Month 5

Ok, this is a long one, but whatever. We find out if its a boy or a girl on Tuesday. Can't wait! Oh, and I can feel it inside sometimes. Its a little disconcerning, but its supposed to happen so thats good. My belly is poking out quite a bit now. Its crazy.

Another milestone comes halfway through this month. It's known as quickening, and it's the first time you feel your baby move. The fetus has been moving for a few weeks, but now that its bones are harder and its muscles and limbs are stronger, the movements become noticeable.
Almost all the follicles from which your baby's hair will grow are in place. Some babies are born with long, thick hair, others with almost none, but it will all fall out during the first months of life. Fingernails grow longer this month, and toenails are just starting to grow.
The number of nerve cells in your baby's brain increases rapidly this month, especially in the front of the brain, where thinking takes place. The baby's senses, too, are beginning to awaken, and it may be able to hear sounds, such as the flow of blood, the beating of your heart, and the rumblings of your stomach.
Inside your baby's intestines, the first stool, called meconium, is forming. If your baby is a girl, eggs are starting to develop in her ovaries. At about 20 weeks, you may be able to hear your baby's heartbeat with a stethoscope.
Near the end of this month, several changes take place in your baby's skin. It becomes covered with a fatty yellowish substance called vernix, which protects its skin from the constant exposure to amniotic fluid. Under the skin, particularly around the neck and back, a special tissue called brown fat is forming. Until it disappears a few weeks after birth, brown fat produces heat, which the baby needs after leaving the warmth of your womb.
At the end of this month, your baby is about 7 inches long and weighs 10 to 12 ounces.

SARAH

WHo mE?

Yes, YOU Sarah-licious. bwa ha ha ha I bet you forgot about this fine speciman of a picture, didn't you? :) Well here we have Sarah. She is an amazing seamstress and eventually when she had her own line of beautiful clothes to sell, we will all hope we stayed in good contact with her because we will all be begging for a discount on her gorgeous clothes. Why will we need a discount? Because (duh) they will be made out of such high quality material and the talent that goes into designing and then producing such products will be WAY more than the likes of US could afford. You will see her items on celebrities but will ban sales from Britney Spears and others like her for obvious reasons. You don't go from sewing church undies to sewing hoochie mama clothing to lost (but famous) souls. Seriously.

So as you may have gathered, Sarah has a great sense of fashion. She may over-do it on the pink, but that is forgivable. I plan to hire her for a home decorating consultant someday if we ever DO decorate.

This is a very honest straight forward woman and I think everyone appreciates such honesty, even if it can be brutal. She doesn't beat around the bush. I love it! I think I need to take lessons in this and quit making excuses for things I don't want to do and just tell the person I DON'T WANT TO.

She has an interesting taste in men. Usually good, but its all a matter of opinion, right? haha She could have pretty much any guy she wanted after acquiring belly dancing skills. She seduces them in with a little hip action, then once they get to really know her, they're hooked. The sad thing is, she won't let herself be liked so she laughs as she tosses yet another guy back. Although she IS 'married' at the time to the same gentleman that is married to Holly. Don't quite have that one figured out yet, but it seems to be working for all of them.

So there you have my outlook on the oh so wonderful Flarah.

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Spotlight!

Magnificent Malia

I thought it might be fun to do a spotlight of someone I have a picture of every now and then. Today it is Malia. She is know by many names, such as Malaysia, Malaria, um.. I can't remember the others now. Anyway, she served a mission with my sister (Who she is dressing on the right) in Portugal. Every once in awhile she accidentally speaks Portuguese and doesn't even realize it. At least she used to. She lived with us at my parents house while she was going to college at first, but then she got sick and tired of my family and migrated elsewhere. She is a wonderful nanny for a little girl. She has worked with autistic kids before and loved it. Personally I don't know if I would have the patience to do something that great. She stays close to the gospel and is a good example to me.
As far as her dating life goes, she gets around. haha but not in a bad way. She's a good girl, remember? She is currently dating someone that I have never met. I found out she was dating this person through my friend Jessica who hardly even knows Malia. You can bet I was a little erked about THAT one.
She enjoys anything outdoors except for rock climbing. Thats what I like. a lot. and her bf has connections to ropes and stuff and goes all time. While I sit here alone on the computer just being pregnant. grrr..... oh- right. Malia
She is nearly a professional snowboarder. She is fun to watch because she can do more than just get down the hill. Same with wakeboarding. She can do some amazing jumps and clear the wake like its nobodys business. She can school you in any sport, especially basketball. She was on an indoor soccer league which was fun to watch. She still has some scars from that. She is very athletic which would explain her hot body that all boys want. (as you can see from the picture)

Well I think that will conclude this evenings spotlight. Watch out for your picture. Feel free to e-mail me a picture of yourself or of a mutual friend that you think would be fun to surpirse on here. heh heh heh.... I don't have many pictures on the computer so I really need help. the end

One more thing about Malia. She pees a lot and has road rage. haha
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Hate

You know that song, 'hate is a strong word, but I really really really don't like you' ? That's how I feel about one person inparticular. It's weird when you think you have gotten over something and forgiven yourself and forgiven that person that hurt you more than anyone or anything possibly could and then you talk to them over the phone after not having heard from them in years, and all those bad feelings just come rushing back like a broken dam. Its awful! I don't think it's possible to hate someone unless you have loved them. I guess it goes in degrees so it depends. But if I would not have put my whole heart into loving this person, I would not feel such anger towards them. Its frustrating when you think someone loves you but then the next minute they walk all over you then they ignore you then they make you feel guily for the things THEY do wrong. Then problem is you grow accustomed to being treated this way and you start to think its normal and its not going to get any better. Then you meet someone and realize it COULD be a lot better. So you try to stand up for yourself for the umpteenth time but the guilt you feel for leaving the idiot makes it seem impossible to do. So you continue being miserable until you think you can't take it anymore because by this point they have dragged you down to a place nearly as low as they are. You finally get out. You think you are over it. But you never will be. A part of me always feels sorry for this person because it seems like they will never grow up and never stand up for anything. They just continue to follow the crowd and try to fit in with whatever type of people are handy at the time. They don't have their own set of values they live by. They are manipulative and don't even realize it sometimes.
Well by now I think I really have forgiven this person and moved on. Afterall, I am married happily and preparing to have a baby. When I look back at the choices I made and the people I let influences my decisions and stop my progress, I try hard to look at it all as a learning experience and try not to get mad. I try not to wonder what they are up to, if they've smartened up any and decided to take control of their lives, or if they just keep on going in the same direction to misery while on the outside trying so hard to fake their happiness. Its pathetic. I actually am curious if one of these people is even alive. I guess I don't hate the one because I wasn't around them long enough to allow my deterioration to set in. I didn't care about them the way I did about another person I have been refering to. What can ya do. I'm just glad its in the past and I pray my kids will be much smarter than I was and that the girls in my church will be more careful than I was.

memories

I just got back from Vegas last night. Brian and I went down on Friday for his nephews baptism. On the way down, we stopped in St George to get some lunch with Brian's brothers friend Brandon. (We were riding with Brians brother Adam and his wife) If was neat to be in St George again. brought back some good memories. Some of which had to do with work. My job used to send me to St George to set up a mobile test center there at the Hampton Inn. Anyway, we stopped in St George again on the way back to eat with some other ppl at up-chuch a rama. Brian and I walked over to a gas station to get some medicine for his headache. I had walked along those sidewalks so many times before it felt weird to be doing it again while I was pregnant and married. I felt like I should be alone with my longboard going where ever I wanted. But it was a good thing to be married this time.
While we were in Vegas, I got to see Trisha. I met her at Dixie ages ago at a bonfire. I had nearly forgotten all the ridiculous things we did together until we started talking about it again. We used to have so much fun! I remember being excited when she got a longboard for Chritsmas so we could go together and trade off with mine. Apparently I was with her when she bought her first pair of Etnies. :) Almost brings a tear to my eye. She reminded me of the time I was down there for work and I called her up from my hotel. She came over and shared some pizza with me as we watched Anaconda without the sound so that we could add our own diolouge, which we thougt was pretty hilarious by the way. It was so fun to see her again. She always make me laugh. There is so much more to write about, but I know nobody really cares to read all of my fabulous memories. So I think I will stop here. Although I DO miss the weather. It was so nice down there.