6 and 7 Weeks Pregnant - Aug 13 - 27th

First and foremost....update on Nemo!

I had the 7 week ultrasound this afternoon and everything is going smoothly!  Little Nemo is measuring right at 7 weeks like it should be and we got to see the heartbeat!  It's still too early to hear the little heartbeat, but it was still cool to see it!

So cool in fact that we forgot to take a video of it....our bad.  Please don't be too angry. :) Here's what Nemo looks like!

Lookin pretty schnazzy little one, keep up the good work and keep growing! And, yes, there is only one baby!  Nemo didn't split!  So twins are off the table. Sorry guys.  I know everyone is way more disappointed than we are!  :) 

Now we have started the progression of Nemo's portraits on our fridge.  

As for what's been going on the last two weeks...its been chaos for me!  Brian is back at work working the the typical 7-4 and picking up on some new designer skills....I however have started school and would kill for the 40 hr work week!  

Last week was the start of school.  We had PD Days Monday and Tuesday and I had a back to school night at each school that evening - so those drained me.  Then school started bright and early on Wednesday and then 3 days of school.  

Every night I would come home so sleepy! This growing a baby thing is exhausting!!!!  On the plus side, I do love my classes.  My kids are phenomenal and my schedule is exponentially better than it was last year.  Now I only have 2 preps instead of 3 and I switched my traveling schedule around.  So last year I started my day at South and ended at the Freshmen Center and this year I start at the Freshmen Center and end at South.  It works out so much better with my club at the Freshmen Center and doing activities and such before school in our built in school time and I'm already at South once swimming starts. 

I'd have to say my favorite part of this school year is being at South and enjoying hall duty!  I get to see all my freshmen and juniors from last year (that are now sophomores and seniors) and catch up with them on a daily basis.  It's so fun!  Seeing the kids grow up is one of the best parts of my job.  It was also great at Back to School Night seeing all familiar faces of students and parents who stopped in to say hi.  A lot of people knew we were planning on going to Greece for IVF and so they ask how it went and it's so much fun to tell them it worked!  My swimmers are thrilled.  Three of them have already decided that we are having sextuplets and each swimmer will take two of them, which then leaves me with no kid.  Haha - they're obnoxious.  They also are offering to babysit for free...they will even pay ME to let them babysit...I told them that I think that would be considered human trafficking.  :)  

Last week I also started classes at UCM for my Specialists.  Back into school so that I can get my third degree done and out of the way before Nemo arrives.  Yay school! 

So overall life is great.  Pregnancy symptoms are a pain in the butt, but as long as I get in 3 hr naps every day after school and avoid smelling food - I'm golden.  My current food craving is lemons with salt. I pretty much eat a lemon a day.  Yummmm....

Tonight is celebration night!  We always go to Carrabbas to celebrate everything in our lives, so of course seeing the heartbeat is a cause for celebration!  I even called to ask if their Caesar dressing has raw eggs in it - and they are pasteurized!  Score!!! YES!!!  

That's it for now.  Keep growing little Nemo, keep growing!