Week 15

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 15 Weeks 4 Days today

Size of baby: Baby G is the size of an avocado (4-5 inches and 3-5 ounces)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Haven't weighed myself lately

Maternity Clothes:I am wearing dresses most days. If I do wear pants I make sure to have a trusty rubber band.

Gender: Found out this past Thursday (story to come...), but it's a BOY!

Movement: I think I might have felt a flutter the other night when I was going to sleep but I am not positive.

Sleep: Can't get enough. With school starting I have been past the point of exhaustion most nights.

What I miss: Brushing my teeth without gagging.

Cravings: Probably fruit and anything sour, especially Sour Patch Kids

Symptoms: The continuous "Pregnancy Congestion." I am not a sick person and I have had two colds since I have been pregnant. I haven't been sick lately (knock on wood). Just super tired!

Best Moment this week: Finding out we were having a boy!

After finding out it was a boy. I feel that this week my belly really "popped" out some.

Bullying.

Today we had by far the best staff development training ever. We are beginning a program called Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in our school district. I am not sure how it will work at the K-6 level, but at our school (grades 7&8) I think the impact will be great!

My concern before starting this was that a bullying program would create more drama. When a student was called a name one time it would be reported, etc. and it would create more than help like the purpose should be. Within the first ten minutes of the training I knew my assumption was wrong. 

The opening of our meeting was a YouTube Video. I sat there amazed. I couldn't believe it. Surely that wouldn't happen in our school. However, it does..and often. I just want to share this video. My eyes were opened. I knew about bullying, but never being the "victim" of bullying it's a hard concept to grasp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkNn3Ei-Lg

I am so thankful for our school committee that worked SO hard on this to put this together for our faculty and staff today. I am very excited to get this implemented and watch the impact that it will have! 

13 Weeks!

I'm 13 weeks (and 2 days)!

(The G is not crooked, JT had the camera crooked but it was dying and we were trying to hurry because Wally was trying to get in.)

Pregnancy Highlights:

 

How Far Along: 13 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby G is the size of a lemon (3 inches and about 1.5 oz)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Loss 9 as of last week. Weeks 6-10 were not the best of weeks and I couldn't keep much of anything down.

Maternity Clothes: I'm wearing my normal clothes- some days I have to use the rubber band trick on my capris. Thankfully with work, I can wear all of my dresses still :) My mom took me shopping for my birthday so I do have some cute clothes for when I do need to bust them out! Actually, this shirt is maternity.

Gender: Can't wait to find out! September 6!

Movement: Too soon. If I did, I wouldn't know it.

Sleep: It would be nice if I didn't have to get up for the bathroom :) I am not as tired as I was at first though!

What I miss: Mountain Dew- I still drink some caffeine, just not that much :)

Cravings: Probably fruit and anything sour, especially Sour Patch Kids

Symptons: I'm starting to feel a lot better, much more human! I still feel blah some days but those days are now far outweighed- just in time for school!

Best Moment this week: Last Thursday going to the doctor and the ultrasound looking like a baby and not a bean!

Back to School!

Today was the first day back for Staff Development! I had a great summer but I must admit I am ready to be back in a routine. If I have said it a once, I have said it a million times. I LOVE my team! I teach with wonderful people! Super blessed! Over the past three weeks I have periodically gone to my room to work. Mom came one day and help me hang all of my posters and today was mostly spent organizing and getting rid of clutter! I felt like I had a shelf beside me everytime I turned around. So today I was determined to get rid of some and move some things around! Our school has great custodians! Today, I had a new trash can, a broken desk removed and a bookshelf out in a matter of five minutes! I am so thankful for them. 

This is what my room looked like when I first went back in July. 

My room looks so different now. My posters are up, desk are organized and my desk is clean! I love an organized work area! When everything is ready, I will show pictures! 

I pray this school year I am a the light in these children. Some only get love and attention at school~ I may be the only smile these kids see. I feel that my job is not only to teach English, but to be that LIGHT! I am already praying for my students and will continue throughout the year~ even when I am gone on maternity leave.

Have a happy Thursday!

Pawleys Island 2012

I LOVE vacation! We packed the car Friday, the 13th and headed East on 26! I love the beach and I love Pawleys! We had a wonderful time with family and friends! I took my good camera hoping to get some good pictures but I never took it out of the bag. Enjoy my iPhone pictures of our week! 

 This was our first day...so peaceful!

 John Thomas's cousin, Steth. He is so funny- our Merman!

 This is Lauren and me on the beach one day! She is 10 weeks ahead of me...here, I am 10 weeks and she is 20 weeks!

 Nothing beats a good burn!

 Dinner at my favorite restaurant at the beach- Sara J's!

This is Alex- I was his babysitter from the time he was in the 5th grade until he was a licensed driver! He is attending Coastal Carolina on a baseball scholarship and met us for dinner. I am thankful he still loves his babysitter!

Pregnancy is going well and getting better with my "All-Day Sickness". I would like to punch whoever named it "Morning Sickness". I will update soon and post a picture of my bitty bump!

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8 Weeks + 2 Days

July 4th marked 8 weeks of being pregnant and yesterday was a month since we found out!

What a busy busy month it has been! When I first found out we were expecting, I downloaded the "What to Expect Pregnancy" App on my phone. It gives daily and weekly updates on how you might be feeling and what is exactly baking inside. One thing that I really like about it is that it tells you about what size your baby is. In the past month we have gone from an orange seed to a green olive and it is about an 1 inch long! What a miracle! Just last week at the doctor it wasn't even close to an inch! 

I have bad all day sickness...morning my butt! I was going to try my best and not take any medicine the whole time. Well...after about two nights of not being able to sleep because of headaches (I quit drinking Mountain Dew the second I found out...my doctor told me I could ease back into this and I might. I still drink tea or a coke once a day because of the headaches) I took some Tylenol. 

At about 6 weeks the sickness came full force! I could not function- it was awful! I tried everything and finally I called my doctor and she called me in Zofran. That little white pill is a miracle pill! It stays in my pocketbook and with me all the time. The past few days I have gone and only had to take it once instead of twice of day. I feel most sick in the early morning, most of the time before I even get out of bed and then late at night. If I don't eat by 7- it's over and Zofran can't even help me. 

We go back August 2 and get to see the baby again...I am hoping on at least a guess on what it could be! I have some friends and their doctor was able to tell at this point, fingers crossed! I think I am pretty sure about a girl name and we keep going back and forth on boy names...decisions, decisions.

This is a kind of boring post- nothing exciting to report...I just want to remember things for myself! 

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Doctor Visit. Good Experience

Thursday, June 28 we had our first ultrasound scheduled. I had many emotions going into this appointment. I was only 7 weeks and knew things could happen. I hate being negative, but I wanted to be real with myself. We get there and my so very impatient husband is going crazy having to wait. We are finally called back to the little room. She put the jelly-like stuff over my stomach and started searching around. There it was. 

Oh. My. Gosh.

Words can't describe. She pointed to the baby and then zoomed in and we watched the heart beat. She then recorded the heartbeat and we were able to faintly listen to it. I didn't burst into tears but I had a steady stream running down the sides of my face. I don't think I will ever forget that feeling. 

The whole being pregnant concept was already real to me thanks to extreme fatigue and all-day sickness but seeing and hearing our baby made it super real. I was finally one of those people that had the tiny little picture of our baby! 

And another set of great news- ONE heartbeat! Twins run both sides of our family so I had a few dreams the nights leading up to the appointment we were having twins.

The doctor came in and said everything looked perfect! So I would like to introduce you to our baby-

We are overwhelmed with the "Congratulations" we have received over the past two days! We know we are extremely lucky to have got pregnant so quick and everything look great now and onto the "safe-zone."

I have friends and some family that have struggled in the past and continue with infertility today and those that have lost their babies. I can't imagine- but know I am in deep prayer for you all. More now than ever.

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