Ultrasound Results!!

On Tuesday, September 14th, we learned we are having a
G-I-R-L!!!!

Here are a few of the pics!

The 4 white lines to the right of the word girl is what confirmed that she is a GIRL! to the left of the word girl is one knee, and her other knee is above that one.

I absolutely love this picture of her cute little feet!!

This is a sideways shot of her face--you can see her eye sockets and skull...so cool!

And there's our baby girl:)

When we first started the ultrasound, the baby was napping and not moving. But after being poked and prodded, it began to move, but the tech was still having a difficult time...we thought we'd have to try again on another day. When she listened to the heart beat, it was 152 and the tech said "according to a wives tale, that would be a girl, but that's just a tale". Then a bit later she said, "There's the area we need to look at, but the hands are down and covering it". I said, "oohhh, we have a MODEST child"! Again the tech said it was acting like a girl. Then just when Richard and I were about to give up, she said "are you sure you want to know?" In unison we said, "YES"! Then on the screen she typed in the letters G I R L! We both stared at the screen for a moment, then Richard turned to her and said, "Really?" and I said, "like 100% sure?" We almost didn't believe our eyes...it seemed too good to be true!

She weighs 8 oz. and is 8 in. long!

We are super excited and feel very blessed!!

Update on Life

Life has taken a turn for the busy road!
*School has started again, so I'm now in my 3rd year of teaching!! This year I only have 21 students compared to the 29 I had last year...sooooooo nice!! It makes a huge difference having a smaller class! And each year, of course, presents me with a new challenge. This year, it's a boy in my class who has ADHD and is bi-polar, and he is on medication for both, but it's not really working. I have to constantly keep him on task and focused...he requires as much attention as about 10 students combined. On a positive note...I'm learning lots of patience!!

*I recently received a calling in my new ward as a Miamaid Advisor in the Young Womens!! They seem like a fun bunch of girls and I can't wait to get to know them better!!

*Richard is playing on a city league softball team and has 2 games every week! He is awesome at softball and last week he hit a HoMe RuN!!!!

*My brother Challis is playing football on his high school J.V. and Varsity teams, so we've been attending his games and supporting him!!

*Skylar returned from his LDS mission in San Diego, CA on August 3, 2010. Wow, that 2 years went by super fast!

*There was a huge fire in Arbon Valley (my home town) and it got as close as 1200 ft. to my parent's home (the home I grew up in). That was scary!

*We have two extra bedrooms that we've been using as storage/junk, but we've been trying to clean them out and turn them into a baby's room and a guest room/food storage. That's been quite a task!! So we bought shelves for our garage and have been doing lots of organizing!!!

*I've had a cold for the past week, and now I'm just trying to get over the nasty cough that always follows!! It's miserable when there's not much you can take due to being prego!

*Last week was the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot, ID! I won us free tickets to the rodeo, so that was fun!!

*Tomorrow we find out if we have a big strong FOOTBALL PLAYER or a sweet little BALLERINA growing inside of me! Super Excited!!