1/7/09

Sorry... I promised my readers that I would post a couple days ago and fell behind... I'm here to give an update now...

Monday was our first day back to school. It was only a teacher workday so it wasn't too bad, but waking up early again after having two weeks off and sleeping in every day was very difficult. We got there and they had chick-fil-a breakfast for all of us, so I guess that's always a plus to any morning. We had to get our grades for the first semester finalized and then work in our rooms to get everything ready for the students on Tuesday. I got lesson plans finished too for the next 2 months... I'm so on top of things!! Once I got home from school I played with Stoli for awhile and prepared to watch the Fiesta Bowl to root on our Horns. The game was supposed to start at 6:30, but of course didn't start until an hour later. As I watched time go by all I could think about was how late I was going to be up and how tired I'd be on Tuesday. I figured if the game was a blow-out I could just go to sleep early... well NO SUCH LUCK!! Man... it was a close one!! I didn't think we were playing all that great. I don't know why we even had our O-line on the field! They probably could have just sat on the bench and the game would have ended the same... practically the same with the defense. Muschamp better step up his game before he takes over for us as head coach!! Haha... I act like I actually know what I'm talking about!! Well either way... I thought it was over when OSU scored their final touchdown. I can't believe we scored to win the game with only 16 seconds left!! They made that touchdown look so easy that I can't figure out why they were having such a hard time the entire game until the last minute!! Of course I was so excited about the game that I got about 4 1/2 hours of sleep the night before school started! Well worth it the bloodshot eyes I had in the morning!

Tuesday was brutal.... it was nice to see some of the students... of course, others not so much... But overall the day wasn't soo bad. I was just excited about Pat was coming home! It's lonely here at home without him. I was planning on taking a nap when I got home from school since I had gotten so little sleep, but I was too excited to have company again that I watched a movie instead. Him and Steph finally came in around 6. They brought me a "Fiesta Bowl Champions" t-shirt that even had the scored printed on it already!! We went to dinner, but as soon as we got home I hit a wall!! I was so tired! I went to sleep kind of early...

School was just another ordinary day today. Back to routine as usual...

In baby news:
We had another appointment today. I was shocked because we didn't even have to hardly wait. We sat down and they took us back in less than 5 minutes... that's never happened before at a doctor's office! AND the waiting room was packed! Even the doctor came into the room really fast too! Made my day so much better for not having to wait around... My weight was good today! Right on track... no extra holiday pounds this time! :) The doctor measured my belly and said I was measuring "spot on" so that's perfect! Also the nurse had us listen to the doppler for the heartbeat and said "sounds perfect... can't complain about that!" I guess that means Collin is growing just as he should! The dr. answered a bunch of questions for us about what to expect in the next few weeks, what will happen when the baby is born, etc... Overall.. it was a great office visit. They almost seem pointless since they don't do much, but it's neat to hear the heartbeat and have them tell us we are right on track! :) Now I just hope the days go fast!!

Oohhhh yeah!! And I can't forget how excited we were to get home and have a ton of boxes from UPS on our doorstep!! We got our big baby car seat from my dad that we can use from when Collin is born until the next few years of his life. I want to install it, but I don't want to be the weird lady driving around with a car seat and no baby... My family also got our infant car seat which you can hook into your car when the baby is an infant, and you can use it to carry the baby around everywhere!! AND they sent us the play yard!! Soo exciting!! It feels like its getting so close!!!! Ohh...and the final thing that was missing for the nursery came in! My brother and his fiance, Andrea, sent us the wooden letters of Collin's name to put in the wall. Thank you to everyone for sending us our great gifts!!! I was going to post pictures of the nursery already, but I'll wait and put them up as soon as we get the name put up. Will try to do it ASAP!! :)