28 Weeks

This morning was my Gestational Diabetes test...the doctor ordered the 3 hour instead of the 1!!! So, the lab ladies were pretty ornery that I drank the stuff already but I got them to send over a new order that was the right 1 hour test. Whew. I got the fruit punch flavor, which actually seemed less sweet than Hawaiian Punch. Not as bad as I expected at all. They didn't tell me the number, and my blood sugar tester mom left here is out of batteries so I can't even check on my own. Pretty sure it's ok though. But hooray for Spring Break, 'cause I sure wouldn't want to have had to go to school afterwards.

 Today marks 28 weeks! Only 12 left!

Monday, March 11, 2013: 28 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +10, doctor seems ok and by reading random books this is all amniotic fluid, baby, boobs, and uterus. Not too bad, I suppose.

Maternity Clothes: The full panel pants fit now. It is pretty nice not to deal with zippers and buttons... And, Gemma ate my slip ons that go with leggins. Blasted dog.

Best Moment this week: I actually felt him move Friday night, not just kicks but a foot or arm slide across my hand. That made it seem much more real that the pops and flutters of quick movements..

Gender: Still a boy. 3d Ultrasound Thursday but I'm pretty sure it's not going to change ;)

Movement: all the time now. I started counting for how long it takes for 10 movements and it was about 2 minutes last night. Maybe he can have hiccups after all?

Food Cravings: I'm eating sour cream Pringles all the time. Chocolate chip cookies and doughnut holes sound delicious constantly. And, I get Cafe Rio and Chinese this weekend in Vegas/Overton!

Food Aversions: Eggs still. Scrambled egg breakfast sandwiches just never sounds good now. I might have had too much pizza cause it just wasn't appealing the last few days at all.

What I miss: Ibuprofen.Sleeping without waking up.

Sleep: wake up every three hours. The bathroom feels like a second home.

What I am looking forward to: 3d/HD ultrasound on Thursday!. And, helping mom get the shower invitations out during our trip this weekend.

Belly Button: skin is tight but it still looks like a belly button.


And, I got the little felt mobile animals made :)

Well hello!

So, it's been awhile. A very long while. Sorry!

We're now expecting this little guy:

June 3, 2013 is the anticipated date... things have been going super fast!

I started this awhile ago and did it once...then the first trimester sleepies hit and real life second trimester. Now I am two days away from the third trimester and need some sort of record of this process.

So, here is the 9 week experience:

Sunday, November 4, 2012: 9 weeks 7 days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +2? Only weigh at office visits

Maternity Clothes: My pants aren’t super comfortable. Rubber band for the jeans. School pants ok.

Best Moment this week: It’s fun to read what’s happening each week. I cannot wait for Nov. 28^th and my ultrasound. Feeling ok. Not as many nauseating moments during the week but the weekend has been rough. Still soooooooooo tired and bathroom often.

Gender: I think it’s a girl…the two dreams I’ve had were about a little boy with a Mohawk and I can remember his name!

Movement: nope. Few weeks still.

Food Cravings: Mexican! Nachos, tacos, taco salad. Kiwi sounds awesome.

Food Aversions: Eggs. Scrambled egg breakfast sandwich just never sounds good now.

What I miss: Not nothing yet.

Sleep: wake up about twice to pee.

What I am looking forward to: an ultrasound to see more details and hear heartbeat. Then I will make Christmas cards with an ultrasound pic to send out and announce ;)

Belly Button: normal

And 17 weeks later, today:

Friday, March 1, 2013: 26 weeks 5 days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +6 Only weigh at office visits, I have one next Wednesday and I'm expecting a big jump, I cannot get enough to eat. Sorry!

Maternity Clothes: yeahhhhhhh, pants blow. The full panel are just too much and not tight enough, my regular pants worked well with a belly band and elastic as needed but then I wore them every day and they split a big hole on Valentines. I have started to love leggings and dresses, I just need more comfortable shoes so I can wear it every day.

Best Moment this week: He is moving more and more every day. I love feeling him on the way home from school all day doing flips and kicks. Yeah kid, I'm excited to go home, too ;) I found an app that can amplify the heartbeat. It's pretty fun.

Gender: So, it wasn't a girl... From the first ultrasound on she said it was a boy at 13 weeks and mom's friend checked at Christmas and said boy...I wanted one more to make sure and voila! 20 weeks and it was still a boy ;) but, we're excited and I think it will be an easier start than a girl, really.

Movement: all the time now. Little bumps and bubbles. I was pressing my phone pretty hard to hear the heartbeat and he kicked it enough to give it a big bounce. He doesn't like to be cramped ;) Still can't tell if there are hiccups buuuuttttttt, Kedzie can't burp and doesn't get hiccups so maybe baby Skeletor inherited that unique talent also.

Food Cravings: Chinese, a lot. And thanks, Kingman, for not having anything decent. And, Cafe Rio and Capriotti's. I miss you, St. George.

Food Aversions: Eggs still. Scrambled egg breakfast sandwiches just never sounds good now.

What I miss: Ibuprofen.

Sleep: wake up every three hours. The bathroom feels like a second home.

What I am looking forward to: 3d/HD ultrasound on March 14th in Vegas... facial details and more baby pictures! We'll get a CD of photos and a DVD of the whole session. Whooo! Cody, Preston, and mom are coming. We'll send Whitney an extra DVD.

Belly Button: skin is tight but it still looks like a belly button.

 

20 Weeks?

 

25 Weeks

26 Weeks

blink!!!!!

Uhhh, it's really been three months since I've posted? Holy toledo. The kids are crazy noisy and I come home exhausted. That's my excuse.
Onto better news, Oct. 7 I got to see Blink again for the first time in years and let me say, Best. Concert. Ever!!!! This was freakin amazing and I went with a guy who was just as into them as I was, so awesome. (he was our temporary roommate) Cody went too...but that's another story.
Annnnnnnnyway, here's our show! I love watching it and remembering! Blink makes me SOOOOOOOO happy.

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ugh. why won't it post?

Exhausted

I made it through the first full week of school...and got sick about 2 hours after I got home Friday! These kids are killin' me! We've got to figure out how be quiet. Then maybe we can do some fun stuff. Tomorrow will be the day we figure out how to be quiet, cause I sure can't yell. All I can do is cough at this point.
It's been good overall, just figuring everything out. I'm on a school behavior committee because I went to a meeting before school started ;) Oh well, it's good to hear what's going on and get hours in for extra money. I'd also like to do an art club. They have music and drama but no art. Tutoring and clubs start after Labor Day so we'll see what happens. For now, I just want to go to bed and hope I feel better tomorrow!

Postcards

I forgot about these... I made them to send out to say Hi before school starts. Yep, the date was wrong. Thursday is the 11th. Blast. It was only $3 for all of them anyway, and I can probably fix it easy enough with a marker... I fixed it here through Paint ;) Oh, honestly!
But, they're still cute and I would love to get a postcard like this before school starts! Hopefully it helps them get excited and feel better about starting a new year...

More class stuff

I ran out of black vinyl! I want to cut out numbers for their mailboxes and desks and a quote or two for the wall and some stuff for our library but all I have is white or silver.  I can't find anything in Kingman buuttttt, I found some red at a decent price online at Hobby Lobby. Phew. Back to cutting soon! (The silhouette website sells the vinyl for the same price but have double the shipping! I hate finding a good deal only to have it ruined with shipping!)
I made an attendance board. This way, they move their clothespin to school or home lunch when they get to school. If there are any pins left on "attendance," I know how many and who is absent instantly. I won't have class names until about the week before, and even then I should wait another week or so after school starts before I make anything too permanent. But, it's a start. I'm done buying stuff, so I had to make do with the paper i have. not very pirate-y but still cute :)

And today, I taped out my rug. The nice ones are about $450 so I had to make do with a $20 rug and $8 duct tape. Not too bad. Hopefully not too crowded. It's a 6x8 rug, biggest I could find for cheap. Oh well, its still a meeting place with assigned areas!

Classroom!

I've been posting pictures of projects for my classroom on Facebook as I go. I figured it might be more useful? appropriate? something... here. So far, I have:
Customized an alphabet chart:

Bought my fabric to make curtains and bulletin board background:

Made signs for all my centers... They look like treasure maps! Pirate stuff is such a great theme! :)

I have big plans fore the rest of it too.
I got a free dresser today. I have some yellow-ish paint. I think I'll paint it yellow, black, and white and use it for storing things. I don't have many cabinets and I don't want it all just hanging out and ugly.
I'm making a rug too. I loved having one for reading and meeting times. I found a big cheap black area rug at Lowe's and am going to try painting a grid on it. If that fails I want to use the cute Duct Tape to make it... We'll see. I got my classroom keys yesterday so it's on!