Mommywood

I'm reading Tori Spelling's Mommywood, I know, I know it's not great literature but for some reason I like Tori Spelling. I read her first book and now I'm loving reading this because it fits perfectly with what I'm going through. It's a quick read and I will probably have it finished by the end of the day where then I will probably start reading a book about labor or some other book. I've already read two books about labor and delivery to prepare myself, but I don't think any amount of reading will really prepare me or Kyle for it. It will just be the experience. Ok, back to the amazing words of Tori Spelling (laugh, laugh, I know)

I remembered how much I'd loved being pregnant. It calmed me. I felt safe and completely at ease. I loved the fact that I was completely responsible for protetcing and taking care of someone else. We were taking care of each other. I was never alone. -Tori Spelling, Mommywood

I loved this because this is how I feel. As I was outside on our porch swing reading (heaven, by the way!!!) Aubrey had the hiccups and it's always so amazing to think I'm NEVER alone. I love her so much already and I'm excited to meet her but for right now I'm just enjoying this amazing experience.

Aubrey's Cooking Show

Maybe Aubrey will have to have her own cooking show like this one. This is hilarious, I know it's long but it's too funny. And I'll let her cook like this, but I won't let her take them out of the oven.

29 Weeks, New Haircut, & New Condo

It's been a busy, busy week. Here's a picture of me at 29 weeks. I had this shirt before I was a pregnant and it looks much cuter with a pregnant belly in it. We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and everything is going great. I've gained 3 more pounds which was good because I was on the lower scale of weight gain. I have the chocolate I scarfed down Sunday after not having it for so long to thank for that. Her heartbeat was in the 140-150 range, she's a calm little girl. They also said we were still on track with the due date being June 24th. After the doctor's appointment we headed out to Cookeville to look at the condo that Colleen and I found on Saturday. Kyle really liked it and we're sending in the lease this week. I can't believe we found a place to live!!!! We will be living right next to our good friends which will be amazing too. They are brand new condos, not even finished yet so everything is new and clean. Brand new carpet for Aubrey to learn to crawl on. Brand new dishwasher!!!! Oh how I've missed my dishwasher this past year. The kitchen is awesome too, it has a nice stove with a glass top, beautiful cabinets and counter tops, and it's open to the living room which I love. Ok, here are the pictures of our new place!
The front

Still needs a driveway and grass.

Large living room, open to the kitchen.

Kitchen, I can't wait to do dishes there!!! I mean load and empty the dishwasher :)

Aubrey's Nursery!!

Second Bathroom

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

The back deck that is open to each of the kitchen doors, I can see running over and borrowing an egg or something from Colleen and Alarie. I'm so excited!!!


Told you it was a busy week. Kyle even got a haircut and inducted into Sigma Sigma Phi which is an honor society. He looked pretty good in his suit. I also got a picture of the guys, but even when they are trying to be serious they still look like the three stooges. Haha, Chuck you're even on the blog now!!

The girls

Funny story about Kyle's hair, it got really, really, really long. One of my 5th graders told me she saw Kyle at school (her mom works up at DCOM) and she said he looked different. I asked why and she said well he had hair all over his face, he had a beard, a mustache, and really long hair. When Kyle has a big test it seems like the grooming kind of comes to a halt so it was funny for a 5th grader to even notice this. Well now he looks like this....

instead of this...

Go Cards!

Today was the opening day of baseball and I broke out my red to root on the St. Louis Cardinals. I even put a picture of Busch Stadium on my computer/smartboard and explained to my classes why today was such a great day. Aubrey is bound to be a Cardinals fan too because she already has several Cards outfits. I can't wait to take her to her first game. I think Kyle said they are playing in Atlanta sometime in August or so, maybe we'll make it to that one. Here is a picture of her Cardinals bib and a pink Louisville Slugger hat that one of my students got for me today. This student is big into baseball and we discuss baseball all the time. His dad has done lectures for Kyle's school before and he asked us to be in a fantasy baseball league with him, his wife, his son and some of his son's teammates. I have never done a draft so I had Kyle set up my team for me and I thought he was kidding when he said my team's name was Winnie the Pujols, I told him to make it Mrs. Pujols, but I guess the other one was funnnier. When I logged into look at my team I was Winnie the Pujols and I was stuck with that name because it was after the draft, thanks a lot Kyle. It should be fun though to have a little competition with Kyle and with this 6th grader. Here's the other Cardinals fan that we have in our house. Poor Bailey.

Here's a picture of during college when I got to meet Albert Pujols and my favorite Yadier Molina!! YADI!

Kyle had told me Molina was injured and not going to play so last night I benched him on my fantasy team and picked up another catcher, too bad he did play and he got some points. Looks like I need to start watching my own team, I think Kyle might just be trying to win. Well wish we were closer so we could go to a bunch of games, but for now we'll just have to live with watching updates on ESPN and mlb.com. Oh and I had the game up on the internet today and watched the updates while teaching history, is that bad? I mean the Cardinals are pretty much history, right? They beat the Reds by the way 11-6 and Pujols had 2 homeruns. Not a bad start to the season!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter spent with going to church, having our good friends Chuck & Colleen and Michael, Alarie, & Aidan over. We definitely missed our family a ton, but we're blessed to have friends to spend important holidays together when we can't make it home. Kyle has a big test tomorrow so the guys were studying when they weren't eating. Here's a picture with all of the guys with their books on their laps and it looks like Kyle is telling them something very important, but pretty sure it was just about baseball.

Me and the girls (Colleen and Alarie)

Easter Eggs grouped by family names, thank you Colleen for even organizing the eggs.


Ok, so here's the play by play on what happened. Alarie and I broke the wishbone to see who would deliver first. Alarie's due date is June 29th and mine is June 24th, but I have a feeling we will have an Ornburn baby here before a Toti baby. I like to be fashionably late sometimes, so I have a feeling that's what her plan is.

So here is Alarie showing me proper "breaking wishbone" etiquette. She told me you had to hold it with your pinky finger, who knew.

Then it started to break in her favor and I wanted it bad, I don't want Aubrey to come too late.

Then I decided if I just take the whole wishbone then I definitely win, right?

Well she wound up with the bigger wishbone and she has the bigger baby right now anyway, so we just might be second in line at the hospital.


However, I did enjoy something I've been missing for a while. Apple pie, strawberry cupcake, or chocolate brownie......hmmmm let me think. DUHHH Chocolate!!!! Oh how I have missed chocolate during Lent. I made it with only 2 days of chocolate which were my baby shower days and I think Jesus understood that one. I'm glad I made the brownies, just in case no one brought chocolate!!!

It's exciting to know we will have a 10 month old little girl with us for Easter next year! Yay!!!

Nursery???

After looking at about 15-20 places the past two days in Crossville and Cookeville. We found a very promising brand new condo that actually has 2 other condos right next door for our good friends Chuck & Colleen and Michael & Alarie. They aren't finished obviously and they will be done by June so it works out perfect. I'll post more pictures later, but so far we love it!

Like Father, Like Daughter

I know the saying is usually like father, like son but since Kyle didn't get his boy like he wanted he's determined on making this girl a sports loving, golf playing, fishwerwoman. My grandma searched all over the place for a fishing pole and golf set for Kyle and Aubrey when I was home for spring break. She wasn't able to find a fishing pole but she did find a set of clubs for Kyle, ok really for Aubrey since they are plastic. He's excited to teacher her how to play golf.

Another fun present we got from our shower was something that I see in Kyle's hands 24/7. Kyle's computer is out alllll of the time for studying and "other" activities (i.e. ESPN and silly mind game websites). Anyway Aubrey now has her own pink laptop, which is perfect so now Kyle and Aubrey can both play on their computers.

I am headed to Crossville and Cookeville to look for places tomorrow. Unfortunately Kyle has to stay and study so I'll be taking lots and lots of pictures. I will be meeting my friend Colleen in Cookeville, because she has a seminar in Nashville and we are going to be looking at some really promising places on Saturday. We get a fun girls night in Cookeville though tomorrow, so I'm definitely looking forward to that. I'll post pictures if we find anything that we fall in love with. I'm crossing my fingers, one of these 40 places I've called is the "perfect" place.