16 weeks!!

(ignore the mess in the background - we're remodeling my room haha)

HOLY moley it's been a while since I've posted. woopsie! We had a very busy Christmas break.. mom had to have an emergency surgery to remove 2 tumors they found in her liver. She's all better now, just finishing up radiation (this is her last week), then starting chemo again next week sometime to kick whatever cancer cells are in her bloodstream. Check out her blog for more detailed stuff - janetadducchio.blogspot.com

So anyway, that plus 5 Christmas events of some sort left us with not a lot of free time. But Zack did find time to propose and surprised me into silence. He did it when we went to Clifton Mill lights the night before Christmas Eve. I can not even describe how speechless I was!! I even got pulled over on the way home because I couldn't concentrate on the road - I was staring at the huge rock he had just put on my finger!! (I didn't get a ticket, the cop just wanted to make sure I wasn't drinking since I was riding the shoulder, hahah) hello 1.4 carats of love :)

Now with the baby.. This thing is the easiest, most laid back kid ever! I've picked up some extra work at Lowe's, and by the time I get home I'm usually gone from my house for 13 or 14 hours. So far, the baby doesn't mind one bit! I've still had no sickness or problems.. Well, other than the acne and back pain. But luckily, I found a pretty decent chiropractor that takes care of the back pain for me... he has miracle hands. I see a dermatologist on the 20th about the acne nonsense. Although I'd much rather take these symptoms than puking my guts out and being tired all the time !

Oh, only a few more weeks until we find out the sex! woooo!!! Sometime in early Feb. is when we'll make the appointment for.
Zack and I spent a lot of our break together researching names. Our top boy names are Wyatt, Wesley and Evan. As for a girl... we have no clue really haha. We like Gretchen, Riley, Charlie, Mia.. and we've thrown out a million more. Nothing is really jumping out at us though. Guess we'll just have to see :)

As you can see, nothing too exciting is going on, but I'll try to be better about updating... and updating with something more entertaining than this blog. I will end on one funny story..

One of my first-grade students has Cerebral Palsy. He's pretty with it - just some physical impairments and speech issues... but he's veryyyyy witty. For instance, one day at lunch he was sitting on his knees, and I got after him to sit on his butt. He gave me a shit-eating grin and shook his head no, so I started counting 1...2... and he said "O.K., O.K! Jeez crybaby!!!" hahah

So my favorite moment with him was when he asked why I was eating apples one morning. I said, "Well, the baby in my belly is hungry!" He questioningly replied, "BABY?! in your BELLY???....hmmmmmm."
I kind of just looked at him waiting for something more and he said so happily, "You're gonna have a boy baby!..... just  like ME!"
I laughed and thought ohhhhh my.. hahah