Another Announcement

Well, I have some exciting news. I'm pregnant again. Jesse and I are having another little girl. I am 17 weeks and 3 days along. So that means I have 159 more days until my due date. Our baby is approximately 5.1 inches long (onion size) and 5.9 oz. I guess this is the average size for most babies this far along.

This is one of the first pictures of this baby, and i have more, but they are in my mother-in-laws car. I am a little too lazy to go get them right now, but I will probably get around to in within the next day or so.

Right now I am having one of those "not wanting to move" days. I have had heartburn for 3 days straight... and I'm sad because I love orange juice, but it is one of the biggest contributors to heartburn for me. We bought a new car on Saturday. It's a Ford Five Hundred 2006. We bought it for $7,000. It's a really nice car and I love how smooth the ride is. (at least when you compare it to our Geo Prism '96)

I have been taking some classes in school, This is going to be my last semester!!! I am so excited to be done with school. And another shocking thing is that I'm actually kind of excited for my studio photography project. We get to choose anything we want to shoot, however we want to take pictures of it. I am going to focus on portraiture and landscapes together. I already have some ideas, so hopefully they turn out how I want them to.

My house is staying pretty clean. I've had this new cleaning schedule that I found on Pinterest. It's a wonderful thing, but being pregnant and staying motivated is another hard thing. Jesse did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen last night while I was at school. I'm so happy. That was something that was overwhelming me. I really appreciate it when he helps me around the house. It really makes my day. ... One thing I'm not excited for is the massive mountain of laundry I need to fold. Jesse washed it last night as well, but there is a lot to fold and put away. Sometimes I wish that I had been raised like Jesse, to clean up and not have it be a problem, but in my house it was a little different and I have a harder time cleaning up and cooking. That is my goal for my house; to have my children know how to clean and cook and try new things all the time. I want them to experience the outdoors, the homemaking, animals, and just the experiences life brings you when you go out to look for them.

In order to do these things, I know I need to change how I work. I will have to work very hard to become that person to teach them how to clean and cook, and work outside, and enjoy nature, and be brave enough and smart enough to learn about the experiences of the world.

Well I'm going to end now because I can hear my little girl breathing, but i'm not sure where she is. :)