Anyway, I told my principal yesterday. She seemed excited, but I would love to know her true feelings, especially since my due date is about 2 weeks after school starts in August. Perfect timing, huh? I made a sign and hung it up in the lounge to let all of the other teachers know. The first grade team has known for a couple of weeks. I had one of the other teachers trace my silouhette on black butcher paper (thanks Heather!) and I glued it to blue paper. Then I cut out the letters for the sign (I so should have just written with glue and glittered it) that said "Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. We hoped and prayed it would happen someday. Oh, I'm pregnant by the way!" Most of the teachers were pretty quick to catch on with who it was. Don't drink the water in the first grade hallway (that's 2/5 that are pregnant, and the third in the school).
I had to wait until after lunch to tell my class because I was being observed this morning and there wasn't time. I made cookies and decorated them to look kind of like pacifiers. I told the kids that I had a mystery for them to solve. I told them that their cookies were the first clue and they had to leave them alone once I put them on their desks. I asked them if they had any guesses what the cookies might be. Some of the answers they gave me were, "A smiley face, a pig's nose, and a door knocker." I then told them to pick up the cookies and put them by their mouths and to look at their neighbors. I told them it was something you put in your mouth. Finally one girl said it looked like a binky. I asked them why they thought I would give them a pacifier. They said because I think they are babies. I told them that the pacifiers were for me, and asked why I might need a pacifier. They said because I'm a teacher and because I am a baby. Then one kid (of all kids, this shocked me, the kid who rarely pays attention and was horrible during my observation) said "YOU'RE HAVING A BABY!" I was shocked that he got it, and I told them yes I was having a baby. Then all of the questions and chatter started, and my lessons after that were pretty much nonexistent.
This is kind of long, but hey, it's been awhile!
We told our parents a couple of weeks ago when Alan's parents came up for the weekend. Now keep in mind that we have known since December 28. We kept trying to get them to come up, but things kept coming up. We invited my parents over for lunch also, and for dessert I got a Dairy Queen ice cream cake out of the freezer. I had made a little paper carseat for one of Alan's toy jeeps and had put it on the cake. The cake said "Baby on Board!" I set it down in front of our parents, and stood there waiting for their reactions. Then I stood there some more, and some more and finally Alan's mom figured it out and said, "Really?" They were all excited, and I think totally shocked. They hadn't expected this (we did a good job of hiding the fact that we were trying to get pregnant). We spent the rest of the weekend telling our families and friends at church.
We had our first appointment last Friday (that's why I waited so long to tell people at work). When they tried to find the heartbeat, they couldn't. So they sent us in for a sonogram. There was our baby kicking and punching and you could see the heart beating. We told the doctor and nurses to keep an eye out for there being more than one in there (twins run in my family). So far, only one, unless they are playing hide-and-go-seek.
Wow this is really long. Thanks for reading it all. I'll keep you updated.
