Aaron popped a tooth!

Yes, it's a miracle. Aaron has cut another tooth. Thank goodness this one was cake. He seemed to not being feeling good over the weekend, but never stopped eating or ran a fever. Just more cuddly than usual, which really is not a complaint from me. :) But today as I was tossing him in a pile of blankets as a game, I could see his top teeth very well as he laughed. And I noticed a new tooth! It's off to the side on the top again, so it will not do much good until a bottom tooth comes in to match, but hey. We'll take the fact that this one was so easy to come on. Every other tooth he fevered and didn't eat to some degree.

I have been trying for a while now to get a picture of Aaron's teeth before one came in, but my camera was lost.. then found but dead... charger lost... charger found, but sister borrowed it...

sister moved to New York... finally got the charger and my camera reunited today! Yeah!! So here's some quick shots I got of Aaron. He is always on the move so they aren't the best of pics, but he posed in some which was fun.

This was my last picture. He pulled this as he ran to hug me. And after that, he wouldn't let me back up enough to take another picture.

He's getting so big! And sadly, our place is a mess! You wouldn't believe I've already cleaned this room today!

This is where Aaron posed. Made me laugh and I missed taking a picture the first few times he did it. Lucky, he thought he was funny enough to do it again.

This is the one where you can see his "vampire" teeth. Not way too well, and who knows once I post it, but his top two teeth are not next to each other. It makes me laugh.

So the great and dreadful semester has begun. Derrick is student teaching in Syracuse and then works in Clearfield almost everyday. He has Monday nights off, where I have to leave for my own class before he even gets home. Poor guy has 13 hour days most weekdays, and 11 hours of work on Saturday. He is going to be one busy guy so hopefully this will go fast for him. I have made a paper chain counting down the days of the semester. I also am worried I am going to be quite a bit bored being in my basement all day every day, so I put things to do on each chain. We'll see if I even stick to them. Since I made the chain, I decided to make my "dream nursery" this semester with all of my free time. So that may just fulfill all of my needs. :)

I am down 18 weeks now and cannot WAIT for our next appointment. I'm really dying not knowing the gender, which is unusual for me. I think it's just all the thinking of my nursery lately, knowing I can't really start until I know the gender. Derrick and I are also next to hopeless when it comes to choosing baby names (we actually got lucky in naming Aaron) and I think it will be easier when we only have to focus on one gender. Derrick is beyond certain that it's a girl. I've been calling the baby "he" and Derrick doesn't like it. I just have only ever had and can think about a boy, so that's what I'm use to saying. I guess now I am calling "her" a "she" but it just feels weird. I just can't wait until we know for sure.

I wish I had an updated belly shot. This was me at 13 weeks. (I had a belly at 8 weeks.. so much for keeping it a real secret. Almost everyone who sees me said they thought I was pregnant) I've been told you get bigger faster with your second pregnancy, but this has not been the case for me. I did show quickly, but I did with Aaron too. I was in maternity pants and shirts (not even the rubber-band on my normal pants fit) at about 11 weeks with Aaron. Now I'm 18 weeks and still not quite there. My pants that are usually too big for me are perfect now, so haven't busted out the maternity box quite yet. Which works because Aaron was a winter pregnancy, so I don't already have maternity shorts or capris.

That pretty much sums it up. Hopefully I will have an announcement next time!