Pink or Blue???

We are going in about an hour to have our second ultrasound.  This means that we will (hopefully) know by the end of the day if we should be buying bows and doll babies or tonka trucks and bb guns.  The suspense is killing me.  Richard and I both are having a very hard time thinking about anything else.  Not only will we find out the sex of LBD, but we will also find out all the measurements and make sure everything is growing and functioning like it should be.  I am NERVOUS.  Everyone keeps asking what we want, but we can honestly say that we don't care one way or the other.  The thought of a boy makes my heart leap, but the thought of a little girl makes me just as excited.  Whatever the ultrasound reveals will be exactly what we've always wanted:)  I'll keep you posted and hopefully get some pictures up later today!

Does this maternity shirt make me look fat?

I'm at that awkward stage right now where I don't look pregnant.  I simply look like I've been hitting the turkey and dressing a little hard.  The sweater I wore today definitely accentuated the baby bump and I had more comments on the belly than ever before.  Part of me loves hearing those comments and the other part of me just feels like they're saying I look fat:)  I know this is not the case, but any woman who has ever been pregnant can probably identify with this dilemma.

I am so thankful that the nausea of the first trimester seems to gone for good.  It was nice having an appetite for all of the yummy Thanksgiving food.  I am SLIGHTLY emotional lately.  I seem to cry at the drop of a hat and for no good reason....or, I just think of as many reasons to cry as I possibly can and then I can't stop.  I'm still nodding off in my dinner plate most nights.  I haven't seen a whole episode of CSI Miami so long that I'm not even sure if Horatio is one of the good guys anymore.  

Another crazy thing with pregnancy has been the dreams.  I've been having those vivid, so real they're scary dreams.  Some are just plain weird and make no sense whatsoever.  I've been dreaming a lot about being at my Mema and Poppy's house lately.  

Check out Brin and I and our new MAC!!!  

15 weeks and Feelin' Fine!

Hello to all and Happy Thanksgiving! I am sitting at home right now enjoying a morning off. This is a much needed break for me and lots of my coworkers I am sure. School has been a little crazy lately. At ECHS so far this year we have had 7 bomb threats which resulted in evacuations and one incident where a gun was brought to school. The guy said he was going to hunt for squirrel behind the school. At this point I may actually believe him. I am so thankful that the Lord has protected us from harm and I know that He will continue to do so. As PKJ(Pastor Keith Joseph) preached about on Sunday...HE alone is our SOURCE!

Thankfully, my second trimester has been great so far. Nausea-free and relatively uneventful. I am still waiting on that BURST of energy everyone keeps talking about. I still fall asleep during CSI. I seriously need Tivo. Maybe Santa is reading this:) I'm detecting a little belly bump, but not much to speak of. I can still wear my pre-maternity clothes with the wonderful Bella Band that Richard bought me. With this contraption I can wear my pre-maternity pants unbuttoned or unzipped and it keeps them up and covers them. It kinda looks like I'm wearing an undershirt. It's so nice. I highly recommend one to all pregos like myself.

My students and I have taken to calling the baby "Little Baby Doty". They laugh at me because I blame anything and everything on LBD. If I forget something...LBD's sucking my brain. If I trip over something....LBD is making me clumsy. If I yawn out loud in class....LBD is draining my energy. You see, he/she is a very handy scape goat. Poor little one can't even defend itself. My students are very sweet about the baby and always want to hear which fruit we can compare it to that week (I get weekly emails that say...'this week your baby is the size of a lemon', etc).
Here's a pic of me and my VERY pregnant friend BekaRay. She is due on Dec 28th. Can't wait to meet Miss Lynlea Ruth. P.S. Richard and I celebrated our 2nd Wedding Anniversary last Tuesday! Time flies when you are in love:)

Farewell First Trimester

It has been an exciting week for my family! Thursday marked the end of my first trimester. Little Baby Doty is doing great and growing quickly:) I have not yet had to wear maternity clothes, although I was given a super comfortable pair of maternity jeans that I wore just for fun the other day. Elastic waist bands are amazing.
In other news, my sister and her husband had their twin boys yesterday morning! Andrew was born at 9:00 am weighing in at 5 lb 12 oz and 19 in long. Chase came just two minutes later weighing 6 lb 4 oz and is also 19 in long. They are too precious for words. They look like two little old men with receding hair lines. My sister is a baby making machine. She only pushed 3 times and got two kids. What a woman. I am praying that our delivery will go that smoothly.
If you're wondering why I haven't updated my blog in weeks, it is because I have simply been too tired to do anything except eat and sleep after I get home. I haven't been really sick, a little nausea, but nothing too bad. My biggest problem is extreme fatigue. I haven't felt like eating much and I just seem to hit a wall at about 8:30 every night. My husband is usually left to clean up the kitchen and try and make sure I brush my teeth before I'm down for the count:)
Our house if for sale, so everything always has to be clean and straight before we leave to go anywhere, so that has kept us busy and been a little difficult. I never thought that being able to leave a cup in the sink when you are rushing out the door was a luxury. Pray for the Lord's timing on our house selling. We know that it will happen when God says go, but we are hoping that it's sooner rather than later. My friend, Meagan, is going to keep the baby in August when I go back to school, so we would really like to be able to move before the baby is born. God's timing is perfect and we will wait on Him, no matter how crazy it makes us:)
Here's a picture of my sister and I on Tuesday just to give you an idea of how big her belly got with the boys. I can't brag about my little bump next to her mountain!

Love At First Sight

Richard and I went on Wednesday to our first ultrasound. It was such a miracle. You should have seen that little heart beating. Contrary to popular belief and expectations...there's only one baby in there:) As I suspected they would, they changed my due date to May 21st. That happens to be the day before school gets out! God's timing is so perfect. I love being in His will. Everything is so much better. I am already so in love with our baby. The only bad thing is that I have to wait until next May to meet him/her.