my pink life, mi vida rosada

Even though I was still battling a cold, we decided to head out to visit our good friends and their babies in Atlanta this weekend. I'm so glad we decided to go! (And not to postpone the visit!) We arrived late Friday night, and I more or less went straight to bed. Saturday morning, I got the baby up when he was crying, and started off a great day of playing with babies and catching up with college friends. The last time we visited was right before we found out we were expecting our baby, so it was exciting to see each other again! We lounged around in pajamas for a while and then figured it was time to do something. My friend took her 3 year old to a birthday party and I took a nap. A little bit later, we fixed lunch and waited for our other college friend and her family to arrive -- a reunion of the summer beach crowd, in January! The two older kids (3.5 and 4) are old enough to run around together in the backyard, so we let them do that, while the baby took a nap, a...

I just made a couple of splurgy little purchases... This pack of sewing patterns... Some hot pink bamboo jersey knit... And over the coming few days, after that fabric arrives, I'll be out shopping for notions...(elastic, matching thread, ball point needles, maybe even a double needle). And hopefully, I will be able to figure out a few things: - how to sew on my brand new sewing machine that sweet hubby bought me for Christmas (since I broke my old machine almost a year ago and have been missing it!) - how to sew knits! - how to make my own maternity clothes! (really, this seems like my only option at the moment for sewing for myself -- I can't really make tops or dresses with woven fabrics that won't stretch or have extra room and realistically expect to wear them this year!) So...hopefully writing this here will help me be accountable for actually putting together the supplies I've paid for. My goal: to finish a dress before the end of February. That...

getting ready for yoga class glad it's the weekend again making more cinnamon rolls this weekend (thank you for the addiction, pioneer woman.) overwhelmed by the amazing faithfulness of my God looking forward to two short weeks of school (thank you, Dr. King.) super emotional (thank you, pregnancy hormones.) praying for Kristen Sullivan and her family she cares for her 2 year old and newborn while her husband is in the hospital with an inoperable, end-of-life stage brain tumor that was discovered two days ago (thank you for saying a prayer for them, too). hoping my students remember on Monday the behavior lessons that my partner teacher says "clicked" Friday afternoon. browsing maternity clothes online even though the only kind of bump I have so far is lots of bloating. counting down the days until I'm past the first trimester to make public announcements in real life, or at least not try to keep the secret. feeling happy and content this morning.

(probably TMI today....fair warning.) I woke up for about the third time around 4:30 on Sunday morning, went to the bathroom, and new something was not right. Even in the dark (just a nightlight in the bathroom for mid-night bathroom runs -- helps me fall back asleep faster), I could tell that there was some bleeding going on. So I sat there for a while, and checked again. More blood. I started to sniffle a little, then it escalated into full on weeping. I woke sweet hubby up. I panicked. I mean, really, really panicked. He had to call the doctor's office for me. At almost 5:00 in the morning, on a weekend. The answering service had my doctor call us back. She sounded pretty sleepy, but advised me to stay home, stay quiet, not lift anything, and only go to the emergency room if the bleeding got worse. She finished with "call the office on Monday, come in, and we'll check you." Ok. Thank you, 5 a.m. sleepy doctor, for not reassuring me AT...

I was supposed to participate in a race today, since I was recovering from a cold during the race on Dec. 8 that I had originally planned to count as my December race. When the alarm went off this morning and I made it into the kitchen for some breakfast, I noticed that it was pouring. Not just a little sprinkling of rain, but water coming down so fast and hard that I couldn't see the marsh in front of the house, and when I opened the porch for it sounded like a waterfall. Sweet hubby and I decided that it should count anyway, even though we went back to bed. I tried, twice, to participate in a race in December. December is not a month when many races are available in my area, since most people don't want to run in the cold and are busy with other holiday stuff, too. I cheered hard and loud at the race on Dec.8, even though I was getting over two days of not being able to talk well enough to teach new material at school. Even though we decided not to participate this ...

I hope that your holiday was as wonderful as mine. Well, most parts of mine, at least. Sweet hubby forgot to take his allergy medicine on Christmas Eve, and snored all night long. He wouldn't roll over when I tried to make him, either! The snoring combined with my now overactive bladder did not make for a very restful night, which made the festivities seem too long on Christmas day. My immediate family gathered for breakfast at my mama's house (I took cinnamon rolls...yum!), which is a tradition. We help get last minute things done until the grits are ready and my dad is home from rounds at the hospital (ahhh, call on Christmas morning). Then we listen to Christmas music while we eat -- Mama's favorite is Johnny Mathis, so I don't think I'll ever be able to really feel like it is Christmas morning without Johnny playing. After breakfast, we went to see what Santa had brought, and then to open gifts from one another. I was sooooo excited to get two of th...

getting excited about christmas! not excited to have found a HUGE limb down from a tree that has limbs over our kitchen. scheduled to have my first prenatal appointment on monday. having said tree removed from my yard on Wednesday. By the sketchy tree service the recommendation of a friend of the family recommended since he retired last year and which I can't find a website for on the internets to help me feel better about not checking around with other tree services who do have websites on the internets.... putting off the gift wrapping, but it really must be done pretty soon. also putting off the grocery shopping and hoping that sweet hubby will do the rest of it without me (he made me go to Sam's this morning, since I have the card and he doesn't). gearing up to clean the kitchen and start some laundry. wishing the house would clean itself. going to meet roommate's new kitty this afternoon! hoping, hoping, hoping for a nap pretty soon. dreading th...