Happy Days!

Gifts from my parents for the girls to fight over!!!


Well, I have made my "first touchdown"... 20 healthy weeks for me and the girls. The doctor is very pleased with how well it's all going but has warned me that my body can only take so much before beginning to show signs of stress. I have had more energy the past week and have made it many days without a nap- woo hoo!!!

We have choosen paint colors for the nursery- light green and cream. We decided that we would have so much pink that pink walls would just be too much. I also gave in on the bedding for the nursery. We are going with a Winnie the Pooh crib set for each girl. We are using mini-cribs and the bedding for these is very hard to find so it just seemed easier to get what was readily available. We have so many projects and things to attend to that searching for bedding is just silly! Slowly but surely I am getting my priorities straight!!

Some things we still need to do: look at cars that fit 3 cars seats easily, find Elle a car, find Elle a college, paint (this weekend), rearrange rooms, begin bathrooms and probably some more. UGH!! I can only help the decisions, I won't pick up anything at all so I just get things organized for others to do them. To do the laundry, I slide the basket down the steps behind me as I go and then kick it to the laundry room. After the laundry is done, I kick the basket back to the stairs and wait for someone to take it upstairs. I like the system and may continue it after the girls arrive.

I have bought some cute dresses for my baby showers and was thrilled to find stuff that fit and was actually cute. So far, the big 'ole belly is still sort of cute- the rest of me has not caught up yet so hopefully I can wear some cute stuff before I completely balloon.

The one sad spot in all of this is my leaving my job. They have found a replacement for me and it just hit me how real it all is that I'm leaving. I have gone in daily knowing this time would come but just being busy with things and not really thinking about it. I have a week to get my things organized before I begin training. I know they hired a good person so it will be easy to transition her to what I do all day, well, 1/2 of all day!!!
It certainly does not help that I have 3X the hormones running through my body and could cry at a car commercial, I don't know how I will keep it together for the next 2 or so weeks. At least I have had a wonderful year and a half to get some great experience with the most wonderful people. I never thought I would find a job I would love as much as teaching but the environment at work has been amazing. So many terrific people have made my time there just plain FUN!
Also, I probably won't go back to teaching after the girls start school. Why in the world would I leave a house of 3 children to go to work with 16 children???? I will most likely work a late shift at a seedy bar so my life has some variety (my mom can't read my blog yet so I can say that!!!).

Please, please, please keep up the prayers- I KNOW they are helping me to be able to truly enjoy this unbelieveblely uncomplicated pregnancy. My next ultrasound is on Feb. 22- I will post more pics of the lovely ladies then!