July so far...

Okay, I've gotten a little behind on my blogging... there has been a lot going on! We spent another fabulous 4th of July up at Charles and Debra's with wonderful friends and family. It was so nice to sit out by the pool and relax with great conversation.
I went to the doctor at 16 weeks and all is well. I met the midwife in the practice and she was very nice. Now I have met everyone who could possibly deliver Baby White. I also got to set my appointment for the 20 week check-up and ultrasound. It is July 29th. Yep, this is when we get to find out if Baby White is a boy or a girl... I can't wait!! We also haven't had an ultrasound since 8 weeks, when the baby looked like a blob, so I am excited to see how much our little one has grown!
My birthday on the 7th was nice and relaxing. I had lunch with my mom and Chris took me to Umi for a yummy hibachi grill dinner. He got me some very thoughtful gifts as well. I am a lucky girl!
This past weekend we went over to the Pittman's for Carter's first birthday. It is amazing how fast this year has gone by and Kristen is such a wonderful mommy! It was fun to watch Carter dive into his smash cake face first. He had blue frosting up his nose, but his hands were spotless!

We also have been continuing to work on combining the office and the guest room. The closets are finished and the future nursery is totally empty except for Chris's computer. We have a nice little office space set up in the guest room now, but the cable isn't run yet so I am using it for my laptop. The new guest room looks pretty nice and I only have a couple thing left to do (fix where the stuff is hung on the walls, get a little TV, etc.).

I do wish the curtains were floor length but these are 98 inches, the longest I could find without taking out a loan. It is just a HUGE window...

Chicken

I did it! After about 15 weeks of being repulsed by the sight, smell, and taste of chicken, I finally ate some last night. I decided to face my aversion and made some BBQ chicken in the crock pot and it was delicious! We decided to take a picture of the moment...

I have been grappling with whether or not to do "belly pictures" throughout the pregnancy. I figured I might as well, I will enjoy having them later in life. So here is the first one, I am exactly 14 weeks here. It is not much of a bump, but there is a little one there.

Oh summer....

Oh boy, it;s HOT!! I haven't been leaving the house much. It just really wears me out. We went to Montgomery this past weekend and it was so nice to be around the whole family. Of course all the talk revolved around the baby. Everyone is so excited and it really makes us that much more excited. I have finally started gaining weight (NEVER said that before...) and have been working hard to eat well. Starting today, at 14 weeks,  I have entered the window of when first time pregnancies feel the baby move. My book says the average is more around 18 weeks though. I am really excited for that, but have no clue what to look for.

I have been working on getting the room cleaned out for the nursery. I am having to combine 2 closets and that has proved to be quite a task, as both closets were full of junk. This is as far as I have made it....

This is the almost empty closet in the baby's room...

and the almost full closet in the guest room.

Not too bad right? Well, these are the rooms. You can see where all the junk is now. The only question is what in the world I am going to do with it all?!?

BABY WHITE!!

YAY!! This picture is about a month ago, but it is the only one we have so far.

I took the pregnancy test on April 16th. When we went to the doctor they tried a dating ultrasound, but couldn't see anything. I kept going back for bloodwork and we tried another ultrasound every week. Finally, we got this one at 8 weeks. The secret is out now and I am just about out of the first trimester!

week in review

We went up to Chris' parents house last weekend. It was a nice relaxing weekend, as usual. Saturday, I decided I wanted to go to the new Babyland General. As a little girl, I LOVED Cabbage Patch Kids and my parents used to take me to the old Babyland General in Cleveland every year. Last year, they built a new, gigantic house about 5 minutes from Charles and Debra's house. It was a nice trip back in time.

       
not world's best picture, but you can see how big it is...

This week at work has been pretty enjoyable. It is nice to have a normal week finally! Tuesday, I left work around 4:30 and was getting on the interstate for trek across the world when, BAM! I hit a hole in the road so hard it made my windshield wipers come on. Needless to say, I had a blowout and had to pull over. Chris was in Stockbridge, Dad was at work, and I was super annoyed. Luckily, Daddy called Robert and Todd to come to my rescue. Here's a thought... what's the good of knowing how to change a tire if you are not strong enough to get the lugnuts off??

Mr. Fantastic

So today at school, a boy in my class said 2 things that made me laugh out loud. He is such a charismatic kid...
I asked him to grab the paintbrush from across the table and he said, "I don't have super stretch arm Mrs. White. I mean, I'm not Mr. Fantastic." I don't know why it was so funny to me, but it was. Later in the day, I was giving my class a pretty firm lecture about taking care of materials (after I found a center set strewn ALL across the floor and lidless markers laying around as well). I was trying to remind them that someone spent money to provide those things for our classroom. I asked them how their parents would feel if their child could not go onto 3rd grade until they paid a bill for damaged materials. The little boy raised his hand, with the most serious expression, and told me, "My parents don't like bills. I think it is something that runs in our family... no one likes getting bills in our whole family." HAHA!

Snow Day!!

Oops... I forgot I was going to start blogging! I really am going to try adding this into my routine. I got out of school early because the snow was really coming down in Villa Rica! All my kiddos made it home safe and so did I, so I am going to consider it a success! I was going to use this time wisely and do homework or conference forms, but I snuggled on the couch and watched Law and Order SVU instead.

I have to share this picture Chris took of sweet Winston. He is getting so big! We weighed him last night, and he is up to 33 pounds now. We have really loved having him and he is a great addition to our family.

Needless to say, Chris is the better photographer. I can't ever get him to look at me when I try to take his picture. I have convinced myself that I am just going for the "photojournalistic look"...