The belly...

Well, I am being told to embrace the belly...so here is the first belly pic at 16 weeks.

...my first 2 babies (puppies)

Just some pics to share....

Riley hiding under the blanket!

* Would of been a good pic except for the red eye*

babies, babies, and more babies....

Yes, that's right...we are expecting twins! As of today, I am 13 weeks. I have already been tortured (with needles-my biggest fear) with a blood test and finger prick, had numerous ultra sounds. I visit the doctor every 2wks, and was informed that once I hit 18 wks I will be also visiting the hospital every 3 wks or so. Yesterday I had genetic testing done and will find out the results on Friday.As for being sick, I have really just had headaches that last all day long. They have finally subsided for the most part. Now I am having trouble gaining weight. I have to add more protein to my diet...so we'll keep our fingers crossed that I gain at least 2 lbs. by Dec. 12.

Here are some ultrasound pictures that we have gotten so far:

11 weeks (baby A on top, B on bottom)

13 weeks (Baby B first, Baby A second)

Happy Halloween

Since we had a freak October nor'easter, Halloween was postponed from Monday, October 31st until today. The puppies and I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood in their costumes (their "trick-or-treating). Since they were pooped out from the walk, they sat nicely for a picture! Happy Halloween everyone!

Random Pictures (mostly of the pups)

Riley and Mama

Riley and Lulu ready for a trip into Home Depot 

Enjoying the ride...kind of!

Richie and I at a friend's wedding from his work

My classroom completed...

Now that I are 2 weeks into the school year, I have settled into my new role as the 7th and 8th grade Writing and Language Arts teacher pretty well.  The kids are great and I love being up in the newer part of the school!  My classroom is gigantic compared to last year (even though I had 2 classrooms last year).  I am getting used to having and using a SmartBoard.  It really makes lessons more exciting for myself and the students.  Below, there are pictures of my classroom all decorated.

Looking from the right back corner behind my desk

looking from the front left corner

My desk with our behavior management chart...all part of PBIS.

My new classroom (and other stuff)!

Here are some pictures of my new classroom for this year. It is huge and has sooooo much storage space! I am pretty excited to have a Smartboard this year.

I will update the blog when my classroom is put together and colorful. Right now it is drab and boring :-(

On another note, last night I participated in a TweetChat (through Twitter) with Really Good Stuff, a teacher supply store. The topic was stress relief for teachers, but we definitely went off on other discussions about our classrooms and things that make us laugh (a stress reliever). Also, throughout the chat, the mediator would ask questions and if we were a certain number answer, we would win a prize. Last night, I won the first prize of the night! I am not sure what the prize is, but I will find out next week some time. Really Good Stuff holds these TweetChats every 2 weeks, so if you have a Twitter account and are a teacher, sign up for a TweetChat at www.tweetchat.com and join the #teachchat every other Wednesday at 9pm.