Oh wow! I am a little behind on my blogging! My last post was last Fall, probably before Thanksgiving. So much has happened since then! Maybe I will do a month by month recap of the last few months.
November:
We were able to spend Thanksgiving with my Mom's side of the family. It was fun to get to spend time with the Beattys since we don't get to see them that often. Carly and I made the dinner rolls at my apartment. It was quite the adventure making rolls for 45 people in my tiny kitchen with one oven. We cut it close, but we made it to my parent's house just as they were getting ready to eat.
December:
December brought a lot changes in mine and Jake's lives. I finished my elementary education block classes, and Jake finished another semester of accounting. That same week that we finished up classes we found out that we were expecting a baby, and Jake got called to be in a single's ward bishopric. I was a little nervous for so many changes all at once, but they really have been blessings in our lives. We spent Christmas with Jake's family. We were able to spend time with Jake's siblings, and do a lot of fun family activities. We surprised our parents on Christmas with our announcement. It was so fun to watch their faces as they opened our present. We bought two Hersheys Candy Bars and made our own wrappers for them. We made the wrapper to look like the original but highlighted "he" in blue and "she" in pink. So the wrapper read "He R She, We will have to wait and see, Baby Grant due August 19,2013."
January:
In January Jake started a new semester with some tough classes. I began my last semester of student teaching. I started out in Mrs. Hunter's 5th grade class. On MLK Day we went with my family down to Zion National Park to have a picnic and go hiking. It was such a beautiful day for hiking and picnicking. On January 22 we had our very first prenatal appointment. We were able to have our first ultrasound and hear the heartbeat.
February:
February brought more school for the both of us. I finished up my 5th grade placement and was a little sad to leave. I started my second placement in 1st grade and was a little nervous as to how 1st grade was going to be. We had a low key Valentine's Day. We decided we wanted to keep it cheap so we ordered a pizza, watched a chick flick and ate blizzards from DQ. It was a perfect V-day. I wouldn't have wanted to spend it any other way. We had our second prenatal appointment where we heard another strong heartbeat.
March:
I am loving 1st grade and can't believe how fast the time is going. I only have 3 weeks left of student teaching and then I am done! Jake is enjoying his new calling, I think it was a little overwhelming for him at first, but now he is getting into the swing of things and getting into a routine. This week Jake is in San Antonio all week for work. I am going to miss him! I can't wait for him to get home at the end of the week.
Phew! Now I feel caught up! Maybe from now on I can stay caught up! We will see!
