Happy New Year

I realize we're 19 days into the New Year, but I haven't found the time to blog recently.  I wanted to update this last weekend, but I had a cold and didn't want to type in between my nasty coughs every three minutes.

Not too much has been going on here.  We've been shopping around for a new dining room set, but haven't found anything we liked yet.  We plan on waiting until President's Day weekend to purchase one.  Maybe then there will be better sales.

Carleigh switched classrooms at school because of a bully.  It's really sad that kid's her age bully other children already.  This boy calls her names and punches her.  The teacher's in her classroom didn't seem to do much of anything about it.  This had been an ongoing issue for a couple of months.  When we called the director to talk to her about the issue, she gave us the option to have the two separated or to change classrooms.  We tried the separation thing for a couple of days, but then that same boy decided to punch Carleigh in the stomach and call her names again.  So we called the director again and requested a room change.  Carleigh's first day in her new room was on Friday and she came home so happy.  Her new teacher said that Carleigh was well-behaved and well-mannered and she loved having her in her classroom.  Carleigh did all of her worksheets and had a blast with their art projects.  In her other room, the teacher's had a hard time getting her to complete her work or even start it for that matter.  I think it was because of that boy bugging her all the time.  I'm glad she's happy in her new classroom.  She gets to leave preschool once I go on maternity leave.  From there, we will just do some homeschool stuff until kindergarten starts in the fall.

Speaking of maternity leave, I plan on leaving when I am at the 36 week mark.  That will be the last week of February.  I'll be starting week 31 this week.  It's crazy how fast time flies by when you're pregnant.  I've had some Braxton Hicks contractions every now and again, but nothing that warrants a trip to the hospital.  Hopefully it stays that way until my 38th week of pregnancy, although I'd like the baby to stay put until my 40th week.  We shall see what happens.  Carleigh was born when I was 38 weeks.

It's been in the 70's in Las Vegas the past few days.  Heath was out in the backyard clearing out the rest of the rocks today.  We want to build our own fire pit back there and then get the dirt delivered to plant the grass.  Doing the backyard ourselves is nice, but it's really hard work and takes a long time.  We didn't want to spend $2,000 to have a company come in and do it when we could save money by doing it ourselves.  It will be so nice once it's all completed.  I'll purchase some really nice outdoor furniture and spend all of my free time in the backyard.

I have tomorrow and Tuesday off from work.  Carleigh is out of school tomorrow, too.  So we are planning on getting some lunch from Subway then taking it to the park for a little picnic.  After that, Carleigh can plan on the playground until she wears herself out for the day.

Goodbye 2013

There are still a few days left in 2013, but I might not update my blog again until January.  It's been a somewhat quiet year for us, which is a good thing.  The most exciting thing that happened for us is finding out we are expecting another baby.  We have a name picked out, but I'm not ready to share it.  I'd like to be able to keep the name a secret until the baby is born.  It's more fun that way.

We had a really great Christmas at our house.  Carleigh was so excited to see Santa had left presents for her.  She got some new books, clothes, and of course, some toys.  She loves her Jake the Pirate Ship and Optimus Prime toys.  She also received gift cards and cash from other family members, so she will get to go shopping tomorrow while we are out.  Heath & I got a bunch of gift cards, mostly for Target, so you know where we are going tomorrow.  Heath bought me a Galaxy Tab 3 and some Prada sunglasses, which I love.  Carleigh had pretty much taken over my Kindle Fire awhile back, so I am glad I have my own tablet again.  I'll be searching for a cover for it at Target.  I got Heath Gran Turismo 6 for the PS3, so he's been playing that in between GTA Online.

My next doctor appointment is Jan 2.  Things have been going good.  The only complaint I've had lately is the random pressure that I feel in the crotch area.  It feels like the baby is trying to come out.  Or, for a better explanation, it feels like someone kicked me in the crotch.  It hurts like a mofo and I'll find out if it's normal at my appointment.  Those pains aren't followed by cramping or bleeding, so I feel it's nothing to worry about.  It's probably completely normal.

We still have a lot of shopping, or should I say, ALL of the shopping to do for the baby.  Nothing has been done.  It's been stressing me out because we had a bunch of Christmas shopping to do and now that Christmas is over, we now have to do baby shopping.  It shouldn't take us too long.  The registry I started at Target has about 30 items on it.  So it's not that bad.  Neither side of the family has bothered to ask if we needed anything for this baby.  I'm not sure if they plan on buying anything or not, so instead of waiting for them, I'm going out and purchasing everything myself.  I have a feeling my parent's and in-law's aren't that excited this time around because this baby is no longer their first.  If that makes any sense.  They sure seem excited to fly out here the second the baby is born to annoy the ever living shit out of me, though.

I'll be trying to update this blog more often in 2014.  With a new baby in the house, we will see how that all goes.  I'll have to chase two kid's around instead of one.