Kari's Blog

This has been another wonderfully relaxing weekend. Which, nowadays, is definitely needed for both of us.

Saturday we celebrated our three years of being together…three years ago, Andrew and I were going on our first date. It was the best first date I had ever had, and I have to say, it was even better yesterday than it was three years ago. So much has changed since then and it was really fun to compare now to then. We went to eat at Churrascos, which was yummy as ever, then headed over to Central Market to walk around and look at all the crazy foods they sell there. (Which is exactly what we did on our first date.) After we gawked at $199/pound  truffles we headed over to the galleria to pick up some cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. We tried a new one, peanut butter something or another, and were highly disappointed. Of course it didn’t stop us from eating it all.

I cherish spending time with Andrew….it was a wonderful evening and I look forward to many more to come!

At Churrascos

the not-so-exciting cheesecake

relaxing on the couch

On to baby news…

I am now 16 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty great! I still feel pretty wiped out after I get home from work, but not anything like before. A baby bump is starting to show, so that is exciting! Evey once-in-a-while I feel the baby move around…it almost feels like I have little butterflies in my stomach. It is the most amazing feeling ever! One day at work it felt like Peanut was knocking on my stomach….like, “hello! anybody out there?”

Peanut is now, according to the book we are reading, 3-5 ounces and 4-5 inches long. His/Hers muscles are growing stronger, eyes and ears are in the right place and the eyes are actually working now! (although they are not going to open, they can perceive light). It is so incredible to know that there is a little baby growing inside of me…I can’t wait to meet our sweet baby.

16 weeks

Well, today was my first day back from a glorious Christmas break. It was actually a pretty good day. I think I was expecting the worst, but got a lot better. It was good to see all my sweet little students. They were all full of stories and wanted my undivided attention.

Yesterday we had our monthly Doctor’s visit. It went really well. We got to hear Peanut’s heartbeat…157! The doc. said everything else is looking good. I was not so secretly dreading my weigh in after the break, but happily I only gained one pound! Whoohooo! And that’s all I have to say about that.

Here are some of the pictures from Christmas:

Christmas Eve

White Christmas!

Joseph...what a cutie!

I have to be honest….I just spent about 5 minutes looking up how to spell the plural form of Christmas. It still looks really weird…if it is wrong, please forgive me. Also..I am very sad to report that I do not have any pictures for this post….they will be coming soon!

That’s right! Andrew and I had three Christmases, and all three were wonderful.

Our first Christmas celebration was just Andrew and me. We carried on our tradition from last year of pizza and presents. Meaning, we ordered pizza and then opened presents. It was wonderfully laid back and just what we wanted. Of course, we had to video opening presents, which always turns out to be a hoot. I would put a video up here, but I absolutely HATE hearing my voice on video.

Our second Christmas celebration happened in Dallas with Andrew’s family. We spent several days up there and had a fabulous time. Erin, Brett, Matthew and Joseph came and stayed with us and we had a great time together. Matthew and Joseph have grown so much….Matthew is a ham and cute as he can be, and Joseph is adorable…always wanting to be held (which of course I obliged.) We had snow on Christmas Eve so it was my first ever White Christmas. That was thrilling! Our Christmas in Dallas was perfect, we were sad to see it end.

Last but not least, our third Christmas was in Port Neches. Another wonderful time spent with family. Kelli and Toby came over and we opened presents all together one night, I cooked a couple of meals with mom, and both Andrew and I did ALOT of resting. It was just what we needed. We were also sad to see that time end with my family.

So, I guess I need to address the Baby part of the title. Well….Andrew and I are expecting our first baby this year! We have been waiting a while to share the news with the Facebook and blog world, but the word is out! We are absolutely thrilled and cannot wait for July 15th to come (my due date). This has already been such a growing and learning experience and I know it is not over yet! I am a little over 12 weeks right now and feeling great! We can’t wait to meet our little Peanut.

Little Peanut 8 weeks old!