Sorry, school has taken all my time away!

Good Morning my lovely friends and family!


I realize it has been quite awhile.  School started up again on the 15th so I've been adjusting to getting up early, making it through the day without a nap, and spending most of my day with 12 year olds.  So far, the year has been great too!  The crappiest part is that our enrollment is lower than projected so another English teacher was moved to another site.  I'm really sad to see her go and have to transition like this 2 weeks into the school year.  In order to balance the schedule all of my classes were dissolved and I am taking over that teacher's schedule.  That means I will be teaching all 8th grade starting Monday.  I hate to lose the kids I started the year with, but it will be nice to have some kids from last year back.  The first couple of my past students have figured out I am pregnant too.  One of the sweetest girls from last year saw me after school and did a double take looking at my belly before asking if I was pregnant.  Knowing her personality, all of my 8th graders should know soon!

Baby Update Time!!

I am about 18 and a half weeks along and Little Baby Hoff has started wiggling up a storm!  And I'm already losing sleep from this booger.  The movement doesn't wake me up yet, but it definitely makes it hard to fall back asleep if he/she is moving.  I had a doctor's appointment last week and the doctor couldn't find the heartbeat using the doppler.  It kept picking up my heartbeat instead, so he did an ultrasound to check on LBH.  It was great being able to see the baby!  It was staring right at us and waving it's arms around like crazy.  We got a great picture of it looking at us and waving one hand (Adam says "he" is giving a high-five).

Also, the baby is about 5 1/2 inches long by now and can hear my heartbeat.  It won't be long before it hears things outside the womb too.  LBH's bones are also hardening. 

So, baby is doing good.  I'm doing good.  Adam's doing good.  Philbert is doing good.

Life is good :-)

16 weeks and counting

Good afternoon!

Yesterday was 16 weeks... only 24 left!

Since my last update, the nursery has been transformed from an office/music room/collect-all to an actual nursery!  The crib and changing table arrived and Adam and I promptly put them together.  We cleaned everything else out of the room (except the stuff in the closet) and made our extra bedroom/workout room the new extra bedroom/office/music room.  You would think that with 4 bedrooms we would have plenty of space, but we seem to have collected a lot of stuff over the last three years.

School starts Monday so I spent a few days this week getting my classroom ready.  I think it'll be a really good year, as long as I can stay awake all day!  That will take some getting used to.

Also, here is the latest belly picture of Raechel and me from Tuesday.

Adios until next time!

3 whole years!

Three years ago today, Adam and I said I do and became Mr. and Mrs. Hoff.  I can't believe how fast time has flown by and how much has happened.  When we got married, I was 22 and he was 23.  I had been out of college and back in CA for a matter of months.  He had just finished working in Monterey for BLM.  Now, I finished the credential and MA programs and am about to begin my third year teaching.  Adam is in his fourth year with CalFire.  We bought a house, and we have a little booger on the way! I am one heck of a lucky girl to have such an amazing husband who treats me like a queen and loves me so much.  I can not wait to see our family grow.  I've said all along that one of the things I am looking forward to the most is seeing Adam holding his first son/daughter.  It will be an amazing moment.

As far as the little booger is concerned, we ordered our crib and changing table this week!  My parents surprised us with a joint congrats/anniversary/my birthday gift and bought them for us.  They are being shipped and should be here soon.  Don't worry, I will document the building and setting up of the room once they arrive.

Okay, the champagne (for him) and sparkling cider (for me) are chilled, so time to wrap Adam's gifts and then get out of town for the night!