I had my prenatal appointment yesterday and everything is still going great! I'm 28 weeks now, in my 7th month of pregnancy and still feeling wonderful. It it harder to get up from the couch and shave my legs, but I manage! The baby is moving around like crazy; constantly turning and stretching. I can always feel him on my upper right side (by my ribs) and lower left. He's about 14.5 inches long and weighing about 3 pounds (according to a chart I found online.. not sure how accurate it is though). The appointment was a long one yesterday because I had to do my sugar test to see if I have gestational diabetes. They gave me a choice this time of an "orange soda" or "fruit punch" drink. I chose the fruit punch this time, since I drank the orange with Tyler. It was gross! Ugh! And I had to drink all of it! Boy was I glad when it was over. It was really really sweet, and lately I don't like really sweet things, not even sweet tea (I know, I'm crazy)!

Other than the drink, I had a normal check-up. The baby's heartbeat was nice and strong, man I love that sound! Only about 12 more weeks to go!

Here's a couple pics of me over the last 2 weeks:

26 weeks 27 weeks

I GRADUATED!!!!! That's right, On Saturday May 12th I graduated from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics!! It was a long long process, but I finished and am very excited!!! I'm looking forward to my time off this summer with Tyler before our new baby comes in August. I plan to eventually begin teaching Math to middle or high schoolers in the spring or next fall! I've always dreamed of becoming a teacher and I'm one more step closer! It was so wonderful to have all my family and friends there to support me and celebrate with me. It meant everything to me and I couldn't of done it without you all! Thank you, thank you, thank you :)

Say "Ahhhhh"!

Tyler had his very first dentist appointment last Monday and he did an awesome job! He was so excited about going and constantly wanted to brush his teeth (no complaints there!). The Doctor said his teeth looked great; no cavities, Hooray! One our way out Tyler got a goodie bag with a new "Cars" toothbrush, tooth paste, floss, a dinosaur toy, T-shirt, and they took a picture of him getting his teeth cleaned. After the appointment, we had to head back to school and he was so excited to tell all his friends and his teachers!
I wish I was as brave as he was! We are so proud of him:)

He's got his "ticket" and ready to go!

Nice smile Tyler!

What happened in April??

April was a really great month... Spring Break, beach, family in town, Easter egg hunts, etc! We had a great time with it all.
Let's see, where should I start off?? After we found out we were having another boy (YAY!!) we left for Sunset Beach that weekend with the Sykes and my family that was in town from Florida! It turned out to be a perfect sunny weekend at the beach. The house we stayed in had everything from bikes, sand toys to Nintendo (hadn't played that in 4-EVER). We'd stay at the beach all day an only come back for lunch and potty breaks (the water was too cold LOL!). The boys had fun running in the water, building sand castles and playing Frisbee. The adults enjoyed the competitive game of paddle ball with a court and boundaries and everything. At night we'd stay up late playing cards, poker and just mess around chatting and such. It was such a great time and we were so lucky to have wonderful friends to allow us to vacation with them.
Here's some pictures we took.... I'm still missing the one's from my mom's camera.....

Cool Slideshows

Tyler goes to college....

Yep, I took him to school with my one day and we had a great time! He packed his book bag with coloring books, paper, crayons, snacks and so forth and he was all set to go! He did great in the first class, just sat their quietly coloring and eating his fruit cup. When that class finished he asked me, "Mommy, do they take naps at your school?" He was happy when I said no, because he's not a napper.... then he asked, "Do they play games at your school?" He was in luck, because the next class was Child Psychology and I had told the professor that he was coming with me so she could prepare so questions to ask him in class. We were learning about Gender Development at the time. One of the questions she asked Ty was, "Who plays with you?" and Tyler said, "Mommy" , "What games do you play together?" Ty said, "baseball". "And who cooks dinner" Ty- "Mommy and Daddy" .."Daddy cooks chicken and mommy cooks salad" .... I thought that was soooo cute. He did so well and wasn't shy at all. She's ask him questions throughout the lecture and he was right on! I was so proud of him. After about 45 minutes or so he was ready to go get some lunch. On the way home Tyler said he wanted to come back to school with me because he had lots of fun..... I wish school was fun :) Atleaset I'm ALMOST done! Yay!!

LOL- Tyler tried on my glasses!
Walking to class....


E A S T E R

Next came Easter weekend. We painted eggs, made cookies, went to an Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday and Ty got LOTs of candy... it was funny because all he wanted was the plastic eggs and I kept saying "go for the chocolate... mommy wants some chocolate :) " Then he looked over at the next field and saw lollipops, so he crawled under the rope and started picking up those... too cute! On Sunday we went to Church with Morgan, Justin, and Peyton and I was a nice service. Then we came home and relaxed the rest of the day :)