Yesterday was not a great day!

Yesterday-

1) Bad day at work.  And the kids are crazy b/c of the bad weather and the TAKS test tomorrow.  You can never know how much the weather affects a kid's behavior unless you have taught elementary school!  I am not a fan of rainy days!

2) Found out that my doc appt on Friday will not include a sonogram to find out the sex of the baby.  We were SO planning on finding out on Friday.  My mom had even taken off work to come from Waco to be at the appt.  And.....Mom and I were going to Canton on Saturday to look for baby stuff (since I was going to know boy/girl).  Guess plans have changed!  We have another appt on Monday, May 11th, so looks like we will find out then.

3) Came home to find my computer freaking out.  Pretty sure it has a virus.  I see buying a new computer in our near future. :(

4) Then, I get a call from the fraud department for my credit card.  "Suspicious activity" was going on and my account had been "compromised", so they canceled my credit card.  Now, I have to call everyone who automatically withdraws from that credit card monthly to change it with them.  Geez...

The good news is that I listed our daybed and treadmill (trying to get rid of the stuff that's in the soon-to-be nursery) on Craigslist on Sunday night and BOTH items were sold my 6:00 yesterday!  Not even 24 hours later!  Probably price them too low, but that's ok.  I'm just happy those huge items are gone!

Today (Tuesday)- My 3rd graders had their Math TAKS test today.  Teachers had to "actively monitor" all day, which means no talking to the kids or anyone for that matter.  Walking around (no sitting), watching them constantly, and phones/computers turned off is not my idea of fun!  Oh well, it's over and everyone (including the kids) can BREATHE!

Furniture!

We finally decided on and bought the baby's furniture! After finding out that the crib is going to take 14-16 weeks to come in, we had to act fast! In 16 weeks I will be 35 weeks along, so that won't give me much time to finish the nursery decorating. Oh well, what can we do? The armoire and the dresser were in stock, so those are in our garage for now. We didn't realize that the pieces come assembled, so the 2 boxes in our garage are HUGE! Here is the pic of the Simmons collection we decided on....it's pretty here, but even prettier in person!
We plan on keeping this awhile because the crib converts into a toddler bed, then a daybed and finally a full-size bed with headboard and footboard. We had to buy the toddler rails and the bed rails as well....guess those will stay in our attic for a couple of years until we need them! We wanted to get something where all of the pieces were large enough to keep for a long time. Most of the furniture we had been looking at had tiny chests of drawers, and we knew that as our baby grows older, we would need bigger furniture. This is the reason we decided on this particular collection...big pieces to grow in to!

Mike went to Kirk's bachelor party this weekend in Houston. I think they had a lot of fun, but I'm sure I will never truly know everything they did! They like to keep the details secretive!

Sunday Funday!

Sunday 4/19/09- We went to a Celebrity Softball Game and Outdoor Concert at the Dell Diamond. It was beautiful weather and an all-day thing 2pm-8pm. Here are some pics...LauraLee, Tom, and Patrick also came but didn't make it into any of the pics.

The lineup for the softball game and concert included: Reckless Kelly, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Kevin Fowler, Randy Rogers, Roger Creager, Charlie Robison, Cory Morrow, Micky and the Motorcars, Jason Boland, Dale Watson, and more. NASCAR racer Kyle Petty and some major-league players also played.

Hoppy Easter! The Weekend

Thursday 4/9~ We had a 3rd grade team PJ/Game Night party at Sarah's house. Only Sarah, Jackie, Ernesto and Mike were able to come (Jackie and Chrysty couldn't make it), but we had a lot of fun! We got home late, and poor Mike had to wake up early the next day.

4/6ths of our 3rd grade team (Jackie, Ernesto, me & Sarah)


Playing dominoes and Blackjack...notice our chips!


Mike and I wore our "Schott Family Reunion" t-shirts



Good Friday 4/10~I got to sleep in (no work), but Mike had to go to "work" today. Luckily for him, "work" consisted of 18 holes of golf with his boss and some clients. That night, we went to Alamo Drafthouse for dinner and a movie....we saw I Love You Man. It was hilarious....definitely a must-see!

Saturday 4/11~Mike and I went shopping for baby furniture today. That's one of the only things we can get done before we find out the sex. We went to BabyEarth (a new place in Round Rock), Babies R Us, Burlington Coat Factory (there's a Baby Depot inside) and USA Baby in South Austin. USA Baby was a little pricey for our taste, but we found a few we liked at the first three places. Decisions, decisions.

Later that afternoon, we went to see Mike's cousin, Briar, perform in a UIL Theatre- One Act Play competition. She goes to Blanco High, but the competition was held at Austin High. She was the narrator of their play "Into the Woods", and she did an awesome job! Later on, the judge/critic even told her that she got a "check plus plus" as the narrator! Afterwards, we all (Jan, Lonnie, Hayley, Briar, Paxston, and Hayley's bf Cevan) went to dinner at Baby Acapulcos. YUM!

Sunday 4/12~Hoppy Easter everyone! We spent Easter in Waco with my family. We went to Easter Mass with the whole family and Memaw, and then had lunch over at Memaws. Fun Times! (Linda--if you are reading this, please remind Kyle to email me the pics...I left my camera in Austin and was unable to take pics.)

The Weekend

Friday 4/3~ We had a another doctor's appt today. Our doc said that this time she would not do an ultrasound since we have already had 3 of them. She was just going to check the baby's heartbeat using the Doppler. While using the Doppler, she could not hear the baby's heartbeat at all, so she had to get out the ultrasound machine. Those few minutes were a little scary! But...the ultrasound showed a healthy baby with a good heartbeat...what a relief! I've lost about 15 lbs since the beginning of my pregnancy from being so darn sick. As long as baby is ok, I'm happy with that! :) We will find out the big question...BOY or GIRL....at our next appt on May 1st! We predict it's a boy, but we will soon see.

15 wk ultrasound-4/3/09- Heartbeat was 145




Afterwards, Mike, Nick and I went to PF Changs and then rented Slumdog Millionaire....awesome movie!

Saturday 4/4~ First, we had Blair's (our niece's) 2nd birthday party. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAIR! Here are some pics of Blair and Brooke and the rest of the party!








Then we went to Kirk and Carrie-Anne's wedding shower at Forrest and Michelle's house. Fun times! There was good food, washers, lots of games, FlipCup, presents, and even a dance party at the end!