i can't explain

hello???? wow, not a single post since august!  i tried to post once. maybe in january or february...but it was from my phone, so it took forever and then something messed up and the whole post disappeared.  so yeah, instead of being pregnant and miserable now i have an almost 6 month old little boy!  his whole birth story would take way too long and between the 6 months that have passed and the amount of drugs i was on and pain i was in...it's a little fuzzy now.  just know that he is the cutest, smartest, funniest person EVER!  everything i went through was worth it to get him here...and i don't plan on ever giving birth again.  we went with the apple green and black and white for his room.  my mom and i did go shopping the day after my sono.  he has more clothes than he will ever need!  his name is not scout...but it will be on here.  what else...school stank this year.  but my last day for the year is friday and then we're not gonna talk about it anymore.  anyway, scout is playing in his crib, which means he's awake... 

it's not over

finally went with a new look on my blog.  some people thought the stripes made it too hard to read my posts!  summer is almost over, my classroom is almost ready, we go back to work on monday.  scout is kicking all over the place.  he kicked the heart monitor yesterday at my check up!  i think he already has more clothes than his dad!  next month i have to take the glucose test and have blood work done.  i hate having blood taken so i really hope the test works out and i don't have to take another one!  i know i'll be getting all kinds of iv's and shots when i'm having scout, but that's different.  i'll be preoccupied.  i don't like going to the lab and having to wait for them to call me back so they can stick me.  i am so ready for fall...these 100+ temps everyday are getting old!  i have to go to the grocery store later, but for now, i'm going to go watch tv and try to work on getting my 14 glasses of water!  really hard for someone who drank no water at all before she was pregnant! 

bump in the road

yes, i know...it's been a month since my last post. k-dogg was off work, and i can't sit in my computer chair comfortably anymore, so i didn't have much access to a computer. he went back to work this morning, so i'm in his office. july was pretty uneventful. usually, one of us is out of the country, or i go on a mission trip. but, no trips this summer with the baby on the way! when i went to california, k-dogg was still working. our youth group is in san antonio right now on their mission trip and the trip to mexico was cancelled anyway. we have tried out 3 restaurants that we hadn't been to yet. actually, i've been to newks, but i went alone so it didn't count. smashburger was pretty good. osaka was awesome and i don't know why we hadn't been before. i got pork katsu and fried rice. it's easier just to not even try to eat any sushi or rolls right now. most of the ones that are all cooked and safe for me to eat have jalapenos or avocado in them, so i don't even try for now. k-dogg made homemade gyoza last night! we had gyoza in tokyo and he has been wanting it again. we actually had some fried gyoza at osaka, but i had already bought him the ingredients to make it at home, so we had steamed gyoza last night. gyoza is basically like a dumpling and the kind he made had pork, onion, and cabbage inside/ he doesn't cook often, but when he does, he goes all out. besides the gyoza, he's made french onion soup and pasta from scratch! i have a sono appointment this afternoon. we should be able to find out if we're having a boy or a girl. we will post on facebook and everything. just don't expect to see any pictures online. i just think that's weird. same with the "baby bump" photos. my mom has some of me on her blog, but other than bean, i don't really care if anyone sees me. we didn't get very far at all on the nursery while k-dogg was off, but after this afternoon maybe i'll be more motivated. the nursery is going to be be black, white, and apple green no matter the gender. but, even with black and white, some stuff is definitely more girly than other stuff. tomorrow, my mom and i are going shopping. i think the suspense of not knowing has been bothering her more than us!

ventura highway

going back to cali

i'm leaving very early in the morning to go to the airport. 4 days of shopping, sightseeing, swimming, and hanging out with bean in california! i'm really tired right now after the district meeting this morning and working at the school for 4 hours with out any air conditioning! but, i'm completely moved out of my old classroom and everything is put away in my new room until after summer school. then i can go back and get everything set up. right now i'm updating my ipod and my phone, then i gotta go pack. i'm sure when i get home i'll have lots of pictures to share and maybe some stories!

back in the saddle

ok, my mom and sister will not leave me alone about my blog...so, i'm back. since march 22, let's see...we found out i'm pregnant. i'm due at the end of november in case you're one of the last two people on earth my mom hasn't told! my birthday was two weeks ago. k-dogg got me a new tv and blu-ray player! my parents got me toms, and bean got me a scrabble necklace with van gogh's starry night on it! very cool! we still have 3 days of school left and i'm about to go crazy. i'm glad the kids that passed taks got a reward by getting out 7 days early. but this is torture having to stay 7 more days with the kids that failed or missed too much school. we're supposed to keep them contained and engaged. i've got the contained part down, but i'm not sure how engaged they are. we found out our new room assignments and teaching partners for next year, so maybe my kids can be engaged by packing my stuff and getting it ready to move two doors down the hall. almost all of my summer plans have changed. i'm still going to see bean next week, but i'm not going to youth camp or on any mission trips this summer. i was not happy about that at first, but at least i'll have a lot of time off to get stuff ready for school in august and hopefully get some stuff ready for the baby. we shall see!

birds

saturday it was in the low 70s and sunny. yesterday it was in the mid 30s and SNOWING! as bad as this seemed to most of us that were wrapping up a pretty nice spring break, it must have caused major problems for the animals. i was on the couch watching tv and heard a noise outside. k-dogg looked out the window, called me to the window, and we saw this...



big scary black birds everywhere from our yard over to our neighbors' yard! on the house, in the garden, in the trees, and eating everything in sight! our patio was overtaken by little gray birds. they stripped the bird seed bell i had out there and dug through the leaves and the rocks! the big birds stayed out there for a few hours. it was wild!