Goodbye Summertime and back to work!

I've been slacking in the blogging department, but thankfully all things pregnancy related have been uneventful lately so I wouldn't have much to write about anyway.  Summer vacation has ended and that means I'm back at work (until maternity leave time which is 60 school days from today but who is counting? haha!) and things have been super busy trying to get everything ready for back to school time.

Since my last post the rest of the stuff for the nursery finally arrived.  Pottery Barn Kids finally shipped me the bumper that I should've gotten back in June and now the crib bedding is complete.  I was a little disappointed after putting it all together because I didn't absolutely love it like I thought I would, but after waiting so long and the hassle of getting it here I'm hoping it will grow on me.  I don't hate it by any means, I just don't absolutely love it like I was hoping.  The glider also arrived, but unfortunately the ottoman that went with it was broken in half when I opened the box.  There were footprints on top of the box so I'm guessing that the UPS man probably used my box as a step to reach something else in his truck.  After a phone call to Albeebaby.com to explain my predicament I was told to email them a photo of the broken ottoman along with the product number information.  I really didn't want to have to ship everything back and then wait another few weeks to get a new one shipped in.  Luckily, they told me that all I needed to ship back was the broken ottoman (and I could keep the actual glider).  UPS came to pick it up a few days later and about a week later I had a new, not broken ottoman delivered to my door.  Now all I need to finish up the nursery is a changing pad for the changing table, some decorations for the walls which I have already found on etsy, and Michael needs to paint the dresser that is currently occupying space in our garage.  I'm glad to have all the big stuff done though even though baby won't be here for (hopefully) another 15 weeks.

I had my monthly check in appointment with my midwife a few weeks ago.  She said that I was measuring right on target, which was good to hear since I feel like I'm so huge already.  Baby girl had a good strong heartbeat of 156.  I told her that I had chosen the bradley method classes rather than hiring a doula and she said "Oh the pressures on me then to be there during your labor".  She has only missed two of her patients births during the time she's been practicing.  Let's hope I'm not the third name to get added to that list.  She asked me what pregnancy books I had been reading and I explained that I got halfway through three or four books and then stopped reading them all together because they were making me so paranoid about every little thing.  I figure if something is really wrong, my body will let me know.  I don't need to read a bunch of books that make me freak out about every little thing that happens during pregnancy.  I'd rather just deal with things as they happen than be worried the whole time.  She recommended the book "A Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth" and I've also had a friend recommend "Hypnobirthing" and "Birthing from Within".  I have them all in my cart on Amazon.com but have yet to order them since I'm not sure when I'll actually get the time to read them.  I was also scheduled for my glucose test at my appointment, which I was happy to be able to schedule on a Saturday morning so I don't have to miss work.  Hopefully that test will go well so I don't have to do the lovely three hour glucose test later.

We start our bradley method classes tomorrow night and I'm interested to see how it goes.  I told Michael that he has to try to take it seriously and not joke around the whole time, but I'm not sure what to expect yet. 

School started on Monday and I've been exhausted the past two days when I get home from school.  Teaching kindergarten is such a challenge because you literally have to teach them everything... how to walk into the classroom, how to sit on the carpet, how to walk in line, how to use the bathroom (apparently my boys think peeing all over the floor is acceptable... I'll be chatting with them about that tomorrow!), how to work together with other students, etc. They don't quite understand that they don't get to play all day and that we actually have work to do so I'm constantly getting asked "When are we going outside?" or "When do we get to play with the toys?" which gets pretty annoying.  On the first day of school, someone asked one of my little girls "Who is your teacher?"  She replied with "I don't know but my mommy said she has a baby in her belly."  They are pretty funny about the whole pregnancy thing.  I hadn't mentioned anything to them about it, but they have told me that I have a baby in my belly and keep asking me if it is going to come out tomorrow.  My former students are very excited for me though... especially the girls since I told them I'm having a little girl.

We still haven't started taking the weekly belly photos and I kind of feel like now it's too late to start.  I know my belly is going to get bigger but we've already missed the past 25 weeks so I kind of feel like what's the point? As long as I get a few photos of my huge preggo belly before baby comes I'll be happy.

That's about all that has been going on lately.  Not much coming up in the next few weeks either.  Hopefully I can get back in the routine of waking up early and working all day before too long.  Hopefully I won't feel so exhausted every day once my students get their routines down as well.