WE'RE PREGNANT!!!

For those of you who don't already know... we're pregnant! Tim and I are finally moving past nervous and into excited! I thank God every day that this pregnancy has been so smooth and that he's given us another chance on becoming parents.

Tim and I found out we were pregnant in June and tried to keep it contained as long as possible. I can't believe my mom kept it a secret this long! Good job Mom! My first trimester was spent on the couch. Unfortunately, house projects were not top priority this summer. But on the bright side, I didn't have to work while being nauseous. I told Tim that if we could plan the second child, doing the first trimester during the summer is the way to go for a teacher.

So just after I started the second trimester school started. I am 17 weeks along now, and just told my class and their parents. I sent them a Q & A page hoping to avoid 25 emails and answer any questions ahead of time. I know they won't be too excited, but we'll see. I'm due March 1st, so I'll take off March and April. Then I'll be back for six weeks and finish up end of the year assessments.

I had a doctor appointment yesterday, and everything seems good! Tim and I are going to find out the sex of the baby in about 2 weeks. I'm so excited to finally see the baby actually look like a real baby! At my appointment, the baby's heartbeat was higher, so I think it will be a girl. We don't care either way, but I kinda want a girl and Tim kinda wants a boy (funny how that happens).

So I'll keep you update on everything and hopefully get a belly picture soon :)

Quick Update

Summer: The rest of our summer started to quickly pick up after I went to FL. Tim and I had a chaotic trip to IA. Between flight problems and staying at a no lake "lakehouse" we were happy to relax at home again, although we missed IA friends. Tim's job starting picking up with him training newbies to the FAA project. School meetings also became a weekly event.

House: I have had more energy lately, so I put more love and effort into the house. However it came back to bite me, because I wore down my system and got sick the second week of school :( We're hoping to have our Open House in two weeks!

School: The first day of school was September 7th. I have a cute and crazy crew this year. Tim says that I say that every year, but this group has some special challenges. Almost half my class is bilingual, which I love! However, some of those students didn't have preschool, so the first week was rough. My class this year is also very loud! Our poor new music teacher is I think overwhelmed with my class. We started out with 26 kids again, which makes me cringe because last year we had 6 new kids show up during the year. Every day gets a little better, and I'm looking forward to October when things are more settled.

Please continue to read our blog! More excitement soon!