TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT?

Check out weightview.com. You can upload a picture of yourself and enter in how much weight you want to lose (say 15 pounds). The website will send you via email a picture of yourself 15 pounds lighter at your desired weight! The image is realistic looking and has shown to be very motivational for individuals trying to lose weight! This website does this for free so I recommend those of you trying to lose weight to check it out! Every once in a while I will post fitness/nutrition/weightloss facts and advice that I believe in. I have wanted to do this for a while so I guess this is a good time to start! The YouTube link tells about the site if you want to check out that link as well.

IT'S A GIRL!

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THINK! THE ULTRASOUND TECH WAS NEW AND SHE DIDN'T SOUND TOTALLY CONVINCING BUT SHE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT IS A GIRL. NICK AND I ARE KINDA BUMMED THAT SHE WASN'T VERY CONFIDENT IN HER PREDICTION. SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT 3 WHITE LINES (WHICH INDICATES THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A GIRL) BUT DID SAY SHE SAW SOME WHITE LINES AND WAS 80% SURE IT WAS A GIRL. OUR BABY NOW WEIGHS 11 OZ. SHE (AS FAR AS WE KNOW) WAS KICKING AND MOVING AROUND A TON DURING THE ULTRASOUND! EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD...THE BABY APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING NORMALLY AND HAS CUTE LITTLE FEET AND TOES! MY TUMMY IS FINALLY STARTING TO SHOW SO I AM EXCITED! IT WILL MAKE THIS PREGNANCY SEEM MORE REALISTIC TO ME! LOVE YOU ALL!
--HALEY (AND NICK WHO IS CURRENTLY AT WORK)

Funny AFV Video!!!

My friend Traci had this video link on her blog! It is soooo funny! If you are cool, you will check it out!

Babbling Baby Video

Okay, now I am finding other cute videos to post from the AFV website. Check them out also! The second video below has been a favorite of Nick and mine for quite a while!

Jace Quoting Presidents

Tantrum Boy

Can We Buy Your Baby?

Some girl at BYU-Idaho thinks Nick and I want to buy her baby...uh, yeah, that says it all.

O.K. it's kinda funny so I'll sum up the story. Nick and I were looking at stuff for sale on Bulletin Board and one of the descriptions this girl wrote went like this:

"My husband and I are moving so we are selling lots of items including books, clothes, shoes, toys, baby, candles, picture frames, etc. Come check out our moving sale at xxxxx.blogspot.com."

So Nick thought it would be funny if I emailed her and asked how much for her baby...Let's just say that wasn't such a good idea. This is the emailed conversation between her and I over the next few days as follows:

Me: How much for the baby? :)

Her: Excuse me???

Me: Review your ad on Bulletin Board...sounds like your baby is for sale. :)

Her: Apparently some people have to have everything spelled out for them. Why in the world would I sell my baby? So just to spell it out for the challenged....we are selling baby items.

Me: My husband and I just thought it was funny...didn't mean to offend you! Why would we think your baby was for sale? Sorry!

That was basically how it went. Funny though huh? She really did think we wanted to buy her baby!!! Crazy grumpy girl! This happened a week ago and Nick and I have been laughing about it ever since! :)

Girl Passed Out At Gym!!!

I have pictures of Nick doing a motorbike race last weekend but can't download them because my computer has smoke coming out of it! So, I have been using Nick's computer instead but it doesn't have a place for me to put my camera card in.
Anyways, here's an interesting story that happened today...I worked at World Gym this morning and then stayed for a while doing some cardio. While reading a magazine on the elliptical I looked up when this lady yelled, "Do you need help? Do you need help with her?" I looked over to the strength training area to witness one of our personal trainers straining to catch a girl as she was falling from one of the weight benches onto the floor. I started running over and saw her legs twitching and yelled for someone to call 911. There was a puddle of orange gatorade on the floor on one side of the weight bench and the girl was on the other side lying on the floor, seeming pretty coherent by the time I arrived. Her lips were blue, her skin pale, and her pulse felt weak, but I asked her if she was okay and she replied yes. I asked the personal trainer if she had low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and he said yes. I then asked her the same question to see how aware/responsive she was and she said yes also. She was responding clearly to other questions so she seemed to be alert/aware of the situation. I grabbed her juice and gave it to the personal trainer and told him he needed to start having her drink some to raise her blood sugar levels. Apparently she had not eaten breakfast or anything for a long time so her blood sugar had most likely been low before she even came to work out. After grabbing the juice to give to the girl, the other lady who had arrived before me butted in and told her her name, "...certified in first aid/cpr...blah,blah,blah" asking her questions like medical history and stuff like that, but I felt like she was wasting time because it was apparent what had happened and that the girl needed to drink some juice right away to raise her blood sugar...not lay there shaky and pale while the lady tried to be a hero by asking questions. I just didn't feel like she was putting the girl first...More like trying to get recognition by going through all the preliminary first aid steps with the girl instead of actually recognizing what needed to happen to help the girl. Don't get me wrong, I am all up for following the cpr/first aid procedures but this situation had a simple solution and I didn't understand what the lady was thinking. So finally the trainer was able to cut in and we had the girl sit up and had her sip on juice until the paramedics arrived. Anyways, that's my crazy story for today. I was ready to give CPR if it had been needed but luckily it didn't come to that.
You know what though? I've always been nervous about emergency situations and wondered how I would react and what I would do. In first aid class at BYU-Idaho we talked about deciding to act before even coming upon an accident so we would have already made the decision to act/help when coming upon a risky situation. This is especially important when it comes to saving a life. Sister Parkinson would question us, "Are you willing to give CPR if you don't have a CPR mask and the victim has blood coming out of his/her mouth? Are you willing to help the victim if they are covered in body fluids and might be HIV positive?" Given this "girl passing out at the gym" situation wasn't near that serious, it has still made me think about that. And yes, I believe I would do anything I could to save a life. I imagine when you are in a serious situation your connection with the person needing help becomes very deep and personal. You would do anything you could to save that person's life. Stuff to ponder I guess. Moral #1 of the story: Eat before you workout! ESPECIALLY if you are hypoglycemic to start out with!!! Moral #2: Decide to help before you are even faced with an emergency situation! You never know when someone might need your help! By choosing to help without hesitation, you can save lives!

Las Vegas

Nick and I are going to go to Vegas in May...I wanted to go before I get honkin' huge for the rest of the year! Any of you guys gone? We are planning on going to the Ultimate Variety Show which is supposed to be very popular and "family-friendly" (you never know in Vegas) and we are going to go see the Bellagio fountain show. Other than that, any suggestions or tips for our travels? Thanks guys!

ULTRASOUND IMAGE

HERE IS THE ULTRASOUND OF THE BABY WE HAD TAKEN LAST MONDAY. OUR LITTLE ONE MEASURED 2 INCHES LONG. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND OUT IF IT IS A BOY OR GIRL FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS. I DO WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK WE WILL HAVE HOWEVER! I HAVE PUT A POLL ON OUR BLOG. PUT IN YOUR PREDICTION! BOY OR GIRL?