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What an exciting day! I announced the pregnancy to the staff at the school today at our Holiday Breakfast. I could really feel the love! I had the principal put an announcement over the loudspeaker in the morning - The office staff sang "Hush little baby" and then told the kids... I heard a rumble of noise, and couldn't figure out what it could be. Wow - I had no idea what was coming! A herd of at least 50 kids stormed into my room yelling and offering hugs of congratulations! Amazing! I totally started crying (darn hormones). My face hurts from smiling all day. The kids are so excited... I had several handmade baby cards by the end of the day - along with a jillion cookies, etc. for Christmas gifts.

On top of all this excitement, we got the results back from the Quad-screening blood test taken on Tuesday. The nurse said that I am well below the average for risks of all of the factors that they test for. YEAH!

Off to do laundry, pack and shower. Our alarm will be going off very early tonight... 3:30AM.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Leavin' on a Jet Plane...

On Saturday early, early AM. We will have to get up at 3:30 AM, to leave the house by 4:30 to make it to the airport by 5:30, to catch our flight at 6:30! I'm not looking forward to the half in/ half out of sleep feeling that I usually get on an airplane. I get frustrated at not being able to fall completely asleep, and being uncomfortable, and being crowded by the person next to me - you know how it is. I can't imagine trying to do this with a baby! Well, 1 day of school left - I am telling my co-workers tomorrow about the baby! We have 99% of the shopping done, just need to do some laundry, take care of some little things and pack up our stuff. Can't wait to see everyone back home! My belly is getting noticeable. It'll be nice to not have to cover it up any more as most everyone knows at this point. I can't wait to see the maternity clothes that Hope has for me!

Hodge Podge

Well, no pics of anything to post. It feels like we've been running around like crazy trying to tie up a bunch of Christmas gifts and other assorted errands. My school must be on the same schedule as B - One week left - We're going until the 21st.

On Saturday last weekend we went out to dinner with Andy's dad and step-mom and then did an early Christmas exchange with them. It was fun to tell them the big news. They are sure excited. It's the first grandbaby on both Andy's side and my side. On Sat/Sun, we went to a local tree farm, cut down, put up and decorated our tree and put up the outdoor lights. I don't have a whole lot of other decorations, as we're not typically here for the actual holiday. We also went to the little McMinnville Gallery Theater to see Scrooge, a musical that 2 of my former students were in. It's always nice to throw a little culture into the mix. Other than that, just trying to work on getting most of the shopping done before we fly out next Saturday.

Tonight is Andy's work party, and tomorrow the large family gathering on Andy's side. Should be a lot of fun! I have my next appointment (16 weeks) on Tuesday next week - I'm hoping that they'll schedule the ultrasound then! Take care everyone!

Losing it...

OK - I'm blaming this on being pregnant.

This weekend I was the responsible, sober, wife/sister-in-law while we attended the Holiday Ale Fest in downtown Portland with Andy's brothers and sister-in-law. It was really not too bad hanging out with a bunch of people that were able to drink. I had a nice time. We went to Henry's Tavern (Chad -the orange chicken was soooo good) afterwards to get some cheap (but good) food in our bellies. We called it an early night and headed home about 7PM or so as we started the par-tay about noon. Upon waking up on Sunday, I discovered that my cell phone was missing. We retraced my steps thoughout Saturday, even drove all of the way back to Henry's but could not find the stupid phone. So, I had to get a new one. The worst part is that I can't chalk it up to a crazy drunken night. I still have the same phone #, but I have now lost all of my saved phone numbers. I will try looking back on some old phone bills, but in the meantime, could you guys send me an e-mail with your home/cell #'s. I feel totally lame, but I don't have any of them recorded anywhere.

Other than that, things are going well. I'm feeling a bit stressed about Christmas preparations, as our calendar is getting quite full. Can't wait to get back to MN for the holidays. My folks got about 12 inches of snow. We are in the middle of a big rain/wind storm. We hope to still have power in the AM...