Happy summer everyone! I have not updated this as frequently as I used to. Whoops! I'll try to update things the best I can!
As mentioned in the last post, I taught kindergarten this year. I definitely had an adjustment period switching from my second grade brain to my kindergarten brain, but I definitely felt like it was a learning and growing experience. People all year long asked me which I liked teaching better and I could never give anyone a straight answer! Comparing those two age groups is like comparing apples and oranges; they're so so different. But while I had my frustrated moments and times where I had to remind myself "they're five...they're five..." I really enjoyed my group of kids. I think even more so than last year I had a wide array of different personalities; it definitely kept me on my toes. But when the time came for kindergarten graduation I definitely got misty eyed. But I think the most heart breaking thing was on the last day of school it was time for the bus kids to leave. So I hugged each of them and wished them a great summer; but one of my quietest ones held onto me and said "wait...Mrs. P it's time for me to leave?" I told her that yes it was and I would see her when she was a big first grader. She started to tear up and just held onto my waist. I gave her another hug and she headed to her bus. But it's hard to go from seeing these kids 8 hours a day for 175(ish) days to not seeing them at all. I think about them a lot. As much as I miss them, I was ready for the break! Glen always says that after a school year ends I have a hibernation period. During this time I sleep in until my body wakes up and I don't do a whole lot in general; typically it lasts about a week. But being newly pregnant at the end of the school year, my energy was zapped even more, but I still had to keep up. So my hibernation period seems to be lasting a little longer than normal. It's frustrating feeling so tired all the time but I'm trying to give myself some grace and let it happen a bit.
Glen has been with Aliera Healthcare now for nearly a year and really enjoys his job. He's working toward getting his health and life insurance license to help further his work at Aliera. He's got a couple other things on his mind that he's looking to pursue as well, as is his typical fashion. I have to give him a huge shout out because he has been the most gracious person while I have been adjusting to pregnancy. He's been so patient with me falling asleep at the drop of a hat (no matter how early it is), or not having the energy to cook. He's been wonderful with all of it, even though I'm getting frustrated with myself.
We got to enjoy some fun family visits since our last post. Chris, Holly, Justin, and Lucy visited in February and we got some good play time with them. Glen's parents came and visited over spring break and I got to spend most of the time with them. It was fun! We even saw some stuff that I hadn't seen yet, even though we've lived here for almost 7 years. Glen's sister Britney was visiting just a couple of weekends ago. It was nice to be a stop on her summer long travels! Now we are pretty much enjoying the summer by swimming and spending time with family as we can.
I guess our biggest life happening is that we are about 15 and a half weeks along expecting our first baby! A little girl due December 9th. This little girl is an answer to about a million prayers over the course of a couple years. I've had the chance to experience some really cool things and lucky for me I have sisters who were open about their pregnancies, so I've seen untrasounds before and kind of have a general idea of "the drill" when expecting a baby. But it was so different for our own! The first time we heard her heartbeat was amazing! I thought for sure at least Glen would get teary (he's better with the feels than I am), but neither of us did. We just smiled a lot! As strange as it sounds, as new as the experience was it was like I had known that sound forever I'd just been waiting to hear it. We were both nervous for our last appointment because I have been so sick, we were worried she wasn't getting what she needed. But she is healthy and growing exactly as she should! And I have medicine to help with the morning sickness! YAY! Our last ultrasound was the longest one we've had and it was the craziest thing! As soon as she put the little doohicky (yup...that's the technical term) on my belly, her little head popped on the screen. She was moving like crazy and was chilling with her hand up by her face and her legs crossed. The poor ultrasound tech had to fight with her a bit to see that she was a she. We have a picture of her with her hand up by her face. Glen says she already sleeps like me. This ultrasound made it even more real and we are so so excited to finally meet her!
We are enjoying our summer so far and hope you are too!
