im just cloning perfection

so my tummy is definitely visible and i started back to school this Wednesday.

the kids were really not sure if they should say anything, but i saw their "wow-mrs.lynch-has-a-larger-belly" faces and spoke quickly before they could say anything they might regret.

i told a few of my classes that i wasn't pregnant..i was just cloning perfection. like three kids laughed. which means only three kids got it. silly sheltered catholic kids.

they were very excited however. and laughed when i explained that they were going to have to figure out how to keep their bookbags under their chairs because soon i won't be able to see what's beneath my belly and i can't afford to trip. i have tripped twice, so much for their concern.

they are sweet about it though, wanting to know the sex, the name, when i am leaving, who will be their sub. you know - the important stuff. and to answer them i simply say "get your books out and zip your mouths"

i think this year i am little more relaxed. maybe that has to do with having to take it easy, maybe that has to do with having two grades in the building know me and trust my teaching style. maybe its that i know i can do my job and have fun at the same time.

maybe its because one of my boys is totally entertaining, and performed "its raining men" for me this afternoon while waiting for the car-riders to be called. hand-gestures were included (disco style)
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so i am here 14 weeks and a day. i read that my baby can squint, frown, pee, and suck its thumb. not sure how proud i am of any of those...but i guess a milestone is a milestone any way that it comes.

the baby is technically as big as a lemon. but my belly seems to show that its more the size of an orange. so whichever way you look at it...my baby is a still fruit-sized and making its own urine.

yum. orange juice anyone?

someday i will have the guts to take some pictures of my belly and post them. for now...that feels odd. maybe its the fat girl in me that never thought it appropriate to show off anything large if i didn't have to...so you will have to wait and see.

drs. appointment next week...crazy to think i will be 15 weeks by then. when you count in weeks...this whole thing goes very fast.