Hello!

Oh goodness! I need to keep this blog up better! Not much new is going on. Just trying to keep up with life.
Today is my birthday! I am 28! Although it feels just like any other day. Noah’s at school, Hubby’s at work and I got lots of laundry to do.
I only have about 4 months left to get ready for this baby! Time flies! I have a lot to do, and PRAISE GOD! a friend of mine is loaning me pretty much everything I’m going to need. We had gotten rid of all our baby stuff. I wanted another one but we weren’t real sure it was going to happen so we just sold our baby stuff or gave it away. So this is such a blessing!
We still haven’t come up with a name yet. We have been thinking Emily maybe. But now that she’s been moving more, Emily just seems to be too much of a laid back name for her. I don’t know. Any suggestions?
Been doing inventory at the bead shop. It’s taking forever! It’s tedious, yet somehow enjoyable, work. Most of the beads are sold by the bead, so we get to count each and every bead. Seed beads are bagged up so we only have to count the bags of those. But the others, my gosh! There are hundreds upon hundreds! But we are determined to get it done so we can open up the shop!
Noah is doing good in school. He’s really liking it. I still don’t like the idea of public school, but until things change, I’m not going to be able to focus on home schooling him. I do plan on taking him out in a year or two, once things settle down and I can get more organized. Until then, he’ll do fine in public school. I just don’t like the idea of the government having that much control over MY child. But that’s a whole other blog post!
Anyway, I better get back to my laundry. Take care!

So much going on!

I can't believe it's been two whole months ince I last posted!!! Where should I start?

I guess with the business. We are soon going to be taking over a bead shop! When I was pregnant with Noah we went to a local bead shop and made some good friends. They're the ones who gave us our love for beads and actually taught us how to make jewelry. To start with, it was a bead shop/coffee bar. Well the coffee bar expanded to a little vegetarian restaurant. Now that's what they are focusing on. They don't have time for the beads anymore, but they don't want to close the bead shop altogether. So there is a room in front where they are keeping the bead shop and my hubby and I are going to run it. It will be all our business! We've wanted a shop of our own for so long now. And the plus of having it there is (beside the VERY inexpensive rent) they are keeping their inventory there for us to sell. We just pay them a percentage as we sell it. Plus, they are very business minded and are going to help us along and let us use their suppliers! It's the perfect situation! And we'll only have the shop open Mondays and Saturdays so I will still be able to be home with the kids the rest of the week!

Which brings me to something else. I put Noah in public school today. I wasn't keeping up well enough and with the new baby coming I knew it would just get worse. And today I found out that I had been doing worse than I thought because they had to do an assessment. They recommended putting him back in kindergarten. :( It was my choice. But they showed me how he did on the assessment and what he should be able to do and it looks like he would struggle too much if they put him in with the other first graders. I'm pretty mad at myself, but Noah doesn't seem to care at all. He's just happy to be around all the kids.

And yesterday I went in for my ultrasound! Everything on the baby is perfect! And it's a girl!!! We don't have a name picked out yet. We have a long list of them but can't narrow it down. We will soon enough though.

Isn't she sweet?

Well, I need to go get some stuff done. I've slacked far too long. Today was an eyeopener to that.

Love and hugs to all!

It's a baby!

I went for my first prenatal appt today! Everything is going great! I even got an ultrasound to determine exactly how far along I am. 11 weeks and 2 days! A little further than I was thinking. But that's cool! It was so awesome to see that little thing in there! It really made this pregnancy a reality for me. I know I've been sick, but it hadn't set in that there was an actuall baby in there. But the sweet little thing made itself very known! It's awas wiggling and kicking all around! Like it was doing a little jig for me! It was awesome!!!

Check out my sweet new baby!
This first one is the head. You can kinda make out a face. And the second one is from the side. See the little feet!
Here are a couple from the front.


I am so excited. Bet you couldn't guess that, huh?

I'm still kickin'...barely...

You know that thing called morning sickness..I don't have it too bad. I have what you call afternoon and all night sickness. I have yet to lose my supper...if you know what I mean. I'm just horribly nauseous and exhausted! It's all for a good end though. At least I'm not sick for nothing! And it should be gone by Christmas, thank the Good Lord! I can't wait for my second trimester! No ickies and I'll get to feel my sweet baby move!! That's my favorite part!
Today I get a free day! Hubby's mom is taking the kids for the whole afternoon!!! I'm going to relax and watch tv! Without having to get up every 3 minutes to break up a fight! Wow! I'm so excited! The kids have been handfuls the past couple of weeks. I imagine it has something to do with the change in the weather. Hopefully we'll have our fireplace going this weekend. I guess it's supposed to get really cold here on Saturday. I'm so looking forward to it! A cracking fire, hot chocolate and Christmas music while we set up our Christmas tree!!! I get the Holiday Tingles just thinking about it!!! Anyway, I gotta go. TTFN!

You'll have to excuse me....

I'm obessessed with all things pregnancy/baby related right now. I made this ticker and I about laughed my butt off. Maybe I'm weird, but maybe you'll laugh too. Let's see!

Guess What!!!