Her name will be...

Well, we have finally made it official!! We actually didn't argue at all on her name, so that made the decision making process very nice! We will probably call her "Maddie" most of the time...unless she writes on the wall with marker, then her full name will more likely be used! ;) (Of course, our sweet girl would never do that!) hahaha

We (and by "we" I mean my father-in-law) have started painting the nursery!!! I am SO excited about that! I don't want to reveal too much, but it will be pink and brown with no particular theme.

I have also finished registering, which was so fun and the most I have ever shopped without buying anything!! :) I have started looking at dates for baby showers and get simply giddy when I think of being that close to meeting our little girl!

Hope you like the name...stayed tuned for more updates!
:)

It's a....

Today was the big gender reveal day!! We couldn't make out much of her face because she was curled in a little ball, but that did help us (and by us I mean the Ultrasound Lady) determine she is a she! :)

This is a picture of her cute little profile with her knees all the way up to her forehead!

Here is the proof (for the doctor anyway) that she's a girl! Us normal folk can't see a thing, but I guess that's why it says "girl." ;)

We haven't started picking out names yet, but I'll keep you posted with all our updates! :)

Belly Pics & Pregnancy!

So, I have been a major blogging slacker! I had a Christmas party that I forgot to take pictures at, and as I was packing away the last box of Christmas decorations, I realized I had not taken 1 single picture of the house! I am so mad at myself! I better get better at this taking pictures thing when the baby gets here!

Anyhow, enough of the anger and frustration, and onto more exciting things! The pregnancy is going GREAT! I seriously feel so lucky about how easy it has been (knock on wood since I'm only almost 1/2 way done). But so far I have had very little morning sickness (which is now totally gone) and have experienced little other "symptoms" of pregnancy. My baby bump really popped out over Christmas break which has been sad on my clothes but exciting for us to get to actually see that something's growing in there! Here are the belly pics up until now:

We have our next BIG appointment in a week- Tuesday the 11th- where we will be finding out if little June Bug is a girl or a boy! (Keep a prayer going for us that his/her little legs aren't closed). ;)

I'll be back soon with the great pink or blue news and to share my nursery ideas...that's the really fun part- for me anyway!

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Wordless Wednesday

Finding Out & Telling the Hubby...

So let's go back to Sept. 26th...
For some reason I could not get to sleep that night. I was rolling around thinking about how unprepared I was for school and my endless to-do list wouldn't stop running on repeat. I decided to just get up, go watch T.V. and mess around on the computer. Knowing that my scheduled visit from Aunt Flow was due that day and she never showed, I thought, "What the heck, I'll just grab a test just to see." Brent was sound alseep and I headed into the living room, now on a mission. (I should preceed by saying that we had decided to start trying for a baby, and this would have been my first monthly visit after stopping the pills.) Anyhow, I was definitely hopeful, but not too convinced that it could possibly happen so soon... until the 2 mins were up and I saw this:

Now, I know what you're thinking...jump, scream, cry, then go wake up the hubby, but I just couldn't do it! I'd always imagined me telling him in some fun and creative way, and I just didn't think waking him up from a deep slumber would do it. I also knew he schedules very little time for surprises in the morning. This meant I had to wait until the next day when he got home from work (longest day of my life). That night I started cutting out letters from scrapbook paper that spelled out "Welcome Home" and then I used a digital scrapbooking kit to spell out "Daddy." As soon as I got off work the next day, I ran into Walmart to get pink and blue balloons. I rushed home and quickly start blowing up balloons, hoping he wouldn't get home until I was done. I hung up the letters and scattered the balloons all over the floor. When I heard the garage door go up, I stood in the middle of everything holding the 2 positive tests (yes- I took a second one the next day just to be sure).

Needless to say he was quite surprised and excited! We both couldn't believe it happened so soon, and we thank God everyday for his timing and blessing. June is such a perfect time for us since I will be off school! Stay tuned for how we told the rest of the family! :)

In Case You Haven't Heard...

We are expecting a new bundle of joy on June 5th, and we are absolutely ecstatic!! We found out we were pregnant on September 26th, well actually I found out and then began plotting how I would tell the hubby. It had to be super cute and creative...that's just how I roll! ;) I will post later on how I told everyone, but for now just know that we are overjoyed! We find out the gender in January, and it couldn't come soon enough. I have some serious nursery planning to do, but I need to know pink or blue! :)

So far, I have had a great pregnancy!! I had many days of waking up feeling queasy, but it generally went away as soon as I got to work. I've been tired, but I haven't really turned in super early because of it, and I'm still awaiting the belly bump. I'm keeping my regular jeans on as long as I can, though I do admit to wearing a few maternity clothes already due to some serious gas and bloating! Brent would probably agree that the gas has been the worst of my symptoms, no beans for me! ;)

My mom came up to go to our appointment with me and Brent today. We got to hear the little June Bug's (nicknamed by Grandpa Kurt) heartbeat and see him/her kick and squirm...active already! :)

 
Stay tuned for updates, sharing the news with family and friends, shopping, painting, and partying!!

Super Hero?

So this week at school we had our bi-annual Book Fair. We wanted to make this the BEST Book Fair ever, so our librarian created events for each day of the week under the theme, "Reading Saves the Day!" (sounds super-heroish, right?) On Monday, we decorated our door, and though we did not win the contest *tear* I still think ours was the best (a little biased, perhaps!) I don't have a picture of it yet, but I'll get one. The title was "Our Reading Super-Heroes," and the kids drew pictures of super heroes with reading sayings like "Everyone can read if u believe" and such. I had some of them popping out in 3D to add effect. 3D was made by rolling index cards and taping them to the backs of the paper. Very easy and very cool effect! Tuesday was Open House and a late shopping night for parents. Wednesday was grandparents day where we invited parents and grandparents to have lunch with their children and then go shopping at the Book Fair. Thursday was community heroes day, where we got to meet some great local heroes. And then came Friday. The day we (Lisa W, Lisa H, Jessica, and I had been waiting for all week!!) It was hero day, which we turned into Super-Hero day! We were asked to dress up as a hero. We creatively turned that into dress up as a super-hero and made ourselves super-teachers. (Could be considered a bit egotistical, but we wanted to have fun with it.)

 

Every part of our outfit besides the shoes were hand-made! The mask was cut out of sequin material. As was the Super T for the back (which was glued on with patch attack glue) The cape was sewn by the wonderfully talented Lisa H (I was excited enough just to sew my elastic strip together which thankfully did not bust by the end of the day.) The tutu was made by tying tulle in knots around an elastic band. It took a couple hours but was EXTREMELY easy...a child could do it ("hint hint"). The T-Shirt was made using iron on letters. We added AVM to our sleeves (for Alta Vista Montessori) to make it into a school spirit shirt that we can hopefully wear more often! The process took a few nights after school, but the outcome was more than worth it! The kids absolutely LOVED it, and yes, we taught in the WHOLE get-up ALL day!!

By the way, we ended up selling over $5,000- our BEST Book Fair ever in the history of Alta Vista!! We are a SUPER-school!