Happy Birthday Mom

You've had a Birthday shout horray (horray!)

We want to sing to you today (today!)

One year older and wiser too (too!)

Happy Birthday, to you (to you!)

When I was in primary this is how we would sing this song. The words in parentheses would be shouted after the line. Apparently this is how it is still sung in primary.

Mom's birthday is today. We are having Ruby's for dinner and then going to Mike and Adrianne's for birthday cake. Yum.

Happy Birthday mom we love you.

Earthquake

Well we had an earthquake. Like all earthquakes you could hear it before you could feel it. It was pretty small (meaning that we are either far away from the epicenter, or it was a small quake). Christine is a little scared, she hasn't felt too many earthquakes, and the ones she has felt have been small. I remember Northridge; I don't think I can forget it. That earthquake felt different then the rest, it was more a rolling, surfing motion rather then just shaking. It also seemed to last forever, I was 8 or 9 at the time but I remember waking up to the sound of shaking then as I got up to go to the doorway I felt the shaking. The neighbors pool water sloshed everywhere. There were also several aftershocks, some of which were at school; it was pretty scary for all of "us kids." Mike and Josh missed it because there were in Phoenix visiting Auntie Lisa and Uncle Craig, Christine was not born yet, and Shaun and I were scared little kids. The news showed all the destruction - buildings collapsing onto the ground floors, fires, roads up torn, and much more. Well, hopefully the ground will remain firm for some time.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. I had a yummy breakfast and we had church this afternoon.

...and Baby Makes Three

Robert and I are expecting our first child in November. Yes, I am twelve weeks pregnant this week. I have had morning sickness and all that good stuff that comes along with being pregnant. We are both thrilled and are doing what we can to ensure that the baby is healthy and happy. Being pregnant made this semester interesting. I am tired most of the time and Robert has been great picking up the slack, running to get the one food that I can keep down, and holding me when I am emotional and cry.

School became interesting as well. I would have to leave class sometimes to go throw-up and homework became more difficult to finish because I didn't feel well. Finals were horrible. I had to leave my exams to go throw-up then return and finish the exam; I also caught a horrible cold that lasted more than a week and I couldn't take any medication for it. Moving was also difficult as I could not lift anything heavy. Robert and I had a good system going so we were able to pack and we had help moving all the heavy stuff. But...

...it is all worth it. I had my first doctor's appointment right after finals and before moving. I had an ultrasound because they could not find a heartbeat with the regular heartbeat thingy. I was really scared because they brought in other doctor's and were asking me a ton of questions. Then they found the baby and his/her heartbeat on the ultrasound and the atmosphere changed. They said the baby looked healthy and were commenting on how much he/she was moving. I got to see the baby move and I have a picture of him/her. Robert and I are hoping things continue to go well with the baby so we can welcome him/her to our family in November.

p.s. from Robert: It is going to be a boy!