Well, my walking to school days are about over. It is nice to be able to walk to school, but at 7:00 in the morning it is just WAY too cold here to walk the 1/2 mile. I guess I won't have the "....I had to walk 4 miles up hill both ways in the snow story....." for our kiddos someday. We have the luxury of being able to drive when it is too cold. HA HA. Anyway, the low temperatures have been in the 20s and the high for next week are forcasted to be in the 40s, with snow expected on Tuesday! YAY!! Our first snow possibly before Halloween! I get excited about snow because that means Christmas is nearing! Next Saturday begins the countdown for Christmas and that is also the day I am allowed to begin playing Christmas music (when I am by myself). Dustin thinks I should wait until at least after Halloween to begin my countdown and play Christmas music. I'll take what I can get!! Otherwise he would be sick of Christmas music before Thanksgiving!
Tonight Dustin and I rented a movie and bought the good kind of popcorn. (I had been getting the healthy kind with no butter, but I decided that it wasn't worth eating, so I got extra butter this time!) Anyway, Cocoa's favorite snack is popcorn, so while we have some warm, fresh popcorn we are going to video her doing some "special" tricks! Tune in tonight for that video....unless we have video uploading problems. But it should go smoothly!!
Talk tonight!
October 23, 2008
October 16, 2008
Time To Announce........
Baby peanut at 7 weeks
Baby at 12 weeks
Well, many people have already been informed, but we have waited until today to make any public announcement. From the pictures that I posted it is obvious that we are expecting!! The first picture is of the baby at 7 weeks, and the second picture is at 12 weeks. What an amazing difference. You can even faintly see an arm at the side of baby's body in the second picture. YAY!! Today we went in for our 12 week appointment and everything was great! The heartbeat was 158 and it was forming well. It will still be 2 months before we can tell if it is a boy or girl, and of course we are excited about that day too!!
I have been feeling great! I have had minimal nausea and no complications!! I have been HUNGRY like never before, but now that has subsided. I am still hungry and need to eat about every hour or I do begin to get sick. So here is how our journey began......
At about 6 weeks Dustin's parents were visiting us. I was having some random symptoms and I was telling his mother about them and that I should go to the doctor. I made the comment that Dustin had said, "Uh Oh, what if you're pregnant!!" I laughed and told her, "Yeah right!" Well, needless to say the medical student was right! A few days later we decided to find out if his "joke" about my symptoms was correct. So within a few days the doctor confirmed our suspicions. Obviously you can tell that this was the biggest surprise of our lives!! We were stunned for a few weeks, and then we went to the first doctor appointment and the minute we heard the heartbeat and saw a little peanut thing on the screen, it became real!!! That first appointment turned out to be an exciting one.......when they drew blood, I passed out. That's right, I absolutely passed out!
Fast forward five weeks to today....
We saw our little one with facial features and arms and legs. That was great to see! The heartbeat was fantastic as well! The doctor's words were, "This is your beautiful baby. Everything looks great!" What a relief to hear! You will also be happy to hear that I did not pass out today at my appointment. I got a flu shot AND they drew blood! That's amazing! Our little one was moving like crazy!!! He/she was flipping around, twisting, and kicking those legs like crazy. This will be interesting when I begin feeling those kicks. As soon as we saw those legs being kicked around, Dustin immediately knew that it was going to be a great soccer player. He has already told me that he is going to get a pink or blue soccer ball for when it is born. I think he wants it to play soccer, what do you think?
Surprise or not, what an amazing one! We are over the stunned stage and into the excited stage. Unfortunately I have gained a little more than 5 pounds, but of course that is supposed to happen. One of my students actually said to me the other day, "Mrs. Tompkins, your stomach blew up overnight. Your stomach wasn't that big yesterday"! HA HA. You can always count on kids to be honest. And what he said described exactly what I was feeling and thinking myself. I will post a picture of me when I am up for that challenge!! I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet. I'm continuing to work out by walking and doing pregnancy videos. I'm making sure it is healthy working out. I am no longer running 10 miles. (By the way, the reason that you only saw Dustin's picture at the half marathon is because I was expecting at that time and the doctor told me it would not be wise to compete in the race. I had been training for 3 months, but there will be other races.) We are doing well and preparing ourselves for a little one in about 6 months. I will be sure to keep you posted on our little one! Thanks for checking in!
Baby at 12 weeks
Well, many people have already been informed, but we have waited until today to make any public announcement. From the pictures that I posted it is obvious that we are expecting!! The first picture is of the baby at 7 weeks, and the second picture is at 12 weeks. What an amazing difference. You can even faintly see an arm at the side of baby's body in the second picture. YAY!! Today we went in for our 12 week appointment and everything was great! The heartbeat was 158 and it was forming well. It will still be 2 months before we can tell if it is a boy or girl, and of course we are excited about that day too!!
I have been feeling great! I have had minimal nausea and no complications!! I have been HUNGRY like never before, but now that has subsided. I am still hungry and need to eat about every hour or I do begin to get sick. So here is how our journey began......
At about 6 weeks Dustin's parents were visiting us. I was having some random symptoms and I was telling his mother about them and that I should go to the doctor. I made the comment that Dustin had said, "Uh Oh, what if you're pregnant!!" I laughed and told her, "Yeah right!" Well, needless to say the medical student was right! A few days later we decided to find out if his "joke" about my symptoms was correct. So within a few days the doctor confirmed our suspicions. Obviously you can tell that this was the biggest surprise of our lives!! We were stunned for a few weeks, and then we went to the first doctor appointment and the minute we heard the heartbeat and saw a little peanut thing on the screen, it became real!!! That first appointment turned out to be an exciting one.......when they drew blood, I passed out. That's right, I absolutely passed out!
Fast forward five weeks to today....
We saw our little one with facial features and arms and legs. That was great to see! The heartbeat was fantastic as well! The doctor's words were, "This is your beautiful baby. Everything looks great!" What a relief to hear! You will also be happy to hear that I did not pass out today at my appointment. I got a flu shot AND they drew blood! That's amazing! Our little one was moving like crazy!!! He/she was flipping around, twisting, and kicking those legs like crazy. This will be interesting when I begin feeling those kicks. As soon as we saw those legs being kicked around, Dustin immediately knew that it was going to be a great soccer player. He has already told me that he is going to get a pink or blue soccer ball for when it is born. I think he wants it to play soccer, what do you think?
Surprise or not, what an amazing one! We are over the stunned stage and into the excited stage. Unfortunately I have gained a little more than 5 pounds, but of course that is supposed to happen. One of my students actually said to me the other day, "Mrs. Tompkins, your stomach blew up overnight. Your stomach wasn't that big yesterday"! HA HA. You can always count on kids to be honest. And what he said described exactly what I was feeling and thinking myself. I will post a picture of me when I am up for that challenge!! I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet. I'm continuing to work out by walking and doing pregnancy videos. I'm making sure it is healthy working out. I am no longer running 10 miles. (By the way, the reason that you only saw Dustin's picture at the half marathon is because I was expecting at that time and the doctor told me it would not be wise to compete in the race. I had been training for 3 months, but there will be other races.) We are doing well and preparing ourselves for a little one in about 6 months. I will be sure to keep you posted on our little one! Thanks for checking in!
October 11, 2008
Gutters and Rakes
Dustin and I have been talking about needing to clean out the gutters and rake the leaves because the leaves have been falling like crazy!! It makes our yard a colorful, fall wonderland, but we want to make sure the gutters do not get clogged.
The first picture you will see is of Dustin on the roof cleaning out the gutters. I am in the second picture enjoying my mound of leaves that I worked so hard to create. Unfortunately we did this work yesterday, and today the ground was already covered in yellows, browns, reds, and oranges. The plus is that we are probably done mowing. Now begins raking, then it is shoveling, and back to mowing again!!
October 09, 2008
Dustin's Ride In An Ambulance
Throughout this year, Dustin will be doing clinical observations at various medical facilities here in town. Today he was able to do one of those observations with the ambulance crew. He came home VERY excited and didn't stop talking about it for a few hours. He seemed most excited about being able to ride down the middle of the road at high speeds with the ambulance sirens on. Of course he mentioned that he learned some of that medical stuff and enjoyed that too. Luckily, and if you know Dustin you know how true this is, he wasn't the patient in this ambulance ride!
October 06, 2008
Shopping Update
Our trip to Roanoke was everything except uneventful!!! I did drive on the way there and Dustin did some studying between my conversations and road sickness. However, after a day of shopping, I could hardly stand on my feet by the end of the day, so he drove home and I SLEPT!!
The last time we went to Roanoke we ate at Olive Garden (our favorite place to eat there) and if we took a survey online we would get a whopping $4 off our next purchase. I know, it's only $4, but it IS $4 so I took the survey to get our discount. So, I was excited that I would have an excuse to get a dessert. Well, when we arrived at Olive Garden, we were promptly seated and began enjoying our bread sticks and salad. We had ordered our food and it arrived at our table. I had taken ONE bite of my delicious meal when all of a sudden we heard a crash and saw glass flying. We were sitting near the location where they put their drinking glasses, and one of the workers had pushed them too far and one fell off and shattered. Some of the shards of glass bounced up into Dustin's lap, and he told me to stop eating just in case there were shards in my meal. So, we let our waitress know that we were concerned that there might be pieces of glass in our meal. Within the next few minutes the manager came to our table to let us know that our meal would be taken care of and that he apologized for the inconvenience. So, we received new meals and of course I went on to order a dessert, but rather than getting a free dessert, we only had to pay for the dessert. The wait for our second meal was definitely worth it!!
The last time we went to Roanoke we ate at Olive Garden (our favorite place to eat there) and if we took a survey online we would get a whopping $4 off our next purchase. I know, it's only $4, but it IS $4 so I took the survey to get our discount. So, I was excited that I would have an excuse to get a dessert. Well, when we arrived at Olive Garden, we were promptly seated and began enjoying our bread sticks and salad. We had ordered our food and it arrived at our table. I had taken ONE bite of my delicious meal when all of a sudden we heard a crash and saw glass flying. We were sitting near the location where they put their drinking glasses, and one of the workers had pushed them too far and one fell off and shattered. Some of the shards of glass bounced up into Dustin's lap, and he told me to stop eating just in case there were shards in my meal. So, we let our waitress know that we were concerned that there might be pieces of glass in our meal. Within the next few minutes the manager came to our table to let us know that our meal would be taken care of and that he apologized for the inconvenience. So, we received new meals and of course I went on to order a dessert, but rather than getting a free dessert, we only had to pay for the dessert. The wait for our second meal was definitely worth it!!
October 04, 2008
Blog Update, Weather, Shopping
I was inspired to look outside the box and find a different blog template. With Dustin's help, I was able to get an autumn background for the upcoming season.
Weather in West Virginia: Our weather has been more extreme than "cool". I will step out on a limb and call it COLD!!! Dustin even broke out his heavy winter coat the other day. Luckily we park in a garage, but many of Dustin's classmates were talking about having to defrost their windshields before they could get to school. Everyone was covering up their tomato plants to save them from the frost!! It is so cool we can no longer keep our windows open. I mentioned turning on the heat because I was so cold one day, but Dustin insists on using blankets until we absolutely have to turn on the heat!! It is actually supposed to reach the temperature of 70 today, so we will see if it does. I even have to wear my winter coat for recess duty!!
Dustin and I are going to enjoy a trip to Roanoke, VA today to do some necessary shopping!! YAY!! I can't wait!! Too bad we have to drive one and a half hours to get somewhere with a mall and the basic shopping experience. The trip will be worth it though, and of course I am driving so Dustin can study on the way. He just cannot think of being forced to sit in the car for 3 hours without the thought of studying. His philosophy is that he has to be sitting in a car, so he might as well use that time to study. I will let you know how long that lasts. I usually make him sick with I drive and he reads. My other problem is that when sitting in a car with just Dustin, why wouldn't I talk?!?!?! Ha, Ha, but it is difficult to be in a car with someone for 3 hours and NOT TALK!!!! That's near impossible for me!!
P.S. Hopefully a black bear will not cross the interstate in front of me this time!!!!! I'll let you know if one does.
Talk again soon!
Weather in West Virginia: Our weather has been more extreme than "cool". I will step out on a limb and call it COLD!!! Dustin even broke out his heavy winter coat the other day. Luckily we park in a garage, but many of Dustin's classmates were talking about having to defrost their windshields before they could get to school. Everyone was covering up their tomato plants to save them from the frost!! It is so cool we can no longer keep our windows open. I mentioned turning on the heat because I was so cold one day, but Dustin insists on using blankets until we absolutely have to turn on the heat!! It is actually supposed to reach the temperature of 70 today, so we will see if it does. I even have to wear my winter coat for recess duty!!
Dustin and I are going to enjoy a trip to Roanoke, VA today to do some necessary shopping!! YAY!! I can't wait!! Too bad we have to drive one and a half hours to get somewhere with a mall and the basic shopping experience. The trip will be worth it though, and of course I am driving so Dustin can study on the way. He just cannot think of being forced to sit in the car for 3 hours without the thought of studying. His philosophy is that he has to be sitting in a car, so he might as well use that time to study. I will let you know how long that lasts. I usually make him sick with I drive and he reads. My other problem is that when sitting in a car with just Dustin, why wouldn't I talk?!?!?! Ha, Ha, but it is difficult to be in a car with someone for 3 hours and NOT TALK!!!! That's near impossible for me!!
P.S. Hopefully a black bear will not cross the interstate in front of me this time!!!!! I'll let you know if one does.
Talk again soon!
October 02, 2008
Dustin's Casting Lab
Today Dustin learned how to make a cast. He put a cast on someone and got a cast put on him. Here is Dustin with a cast on.
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