18 Weeks... and War Eagle!

My 18th week of pregnancy has been a really easy (and fun) one!

Baby Smart says, "War Eagle!"

On Monday, school was cancelled due to snow and ice. I was very excited. I began watching the BCS National Championship game, then find out that school for Tuesday is cancelled, making my celebration (by myself, mind you...) of the Auburn victory even longer, since I don't have to get up to go to school the next day. :) I even had a mini Toomer's rolling!

My "masterpiece"

Tuesday was a cold, yucky day, but the roads were fine, so I went to help a friend look at wedding dresses that afternoon. I had to clean up my mini Toomer's before I left... :(

We started back to school on Wednesday for the second week. What are we going to do when we actually have to have 5 full days of school in a row??? School has been fairly easy for me this semester. I have smaller classes and seem to have really good kids... only time will tell, though! We have been postponing and rescheduling dance practice because of the crazy weather, but we did manage to get a few practices in before this weekend.

On Saturday, I went to Samford in Birmingham to watch 4 SSHS Pantherettes compete in the Solo Division at competition. The Junior High team performed there as well, so I, of course, stayed to watch them. All of the girls performed well, and our captain took home the "State Soloist" title. I was proud of everyone! I had the privilege of NOT having to drive to and from Birmingham on Saturday. I drove up on Friday and stayed with Mimi and Tom, got up and went to competition, then came back and stayed again! It was SO much better than having to drive back and forth on Saturday. I got to see Cindy, Joe, and Forrest (Aunt, Uncle, Cousin) while I was there, so that was a bonus!

Today is MLK day, and we're out of school AGAIN! I had my girls meet at the school this morning for practice (don't hate me, it was THEIR idea...), which proved to be VERY beneficial. They work SO much harder when they aren't already tired from being at school all day. I wish I could have kept them all day, but decided that 2 hours would suffice. The band performed in the Inaugural parade in Montgomery today, so Jed had to leave before daybreak to head that up.

Since I've been home at practice, and Jed isn't here, I've been trying to clean out and rearrange closets in our house so that the baby can actually have clothes! I really need less stuff and more storage! This is proving to be very difficult. Would anyone like to volunteer to reorganize my house for me? Anyone???

Well, back to work I go... wish me luck!

Apologies... and Big News!

I am officially THE WORST blogger in the world! I really do apologize to those of you who actually try to follow the blog. I promise I'll try to be better, but I have just been so busy, and whenever I finally get done with everything, I crash!!!

Speaking of crashing, there is actually a reason besides lack of sleep (for once)...

For those of you who don't already know, Jed and I are going to be parents in June! I'm currently 17 weeks along. I actually made my very first maternity clothing purchase today, so I guess it's time to start taking belly pictures! I'll try to get those up once a week, but no promises (my track record isn't so great...)

Okay, now it's time to try to back-track to tell you about our wonderful Christmas. I would go back to Thanksgiving, but I'm not sure I can remember that far back... ha!

This was the first year that we have taken our trip to Pickens County before Christmas.We decided to spend our time a little differently this year because of our New Year's plans. We spent several days just RELAXING at my Mom and Lee's house, which was very much needed! On Christmas Eve morning, we got up and realized that Santa had come early to Mom's house! After we finished with gifts, we got dressed and went to Nanna's for lunch. We had such a good time getting to visit with her! When we got back to Carrollton after lunch, we almost immediately went to have the annual Christmas Eve celebration with Cindy, Joe, Forrest, Mimi, Tom, Mom, and Lee. We found out that Mimi wasn't feeling well, so she and Tom stayed in Birmingham. We took lots of pictures and talked on the phone, but it just wasn't the same without them! When we finished at Cindy and Joe's house, we went to Daddy and Melissa's to spend the night. We got up and found that Santa had come again! We left there just as the snow started to head back home.Before we came home, we went to Jed's parents' house to do Christmas one more time. We had a lot of fun hanging out with his family and opening even more gifts!

We were blessed to get to spend so much time with family over the Christmas holiday, but we were happy to actually have a few days at home to rest. Well, when I say rest, I mean stay busy... taking down Christmas decorations, reorganizing closets, taking things to Goodwill, etc.

When we were finished "resting," we headed to Destin to celebrate with Danny Joe and Ashley at their New Year's Eve wedding. We had a lot of fun hanging out with, yes, MORE family! The wedding was beautiful and we had a really good time!

We had one more day of "rest," then we headed back to school. The break was wonderful, but they never seem to be quite long enough! Back to the real world, I guess...

I'll try not to be so long between posts in the future! Goodnight everyone!