halloween festivities

this halloween is jared and mine's 4th halloween together! that sounds so crazy to me, where has the time gone? we did do some fun things for halloween this year. the weekend before halloween we convinced my sister to go to a haunted house.... (sorry carissa, we will never make you go again!)we did have two 10 year old boys walk through with us, they seemed to lighten the mood a little bit and would always tell us where not to step so things wouldnt jump out. they were funny.jared saw his ex-girlfriend while we were waiting in line.

then for school, we had a "spook parade" during our halloween party. all the kiddos dressed up in their costumes and paraded around the school. it was fun to see all the cute and creative costumes some of the kids came up with... i wish i would have remembered to take my camera!

this is the outfit i came up with. i remember my cute friend trista did this to her belly last halloween when she was pregnant.

friday night jared got to dress up for work:he says he wants to dress up every day for work because people were giving him really good tips!

now that halloween is over, im so excited and anxious for the holidays to start! student teaching ends in 3 weeks and i could not be more excited to finally be finished! our little dude is just 8 weeks away from making his debut into this world. we are actually keeping our fingers crossed and hoping its really only 6 weeks away so he can be here for christmas, and so we can be ready to move to colorado by the end of december.

pregnancy update: people always told me that by the third trimester, i would start to get uncomfortable... i didnt really believe them, but holy hannah, i am starting to feel very uncomfortable. i cant bend over very easily anymore, and he loves to kick the right side of my rib cage, which im pretty sure is bruised. he also likes to push his little body out as far as he can. almost like he is stretching... my stomach will get really hard, and it actually hurts a little sometimes. i really shouldnt be complaining though. i have loved being pregnant, it will be weird to not be pregnant anymore i think...

counting down

i feel like my whole life all i have ever done is "count down" to things....
it seems to have started when i was counting down the days till i turned 12 to go to young womens at church....

next came the count down to turning 16 to get my drivers license.....

then we started the count down to high school graduation.....

graduation came and went, and i started counting down the days till i left for college....

college started and i soon found myself counting down the days (okay really years) to that graduation....

during college i met jared, we became engaged and i started yet another countdown to our wedding day.....

the wedding came and went, i was still counting down semesters to my college graduation, and soon realized i had to add his graduation to my count down list......

now my college graduation has come and gone (the walking part of it at least) and i cant count down the days fast enough to student teaching ending....

because with student teaching ending, my count down to having my little dude come will be even smaller........

am i the only one that seems to always be counting down to something? i know it is probably not a very good habit, and i really should stop and enjoy what im doing at that exact moment, but i get too excited for new things to happen in my life.

with our countdown sitting at only 10 weeks left till out little dude arrives, i am getting more and more nervous by the second! i am anxious for him to get here and to meet him, but a little part of me is absolutely terrified, okay a BIG part of me is terrified! everyone says this last trimester is so uncomfortable, but i have loved feeling him move almost constantly throughout the day... sure he has figured out he loves to kick my ribs, and kick them hard, but it lets me know he is still doing okay in there. the other day i think he had the hiccups cause i felt a constant "kick like" feeling for over 10 minutes in the same place.
so here we are.... 30 weeks.... "and counting"

holy hannah!

holy hannah hello october! i couldnt be more excited that it is finally October!

i cant believe that i am already 28 weeks along and in my last trimester! in 12 weeks we will officially be a family of 3..... that's crazy! i still feel great and cant complain one bit about pregnancy. i did my 3 hour glucose test the other weekend and my results came out normal! yay! they just told me to lay off the oreos and kit-kats.... bummer.

we ordered our car seat and stroller and finally got it! i love it i cant wait to put my little dude inside instead of this stuffed animal.

things are still moving along for us! i wish i could say i am enjoying student teaching, but im really not. i dread waking up and going every morning. i just keep telling myself, if i can just make it to halloween ill be okay. poor jared has to hear me complain everyday about how much i hate it. i try to have a positive attitude, but its been hard. 6 more weeks.... just 6 more weeks!

jared is still plugging away at school. he only has class twice a week, but he says its hard to find motivation to do his homework the days he doesnt go to school. i think we are both looking forward to the semester ending!