Quick, quick, like a bunny!

Hey everybody! Chris here. It's been awhile, and I only have 3 and 1/2 minutes before the computer times out! I'm at the library, the only place we can get internet. Well, not much has happened recently. Just work as usual. I got hit by a car last week, and the bruises are still there, but otherwise, I'm great! Thankfully. We are still excited about the baby, we get to discover the gender next Wednesday, so hang tight! I'm still not sure what I want, so I guess I'll be happy either way, haha. Oh no, I type too slow, time's up! Later!

Week 20- Halfway there!

Sorry it has been so long since I've written. And double sorry because there is no picture today.
It has been an exhausting week and a half. Plus we don't have internet at home right now, so I just don't feel like going somewhere to use the internet at the end of the day.
However, our little one is the length of a Banana now!

It is about 6 1/2 inches long. The baby is really supposed to start growing now so I should gain weight faster.
My mind is kind of blank right now. I'm officially entering the "not so much sleep" stage so I'm a bit out of it. I'll have to get Chris to come to the library and write a post in the next couple days... haha. I'm just not succeeding right now.

First Day of School

First Day of School!

So today was the first day of my student teaching experience. It was a lot of fun. I'm really excited about the my mentor teacher. I think that we are going to get along great. I'm also really excited about the kids. We've got some great kids and it's going to be a fun program. In first period my mentor teacher didn't say my name clear enough when she introduced me so for the first half of an activity we did the students kept calling me "teacher". It took a little bit for it to get around that my name was Mrs. Valentine. Another class period a student asked me if I knew Mr. Christmas as a joke. 

The first class period I didn't do to well with names because I was getting so nervous but after the initial nerves I think I did really well. I can only hope that pregnancy brain doesn't kick in and I forget all the students names that I learned.

The tech class likes me because I told them I am a tech lover, I like tech more than acting. I love techie pride. The got so excited saying things like "yeah that's right!" and "Go Tech"  and "'Cause Tech is the best!"

I'm actually really excited for that class because my mentor teacher really gives them a TON of responsibilities on productions so the class is preparing them to actually do the jobs, they know that they will have to use these skills soon.   

I have 3 periods of Drama 1, 1 period of Drama 2, a tech class and a Shakespeare class. Drama 1 and Drama 2 will be my classes exclusively starting mid-September. I will be writing curriculum and teaching. I will teach a couple units (groups of 8-15 lessons) in the tech class but we will be following the basic outline my mentor teacher has created. I will also be team teaching occasionally in Shakespeare. Though that is my mentor teacher's baby and she wants to keep a hold of it. : )

I am still a little worried about the whole thing but I think that is a good thing. If I were too confident I don't think I'd learn as much from the experience. However, I'm so excited and I look forward to going back tomorrow.

Week 18

Hey everybody! This is Chris here. Kylie is on the computer with her family, so I'm gonna be updating this week! So here's my idea: it's kinda tacky to state who is typing every single post, so I will make it easy by doing my posts in italics. Or maybe in a different font. Or maybe both. No, I will just stick with the courier type font. Okay.

So, we have moved on, moved out, and moved in. We are all moved in at our apartment, thanks to Kristian (Kylie's younger brother) and his roommate Daniel. We showed up at about 1130 at night, and man, was it hot! Utah is so much warmer than Idaho. But we got the Uhaul unloaded quick, and bit by bit we are unpacking our apartment. We'll  take pictures to show it off sometime. Maybe.

Our 1 year anniversary was yesterday! But we didn't do much. We unpacked boxes, checked the thrift store out for new furniture, went to Zupa's, our soup and salad restaraunt (and as fruity as that sounds, I LOVE that restaraunt), and listened to the BYU ball game on the car radio. A great anniversary.

We also went to our new church today and got to meet some members of our ward. I worked last night, so I didn't want to go to church, but Kylie got up to go and asked me if I was coming. I said no, and rolled over, but she came in a few minutes later saying that she put khakis and a shirt out for me if I changed my mind. In my head I chuckled, and said Yeah, right. I was tired. But then I had a dream. Kylie divorced me! And all because I didn't go to church. Now, I know that would never happen, especially cause we finished the 1-year trial period yesterday (there's a return policy on husbands, right?), but it got me thinking as I was lying in bed. A marriage is built up by small things, like going places together, holding hands, saying I love you, kissing at red lights, and whatever little habits we all have in marriage. The same way, a testimony of God and His gospel is built in the same way, by small building blocks that build a strong foundation, such as prayer, reading scriptures, going to church, and many other small and simple things that build one's faith. SO I got up, put on a tie, went to church, and felt great. I even got up and shared that with everybody at testimony meeting. I'm looking forward to this ward.

Let's rewind. Back to when we were separated for a WHOLE WEEK. All I did was work and sleep, and Kylie was being awesome and cleaning/packing up in Idaho. When I got back on Wednesday, she was very obviously pregnant! She had grown! I got so excited. My love for my pregnant wife and unborn child grew a lot while we were apart. I had an interesting dream where I almost lost them both (in a tsunami), but luckily, even my subconscious mind can't imagine life without them. Anyway, here is my lovely wife and her lovely belly!

 

Our baby has ears now! Mostly in the right spots. They say it is bell pepper size now, but I've eaten a lot of bell peppers of varying sizes, so that's a hard image for me. It is to the point that it can hear me if I speak near Kylie's belly, so I like to tell it things throughout the day. It's genitals are formed, so in a few weeks we will know the gender! It is beginning to flex its arms and legs so she has felt it a couple times, though it could have been digestion. I'm jealous that I can't feel it, but excited for when it gets a little bigger. Kylie may have mentioned this before, but she eats SO MUCH MORE now. She really noticed the volume of food she eats when we went to Red Robin and she ate the WHOLE burger and SEVERAL PLATES of fries. WHAT?!? Usually she eats half the burger and I get to eat her fries while I'm waiting for a refill, but she about broke my hand when I tried. Speaking of which, Red Robin has added several new sauces. My favorite is Thai Chili. Yuummm. And the Bleu Ribbon burger, of course. Well, that's our blog about Red Robin, I mean, our pregnancy.