Thanksgiving break is almost here!!!

I only have one more day of work and then I have 5 days to get some things done around the house and then RELAX!!!! I can' t wait!

I am very Thankful this year for...
my relationship with God
my husband
my baby boy (who will be here in about 5 weeks!)
my family
my friends
my dogs
my house
my job
my health

Where do I put all of this stuff?

I think I need a bigger house for everything I need for this baby! I am trying to keep it somewhat organized as I get it, but it is starting to pile up everywhere. Our guest bedroom is full of Christmas presents, our stroller, infant seat, high chair and exersaucer. The high chair and exersaucer are still in the boxes. Needless to say, there isn't a lot of space. I have my last shower on Sunday, then I will go see what I still need and start getting everything completely organized. My goal is to have everything organized by Thanksgiving, because Justin's mom is coming to visit for a couple days...

I haven't been feeling too bad lately, but am definitely starting to get more and more uncomfortable. I am starting to get swollen and had to take my wedding ring off. My whole body usually is exhausted by the time I get home from work! Unfortunately it is just going to continue that way for the next several weeks! My husband just doesn't quite seem to get it, but I guess most men don't. I need to find him a book to read to explain it all to him, so he sees it isn't just me. If any of you know of any, let me know...

I need to take another picture and put on here... I haven't been good about remembering to do that!

Counting down...

I can't believe it is already November! Our little boy will be here in about 2 months which is just crazy!!

Justin and I went to Cincinnati, Ohio this past Thursday to a Youth Minister Convention. We had a good time, but were exhausted at the same time. Justin's mom lives halfway between Cincinnati and where we live, so we stopped there on the way up and spent the night. Then we stopped there on the way back on Sunday. In the few hours we were back, Justin's mom had a baby shower for us. I was beyond tired, but was thankful for everyone that came. We got home late Sunday. We unloaded our car and I went straight to bed.

It was nice to have a break from school for a few days. Now I am counting down the days until Thanksgiving break. 15 more work days... Then after that 15 more work days until Christmas break, then hopefully our baby will arrive while I am on break!!

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!