Just waiting...

For those of you that know me well know how difficult waiting for Grayson has become!  Jared and I are ready for him to be here and especially since I am off for summer...the waiting is starting to drive me crazy!  I know that I should enjoy being able to relax and take it easy during my 9th month of pregnancy but every move he makes or hiccup he has just make me more anxious to meet and hold him. 

Our summer didn't start that way, however...

Since I will be staying home with Grayson I had to clean out my classroom and store all of my materials in our house and attic.  Let's just say that even though I got rid of about 1/3 of all materials I still had quite a few things to sort through and pack up.  I was lucky enough to have my friend, Melissa, come over and help me pack my materials in containers that would go into the attic.

Once the containers were all packed up and ready to be moved to the attic, Jared and I tackled cleaning all the containers from my classroom.  Let's just say it wasn't the most enjoyable task we did this summer.

Once the house was all cleaned out and all of Grayson's room was organized for his arrival (pictures to come later).  I have been able to relax and take it easy, which has been nice and Jared has been working hard to get ahead at work.  A couple weekends ago, Jared and I were able to go on a "Weekend Getaway" to Dallas for a night which was exactly what we needed after the craziness going on in our home. 

I know it's been forever since I have updated our blog and I have a few more events from this summer that I will share will y'all soon.  I will definitely try to be better about updating once Grayson gets here because I know that pictures of our little guy are going to be more exciting than my storage containers!  Am I right?!?!  Well, until next time...

only five weeks left

I can't believe that we only have 5 weeks left until Grayson is supposed to arrive.  We are getting so excited to meet our little guy and as you can see by my lack of blog posts...we have quite pretty busy preparing for him as well. 

The end of the school year was super busy as always and to add to the end of the school year craziness I had to pack up my classroom.  It is so funny to think that after 4 years of teaching I have had to pack up my classroom 3 years!  However, this time was much different.  It was so bittersweet packing up knowing that I wouldn't be coming back in August.  I absolutely love teaching and know that teaching is the career I love but, I have always wanted to become a mom and I feel so blessed that I will soon be Grayson's full-time mommy.  I know that I am going to love raising my son which made the transition very exciting.  I originally wanted to organize all my classroom materials at school to be placed in my attic but decided I would rather work at home.  So...our dining room, office, and garage are FULL of all my files, materials, containers, etc. and we are busting at the seams!  For those of you that know me well, this is driving my INSANE!  I have been busy working and my goal is to have everything up in the attic or in the soon to be playroom/office by the end of this week.  If you find yourself bored this week just give me a call and I'm sure I can find something for you to help me with.  Haha!

We also had a garage this past weekend at my parent's house which was exhausting but well worth it!  We were able to sell our office furniture so that we can start planning a playroom for Grayson (I'm sure you can already guess that the playroom is full of school stuff currently).  We were also able to get some extra money to buy goodies for Grayson that we still need. 

Speaking of goodies for Grayson...we are so blessed to have such amazing family and friends that have worked so hard to celebrate Grayson by throwing showers.  I have had 3 showers since my last update.  We had a wonderful shower with our Legacy CofC family, some amazing parents threw a shower for another teacher and myself with our kiddos - so fun, and my amazing cousin and aunts threw a family shower for me a couple of weeks ago.  Grayson got SO many goodies and items we really needed at all the showers. 

Our Shower at Legacy Church of Christ

 

Our Family Shower

it's about time

Well, it has been forever since I have posted on our blog but, I am finally posting again today,  So much has happened since my last post...I had Grayson's first baby shower at work a couple of weeks ago.  I feel so blessed to work with such amazing people.  I am so thankful for my team and all their hard work to make the shower so much fun.  Grayson got so much stuff and it makes everything seem so much more real.

I officially started my third trimester last week, which is just crazy to me.  We only have 10 and half weeks before he gets here and I have appointments every two weeks now!  Insane!!!   At my last appointment I had my glucose screening which I did not pass.  I took the glucose tolerance test today and I should get the results tomorrow.  I am hoping all goes well because I do not want to have gestational diabetes.  Wish me luck!

26 weeks and counting

I can't believe that I am already 26 weeks pregnant!  In just a couple weeks I will be in my third trimester.   I have had a WONDERFUL second trimester and have been feeling great.  It is crazy to think that in just 8 weeks I will be out of school and waiting on Grayson.  I am SO ready to hold him in my arms and take care of him but, I am trying to make sure that I enjoy being pregnant, too. 

26 weeks

It seems like everything is coming up so quickly!  We start our classes at the hospital at the beginning of May.  I have my work shower coming up on April 21, church shower on May 22 and family shower on June 5!  And I start going to the doctor every other week after my next appointment.  Where has the time gone???  It seems that my list just keeps growing and the time continues to slip away.  I am confident that whatever needs to get done will get done and everything else will fall into place. 

Jared and I have been busy working on getting ready for Grayson and have been trying to enjoy the time we have left with just the two of us.  We have had five great years of marriage to spend together and we are ready for our little family to start this July...which will be here before we know it!!!  

alphabet wall...check

Jared and I finally finished putting the alphabet wall up in Grayson's room.  It was a lot of work and we had a few debates but we are both so happy with the finished product.  It looks as though the nursery is almost complete.  We have a couple more things on our to-do list and then we just have to wait to get all the items we actually need for our little man.

what's in a name...

Jared and I are very excited that we have settled on a name for our little man.  We had quite a few girl names that we agreed on but, had a difficult time coming up with boy names (and of course we are having a little boy).  We ending up having about 8 names picked and we decided to each rank the names from our favorite to our least favorite.  Needless to say my favorite names were on the bottom of Jared's list and his favorite names were on the bottom of name.  I guess you could say that strategy didn't work too well but, we were eventually able to settle on a name that we both LOVE now....

Lil' Jones' name will be Grayson Richard Jones!  We absolutely love it!  We decided on the middle name of Richard in honor of my grandfather Richard Parker who went missing almost a year ago.  We wanted to honor him and carry on his name which means so much to us!  It is also special because Jared is named after his maternal grandfather and Grayson will be named after his maternal grandfather as well. 

We are super excited to be able to call our little man by name and we cannot wait for Grayson to get here!!! 

registering = overwhelming

Jared and I went to Babies R Us and Target tonight to register for Lil' Jones and WOW...there are tons of baby items out there!  I have to say we were quite overwhelmed but managed to keep on going.  We did have a lot of fun looking at the baby toys and registered for most of them (just in case you check out our registries and wonder why we have so many toys).  Even though is was definitely overwhelming we really did have a blast looking at all the baby goodies and necessities and realizing that in just a few months these items will be used in our home.  It is becoming more real each day and we are getting so excited.

So, I actually have a favor to ask of the few mommies that follow my blog...please comment or email to let me know of any baby items that I cannot live without OR items that will register for but will never get touched!  I will take any advice I can get and really would appreciate it.

By the way, keep a lookout for nursery updates.  Jared and I are busy working on the nursery this week and have a few more things to get done on Saturday and we will be almost finished...or so we think!