Full Week!

Last week was a very full week for me.  I had a wonderful day Tuesday celebrating my birthday with some wonderful friends from church and my second family here at home.  Wednesday I went to church to teach my class ( I teach a class of youth girls age 13-18 for those of you who don't know!)  My class has grown a lot the last few months and we are in a tiny classroom and I knew we were going to have several more visiting this week with us, so I asked the woman in charge of the classes if I could possibly move to the youth sanctuary which is MUCH larger and explained my situation and she just flat out said, "No, not tonight."  I was a little surprised by her abruptness since I thought I had a pretty good reason, but I just told her that was fine but we needed to work on a solution soon!  She and I talked a little longer and then she said she wanted to come up to my room and take a head count with me.  We got to my classroom and the lights were off.  The week before a couple of girls literally busted into class late and scared us all.  I told them I hate being scared and not to do that to me again.  So I thought the girls were trying to scare me because I know they were in there.  So I started yelling at them through the door to open the door and that I was not coming in til they turned on the light!  The lady I was with, just went ahead and opened the door and all the girls jumped up and yelled "surprise!"  They had the whole room decorated and had everything all set up for a party.  Turns out they had been working on the surprise with some of the adults from church for weeks and had it all planned out for my birthday.  I was totally surprised!  I immediately began apologizing for yelling at them to turn the lights on!  We had a great time, I really do love these girls and am so thankful God has let me be a part of their lives and them a part of mine.

Thursday my mom came into town for the weekend, and we did a ton of baby stuff!  We went and saw a friend of mine who gave me several of her baby items, which was a huge blessing!  I also picked up some cloth diapers from a lady in town and got my cloth diapers I had ordered online.  My mom and I also registered for my baby stuff, which was a bit stressful because I really don't know what i need or want!  It was so much fun to be shopping with "Mimi" and also my mother in law (who doesn't have a grandmother name yet, she is going to wait til the baby comes and gives her one!)  We bought fabric for the crib bedding, the curtains, and to recover an ottoman and glider we got.  It always goes by soooooooooo fast when my family comes for a visit and I can't wait to see them again, which will be next month! 


Here are a few pictures from the last week!

Monday was opening day for hunting season, Joey was all decked out in his camo. It always freaks me out a bit when he comes in the dark room in the early hours of the morning to kiss me good-bye and he is covered in paint, or wearing his leaf suit!
                                                                          
                                                                           

Registering!

 

Super excited about this deal we got. I have been wanting a glider and ottoman for the baby's room. I actually have an old glider, but it doesn't have the ottoman and I can't find just the ottoman for sale anywhere. At places like Target a new set is $200 and at this expensive baby boutique we went to, the sets were $500 plus! But then there was this ottoman all by itself with a tag of $50 on it, apparently someone bought the rocker and didn't want the ottoman. It was the same wood color as my rocker and my mom will recover both to make them match each other and the baby's room! I researched the brand and module number and found just the ottoman to sell for $200! It's some kind of special nursing ottoman.