Flu season needs to end!!

Every night I pray that I don't get the flu. I was supposed to get the flu shot today through the school district, but it got cancelled due to lack of shots. So, I guess I will be getting it at the hospital. Plus I will have to get the H1N1 shot they told me last time. It is insane how many kids are sick at our school. Once you get one kid back and healthy another one is gone. I have been using Chlorox wipes and hand sanitizer like crazy. Every day I talk with the kids about germs and staying healthy.

Now they are talking about limiting visitors on OB. Last week they were talking about not allowing anyone to visit, so it would just be Justin and I the whole hospital stay. My mom said now they are talking about letting grandparents come. They haven't completely made up their mind yet. I agree that it should be limited, I just would like my mom and sister to be able to come.

announcement

So, I had my glucose test done today. I didn't think it was as bad as everyone kept telling me. But compared to the stuff you have to drink for a CAT scan, it wasn't bad at all. I think I drank it a little too fast and then I wanted to gag, but it wasn't awful just really, really sweet! Now I have to start going to the doctor every 2 weeks. I am getting a flu shot next week and then the next week at my appointment I have to get the H1N1 shot.

This past month I have been feeling pretty good. I notice there are days where I am not hungry at all, which is strange to me.. I try to force a little something down. I am starting to get more and more uncomfortable, but overall doing very well. I am just getting excited for the baby to be here.

We actually found out what we are having 2 months ago, but have been keeping it a secret so far. Justin's mom is throwing a shower for us Nov. 1 and she is announcing what we are having at the shower. So, if you are reading this PLEASE don't post anything on my facebook so those people don't find out. But we are happy to announce that we are having a BOY!! Whenever we get his room finished I will post pics, but we have a little ways to go. We still don't know his name yet... but we are going to keep that a secret until he is born... It is so hard to pick a name. Hopefully we will come up with one before he is due...

27 weeks

This is not a very good picture, but at least you can see my belly.

Trip to St. Louis

We arrived in St. Louis around 6:30 Friday night, went to the Galleria for a little bit, ate at PF Changs and then got cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory to take back to the hotel. Yum! Saturday morning we went to the zoo for a little bit. The gorilla was my favorite. He saw that we were all looking at him so we walked over to this branch and posed like this. It was like he was modeling... Too funny! After the zoo, we met my good friends Joy and David, along with their daughter Sophie for lunch. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a picture. Then we went and walked by the arch before going to the cubs/cards game. We didn't go up in it.

This is a zoomed in picture of my favorite player. Unfortunately he is now playing for the other team, but he is still my favorite!

We had good seats in the outfield. Front row! It was a little warm, but overall a pretty nice day for a game. Just didn't turn out to be a win... Oh well, we still had a good time!

After the game, we headed home... It was a nice quick trip away from home to celebrate our 1st anniversary! We weren't able to celebrate it back in August and wanted to go to a game, so we made this our celebration... you can't really see my growing belly in these shots. I need to take a new one to post!

The Joys of Pregnancy

No matter how much someone informs you about pregnancy you will never completely understand until you go through it for yourself. Last week I started getting Charley horses at night. This week I started getting heartburn and acid reflux. I got some Tums and fortunately they have been helping with these so far!

The neatest thing this month is feeling the movement and boy does this baby move A LOT!!! Justin finally got to feel it one time and then he saw my stomach move too.

Every day I look at my stomach and the whole things just seems surreal. It is hard to believe this is all really happening. I have thought about having a baby for a long time and now it is actually my turn...

Haven't decided if I like my new job or not. I miss my kids at my old school and my friends. It is hard being moved to a new school and having a new position. I am hoping things will start getting better. So far all I have done is tested kids, so there is still a lot to my job that I haven't experienced yet. Is it wrong to start counting down the days til the next break???? :)

Baby Shower

For some reason these pictures turned out grainy... Don't know why?? I had my first baby shower this past Saturday, because my sister came back from California. Here is me with my 20 week (almost 21) belly. Along with the yummy food... Lemon cake, cream cheese stuffed strawberries, sweet caramel chex mix.... etc. YUM!!! My sister, Amy (who we just found out is pregnant with #3) She is due 9 weeks after me! And my sister Sara.

I got a lot of nice gifts!!

Grace and Ava decided to dress alike for the shower! They don't get to see each other much, since Ava lives in California!

One Year Ago...

I was unable to post yesterday on my actual anniversary, because we had a busy weekend. Justin has gone on mission trips to Taiwan in 2006 and 2008 to work at a Sports and English Camp. The missionaries that are the deans of the camp when he goes are back in the states and came to visit us for the weekend. They also brought a girl from Taiwan with them. So... one day late I wish my husband a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! I love you more than words!!!