Here I am trying once again to remember all of the highlights over the past few months. There have been several big things, but we'll start with all the baby showers that I have been blessed with. Unfortunately I don't have a ton of pictures to share all of the stories. At the end of the school year, the English department was gracious enough to throw a shower for me! I recieved lots of cute things for baby, encouraging words, and one last time to "hang out" with all of the ladies at Master's Academy. My sweet AP Literature class also threw a small shower for me as well. It was so thoughtful of them to even consider spending their time, money, and efforts to support me in this way! June held the shower from my small group. What an overwhelming experience. Most that know me know that I do not like to be the center of attention (yes, I know, I'm a teacher...but being in the classroom is a totally different experience for me!). I ended the day with lots of goodies, fun times, and a stress headache! It was worth it though. Over to Melbourne...my Aunts had a small celebration for me before we left on vacation, and while on vacation, all of Brent's family and friends from the North had a shower for me as well! God has truly blessed our family....
Okay, rewind just a little bit to the end of May or as I call it, the end to a very significant chapter in my life. I have known nothing but school for the past 25 years...either I was a student or a teacher. Working at the Master's Academy truly was my dream job and it was a very hard day handing in my key and walking away from it all. However, I know I'm walking toward something that will be even more enriching...motherhood!
My "kids" as I always call them graduated this year so it was like I was graduating with them. Here are some shots from the graduation ceremony:
This is our valedictorian: Michelle Berg
Coach Pitts and I getting ready to announce the names for the kids to receive their diplomas.
The whole graduating class anxious to get that piece of paper in their hands.
I love this picture of Jon Birkmire over the left...he is truly basking in his accomplishments!
I just received my College Board AP Literature score sheet and had a 92% pass rate with lots of 4's and 5's. My kids worked hard and deserved the success that they experienced! I am so proud of them.
In June we took our usual 2 week vacation to visit family up North and escape to the Ocean City beach house. We had a wonderful time...once we got to all of our destinations...but all the driving we did made me not want to make this trip again for another few years. We hit Asheville for a night, on to Ocean City for a week, over to Tabernacle for half a week, and down to Charelston for the remainder of our trip.
Needless to say, vacation is great, but there always comes that time where you are just ready to get home. Being pregnant, it was difficult to sleep in just about any bed we had other than our own. That was my favorite part about getting home. I slept very well that first night back.
My mom had come down before vacation to help me make sense of the nursery. She is such a great organizer and we spent several days cleaning out closets and making room for all of the stuff that was just sitting on the floor in Elizabeth's room. Of course, when we got back from vacation and the shower we had up North, we could no longer see the carpet anymore. Thankfully, Becca came down for a short stay and helped me get things back in order as well as run errands! She also cooked for Brent and I several days/nights which was a huge blessing...she is an amazing cook!
As far as doctor's visits go, my 31 week visit caused some controversy because I hadn't gained a ton of weight up until that point. The nurse practitioner said that Elizabeth was measuring small so she ordered an ultrasound. We discovered everything was okay even though she was in the 26th percentile for weight. The doctor ordered another ultrasound and wanted me to meet with a doctor on my next visit. When I went back a few weeks later, the doctor looked at me and then at Brent and kind of laughed because she didn't expect we would have a big baby. When she measured me, she said everything was fine and on track...She cancelled the ultrasound for that day and ordered one a for a few weeks later when they would be able to better assess...after that appointment, she still felt confident that everything looked great. Elizabeth had even moved up to the 28th percentile. She's just going to be our little jelly bean!
Here is a picture of me at 8.5 months before we left for a 4th of July cookout! I know I'm still small considering I only have about 4 weeks to go, but man, can I not move around anywhere. No bending over for me or even rolling out of bed...I have to be pushed or pulled everywhere I go!
Some of the ladies in my small group told me to just relax as much as I can this last month of pregnancy and that I shouldn't feel guilty about just lying around and doing nothing....because it is the last time I will ever get to do it!
Well, I think the nursery is set up to be almost fully functioning and we have received just about everything that we "need". We actually ended up with sooooo many clothes that we had to start returning the ones that had gift receipts, and some places were gracious enough to give us store credit even without a receipt! I felt bad returning gifts, but with all of the outfits we ended up with, there is no way that Elizabeth Grace would ever be able to wear half of what was in her closet and we want to be wise stewards and not hoard. We received tons of hand-me-downs as well, so we kept most of that and tried to make wise decisions with our returns we were able to make. We were then able to purchase some things off of our registry that we really needed.
I already have a box of clothes that were not returnable or some of the hand-me-downs I received already being stored for me to be able to hand down to my next friend that has a girl, should they need them (which they may not since clothes seems to be the hot item at all showers)! Half of the stuff in the box still has tags on them!
Well, 4 weeks to go! I'm ready to see our precious little sweet pea!
Lots of hugs and kisses!
Beverly
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