28 Weeks!

How far along? 28 Weeks
Total weight gain: I just gave up counting...
Maternity clothes? Yes, all the time! 
Stretch marks? None, but my tummy sure is itchy. However Kim K said that if you scratch then you will get stretch marks...See you can learn things from "Keeping Up With The Kards"
Sleep: Still not sleeping past 6:30, but my naps are getting longer and more frequent.
Best moment this week:  We had our first shower this past weekend with our Supper Club group. I am so blessed that we have found a group of friends that are fun and have growing families too. I told Josh the other night that it warms my heart to know Maddie will have a group of friends to grow up with that are close in age. 
Miss Anything? Clothes! Nothing fits, looks good, or feels right. I also miss working out! Yes I said it; I miss working out. It made me feel so good afterwards and there's nothing more I can do now except for a short walk. 
Movement: She's turn into a morning person since school has started!
Food cravings: Reese cups and cheesecake (see why I'm such a hippo)
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Heartburn
Belly Button in or out? It's barely in. 
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: Josh and I go to birthing class this weekend. I can't wait to see Josh's face when he watches the video. I will be sure to blog about our adventure! 






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My Saving Grace during Pregnancy!

So the other day someone asked me what have been the essentials since I've been pregnant. There have been 3 things that every pregnant woman should have during this time.


The first thing you HAVE to have is Antacids!! Yes, these things taste like chalk, but they work! I have a bottle of these in my purse, in my desk at school, and by my bedside table. Get some, you'll thank yourself when it's midnight and it feels like your insides are on fire!!

I have a friend who told me about this product. She was later on into her pregnancy and was talking about how much trouble she was having putting lotion on her legs, until she found this. Like sunscreen in a spray can this is lotion. Spray it on, and there you go. You really don't even have to rub it in. This has been a lifesaver for me because 1: It's hard to bend over and rub lotion in, and 2: I was already lazy about putting lotion on and now that I'm pregnant it's gotten worse.

And of course this lotion is great for stretch marks. The same friend who told me about the spray lotion gave me my first tub of Udderly Smooth . I put it on after I get out of the shower and so far, no stretch marks! I've seen this product in Big Lots before, but a Farmer's Co-Op store sells it for sure! 

Hope this can help some pregnant woman out.




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Week 26 & 27

How far along? 27 Weeks
Total weight gain: I haven't been back on the scale since last time...
Maternity clothes? Yes, full on.
Stretch marks? None that I can see this week
Sleep: I have accepted the fact that even when I can sleep late I cannot sleep past 6:30, oh well!
Best moment this week:  Football season starting! This is my favorite time of year! Although I can't enjoy it the way I usually do (i.e. Yellowhammers at Gallettes),but I'll survive!
Miss Anything? See above question
Movement: She moves non-stop! I think she's doing flips!
Food cravings: Blue Bell Vanilla Ice cream.
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Heartburn
Belly Button in or out? In-ish 
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: Celebrating Josh's birthday this week...he turns the BIG 2-9!!









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25 Weeks!

How far along? 25 Weeks
Total weight gain: So Saturday morning I got on the scale and FREAKED!! I was shocked at what I saw...
Maternity clothes? Maternity pants for sure...However since the weather is warm I'm wearing a lot of dresses. 
Stretch marks? I have noticed one or two, but Josh says he doesn't see anything and I'm imagining them.
Sleep: Pretty good. I've been exhausted every night from school, so I'm going to sleep pretty quick.
Best moment this week:  Josh FINALLY felt her move! I was so excited for him :) 
Miss Anything? Being able to put anything in my closet on and it look/fit right. 
Movement: She moves a little in the morning after breakfast, but most movement at night.
Food cravings: Just cereal, like I have the whole time.
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: I'm still having the bought with heartburn. 
Belly Button in or out? In-ish 
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: I get to see my sweet girl at my appointment this week. We are hoping she has grown enough that Dr. Myers won't request another ultra sound. 






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Buy Buy for Baby Maddie

                                 

This weekend was an exciting one in the Fryer household: Baby Furniture shopping!! Josh's mother came up for the weekend to help us decide on Madelyn's baby furniture. She also helped me deep clean my house, which was AWESOME! Jackie has made the comment that she lives to clean, and goodness she is great at it. I am so thankful to have such a wonderful mother in-law that will drive 3 and half hours and get right to cleaning a home that doesn't belong to her. When Josh arrived home from work Friday this is what the house looked like:

Carpets cleaned- check!

Everything out of Madelyn's room, so it can be deep cleaned.

I would like to think that we're "clean" people, but when you actually "clean, clean" you realize that there are places you don't get to in your everyday cleaning. Now that Maddie's coming I feel like I need to be one of those Danny Tanner moms that follow behind everyone with Windex and a cleaning cloth. Let's see how long that feeling lasts. 

So back to what I was originally talking about: baby furniture. We new the color we wanted and what pieces, but that was about it. So off we went to Birmingham. After 3 stores and lunch at PF Changs we made our purchase!!

                          

Such a tough decision! 

                                   

Love this store!

       

                    The mother load of baby stores!! 

It was a somewhat painless process. There were a few moments of, "Geez can you make a decision," or "What do you think?" and even one or two "Are you sure this is the one you want?" I am happy to check this off our "to-do" list. 

                           

School starts back this week. Please say a prayer for me as I begin my journey in 4th grade. I am a little worried about having enough energy to keep up with these kiddos all day.





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Week 24

How far along? 24 Weeks
Total weight gain: I don't want to know.
Maternity clothes? Wore my first pair of pregnancy leggings this week....AMAZING!!  I felt like Joey on Friends in his "Holiday Pants."
Stretch marks? Not yet, but Josh and I have notice that lovely brown/black line from the belly button down. Not too crazy about this, but it's part of pregnancy. 
Sleep: This week has been tough. Since school is starting this upcoming week I have laid awake at night thinking of all the things that need to be done.
Best moment this week:  Picking out Maddie's baby furniture!! Thanks to my mother in-law for helping us decide what to get. The only bummer is we have to wait 4 weeks for it to be delivered. Slowly her room is coming together.
Miss Anything? Being able to put anything in my closet on and it look/fit right. 
Movement: Still a night owl. I really hope Josh will be able to feel her soon. As soon as he places his hand on my stomach she stops moving. Sneaky girl!
Food cravings: Still anything sweet. I'm hoping once school starts back I can get into a routine and start to eat better.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Still only heartburn after most meals.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: I had my first bought with my sciatic nerve. It does't hurt as much as it is aggravating.
Belly Button in or out? In-ish
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: Getting back into the swing of things. I know once school starts back time will fly by and I can hopefully start to get in a better routine. 

Last Day of Summer Freedom!

So in mourning of the last day of my Summer Break I wanted to compile a list of all my favorite things I am going to miss once school starts back! These are in no particular order, enjoy!


1. Sleeping in.
2. Waking up and watching The Today Show.
3. Taking my time to make/eat my breakfast.
4. Wearing a t-shirt, Nike shorts, and flip flops most days.
5. Letting my hair air-dry.
6. Eating lunch whenever I please.
7. Meeting Josh for lunch.
8. Watching my crime shows (Dateline, American Justice, etc.).
9. Keeping up with my recorded shows that Josh calls "trash."
10. Grocery shopping when the crowds are at their minimum.
11. Having the time to wash my clothes during the day and not on the weekend or at night after school.
12. Going to work in my classroom when and however long I wanted to.
13. Spending time with Bouncer and Shadow.
14. Not having to put on make-up.
15. Not having to put on a bra, if I didn't want to.
16. Staying up late to watch Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon.
17. Having a designated "cleaning day" of my choice.
18. Spending countless hours in TJ Maxx, Target, etc.
19. Going to the gym when I choose (although I haven't been that much this summer).
20. Napping.


Now I am sure as post this I will think of 10 more things that I will miss, but you get the gist of what I'm saying. And I know that each one of you identify with something on this list.

I realized very soon that this would be the last summer I would spend "alone." Next summer I will have Maddie with me to entertain/ keep me very busy.

I have enjoyed you so much Summer Break!!

23 Weeks!

How far along? 23 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 13 lbs. +
Maternity clothes? Wearing lots of Josh's t-shirts and tons of dresses!! 
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Fighting with Bounce on who gets to use the Pregnancy Pillow and tee-tee every hour
Best moment this week:  Sitting in church and having Maddie move around while the music played!
Miss Anything? I would love a nice, cold margarita!
Movement: I feel her a lot, especially at night (hence the night owl comment above).
Food cravings: I made these Key Lime cupcakes....amazing!
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Had my first feel of Maddie being on my sciatic nerve...not comfortable!
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Nonnie is coming to visit this week in hopes to finding some furniture for the nursery! 



Meagan ~

Guess Who's Back....Again!?!?

I really love the idea of keeping up a blog, but the reality of doing it is another thing! So as Josh and I start this new chapter in our lives I really want to try and document it as much as possible.

Meagan

Moving is for the birds...

Good Afternoon, oh and ROLL TIDE ROLL!!

That's right the Alabama Crimson Tide will be playing for their 15th National Championship tonight! Whoop Whoop! My only wish is that my dad could see how awesome the Tide is! I also wouldn't mind being in the 85 degree Miami weather watching the game! And the reason we can't be there is because WE ARE MOVING!!

                                 

 Sold after 4 days! We were so lucky! 

Yes I am proud to announce that the house above will become the Fryers' next home in about 2 weeks! As I said above our house now sold in 4 days. Right after Thanksgiving we met with our real estate agent who told us that during the holidays homes don't usually sell because people are all about the holidays. So Josh and I expected that we would have people come and look in January. Well 2 days later our real estate agent called and had someone interested in looking at our house. We scurried around picking up and making our home look nice and cozy. We really didn't think anything would come from it, but we were still excited that someone was interested. After the lady came and looked at our home for a second time, we decided we would go and look at a home we saw on the internet that looked like something we would be interested in. When we met to look at the home our agent told us that she had an offer on our house!! We were shocked! We expected the house to be on the market until at least Spring!

We then had to go into overdrive and find us a new home! After a couple of homes the one above felt like the perfect place for us. It has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, big enough for us to start our family (one day soon). Also more for me to clean (a little worried  nervous about).

Our home now looks like the moving tornado has come through. For there to be only 2 people we sure have A LOT of crap  stuff. I love to get rid of stuff (because that means I can get NEW stuff). I will definitely never be called a hoarder!

School starts back for me on Wednesday and I will be busy until moving day/weekend. So everything is pretty much packed up and ready to be moved. Please pray for our sanity and a smooth moving process.

I will be sure to keep you up to date!

Again ROLL TIDE ROLL

 
Meagan ~

New Year, New Blog!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! 

I hope everyone had an exciting New Years Eve! Here at the Fryers we hung out in our pjs and watched football. I tried out a new Pinterest recipe. Exciting I know. 

We had our "New Years" Saturday night when we went to the Zac Brown Concert. This was the 4th or 5th time we've seen them. Can you say a little obsessed? If you haven't seen them live you are missing out. They put on a great show! 

I hope everyone enjoys their New Years Day. Remember to eat your collards (money) and black eye peas (luck). I know we did :) 

First Week of School

I have survived my first week of school with just a cold! Yuck. Josh started feeling bad Sunday afternoon and by Wednesday I had caught his "funk." Needless to say there are ton of Kleenexes around the Fryer house.

Besides the sickness, the first week of school was overwhelming good. I didn't realize how exhausting 13 boys could be. By the time I get home in the afternoons, it's all I can do to cook dinner. I've been asleep by 9:00 all this week. The first day of school we didn't have an enrichments (PE, Spanish, etc) so we had the kids all day ourselves. I was going BANANAS by 2:55 Tuesday afternoon. My patience will definitely be tested this year. I also feel like there are going to be lots of laughs too! I will be sure to post all of them here!

Are you guys ready for football as much as I am?!?! I can hardly wait for College GameDay on ESPN and watching football ALL DAY Saturday!

Until next time!

Meagan ~

My first Currently & Back to School!

I'm excited! This is my first Currently! Head on over the here to try it out yourself!

This is my last week of freedom! I start school next week :(  I've been working hard in my classroom. If you look in my classroom right now it doesn't look like I've done anything, but I promise I have! I'll post pictures of my room when it's complete.

Oh and I need to mention that this year I have ALL BOYS!!! Yes you heard that right ALL BOYS!! I'm a little nervous about this, but it's only for homerooms. I'm sure I will have lots and lots of stories to share about my adventures in an all boy classroom. I've already had to go out and buy a new Class Pet because I felt the cute little frog I bought wasn't boy friendly.

Until next time!

Meagan

Sunshine Award

A Big thanks go to Kathleen's Korner for nominating me for this award!! I always like be associated with sunshine! 

Here's how this award works.
1. First, {and foremost} thank the person who honored you with this award. Thank you Kathleen!!
2. Answer the questions below about yourself.   (Below)
3. Pay it forward and nominate 10 fellow bloggers who inspire you. Be sure to let them know you are nominating them. Link up their blogs to yours. (Below)
4. Be sure to copy the award and share it on your blog.

Ok here we go!!

1. Favorite color: I don't really have one favorite color. However if you look in my closet I wear a lot of green, black, & coral, so I guess subconsciously those are my favorite colors :)

2. Favorite Animal: My favorite animals have to be my 2 little pooches: Shadow & Bouncer

3. Favorite Number: When I was younger and played sports I was always number 14.
4. Favorite Drink: I drink water 95% of the time, but I do love a glass of sweet tea & chocolate milk!
5. Facebook or Twitter: I have both, but I prefer Facebook. I'm not that savvy with Twitter.
6.  Good book or Movie: I love books that turn into movies. I always have to read the book before and I usually prefer the book over the movie!
7.  My Passion: I love my family, my faith, and my job. I know all of these can get tough at times, but I wouldn't want to be without any of them.
8. Giving or Getting gifts? I love to give, but it's also nice to get sometimes ;)
9.  Favorite Day of the Week? I love Saturdays, especially football Saturdays! Roll Tide Roll!
10. Favorite Flower?  Gerber Daisies are my absolute favorite!

Okay nominate some blogs that inspire you!
1. Feels Like Home to Me

Meagan ~

Do you happen to have the time?

In 3-8 business days I will! I've been wanting a new watch since my last watch was stolen err I mean lost (when you leave your watch laying in a public place and you go back and its gone I don't claim it was stolen I call it me losing it). I love Michael Kors' watches but I just couldn't being myself to pay a lot of money for a watch that might get lost again. However as I was doing my morning check of Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest I found a pin of a watch that I thought looked like me. Being curious I clicked the link to see how expensive the watch was and you know what I found? That it was on sale!!!!!!! Yes, Nordstrom is having their Anniversary sale and this particular watch was included in their sale. I was soo excited, so being the sweet wife I am I called my husband to make sure he didn't mind I purchase this watch. And being the AWESOME husband that he is, told me if that was what I wanted then I could have it...SCORE! So in a couple of days I will be wearing my new, lovely, ON SALE Michael Kors watch!! I promise not to lose this one, I will guard it with my life!!!

Are you an impulse buyer, or are you like me and mull over an item for awhile before you buy it?

Have a great day!

Tell Me More, Tell Me More!

I've had my blogg for a bout a year, but I'm not a serious blogger by any means. It's hard to come up with a clever blogg title. I see all this great bloggs and thnk, "Why didn't I think of that!?!?" Oh Well!
I found this on Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons. Enjoy!




1. See this cutie right there? No not the one on the right :), the one on the left! That's my hubby Josh. We've been married a little over 3 years. We are both from the same hometown, had mutual friends, but didn't meet each other until we were in college. When we first met I thought he was shy and quiet, but I was wrong! He makes me laugh everyday, almost to tears! We have the best time anywhere we go; be it the grocery store or Barnes & Noble we can have fun.


2. I'm a HUGE BAMA fan! My husband's company has a box at Bryant-Denny so we get to the Tide play a few games a season from the box. I love being inside there when it's 100 degrees or 50 degrees out. Also the food is AMAZING!

3. Also did I mention my hasband's an avid Auburn fan?!?! He went to Auburn, but works for a company that have a box and are obbsessed with all thing Alabama.Yeah we have a house divided. He's a good sport and the only time we have to be separated is during the Iron Bowl. :)

 

4. Friends and family are so important to me, and I am lucky to say that my best friends are the ones I've had since childhood. Although we all don't live in the same town, we always have a good time when we get together.




5. I love to travel! If I could go somewhere every week, I would! Since I'm a teacher and get summers off I get the itch to go and experience something new!

"The House that Jerry built."- Dallas Cowboy Stadium

The Stockyards- Ft. Worth, TX.

Antigua- My Hneymoon :)

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Changes

No you aren't imagining things, I did change the name and layout of my blog! I just wanted something different! So look for some fun, different posts throughout the week, like "Teaching Tuesdays," and some others!

I have a busy week coming up. I am going to Memphis, TN for the first time! However, it's for business not pleasure. I'm going to the Lausanne Laptop Institute. It's a technology conference that I'm attending with 4 other teachers from my school. We're staying in the Peabody Hotel, and yes that's the hotel where the ducks stay. I hope to eat some Memphis BBQ, visit Beale St., catch the ducks swimming in the hotel, and get a tiny glimpse of Graceland. I'm only going to be there 2 days, but a girl can dream! Once I return it's back to the classroom to get it ready for my new kiddos. I can't believe that summer break is half way over! It's been a busy summer!

I look forward to sharing some of the things I did and saw while in Memphis. Until then!

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Teaching Tuesdays

As many of you know I teach 2nd grade and I started thinking that I should have a post every Tuesday about things I'm doing to get ready for school, cool ideas I've found, funny stories during the year, and cool activities during the school year!

I have about a month before I start back to school, but I'm constantly on the look out for things to use/put in my classroom. Pinterest has been a really big help. I'm so thankful that there are so many teachers out there who have great ideas and are willing to share them! I'm also a thrift store freak. I go at least twice a month. I look for gently used books, nic-nacs, and things I can use to make crafts. You have be patient, but I usually find some good deals. So look forward to my "Teaching Tuesdays" posts coming up!

Happy Birthday America!

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July! I spent mine at the beach. We took our annual Fryer Family beach trip; which consist of Josh and myself along with Shadow and Bouncer. Josh doesn't get a lot of vacation time (that could be a post in itself), so it's nice spending a week together doing nothing. That's pretty much what we did; we ate, we sunbathed, we napped, we caught up on some reading, Nothing too exciting. I did notice one thing; when you go on vacation and it's just the two of you, you seem to take little, if any pictures. So here are the few pictures I took on our trip.