Friday Favorites: Netflix

I will never go to the video store again. I love netflix. I used to have a strict one movie a month rule, but I found that if I chose the 5.99 plan on netflix, I can get two movies a month and don't even have to spend gas money driving to the movie rental place. Once I paid about 4.50 for the movie and spent gas to get there and back to drop it off, the difference is only a few cents, plus, I get two movies instead of one, and they have a better selection.

This is for my brother Dan, and all Christopher Walkin fans everywhere!

Here it is!!!! It may be unintelligable to you, but to me it looks like baby is just kickin' back, relaxing. Head is on the right, feet are on the left, side view. Paul can "tell" from this pic that baby is going to be chubby, but I think he's basing that more on the fact that both our families breed chubby babies. This is a pic of a pic, because we don't have a scanner, so it's not as good as it could be. Enjoy!

Ultrasounds, Sugar, and Bellybuttons

The ultrasound went really well. Paul's prediction, "He's gonna be a chubby kid - I can tell." I was actually farther along than I thought I was, but only by about four days. Everything showed that me and my baby are very healthy. Until I see my doctor though, I can't excerise. And I really enjoy that, so it's a bummer. I am going to put pictures on tomorrow, but right now my computer is acting strange. The baby was moving around ALOT! I asked the technician if the baby had hiccups, because that's exactly what it looked like. She said no, they just move like that sometimes, sporatically. I was surprised that I still can't feel the baby moving, it was seriously moving THAT MUCH. I'll get to see him/her again in about 6 weeks for my 20 week ultrasound, when we will find out the sex. I went right out to JoAnns and bought a few scrapbooking things so I can scrapbook the pictures. Seeing the baby made things quite a bit more real to me, and I am having urges to PREPARE, even though I know that birth is a long way off.

This is totally unrelated, today as I was driving home I heard a commercial for ......... sugar. Yes, sugar. What make sugar producers feel that they need to promote thier product? I would hope that they could gage by America's rapidly expanding waistline just how popular and addictive thier product is. Now don't get me wrong, I love sugar (my current craving being SweetTarts, yum!). I eat plenty of it, nothing artificial here. But come on, is sugar really in danger of extinction?

Another funny thing from my classroom. First of all I need to say that I am really enjoying sharing this pregnancy experience with my kindergarteners. As soon as I let the staff know I ended up telling my kids because, well, news travels fast in a small valley. So they've known for a few weeks.

Kindergartener: "you know Mrs. Robinson...

slight rabbit trail here. You have no idea the names that I will respond to... sometimes they just call me Robinson, or Robin, not out of disrespect but because they are trying to tell me something and the words just won't come fast enough. Also Wobinson, Teacher, Hey You, Mom, Grandma, and names of other teachers in the building, etc. anyway....

"you know, Mrs. Robinson, when you eat your baby eats." (this was right before lunchtime)
"Yes, I know, that's good thinking."
(the other students pondered this for a bit - you could see the wheels turning)
Another Kindergartener: "You mean it goes down your throat and then the baby opens up it's mouth and then he swallows it, right?"
ME: Not exactly.

Thus began a discussion about umbilical cords and bellybuttons, and before it got too graphic (and it CAN in a kindergarten classroom) it was time to go to lunch. Saved!

Because of some concerns I have with my pregnancy (really minor concerns, no cause for alarm) I get to have an ultrasound tomorrow! Please pray that my concerns will turn out to be nothing! The bright side is I GET TO SEE MY BABY! So I am really excited, but nervous too.

We had fun at the pumpkin patch on Saturday. I just wanted to let you know a little bit about it in case you wanted to go. I think they are only open on the weekends. They had amazing apple fritters, which I got the recipe for and will post on Food Love soon.


"Lattin's Country Cider Mill & Farm9402 Rich Road SEOlympiaPhone: (360) 491-7328A small, family owned farm and country market. A producer of wonderful, award winning ciders, freezer jams, frozen homemade pies, and syrups. Carolyn Lattin and her daughters, Debbie and Sherrie, has been perfecting all natural products since 1976. The Lattins' products are all home-made and remind us of a simpler time when our moms and grandmothers had time to freeze and bake. They also have strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry ciders, as well as fresh fruits and pies. The farm is also open for wandering around and feeding the animals, and children are welcome. Lattin's fresh cider won the 1998 National Cider Championships, chosen from 28 entries from 14 states. Their cider is pressed weekly, and delivered to accounts throughout the northwest. None of the cider is pasteurized; no preservatives or sugars are added.Lattin's products available online at Columbia Steppe"

from applejournal

The Pumpkin Patch

FYI:

An article on the emerging church in Portland

Sunday

Our waffle iron caught on fire this morning....luckily, we had already made enough waffles to satisfy our hunger. Yeah, of all the things to catch on fire. I am glad that I get to buy a new one. I could have pretty much lived on waffles when I was single, so it brings back good memories.

When we opened to barn door to let the dogs out, they took one look at the weather and decided they could "hold it".... Paul and I had a similar reaction to the idea of going to church this morning, we took one look at the weather, one look at our nice, warm house, and opted for the latter. We are toying with the idea of going for coffee and to the library later, but we'll see. It isn't often that my husband wants to take a "non-productive day off" so I take advantage and encourage it when he does. He works so hard.