10 weeks today!

Our baby is 10 weeks today! So far it's been a good pregnancy. I had some nausea for a couple weeks and only get it every so often now. I think taking my prenatal vitamins at night helps. I wasn't prepared for already waking up 3-4 times a night to use the bathroom. It's so annoying and makes me think that my days of sleeping through the entire night are over for at least the next 3 years, or more with more kids...AH! Brent somehow just sleeps right on through. I'm thinking about purposefully climbing over his side so he wakes up every time and feels the effects that I do. Somehow I think that wouldn't go over very well!
We've been very busy with life. School is ending for the both of us. I only have 2 1/2 days left and Brent has 1 week. He has seniors so will be finished with classes early but will still have to be at school. We're both so ready for this year to be over. It's been great and hard for the both of us. We love our students but we love the summer too. Brent will be teaching summer school for the 1st section and I will be at home plug in away at my masters. Hopefully I can be finished by next summer. Staying home on maternity leave will really help....if I can stay motivated that long!
My family is coming next week to visit. We are so excited. We haven't seen our nieces for a couple months and they change so quickly. It'll be nice to have my mom and sister here to go baby shopping or garage selling. We love a good bargain!
Brent's dad is healing very nicely. His amputation went well and his wound is looking great. He is now working on his swallowing from the mini strokes he had while going through surgeries. Once that is under control he will be allowed to come home. He is SO ready and I know we are too. It should be a couple months before he can get fitted for his prosthetic leg. We're very thankful for his nurses and therapists to keep on him every day.
Well that's an update on us. We hope everyone is doing well and ready for the summer. Hopefully in the next couple days we can post some pictures from our Memorial day BBQ. Love you all!

7wks

So we're 7 wks now into pregnancy and I'm already feeling that nausea. Last week was really bad but manageable. This week, so far, has been better. I have some medicine and have been munching on small snacks to keep my stomach full. Our ultrasound last week went well. The doctor said she saw a good heartbeat and the baby's measurements looked perfect. We will go for our next apt. at the end of May. Brent's dad is still recovering in the hospital after his surgery. For those of you who don't know what happened, I'll fill you in. Rich (Brent's dad) went in for surgery about a month ago for a clogged artery in his leg. They did surgery and sent him home. About a week after he was having the same pain from before and went back into the surgery. Within that week they did 3 more surgeries, none of which were successful. They decided he needed to loose that leg. So 2 wks ago he had his right leg amputated from the knee down. This was very difficult for him because he is a very active and independent man. He is doing well in recovering. They finally moved him out of ICU and into a regular room and took him off of all but 1 IV. We're praying that he will see God's plan and will through this. We haven't told him about the baby yet but are going to this week. We wanted to wait till he was getting better and was able to understand. It's been hard to find joy in our trials, but God is constantly reminding us daily of his love and faithfulness to us.

Baby Hall!

We're having a baby!!!!!!!! Brent and I are so excited! We are 6 wks and growing. Today I went for my for ultrasound. We have a good heartbeat. We're due Dec. 22nd so we'll be having a new bundle of joy for Christmas. We were so surprised at the news but are SOOOOOOOOOOO excited. Feel free to start the spoiling!

realestate

I've been looking at some real estate and can't believe how different prices are from IL and OH. The houses that we could afford in OH are three times the size of the ones in IL/WI. We're praying that God will show us where to go in the upcoming year.

Pulaski Day!

So I love teaching in Illinois for a lot of reasons, but one in specific is that they celebrate Pulaski day. This means NO SCHOOL! Brent had school because they had to make up snow days. I teach at a private school and we don't have to make up until later. So here I am, at home getting ready to type 5-6 masters papers all day. I set the coffee maker last night so Brent would have coffee in the morning and there would be some left for me. I love not waking up at 5:30am! I'm not someone who can sleep in till 10-11 (I used to be). Nowadays I sleep in till 8:30-9. I think its because I feel there's so much to do in the morning. I usually make sure the house is clean and if its a weekend I cook breakfast around 9:30. On Saturday I made Belgian Waffles with our new waffle maker. This is our 2nd new one. The first one we got from our wedding broke and I couldn't take it back. My amazing mother knows how much my husband loves her waffles so she got us a very nice one for Christmas. Let me know if you'd love the recipe! They are AMAZING! I thought I'd put up some pictures of our family. Some are from our wedding and some are from Christmas! Enjoy and have an awesome PULASKI DAY!

Just Starting!

Wow! It's exciting to be starting a new blog for Brent and I. So much has happened to us in the past two years that I thought I better start writing it down somewhere so our kids can look back and see what we were up too. I also thought this would be a great way to stay in contact with friends and family. You know you always get that question, "So how are you guys? What are you doing these days?" Now I can say, well check out our blog!