14 weeks!

Hello there, friends!  Here's a short update on everything that's been happening in our lives lately, baby and non-baby items all included:

We moved into our house!  It is beautiful!  I have taken a few pictures, but am waiting for everything to be unpacked and cleaned up before I take tons and post them all.  The jacuzzi tub is awesome!  We have tons of space in the living room in the basement and the girls LOVE all the extra room to run around.  We haven't got the fence yet, as we've run into some financial issues, that update coming next, so when they are outside, they are on leads.  They do enjoy being out in the sunshine though.  :)  The house is perfect.  Can't wait to get the crib and changing table over and begin decorating the nursery!

We would like to ask for your prayers with our financial situation right now.  As soon as we moved into the house, Michael got word that they no longer had any work for him, and that he would need to take a couple days off without pay.  The first couple of days were ok, as we were packing, closing, and moving into the house.  But now we're up to 6 day, which is a huge chunk of our income.  His employers claim that they will have work for him again on Monday, and are supposed to be calling him today with the details.  Please pray that all goes well and that he's back to work soon.

Dayton James Roths made his way into the world on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012.  :)  His delivery was just as easy as his incubation.  Sis did great and her and Adam now have a perfect and wonderful baby boy.  He was born at 1:35pm after only 8 hours of labor and 10 minutes of pushing.  He weighed a healthy 7 pounds and 11 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long.  He also has a head full of dark hair.  He's an absolute angel.  We saw the happy family and passed Dayton around, only hours after he was born.  I haven't seen him since, as I want to give the new family quiet time to themselves and time to adjust to the new lifestyle.  I am hoping to see him on Saturday for my birthday if Sis and Adam are up for it.  And if I get the approval, I will post pictures just as soon as I can.  :)

With the arrival of Dayton comes the end of my free time.  I am now subbing 40 hours a week in Sis' 1st grade class, as well as working 30+ hours a week at Belden's in order to maintain my full-time status and my insurance.  It is going to be a long and rough 6 weeks, but I will survive.  The two jobs actually came at a really good time, as Michael is not working currently.  I hope the small amount that I am able to bring in will help cover some of those larger expenses that we are anticipating.  The first day of working both jobs was fine, tiring, but fine.  The second day I only worked at school.  The kids were terrors, and my pregnancy hormones weren't helping me out any.  Hoping that the management side of the class comes easier soon, so I don't end up crying in front of her students.  As a sub, crying means you're toast, you cannot show weakness.  Today is Good Friday, so no school, only 8 hours of work at the jewelry store.  Then I have both Saturday and Sunday off for my birthday and Easter!!!  Hoooray!!!  I have already started my school countdown until Sis comes back.  Counting today there are 3 school days down and 27 school days to go.  Wish me luck, and please keep praying!!

In baby news, Michael and I hit the 14 week mark today!  Hooray!!  Lately since we've entered the second trimester, things have been tons better.  The morning sickness is settling down, and I've got more energy, which I will definitely need with a class full of 1st graders!  I also feel like eating more often, which is always a good thing for me and for the baby.  I'm not sure how many of you have read our baby website, but I was pretty sick early on with morning sickness.  I ended up losing about 5 pounds.  Well, since that time, I have continued to stay 5 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight.  Most of this is probably from eating smaller portions because I can't seem to handle large portions anymore, and by the middle of a meal, the food begins to look gross and taste bad and I don't want anymore.  I'm still at the same place weight-wise.  We have our next doctor appointment on Monday morning, I'm hoping the weight thing is ok, and that it will start picking up soon.  Even though the weight isn't going on, the roundness is coming in.  As the baby grows and pushes all my innerds up, they are slowly beginning to poke out my belly.  It must be more obvious than I think it is, because I had 2 people on Wednesday ask if I was pregnant.  Now, most people know, that you just never ever ask a woman that question, so, in their defense, one was an autistic 1st grade student, and the other was a man from Israel who works at the mall with me, and it may just not be a faux pa (sp) in his country to ask that.  :P  14 weeks still seems early to me, and I think I will stop worrying so much when we hit about 20 weeks.  Only 4 more weeks until we find out if we're having a boy or a girl!  And only a few more days until I heart the beautiful heartbeat again.  :D

That's about all that's going on right now.  Sorry the update got so lengthy.  I will try to keep it shorter next time.  Love you all!
-Jen