Separate Vacations

Since I am finished working for the summer I wanted to go back to Utah to spend a few days with family and friends and so my sister and I could do our annual choreography for my aunt's drill team. I was planning on being gone for 9 days and two days before I left Jayson and his brothers decided they wanted to go to Alaska to go fishing for their dad's birthday. He was scheduled to fly out of Omaha right after I got back, so we decided that I should extend my Utah trip. I ended up being there for almost 2 weeks! It was so fun and relaxing to have no plans and just be able to sleep in, go on morning walks, and visit with family and friends. I was able to see my high school friends, both sets of grandparents, Jayson's parents, Cougarette friends, lots of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Unfortunately I guess I was a little lazy and didn't take many pictures.


My aunt, mom and cousin holding my sister's girls and our nephew Rio


Catching up with my Cougarette friends


My mom and I were able to do a session at the Draper Temple and it is so beautiful! I loved it.


While I was in Utah......

Jayson is in Alaska


The last full day with all the boys (minus one brother) and over 60 fish!


Jayson's big brother Greg feeding his fish to his Dad

Jayson had such a great time with his brothers and dad and we have 60 lbs. of fish in our freezer to prove it!

Although it was a little weird to have separate vacations I am really glad that we were both able to get away from our routine for a few days and spend time with family. I think we both came back rejuvenated and ready to buckle in and get ready for Jayson to take the boards in 4 weeks and for baby girl to join us in about 8 weeks.

All you have to do is ask...

Jayson is already an amazing dad. He has come to every single one of my doctor's appointments for the last 31 weeks or so. At our last appointment 2 weeks ago the doctor was an hour and a half behind schedule. Which means, we got to wait in the lounge for an hour or so and in the room for another half hour. Needless to say, Jayson and I both were a little peeved. The doctor (whom I love) came in and apologized and Jayson said we would forgive him if he agreed to do another ultrasound so we could peek at our baby. (We felt a little jipped at our 20 week ultrasound because baby girl had her spine in the front and so all of the pictures were a little blurry and had shadows on them.) He told us that that would make him even more behind (obviously) and that he was sorry.

Well today when we went in it to doctor it wasn't crowded at all. After the regular weight, urine, uterus check the doctor asked if we were still interested in an ultrasound. Heck yes! It was so fun to see our baby girl again. He showed us her heart and slowed the machine down so we could see it opening and closing with every beat. All of her measurements looked good and he estimated her to be about 4 lbs. 10 oz. Hopefully she won't be as big as her daddy 9 lbs. 14 oz.



If you look closely you can see her eyelids.


Look at those chubby cheeks! I already want to pinch them! I know it's just an ultrasound but I swear she already has Jayson's button nose.

Wicked!

For Mother's Day Jayson wanted to get me something, but forgot (due to our trip, his white coat ceremony and his dad visiting) so I suggested that I might like to go see Wicked while it was playing in Omaha. It worked! We went and saw the show a few weeks ago. It was amazing. I was of course teary-eyed listening to the music (almost as bad as when we went and saw Celine Dion). Jayson and I were both feeling a little under-the-weather, but I told him we had to act healthy and we could be sick once we got home. I think it worked, we had a great time and I can't wait to see it again. The show has such a good message about friendship and inner beauty. I loved it!





Thanks Jayson. Anytime you are unsure of what to get me...just ask :)

A New White Coat

We have made it to dental school "Hump Day"!!! Hooray! After we returned from Utah Jayson and his fellow sophomores officially became juniors and received their white coats, which is a symbol of being able to be a primary care provider in the clinic. This now means that Jayson has his own patients instead of just assisting. It is really cute to hear him call and confirm his patients the night before and he keeps telling me how excited he is to have a secretary that can do this for him. I volunteered, but he said something about "patient confidentiality", whatever.
Jayson's dad flew out for the occasion and we always love visitors. It was fun to have him here for a few days, and look forward to his next trip.







6 of the 10 Utah RDEP students