Kayleigh video

If you couldn't view the video of Kayleigh before I updated it so you can see it. It's very cute!

Kayleigh is "free"

Lisa and Erik have been working with Kayleigh on how to say the word three. Kayleigh is having a hard time with the "th" sound and says "free" instead of "three". Erik and Lisa keep telling her to put her tongue between her teeth. She's getting it! :)

Baby Shower #1

Matthew and I had our first baby shower this weekend at his aunt Monett's house hosted by Matt's mom. Barbara was nice enough to host one because she knew it would be hard for the grandparents to travel up to here. Besides family being there, some of my friends from high school also came. Jana came the farthest, driving down with her sister from Atlanta. We played a baby trivia game, which I stunk at, but most everyone else there has had one or more babies, so they clearly had an advantage. It was a fun game and we got a little competitive. Barbara made sandwiches with blue bread she bought from Publix, a cupcake cake with Publix icing (my favorite!) and chocolate lollipops she decorated. We were blessed with great friends that "showered" us with wonderful gifts. We are getting so much closer to Robbie coming and at least we are ready with clothes and other necessities, though I don't know if we are quite ready for him yet! Twelve weeks is not that much longer!

Villacampa Visit

I think it is now common knowledge that I have gone back to teaching high school. This isn't a permanent position for me. I am just filling in until the school hires a full time teacher. I was called the Friday before school started and asked if I would help them out. I had most of the students in middle school so I know them and they know me and I'm at the same school, so it isn't a completely new and different situation for me. When the head of the school called me, I told her I had to have last Friday off to go visit family.

Thursday was a long day. I failed my first glucose test by 4 points, so I had to do the 3 hour glucose test. Since I was already taking Friday off I didn't want to miss school. Unfortunately that meant not eating the entire day, doing the 3 hour test, and then driving to Lisa's house. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I got to Lisa and Erik's around 9:15 or so. We didn't stay up very long because we wanted to get on the road in the morning.

We made it to Nick and Robyn's by lunch time. The girls had time to play before and after we ate, but then it was nap time. Even the big girls took a nap (Robyn just read, but I know she enjoyed the quiet time). Taylor was good enough to wait until Nick got home to open her birthday presents that we brought her. (Really, she didn't know she had presents to open until after Nick got home. That's just mean to make a 3 year old wait to open gifts!) Kayleigh really wanted to help Taylor open presents and both girls were excited about what Taylor got.

Saturday had the potential to be a bad day. It was raining, which could have ruined our plans. Luckily the rain was just passing through and was gone by the afternoon. We went to Chick-fil-a for lunch so the girls could get out of the house and play in the play area. When we were all done the rain had stopped, so we went to the fountain where the girls could play in the water. The fountain was turned off, but Nick found the number to call to get it turned on. It wasn't long before the girls were splashing around. The best part was that we were the only ones there...for a little while. More kids came later, but I'm sure it wasn't as crowded as it would have been if the sun was shining. There were a few older boys that were not being very nice to other kids, and I almost had to spank one of them that took the Chick-fil-a cup that Taylor was playing with and looked like he was going to step on it. I don't know where his parents were or why they weren't paying attention. The other kids were good and Kayleigh and Taylor have learned to keep their eyes open for big kids that might not be looking out for them.

We took the kids home for nap time. Afterward the girls enjoyed playing with Taylor's new Color Wonder markers and finger paint. Kayleigh saw Nick's guitars and asked if he would play one. He kept her entertained for a while and she even got to strum a bit. I happened to mention the night before that Nick had gone outside to look for fairies, so we did have to keep telling the girls that they couldn't go out and look for them too. It was way too hot, muggy and buggy outside after the rain. They did go out after dinner to blow bubbles and play with Taylor's cars.

Sunday was a short morning. Nick went out and picked up Krispy Kreme donuts for breakfast. Yum!! The girls got to play for a little while and we packed up the car. It was going to be a long day for me since I had to drive all the way home. Lisa was nice enough to drive to her house, so I only had to drive myself the rest of the way. Kayleigh complained about having quiet time in the car, but she eventually fell asleep. I only stayed at their house for a few minutes before getting back on the road. It's always nice to be home!

By the way, Brian did come along with us, but he's still too little to get into it with the big girls. It is cute seeing him crawl around.

And here is what everyone wants, pictures!!

Double Digits!!

I've been watching the counter on the blog count down the number of days until the baby comes. We're finally in double digits! In just over 3 months we'll be welcoming baby Robbie into the world. When I first put up the counter it was somewhere around 200 days until he came and now we're down to 99. Whew! We've gone from "I guess I'm pregnant because the doctor told me I was" to finding out he's a boy, a growing baby bump, and both of us getting to feel him kick and move around.

On a totally different subject, one of the high school science teachers quit last week. The school thought they had a replacement, but he decided to teach physics at a public school (the one that I left) and while they have interviewed a couple of applicants, they haven't found one that is the right fit. Before I left at the end of the school year I said I would come back if they needed me to start the year and they took me up on the offer. They have more people they want to interview, but they don't want to rush into anything. I'll be teaching chemistry, biology and physics, hopefully only for a couple of weeks before they hire a permanent teacher. Like I keep telling Matt, the beginning of the year is a review and either they will have hired a new teacher to do the harder chapters or I will be home with the baby!

25 week appointment

Yesterday was my next doctor's appointment. I had to do the glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. They sent me home with the orange drink at my last appointment so I didn't have to drink it in the office and wait an hour until they could draw my blood. Because of my super small veins the first try missed and then the nurse asked another nurse to try my other arm. They were talking about drawing blood from my hand if they couldn't do it from my arm. I've never had anyone draw blood from my hand, so I don't know if that is super painful, but they didn't seem to want to do it. I saw the big end with the needle that pumps the blood into the vial and I was glad that wasn't the end they were putting into my arm! The second nurse asked for a new needle (I don't know why they couldn't reuse the first one) and I said "get the small one!!" I'll get my results in a couple of days.

I did get to hear the heartbeat again. Of course, as soon as I got to the office I realized that I forgot my camera to tape the heartbeat, but it was still 150 bpm, so I thought about posting the video from my last appointment since it was the same. Lisa said that the nurse was probably glad I didn't bring my camera, but I'm not trying to video the nurse, I just like hearing the heartbeat. The nurse found the heartbeat right away and then he moved away, so she had to find it again to get a good read. I guess all of the sugar in the orange drink made him a little active!

Yesterday afternoon I registered us for some prenatal classes. We signed up to tour the hospital, take a prepared childbirth class and a CPR class. All of the classes are in September, so it's going to be a busy month for us! November is still a long way away, but with all of these plans it seems much closer!

Thank you Jenna!

A few months ago I was excited because I had finished cross stitching and adding the details to the Christmas tree skirt that I had (literally) been working on for years. The only problem was that it wasn't actually finished. I started with a large square of fabric that I sewed on and when I was done I needed someone to cut it into a circle, hem it, add the slit so it could go around the tree and the center hole for the trunk. Lisa's friend Jenna has been into sewing and has made cute clothes for her kids and nieces and nephew. When Lisa came over in June I sent her home with my finished but not finished tree skirt and emailed Jenna and told her she had to finish it for me and I wouldn't take no for an answer!! :) Luckily she was kind enough to do it for me and it looks great! I am so excited to finally have it completely finished and ready for a Christmas tree to be under. I'm a little sad, though. I should have waited to give it to Jenna to work on because it's a long time until December 25! I am excited that we will get to use it for baby's first Christmas. Hopefully we'll be able to see it under all of his gifts! :)

Finished but not finished tree skirt (It's folded in half. The other half is plain fabric):



The truly finished tree skirt: