Just a quick update!

Just a quick check-in....

Today marks the beginning of my third trimester!

James and I signed closing papers on our house last night!  Tomorrow is the final walkthrough & keys!

EXCITING!!!

Cali

Cali laying on Emma, and Emma kicking her over & over again in the face.  Cali doesn't seem to mind...

Labor Day Sunday

All is going well with the second house we are trying to buy...if it keeps going well we close on September 14th.  Today we had the Zabowskys & DiCenzos over for our possible last apartment party.  

25 weeks

EMMA VILLALPANDO

Top to Bottom, Emma's Profile, Hands, & Feet. 2 days before the ultrasound I felt her moving around for the first time.  She is an active girl. :D

Pregnancy

At the end of July we found out we are having a girl!  We are very excited, and it was fun telling the girl cousins here in Tucson.  Abby,5, yelled out "Awesome!" and gave Amber, 10, a high five in excitement.  Abby was a little nervous about what to do with a boy cousin.  We are naming our daughter Emma.  The pregnancy has been going really smoothly, and Emma is healthy.  On Wednesday the 22nd I will be 6 months.  At our ultrasound we had to wait an hour to find out what we were having.  She had her legs crossed in the beginning so the ultrasound technician focused on everything else for the first 50 minutes.  It was really hard to wait so long, but they did warn us that sometimes they can't tell at first and you have to come back.  So at least we were able to find out in the first visit.  Luckily we have two highly qualified registry consultants who live here (Tricia & Michael), so making our baby registry was a piece of cake.  If you would like to check them out we have one with Target and one with Amazon.  Lucky Emma will be having a San Diego and Tucson shower.  
Target Registry-

http://www.target.com/baby/registry/juQQHFvd1lsjX3Wf3EEjtw

 Amazon Registry-

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&id=3EX1HHAAZYE5U&type=baby

August

August has been a very busy month for us!  We have been house hunting and found a house we liked before the school year started.  At first this was a huge relief because it was nice to have found something before beginning the school year.  However, the house inspection did not go well.  The house had tons of problems, and the seller was not willing to cover the costs of them.  So we are on the hunt again.  
The first day of school was August 2nd.  I am teaching second grade this year for a change.  I don't have the stress of dealing with little ones this year, but I have gained the stress of learning a new grade's curriculum.  I do have a lot to be thankful for this year...so far my roster is only 19 students...a great staff....a lot more resources...a lot more technology...a shorter commute...a big class with lots of storage...and my Mom comes in a lot after school to help with filing, grading, etc.  The first two weeks have had their beginning of year stresses, but I am starting to get in the groove.