kid stuff

We're writing "how-to" books in my class. One of my students wrote a book titled, "How to Have a Baby". To all you teachers out there, yes, I know some of her letters are backwards, we're working on it. To all of you non-teachers out there who may not be able to read kid-writing, here's the translation:
1. Go to the doctor.
2. Have your husband with you.
3. Hold his hand tight. (yes, it says tight - the 'gh' is silent!)
4. Hold your baby.
My mom had a baby too.

Another one of my students came to me and said, "My mom says your baby is gonna come early cause its sagging down low." Apparantly the baby has dropped somewhat. The doctor said that it has begun to drop, but it hasn't DROPPED. So, we have less than 20 days until the due date. Hopefully this kid doesn't wait too much longer than that - I am exhausted and HUGE. My feet & hands have swelled up a bunch in the last couple days, probably because it got up into the 70s. I don't know what I'd do if I were in FL now. I guess I'd sit in the pool.

John & I are off on a fancy date. We thought we'd take advantage of the opportunity while we have it. We're going to get some yummy Italian food overlooking the river.

Four weeks to go!

Amazing, we have only four weeks (or so) to go. Megan is hoping that the baby is ready to be born early. I, however excited I may be, wouldn't mind if it was on time. There's this little thing called school I'm trying to finish up. But, no matter, whenever the baby comes then that is the right time. Today we went downtown to the farmer's market. Its so exciting to have all of the farmers there and their wonderful food. Megan was having a contraction that wouldn't go away so she sat down for a little while. She asked me if I was happy about this contraction she was having because I was smiling, while she was in some pain. A little guiltily I said that I was, its hard to contain this anxious excited feeling of knowing our baby is so close to joining our little famiily. Its pretty intense to be adding a new member to our lives. For the last few years its just been us together and now our whole lives will be shared with someone we don't even know yet. And everything we do, every decision we make from now on affects our child in ways we may not even be aware of. But knowing how much I love Megan makes it all seem less stressful and very exciting. I used to be wary of what the future was going to be. Now I have so much to look forward to.

baby shower take 3

Yesterday my class hosted a surprise baby shower for me. It was so cute. They gave me baskets full of my favorite comfort foods (5 boxes of mac & cheese, 2 boxes of chocolate chip cookies just to mention a little bit), made me a card, a quilt, and one student even gave me a build-a-bear bear that she made for me with a little message from her that plays when you squeeze its paw. We ate chocolate chip cookies and milk and they gave me lots of suggesed names for the baby.
The teacher I job-share with planned it with our room mom. They're also working on a book for me, but it wasn't quite ready yet, so I have to wait to read that. I think its full of advice, which should be pretty entertaining.
John was there for the festivities, which they LOVED.

Baby shower

On Wednesday, the staff at my school hosted a shower for us (and the 2 other pregnant teachers). The gifts in the picture were just for me - the other 2 girls had just as many. It was completely overwhelming. I can't belive how much stuff we got. We got a swing, tons of clothes and so many beautiful handmade gifts. It was amazing. Someone made us a "crib caddy". It hangs on the side of the crib and can hold things like diapers & wipes. She even sewed pockets around the outside for baby powder and things. We got an amazing quilt, a blanket, a crocheted blanket, a knit peace crane mobile and a very hungry caterpillar blanket - all handmade! And the other two teachers got the same (or similar) handmade gifts.
We're ready for the baby now!