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Pres. Clinton, Pres. Nixon, and Condoleezza Rice. That's only to name a few. I think we all know that politicains lie a lot, but it's kind of empowering to actually see the proof. Anyway, if this sounds interesting, please watch this show and let me know what you think.

Something that really bothers me

Do you know what just absolutely drives me insane? The word "hero." I am so tired of this word, that if I hear it again, I just might do something that could result in somebody else having to become a hero to save somebody else. Everybody is a hero. Do people know what a hero is? A plain will crash into the hudson river and people that survived will be called hero's. What?! Are you freaking kidding me?! Those people are victims, not hero's. They didn't do anything heroic. They crashed in their plane! Give me a break. And don't even get me started on fire fighters. It's a highly unpopular opinion, but these dudes are not hero's either. They get paid to do a job they signed themselves up to do. Brave, Yes. Courageous, Yes. Hero, butt freaking no. How? They are getting paid to their job! Now if somebody is just walking down the street and there is a house on fire and there is somebody inside, and this person runs into the burning building and saves everybody inside, and they had no formal training or equipment. Stupid, yeah probably. But hero? Yes. That person is a hero. Not somebody who crashed or somebody getting paid or somebody whose child won the spelling bee. Give me a break.

Great News

My sister, Amelia, and her husband, Brent, had their first little baby girl! Tylie Ann Duke was born August 20th at 12:21 a.m. She was 7 pounds 13.5 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Everyone's healthy. Congratulations Duke family, we're so excited for you!

Fun News

I thought this would be the fastest way to tell everyone that my best friend, Crystalle, had her first baby yesterday. They didn't know what it was going to be, they wanted it to be a surprise. They did a home birth, with a midwife, and Crystalle said she's tired and sore, but good. They had a girl and they named her Toryn Chenoa Ankiewicz. She was 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and 21 inches long. Congratulations Crystalle and husband Joe!