Breaking the News

So I decided to tell my students today. I put up a hang man game on the board that when spelled out would read, "Mrs. Wayland is pregnant!" They were smart enough to figure out the the ---.------- spelled Mrs. Wayland. By the time I had most of my name and the P A and T of pregnant spelled out some of them realized what I was spelling. They started to gasp and smile. Still most of them didn't have a clue, so we kept spelling. Then all but 4 boys figured it out. Finally we spelled it out and I got a full mix of reactions. I got girls jumping up and down, one girl's mouth hung open and looked at me as if I had alien antenna coming out my head, and I even had one boy say, "Eww, that's gross!" The rest of the class kind of jumped on him about that comment because they were excited. :) The girl that was "in shock" was really excited and told pretty much everyone she could. It was really fun to tell them and most of them are happy for me. One of them even said, "I've never had a teacher that was pregnant." I replied with, "You say that like it's a bad thing." No apparently she thought it was really cool!

Hope you had a Happy Easter, but the Rabbit Died at our house

So I am sure many of you are thinking, "what the heck is she talking about" or "that's not a very nice thing to say, I have young children in the house!" Well read the following:

"Around 1927 it was discovered that if you injected the urine of a pregnant woman into a rabbit, there would be corpora hemorrhagica in the ovaries of the rabbit. These bulging masses on the ovaries could not be seen with out killing the rabbit to inspect the ovaries, so invariably, every rabbit died, even if the woman wasn't pregnant. The phrase, "The rabbit died," came to be a euphemism for a positive pregnancy test after the late 1920 and early 1930s." (about.com)

Still think I'm horrible? My mood might be, depending on how much sleep I've gotten or how rough of a day I've had, but Clint and I are elated. We have been wanting children for a VERY long time and have had no success until now. Yeah us!

We had our first OB appointment today and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat. Clint and I actually thought we were going to see the baby, but the doctor just put up this microphone looking devise with an attached speaker and found our little one's heart beating between 166 and 169 bpm. It won't be until our June appointment that we get to see the baby who is due November 2nd. She also said that everything looks good and I measure right at 12weeks and 3 days.

We'll keep you posted on advancements. :)

Clint's White Coat Ceremony

Clint had his white coat ceremony today. This ceremony signifies him becoming a doctor and taking on those doctor responsibilities. The camera I had takes terrible pictures inside. Either you have the flash on and the pictures come out too dark or you take the flash off and the picture comes out blurry. So thankfully it has a nice video function and I was able to get some video.

WATCH VIDEOS IN THE ORDER THEY ARE LAID OUT IN TO MAKE SENSE:
The first video is of "Dean Richardson" and his opening remarks. THe next video is "Miss America." In 1990 this woman was in vet school and won the Miss America Beauty Pageant. Had to take a year off and then later finish up her Dr. degree. She is a vet and now works for CBS news as a reporter and adds that extra amount of knowledge from the veterinarian point of view. The last video you is of Clint actually getting his white coat. I'm sorry, but the clapping is really loud.

Enjoy!

Temples

A few weeks ago HBO's show Big Love had an episode showing a woman going through the "temple." The show stated that they had "experts" that described temple ceremonies so they could be "accurately" displayed. Clint and I recorded the show while on Spring Break because we were interested to see what they would publicize. It was nothing like what we expected and left us feeling a little violated. I told Clint that it was as if someone had taken naked pictures of us and posted them on the web for everyone to see. Our Temple Covenants are sacred. Hence why we have rules and that you have to be a prepared member of our church in order to enter this sacred and holy place.
In response to this episode, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published a youtube video describing temples. I also found another similar, but equally informative video about temples. Both are WELL WORTH the viewing and I hope you take the 6 or so minutes to watch. Questions about Temples come up very frequently and I hope that those who read this blog, and have not had the opportunity to visit a temple will get some answers out of these videos.

CA Spring Break!

For Spring Break we went to California for some fun in the sun and lots of time visiting with our families. I have included some pictures and video of our time at the desert, which you can read more about below, and a picture of our guest room. My parents have tried really hard to make our stay comfortable. I bought this wall hanging in Japan and it matches perfectly! They even bought a new bed so that Clint and I wouldn't be rolling on top of each other and waking with sore backs. The bed was great, but much smaller then Clint and I are use to. We would try to push the other person out of the way. Clint even woke up one night, thinking that he was certain that I was hogging the bed, but realized I was on the edge! Despite it being small, the bed was much more comfortable for the two of us and we were well rested due to it! We got to laugh with our parents because they have a CALIFORNIA king and have tried to sleep in the smaller beds in the house when their bed was uncomfortable. The whole point of including the picture is that I wanted to show you the hard work my mom has done in the house to make us comfortable. It was very comfortable and a nice room to spend the week in!
Well enjoy the pictures and the video! Oh, also, don't think I added the "Queen of Memphis" music to the video. It was what one of the trailers was playing while I was taking a the video of Clint and little Jack. :)

Fun in the Sun

Over the weekend, we rounded up the troops and headed to a dry lake bed near Hisperia to ride quads and bake in the sun. Ha! We had a great time and as you can see we had wonderful provisions. Clint and I got to sleep in the "covered wagon" while the rents slept in style in one of their friend's motor homes. Clint's mom and brother decided to tough it out under the stars on cots. They turned in to go to bed around 9ish. Little did they know that the desert crew doesn't go to bed early. The majority of the gang didn't even arrive until about 9:30pm. Then when my brother and his friends showed up, they parked their truck with the front bumper at the foot of the cots Diane and Jack were trying to sleep on. They even started a small party right there next to the cots until my dad moved them by the fire. One of our friends, Big John, got out his "big speakers" and started blaring music. I remember waking up around 3 in the morning to music still playing. At least it was Sound Garden and they were playing good songs. I'm not sure Clint's mom will volunteer to go "camping" with the desert gang, but she seemed to have a good time. We even got her and Clint's brother on the quads!

Welcome back to KS

Clint and I left CA's blue skies and warmth to come home to lovely weather. NOT! On the Monday after our return we had tornado watches and sever thunderstorm warnings. So much fun to drive home from work in! You know when you drive down the road and you hit little puddles of water and water goes splashing from your tires out the side of your car? Well the wind was blowing so much yesterday that the water would splash up, then right onto my windshield! After I got home a stronger storm rolled in causing the dime to nickle size hail. Sorry that the pictures are a little blurry. My camera doesn't always like to work the way it's suppose to. :)

I remember a time when we first moved here that I was excited to have some "weather." After all, they don't call it Sunny California for nothing! I liked the change of seasons and had fun when they came, but now they are just an irritant. :( Guess it always keeps us entertained, because as they say here, "if you don't like the weather, just wait 20 minutes."