Oh and as far as the polls go...so far our child will be a girl with half blonde/half black hair. :)

Eventually I'll remember to post a picture, but I finally have a "baby bump" as one of my students called it. It still changes size drastically (we think from gas...which I've had a lot of) :) The second trimester has brought along headaches and lots of zits. Yesterday, I only had a headache for about and hour, so that was good since for around a week I have had at least a small constant headache. Those of you that remember when my face broke out really bad when I was on the patch birth control...well that is what I look like again.
Other than those two things all is going well. With this being my last few days of work, I'm excited to be able to sleep in soon.

Job opening

There is a posting for a job I really want at a middle school close to our house. It sounds like a perfect fit for me, so be praying that God will open the right doors for me to get this job. If I could get a job before the summer starts, it would ease my anxiety about the fall. I sent a letter to the principal to let him know I wanted the job, so after Wednesday when the posting closes for contract teachers to transfer to it (which is not me), pray I get a call for an interview.
Thanks.

Baby Items

Rob and I went a few nights ago to look at baby stuff. We found the crib and stroller that we like the most. The Baby's R Us in town is pretty small, so we'll have to go to Indy to find the crib. We also looked around and picked out a diaper bag and some other things. It was fun to go and look at all the stuff. I looked today to see if I could find kite fabric to make curtains, but the place I looked didn't have any. I picked a hard theme to find curtains. :)

This is a non-baby update, but our landlord has finally fixed our roof. For those of you who don't know it has leaked pretty much every time it rains since we moved in. So, after informing him that rent would be held until it was fixed...it gets fixed with a five year guarantee. I don't care about five years, I just don't want it to leak the last month we are there.
I keep forgetting to get the picture of my belly on a jump drive, so I can put it online. It hasn't changed a ton, but I'm ready for it too so I can wear all the cute maternity clothes. :)

My parents came down yesterday and we had a nice visit. They gave me some more ideas for poll questions, so here is the newest one. Now, most of you know that this is a big deal to me. I have always said that I would dye their hair if my child had red hair...not to sway your vote. :) I think I've matured a little since then...hopefully. So, take a guess and we'll see in a few months.
Oh, I did decide to go with the kite theme for the nursery. The walls will be painted sky blue with clouds, and I'll hang some kites from the ceiling. The rest of the room will be done in primary color like what are on kites.

How stupid can I get?

I heard that the baby takes your brain away, but wow! For a nartually ditsy person I guess it can get pretty bad. Last night I stopped by Wal-mart before going out to the church for Bible study. When I came out, I could not find the car for anything. I looked and looked but I was sure that my car had been stolen. It wasn't where I thought I parked it or in the few rows around it. I called Rob in a panick that my car was stolen. He assured me tht it couldn't be stolen if I had the kays, but I didn't believe him. He was on his way to help me, when I found the car. It was park three rows over from the farthest I thought I parked. I felt STUPID! Rob was almost there. He is so patient with me. :)

So I can be forgetful sometimes, but I think that baby took over my brain. Last week I kept forgetting either my purse or lunch and having to go back and get it. This morning I remembered both, but locked myself out of the house. Luckily rob was home and let me back in. :) Then I drive down the road and realize I had forgot to do my hair. Ooops.
Thanks to all those that wished me a happy mother's day or mother-to-be day. It was a little weird for me because I don't feel much like a mom yet. Without having diapers to change or waking up in the middle of the night I just not think of myself as a mother though I guess I technically am one.
Thanks to other people getting me clothes and especially my sister-in-law Amanda, I'm pretty set on maternity clothes, so that was a relief. Especially after finding out how much we'll have to pay for one doctor's appointment and blood work. I thought they should pay me to take my blood after all the problems I had from it. :) I don't think the hospital agrees.

2nd Doctor's Visit

I went to the doctor this afternoon. Last time we waited for two hours, so when I got right in this time, it through Rob and I's plans for him coming out the window. Everything is going well and normal. The heart beat was 170, which the doctor said was normal. I looked it up online and there is an old wives tell that says it is a girl with that fast of a heart beat. (this is not founded, but thought it was interesting). I also found out that I do not have HIV or other STDs. Since that was a huge concern, I was pretty relieved. :)

Tuesday I go to the doctor for my second check-up. Hopefully we will get to hear the heart beat. I know there is a baby in there, but I'm excited about being able to hear it. I'll be almost 12 weeks when I go to the doctor, so I'm almost finished with my first trimester. It has went by so quickly already. Rob's Mom sent me a package with some maternity outfits for me and some outfits for the baby. I hung up the baby outfits so that we can see them every time we walk into the bedroom. It reminds me that this little life is really coming soon.
In other news we lock in the loan for our house tomorrow. We will end up closing on the house in mid-June, which is earlier than expected, so we are very excited about that.
I'll post Tuesday after the doctor's appointment how it went.