An Emotional Rollercoaster

To say last week was an emotional rollercoaster is a small statement. On Thursday, I found out I was getting a new student whose diagnosis is EBD. I was definitely anxious having to change my schedule once again and nervous as to what behaviors we might see. It is now Wednesday and I have already "fallen in love" with the student even if he has some "large" behaviors. My poor life group from church had to deal with my pregnancy hormones as I cried through most of our teaching.

On Saturday we ended up staying at my parents house so we could go to the funeral of my great uncle on Sunday. Poor Grandma and Grandpa took us out to dinner with Jess. I almost blew it a few times thanks to the reuben sanwhich that made me lose my entire appetite. Seven hours after we arrived there we finally got all four family members in the same room (Alys on Skype) and was able to share our great news. My family was so excited, even if Dad did fell asleep within ten minutes. (The baby is going to have a great sleeping buddy!) On Sunday, we got to share the news with Gram and Grandpa and they were thrilled to hear they were going to be Great Grandparents.

Josh got to share the news with Kelsey Sunday night while I was in and out of sleep after a long weekend. On Monday we skipped the Bachelor so we could tell Josh's parents. They both had an idea what the big news was because we tried so hard to get ahold of Kelsey on Sunday. The baby's only uncle was also told Sunday night. Josh's grandparents were told on Tuesday so we are now trying to cross all of the other close family and friends off the list.


Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: Currently 9 weeks

Size of Baby: A green olive!

Appointment Updates: We had our first appointment yesterday and it went a lot better than expected. Many friends from work warned me that we might not get to hear the baby this early but they were wrong....we got to SEE and HEAR the baby. The feeling of seeing our baby for the first time was breathtaking. The baby is only a cm long but looks so big already.

Symptoms: Other than a lot of sleep, I am actually beginning to feel a lot better.

What I Miss: I really enjoy frozen drinks so it makes me sad not having any.

Gross: Completely dependent on the day and time
Planning dinner ahead of time has been very difficult.