Getting into the swing of things

I signed Nic up for CHEP, which is homeschool with the guidence of a credentialed teacher. The summer session offically starts July 1st, but that seems so far away, and the kids are excited to do 'school' work. So, we've started our own lessons, and we'll do the state required stuff once July finally rolls around. Devin has taken on the task of teaching Nic to read. He already knows the alphabet, and all of the sounds of the letters, but he is now spending about an hour - hour 1/2 each morning doing little lessons, and actually reading with his daddy. It is great.
Then when they are done with that, I take the kids outside for an art project. (I totally got the fun job)
I've decided that we are going to focus on one letter of the alphabet each day, and turn that into what we make that day. So far it's going great, and the kids are doing awesome!

Yesterday, was A. Which everybody knows is for alligator.




And today was B. Which is for banana.


We also made frozen chocolate bananas, but they were eaten before I grabbed the camera. It was messy, and tons of fun.

We have names!

But I'm not telling what they are! haha

I am just happy to not have to look through name books/websites for ideas anymore. I go a week from Friday to schedule the big ultrasound. I want to keep it a surprise, but I am starting to get excited to know what it is! I might peek and just not tell anyone. hmm.... Can I keep that a secret??

I lost my job today, I'm going to Disneyland...

Devin got laid off. They gave his hours to his friend, who apparently asked for them. I mean, I can see how bad he needs them. He's got his own house, just one kid, and a wife making bank. Fuck 'em. People suck. Is that news to anyone?

Anyway, we had been telling the kids that we were going to Disneyland on his next day off, which just happened to be sooner than we had thought. We weren't going to let losing a job ruin our fun. We got there when it opened, and stayed almost until it closed. It was a million degrees, so not too many people wanted to go. Which = no lines! We only had to really wait in one line, and a few of the rides, we just walked right on. It was awesome.

I didn't realise that Devin and I were wearing the same pants until I saw this picture.



This was a random stray cat that was just kicking back.



Parade...












And Wall-E

We have a heartbeat!

I had my second appointment today, and she finally listened for the heartbeat. It was a strong 150, so that means girl, right? ha

The Crowded-est Place on Earth!

We decided to get annual passes to Disneyland today. They are good at both parks, so when we got tired of walking through the spring break crowd, we walked over the California Adventure to see what was there. I have never been there, so it was all new to me. There weren't as many people, because there isn't as much to do there. But they have a whole area with kiddie rides, and a 3-D Bug's Life movie. We only went on a few rides, because we got there late, and the lines were super long. We mostly walked around through the stores, and looked at what was all there. But we had fun, and we'll have a whole year get through everything. We'll just forget the part where I'm hugely pregnant, and also the part where I have a newborn to haul around. It will still be fun.

Since blogs are better with pics, here's what I got.

The first thing we did was get on the train. I bet you can guess who's idea that was...


You can't quite see in this picture, but there was a lady a few people down from us that I ever so gracefully tripped and fell on as we were getting off the train. I grabbed on to her boob on the way down. It took me far too long to regain my balance, so there my hand stayed. Hilarity (and embarrassment) ensued. (They were real, if anyone was wondering)



Nic on the jungle cruise



Norah and Devin, also on the jungle cruise



My super sweet 3-D glasses



This is a painting that we are standing in front of. It made me dizzy looking at it.



And Norah obviously gets her grace from me.

I don't think I'm ready for this belly...

I don't have a 'before' picture, but this first one is at 7 weeks... Most of that belly is just end of the day bloat.




I took this one today, at 12 weeks. (As you can tell, I haven't quite found my picture taking spot in the house yet.)



I am now in the akward stage of pregnancy, where I have a belly, but to people that don't know I'm knocked up, I just look like I have a huge beer belly.

Norah's current favorite song...