Miscellanea....mostly baby stuff

Lots of flotsam and jetsam in my head. Here goes:

• So the taxes are done. So simple online.
• February is drawing to a quick close and the one good thing about global warming is that I won't have to freeze in a house with a broken heater anymore.
• Baby is doing beautifully. S/he passed the amnio tests with flying colors. In other words, there are no chromosomal defects of any kind. Which means I get to warp the child in the traditional way: through parenting.
• The head looked huge in last ultrasound and still twenty weeks to go (after Tues., Feb. 20) The term ouch is already coming to mind.
• Due date was pushed back to original date which is July 10, 2007.
• My refusal to learn gender of the baby was called, "Old School Pregnancy" by one of my students.
• Going to Kauai with parents on first week of my spring break. I can't wait for April!!!!
• Felt the baby kick for three, rhythmic bubble popping times on way to work last Friday. However, s/he has been remarkably silent since then...sigh.
• Got my hospital stuff on last dr. visit on the 12th.
• Registered after amnio on Jan. 31st. My sisters were a blast to hang out with that day!!!!
• I had a great Valentine's day with my parents after attending a union meeting.
• My "job" as an Exec. Board member has been eye-opening.
• We're well under way with Science Fair projects and as if Christyn and I didn't have enough to do we decided to take on doing a yearbook (for the first time ever at our school) too. We're certifiable! Probably why the kids like us so much.
• Actually created a myspace account for students. I really didn't want them reading my "adult" one because of personal content.
• FINALLY DECIDED TO UPDATE BLOGS....even though I'm the only one who reads me anymore....giggle.
• Have had really interesting texting conversations with Matt, and Joe recently.
• Found out I can still massage people. Jeanine ordered one last week.
• Found out I can still dance....which I must admit was a little scary since I have not attempted to do anything that strenuous since I tore the ligaments in my ankle. I was pulled out of the audience at an assembly yesterday to dance with the conductor of the Cesar Chavez High School Jazz Band. It was fun!!!!! And I didn't break or tear anything! YAY!!!!

And on that note I'm going to "trip the light fantastic" out of here!

Take care one and all!!!!

February Fests

Happy Birthday
to my sister,
Jennie
to my friend,
Cathy
and to my aunts,
Ellie and Flo.

Happy Groundhog's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday and Black History Month to you all!!!

Oh yeah and that funky, amateur's hour holiday too.....Valentine's Day....Hope it's a good one.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD GIANNA CLAIRE SMITH!!!!

Born to friends, Joe & Liz Smith, on January 11 at 4:15 p.m.
She's 7 pounds, 2 ounces and has her mother's beauty and just possibly her father's stubbornness. Tee hee!!!!

January Milestones

Happy birthday to me.

Happy birthday to me.

Happy birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Happy birthday to me.

Catch a hint as to what is important in January?

Happy Birthday

to my

BEST FRIENDS

Christyn and Shanda

to Christyn's very intelligent son,

Adrian,

to my cousin,

Alex,

to my lovely and talented grandmother,

Meryl

and to the late, great
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!!!!!

Baby & Other Updates

Well, I've been swamped as so many people are with goings on in the last month of the year....so here goes as well as I can remember:

1. Was elected to be the Middle School Representative to the STA's (my union) Executive Board and went to first meeting at the beginning of the month.
2. Was only one of two teachers to help organize data and come up with solutions for the Leadership Team at school to look at for our Single Plan. (Every school has to write one thanks to governmental oversight.)
3. Chaperoned the Seventh Grade Dance. THE KIDS WERE SOOOOOO CUTE!!!
4. Went to see a play, up in the foothills, with my parents and a friend of theirs (who turned out to be really cool) and started spotting. Not as scary as last time but this time it lasted a whole week and was gelatinous at times. SO I made a new appointment to see the doctor...two weeks before next check up AND LO AND BEHOLD~the day before the appointment (I had to get sub and call in a sick day) the spotting STOPPED!!!
5. Dr. said baby's heartbeat was wonderfully strong. As we listened I could not be more surprised at it's rapidity. Doc counted and was 172 bpm which is good for now. Will slow later I'm told. Dr. said all my labs from before were clean, I am negative for cystic fibrosis (which means automatically baby is too) and also said not to worry re spotting. At this point and with this heartbeat I will not miscarry from spotting. I was strangely not concerned this time. MY FAMILY ON THE OTHER HAND NEEDED THE REASSURANCE. So it was nice to give it to them.
6. Went to see the kids (8 out of 10 nieces and nephews) in the school winter program. I had a ball of course. Not too bad that it was preceded by the tamale night fundraising dinner and my family wouldn't let me pay.
7. Had a FABULOUS time at Joe & Liz's holiday gathering!!! I hadn't laughed so much in I can't remember how long.
8. Had another FABULOUS time at Ann Samuelson's holiday gathering the very next day.
9. Shanda spent a weekend with me and we went to the movies. Her treat. BEING PREGNANT IS GREAT!!!! People are sooooooooooo generous! ;-)
10. I cleaned the entire house...very carefully....and decorated for the Family Progressive. It turned out Carin & Karie forgot which date and weren't ready for their house to be seen so I did both appetizers and salads. I was really good and didn't overdo it with the food. We all were better about that this year.
11. Of course helped Mom and Dad out before Christmas Eve with the office's calendars.
12. Matt texted me on the 23rd that he's done thinking and is happy I'm pregnant. In case you were wondering, he's the dad of baby.
13. Saw Matt for first time in two months on the 24th before he went to work. For two people who are claustrophobic and not into cuddling because of it all we did was hold each other for the whole hour....ah the irony....and bliss! :-)
13. Then helped out Christmas Eve with dinner. So GREAT to see most of my favorite cousins and their kids.
14. Spent Christmas Day & Afternoon touring siblings' houses, passing out Christmas books to nephews & nieces and seeing what everyone got from Santa.
15. Been taking it easy the rest of the week but am now off to Sac to pick up friend from airport. Poor Shawn. His grandmother passed away and he had to fly home to Chicago on Christmas to attend funeral a few days later. SOOOOOOOOOOOO SAD.
16. Won money playing poker at Jeanine's. Decided to split the pot with Anna Chase since by that time the two of us just kept going back and forth over who was in first.
17. Going to babysit Robbie, Carina and Lelan while Jen and Todd go celebrate their anniversary.
18. OH YEAH almost forgot: Got a due date, finally: July 17, 2007. Which is the same day my parents met, so you can bet that for once they're hoping the baby will actually be born on it's due date. Me too...although I wouldn't mind ten days earlier. 07-07-07 HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE?????


HAPPY NEW YEAR>>>>Be back, I hope, before my birthday.