Baby Tales #2: 7 weeks

Overall feeling: I've been suuuper tired and a bit nauseous.  It's been really hard to get up and get to work, especially because it's the end of the school year and everything is so busy.  I got some ginger chews from Trader Joe's that seem to be working for the nausea.  Other than that, I've been eating small meals all day...and cereal for dinner.  The evenings are the worst.  Poor Mr. G has been on his own for dinner for a few weeks now and I can't see any end in sight.  I haven't been sleeping well either.  I wake up a few times to go to the bathroom and can't ever get myself back to sleep.  I think it might be time for me to steal Mr. G's body pillow!  It has been REALLY hard not to tell other people and I admit that I've told a few at work and a few friends, but I can't help it! 

Food cravings/aversions: I wouldn't  say I've had any cravings, but I do enjoy some Taco Bell bean burritos!  I'm really disgusted by chicken and other meat and Mexican food.  Just the thought....ugh!

Highlight(s) of the week: We told our parents on Mother's Day and it was so much fun!  Mr. G's mom had no idea and was completely shocked...too bad they had chosen to go to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and the only thing I ate was rice and beans :-(  My mom cried and my dad calls every day now...just to check in.  We also went to the doctor for the first time!  We got to see our little peanut and a tiny flickering heartbeat.  I think that was better than telling our parents!  We couldn't hear anything yet, but we did get to see it and the doctor said everything looks great for now.  My due date is officially Christmas day, although the doctor thinks I'm a few days behind based on my cycle. 

No baby bump yet...but here's a few (with our new camera!) to get you started.

Baby Tales #1: The day we found out 4/20/10

I had been feeling suuuuper tired (among other things and are just TMI for this kind of thing) for a few days.  On Monday, April 19, I was so tired I went to bed at 6:00 PM and Mr. G thought I was sick...little did he know!  I slept for 12 hours and woke up in the morning still exhausted, but I dragged myself to work.  I barely made it through work and couldn't get myself home fast enough. 

As I was sitting on the couch, it sort of hit me that aunt flo hadn't shown up yet and she was due 2 days ago.  Hmm...I'd been keeping really close track of my cycles so I knew pretty much to the day when she was supposed to arrive.  Naturally, my mind started wandering to the pregnancy test that was sitting in the drawer in the bathroom.  But no...that couldn't be it and besides Mr. G wasn't home yet!

Mr. G got home, we ate dinner and he asked how I was feeling.  I told him I was still exhausted and that I thought I could possibly...just maybe...be pregnant.  "Bust out that test!" he says.  Umm...are you sure??  Do you realllly think I could be...do you really want to know NOW???  YES!

So we did and...the rest is history.  We were a shocked, excited, scared, crying mess!  I wish we had taken more pictures that night, but both of our cameras were broken and all we had were the iPhones...  I think we were also scared to document anything for fear someone might find out! Don't worry...we've since bought a new camera!

Here's the only one from the night:

The news is out...

I've been gone for a looong time, but I felt like I didn't have anything to write about that would interest you.  Well...I think I've become a little more interesting these days...

So if you haven't already heard...I'm pregnant!  Whoo hoo!  We are so very excited and cannot wait until December when our little one will arrive.  As of right now, we are due on Christmas Day...poor kid!  As soon as we found out I made my husband promise that we'll never do that whole combine gifts thing.  Haha...then I made our families promise that also!  Maybe we'll just celelbrate in June and have an "un-birthday" party!  We just started to tell people and I am about 11 1/2 weeks today, but don't worry...I plan to go "back in time" and fill you in on the week by week from the beginning!  Stay tuned for the baby chronicles...

Dear Santa...

Here is my list of wishes this Christmas:

 Puma Sneakers

Found at Nordstrom

University of Arizona Hoodie

Found at Victorias Secret

Gold Karma Necklace

Found at Dogeared

Martha Stewart's Cookies and Cupcakes Cookbooks

Found at Amazon

Le Creuset Teakettle in Kiwi

Found at Williams-Sonoma

Scoopneck Corsage Tee

Found at JCrew

V-neck Sweater

Found at JCrew

and if you're feeling super giving...hint, hint...Mr. G...

Marc by Marc Jacobs Tote Bag

Found at Nordstrom

And while I was searching for my wish list, I found this...oh how I wish it would have been available about 6 months ago!  I LOOVE this dress...if only I were still a bride : (

I'm sure I'll find 100 more things I have to have over the next 3 weeks, but my birthday is just around the corner...

Everything's sweeter with dessert!

Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone!  Mr. G and I had a great day yesterday with his family.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to spend the holiday with my family this year, but such is life when you're married I suppose.  We had volunteered to host here, but Mr. G's grandfather is 93 and can't travel very well anymore, so we all packed up and headed to his house yesterday.  My favorite part was the 8 pies!  Yum!

Today I spent the day preparing for dinner tomorrow night with 6 of our friends.  I'm so excited, it'll be the first time we use our china!  I'm making chicken parmesan, fresh pesto pasta and these individual lemon raspberry trifles for dessert.  I made pound cake, lemon sauce, and raspberry sauce today.  Tomorrow I'll make the whipped cream and put everything together in our stemless wine glasses!

I tried to take a pictures of my table all set, but something is wrong with the memory card in my camera and it's not working! :(

long time gone

Well friends...I've been away for awhile and I apologize, but I've been trying to figure out what to share with you on a daily basis and I just can't seem to remember my posting duties, especially during such a crazy time at school!  Anyways, I jsut finished a week of parent-teacher conferences and let me tell you...I AM WORN OUT!  Friends, if you are a teacher you have some sort of idea just how exhausting it is to meet with 30 sets of parents in 4 days, but if you aren't...I envy you!  But hey, now I get to look forward to a week of vacation!  The light at the end of the tunnel :)

Mr. G. also finished up high school football season with his team.  They are a new high school and this was the first year they played at the varsity level.  They have no seniors at the school yet (next year will be the first for that) so all in all, they did very well considering they are a very young team.  Life is returning to "normal" for us...whatever that is!  To me "normal" means that I get to see my husband for more than 2 hours a day...yay!

I'm working on my updates and I am trying to post more often!  I had some fun taking photos of my rings tonight...enjoy!

I looove this one below...I laid my wedding dress down and placed my ring on top!

I used the tips in a post on weddingbeePro found here!  Obviously they were still a bit dark, but I plan to take some more tomorrow during the day.

Apple pie and Macaroons

Seriously...the most random combination but oh sooo good!  I have been on a baking spree for the last couple weekends.  A month or so ago, I made this amazing Apple Crisp Pie from the Williams-Sonoma website.  YUM!  Mr. G loved it!  So when he announced that he was making dinner for me last night, I asked if he wanted me to make some dessert...of course was the answer and so I made the pie again.  Today it looks something like this...

Yep...that's right...half eaten!

Now, on Wednesday I ventured to San Francisco with my 30 fifth graders and 19 of their parents along with 4 other classes of students from my school.  (I'm getting to the macaroons I swear!)  It was quite the journey as the Bay Bridge was closed the previous night due to an accident during construction.  Anyways, while we were at the De Young Musuem for the King Tut exhibit, we had the most amazing chocolate dipped macaroon ever.  I swore to myself that I was going to make them this weekend and try to recreate the coconuty goodness!  Well...I tried and they aren't terrible, but they aren't quite right.  The recipe called for 2 extra large egg whites and all I had were large eggs, so I put in about 2 1/2 large egg whites and I think they separated a little too much.  Guess that means I'll have to make them again to get it right?

Still waiting for their chocolate bath :)

Chicken Quesadilla Pie for dinner tonight...mmm!