22 weeks!

So according to my little pregnancy ticker we have 17 weeks and 6 days until our little Garbonzonette enters the world :)

Time really has gone by so fast so far. And all we have gotten are a few outfits from family, some hand me downs off of CL and a BUMBO from one of Joe's Co-workers. We painted the nursery when we first moved into the house and put up some gender neutral curtains. My question is, When do you actually start furnishing the nursery? We were planning on waiting til January. That would give us a little shy of three months to do everything. Does that sound about right?

Yesterday Joe and I went to the local cloth diaper store in North Portland. We had visited the website many times and have watched a few videos on cloth diapering. We knew we wanted fitted diapers and covers. But we figured it was time to actually see the real thing! It was def. fun going into the store and looking at all the teeny tiny diapers. It was also very overwhelming!

And for those that are still hanging around and reading my blog, YES I'm still getting sick. What's the most annoying is reading other "pregnancy blogs" and finding that they ALL stopped getting sick between weeks 10-12. What, that was 10 weeks ago for me :( Granted, it's not everyday, but this past week, it was 4 days :( And to top it off, I woke up Friday morning with a horrible Sinus Infection. Coudn't swallow, felt like my eyes and nose were on fire. But before I could relax I had to get through a stressfull Friday. My para wasn't going to be in, so I knew I would have a sub. Which is sometimes way more work than not having anyone. Many people don't understand the kids we work with, and you just can't talk/treat them the same way you would regular students. To top that off I had an observation by our principal in the afternoon. It's not that the observation is a bad thing, I just stress over it because I want everything to be perfect! And the an added bonus, is I had an IEP meeting after school on Friday. (at this point, I just wanted to go home!) The said IEP meeting last 2 1/2 hours. When I left school, I had been there for a whopping 11 hours! Let's just say when I got home, I CRASHED!

So here is hoping this week goes better. We take a red eye flight to Cville on Wednesday night. I'm just hoping that my sinuses feel better (because I hate flying in the first place, and flying while SICK and PREGGERS is not the best combo!)

Fall Crafts

So I thought I'd show some pics of the crafts I've been up to....Above is a twig wreath from Michaels, pack of leaves, A wooden "s" which I painted then Mod Podged with some fall scrapbook paper. It's on our front door, however the leaves have been drenched. So next year I'll rethink what I put on it!

Got this bucket at GoodWill for 3 bucks. I spray painted it and then filled it with random branches, etc. from Michaels.

My Fall Letters (more painted Wood Letters with Scrapbook paper Mod Podged on afterwords. Still thinking of what I'd like to do for Christmas. Any ideas?
Not crazy about this, but I figured I'd give it a shot. It was a scratched silver serving tray which I spray painted a blue, then used chalkboard paint to paint the inside. I've got to remember to grab a piece of chalk from work and write on it!
And last but not least, my Paperback Wreath. Try to ignore the horrible white wall behind it (we haven't decided what to paint the downstairs yet, I think it will look awesome with a brown behind it! If you want to know how to make it, email me and I'll send you the tutorial I used (not sure of the name off the top of my head!)

Listen to this song....

Normal Man by Duff Dugan

Unfortunately it can only be found at http://www.myspace.com/duffduganmusic

I'm in love with it :)

It's a Girl!

Sorry it took so long to post this. I've been swamped at work with three IEP's, Progress Reports and Report Cards. But all I'm doing today is relaxing.

Almost two weeks ago we went to the Doc for our "sex" test! We had no idea what to expect. But we were both pleasantly surprised with the knowledge of our sonogram expert. She went slow and explained all the parts of our little darling to us. I'm attaching a few pic's (sorry they didn't come out as well as hoped!)

I tried to load the one from FB that shows our pumpkin, but Joe has it saved in a way that I can't flip it, so I'll load that one later.

My favorite is the last one, where she looks like she is sucking her thumb!

So you know you are a _________.

One of my friends just posted this, who works in the "social work" area. So what I do is basically like a social worker. Every single one of these ring true!

Pay close attention to these numbers! The are SO very true!

#8, 16, 21, 23, 24, 25

You know you're in social work when....

1. You think $40,000 a year is "really making it".

2. You don't really know what it's like to work with men.

3. You know all the latest lingo for drugs, where to get them, and how much they cost.

4. You've started a sentence with 'So what I hear you saying is...'

5. You've had 2 or more jobs at one time just to pay the bills.

6. You tell people what you do and they say "that's so noble".

7. You have had to explain to people that not all social workers take away kids.

8. You use the words 'validate,' 'appropriate' and 'intervention' daily.

9. You spend more than half your day documenting and doing paperwork.

10. You think nothing of discussing child abuse over dinner.

11. People have said to you "I don't know how you do what you do".

12. You've never been on a business trip or had an expense account.

13. You know a lot of other social workers who have left the profession for another.

14. You've very familiar with the concept of entitlement.

15. Staying at a job for 2 years is 'a long time'.

16. Your phone number is unlisted for good reason.

17. Your professional newsletters always have articles about raising salaries...but you still haven't seen it.

18. You've very familiar with the term 'budget cut'.

19. You can't imagine working at a bank or crunching numbers all day.

20. You've had clients who liked you just a little too much.

21. Having lunch is a luxury many days.

22. You've been cursed at or threatened...and it doesn't bother you.

23. Your job orientation has included self defense.

24. You have the best stories at any cocktail party.

25. Your parents don't know half of the stuff that you've dealt with.