Moms make everything better

MY MOMMY IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!! This week has been stressful and overwhelming! Thank God my mom has come to save the day. Mission: tackle my classroom and get it student ready. Its a relief to know hands will be working while I sit in workshops all day long. One of the things I looked forward to most was of course, Moms home cooking! And what happens? Our oven craps out. Currently it is 5:15 a.m. and I am wide awake. As I took my nightly pee/snack break I realized the oven was on... or was it. Everything is turned off but it is still producing heat. I have no clue how to fix it so I am up and on guard to make sure a fire doesn't start. This awful situation means no home cooked meals from mom tonight. This bums me out beyond words. My appetite is finally back in full force and I've been counting down the days to county fried steak- with all intentions of inhaling it. At this juncture I am rapping my brain to figure out whose kitchen we could barrow. Anyone wanting to donate their facilities? Its for a good cause... BABY IS HUNGRY!!!

Sleep is for the Birds

Apparently when you are pregnant your body is EXHAUSTED but doesn't like you to get a full nights sleep. It is 3:00 a.m. and I am up for my nightly party for 1 (well, I guess 2).

Tomorrow is my last day at Isleworth, bitter sweet emotions are taking place. Shoot- emotions are just taking place all over right now! I'm so excited to set up my classroom and meet my students and finally begin my career but will deeply miss my Members and the beautiful club I have worked in for the last 5 years. It has been an amazing experience that has opened many doors for our family. I am however very excited for a teacher's schedule, especially once the baby arrives! No more weekends!! No more holidays!! Glorious!

Ok- time to try and fall back asleep. Fan on full force because my body feels like it is going through "the change". Poor Gary is going to get frozen out of the bedroom by winter and I will be sleeping with no covers! No matter how crazy my body becomes I am so thrilled to be pregnant and be able to experience all the changes. In the midst of losing control over our bodies, I think we forget how blessed we are to be able to carry our child and be its life source for 9 mos. Over the course of the last year there were many nights I would wonder if I was going to have the opportunity to experience pregnancy so, all complaining aside, it is wonderful!

Sweet dreams!

Proof!

Week 6

First photo

Week 7

The baby plus its strong heartbeat 

Week 8

"The bean"  

The Journey

First off, I want to thank our amazing family and friends for all the prayers and support sent our way over the last year. We are so excited to begin our journey into parenthood and feel so blessed to have the opportunity. A friend suggested I start a blog and I thought "Friend... great idea!" This way those of you in PA can still be a part of our pregnancy and parenthood. 


This week (week 8) the baby is the size of a kidney bean ( we have come to know and love the baby in relation to food). Baby Obert is due to make an appearance on March 14, 2011 which is a wonderful day.. good people and born that day... people like my Mom! We have had the opportunity to see pictures of "the bean" a few times- each time the little heartbeat takes my breath away. 


I hope you all enjoy the updates- we will post pictures of the ultrasound soon!