Pregnancy (and other) Stuff

*Had my 1 hour glucose test yesterday (they did it early due to a history of high blood pressure) and "passed with flying colors" - YAY!!!

*The first person came up and touched my belly today - it was my Assistant Principal and she was so cute.  She said "Look at you, you're starting to show - how exciting."  It is so nice to have support at work!

*Took a new belly pick yesterday, but I looked awful - we'll try again this weekend.

*Getting close to the halfway point - UNBELIEVABLE!

*Our radishes sprouted today - so exciting!  We are loving our little garden.

*We are stealing Olivia for the weekend and taking her on an Adventure that includes camping, a Fancy Nan.cy Luncheon and a trip to the Er.ic Car.le Museum.

*I made banana bread tonight and as I was putting the pan in the oven the whole thing tipped over and spilled ALL over the oven door.  What a mess - MJ was a saint and cleaned it all up for me.  But, no banana bread....

*Only 13 1/2 more days of school - hallelujah!

We had a busy but absolutely wonderful weekend! We did tons of work outside including -
seeding a huge bare patch in our back lawn:

planting veggies and flowers in our new little garden

more veggies

and planting lots of other flowers in our other gardens including this butterfly bush.

I also updated the photo blog with a few more pics from the weekend so check them out here.

We also took a trip to the Car.ters outlet and got some fun stuff for Cupid at their sidewalk sale and had my parents over for dinner.


The weekend was a perfect mix of beautiful weather, time together, and productive working outside. The extra day off was perfect too!

Great Day with Olivia

We started of today with one of our favorite activities of the year - Stap.les Appre.ciation Da.y! We went to three different stores - chit chatted with all of the teacher friends we ran into, and got a lot of LOOT!!!

All of this, plus 6 of the reusa.ble cloth bags for FREE!! All because we are teachers - SCORE!!!

We headed over to my parents' house for the afternoon because as Olivia said, "I don't think I've helped Gayle and Dwight collect the eggs for a VERY long time. We should call them and see if they have some eggs to collect." So, we did just that!

Here she is with the egg basket ready to go collect them:

Collecting eggs with my dad - they had to "find" all of the hiding spots behind the hay bales.


Stopping to say hi to Bub...

Stopping again to give Haley a pat...

After we collected eggs, we went for a walk in the woods so the dogs could go swimming in a little hole that my dad dug. That turned out to be an adventure in and of itself, so we'll save that for a separate blog post.

After our walk, Olivia decided that it would also be a good idea to pick some vegetables:

Picking tomatoes:

On the hunt for green beans:

Having my dad help her with the cucumbers because "they're too prickly!"

We had a great day, and we are all worn out and ready for a good night's sleep!

We have to return her to her moms tomorrow. :(