Snow Storm

Last night we had a snow storm. We have about 4-5 inches of snow, then followed by freezing rain. The roads are pretty ice covered. It is not supposed to warm up in the next few days. NC is not used to this much snow and cold weather. They do not have the equipment to handle this clearing the roads quickly. We received an email at about 3pm today saying that church was canceled for tomorrow morning. It wouldn't surprise me if on Monday we didn't have school because of the snow from Friday / Saturday. If no school Monday we could possible have to go to school during spring break. Our house in on a hill, this morning, our neighbor and his family was using our drive way as a sledding hill for his little kids to sled down. The perfect size hill for his two kids that are under 5 years old. Here is some snow pictures from our house.

View from front door:







View from the back door:






I feel like our house is finally starting to show a little of our personality. We have been hanging a lot of stuff on the walls. Brian just finished making me a shoe bench and a coat shelf. He still wants to put a clear coat on them, but he said he was going to wait until it gets warmer out. We also just bought a new kitchen table, that had a leaf and 8 chairs. I'm super excited to have a nice table that I actually like!! :)



















Yesterday, my students found out that I will be switching schools in a weeks time. I expected several of my students to have a hard time with the news. However, there was a few students that really surprised me. I just didn't think that they cared that much. It just goes to show that as a teacher you never know which students you are really impacting their lives until your no longer their teacher. I had a hard time telling my students as well. It's a hard thing to leave in the middle of the school year.

Student spreading rumors...

Today my students found out officially that I am pregnant. One of my African American girls came up to me in the hallway right before school ended. Here is how our conversation went.

Student: Mrs. Cummings? I need to talk to you.
Me: Ok, whats up?
Student: I heard a rumor about you, and I wanted to be up front with you about it.
Me: Ok, what did you heard?
Student: Well... I heard you were pregnant.
Me: Who did you hear that from?
Student: Everyone's talking about it.
Me: Well they are correct, and guess what there are two babies.
Student: What!! NO WAY!! TWO!!
Another Student: That's why you have been really nice then two minutes later really scary.

Both students then go to there last classroom and tell every student they see about me being pregnant.

Rumors fly really fast in middle school. I haven't told them yet that I'm switching schools in a few weeks.

End of 12th week, beginning of week 13

I'm officially, today, starting my second trimester. This week has been a really long week for me, for no crazy reason. All week long I have been extremely tired and hungry all time.
Tuesday we had our second doctors appointment. For whatever reason, they seemed to have lost our ultrasound pictures. We had to wait awhile while they tried to find them. They never did seem to turn up, while we were there. I don't know how I feel about that, a little strange. We got to hear one baby's heart beat. I guess it is really hard to hear both babies heart beat with the Fetal Doppler Stethoscope. We did get to hear some swishing sounds, and the doctor said the babies were moving around. I can't wait until I can feel there movement inside me. The doctor said I should start getting more energy around 15 -16 weeks. Brian is counting down the days until I get more energy. I had a lot of blood drawn. Our next appointment will be at 16 weeks, and then at 18 weeks we will have our big ultrasounds. We should be able to find out the sex of the babies at that ultrasound.
Wednesday night I went to bed at 7:45pm and slept all the way though the night. Thursday, I felt great, not tired at all. However, today I have been tried from the moment I stepped into my classroom this morning. I felt bad for my students because I had little patients.

Here is two pictures of how I have grown.
8 weeks - no big changes


12 weeks - my pants are definitely fitting tighter, I can't wear some of them, already.


So far we haven't purchased anything for the babies nursery. We have been looking into cribs, and trying to decided what kinds to get. We recently bought a book that was recommend by a friend called Baby Bargains. It has everything about babies, and rates the quality of different brands, and what you should look for when purchasing different baby items. We definitely plan to use this book a lot in the next few months. This weekend we are going to hit some baby consignment stores just to look around and see what is out there. We both have a three day weekend, Monday off for Martin Luther Kind Jr Day.

New Job:
As some of you might have heard, I accepted a new teaching position as a 7th grade science teacher in a different county. This new job starts beginning of February. I wasn't really looking for a new job, especially not know, however this was just an opportunity I couldn't pass up. I interviewed and got the job within a week, I didn't stress or worry about the interview before hand. This new school is 7 minutes from our home, and it is in the school district that my children will eventually attend. I'm looking forward to the new adventure.

To Do List:
The next thing on our list to do is find a child care provider for our children when they are born. If you happen to know anyone, let us know.

11 weeks Pregnant

Brian and I just returned home from our Holiday Break in Michigan, where we were able to share our news with friends and family. Everyone seem as excited as we were to hear the news. Brian went to work today, and stay a few minutes later to catch up on the work he missed while he was gone. I enjoyed a relaxing work day getting my room all setup for the students to return tomorrow.

Baby News:
We haven't really started shopping for baby stuff yet, however we have been starting to check out craigslist, to see if we can get any deals on used baby stuff. I know there are certain baby items that you shouldn't buy used. I need to do some research to figure out which items. Next week is our 2nd prenatal appointment. I wonder if we will get to see the babies again, via an ultra sound. The doctor told us we will have a lot of ultra sounds done, but he really didn't say how many. If we have another one I will post the picture. Until now, you will just have to enjoy our ultrasound from 8 weeks pregnant.