procrastinating and sleepy is not a good combo

The title of my post today is regarding my lesson plans. I really don't feel like doing them after dealing with my students all day long. I am just plum exhausted when I get home. Well, actually I am plum exhausted when I am at school too. So basically what I am dealing with these days is just being very very very very very tired. So tired that I can barely keep my eyes open past 8:30-9. If I don't get them done now I won't do them later tonight. They are for next week but I plan to have them completed by Thursday at the latest. Pray that I have the energy to get them done. :/ 


On a positive note,  Franz felt Austin move for the first time on Friday. I was so excited because I have been making him feel my belly for a while now but he never has felt him but on Friday he felt a really hard kick. He was like "WHOA" because Austin kicked sooooooo hard. lol He is really active when I get home and actually relax. It is my favorite part of the day. I am so in love with this little fellow already. He already brightens my day every day. I can't even imagine how much he will when he is here. We are also excited that my dad bought Austin's crib for us and our bedding just came in yesterday. We need to paint, get the changing table, and glider chair  and then we will be close to done.  Franz plans on painting hopefully this weekend. I thought time would go by so slow but now that I am super busy with work time is going by a lot faster. I just keep picturing what my life will be like come January and I can't even describe my feelings. I am so excited but also nervous. I know it is to be expected. Life is great and I am so thankful for what God has blessed me with. Now, if I can only get my students to cooperate at school my life would be near perfect. ;)  Here are some pictures of Austin's bedding! Can't wait until the walls are painted!

My mom....

I have been thinking about my mother so much especially since I got pregnant. Tomorrow is her birthday and she would have been 52. I missed her so much when I got married and cried many many times but I definitely think I am missing her more now. All of my friends have amazing mothers who have been there for them with helping with their babies and it breaks my heart that I don't and won't ever have that. I have such wonderful friends and their mothers treat me like their own but I still wish I had mine. Everyone says that they can't imagine how they would have made it without their mothers coming to stay with them for a couple of weeks after the baby is born. Well, that isn't an option for me so I guess its me and Franz all the way. LOL I am pretty sure my mother made it just fine without anyone and I will do the same. I guess I am just very jealous of my friends and their relationships with their moms. I also have a hard time thinking about Austin never getting the chance to meet his grandmother. He will only see the few videos and pictures we have of her. He will be able to see that she was a wonderful person and probably be able to tell how much his mommy is like her mommy. She was such a wonderful mom to me and Tyler the short time we had her but I am very blessed to have had the 6 years I did with her. I think about you every day, Mom and know that I will one day be with you again. Love you forever and always. 

A picture of my mom and me when I was born along with our dog Bandit. I can just imagine me holding Austin on the couch with Murphy on my legs just like this picture.  :) 

almost 22 weeks and counting...

Austin and I are doing very good. Franz and I went to see him on an ultrasound last Tuesday. I drank a Dr.pepper before I left school and Austin was kicking up a storm. He kicked the whole time while we waited in the waiting room but as soon as we got back to do the ultrasound he went to sleep. Little booger would not wake up enough to get good pictures. She would shake my belly to turn him and he would move a little but still was too comfortable to turn over. She said he is definitely a BOY so we were very happy to have confirmed that. A little part of me was worried that his boy parts at the last ultrasound was just the umbilical cord or something. I would be happy with a girl but since we were already set on a boy and have his named picked out I was set on a boy. She said he is developing good and weighs 15oz. His heart beat was 146 which is exactly what its been every time the past few times. I loved seeing Austin move around and seeing how he has grown. I am so thankful that he is growing and developing good. We are so blessed. Here are some pictures from his ultrasound. Right now he is my little alien. lol 

I have been feeling pretty good. I will be 22 weeks as of Tuesday. I am tired as usual but I can handle tired as long as I am not nauseous and throwing up. I haven't accomplished a whole lot because if I sit down I fall asleep. Poor Franz worked so hard on our closet last weekend putting more hanging shelves so we can fit more in it and all he has asked from me is to go through my stuff to see what I need and don't need anymore. Have I done it? No. I really need to do that soon. Other than being tired, my feet and my hands have been swelling. I really don't want to have to buy fake wedding rings just for a few months. I refuse to go out of the house without my wedding rings on and especially pregnant. So, I really hope that cool weather helps the swelling of the hands. I need it to cool off soon. I had to elevate my feet Friday night and some Saturday morning. This is not a good sign because I have a WHOLE trimester to go and I know its gonna get worse. Standing on my feet all day teaching my little 2nd graders is really tiring and hard on my feet. I have been eating so much sweet stuff that I know I am gonna gain a ton. It just sounds so good and I can't say no. :-/ Oh well. I also eat lots of pasta. lol What's new?  

Look at how big I look at 20 weeks :) haha I am loving it!

Austin has been moving and hitting/kicking me so much lately. I LOVE feeling him! I have made Franz sit and put his hand on my belly for 20 minutes during his active time but he never feels him. I can't imagine that he can't as hard as he is kicking me. But he says he can't and the ultrasound tech said he shouldn't until 24 weeks or so. I guess I will wait until then to make him feel again. I just want him to be able to feel our little boy moving. Anyway, Franz just asked me to go get started on my closet stuff. I guess I am gonna get started on that. Finally. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their long weekend.