I'm going to be a mommy!

In case you haven't heard the news yet, I am in my 7th week of pregnancy. We went in for an early ultrasound on Tuesday, and everything looks good so far. The baby's heartbeat was hard to find at first, but once we found it, it measured at 165 beats per minute, which is in the normal range. Here is a close-up of the ultrasound. The round thing is not the head, it's the yolk sack. the little tadpole shaped thing is the baby. Patrick is sure that it's a girl, and he knew I was pregnant before I did, so he may be right. We'll see! So far no nausea, just some abdominal cramping, lots of trips to the bathroom, and I'm hungry and tired all the time. Thanks for all the well-wishes we have already received. I have more blood work to be done next week, then another doctor visit in about a month (we should be able to hear the heartbeat by then). I'll keep you all posted on the developments. Due date is October 19th, 2010.

Ready for the weekend!

I'm down to the last hour of the final Parent Teacher Conferences of the school year! I feel like a broken record right now. I don't know how many times I can explain to parents (or students, for that matter), that in order to be successful in learning a foreign language, you must practice, practice, practice! My students seem to think that showing up to class and doing the work in class will be enough, and then they are upset when they come home with a C. Of course I could go on for hours about the evils of grade inflation, but I'll just say that C is average. If you do the bare minimum just to get by, then you deserve a C. A students are the ones who go above and beyond what is expected, and they turn in outstanding work. They study and get A's on every quiz and test, and they never turn in assignments late. How hard is that to understand??

The best part of my day, though, was during the dinner break. My hubby drove a half hour to meet me at school so that we could go out for dinner together. Even though the service was slow at the only sit-down restaurant in this tiny town, and according to him, the barbecue sauce tasted like ketchup with some spices, it was still nice to spend some time together. I've had a lot of nights working late and he is so sweet and understanding about it.

Some exciting news on the job front: we think he will finally be able to start his new job on March 1st! The unofficial job offer came early in January, so it has been a long time that he has been waiting for the government to process all his paperwork and get him hired on. He will be working as a student hire (part time for now) in the IT department, which is what he is going to school for. So we are excited that he will be able to get some valuable on-the-job training and experience in his field. He will be transferring to Devry in a couple of months and then he will be the one that's busy all the time, with all the work and studying that he will be doing. But even he will tell you that it's definitely a good thing after this past 4 months.

We also found out this month that my brother and his family are going to be assigned to North Carolina with the AF. He will finish up his tech school around the end of March, and then in April they will move. They are excited to be so close to the beach. We are excited because we will get to see him for a few weeks in between, before they move again.

I guess that's about it for now. I have the day off tomorrow, which I am very much looking forward to. I already have a long list of to-do's for the weekend to catch up on all the things I have been procrastinating: grocery shopping, laundry, pay bills, balance checkbook, file taxes, car maintenance (if we can afford it), just to name a few... If I can get half of the things on my list accomplished, I'll be feeling pretty good.

22 days until Spring Break!

Still busy in 2010

Yes, it is already February and this is my first post for 2010. Life continues to be very busy for me since the wedding. I am working an average of 10-12 hours per day, teaching and coaching. Meanwhile at home, my hubby is working on his online courses and waiting patiently for his new job to begin. I would say we are adjusting pretty well to married life. Of course we have had and will continue to have challenges, but I'm just grateful to have someone with which to work through them.

Parent Teacher conferences are coming up in a few weeks, and the only thing about conferences that I am looking forward to is the day after when I don't have to go to work. For some reason our school is observing Presidents' Day on February 22nd, but even though the students are off that day, the teachers have Inservice. So no holiday for me! So I'm counting down the days until Spring Break (28 work days), and hoping that the weather gets nicer by then.

I have a new calling in my ward as the Visiting Teaching Leader in the Relief Society. I am excited about this calling because it means that I can sit with my husband in Sunday School and attend Relief Society regularly. I am also hoping that it will help me to get to know more of the sisters in the ward. So is it a bad thing that I didn't sign up to be on the Primary substitute teacher list that they passed around last Sunday? I know that we won't always have callings that allow us to be together on Sundays, but after being in the Primary presidency and then substitute teaching for 2 weeks in a row over Christmas break, I could use a little break from the kiddos.

To end this blog on a happy note, here are some things that I'm looking forward to this Spring: my husband's first paycheck, Spring Break, softball, cheerleading off-season, planting my first flower garden, and tax returns!