Ice skating!

This year it was Brandon's turn to plan Valentines Day! (You never know what you are going to get with Brandon! :) And let me just tell you how the Valentines day week started off. In church someone came up to me and said, "Oh here is the instructions on how to clean the church on Saturday." I was a bit confused, and thought that they had me confused with someone else. Apparently Brandon had signed us up in Priesthood to clean the church on Valentines Day! Good for him, but of all days!! I asked him why he picked Valentines Day. He just laughed and apologized saying that nobody was signed up for that day. He said, "I knew I had something that day, but I couldn't remember what it was!" :) It was pretty fun though cause we had those ghost buster vacuums! We really do have a great ward which I love! Brandon surprised me with flowers, a cute maternity shirt, and a hobby lobby gift card! Then we went to Olive Garden and Ice Skating!!(Our friends Landon and Amanda!!)

Brandon really out did himself. I think he was trying to make up for being so sick last year on Valentines. Ice skating was sort of scary being seven months pregnant, but I was extremely careful. And didn't try any of my Michell Kwan/Tara Lipinski tricks! They even had ice walkers for old people or first time skaters that you could rent, which I seriously considered doing. I have had Brandon's Valentines present since Christmas! I got him Brian Regan tickets! (he's a comedian who Brandon thinks is hilarious) Brandon's brother Shawn, his wife Maria, and their cute little boy Baylan are coming up to go to the comedian with us on the 27th and staying over for the weekend! I'm way excited!

Thanks everyone for your kind wishes and prayers for our little baby girl during this stressful and delicate time of our lives. At our last check up with the doctor, everything seemed to be going really well. They did say that she is a little bit small for the gestational period. This is to be expected with gastroschisis, but as long as she continues to grow every two weeks at our ultrasounds, labor and delivery will continue to proceed as normal. (Normal - being that they won't have to induce me or do a c-section. Though she will still come early cause your body just goes into labor sooner.) She is starting to kick a lot and I have to monitor her kicking. It is the weirdest feeling and sometimes makes it hard to sleep, but I love it. I'm just glad that she is kicking!! I get so worried when I don't feel her move for awhile. It's then that I get a jab to the ribs as if she is just playing with me.