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...