I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!!

I just needed to give a little shout out to my amazing husband. He does such a great job of trying to make me happy. Yesterday was my birthday and he did everything he could to make it the best day for me. First of all he puts so much time and thought into the presents he gets me. Then he does little sweet things all day to make me feel so special. He is an amazing support and such a joy in my life. I am so grateful to have this handsome guy as my eternal companion.

Pretty Princess Birthday

I was very suprised this morning with a Princess Birthday party put on by my friends and family! I was so shocked (obvisouly because I hadn't showered or had any makeup on, so pretty much looked disgusting) and so happy to see all my family and friends from church. We took a princess quiz, which I failed but my sister Melanie won only missing one questions. Then he played kiss the frog on the lips! What a fun idea. I am so grateful for friends and family and everything they do for me. Thank you so much to all of you who had a part in it.

Good News and Bad News

Well we have received a lot of news lately about the baby. I will start with the good news because that is what we are trying to focus on. The really good news is that Brett and I were very blessed to be able to make a baby and allow a sweet spirit from heaven to recieve a body. We have been blessed with a very supportive family and set of friend and we have very much felt their love and prayers the past month. Now for the bad news...Last month we found out the our baby had triploidy. This is a disease where the baby gets and extra set of chromosomes. So instead of having 46, our baby has 69 chromosomes. Because of this our sweet baby's brain did not develop properly, and also there are some complications with her heart. She is not developing at the rate that she needs to because her nervous system is not working properly. So all that said, I am still pregnant, but we don't know how long exactly I will be. The doctor said I could miscarry any time, or I could carry to full term and she will be a stillborn. Yes this is extremely sad new, but right from the first sign that something could be wrong we have been praying like CRAZY. Heavenly Father has comforted us so much. I don't know how I could have gotten through any of this without His comfort and the prayers from others. I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for answering our prayers.

I'm telling this now because really only a lot of my close friends know, and it is hard to keep pretending that everything is ok. So we will just keep going day to day to see how the baby is doing. One miraculous thing is that I can feel her moving all the time. It is my favorite thing ever. Every time I feel her kick I feel so happy and so connected to her. Even through this huge trial, we really do feel blessed in some way from this. It has really given me and Brett a chance to grow closer, we have see the love and support from our family and friends, and we have seen our relationship with Heavenly Father grow even stronger. We figure right now that we know something bad is going to happen, but everything right now is just fine, so we are trying to stay positive.

Here is a picture of me at 24 weeks.

Time for a pregnancy update

I thought I should post some pictures of the progression of my belly. Now, to you it may not seem that I am growing too much. However, I am getting very excited because I can definitely tell every day that I am getting bigger and bigger. It is getting harder for me to fit into my jeans, so at least that is one sign. I think I am supposed to be at 21 weeks this week. I get to go in tomorrow for the big ultrasound. Hopefully the baby will be moving around a lot so we can see what it is. I will keep you posted!

Another School Stroy...Except Not So Cute

Well I just had to share this story that happened today because it made me SO MAD. This story may be some boring to some so you might just want to pass it by. But it just is an example of how rude some people can be. So I had just moved my room around and needed and new phone port activated for where my desk currently is. I put in a work order a week ago and the technology guy finally comes in today! The guy come in while I am in the middle of teaching at the carpet and starts moving stuff around right by the kids. I told him where the port was so he would stop distracting my kids. Then he starts doing some measuring and says to me, "This is more than 10 feet from your desk, I can't do it." Now I knew it was a fire hazard if you have a cord more than 10 feet. But it was literally 10 feet and 10 inches away from the port! 10 freaking inches! So I just said ok I would move it tonight and he said he would be back in the morning.
Well today I had sent in another work order because my computer would not let me log in at all. So I asked him if he could just take a quick look at my computer to see if he could get me logged in. He looks at me and says, "I'll look at your computer when your desk is moved where it needs to be." UGH! That just made me mad! I was going to be nice about it and really move my desk to be legal, but now to show him what a jerk he is and I don't really care what he says, this is what I did.....


Before

After

Do you think this is obvious enough to him that I will be moving my desk and file cabinets right back to the spot they were the second he leaves my room???? I must be very hormonal because this just made me way more upset than what I ever would have been!

Teaching Moment

So I have to admit that this year of teaching has not been the best. Sometimes I feel that I am having a difficult time getting into the groove of teaching 1st grade. I think it is just because I miss kindergarten sssoooooo much. However, there are little moments throughout the day that make me so happy to be a teacher. I am going to tell you a story about one of these moments. I was bringing my kids down to get their lunch. A cute little kindergarten girl walks by my boys and tells one of them, "Get a chocolate milk for lunch." This boy says, "Ok, I will." I smiled at the boy and asked, "William, do you do everything girls tell you to do?" And he just says to me, "Yeah, that is what you are supposed to do." Then other boys in the front of the line chime in with comments like, "I always listen to what my girlfriend tells me to do," and, "I will always do what girls tell me to do." I just started laughing so hard. I couldn't believe all these little boys. I just told them to keep that in mind for when they get older! Being around kids is so much fun. Some of the things that come out of their mouths are amazing and it is fun to be a part of that every day.

Wintertime Fun

I just wanted to share some fun winter pictures. For part of Christmas break we went over to Leavenworth and had lots of fun. There were a couple days where we got to go sledding behind a four wheeler. Then a couple days ago Brett, Kyra, and I went ice skating for a church activity. Just a couple of fun pictures!