Africa

Today I stayed home sick from school to rest and wait for my antibiotics to kick in. I went to the Dr. yesterday complaining of a bad sore throat and ear pain. Turns out I have an ear infection and it is causing the sore throat and sinus stuff. Not fun! It was great to stay home and sleep in, but I still had to go up to school and help out with the Africa presentation. I couldn't miss it and all the hard work we've put into it! The kids did great and all 20 of mine showed up! The pictures above are a class picture right before we went onto the stage in my room and the other is of one of my groups of 5 presenting their research project on Madam CJ Walker.

I also had a baby check up today. Everything looks good, I am measuring right at 23 weeks and have put on weight-not too much/not too little. "She is very active" the nurse said when listening to her heart beat which was 148 today. Seems like every time we listen to her she is squirming and moving. I thought maybe I should cut my sugar intake but the Dr. says no. She is just a wiggler. She's happy! :o)

All is well with Adam and his work. He installed a dimmer switch in the nursery. It makes it "very peaceful in there."-his words!
We worked well as a team to hang a mini chandelier.- pictured. Wow! That was quite the ordeal, but we got it up and it looks great!! All we need is furniture and Teigan to make it perfect!

Nursery Paint!!

23 wks

This week was great! Half way there!!

Last night we went to some friends house that we haven't seen in a while and had Mexican food and enjoyed their company! This couple is due in May! We are so excited Teigan will have a friend who's mommy loves shopping just as much as hers! It was great seeing them again!

Today Adam and I plan on finishing the stripes in the nursery. The candlelight glaze is barely noticeable so we are off to get a metallic paint to hopefully achieve what we are wanting! Here is a better picture than the last of me and my growing belly!

Next week will be busy at school. The students are doing independent ocean animal research and getting ready for parents to come to Open House, we also have our Africa program Tuesday night. This whole month with Black History month we have also been teaching them about Africa since our team leader lived in Africa for 13 years. We taught the students to say some things in French and sing a song in French. I will take lots of pictures and I am hoping Adam can go to record it on video. They've been working so hard to get the walk down and making their costumes. The boys brought pillow cases and decorated them. They are called Bobo's and every time the word is said they laugh and laugh. The girls (including me) will wear the African skirts and head ties with a baby doll strapped to our backs. It is going to be cute! I also have a small group of 5 students who will present their black history poster on Madam CJ Walker. It is amazing what these 6 year olds can do these days. They researched her in class with library books and the internet and worked as a group to sum up her life and then draw it on a poster. I am very proud of them! Friday is a half day!! YAY!! But teachers have training the rest of the afternoon.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm sorry it has been such a long time since I posted! I feel like I have so much to say- this might be long... :o)

Tonight we had a nice dinner at Kobe Steak a Hibachi restaurant right by our house for Valentine's day. It was very last minute but they got us in and it was very good and enjoyable! We had reservations at Adam and my favorite steak house, Silver Fox for Friday but were unable to go since I came home early from school due to a very uncomfortable feeling in my pelvic area. Somewhat the same feeling I had when we went to the hospital a few weekends ago. (for those who don't know - it was due to dehydration-with minor contractions from an irritated uterus. They basically treated me for a bladder infection and told me to increase my water intake. It's crazy how much better I felt after drinking a TON of water.) Friday this uncomfortable feeling was accompanied by a stomach bug and exhaustion from the night before. Lots of things on my plate and some changes taking place due to this lovely economy. I kept myself awake and worried- the last 2 days had taken a huge toll and it finally caught up to me. I am working hard on getting my stress under control, for Teigan's sake and for mine. Also for Adam's sanity!

Yes, Teigan (TEE-GAN) is what we have been calling our little girl and we love it! She has been very busy lately and Adam and I enjoy watching my stomach move when she moves. We played some music to her tonight before dinner. She was kicking a lot to Rascal Flatts new song. It was pretty funny! She is growing fast and I am feeling it!

Today was very busy. Adam finished painting the nursery's base color and tomorrow we will start the stripes with a candlelight glaze to make a shimmer effect. It is turning out well...the color we chose ended up having a tiny pink tint once we put it up on the walls, so I think it is going to be perfect! We also finished registering. We have registries at www.lonestarbaby.com (Lonestar Baby and Kids), Babies R' Us, Target, and a few things on Restoration Hardware baby (www.rhbabyandchild.com). There are so many things to think about when registering and I'm sure I will be adding and deleting things as the months go on, but I feel more accomplished having that taken care of. Next on the list is to buy the furniture!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Baby shower

Today's baby shower was great! Thank you to my husband for his help and putting up with my obsessive compulsiveness with perfection...He went to get touch up paint for some spots on the walls-( probably from my bad pitching arm- Bella's ball leaving marks on our walls ) Anyway, the original paint store where the contractors got the paint when the house was built was closed today ; so Adam went to Benjamin Moore and had them "match" the color. He came home and touched up all sorts of spots! Well he left to go get a haircut and I came out a while later to find grayish splotches on the walls. The color was darker than the wall paint and we had random looking shadows on the walls...I had a melt down for a moment- emotions are high right now :o) and he felt bad. He came home and went strait for the blow dryer to see if maybe the paint was still wet....It wasn't. He went and sat in the living room in a chair like a "puppy that just got in trouble"- according to one of my friends who was helping set up with me at the time. He really was just trying to help and I can be a little anal at times I will admit. I'm sure no one even noticed with all the other fun things to look at. Here is a picture of the table set up and our hostess gift to the Lewis family for baby Brody. I have now decided I am making diaper cakes and selling them on the side. It was a blast making this one and I would love to do more! If you are reading this and like what you see pass along my name and number to anyone throwing a baby shower :o) Here is a picture of my belly and the little girl we are anxiously waiting to see. We are ready but still have quite a while to go. It'll be here soon enough! Tomorrow we hope to go get some registering done in the morning and Adam is going to play golf in the afternoon. His shoulder has been bothering him- hopefully it won't hurt too bad with his golf swing. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

YAY it's February!

I know we put pictures up so that everyone could see our baby girl, but we didn't have time to write. We are both very excited to be having a girl and we went strait to Target to buy some girly clothes to celebrate! Oh, and we stopped at Pizza Hut :o)

Last weekend my mom came into town and helped me get organized in the kitchen. We put together some Fix and Freeze things so all I have to do is decide what sounds good for dinner and let it defrost while I'm at work- when we get home warm it up and dinner is served! It was great having her here and like always I wish she could've stayed longer, but she has to get back to Dad and Carter. I unfortunately, have to go back to work.

This weekend is going to be busy. We are having a friend's baby shower at our house on Saturday, so tonight (Friday) I have been busy cleaning and getting things ready! Sunday we are painting some more of the nursery. The handy work Adam did is all painted white and we will paint the rest of the walls a pearl/cream color with big stripes. One stripe will be shimmery metallic and the other just flat paint. Shiny and then dull. All around the room! I am looking forward to the finished product! I will also have another baby shower at our house the following Saturday for another friend. It's going to be fun and I LOVE doing things like this! I will post pictures of the showers once all is complete and picture worthy.

The baby has been kicking a lot. She is very busy during the school day -between 1-3:00. Maybe we won't have a night owl after all. I am not bothered during the night by kicking or movement. She seems to really start moving around when I eat. Adam has felt her a few times in the evening and it's the best feeling knowing she is moving around and happy. We have thought of a name we are almost certain we will call her but we also have others we are contemplating. We will let you know the name as soon as we think this is the one. I already know this will be the one...We both love it and smiled at each other when we found it. I got a giddy feeling so I am almost positive this will be the one we choose! Adam charged up the camera to take a picture of my growing belly but fell asleep....guess all that cleaning and laundry wore him out. HA! I hope everyone is well and I'm sorry we aren't updating this more (Amber W. and Colleen)! I promise I will do better!!

ITS A GIRL!!!