Friday, December 11, 2009

an end and a beginning

Today is my last day at karate. I have already taught my last class and given my last karate stripe away. Today is "fun Friday" so we just play games with the kids. Some of us are going out to lunch today and then I'll work my last shift there. 

I'm glad to be getting done and I'm glad that I was there for a time. I'm looking forward to all this time at Christmas to celebrate with my husband and families. In January it will be strange to not have to go to work, but I want to use my time wisely. I have some projects that I would like to do, and I'll also be doing more ceramics, and can go in and do extra work whenever I want so I'll take advantage of that. I'm grateful and definitely spoiled that I can take this time for myself before I have my boy. I'm really looking forward to running my house at home. 

So begins a new adventure of my life. And soon I will be joined by my baby boy, and I'm really looking forward to that! I always knew I wanted to be a mom, and thank you God for this baby and that I can be home with him :) 

Hope everyone else is having a great Christmas season and I'm looking forward to seeing all my Brodhead and Wisconsin people :)  

Monday, December 7, 2009

Thanksgiving, etc.

Ron and I at the Homestead Fest :)

Making apple cider

cute little goat :)

Friends from church (and I teach Madee, on the left, karate). They went to Homestead Fest with us, and we found that there are so many more fun activities for kids than we knew! We're getting one!! Someday we'll get to do all the fun activities because we have a kid :)

Thanksgiving day

Natalie and Pierre

Ron carved the *delicious* turkey

Pierre and Ron admiring the turkey before it goes in the oven...


In other news, it snowed on Friday! Just a little bit, but they were big soft fluffy flakes. I haven't seen it snow in Texas yet, and since we weren't home last year it's been a while since I've seen snow falling at all. Looking forward to being in Wisconsin this Christmas, and hoping for lots of snow falls. I took a poll on my karate bus, and four of the kids had never seen it snow before that! And two of them were 8 or 9. It was interesting, even listening to their conversation about snow. It was so different from Wisconsin kids! I don't know what these Texans would actually do if there was a big blizzard or something! 

Also, and this is sweet... Ron felt the baby kick yesterday for the first time. He had been trying to feel it kick for a little bit, because it feels like big kicks to me! Then at the doctor's the other day she said he wouldn't feel it for another 2-4 weeks. So last night when I said he was kicking, Ron put his hand on my stomach and even said "well, even though I won't be able to feel him kick..." and then he did! 

I hope this kid is not abnormally large or something! He already wakes me up sometimes. But at least it's still quiet :)