Appointment and Interview

On my last appointment we met a new doctor.. no changes.. still 1 cm dilated... I have one more appointment to go and then Matthew is supposed to arrive.. we shall see... David begins his vacation time and I already started maternity leave which is wonderful! I love being able to rest and sleep. I know I will not be able to do that once Matthew arrives.

I went on an interview today and I don't think it was anything to brag about... the principal did not seem very interested. She seemed to know who she wanted in that position already.. so I am still putting my resume at different schools and hopefully I can go on some interviews before Matthew arrives.. we shall see!

We will keep you updated on Matthew so stay tuned...

Easter, Appointment and overall Life update!

Easter was a great ending to a wonderful Spring Break! We went to church and then went to mom's for lunch. It was nice and relaxing. We ate tons of food and I was so tired we went home early.

My last appointment was good. The doctor approximated Matthew's weight and she said he was about 7lbs. I am 1 centimeter dilated and Matthew is head down getting ready for delivery. He is moving so much its kind of hard to sleep at night. So I am so tired throughout the day. My next appointment is next Wednesday so we shall see what progress we have made..

Although I am ready for Matthew to come out he needs to wait just a little bit.. The transfer period is at the end of April. It begins April 27th. I have already put my resume in for two schools for Kindergarten positions. So I am hoping something works out. One of the schools already contacted me to set up an interview this coming week. I pray it goes well!

Matthew's Nursery

So finally I post photos of the nursery.. its not one hundred percent finished the way I wanted it to be but since I am so exhausted most of the time it is done for now! I am sure once Matthew has made his big arrival I will change some things for example.. the frames on the baby wall.. I do not like them so those will be changed when I find the right ones! And I am still missing a small shelf on the wall which may get put up before Matthew arrives. Above the glider I know what the frame I want up there I just have not gotten yet... So yes it is still a work in progress! Well our nursery is pretty plain. We did not do a "theme" because its just not our thing. So we went we neutral colors. The walls are a light khaki... that way whenever baby #2 comes...he/or she can go right in and all we have to do is add accent colors! So Matthew's colors are brown, blue and light green. His bedding is this color and most of the lettering I have done is this color also. The furniture is cherry wood although in the photos it looks much darker. I don't think the photos look all that great.. I think the room looks better when you are in it! There is a wall with photos of me and David when we were babies and the middle photo will obviously be of Matthew when he is here! His drawers are full of clothes and his closet is very well maintained! He already has a great collection of shoes (just like his mommy!) I LOVE the closet organizer our friends Pete and Melissa got us! It is so great for someone mildly OCD about organization...There is also a dresser in the closet which is holding clothes for his later stages in life. I mean when I see a sale on clothes its kind of hard to resist getting it.. especially when its a great deal and so darn cute!

Baby Shower 2

On Saturday March 28th I had my second baby shower at mom's church (UCOG!). It was a wonderful shower.. I was really exhausted and you could tell in some of the photos. There were lots of good food and great friends. I got lots of great stuff for baby! The car was full of stuff and David was surprised to see so much stuff! Below are some photos of the great event!

The pregnancy is going well. Although I have been getting horrible heartburn again. Yuck! My appointments are weekly now so this week we met with the doctor. She wasn't that great with her bedside manner so I am praying she is not the one that delivers the baby! But when she checked she said I was 80% effaced. Which simply means that the cervix is thinning and shortens out and gets ready for dilation. So maybe on the next appointment she will tell me that dilation has occurred. So we shall see! I will definitely keep you updated!

Spring Break has been great! I am not looking forward to returning to work this coming Monday.. actually I am not even going to think about it.. so this is where I stop this subject.
I do begin my maternity leave on April 22nd so it will be nice to be home before Matthew arrives! Well until the next post...

Baby Shower #1!

On Wednesday I had my first baby shower! It was at school and it was great. Everything looked so pretty and the food was oh so yummy! There were more people there than I ever expected which was great. I got wonderful things for the baby. The nursery is a mess now but hopefully by the end of this weekend it will be somewhat organized! We shall see!

The pregnancy is going well. I have been extremely tired and my feet are hurting really bad. They are swollen and every shoe just feels uncomfortable. But other than that baby is doing great. I have my next appointment on Monday and then every week after that I will be seeing the doctor. So we will see what happens. So far everything seems to be on schedule and we expect delivery on May 1st! David and I are very excited!

Well I must leave now and clean house! Here are some pics of the school shower!

Strep throat + allergies = horrible feeling...

Well I have been sick for the past 5 days.. It is a yucky feeling overall. It started as a mild sore throat that became strep... I missed 3 days of work.. which some would say its great "no work" but I say BOO.. I mean there are alot of things that these kids need to know for the SAT and now I only have 1 week to cram it all in! Yay for me.. also progress alerts a.k.a. report cards are coming out soon so I get to do that this Monday. This will be one heck of a week.. Anyways back to the topic... strep went away sometime Friday evening and then my lovely allergies came. Yes its great living in Florida... the heat, the wonderful beaches and who can forget the magnificient POLLEN!! Yes a threat to all of those people (like me and David) who suffer from allergies. David only has outside allergies while I suffer from both inside and out.. I have been non stop sneezing and my nose is all stopped up. A great feeling at any time.. but when you are pregnant and can't already find a good, comfortable position or way to sleep, being sick is fantastic (notice the sarcasm please). No being sick while preggo is not fun at all.. there aren't many meds you can take and its just uncomfortable. I am hoping this will all go away so I can not only regain my ability to breathe but also to hear. My head feels like its in a cloud far away....

Since I have been sick I have stopped working on the nursery which needs some finishing touches for it to be ready.. Actually everything this week has come to a halt. Cleaning and everything else went out the window once I got sick.. My house looks like a wreck.. at least to me it does, David disagrees.. but what does he know he is a boy.. they like things somewhat messy!

In other news, I had another appointment with the doctor last Tuesday. It went well. She says baby is growing great. Due date has not changed it is still May 1st. She believes the baby is facing down like he is supposed to. We listened to the heartbeat and he is doing great! When I first got to the office did mention that I was cramping through out the day at school and I was cramping right then..so of course I asked if this was normal and she had me lay down. She informed me that I was having some Braxton Hicks contractions.. could not believe it! She said for me to watch it and if it happens 6 or more time within the hour to contact the office. She also scheduled another appointment for tomorrow just to monitor me. Overall she said I needed more rest and to stay off my feet as much as possible. (That would be easy if people did not have to work.. but life has to go on!) I will keep you updated on what happens.

Well I think I have blogged enough for one day! I promise photos of the nursery will be coming soon. I just have to finish some stuff and then they will be up!

32 weeks, 8 weeks to go..

I can't believe how fast time has gone by! We have such little time and it feels like so much to do. The nursery is filled with furniture and everything is where is supposed to be I just need to arrange my last details and then photos will be added to the blog.. Its hard to believe that this journey is almost coming to an end and we will meet Matthew in just 8 weeks! Its scary and exciting all at the same time! I try to scare David by counting down the days.. I think I'm more scared.. Not about meeting Matthew but just the pain that I'll be going through. I am a pansie when it comes to pain so that scares me. Overall the pregnancy is going well. Growing by the minute. I feel like my belly is HUGE!! I can feel Matthew moving all the time. My feet and hands are pretty swollen by the end of the day. So I spent at least an hour after coming home from school with my feet up. My wedding ring will be worn around my neck starting tomorrow, since its hard to put and take off the ring..

School is okay.. I waddle around the hallways and in the classroom. I don't really bend down to pick up anything the kids usually do that. We have a field trip on March 20th to the zoo so that will be interesting. I managed to get enough chaperones that I can just sit and have them take care of the kids. So we shall see what happens.

David is doing very well. He is working, working, working! Even on his days off he seems to be at work. But overall he is doing pretty good. We try to spend as much time as his schedule allows.

Well we will see what the weeks ahead will hold. I am sure they will be tiring. Right now I am getting extremely sleepy so I am signing off! Until next time...