Busy, busy time....

We have been so busy that I haven't updated in the blog in forever. Obviously the big news around here is that Little Man will be here in less than 2 days. To say we are excited is an understatement. His room is ready with everything hung up except for 4-5 baseball cards of John's that I am matting and framing. We also have one wall ready to go for when Grandma comes down. We're thinking Bevo and Smokey...gotta have some UT in there somehow, someway.
I am officially on maternity leave. I started Friday at 4:00 but didn't leave school till 5:30. One thing about me as a teacher is that when it comes to my lessons I am overly prepared so getting ready to be out for 8 weeks was nerve wracking but luckily I work with 2 awesome 6th grade teachers and my department is wonderful so I'm not worried. It was strange walking out of there on Friday knowing I wouldn't be back till the end of March. Of course, I'll go up and visit once or twice but March is the earliest that this would happen. We have to wait till cold & flu season is over before I'll even think about taking the baby up to school.
Mollie is getting excited about her "Bubba" getting here. She knows how many days are left and where his room is but I know the truth of what is going on hasn't hit her yet and that's okay. However, we are still working on her potty training and are proud to say that she has gone potty 3 times so far! She loves how excited we get when she goes, and the candy she gets after wards, so hopefully after he gets here she won't get off course.
She's doing so well in school. She can count to 20 in English and Spanish, count to 10 on her hands, knows her left from her right, is speaking in 4-5 word sentences and loves to take her crayons and quiz me or John on the colors. Of course if we get it right, we get praise from her. It's so cute!
John's spring has started to really gear up. He is full-on with girls and boys basketball and soccer and also has baseball, softball and track about to start practicing. The nice thing with him being at Dickinson is that they don't have wrestling so we get him home a little bit more during the week and weekends then we would have had he still been at Brook. He'll be taking this week off with me and the baby since I'll be in the hospital till Friday but will go back next week. At that time, since I won't be able to drive, my mom and John will be shuttling Mollie to and from daycare so we can keep her in her routine as much as possible.
Well, that's all for now but no worries. Come Tuesday pictures and a name will be posted. Of course since my c-section isn't scheduled till noon it may be awhile but we are excited to meet the newest member of our family. Love to all!