We Have a Date!

Thursday is the day! I went back to the doctor today and surprise, surprise my blood pressure is still high. It's getting too close for the doctor's comfort, thus he set Thursday as the day to be induced bright and early at 6am! Really exciting, really nerve racking, and kinda scary all at the same time. We also had another non-stress test performed where Dexter passed with flying heart rates.

Update

We went to the doctor and everything went great. The nurse was very impressed with how little Dexter performed. She said, "he did beautifully" and was very impressed with how active he was. I even had a contraction that showed on the monitor that I didn't know I was having. My blood pressure was high when we first got there but about 10 minutes into the non-stress test she checked it agian and I was normal.

We go back on Monday for another non-stress test, lab work, and blood pressure check and then once more sometime in the week. He said that I have gestational hypertension that is showing the precursers to preclampsia. He said they usually see a spike in blood pressure like they did, it come back down like it has, and then by the end of the week, he is expecting my blood pressure to be really high agian and have full blown preclampsia. Once that happens they only way to "cure" it is to deliver the baby. So, they will probably induce me by the end of next week. He is giving my body a chance to dialate on its own and is giving Dexter as much growing time as possible.

Turn of Events

This part of my life, this part of my life I call Bed Rest. It is never a good sign when your doctor walks into your room sounding like a fire truck. My blood pressure has been high throughout my pregnancy, but never too high for him to do anything about it. Yesterday changed that. My systolic pressure is high (just for you Ash) or in other words, the top number is high but the bottom number is normal (the diastolic pressure). So now I'm done working and on a leisurely bed rest. I'm not flat down in bed, he said it is more of a just kick back, relax, and keep your feet up rest.

I go back to see him on Friday where they will do a Non-Stress Test on little Dexter to make sure he is doing alright and they will recheck my blood pressure. I'll keep you posted on how things go...

What Will Ashton Name His Son?

Ashton was working as a math tutor this semester, and during the last little bit, he developed these equations (click on it to make it bigger):



He wrote it on the white board for any of his tutees to try to solve. The top equation is for his Algebra tutees and the bottom equation for his Calculus tutees. He even had some solve it. Everyone else was just amazed that he wrote it and always told me I had a genius for a husband. I won't make you solve it for the answer. We are naming him Dexter.

Bowling

Last weekend we were going to take the Castillo family geocaching. Well, it rained, and rained, and rained all day. So plan B... bowling! We had a lot of fun and yes Leigh, you did beat me by 2 pins.

Make a Smilebox scrap pages

Our Weekend Getaway

This weekend was a lot of fun! I finally got to do my Christmas/Anniversary present! WE WENT TO SEE "WICKED" IN SLC! It was a lot fun. We went down and saw some friends we hadn't seen for a while and then had a relaxing evening and morning 'till it was show time. For those of you who don't know what "Wicked" is, it is a Broadway show about the Wicked Witch's side of the story from the Wizard of Oz. Lets just say it put a whole new perspective on the Wizard of Oz. Now I only wish I knew the Wizard's side of the story...It was performed in the Capital Theater in downtown Salt Lake. It is a beautiful theater! Very ornately decorated. We were up in the balcony, about 3 rows down from the very top, but you could still see everything quite well.

Ashton made this weekend so wonderful. It was all about me. I had a hard time at first 'cause I wanted him to enjoy it too, but he made it be all about me. I have such a sweet, wonderful husband. I love him so much! Here is the ad for Wicked, The beginning set, and some pictures of the theater, and us in front of theater. One day I'll get brave and ask someone to take our picture, but for now Ashton's arm length will do.

Easter

I know this is a little late, but better late than never. This year we were able to go to Twin Falls for Easter. We went to the big Jenks family Easter egg hunt. It was a lot fun. This year was the 71st annual Jenks family easter egg hunt! That is an awesome family tradition! Ashton got about 44 eggs, which gave him about 12th place. The winner was his cousin Michael with 166 eggs! After that, we went to the Loveless family and had an easter egg hunt with Lydia and Brody. It was a lot of fun. I can't believe how big those 2 are getting!!! Enjoy the pictures! (I only got 1 picture of the Jenks egg hunt cause I was watching babies :) Next year I'll do better)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Pharmacy School Destination

Well, we finally know where we are going to be for the next 4 years of our lives...Omaha, Nebraska. Ashton got accepted to Creighton University's pharmacy school! This news came as a shock when we didn't get accepted to ISU's pharmacy program. So, we will be moving to Nebraska in August.

Ashton is excited to be going to school where he served his mission, and I, well, I am excited for this opportunity, but I am terrified of leaving and being 15 hours away from both families. I guess now all we can do is trust Heavenly Father. Obviously, he knows something that we don't.

"The Big Dance"

Well March has come and gone and so has college basketball. Last night we had "The Big Dance" bash. The game between North Carolina and Michigan State was a bit disappointing to watch. Nobody likes to see a game where one team just gets slaughtered, especially in such a big championship. However, the pizza was good, the cupcakes were great, but to top the night, Alison won the trophy! That is right! She took down the powerhouse Castillo family and pulled a win for her husband. Now he finally has the trophy in his house. Here are the final standings:

1. Alison
2. Eric Quinney
3. Blake Higley
4. Elder Dex (Devon)
5. Tyson Johnson
6. Michelle
7. Leigh
8. Ashton
9. Brian Jenks
10. Curtis
11. London
12. Dallas

It was a lot of fun and our newcomers proved to be quite the contenders. Alison's new strategy of picking the winning team was a great success. She determined the winners by their mascots, which animal/thing would win in a fight in real life. Apparently, it matters what your mascot is and apparently North Carolina's Tar Heels(a ram) are the dominant animal.

Here are the pictures of the trophy "ceremony"..

Michelle passing on the trophy...

The winner

And here is Ashton's bracket door. He just couldn't leave Yahoo! in charge of determining the winner, he had to do it manually as well.


This bout of madness was fun and thank you to all who participated in it this year!

A Weekend with My Mom

This last weekend my mom came up and we had a blast. We went shopping and she helped me make a toddler quilt for baby Dexter to one day use. We went to DI and found some really cute sweater vests for $1 and then we went to the new JoAnn's super store that just opened in Boise so I could get the rest of my fabric for the quilt. We had a lot of fun!

Mom sewing the binding on my quilt. I didn't know how to do it since it wasn't a rag quilt. I know how to now!


Here is Me begining my top.


Here is a close up of my fabric. It is really cute!


Here is the final product. It went through a lot of revision on paper and slowly became simplified. I ended not wanting to cut a lot of squares so it ended up in stripes. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Thanks Mom for a great weekend!