I'm what??????

That's what I said after I took 3 home pregnancy tests!!!! Yeah, I took 3. I needed a little more convincing! I would say shock was more of my first reaction. Dave was excited the second I walked out of the bathroom with a look of horror on my face!!!!! Of course, he's not the one hugging the porcelain! We did not tell many people until we had a confirmation from an educated physician!

I finally went to the doctor. Everything looked great, heartbeat was perfect, the baby was measuring big already(great), and he/she was very active, and there was only one in there! I swear at times I had an army in there! We will not know the sex until 18 weeks. I want to know, Dave does not! Like it matters! We have a bet on how long before he is dying to know. I got my due date which is May 12th...same as cousin Kenzie. She's excited to say the least! Being a teacher this is a good time. Well maybe a week or two later. But I will have the summer to relax and not sleep! Maybe that's why I am sleeping so much now. I know I will not get much!

Now for my lack of blogging, well I am sure you could guess. I'M PREGNANT!!!! Let me tell you how I am pregnant (at least for the first SEVERAL months)....MISERABLE! I am sick, tired, sick, and tired! I sleep as much as I can. I have been known to go to bed at 6 pm. Working full time, being a mother to MY children, taking Master's classes, and being in charge of domestic things is hard work! Add pregnancy to that, and you've got my chaotic life! I am trying to stay positive, but if I hear another person tell me how much they LOVED every second of being pregnant I will SCREAM or throw up on them! Dave has stepped up big time! I have not been in the kitchen for longer than a minute at a time! He cooks, cleans, does laundry, and takes care of bath time! Wow, this really sounds like I do nothing. Well, if you call carrying a child who seems to like nothing more than doing flipple's(this is what Carlee calls flips) all the while trying to do lesson plans, teach kindergarten, and take classes, nothing....then we need to talk!! I am getting better. My doc prescribed some sweet candy I wasn't aware of with my other 2....ZOFRAN!!! It has helped so much with the nausea!

I have tried several times to scan the sonogram, but it's not working! I will keep trying! But I am not sure you are missing much. A certain family member(I will protect her since she gave birth to me...oops, sorry) said it looked like a snake:)

My next appointment is the day before Thanksgiving. Then a week after that we will find out the sex! Place your bets!! Dave and I are split, but I am sure I will win! Mother's always know, but I can say I haven't really had a strong feeling yet! I will let you know!

D-backs Game

The baseball coach at Dave's school scored great tickets for the staff to see the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Not a huge fan of baseball, but it was a great and fun experience! We took Peyton with us. He had a BLAST! He had a hard time sitting still, too much excitement, or that he was sneaking drinks of his dad's Mt. Dew!!!

A week of Randomness

Dave and I had our monthly date night. We went shopping:) It was a fun time! I forgot how nice it is to go shopping without kids!!!!

Dinner with the cousins

Dave's older twin!

Kallie is in love with Carlee! It's like her own personal baby. She always makes sure Carlee has what she needs:)

We went to dinner with the gang to celebrate Uncle Paul's birthday!

My girl loves her some cupcakes! We celebrated Minnie Sue's birthday at school!

This is what I did one Saturday for 3 hours! I went through old baby clothes and came up with 9 bags to donate!! WOW, I still have 8 bins of baby clothes!!

Yes, it's true! My baby lost his first tooth:( He didn't even cry!

Dave's Classroom was very "STERILE" and "PLAIN"
I went in one Friday afternoon and decorated it for him. We still have some things to get that he wants: Colts and IU stuff.

The kids all have laptops. No textbooks! It's cool, but a lot of work for Mr. C

These are all before pictures. I forgot to take after ones! I know! I was so mad! But at that point I had been there for 2 hours and the children were DONE! Melt downs were happening every 2 seconds and Dave was in there trying to finish up some work! I promise after pictures will come soon!

No news is good news, right?

I have not heard a bad report or story as of yet, but the night is still young! Peyton said he had a great day at school. He STILL is sitting in his own special seat. He reassures me that it's okay because he can still reach his friend Cameron. Is it for safety reasons that he is in his own seat? She did mention that he was very bouncy.....this must be the reason! And every class clown needs his own special seat:)

In other news, I discovered a pimple on Peyton's chin! Good gracious! It's enough that he is talking about and flashing girls, must he already be getting ZITS?!?!?!?!?! I actually discovered it yesterday, but had hoped it was just a bump. When he got home today, it looked bigger! So, I asked him if I could pick it to see for sure. He of course wiggled around (just like his dad), but I popped it! Yes, you read that right. I popped my sweet little innocent Kindergarten son's first ZIT! Boy, how this is turning out to be a memorable year with only one week into the school year! Please stay tuned....this is bound to be one heck of a year:)

I did a close up so you could see it! Okay, so you can't really see it; but TRUST ME! It was there!!!!!

I must try my hardest to keep Carlee little forever! I am sure her Granny would appreciate that! She and I have discovered the love of Play doh! Actually, I have discovered that cleaning it up is a huge annoyance! Miss Carlee Jane loves to mix the colors! Of course she does!!
She is showing you her "PWAY DO"


And that's all!

Oh yes, there is more to the story!

This morning when I dropped off my sweet little Kindergartener, I was greeted by his substitute teacher! She proceeds to tell me how bouncy Peyton was. Now, I have heard people call Carlee bouncy, but not Peyton. So, I agree that he is very active(I prefer this terminology) Then she asks Peyton (in a sweet little voice) if he was going to remember not to lift his shirt and yell, "Hey girls"!!!!! OMG! My son is a flasher!!! Of course if you remember from the previous post, this is not the story from my sweet little Kindergartener!! I mention my version of the story to Mrs. Blankenship(his substitute) and she fills me in on the real story. She said that Peyton lifted his shirt and yelled, Hey girls! Then the girls looked and laughed! She then proceeds to tell me that he likes to be the "Class Clown". Of course he is! Do you not know me and Dave?!?!?!?! We are possibly the funniest people on the planet.....no really, we are! We both ended up with the funny gene in the family! So naturally Peyton and Carlee would inherit this glorious quality. I am not sure Mrs. Blankenship knew that; but she does now! Poor thing! She doesn't know talent when she sees it:) I suppose we will have to teach Peyton how to be a little more reserved with his funny gene! But all in all, another great story for the books! Who knew that Kindergarten would be this exciting!!!