First Appointment

Chris and I went to our first ob/gyn appointment. Our doctor is amazing. After much poking and prodding and a zillion questions, we were able to hear our baby's heartbeat. It was so cool! They also moved our due date from February 28th to March 23rd. I feel that will change again because I know I am farther along than that.
My morning sickness has still been the same. I get really nauseous, but the only time I have thrown up was today. How ironic!
I am not looking forward to starting school next week. I have to go in tomorrow and Monday to help my teachers get ready for the year. It is going to be a great year. I can tell.

Custer County Fair

Last weekend, Chris and I went to my nephew's fair. This year he had two animals, his market steer and his bred heifer (Ironically, she is due about the same time I am). First off was his heifer. She was not the best behaved, but he still one his class because he was the only junior to have a breeding project. His steer did okay, but not as good as last year. Because he won the showmanship class, he got to participate in Round Robin. This is where all the showmanship winners in the horse, dairy, pig, and sheep compete and show each type of animal. Because Chris and I were at the Idaho Falls temple, we were not able to see him perform in this. He tied for second place in this and was pretty upset because the kid who beat him did not clean his animal well.

His heifer. She was not well-behaved, but being pregnant myself, I knew how she felt.

his steer (middle one that is black and white)

selling his steer at the auction. His bishop who owns a restuarant bought his steer for $1.50 a pound or roughly $1500. Not bad for a 9-year old.

Pioneer Day Parade

On Pioneer Day, Chris and I went to the KSL parade downtown. We had picked a spot to sit, but it was near a 7-11 and a bunch of people were smoking, so we decided to move down by the City County Building. It was really hot that day, so Katina got really sick afterwards. The parade was really good. Here are some pictures. They are not that good as we were facing the sun.

the UHP motor swad. Probably my favorite part of the parade. They all wear mustaches, even the lone girl on the swad. beautiful Clydesdale horses
nice kilts! REAL Salt Lake float

Utah loves our Soldiers! A great sight!

the 'E' fell off the Bluffdale float

Our crazy cat

Here are some pictures of Sam, our crazy cat. Chris and I were on a SkipBo kick and Sam would climb onto the table and lay in the middle of the deck of cards.
On Tuesday, I took Sam in for his shots. I mentioned to the vet that he has been chewing on his front paw. When the vet examined him, he found a 3-inch sliver that had to be taken out and shaved off. He gave us antibiotics to give him morning and night, but since I am pregnant, I can't handle the medicine. That means I have to pick up Sam with a blanket and Chris has to put the dropper in Sam's mouth. He does NOT like this. Last night we noticed that Sam has been experiencing some diarrhea, probably from his medicine, in his litter box. Later, I saw that he had stepped in it with his back paw and wouldn't clean it. I filled the tub, and dunked him in there. He bolted out and then cleaned his paws really well. He was not a happy camper last night.