...and boy were they right.
I went to bed last night with a little "pooch." Obviously pregnant only to those who know, but really it just looked like a few too many cookies and ice cream. When I woke up this morning and got dressed, I realized I must have "popped" as they say. I seem to have gotten the real pregnant belly overnight!
I couldn't believe how excited I was. I don't look like I have just gained a bunch weight! I actually look like a soon-t0-be momma!
I promptly woke Rick up to show him how cute my belly looked while standing to the side and although I am SURE he wanted to be as excited as me, all he managed to get out was, "Coolloveyouhaveagooddaybye" in a bit of a sleepy mumble. He did, however, remember the conversation AND tell me how excited he was on my lunch break, even though I was super grumpy, due to lack of sleep.
Of course, the girls at work were over the moon. My pod (my classroom and the classroom next door) does a lot of things together. We eat together in the dining car, share lesson plans, go on field trips, etc. etc. So at morning snack, I was sooo excited to tell them about how I have a real pregnant belly which was immediately proceeded by lots of pushing and poking! So it looks like now is the time I have to start getting used to having EVERYONE touch my belly. I am surprised at how comfortable I have been considering how I don't love people touching me, but I guess my phobias are clouded by the excitement of being a mom!
I hope to get on the ball about taking some pictures of my growing belly but I am just not inspired. I guess I should at least get one now to compare to what I will look like before little Bebo comes.
We did schedule some maternity shots in the middle of June, with Jessica of Oriole Photography, a good friend and sorority sister who lives in town. We plan to do some outdoor pictures of Rick and I (with Bebo of course) which I think will make a nice addition to his baby book as well as a nice memory of these exciting months!
On a different note, we are definitely staying busy! Tomorrow night, we are headed to see a play called Facing East at Richmond Triangle Players.
This weekend we are staying at the downtown Marriott for the CAA Tournament, hoping the VCU Rams can pull out another championship!
Then next weekend, we have tickets to see another play Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) at the Firehouse Theater.
We have our next doctor's appointment on the 12th and we are going to Deltaville to visit Rick's Dad in his new house on the 18th for the weekend.
Like I said, we are staying busy!
I hope sometime in between all of that, Bebo and I find some time to rest! :)
Well, that is all from this growing Rice family. I will be sure to continue the updates as often as I can. And yes, I know, I need to start taking more pictures! I have gotten extremely lazy with my camera!
Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and as excited for Spring as we are!!
Love,
your officially-baby-bumped richmond rices.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
you know how i know you are pregnant?
I cooked my second meal tonight! Boy, is it hard to feel like cooking after working a full day! Sheesh! It was nothing to fancy, just some bowtie noodles with broccoli and cauliflower with an 4 cheese alfredo sauce. Sorry to admit, the sauce was bought from the store... I mean how many people make their own sauce? So I am not considering this a shortcut! hmph! But I timed it perfectly, this may be the very first time I have EVER done this even considering a grilled cheese/soup night. Everything was ready at the same time and I have to say I was very impressed! It was delicious and there is enough left over for lunch tomorrow! I can definitely feel myself getting more comfortable and defintiely not asking Rick as many questions. So maybe my plan is working!
On a different note, my energy has definitely started coming back. I can tell a HUGE difference at school... I have felt like dancing, singing and playing more in the afternoons than I have in a few months. I am definitely all around a lot more chipper than I have been. Even on the days I am feeling a little under the weather I find it easier to fight because it hasn't been happening as often.
I don't think my doctor has to worry about me losing weight anymore. I seem to have taken on the appetite of a pubescent 16-year-old football player. When I am not eating, I am thinking about what I can eat next! I even managed to visually turn a muddy snow covered street into a crumb cake... which was immediately proceeded by various, "You know how I know you are pregnant..." jokes.
I have noticed that I can barely sit criss-cross-applesauce (formally known is the un-p.c. "indian style") for more than a few minutes before my feet fall asleep. Sometimes they fall asleep just reading a book to my class in a chair. Now I am beginning to realize why all the girls at work tell me to prop up my feet as often as I can!
I have noticed I get a headache about every 2 hours and I believe it is always a different reason. It could be the fact that one boy in my class does not have an inside voice or sometimes it is that pregnancy turns sinuses into cement and therefore it cannot move which causes serious pressure. Each one feels like it won't get better... and promptly followed by my new favorite candy, Tylenol, even though it barely puts a dent in it.
So enough with my negativity. I definitley don't mean to complain. I am simply trying to be honest about what really is happening! I find when people ask how I am feeling and I say "Fine!" they stand there and wait for me to continue! It is crazy how the sypmtoms just do not compare to the anticipation of having a baby that is half me and half Rick. We both feel so lucky that this is a possibility in our lives. Having already made the commitment of getting married, it really feels like small potatoes compared to the commitment we are embarking on now. Although marriage is a commitment made for a lifetime it is so different taking on a life that is COMPLETELY dependent and I am sure we don't even know the half of it yet!
I am continuely reminded of how blessed we are and Bebo isn't even here yet! Speaking of Bebo... I think we have maybe found a name! We are going to sit on it a few months and see if we still love it but it feels right! :)
Well, I am going to go back to my night in with my 2 favorite boys! I cannot wait to add a third into the mix!
Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and loved.
Love,
your blessed richmond rices.
On a different note, my energy has definitely started coming back. I can tell a HUGE difference at school... I have felt like dancing, singing and playing more in the afternoons than I have in a few months. I am definitely all around a lot more chipper than I have been. Even on the days I am feeling a little under the weather I find it easier to fight because it hasn't been happening as often.
I don't think my doctor has to worry about me losing weight anymore. I seem to have taken on the appetite of a pubescent 16-year-old football player. When I am not eating, I am thinking about what I can eat next! I even managed to visually turn a muddy snow covered street into a crumb cake... which was immediately proceeded by various, "You know how I know you are pregnant..." jokes.
I have noticed that I can barely sit criss-cross-applesauce (formally known is the un-p.c. "indian style") for more than a few minutes before my feet fall asleep. Sometimes they fall asleep just reading a book to my class in a chair. Now I am beginning to realize why all the girls at work tell me to prop up my feet as often as I can!
I have noticed I get a headache about every 2 hours and I believe it is always a different reason. It could be the fact that one boy in my class does not have an inside voice or sometimes it is that pregnancy turns sinuses into cement and therefore it cannot move which causes serious pressure. Each one feels like it won't get better... and promptly followed by my new favorite candy, Tylenol, even though it barely puts a dent in it.
So enough with my negativity. I definitley don't mean to complain. I am simply trying to be honest about what really is happening! I find when people ask how I am feeling and I say "Fine!" they stand there and wait for me to continue! It is crazy how the sypmtoms just do not compare to the anticipation of having a baby that is half me and half Rick. We both feel so lucky that this is a possibility in our lives. Having already made the commitment of getting married, it really feels like small potatoes compared to the commitment we are embarking on now. Although marriage is a commitment made for a lifetime it is so different taking on a life that is COMPLETELY dependent and I am sure we don't even know the half of it yet!
I am continuely reminded of how blessed we are and Bebo isn't even here yet! Speaking of Bebo... I think we have maybe found a name! We are going to sit on it a few months and see if we still love it but it feels right! :)
Well, I am going to go back to my night in with my 2 favorite boys! I cannot wait to add a third into the mix!
Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and loved.
Love,
your blessed richmond rices.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
So I said not to run out a buy everything blue since we aren't quite 100% sure Bebo is a boy. But for $4, I really couldn't resist.
How perfect is this? Especially with a Daddy like Rick! He, of course, loved it!
Bebo already has 2 other t-shirts, a pair of khakis, 2 skully onesies and even a pair of swimming trunks! Slowly but surely we are building a wardrobe! The next thing on my list of must-haves... Vans softies!
I cannot wait to get some little checked vans for Bebo to rock and purple sneakers for LSU games of course, but I guess I will have to wait until our doctor is 100% Bebo is a boy!
Can you tell we are starting to get really excited?? It makes it so much more real knowing the gender! But we still have 2 more months to know for sure and then the huge task of picking out all the important things comes, like car seats, strollers and cribs!
It feels like we are going to have a baby before we know it, time is flying by! I guess that is why the preparation is 9 months!
That is all from this extremely excited mom-to-be!
Hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful afternoon.
Love,
your too-excited richmond rices.
finding a place to fit...
So... we are really jumping into our church community. As I have posted before, Rick has joined the contemporary service's band and really been enjoying himself. They seem to appreciate his musical talent!
To say that I am not a little bit jealous of Rick would be lying. I am definitely happy he has found a place that he fits but I have been feeling a little bit like I don't have my own. People at church know me as Rick's wife and I find myself introducing myself as "Erin, my husband plays the guitar in the band, Rice."
I have been trying to tune into God's voice, listening for where he would like me to be. The obvious place is to offer help with the children's sunday school. But I don't want to just pick something, I want it to be where I am supposed to be. Then, 2 weeks ago there was only 1 service due to the snow. And during the announcements part of the service, a lady stands up and asks if someone could help with the "young germy children". They are going to sing a few songs for Palm Sunday and need an adult to volunteer to lead them.
This was my chance to get involved! This might even help me see if I am called to help with the Sunday School, since I will get be able to get to know the children as well as their parents.
Today, I met with the choir director and it seems I will be leading the Kindergarteners as well as the first graders in their Palm Sunday Program!
Now maybe, in addition to being "Erin, Rick's wife..." or "Erin, my husband's in the band..." I will also be "Erin, she is wonderful with the children!"
We also signed up to help serve dinner one night when we host 40 CARITAS men at our church.
I am starting to feel like the more I involve myself in this church community, the more they will involve theirselves with us, a road that goes both ways, a road the is important to us as we start our family.
We hope this finds everybody happy, healthy and feeling as loved as we do on this gorgeous Sunday afternoon!
Love,
your God-lovin' richmond rices.
To say that I am not a little bit jealous of Rick would be lying. I am definitely happy he has found a place that he fits but I have been feeling a little bit like I don't have my own. People at church know me as Rick's wife and I find myself introducing myself as "Erin, my husband plays the guitar in the band, Rice."
I have been trying to tune into God's voice, listening for where he would like me to be. The obvious place is to offer help with the children's sunday school. But I don't want to just pick something, I want it to be where I am supposed to be. Then, 2 weeks ago there was only 1 service due to the snow. And during the announcements part of the service, a lady stands up and asks if someone could help with the "young germy children". They are going to sing a few songs for Palm Sunday and need an adult to volunteer to lead them.
This was my chance to get involved! This might even help me see if I am called to help with the Sunday School, since I will get be able to get to know the children as well as their parents.
Today, I met with the choir director and it seems I will be leading the Kindergarteners as well as the first graders in their Palm Sunday Program!
Now maybe, in addition to being "Erin, Rick's wife..." or "Erin, my husband's in the band..." I will also be "Erin, she is wonderful with the children!"
We also signed up to help serve dinner one night when we host 40 CARITAS men at our church.
I am starting to feel like the more I involve myself in this church community, the more they will involve theirselves with us, a road that goes both ways, a road the is important to us as we start our family.
We hope this finds everybody happy, healthy and feeling as loved as we do on this gorgeous Sunday afternoon!
Love,
your God-lovin' richmond rices.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
lent: meal 1/13
If you know me, you know how much I hate raw meat. Raw chicken and hamburger really gross me out, which makes it quite difficult to cook. In fact, the one time I have cooked raw chicken I had to use a fork and knife to move it from the container to the pain because the though of touching that slimy, gooey meat (with the weird tough skin) REALLY grossed me out. So this is one of the many fears I hope to get rid of with my lenten commitment.
With that being said, I am not going to start on my first meal. In fact, I am going to save the meat for when I get a little more comfortable in the kitchen!
I have decided just to do 1 meal this week since technically, Lent begins halfway through the week, today to be exact.
With that being said, I am not going to start on my first meal. In fact, I am going to save the meat for when I get a little more comfortable in the kitchen!
I have decided just to do 1 meal this week since technically, Lent begins halfway through the week, today to be exact.
For my first meal, I am going to keep it vegetarian (for the above reasons).
Fettuccine with Peas, Shallots and Herbs
picture: realsimple.com
I made this once before last Spring when Rick was working out of town. But to be honest, I remember skipping some steps and not following the recipe like I should, but I also remember it being pretty good as well! So, this seems like the perfect starting point.
I will be sure to let you know it turns out!
Love,
your cooking-crazed richmond rices.
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