Baby Gerow

Well, 50% of you that voted were right...it's a Boy! And no, we don't have a name yet.

Here is a little foot and his profile:

These pictures were from the first ultrasound.*

These are from the second.*

His little feet together, 10 toes!

His cute profile again:

He had the hiccups during this ultrasound session...it was quite amusing to watch.

*During our first ultrasound they found a white spot in the heart - an Echogenic Intracardiac Focus (EIF). So they sent us to a perinatologist the next week for a follow-up ultrasound. The presence of an EIF with other abnormalites indicates a possible genetic problem, but found by itself isn't really cause for concern.

Fortunately both ultrasounds revealed that everything else with the baby looks normal so the doctors aren't concerned about it.

Next up: a profile picture of me :)

Merry Things

My family's Christmas Traditions largely revolve around food - the baked kind. So this time of year I get the urge to bake like no other...since I'm not at home to have my mom do all the baking, I've got to get the fix somehow.


So what's on the baked goods menu this holiday season?

Pecan Tarts - heavenly mini pies
Swedish Pastel Cookies - light, flaky cookies with frosting
Chex Mix - our Family's special recipe

ahhhh, 'Tis the Season to be Jolly!

Honest Blog

I was tagged to do a post including 10 honest things about myself...here it goes:

1) One of my biggest pet peeves is when motorcyclists don't wear helmets.
2) I don't like the Twilight books (I've only ready the first one and that was out of obligation).
3) I really want Cletus to be a girl.
4) That's why I decided to definitely find out the gender - so if he is a boy, I can get used to it.
5) We put up our little Christmas tree a few days before Thanksgiving this year (I'm usually pretty adamant about waiting until after Thanksgiving to start the Christmas season).
6) I wrecked my mom's car when I was learning to drive (there was this light pole....).

i couldn't think of more so I decided to share this post with Daniel - here are his:

7) I heart spreadsheets.
8) One of my pet peeves are bad grammar.
9) I had ninja turtle pajamas when I was six.
10) I like pickled beets.

The Guessing Game

We get to find out the gender pretty soon, so make sure to cast your vote!

Things are going well. I'm feeling much better and much chubbier. And I've started feeling the baby which is both very exciting and weird. Daniel is finishing up his next to last semester. Yahoo!

mmm, that's about it - we're pretty boring these days :)

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday here. Corrin, Adam, Amber, Stephan and Spencer (and Erma) all came up for the weekend. Dinner was fabulous. I made a new sweet potato recipe that everyone raved about. I got the recipe here. It was super easy and super yummy. After we stuffed ourselves we played some games and ate pie.

I made these cute party favors for each place setting. I got the idea here - they were very easy to make once I figured out how to steam them and they added a certain...je ne sais quoi.

On Friday we got together to go bowling. I got second lowest score and Daniel got second highest (yay!). Afterwards we went to eat at T.G.I. Fridays and saw Chad and Drew. That was lots of fun. Then it was on to the "Cousins" in Sandy for more visiting and pie.

Saturday was the big show down between BYU and Utah. We hosted a viewing at our apartment complete with lots of food to munch on throughout the evening. And we were victorious! Go Cougars!!!!

The star of the whole weekend, however was this little guy:

Spencer was such a delight to play with and make laugh. He especialy enjoyed smiling and laughing at Daniel. Soon enough we'll have one of our own!

Shout Out!

I thought I'd give a shout out today to one of my favorite Blogs. My friend Laura introduced me to The Apron Stage earlier this year and I have been back to visit it every day since.

This Blog is run by 4 amazing women - only one of whom I have ever met - but after just one read, I'm sure you'll agree with me. They write about funny things, and sometimes sad things, every day things, and out of the ordinary things. They write about life and love and everything that those imply. But it never ceases to entertain me and always makes me think. Enjoy!

We Came, We Competed, We Conquered!

Yesterday, Daniel and I competed in the 7th Annual T3 Triathlon at the Orem Rec Center. It was a beautiful day - we couldn't have asked for better weather. It started with a 3 mile run that went pretty well. Then on to the bike ride. It was gruelling for me - at least the uphill on 4th South. Everyone that we passed on the run, passed us on the bike. So by the time we got to the swim we had free range of the lanes.

I kept telling everyone that my goal was just to finish the race, but secretly I also wanted to make sure I did it in under 2 hours, and I did. I'm not sure of our exact times, but I think it was around 1:45. And Daniel stuck with me the whole way! He definitely could have done it much, much faster on his own, but I'm glad I had him by my side.

Sorry we don't have any pictures...we forgot the camera. But my Halloween costume below, was pretty close ;)

P.S. They are having another Sprint Triathlon in April, click on the picture above for more info.