IT'S A GIRL!!

Little Baby Elizabeth is doing good. She is about 10 ounces and is squirming all over the place. Everything in the sonogram looked good (heart, brain, kidneys, neck, spine, etc). I'll post sonogram pictures soon!

Only a few days to go

19 weeks 4 days

19 weeks 5 days

Last week was a really long week because I am anticipating finding out the sex of our baby next week :-) It was a good week over all with the exception of yesterday. I normally leave my house at 6:15 for work. WEll, yesterday I didn't even wake up until 6:49!! That meant that class was going to start in 20 minutes. I was PANICKED so I called the guy that teaches across the hall from me and he said he would watch my class until I got there. I just put my hair up, got dressed, brushed my teeth and was out the door. I was driving like a race car driver the whole way there and managed to only be 10 minutes late to class! Once I got in class it was quite chaotic. We were reviewing for a test when I realized that they didn't know the material; so I stopped the review and started going over the last couple of chapters again. I was just completely off track and it made for a pretty stressful morning. I normally get there at 6:45 so I have time to check email, go over plans for the day, write the agenda on the board, and get mentally ready for them so needless to say yesterday felt like a total wash. OH WELL! Last night we went to Andrew's for his going away party and had a good time. We ate Salad and Pizza and played Gestures and that other game where you can't say the words that are on the card?... It was lots of fun. I want the word game now, I had lots of fun with that one. I had never played either of those games before so I was surprised I liked it. Def. have to get that to play in the near future. I actually think mom would like it so that would be fun to do while we are visiting her :-)

So now it's Saturday and I just finished making Pancakes and Eggs. Evidently this baby of ours does not like eggs. I was in the middle of eating and immediately ran outside to "get rid of them". This same thing happened at IHOP a couple of months ago....weird. Overall I am still feeling really good. My belly seems to be getting bigger and I'll post some better pictures tomorrow when Stephen is home. I still haven't had any luck finding Maternity jeans so last weekend I just bought regular jeans in a size 2 and they fit really well. The waist is still a little big but that's good because now I can wear them for a little while. Now I kinda wish I had bought another pair in a lighter color so that I don't have to wear the same ones all the time. ..

Today I'm just going to clean house, do laundry, go grocery shopping, and then go all the way to winter park to pick up colored pencils for my class.

We are heading back up to Birmingham next Sunday, then to Nashville on Monday, Back to B'ham Wednesday afternoon, Vegas on Friday at 7 am, B'ham again on Tuesday at midnight and then back home on Jan. 1. We are going to be very busy little travelers and I can't wait!!!

Well, I gotta go and get busy with my day. I'll post again when we find out the sex of the baby. Have a great weekend.

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What a day!

What a day this has been. Lets see, starting off my morning at work, at 6:55 am, a lady asks me if I am carrying twins! I calmly say "No, I'm 18 weeks pregnant; that would be 5 months". She then has the NERVE to say to me "WOW, I can't believe you are already SO big!" AS IF, I quickly inform her that I have "only gained 3 pounds". GREAT way to start off my day. What is wrong with people that they think it is o.k. to call a pregnant woman fat, basically. No one asked her what she thought of my weight gain. Besides, I am 5'3" with a very short waist and was pretty little before I got pregnant. Not to mention, I'M NOT THAT BIG!!! When exactly do people think it is that you start showing? At 8 months???? So that has been annoying me all day because I think it is just flat out rude.





So then I am ready to leave for the day. I had just gone to the mail room to make copies of a chapter outline when I realize that I don't have copies of the test that I am giving in the morning. So, I find the test, realize I don't have all the questions on there, complete the test, then go back down to the mail room to make more copies. So, I'm late leaving work; not that it really matters, I just like to come home.


This is the face I am making when the lady responds to me at the bank...


Then, I go to the bank to deposit a check. The check is not made out to me so I ask if the person is on my account can I deposit their check. She says "oh, you can deposit it no matter what". I say "Even if the last names are different"; "sure, no problem". So AFTER I write "Deposit only" on the check, and my account number she sends it back to me. "Sorry, I misunderstood what you said"?!!!! HOW DID YOU MISUNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID? I did not think they let idiots work at the bank. So now I have to go cash the check and explain that the people at Regions are not very smart and that's why the back of the check is all jacked up. Yeah, this is going to look really good. What it looks like is that I am trying to scam someone out of some money. I am so aggravated..... I am going to go change and go for a walk; maybe that will calm me down!


I am soooo glad that tomorrow is Friday!

P.S. I had to come edit the blog to let everyone know that after seeing my mad face I cannot stop laughing.

Hmmmm

With clothes I look bigger

18 weeks exactly

Me and my love bug

You know, I really want to see the baby. I don't think I can bring myself to pay for a 4D Sonogram but it sure would be cool. Only 13 more days until we find out the sex. YAY!!! So here are a couple of new pictures from tonight. Stephen and I were messing around and I was working out with my little 5 pound weights :-)

Home Sweet Home

16 weeks, 5 days

Stephen and I went to Birmingham to celebrate Thanksgiving with my mom, step dad, nephew, and brother. We had a WONDERFUL time. Mom and I made a yummy Thanksgiving lunch and I ate a ton. I am normally not such a big fan of Turkey but I guess the baby really likes it because I am all over it this year. I've had a Thanksgiving meal on three separate occasions already. Stephen played a lot of golf and I got to see all of my friends. It was so nice to be back home, I hate having to come back. I did some shopping with mom, ate out lots with my friends and hubby, and just hung out around the house. We got the Christmas tree for moms house the day after Thanksgiving and got her house all decorated. It looks sooo pretty. I should have taken a picture!! Stephen and I also did a little bit more painting. We are getting the house ready for us to move in :-) Mom and I went shopping one night for area rugs and we were very successfull, and tired...

We came back home yesterday and it took TWELVE long hours. The traffic on the interstate was unbelievably backed up. I guess everyone was traveling home not to mention it rained the whole time. We ended up taking back roads as much as possible and finally made it home at 9pm.

What a difference two weeks make. You can definitely tell I am pregnant at this point. I don't think any of my pre-pregnancy pants fit (unless I unbutton them) and my belly is getting bigger. I went to the doctor last week, the day before we left, and everything sounded good. I got to hear the heartbeat again and found out that I have only gained 3 pounds!! YAY!! I am worried about gaining too much weight so if I can keep the weight gain to a minimum I will feel much better. In 15 days we get to find out the sex of the baby. I am soooo excited!!! Oh, yesterday on the way home I think I was feeling the baby kick. Actually, as I am writing this I can feel the same little fluttery feeling. I think it definitely has to be the baby and it feels so cool :-) Well, that is all for now, I'm going to go back in the living room and sit with my love bug.