I went to the Baby Expo with some pregnant friends from church and one of the booths had these dolls for each size of the baby at different gestational weeks. This is how big Aylin at 30 weeks which is close enough, I will be 31 weeks Tuesday! :)

Test Results

Well we got some good news yesterday. I PASSED my big 3 hour glucose test!! Yay! I don't have to go on any special diet :) I am officially 10 weeks away today so we are getting closer.

Hitting the 3rd Trimester

This is the most recent picture of me and baby Aylin Jewel, Bobby took us to Spaghettie Warehouse for dinner before the Rascall Flatts concert! Aylin either loved the loud noises or hated them because she was going nuts throughout the concert! :)

Well, my welcoming into the 3rd trimester has not been a fun one. I am on Spring Break this week and cooped up in my house on medication for a Sinus infection, Strep Throat, Yeast Infection, and I failed my glucose screening test Monday and have to go Friday for the 3 hr. test. Everything had been going so wonderfully smooth, thus far, and I had to brag about that, so this is what I get. To make matters worse, I was suppose to keep my little niece Payton this week and can't because of my illnesses AND the weather is BEAUTIFUL and I can't enjoy it! I am actually feeling much better just still have all the symptoms so I can not be that active.

It Will Be a Girl

It is official we will be having a daughter. I am currently 23 weeks and actually look pregnant now :) Everyone asks about her name and my favorite part, so here: Her name is either going to be Aylin Jewel or Aylin Belle, both mean strength and beauty. My favorite part is feeling her move around in there, Bobby is jealous of that :)

Introducing...

I am so proud to introduce the reason why I have been so excited and sick :) Our little baby is 10 weeks old in the picture, about 11 now. Our due date is June 2, Bobby and I couldn't be any happier! We had this ultrasound taken because I had been having a few cramps, which turns out to be because I have a tilted uterus. Nothing to worry about though, it should straighten out as the baby gets bigger. The reason the pictures is so clear (to be this early) is because they did an internal ultrasound. It was awesome, we got to see and hear the baby, I loved hearing the heartbeat. Even my husband admits it was pretty awesome! Things have been absolutely crazy, I have been so exhausted, but I hope all that is soon to be over since I am moving into the next stage of pregnancy. Please pray with us that I am not one of those women who are sick the entire time!!! Everything is just wonderful, the Church work is going fine, school is going fine, the girls (dogs) are doing fine, our family's are doing great. In fact, I am having a baby shower for my sister Julianna next weekend, she is due Jan. 5th. That is kind of fun, the idea of having two little babies so close together; the cousins will be 5 months apart!

I Am Officially a 5th Grade Teacher!

Well it has been a crazy first 12 days of school. I started the year as a 4th grade language teacher and everything was going great, then we had more Kindergartners register and I was told that I had to go to K, it was an emotional day but knowing me by the next day I was ready to be a K teacher. Then I was all but tackled by a 5th grade teacher who wanted me to take her class and let her go back to K (she had taught it for 9 years and just wanted a change). However, she just didn't like it. So we worked things out and shge went to K and I went to 5th grade language. So, my first 7 days were in 4th grade and were awesome, then I had the next 5 days in 5th grade and they were awesome! In fact, I even did learning stations (centers) last Weds. and Thurs. I would love to post some pics but unfortunately I do not yet have my new classroom decorated yet, but hopefully soon!

A Pounding!

The church here at Southaven gave us a pounding! If you were like me you had no idea what this actually meant. If you don't know it means that every one brings you at least a pound of something, kind of like a welcome here thing. I think this would work great for newly marrieds, housewarmings, etc. Anyway, we had a great turn out and were once again amazed by the generosity of the Southaven Church of Christ. It took us 2 car loads to get all of our stuff home and well unfortunately we don't have a big enough pantry for all of this stuff so there it still sits on our kitchen table, and there it will probably stay until we use all of it or make a new pantry! :)