Ahhhh..the weekend....

This week seemed to creep along. I have a student teacher for only a month. I have taken advantage of the situation and pretty much given him the reigns. I wander around the building and visit with people. I could get used to this!

Tobin and I took a group of 8th graders to the Nature Center last night. They had a free program called Owl Prowl. We learned about 3 kinds of owls from the Dickerson Park Zoo docents and they actually had live specimens of each species to view. Then, we hit the cold and dark trails to try to spot the owls. The naturalists had tape recordings of each owl call to try to lure them in. It was pretty fun overall, but I didn't enjoy the fact that some kids kept going off on their own and wandering around in the dark. I should have been more clear about staying together, but I realize that would have been BORING to them.


THE BUMP:
The pregnancy is moving along well. Tobin is getting more and more excited and it is cute to hear his comments and questions. I am a little over 14 weeks and the baby is about the size of my fist. It is practicing smiling this week and should be sucking its thumb by next week. There are 25 quarts of blood already flowing through its heart, it's getting ready to grow lanugo hair all over, and the length is 4 inches from crown to rump. My morning sickness, or "all day long sickness" is still lurking around. That should be getting better, but has progressively gotten worse. I AM getting a little more energy this trimester though. By the way, we get to find out the sex at the end of the month!!!!! The doctor said I may be gaining too much weight, too fast, but I personally think his scale is off! haha I DID just go through the holidays! Although....I am about 75% into maternity clothes. I can only wear a few of my dress pants now. Elastic bands are a part of my wardrobe now. Hmmmpfff.