I haven't updated in a while...and everyone reading this should know the big news by now.  Mark and I are expecting our first child on (around) October 30th.  And we are SOOOO excited!  Here's our first baby picture (it's actually our second picture, but the first just looked like a peanut!):

I also requested to change to part time work next year.  I'm hoping that my mom will retire in early January :-) :-) :-) (hint, hint mom) and be our child care from the morning until about 1130.  I've requested to teach only 3 classes, so I would be finished at 1115 and can pick up baby Conrad from my mom and give her the rest of the day off. :-)  We'll see how it works out.

So far all we've bought for the baby is a crib.  Nothing else quite yet until we find out if it's a boy or a girl.  I can't wait. :-)  I have another appt in two weeks and then a few weeks after that we can go in for an ultrasound to determine if we're having a boy or a girl.  Friends, family, and students want to know if I have a preference...but I don't really.  For a while I wanted a boy first and then a girl, so the little girl would have a big brother...but who knows if we'll even have two!?  When it comes down to it, I will be perfectly happy with a boy or a girl!  And I'm praying for healthy!

I fall asleep a lot lately...so naps are becoming my favorite new thing.  I think Baby Conrad is sucking all the energy right out of me.  Last night Mark came home and told me NCIS was available on demand, so we decided to watch a couple of shows.  Half-way through the first one we had dinner, and then I proceeded to lay on the couch and watch the rest of the show...apparently I fell asleep after that.  Mark watched three more episodes while I was snoring away on the couch...what a sweet husband though, he just let me sleep.  I think he knew I needed it!

I had leftover Superman macaroni and cheese last night for dinner.  Just the Kraft stuff, out of the box.  I love it.  I want to eat it every day for lunch and every night for dinner.  MMmmmm.  Let the cravings begin! 

Tonight I'm having a girls night with some of my neighbor moms.  I'm excited.  They know I'm expecting and that it's my first, so I'm sure we'll have lots to talk about.  Next door is V with her two boys, down the street one direction is M with a little girl and another one due October 1st, and down the street the other direction is D with a boy and girl.  We're going to get ice cream and just hang out at the ice cream shop for a bit.  Fun and yummy. :-)

Speaking of neighbors.  We have the best neighbors next door.  The other night I heard V playing with the boys in the front yard, so I went out to say hi.  Her oldest boy, A, loves me.  She too asked if we wanted a boy or a girl.  She said she wins either way, because a boy would mean her boys would have another friend to play with, and if it's a girl then her boys could have a girlfriend.  lol.  Then of course we joked about having to put barbed wire on the fence between our homes in 12 years.  hehe.

Pics to come soon.  :-)