We are heading into the final stretch! With school... winter... and pregnancy. That means summer, 60's and a baby!
First I guess I'll give a school update. Things are starting to wrap up. I'm starting to get things ready for my long term sub and my kids are finally in the "I'm no longer a baby and can do things without being asked!" phase. I am enjoying it especially because there is a good chance I will not be teaching first grade next year! I've been given the opportunity to work 1/2 time and with little Baby A coming it sounds good! I will most likely be teaching 3rd grade or above and a part of me is excited to be in upper elementary again! It seems as though I will be taking off until November, and then starting November I will be working 12-4. We found a at home daycare that is 3 minutes from my school and both Mark and I feel extremely good about her :)
Additionally as school is coming to an end, I'm realizing how thankful I am for the parents at my school! At conferences, all my parents were so great and I even got flowers to help brighten my cold conference week! My room mom is planning a little "present" for me, along with passing along tons of baby books, toys and blankets from her little one. It is much appreciated as for the most part our nursery is still empty!
But speak of the nursery, Mark and I were in "nesting" mode last weekend. We made a huge trip to home depot, and worked on a few projects around the house. First we put in blinds in the baby room (FINALLY!) and while Mark did that I put together our changing table/dresser! (Currently empty aside from a diaper cake Cathy gave me :) and changing pad inherited from a teacher at my school. Mark also worked on fixing a few small problems with our toilet, including putting in a handle that was not broken! *Hooray!
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| Current Nursery |
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| Such a good carpenter :) |
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| My work |
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| Toilet handle :) |
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| Practicing the baby carrier |
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| Diaper Cake |
Then pregnancy. GOOD, but definitely getting bigger and more tired again! I went to zumba this week and thought to myself, "this may be my last evening going to zumba". I was just so tired the next day and know that I am starting to get to the point where I should just start enjoying our "spring" weather and walk :) I know Cici will like that. And of course I can still do my daily yoga, which I think is why I still have 0 back or other body pains. I attribute it to that and using the foam roller every night.
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| 29 weeks |
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| 32 weeks... yes I look morning tired :) |
As far as cravings go, I am loving good food, especially breakfast food. That and my baths/foot soaks are my way of pampering myself. I'm looking forward for more of that this coming week when I have Spring Break and my birthday! I plan on a lot of good alone time, craft time, a pre-natal
massage and cooking to prepare for the birth!
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| Mexican Inspired Brunch |
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| Breakfast cups |
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| French toast with berry compote |
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| Don't look good but chocolate oatmeal pancakes and eggs :) My fave! |
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| The little stinker |
I also hope to spend more time with family this week. We've loved spending time with sweet baby Henry, and I look forward to my family coming here this summer... In fact, my parents recently found out that an offer they put down on a little home about 30 min south of us was ACCEPTED! Which means they are now double homeowners and get to be close to baby more of the time! It is definitely a project, but it'll be so great knowing that they are so close and that they have their own little place in Minnesota.
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| Henry |
