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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Week 7




November 4-10, 2013
(beginning of week 7)

How far along: Week 7
Total weight gain: Unknown
Maternity clothes: No
Stretch marks: No
Sleep: Sometimes I wake up an hour before my alarm goes off to use the restroom.  If possible I try to take a nap when I get home (but not everyday).
Best moments this week: I had staff members observe a student in my classroom and when we were discussing teaching strategies, I became very sensitive and emotional about my teaching performance and started crying.  Afterwards I felt embarrassed for crying in front of staff members so I talked to my principal and told her I was pregnant.  She gave a loud “yeah” and gave me a huge hug.  My first time telling someone at work (and then told two other teachers who also gave beyond happy hugs).
Miss anything: For some reason it is soda, even though I rarely drink soda.
Food cravings: Does water count?  I am constantly thirsty during the day.
Anything making you queasy: Luckily no, but I felt carsick when we drove to Maple Creek to visit friends.
Gender: Boy or Girl
Labor signs: No
Belly button in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On
Happy or moody: Happy at home, moody at work
Looking forward to: My first doctor appointment next week!

Week 6




October 28-November 3, 2013

How far along: 6 weeks
Total weight gain: None
Maternity clothes: None
Stretch marks: None
Sleep: Normal.  I’ve only been waking up 30 minutes before my alarm, sometimes able to fall back to sleep.
Best moments this week: Being able to take a two hour nap on Saturday and an hour nap on Sunday.
Miss anything: Cherry soda!  We went to get pizza and Will got a cherry soda and I was sad not to be able to drink cherry soda.
Food cravings: none
Anything making you queasy:  Lucky me nothing right now!
Gender: Unknown
Labor signs: No
Belly button in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On
Happy or moody: Happy for the most part but my temper is shorter during the school day (I just don’t know why my TK students can’t be quiet-haha).
Looking forward to: My first doctor’s appointment  in two weeks.

Week 5



October 21-27, 2013

How far along: 5 weeks
Total weight gain: None
Maternity clothes: None
Stretch marks: None
Sleep: Normal, no night time bathroom trips yet.
Best moments this week: Being one week pregnant!
Miss anything: This weekend we went to the brewery and it was sad not have a cold refreshing Steelhead Pale Ale.  We went to a pumpkin carving party and realizing that there are many food restrictions is tricky (no soft cheeses).  Also it was my first time trying to fake drink because we are not telling anyone yet, so I missed out on some fantastic wine.
Food cravings: None
Anything making you queasy: No
Gender: Our baby is a tadpole.
Labor signs: No
Belly button in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On
Happy or moody: Happy!  I am tired at the end of the day (teaching TK is now exhausting) and take a nap when I get home.
Looking forward to: My first doctor appointment on November 12!

Week 4

Yes we have two double lines and are pregnant! 

As many family and friends know Will and I have had many friends and families have babies at the end of last year.  I think we had 7 babies born in 4 months (August-November).  Needless to say my mind has been in full baby mode.  I have done plenty of reading and online looking about babies and pregnancies.  I had to say it, but I do love reading blogs when I am up late at night.

A dear friend of mine from grade school had a handsome baby boy last spring.  I loved reading her "Bumpdates" on her family blog.  My girlfriend Genevieve gave me her heartfelt congratulations and said I can use her "Bumpdate" questions (visit her loving family blog). Living in the opposite end of the state I thought capturing my pregnancy online our family and friends can follow along.  So...

Like any girl trying to get pregnant I am one of the girsl that say I won't test until my period is late, then end up take several tests before my period even starts.  I took a test on Friday and Saturday and thought that there could have been a very fait line, but decided it is just the lighting and plus I didn't have anyone to ask.  On Sunday I woke up early and decided to take a pregnancy test.  I read that your first pee of the day has the strongest reading, so this would be my one test of the day.  Low and behold I saw a strong line.  I was so excited but I wanted to tell will in a special way.

I wanted to buy him a beer I saw at a local market to give to him to celebrate.  At 6:30 in the morning I went online tjo research when our local market opens and what time of day you are allowed to buy alcohol in California.  So at 7:30 I got up telling Will I was going to buy cinnamon bread from the market (something that is out of the ordinary but at least I knew Will will be alssp when I left).  I bought the beer and tied the positive pregnancy test to it.


Big Daddy beer.  Poor Will, I woke him up early on a Sunday, although he was happy for the beer and said he always wanted to try the beer.  I turned the bottle so he could get a better view of the pregnancy test, and he asked me what it was.  I told him we were pregnant!  I was so excited to show him the test, so he turned on his beside light and tried his best to squint at the test, but said he couldn't see anything.  I looked at it again and the line was barely visible to anyone but me.  Luckily I have plenty of pregnancy tests I took anothr one to prove I wasn't seeing lines.


Here is the second proof we are going to have a baby!  Now Will is beyond excited and we spend all day just smiling and feeling a joy we've never felt before.






October 13, 2013
The day the pregnancy tests showed stronger double lines. 

How far along: 4 weeks
Total weight gain: None
Maternity clothes: nope, wearing my skinny jeans while I can
Stretch marks: None
Sleep: normal
Best moments this week: Seeing positive results on pregnancy tests!!!!
Miss anything: Wishing family was closer.
Food cravings: None
Anything making you queasy: No, but my sense of smell is stronger (Will and friends were kind enough to do dishes after watching a day of football).
Gender: Not yet.
Labor signs: No
Belly button in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On
Happy or moody: Ecstatic!
Looking forward to: Going to my first baby appointment, and getting a picture to prove that there is a baby on the way.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

It's Chrismas Time!

The Folger family has been very busy this December.  Between Will turning 30, several holiday parties, and preparing for Christmas in Orange County posting pictures has slipped right past me.  While uploading pictures from my camera to my computer I found some pictures from when we went to cut down our Christmas tree.

There was very little rain this year so no snow.


Wally dog had the best time ever wondering around the woods and smelling the new smells.  He looks very regal posing for his picture on the mountain.



After barely any rain Humboldt County had two weeks of freezing weather at night. Our pipes froze and surprisingly it started to snow at our house!  The snow didn't stay but it was crazy to have snowflakes and put us in the Christmas spirit.


We prepared for our Friends' Christmas party by decorating our house.  Will bought me a Mrs. Claus apron, which I think I wore every day when I got home from work.

 I made a wreath with the extra branches from our Christmas tree.  Even Wally loved the wreath.


Our friends throw an ugly sweater party every year.  Will and I out did our outfits from last year.


Our last party before heading down south is our Friends' Christmas party.  I don't have pictures to post since we were busy elves cooking and preparing for the big sit down dinner.  This year we had about 30 friends including, two friends from Washington and my brother and his best friend.  We had an amazing party, one definitely we will remember forever.


After a month of parties and holiday festivities and celebrations our little Wally dog is tired.  Little does he know he will have two weeks of crazy fun in Orange County for winter break.



Sunday, December 1, 2013

Thanksgiving

We kicked off our Thanksgiving week with an early Thanksgiving dinner at a friend's house.  It was nice to sit down for a fancy meal with our friends before the holidays started.  

 
Our lovely host setting up the buffet of delicious food.

We decided last minute to stay in Humboldt for Thanksgiving.  We went up to Maple Creek and had a wonderful time in the hills.  We had a relaxing dinner and a fun evening playing a homemade horse racing game (Will and I each won one race).  We stayed the night and the had a wonderful warm November day of 60 degreees (unheard of for Humboldt County) and pressed our own apple juice.  Wally spent his Thanksgiving exploring our friends' property and the turkey the sneaky adults fed him.

While I was getting ready Will made our fennel, persimmon, and pommegrantite salad (which was delecious).



Lucky for me being a teacher I had the whole week off.  I was able to make Wally a Thanksgiving day bandana.


Happy Thanksgiving from the Folgers!



Monday, October 28, 2013

Pumpkins Everywhere!

These past two weekends Will and I have gone to two pumpkin carving parties.  We just love any reason to be with friends (and lets not forget the food and drinks).

Can you guess who did each pumpkin?  Will make the face on the left and I made the face on the right (can you tell I teach TK?).

Here are all the pumpkins from the first party:

This past weekend we carved more pumpkins and stayed out late into the morning with our friends (yes I was the one falling asleep on the couch).

There were so many pumpkins I had to take a couple of pictures.

Will's pumpkin is the large one in the back and mine is the little on that says "eek."
 

Here's a close up of Will's, he is an artist he didn't use a stencil like I did.

Of course a pumpkin party isn't complete without a family picture with Wally!