Monday, February 26, 2007

fire drill

We had a fire drill this afternoon at school. The baby heard the alarm too and jumped. I thought that was kind of neat, but then I hoped the alarm didn't scare it too much. When I was teaching in FL, I took it for granted that our fire drills usually had decent weather. The biggest problem I had was if I didn't have my sunglasses with me. But to have a fire drill when its 40 degrees outside and to have no coat is miserable. The poor kids in their t-shirts and some in shorts were freezing.

Yesterday John & I visited some friends who have a 3 month old. She is adorable and big...14 lbs! It was pretty weird realizing that we'd have a baby like that in our lives in just 6 months.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

childbirth classes

We are officially in the 3rd trimester and still feeling good. We began our childbirth classes this week. We knew we'd eventually have to watch a birth video, but I didn't expect it on the first night of class! It was great though. I actually got pretty teary-eyed watching it, because it was just so amazing. It got me really excited to meet our baby. I also felt like I can really do this and get through it. We learned some exercises and stretches to strengthen muscles that I'll be using during labor and delivery and they were all things that I've been doing for years in yoga. That gave me some confidence too, that those muscles are already flexible and strong.

I took the glucose test this week also. I had heard stories about how awful the stuff is that I had to drink, but I thought it tasted like orange "pop" (as they call it out here). My blood sugar was fine - it was a good thing I didn't take that test on Valentine's Day. It was hard enough resisting the boxes of girl scout cookies we got in the mail from mom a couple days before the test.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

From the mouths of babes?

A couple days ago, I was walking down the hall at school and I overheard a kid ask another, "Who's that fat lady?" The other kid responded, "Oh, that's Mrs. McQueen." I thought it was pretty funny myself.

The baby is getting stronger...we can watch my belly move now when its kicking sometimes. I've even been able to figure out how its positioned - I can tell the difference between kicks and elbows. I love it!

My mission this weekend is to choose what type of sling I want to get. As every other decision is, this one is overwhelming...so many choices. This one is made even more difficult by my back issues and for the fact that John will use it to, so we need one that will adjust to fit both of us. We have a great consignment shop in town, so I'll hit that and try their's out.

Au revoir!

Monday, February 05, 2007

I'm huge!


John wanted to take this picture, since its been a month since the last one. Once I saw it I realized how big I've become. I don't feel this big, but I guess I am. According to my doctor, I'm right on track for weight gain, I guess its just so drastic since I'm so short. I don't know how I'll make it 15 more weeks!

I finally caught some of the bugs going around my school. Everyone has been really, really sick. I seem to have a bad cold, but no fever. I'm hanging in there, I'm more upset than anything that I caught it. I hadn't been sick at all this year and I was hoping that would last for the rest of the pregnancy.