6 months of crazy

I'm not good at consistent bloggary. My friend just texted asking for my blog name, and I felt ashamed. Oh well. Here I am :-) So here's what's been up since October 2012. My fourth year of teaching became one of the toughest and maybe most memorable. I had students who came from backgrounds that were heartbreaking and I learned to care for those kiddos like I never knew I could. It was also a school year that I became so very frustrated with some of the politics of teaching. But that will be an ongoing battle. In January the hubby and I decided that we enjoy being poor should rent a house WHILE renting our apartment. Yes that's 2 rents, 2 electric bills, and 2 water bills. We decided to do this because we are BUYING said house in just a couple of weeks!! Woohoo! Since January we have been working our butts off painting nearly every surface of that place. We are redoing our bathroom, kitchen, flooring, adding a fence, taking down some walls. Oh and we totally know what we're doing too. Haha... Before and after pictures coming soon! Also in January, about 2 weeks after we finalized the deal with the house and completed some first time house payments...I found out that I'M PREGNANT! Yes because we think that timing is everything :-) Needless to say, life has been completely out of control and amazing! So I discovered that I was pregnant after a weekend of painting our new house while enjoying cheap beer with the husband. I had some home pregnancy tests in the medicine cabinet because I quit taking my birth control in August and we knew that it was obviously a possibility. I had some strange cramping that didn't feel normal. I hadn't had my monthly ladytime on a regular schedule since quitting birth control pills. I had only had 2 periods in 5 months. So I had no idea if everything was working normal. You know...ovulation or whatever. But YES it was working! And now our first baby is well on HIS way! Due on September 23rd! I've been super lucky and I haven't had any nausea or problems at all since being pregnant. A few aches and pains, but nothing worth complaining about. ( yet ) I still have 100 days to go. Last week at my sonogram we found out that he is about 2 pounds and looking great! He is awake and moving/kicking/wiggling all day long. I don't know if he even sleeps when I sleep. He's going to be an active little boy :-) we haven't decided on a name yet. So on top of buying a house and growing our first child... The last thing to mention is that the house is an hour away from my school. So yes, I'm also job hunting...while pregnant. ( Hubby already found a teaching job near the new house ) Remember, timing is everything :-) I have some serious doubts about a school wanting to hire me right now. My due date is a month after school starts! But, I will not give up...and I might be driving an hour to/from work while I'm 8 months pregnant. No big deal. Life is not easy, but it's a hell of a ride! I'm so excited and nervous about all of the changes that are about to happen. The hubby and I have become closer and happier than ever through these crazy 6 months. Which is a good thing because I think this little boy is about to challenge us and show us even more amazing times.