October

Of course, we watched General Conference this month, which I love not only because we get to hear amazing talks, but also because we get to do it in pajama’s while eating special breakfast! (I love eating too much…) I also decided it was time Dan got “cultured” and so we went to a performance of “Shrek: The Musical.” While it was no Broadway, it was still pretty good and he actually enjoyed it – success!

The best part of the month was our first real ultrasound! (First one doesn’t count, since baby was just a little jelly bean, to date the pregnancy). Because of my diabetes, I have to see a lot of doctors, a lot more often than with a typical pregnancy. So I don’t think most people have an ultrasound this early unless they specifically are trying to find gender (I was just shy of 16 weeks). This was with perinatology (maternal fetal medicine specialists – basically, they’re like expert OB’s for high-risk pregnancy!) and they did a really thorough exam where we saw all the body parts, it was so exciting and crazy to think of that little thing growing inside me! And we got it all on DVD, in case you want to watch. ;) The tech said she could definitely tell the gender, but I hadn’t made my mind up yet on whether or not I wanted to know, so we kept it a surprise. I also began to start showing this month, though really it was more fat-looking and anyone who didn’t know wouldn’t have guessed it was pregnancy!

For Halloween we tried watching Nightmare Before Christmas for a second time, since I still have never seen it. I lasted longer than last year, but after about 20 minutes I was done! It was weird and creepy, I’m just going to have to go through life having never seen this “classic”. We also bought a huge bag of candy but of course living in student housing, we had exactly ONE child come… we are STILL trying to eat leftovers.

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