10 on Tuesday

1. I'm so over winter. And it's only January 19th. Umph. I want warmeth and sunshine. I want to go outside and snap photos and start pushing myself again.

2. Macy Grace is cutting like 5 teeth right now and it's rough. Very rough at our house.

3. We had a fun weekend, I got my hair done! I'll have to snap a few photos to show it off!

4. We went to an ACTS (Adults Challenged To Serve, it's our sunday school class at church, we have get together's once a month) party at our friends house. It is so nice to get together with other adults, and no children and just talk. It's great.

5. When Macy's laying in bed and she wants out or isn't feeling good, she cries for daddy. Daddy, aka, Jeremy is hardly ever here, why doesn't she just cry for momma?!

6. I almost made everything on our menu last week! I need to post a new one for this week, I just can't decide what sounds good!

7. Besides brownies and ice cream!

8. Please pray for my friends, the Hetzers. She delivered twins girls at 26 weeks and baby Katlyn survived, baby Julianne is now in Heaven.

9. I took these pictures about 2 weeks ago when I told my siblings I was pregnant. Please excuse the poor lighting and focus. My parents basically live in a cave!















10. It's Tuesday, I keep thinking its Wednesday, wishing it was Friday. Ah, the days. Love to all! xoxo

Cupcakes

I took these to school to share the news. Jeremy was convinced no one would catch on, and he should just eat them himself. I'm proud to say, almost everyone caught on right away =)

"Have fun with your baby"

I must start by saying that I have the best group of students. Onry, you better believe it, my class is 70% male, but so, so precious. I told my students today that I am having a baby, and they were all so cute. They were excited, and then a little while later, this little boy said, "We forgot to say 'Congratulations!'" So, all the kids took their turn giving me a hug and offering their congrats. Then when it was time to leave, one boy said, "Have fun with your baby teacher, see you later!" And out the door he flew! It was so cute. I tried to explain that it will be a few months before the baby comes out of my tummy, and got out the calendar and showed them all the months before November. I think a few of them understood, the others are probably sitting on pins and needles all weekend, waiting to see that baby on Monday! They'll be in for a surprise =)

sharing our news!

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Here is our photo montage that I emailed to all our family and friends, announcing the pregnancy. It was fun!

overdue for an update

I don't like going this long without an update, but truth be known on WHY I've gone a whole week:
MORNING SICKNESS, but it's not just morning sickness, it's afternoon sickness, evening sickness, midnight sickness, whenever the little bug decides to bite!
It's not THAT bad and I think I've learned how to control it *knock-on-wood*. The secret - always eat! Sounds simple doesn't it? It's not. Why? Nothing sounds good. Oh, wait, yeah, nothing. So, instead of just trying to come up with something to eat that sounds good, I decide to eat anyways. And even if it's not good or doesn't sound good, I make myself eat it, just to keep from feeling ill. Now, I could be one, sick, vomiting-projectile machine, and I'm not, so I am thankful. I'm just nauseous pretty much all day.
But a "Healthy baby and pregnancy = I'll take it"!

My spring break is over and I was dreading with everything within me on going back to school on Tuesday, but I managed. I eat two crackers an hour, drink 7-up relentlessly, and suck on jolly ranchers. So, I survived my first 2 days back to work, and I think I'll make it through the week.

I do have a difficult time sleeping through the night. I thought it was because I was napping during the day, so yesterday I tried to go without a nap and was still up between 2-4am. Is this called pregnancy preparation? I want to sleep NOW as opposed to trying to get some shut-eye in about a year! My arms fall asleep, my lower-back hurts, I have to pee. Geesh. I'm really hoping for all-nighter tonight, and I'm thinking an all-nighter of sleep, not reading =)

I have been putting alot of thought recently into when I'll tell my friends and others that I'm pregnant. I wonder if anyone has their suspensions yet?!? Not that they could tell by my size, but just intuition.

We did tell my parents, it was sweet. I sent them flowers that said
The price of these flowers $14.99
The price of this delivery $6.00
Knowing we are expecting...
PRICELESS!

I think they liked it. They called congratulating me. Yeah!

It feels weird. I feel like I know that I'm pregnant and have known for so long, that it's not a surprise anymore. Like when I tell people they won't be surprised because I've known for so long, that this is old news. Why do I feel this way? I mean, of course it is exciting, just no one knows yet! How will they react?!? Shocked? Excited?

I may tell next week, and I may decide to wait 3 more weeks. I'm leaving town in 2 weeks and maybe I'll wait until I get back to share the news. I have time to think about it.

an overview

morning sickness - **knocks on wood** I really haven't been that sick, I mean, a little, but who doesn't get the bouts of dizziness and "I feel like crap" moments?!? I'm just VERY thankful, I have had more than my share of nausea pre-pregnancy with various health problems, and can honestly say, I feel good. Maybe I just know how to handle it better than I used to .

maternity clothes - I can't wait to start shopping for them and needing them. About 2 weeks ago I was really bloated and either the bloat has gone down, or I'm just used to it, either way, I'm much more comfortable now! Maternity clothes are so cute and I can't wait until I can wear them. I am however very particular on clothes and baby doll style shirts aren't my thing, so I may have a difficult time. Plus, I really don't think they are THAT expensive, so I plan to have a good selection so I don't get bored.

telling friends and family - We haven't told anyone outside of my internet world besides one cousin and his wife (actually I told his wife, she told him with my permission) I told her because she is going through a difficult time and we both knew we were TTC and I felt she deserved to know. After our first appt on Wednesday we plan to tell our families then keep it a secret for probably another month. I go in spurts, like I really want to tell people, then again, I like having a secret! Sometimes I get the urge (like I have a pg friend and I want to tell her so bad, but haven't) and then other times I'm like, it hasn't been too hard to keep the secret, I can keep it for awhile longer. I will have to tell a friend in about 3 weeks because we are flying together to Atlanta and I feel that she needs to know, so if something happens to me (God forbid) she can tell for medical purposes. Wow, I've really rambled!

baby names - We talk about it, but we can't agree. We both really like Molly, and we thought we would go with that for a girl, but I want other options too.

I'm just really excited to be pregnant!