Good morning!
In all of the retail shops - there are songs of 'Let It Snow' and 'White Christmas' and I THINK that just might be the reason that we are now under a 'Winter Storm Warning'! :) (not really - but we've had beautiful weather these past couple of days!)
Anyhow! We have 5-7 inches possible, and this is the first season where as a teacher, I'm hoping we do not have any snow days this year! A snow day during the school year means that we have a day added on before summer break... and I will be 8 months pregnant!!
So, I really hope that Peoria has their snow plows ready... they have had some problems in the past...
It is beautiful though!
Love
Laura
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Thanksgiving weekend :)
Well... It's the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. What a lovely break so far! We've gotten so much done around the house - I should say Ian got a ton done! I helped out where I could :) Carol and Bob also came over and helped us out - with filling the cistern and cleaning our yucky basement, so that was VERY MUCH appreciated!!
We keep calling our baby 'Cletus' - so I think that's the name that's sticking! Our latest challenge is that I get a terrible cough at night - but I don't think that's affecting Cletus too much :)
First ultrasound Monday (I know I've said that 100 times!) and I'm telling my principal about the little babe Monday too - I think it's about time since I'm also bringing in a step stool to sit on when I get tired! I need something elevated so I can keep an eye on my wonderful students :) And I've been sitting on the whiteboard ledge - but I don't think that's meant to be a chair...
Ian's already appreciating little Cletus too - because I used to sing songs about Ian around the house (which he sometimes loved, sometimes didn't love, but always ended up whistling!) but now, he's let me know that I can turn my attentions to Cletus, hehe!
I can't believe Christmas is in 4 weeks! And I can't believe that was the last Thanksgiving without our little babe :)
Love
Laura
We keep calling our baby 'Cletus' - so I think that's the name that's sticking! Our latest challenge is that I get a terrible cough at night - but I don't think that's affecting Cletus too much :)
First ultrasound Monday (I know I've said that 100 times!) and I'm telling my principal about the little babe Monday too - I think it's about time since I'm also bringing in a step stool to sit on when I get tired! I need something elevated so I can keep an eye on my wonderful students :) And I've been sitting on the whiteboard ledge - but I don't think that's meant to be a chair...
Ian's already appreciating little Cletus too - because I used to sing songs about Ian around the house (which he sometimes loved, sometimes didn't love, but always ended up whistling!) but now, he's let me know that I can turn my attentions to Cletus, hehe!
I can't believe Christmas is in 4 weeks! And I can't believe that was the last Thanksgiving without our little babe :)
Love
Laura
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Attie's Song
*To the tune of "You Can't Hurry Love (No You Just Have To Wait!)"
Oh Attie Bally!
Oh, you just have to wait!
Cuz you're Att-i-cus Fe-tus and you're growing at a crazy rate!
In seven short months, you'll be in-n our home,
And we'll lo-ove you sooo much, because you will be our very own!
Oh Babe! :)
Oh Attie Bally!
Oh, you just have to wait!
Cuz you're Att-i-cus Fe-tus and you're growing at a crazy rate!
In seven short months, you'll be in-n our home,
And we'll lo-ove you sooo much, because you will be our very own!
Oh Babe! :)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Comments
I just double checked how to leave comments - and I think you need to be signed up for a Google or AIM account - so sorry for the inconvenience! But... maybe it's worth it to get a Google account for these nine months? (Plus, we will probably be putting pictures of Baby Bally on this website too someday!) Just a thought - but sorry for the need for another password and sign-in!
Okay... time to get ready for school :)
Okay... time to get ready for school :)
The tickers don't match!
Well...one ticker has turned to nine weeks while the other is still on 8 weeks - and I suppose officially little Cleat's birthday isn't till tomorrow - so we'll wait! :)
Birthday's every week - wow, as a kid I would LOVE that!!!
So an update on me I suppose.... I've been really tired, had a stuffy nose (which could be related to pregnancy) and just every time my stomach get empty I feel like I'm going to throw up! Terrible! I'm actually getting a little tired of saltines, and I loved them!! Moving on to pretzels, I hope the same thing doesn't happen with those! :)
Fav cravings: Lemon sherbet, mashed potatoes (yay for Thanksgiving!!!), baked potatoes with those awesome skins, and fruit....
Not the most exciting post - sorry! but that's what's happening over here! Today is my 'Friday' so I"m excited about that!
Love you all
Laura
Birthday's every week - wow, as a kid I would LOVE that!!!
So an update on me I suppose.... I've been really tired, had a stuffy nose (which could be related to pregnancy) and just every time my stomach get empty I feel like I'm going to throw up! Terrible! I'm actually getting a little tired of saltines, and I loved them!! Moving on to pretzels, I hope the same thing doesn't happen with those! :)
Fav cravings: Lemon sherbet, mashed potatoes (yay for Thanksgiving!!!), baked potatoes with those awesome skins, and fruit....
Not the most exciting post - sorry! but that's what's happening over here! Today is my 'Friday' so I"m excited about that!
Love you all
Laura
Monday, November 24, 2008
Just some little tidbits :)
We've decided we're going to try out calling our baby 'Cletus' as in 'Cletus the fetus'... hehe... is that terrible? I could always give it a nickname like Lettie or something - which sounds equally ridiculous, but kind of fun :)
We'll keep you updated!
I love looking at the descriptions of our our little baby is doing! Here's a description of some 8 week activity - a few more days and our babe will be 9 weeks! :)
8 week description------
"This week of pregnancy your baby is a not even an inch in length, but about the size of a cherry.
Your baby's eye lids are beginning to form, but until their growth is complete; the eyes look open. The tip of the nose is present and the ears are forming internally and externally.
Your baby's heart has 140-150 fluttering beats per minute- about twice as many as yours!
Arms are growing, and wrists and elbows are evident. Your baby's hands and feet are shaped like paddles, while the fingers and toes are beginning to form. Muscle contractions are starting, but early movements aren't noticeable to you"
I LOVE that the heart is beating! So exciting!
My biggest pregnancy challenge this weekend was fatigue - I am SO tired. I tried to exercise, and I was able to exercise for 12 minutes, basically hanging on the elliptical during the last two.... my goal was 20 minutes!! Oh well - I went for a 20 minute walk yesterday, that was good! And the plan is to start maybe with 7 minute elliptical times and work my way up..... I read somewhere that after 13 weeks I'll feel a 'glorious burst of new energy' - won't that be nice? Because I'm just TIRED! :)
Thank goodness it's a 2 day work week for me this week - because of Thanksgiving!
Love
Laura
We'll keep you updated!
I love looking at the descriptions of our our little baby is doing! Here's a description of some 8 week activity - a few more days and our babe will be 9 weeks! :)
8 week description------
"This week of pregnancy your baby is a not even an inch in length, but about the size of a cherry.
Your baby's eye lids are beginning to form, but until their growth is complete; the eyes look open. The tip of the nose is present and the ears are forming internally and externally.
Your baby's heart has 140-150 fluttering beats per minute- about twice as many as yours!
Arms are growing, and wrists and elbows are evident. Your baby's hands and feet are shaped like paddles, while the fingers and toes are beginning to form. Muscle contractions are starting, but early movements aren't noticeable to you"
I LOVE that the heart is beating! So exciting!
My biggest pregnancy challenge this weekend was fatigue - I am SO tired. I tried to exercise, and I was able to exercise for 12 minutes, basically hanging on the elliptical during the last two.... my goal was 20 minutes!! Oh well - I went for a 20 minute walk yesterday, that was good! And the plan is to start maybe with 7 minute elliptical times and work my way up..... I read somewhere that after 13 weeks I'll feel a 'glorious burst of new energy' - won't that be nice? Because I'm just TIRED! :)
Thank goodness it's a 2 day work week for me this week - because of Thanksgiving!
Love
Laura
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
8 weeks!!
Hi everyone!
Tomorrow is 8 week baby bean!!! Hooray!! :) I was texting a little with Cory today, and she said that she could tell with both of her kids if it was going to be a boy or a girl... so far I can't tell, but I'll keep you updated!!
Carol and Bob gave us some baby name books today, which was so exciting! Carol is letting us borrow '10,000 Names for your baby' and then they also gave us 'Classical Biblical Baby Names'... I just am really partial to boys baby names from the Bible! :) so far, it's hard to find a girl's name that we like... We were leaning towards Emma, but now that's super popular, so some others are: Mara, Lily, Ella, or Emmeline.... any thoughts on those? I wish I knew who was growing inside me! But yet we're still probably going to wait and have it be a surprise! I did have a suggestion that Ian vetoed today - Along with Juan Jose Bally (an earlier suggestion by me) he has also vetoed Grover Big Bird Bally :) hehe... I laugh just typing it!
The doctor's appointment was fun on Friday - but I was expecting more I guess!! They confirmed that I was 7 weeks, 2 days at the time - and we met the doctor, so that was good :) The nurses were all super nice, and the main nurse was so excited for us! Which was pretty fun because you know she sees a ton of pregnant people, and it was just nice that it doesn't get old for her! Or at least she made us feel special :) Ian went to the doctor's with me, and I was really glad that he was there! Our first ultrasound is scheduled for the Monday after Thanksgiving - I'm hoping I'll have a picture to put up on the blog!!
I had my first true pregnant woman I-need-to-go-through-a-drivethrough-now! moment today... I was on my way from school to the grocery store, and honestly thought I was going to pass out/throw up/SO hungry all at the same time (that's my version of morning sickness I think) and so I just knew I needed to go to Taco Bell :) haha... looking back, ridiculous! but the Bean and Rice burrito, minus nacho cheese, plus lettuce and tomato was SOO good! Ian is now a little envious that I have an excuse to eat whatever I want over these next 7 1/2 months :) Glad to say that I've only gained a FEW pounds so far though! :)
I guess that's it for now - on the 'life' side of things, our transmission in the mini-van is quitting again, and we are 351 miles over our 12,000 mile/12month warranty - we had it replaced last May!! (grrr) So I am going to try to win them over tomorrow (weds) with my niceness... I hope it works!!!
Feel free to comment on this, family! I would love to hear from you!
Love you all :)
Tomorrow is 8 week baby bean!!! Hooray!! :) I was texting a little with Cory today, and she said that she could tell with both of her kids if it was going to be a boy or a girl... so far I can't tell, but I'll keep you updated!!
Carol and Bob gave us some baby name books today, which was so exciting! Carol is letting us borrow '10,000 Names for your baby' and then they also gave us 'Classical Biblical Baby Names'... I just am really partial to boys baby names from the Bible! :) so far, it's hard to find a girl's name that we like... We were leaning towards Emma, but now that's super popular, so some others are: Mara, Lily, Ella, or Emmeline.... any thoughts on those? I wish I knew who was growing inside me! But yet we're still probably going to wait and have it be a surprise! I did have a suggestion that Ian vetoed today - Along with Juan Jose Bally (an earlier suggestion by me) he has also vetoed Grover Big Bird Bally :) hehe... I laugh just typing it!
The doctor's appointment was fun on Friday - but I was expecting more I guess!! They confirmed that I was 7 weeks, 2 days at the time - and we met the doctor, so that was good :) The nurses were all super nice, and the main nurse was so excited for us! Which was pretty fun because you know she sees a ton of pregnant people, and it was just nice that it doesn't get old for her! Or at least she made us feel special :) Ian went to the doctor's with me, and I was really glad that he was there! Our first ultrasound is scheduled for the Monday after Thanksgiving - I'm hoping I'll have a picture to put up on the blog!!
I had my first true pregnant woman I-need-to-go-through-a-drivethrough-now! moment today... I was on my way from school to the grocery store, and honestly thought I was going to pass out/throw up/SO hungry all at the same time (that's my version of morning sickness I think) and so I just knew I needed to go to Taco Bell :) haha... looking back, ridiculous! but the Bean and Rice burrito, minus nacho cheese, plus lettuce and tomato was SOO good! Ian is now a little envious that I have an excuse to eat whatever I want over these next 7 1/2 months :) Glad to say that I've only gained a FEW pounds so far though! :)
I guess that's it for now - on the 'life' side of things, our transmission in the mini-van is quitting again, and we are 351 miles over our 12,000 mile/12month warranty - we had it replaced last May!! (grrr) So I am going to try to win them over tomorrow (weds) with my niceness... I hope it works!!!
Feel free to comment on this, family! I would love to hear from you!
Love you all :)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Can you say it in months, please?
So a question I always had was - why do pregnant women talk about their pregnancy in weeks instead of in months? I was always so confused when someone would say 'I'm 23 weeks' or '18 weeks'... I wanted to know in real-people terms!
Little did I know that I would count the weeks AND the days! So I'm not 'almost two months pregnant'... I'm 7 weeks, AND 2 DAYS pregnant!! :) I am totally counting the days - my mom was right, I have a feeling these 9 months are going to creep by! But I am always enjoying the fact that there's a little peanut growing inside of me! :)
Just thought it was funny how I'm all of a sudden obsessed with the weeks and days... when just a few months ago I would have thought, "Well, what is it in months??"
PS... My first doctor's appt is Friday!! (tomorrow!)
Little did I know that I would count the weeks AND the days! So I'm not 'almost two months pregnant'... I'm 7 weeks, AND 2 DAYS pregnant!! :) I am totally counting the days - my mom was right, I have a feeling these 9 months are going to creep by! But I am always enjoying the fact that there's a little peanut growing inside of me! :)
Just thought it was funny how I'm all of a sudden obsessed with the weeks and days... when just a few months ago I would have thought, "Well, what is it in months??"
PS... My first doctor's appt is Friday!! (tomorrow!)
Monday, November 10, 2008
I love Granny Smith!
Sorry, I know that is none of our new 'Grandma' names! But my latest craving is Granny Smith apples - I think they've replaced my desserts. They are SOO good! I'm up to about 3 a day.... I hope that's okay!
We got some great news from our family down in Houston, TX - My cousin, Mary, is also pregnant and expecting her third child- due June 5th! So exciting!! I can't believe I still haven't met Dahlia or Daisy (her daughters) How is that even possible? (I guess it's possible if I haven't been down to visit...yikes!) And they still need to meet Ian - so hopefully that will happen sometime in the near future :)
Today school was good - we have Veteran's Day off tomorrow - hooray!! I did a little Veteran's Day art lesson with the kids, which was good because they had NO clue why we had tomorrow off... Here were some student answers to my question of "Does anyone know why we have tomorrow off of school?"
"Because tomorrow is the last day of school?" (my favorite)
"Tomorrow is Saturday?"
"Tomorrow is Halloween!!"
"It's Christmas?"
Ahhh.. gotta love those Kindergarten and 1st graders! At least they guessed!! Today was also the first time during the school year I've sat down during a lesson - The 1st graders were quietly coloring, cutting, and gluing their American flag... it was the end of the school day... and I was tired!! So I sat down at a table with them... I think they like that anyways :) And it sure felt good!
Another Irving (my school) tidbit...Today the assistant principal (who just came back from maternity leave) asked me if I had any kids... I wanted to jump up and down and say, "I'm pregnant!! So one will be here soon!!" But I'm not telling people at work yet, so I just had to say 'No.... not yet! Hopefully soon though!' which I guess wasn't that far from the truth....
Anyhow, that was my day in a nutshell - I had some waves of nausea, enjoyed the fine cuisine of Saltine crackers, and now am just thankful I can be at home and take it easy the rest of the night!
All the responses have been so much fun - It just once again reminds me how awesome family is!!
Take care :)
We got some great news from our family down in Houston, TX - My cousin, Mary, is also pregnant and expecting her third child- due June 5th! So exciting!! I can't believe I still haven't met Dahlia or Daisy (her daughters) How is that even possible? (I guess it's possible if I haven't been down to visit...yikes!) And they still need to meet Ian - so hopefully that will happen sometime in the near future :)
Today school was good - we have Veteran's Day off tomorrow - hooray!! I did a little Veteran's Day art lesson with the kids, which was good because they had NO clue why we had tomorrow off... Here were some student answers to my question of "Does anyone know why we have tomorrow off of school?"
"Because tomorrow is the last day of school?" (my favorite)
"Tomorrow is Saturday?"
"Tomorrow is Halloween!!"
"It's Christmas?"
Ahhh.. gotta love those Kindergarten and 1st graders! At least they guessed!! Today was also the first time during the school year I've sat down during a lesson - The 1st graders were quietly coloring, cutting, and gluing their American flag... it was the end of the school day... and I was tired!! So I sat down at a table with them... I think they like that anyways :) And it sure felt good!
Another Irving (my school) tidbit...Today the assistant principal (who just came back from maternity leave) asked me if I had any kids... I wanted to jump up and down and say, "I'm pregnant!! So one will be here soon!!" But I'm not telling people at work yet, so I just had to say 'No.... not yet! Hopefully soon though!' which I guess wasn't that far from the truth....
Anyhow, that was my day in a nutshell - I had some waves of nausea, enjoyed the fine cuisine of Saltine crackers, and now am just thankful I can be at home and take it easy the rest of the night!
All the responses have been so much fun - It just once again reminds me how awesome family is!!
Take care :)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The most important people know :)
Welcome to the blog dedicated to our little baby!! I can still hardly believe it as I'm writing these words - How exciting! From everything that I've figured out, our due date is July 1st... so that gives us about 7 1/2 months until we meet the newest member of the family!
This weekend was so much fun because we were finally able to tell my family, and the weekend before we told all of Ian's immediate family - so all of our parents and brothers and sisters know! What a joy that we could share such great news with our families! Although keeping the secret from my family was a bummer, I'm happy I had the chance to tell them in person! Anyhow, families, I'm glad you all know!! I'm so excited for us all to meet the new Bally (who's also a little Van Geem at heart!)
There are two baby 'widgets' (weird word) on this website - one which shows a good picture of the little bean, and then one above, which gives a little description. It will be fun to see what our little guy/girl is up to!
Please pray, pray, pray that we have a healthy baby! The official safe date for us is a few days before Christmas - the end of the first trimester- so we will really be joyful on that day!!!
My first doctor's appointment is on Friday - so I will fill everyone in on that! Besides that - feeling nauseous and tired, drinking LOTS of fizzy water, and craving fruit!! Which I suppose isn't that bad :)
No pictures yet - but this will be the place where they will be! (The only pictures I have so far are of the pregnancy test - and I doubt you guys want to see that!)
Our families are the best! I'm thankful we have you guys!!!
This weekend was so much fun because we were finally able to tell my family, and the weekend before we told all of Ian's immediate family - so all of our parents and brothers and sisters know! What a joy that we could share such great news with our families! Although keeping the secret from my family was a bummer, I'm happy I had the chance to tell them in person! Anyhow, families, I'm glad you all know!! I'm so excited for us all to meet the new Bally (who's also a little Van Geem at heart!)
There are two baby 'widgets' (weird word) on this website - one which shows a good picture of the little bean, and then one above, which gives a little description. It will be fun to see what our little guy/girl is up to!
Please pray, pray, pray that we have a healthy baby! The official safe date for us is a few days before Christmas - the end of the first trimester- so we will really be joyful on that day!!!
My first doctor's appointment is on Friday - so I will fill everyone in on that! Besides that - feeling nauseous and tired, drinking LOTS of fizzy water, and craving fruit!! Which I suppose isn't that bad :)
No pictures yet - but this will be the place where they will be! (The only pictures I have so far are of the pregnancy test - and I doubt you guys want to see that!)
Our families are the best! I'm thankful we have you guys!!!
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