Baby!!

Baby Jensen is a GIRL!!!! I am so excited! I had no guesses before we found out and really didn't have a preference; I was ready for either one.
We had our big appointment yesterday and it was so much fun to see our baby again. It still amazes me how fast baby changes. As soon as baby came on the screen we saw her sucking her thumb! It was adorable. She was shy though. She was hiding her face with her hands most of the time and would not let us see her bum. I had to get up twice to walk around, roll on different sides and poke her so we could find out that she was a girl. She has proven to be a stubborn one. :) Everything looked good with baby, she is growing fast and strong despite the problems we had before. The clot is still there but should not bother her, which is good for me! I can now start exercising again and go back to normal. YEA!
I have been feeling soooo much better! The morning sickness is finally gone and all is wonderful again. :) I am now 22 weeks and starting to show a little bump. I have been able to feel baby since week 15 but the kicks and punches are so much more intense now. It kind of freaks me out thinking how there is a little one inside me doing all of it.

We are anxiously waiting for baby to come and I am so excited to decorate and paint the nursery! Let the shopping begin!!

She is sucking her thumb. :) SO cute!

Oh Snow.

Today we woke up to find a beautiful site of about 8 inches of snow. I think the last time this happened here was when I was in grade school. I have this love hate relationship with snow. I am sure many others feel the same way.

I love snow because...
It is beautiful.
It makes the nights so much lighter.
It is romantic.
It makes Christmas time so much more exciting.
It is a blast to play in, no matter how old you are.
You can go snowboarding.
It is peaceful and heavenly.
School will be cancelled if there is enough.

I hate snow because...
It is so cold.
It makes the roads dangerous.
Shoveling is a pain in the butt, but I don't really hate it because of that, just right now because I can't.

Now, my hate list is so much shorter than my love list, but sometimes I forget all the things I love about it and focus only on the things that I hate. I suppose it might be because of all the memories it evokes of when I lived in Rexburg and the many close calls I had driving to and from work in Idaho falls and Boise. Also, I am so incredibly in love with my husband and all I can think about all day is him having to drive to and from work and school in the horrible conditions. I guess I am a bit paranoid, but I can't help it. :)
When it snows like this I have to remind myself how much I actually like it. I love to just sit and watch the snow flakes fall. It also takes me back to a couple years ago when we buried my Grandma Tracy. It could not have been a more beautiful day. She was buried in a gorgeous cemetery that overlooks Provo. There was so much snow and it was falling hard. Although many of us could not get up the hill to the site (we had to go back and forth with a couple big trucks to gather people and take them up) it was so peaceful and pure. It reminded me that she was in a better place and I imagined where she is is a lot like what it was like that day. In a way it comforted me and when I see the beautifully pure white snow it reminds me of her.