An Unforgettable Teacher Moment

I was reading Dr. Turtle's blog today and am delighted that she is going to join the fabulous world of teachers. It is a great group to be a part of!

After reading Dr. Turtle's wonderful news, I felt obligated to share an unforgettable teacher moment that happened to me yesterday. For those of you that don't know, I teach second grade. I am also pregnant and due in about six weeks. This is fascinating to my students. They have a lot of funny questions and comments, but this one takes the cake.

Yesterday I had my students lined up to go outside for our daily morning recess. The second grade teachers take turns doing recess duty and this happened to not be my week. My students were curious when I would be going outside with them again, and when I explained to them that I would be going out again next week, one little boy innocently asked me, "Are you spending some time with your belly?" It was so precious! I couldn't help but smile and think to myself how fascinatingly simple the world is to seven year olds. If only that's all there was to it.

Greatest Invention EVER!!

A few of you already know this story...
I have a bridesmaid's dress from TurtleParade's wedding that I took to be shortened when I got my wedding dress altered. After almost 2 years of hanging in the closet, I discovered that the only part of the dress that is not black (about 98% of the dress IS black) had a HUGE BROWN STAIN! Agh I did not remember spilling! I had planned to take the dress to the dry cleaner and pray that they could get the stain out after such a long period of time - I plan on wearing the shortened version to another wedding later this fall. However, yesterday I had a brilliant idea. Why not try the ever-popular Tide To Go? It was worth a shot, right? Well, I'll be darned...it worked...on a two year old (unknown) stain! I was astounded, amazed, and excited. Problem solved, dress fixed, and I rest my case. Greatest invention ever! Thanks Tide!

Wedding Photos!

I'm pretty sure that anyone who might actually still look at my blog already knows this, but if you are interested our wedding pics are posted on Pictage. You have to register with an email address and password, then search for our event by our last name. If anyone decides to take a look, please help me choose favorites for our proof book - I have to narrow down from 1100 to 300! Yikes!!

Baby Fever!

I recently found out that TWO of my closest friends are expecting (along with EIGHT others that I know)! This is so exciting for both of them considering they were both having trouble getting pregnant. Then, BAM, the miracle of a baby happened for both of them. I am so excited! I have never had a close friend be pregnant before. It's so fun getting to hear about doctor's appointments and see pictures. I can't wait to see the babies when they are born! Now I've got the itch, too. Three more months and we can start trying too! Congrats Keather and Kel!

Dress Update

This weekend I ventured to Cincinnati to pick up my bridal gown and the bridesmaid dresses. Let me just say: THEY ARE ALL SO BEAUTIFUL! If I do say so myself, I have exquisite taste! As if I wasn't excited enough already, putting on my actual dress sealed the deal and gave me one more reason to continue counting the days until the wedding! I didn't want to take the dress off! I even, jokingly, asked the girl at the store if I could wear it home (she said no), so I put it back on as soon as I got back to my parents' house. I can't wait to be able to wear it for more than 10 minutes at a time. My sister also looked gorgeous in her bridesmaid gown, as I am sure all of my other bridesmaids will as well. I can't wait! I have pictures on my camera for those of you who want to see. Sorry, T, you will have to wait 124 more days to see it in person!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Your Candy Heart Says "Hug Me"

A total sweetheart, you always have a lot of love to give out. Your heart is open to where ever love takes you! Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a surprise romantic evening that you've planned out Your flirting style: lots of listening and talking What turns you off: fighting and conflict Why you're hot: you're fearless about falling in love

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

FINALLY!!

The long awaited newest blog post has arrived - it was definitely worth the wait!

Wonderful news for all - both bridesmaids and bridal gowns have arrived! Well, not really. They are still at the store in Cincy, but I will be venturing down there next weekend to pick them up! Words cannot express how excited I am! I can't wait to try on a dress that actually fits (the one I tried on when I bought my dress was literally 12 sizes too big)!!

Here is the link to view the bridesmaid dresses in case you are interested. They are black with a champagne sash - absolutely beautiful! Whoever picked them must have exquisite taste ;) Sorry no link to the bridal gown - we can't let T see it before the big day!