Today's visit with Dr. McCauley

We had our second Dr.'s visit today. The nurse was nice enough to have the ultrasound tech do an ultrasound at 10 weeks! Baby J looked so much bigger than he/she did 4 weeks ago. We also got to see the 3D view. He/She wiggled the whole time!
Today we are 10 weeks and 3 days, but Baby J is still measuring a week ahead.
Dr. McCauley said everything with me looked great. They wanted to know how I managed to only gain a pound over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays!
More updates in February...

Christmas 2008

Joel took his favorite Christmas present to AL with us...the Wii. He and our nephew, Kiah, played it every time they got together.

We got 3 Cracker Barrell rocking chairs for our new home..when be build that is! The UT covers are a must during football and basketball seasons.

And what would Christmas be if Baby J didn't get something? Books, onesies, shoes, diapers and passie clips!

My nephew Kiah.

One of my identical twin nieces. I'm not sure which one this is. My sister-in-law has 4 children - Kiah - 4, Anne Elise - 2 and Eva and Sophia - 1.

I have been so far behind on posting and to be honest I haven't gotten the hang of how to post on here. Now maybe everyone will understand the complete randomness to these pictures. But as you can see, we had a wonderful and blessed Christmas!

What a mess!

Joel and I live in his grandparents old house. The house was built around the 1950's. The house is very tiny, outdated and only has 1 closet. When we moved in, we updated what we could and left the rest as is. We plan on building our own home in about a year! So, with that said, now that Baby J is on the way, something had to be done. Joel and I are remodeling the extra bedroom in the house for the baby.

Notice the paneling on the walls (which is one every wall of this house!) Joel has worked so hard on destroying this room! Baby J will have the most up to date and best looking room in the house!

I will post more pictures once we have made more progress!

H2H Christmas Party

Joel and I have been attending Laurel Church of Christ for a few years now. We have become friends with so many young married couples our age and really enjoy doing things with them. On Sunday nights the church splits up into small study groups for what we call Heart to Heart sessions. Here a few pictures of our H2H Christmas Party at Chris and Regena's house.

We decorated cookies...

played games....

and ate the cookies! I'm not much of a cookie decorator, but I made this one especially for Joel.

C.C.H.S. Living Skills Christmas Party

We went to Twin Cove Marina for our Christmas Party this year. My students really enjoyed their lunch and Christmas gifts from "Ho-Ho" as most of them called the jolly man in the red suit!

Big News!!

We finally get to share the wonderful news!! Joel and I are pregnant! We went to the Dr. today and everything looks perfect! We are 6 weeks and 3 days...that makes our due date July 31. Baby "J's" heart rate was 152 bpm and measured at 7 weeks 3 days.

We found out about 4 weeks ago. Joel and his best friend were in Missouri on a hunting trip. I knew something was wrong when I left my hour long aerobics class and went to buy a pint of ice cream. (Which I devoured in less than 30 minutes...very unusual for me!)

The test read positive immediately! I called Joel and he announced it to the entire gas station he was at in Missouri.

After saying all that, we are absolutely thrilled and are so excited about the next 7.5 months. We have decided to not find out the sex of the baby so that makes this journey much more interesting!

Why I love my job...

I am often asked why I want to teach the population that I do. Take a look at these pictures. The children are awesome and so much fun to be with.
On Thursday, my class, along with all the other Living Skills classes in the county, went to the corn maze. This was probably a first for many of the students.