Family: A gift that lasts forever

I have a wall sticker from the dollar store that says that and it seemed an appropriate title....

Dear Blog Readers,

It appears the Hightower Family of 3 is going to be a family of 4. I'm only a whoppin 6.5 weeks along so I've decided to only share this with my blog reading friends and family.Our little fetus is starting to look something like this little worm creature.
This throws a wrench in a few of my plans but then I always have plans with wrenchs in them. The morning sickness while in school (especially a cooking class) is my least favorite thing. You should have seen the way I was sobbing at the idea of going to class last Thursday to make meatballs. Lets just say I ditched my first class of the semester. I've had a cold for a couple days recently and I can't take any drugs to help me feel better so that has just been insult to injury.

I've decided it makes the most sense for me to go ahead and finish in August and hope that Ryan can still pass his classes with us both in school. He's done pretty well this month even with me being sick and worthless. I'll have to miss some school in June to go with the Hightowers/Nortons to Mexico. I'm very excited to actually fly on a plane and leave the country (2 things I've never done) but I am worried about missing school since summer school moves twice as fast.

Insurance plans are still sorta iffy. The job thing is kind of up in the air depending on whether the company can seal the deal on these new projects they are trying to grab. If he gets the job before I finish school in August then all will be well. Assuming the job doesn't work out I may have to finish school but not apply for graduation and just keep pretending to be a student to get insurance. Regardless of the insurance situation though I still plan to give birth at Bella Natal birthing suites with a midwife. More on that later though.

My house is the biggest disaster you could possibly imagine. It was bad before now it's ridiculous. It's hard to find the motivation to get out of bed let alone pick something up that Kaylee has dragged out of the cupbords or her toy baskets. She's so dang cute though it's hard to blame her.

I am very excited to have another tiny child to hold in my arms! Fall will be exciting in our family. Ryan's birthday is September 27th and then baby's will be around October 14th. Mine and Kaylee's will be the 16th and 23rd. Family party? I think Kaylee will benefit from having a younger sibling and I think 2 years apart is a great age gap. Bring on the nursing bras and the infant seats! (in 8 months)

Stacey