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John and I were recently blessed with the news that we are going to be having a baby the beginning of September. We had out first appointment on the 25th. We were holding out to tell people until we went to our first appointment. I am approx. 9 weeks this week.

I had a lot of questions for the doctor, and he answered them all. I have been pretty sick. It was the day after I took the home pregnancy test that all the symptoms took full affect. It turns out when I took the home test, I was already 6 weeks. I was nauseous everyday after that Sunday. Then Wednesday night I was up pretty much all night--sick. I called the doctor the next day and he called in a prescription to help me keep something down. From then on out, I have been taking them when needed and still getting sick when my stomach disagrees with what I choose to eat which is at least once a day. Smells have been a huge thing, the stuff I can smell now is insane. All of a sudden everything started to stink---which kinda led to use getting new furniture. It actually just came in today and it smells fabulous. Other than smells, at some points in the day I can't stand the thought of some foods, the sight of others, and again smell.

Thus far, I have lost a total of 11 lbs. I am starting to be able to eat bigger meals now, other than popsicles and fruit. I am so hoping that I hit that 3 month point that everyone keeps telling me about---where they their nausea goes away.

My goal is to keep this updated throughout my pregnancy. My next appt. is in 2 more weeks. :)

Another one year post update?

Again, I have waited a year to update. This past year has not been at eventful as the last, but still a great one!

We were able to make a trip to Michigan in March, 2011. It was a nice get away as well. It was out first visit back to Michigan since we got Maizie. My father-in-law got a dog from the same litter and named her Daisy. Below is picture of them as puppies when we got them several years ago, and then most recent pictures of them. As you can see her sister is HUGE compared to Maizie.



We did not make a beach trip in 2011, but I spent the whole summer out by the pool. It looked amazing all summer and I enjoyed it to the max. I was gearing myself up for student teaching which started in August. It was such a blessing to be able to complete my student teaching without having to work. John was so supportive and I was so thankful for that. As much as I hated to leave the community school and my bosses who had been so kind to me, prevented me from overkill. I was so lucky to be placed with Ms.Little. I had an awesome cooperating teacher who supported me along the way, while teaching me so many things. Not to mention, my awesome class(es). I so miss them. I went back to visit with right before their Christmas break and oh how they have already grown!! Speaking of, I am over due for a visit. :)

I tried something new this past year. I applied to work seasonal for Toys R Us. That was interesting and a little fun at the same time. I did work thanksgiving night as well, 8:30-6am & yes I sure did sleep until 4:45pm the next day! Ever since then I had the worst sleeping schedule. I was staying up until 3am and sometimes even later!

December brought some exciting times. I had my graduation on Dec. 16th and I ended up being GGC's 500th graduate, which made it a little more exciting as well. It was the first Education group to graduate from GGC, thanks to Dean Moore. I graduated with my 7 green girls which I miss! We were a family for 2 years that was filled with ups and down, but the ups are much more re-memorable!




As for Christmas, this is the first year that John and I had the majority of our Christmas shopping down a few weeks for Christmas, including rapped and under the year! I also had time to get creative with decorating which I loved, with the help of pinterest. (If you are not on pinterest, you should be---www.pinterest.com) This Christmas sure was a great one, I really took advantage of enjoying every minute with my family and even with the shopping. Even though since Christmas, I have not had any desires to want to shop! :) I was shopped out.



To wrap up the year, we went to an awesome concert at the Phillips. We went to see Zac Brown Band, which had some great opening acts. This is the first concert that John and I have been together that has not been at Wild Bills or lawn---it was a nice time!





I think I managed to sum up my year for the most part.I promise myself from here on out I will update more than once a year!