How the little things can make a HUGE difference

Yesterday was a really rough day for me. First of all I had horrible accusations from students about two of my substitutes. Every once in a while one comes up but to have to do two investigations at one time is pretty rare and absolutely terrifying! Even one investigation at a time is scary! We also found out that Cam's work isn't going to be able to work around his schedule, so now we have to find a babysitter. And then I came home from work and there were flags all over my yard. I asked the guy who was doing it what was going on and he said "I'm just here marking off your utilities so that they don't dig into them." I replied "Who doesn't dig into them?" and he showed me a paper saying that Millville city had ordered that we have our water system replaced. I asked him if this was something they should have notified us about and he said, "I would sure hope so." Needless to say we were scrambling. Unfortunately Millville City's office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 10am-noon. Of course I didn't get home until about 3pm and it was Thursday so I assumed they wouldn't be in again until Tuesday but we left them a message anyways. Although it was a rough day, three different things happened that gave me enough of a lift up to make it through the day. 1. Cam called me at work to tell me that the ground everywhere was black ice and to be careful if I needed to go anywhere. 2. Grandma called me at work to tell me the exact same thing. And 3. My aunt gave me a call to let me know that she had found "Pedi-paws" which she had heard me talk about and wanted to let me know where it was in case I wanted to buy it. It's funny, but just knowing that there were people out there worrying and thinking about me helped make things a little better. It's only been a day but somehow every problem that came up yesterday has been resolved with a good ending. It's funny how little things can make a big difference.
I had a co-worker tell me a while ago that her resolution for 2009 which she is currently doing was to find a little something each month and send it to someone. Whether it be a card to a friend that she hasn't spoken to in a while. Or something special for a distant cousin. Just to let them know that she's thinking about them. I love her resolution and think it's one of the best ones that I've heard of.
Once every week or two I open my front door to a package. Inside the package is something from Grandpa and Grandma Reeder for Anders. It makes my day every time to open a package and see something for our little one from his grandparents who are thinking of us. Thank you everyone for thinking of us and I hope that we can make you all feel as loved and thought of as you all make us feel. Always remember that the little things can make such a big difference in others lives.

A dose of what's to come

No sleep? Waking up every two hours? You would think that I had the baby already, but no. Something is wrong with our dog and every two hours she wakes up and cries to go outside. Not just cries, but shakes uncontrollably, too. She doesn't do this during the day. She seems just fine during the day and is in her crate from the time that Cam leaves for work until I get home from work. I took her to the vet on Friday and they gave her some medication but over the weekend, she slept through the night just fine, so I never ended up giving it to her. So I guess that she only has these problems on nights that we have to work!!! Ugh! I'm just going to take comfort in knowing that I'll be more willing to do this with the baby then I am to do this with the dog! But I have a hard time sleeping as it is so now so I'm really not getting any sleep during the night. I guess someone is just preparing me now, huh?

Heber

This weekend Cam and I went down to Heber to visit with the folks. We had a ton of fun! We got to see the neices for a little bit, go out to a delicious lunch and then go shopping at Babies R Us. What more can we ask for? We had a blast!!!

In honor of being 25 weeks along I'm going to post another picture.

As you can see, I've had quite a change from 20 weeks. It's amazing how fast you grow when you're pregnant. I'm told all of the time, "I swear you've grown since the last time I've seen you." Which is usually told to me by people that I see a couple of times a week. And boy I sure feel like I do. And I love every minute of it. There's nothing better! And he's moving around like crazy now which is the coolest feeling in the world! So don't be surprised if the next time you see me I grab your hand and stick it on my belly so that you can feel him. I know that a lot of women are bugged by people touching their tummies, but (atleast so far) that's not my case. Of course, I haven't had any strangers try to touch my belly, that may be a different story!

For no reason

I don't have much to say with the picture, but it's just soooo darn cute and sad that I have to post it. This is my niece Kamrey.

I love this little one so much! I think I've only been able to hold her maybe three times in her whole life without her crying. She's definately a momma's girl! The other night we were at my parents and she was sitting on the counter eating and she was fine but every once in a while she would look over at Cam and just start crying. Only Cam for some reason, but every few minutes she'd glance over and as soon as she saw him she'd pull this face and burst into tears. He knows not to feel bad though, if it wasn't him it would have been someone else. She just pulls the saddest faces ever!! It's funny to me how different she is from her big sister. Kenley is the most happy, outgoing, independant little girl I've ever met and Kamrey just loves her mommy and stays to herself. I sure love them!

Our new car

Well, here it is, my brand new car. After thousands of dollars in repairs in the last two years on my Saturn, we decided that for Anders' sake, we needed to get a car that we can count on. So here it is:

It's a 2009 Scion XD and so far, I love it. I've had it for two days now and it's such a fun car. But, the best part? Peace of mind. It's good to know that if something breaks on the car, we have a warranty and it will be taken care of.

The down side? This car has gotten me to thinking a lot lately about our budget and especially, going back to work after he is born. I don't sleep much now. I worry, worry, worry all of the time. And most of all, I feel immense guilt about going back to work. Granted, it will only be part time and Cam will be able to be home with him while I'm at work, but I can't help but just cry when I think about finally having him here and then having to leave him to go back. It's going to be very hard for me.

I'm tired

So I went to my doctors appointment last week and had to take a glucose test. They called me back and everything looked good with the glucose test, but I guess I am way low in iron. When she told me that I was a little surprised, but didn't think much of it. It wasn't two days later that I felt so drug down and slow I could hardly stand it. I get done with work now and that's about all that I'm worth in the day. I've never felt so worthless! It's miserable! The question that I want to pose to all of you mothers out there is: How on earth can you do this with a toddler running around? I really don't know how, but you mothers out there should be proud of yourselves!

A first on the first

What did we do for New Year's? How about going to bed at nine instead of eight! Woohoo! I'm a night owl. I woke up in the middle of the night to what sounded like gun shots and proceded to freak out.
Me: "Cam, wake up. What's that noise?"
Cam: "Um, fireworks."
Me: "Why would somebody be setting off fireworks?"
Cam: "Cause it's the New Year."
Me (looking at the clock which says 12:01): "Oh, yeah."
Pretty pathetic huh? I'm such a ditz!
But to get on with why this post is titled what it is, this morning I woke up and sat feeling the baby kick. The movements have gotten progressively stronger the last couple of weeks and I thought (although I've thought this on more than one occasion), okay, today will be the day that Cam finally feels the baby kicking. So I grabbed his hand and stuck it on my belly. Next time he kicked I said, "Did you feel that?". And Cam finally said yes, but it didn't sound really enthusiastic. Another kick, "Did you feel that one?"
"Yeah but I can't tell if it was just a muscle contracting."
"Oh, believe me, that's the baby."
Before I could even ask again, Cam said "Ooh, I felt that one." And he continued to feel the baby kicking. I am SO excited that he can feel the baby now too. So, for the first time, and on the first day of the year, Cam got to feel the little one kick. It's so awesome and I'm so happy that he finally got to feel it too.