Quick Takes (14)

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It's Friday...woo hoo!  I have just one more week of teaching left and then final exam week.  Christmas vacation is nearing, and I can't wait.  I've got 3 weeks off and it's going to be glorious.

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Remember when I wrote this post?  My emotions were so sad about starting another school year without a child and reflecting back on the number of years that felt the same way and being so ready to transition from working woman to mom. Little did I know what was coming around the corner after I wrote that post.  I'm 99% certain that I'm going to begin cutting back my teaching load for the spring.  I've talked with my boss about it already and just need to give her the final word and she'll find someone else to teach some of the courses I'm scheduled for.  It makes me excited, nervous, and even a little sad.  That has been my main job for nearly 8 years.

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Two weeks from today we have our big ultrasound appointment.  I'm excited and nervous.  DH and I still haven't totally decided if we're going to find out the gender, but I do have a fun little plan I may be concocting.

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I think I felt the baby move on Monday and Tuesday!!  I was down in the dumps when I last posted, but felt a little better after getting all of my thoughts and emotions out.  I still was anxious about what was happening with the baby.  I know it's a little early (although Moonhead tells me she's been feeling her baby since weeks 15-16!), but I really think I did feel slight movement.  At least, that's what I'm going to think.  I'll take it as a sign from God that things continue to be ok because He knows I need those little signs to keep me going.

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I went to the dentist this morning for my 6-month check-up and how beautiful it was to be able to tell them I was pregnant and wasn't comfortable getting x-rays.  I can remember so many appointments wishing and hoping that the next appointment would be the one I could say I was pregnant at.  I think I finally gave that wish up after 2 or 3 years of that.  Oh, ladies, how I wish the same will come true for you real soon!!

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DH and I put our tree up this past week along with all of our Advent/Christmas decorations.  I just love this season!  We have so much fun arranging all of the different nativities I/we have collected over the years from different countries.  My favorite part, however, is unpacking all of our ornaments for the tree.  Whenever we travel to a new place (within the US or to another country), we pick up a Christmas ornament for our tree.  We also give each other an ornament every year and have other ornaments to commemorate events (one from the year our Godchild was born, another in remembrance of our babies, etc.).  Here's our finished tree (and DH being a goofball).

The only thing I wish we were doing was a Jesse Tree.  I've seen so many neat blogs with ideas for ornaments and devotions to go along with the Jesse Tree idea.  Maybe I'll print the materials and make the ornaments, so everything is ready to go next year.  It's never too early to start new family traditions, right?

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I've recently been awarded 2 different blog awards.  I need to blog about them and pass the award along to others.  I think I have 5 different posts that I've started writing and haven't finished yet.  Here's to more time for completion!

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