My belly pics thru 20 weeks!

1st pic: October 24th: 13 weeks, 4 days

2nd pic: November 7th: 15 weeks, 4 days

3rd pic: November 21st: 17 weeks, 4 days

4th pic: December 8th, 20 weeks even

Baby's Name & Kicks!

So J and I've decided to name our son after him. It's a family tradition. But our lil guy will be called by his middle name - Christian.

Speaking of Christian, I think I'm starting to feel some kicks. I *just* felt something in my lower abdomen. Hopefully they'll keep getting stronger and I'll know for sure!!!

Trying to be a better cook...

So I pretty much suck in the kitchen. I can't cook. Or maybe I just don't want to. But whatever the issue, it needs to stop. I'm fixing to be a mommy and we certainly can't keep eating out all the time. This is something I've been thinking a lot about. Today I decided to use my resources and do something.

I stumbled on to a jackpot.

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Dinner/1Bag5Dinners/

It's Kraft Food's 1 Bag, 5 Dinners. It has easy, simple meals that are all included on a shopping list for the whole week. It's pretty nice. I've printed out a whole bunch. I think I have like 8 weeks of recipes.

I'm going to talk to J at dinner tonite and get his opinon. We can go through some of the recipes together and see which ones will work for us. He's a picky eater. So I'm hoping to convince him to try everything once.

We'll see.

Whirlwind Weekend

We spent the weekend in Houston. My parents and brother insist on driving me crazy. It's like they know what pisses me off and then they zero in on it. It happened twice this weekend. I'm sure it's the pregnancy hormones, but jeez. Speaking of my brother, he's going through his "asshole" stage in life. He's a philosophy major, so he's questioning anything and everything. And he knows what to say to upset my parents. So the weekend was a little crazy.

My hubby was right!

It's a boy!

T.G.I.F*#^ Day!

(I've seen too many Sex and the City reruns cause that's the first thing that pops in my head when I hear TGIF.)

Anyways, today was a crazy busy day. J's car is broken so we had to take it to the shop this morning. The shop opens at 7:30 and I had to be at school by 8. School is about 30+ miles from shop. I don't know how we made it, but we did. I guess J does know how to speed. It was shocking!

My poor kiddos were worked to death today. Usually, Fridays are lazy days. We just take a few tests and work on a project or two, but not today. I had a whole list of things I wanted to get accomplished-and we did! This marking period is short cause of the Xmas holidays so I had to cram 6 weeks into 5. I know they were tired by the end of the day. They were also a little peeved at me cause I told them we'd have time to read our read-aloud (Little House on the Prairie) but we didnt.

I can't believe that I'm about to say this, but I CAN'T WAIT FOR MONDAY! Monday's our big u/s day. Will baby be a gal or a guy? I had such a life-like dream last night that it was a girl, so that's my prediction. J swears it'll be a boy. We'll see!!! This weekend needs to fly by.

About me!

So I had a blog a few years ago. Loved it. Had it customized with a pretty layout, but can't remember the password to the old account. Or it may have been deleted, who knows? So I decided to start a new one. Maybe it's best to make a new start. I'm in a totally different place than I was then.

I'm now 25 years old. I've been happily married for 6 months. And I'm 5 months pregnant with our first bundle of joy (due April 26th). (Let me repeat, I've been married for 6 months and only 5 months pregnant. I'm getting a little frustrated with people asking me to check my math!!! I WAS NOT PREGNANT WHEN I GOT MARRIED!!! Yes, I'm sure.) I'm currently a school teacher. I'm on my 4th year of teaching which I can't believe. Time flies when you're having fun. But am I really?