Fall Colors

While watching the Biggest Loser, I thought I would give a little blog update... Things of course have been crazy, go figure :) I flew to Sac last week on Tuesday night through Friday night... Tuesday I had a sleepover with Lindsay, followed by a full day of meetings Wednesday for the dental society... Spent more time with Linds, then had dinner and watched the World Series with my co-workers...Thursday was convention, Thursday night I had dinner with my cousin... Friday was teaching convention and driving home... Needless to say by the time I got home Friday night I was EXHAUSTED! Plus I had a hard time sleeping.

Halloween was very fun and busy... Em's soccer game in the morning, naps for everyone, and getting ready for Halloween. I wanted to take Ty trick or treating but it really didnt work out, he loved the Kids Karnival though, he could really care less about getting candy, he really wanted to play the games. I obviously did not post pictures of him as "Tigger", I will soon, but I really need to take a few more pictures of him in it!

My mother in law has been very sick lately, she was in the hospital for 4 days last week with a staph infection in her nose that has been giving her lots of problems. This really needs to get healed and to be done quickly, please be praying for her!

This week I had small group Sunday (I was so exhausted I went to bed), hosted a baby shower Monday, tonight I vegged, tomorrow I will be spending time with the family, Thursday is hanging out with friends' families, Friday night friends are coming over for dinner, and Saturday night is Girls Night :) Lots to look forward to! I have a dental society conference next weekend and Aaron is going to come with me and enjoy relazing. We might be buying a new car from my brother at Enterprise, a Nissan Altima, so hopefully everything will work out with it.

In other baby news, I'm officially half way over and last week I finally popped out a little and I'm wearing maternity clothes... I'm very thankful that it takes so long to start showing, less time to be huge :) I've probably gained about 5 pounds total, but instead of writing about my ultrasound, what I'm having, and my doctor appointment... I have to wait another week :( I came home from work waiting for Aaron, 20 minutes before my appointment I checked my voicemail and found out that the ultrasound tech was sick and my appoitnment has to be rescheduled. I was so frustrated, bawling and disappointed... I knew 2 people that had ultrasounds yesterday and one tomorrow, it's a bummer for me! Luckily, finding out the sex has no bearing on when I will have the baby, so I have to be a little patient to find out what I can paint the room but hopefully the baby will be a lot more cooperative than maybe he/she would be today. I get to see Stephanie too, so that's a plus! A little OTH, chocolate, potato skins, laughing with Brittany, and walking with Meg definitely made my day/night better... So, until next week!

Daddy and Ty carving pumpkins

All 4 of us

With his buddy Em

Climbing on hay bales

Ty wanting to wear headbands like mommy

Finally a Free Moment

I finally have a free moment to blog a little... I don't have any new pictures, which makes me feel horrible, but I'm planning on taking pictures this weekend as we head to the pumpkin patch and we carve pumpkins on Saturday. I also am going to try to take Tyler's pictures in his Tigger Halloween outfit this weekend, he's not really a fan of it, so we will see how it goes.

Things in the Hinrichs' household has been insane! I'm tired! I'm finally feeling 100%, I get random cramping and headaches, but so far no heart burn and nausea is gone, YAY! Work has been insane, I have to say that I really am not enjoying work right now. I have an amazing class and amazing staff, I'm just so tired and overwhelmed. It's also difficult that I'm also doing the dental society (hence my free moment because I'm in charge of a CE course today), plus doing all of the other stuff to keep me busy: spending time building relationships, doctor appointments, playing with my son, volunteering at church and doing my small group, and it doesn't help I've been out of town a ton. The first weekend of October I was at a field trip to Safari West (awesome!) and King Tut exhibit (awesome!), followed by 2 days in Medford with my mother in law, sister in laws, and my niece. It was an exhausting 4 days. I came home for 4 days then left again for 3.5 days with my mom to head to Sac and then head up to Women's Camp (awesome!) Last weekend was very nice because my husband and I got to go on a date and we got to completely finish Tyler's new room, where he now sleeps in his big bed and has taken over our spare room. The baby room is now empty besides a crib and dresser, we will figure out what will happen in that room in 1.5 weeks when I find out what we're having. This weekend is busy with a dinner with friends tonight, pumpkin patch with friends tomorrow, a birthday party, pumpkin carving and pizza with my boys Saturday night, and report card work on Sunday... I leave to go out of town AGAIN on Tuesday. I fly out Tuesday night to Sac where I will have a sleepover with Lindsay at my hotel, followed by meetings with California Dental Association all day Wednesday. I then will meet up with my fellow teachers for a Christian Teachers Conference Thursday and Friday... Are you tired yet just reading my craziness?!?!

Luckily I'm blessed with such a wonderful husband, laundry is getting done, my new housekeeper is amazing, I am getting to spend time with my boy even though I feel guilty every other day that I'm sacrificing time with him right now, I'm building relationships with old and new friends, and I'm realizing God's new design and potential for Aaron and I in ministry together. We are not doing youth anymore, but we actually volunteered in 2 & 3's last week, the last time we did that is when I taught 4&5 year olds when we were dating... We are still hosting our small group, helping to lead young adults, Aaron will still be doing the 30 hour famine and Turkey Drive for Food for People this year, plus we are going to start marriage courses and ministry at the beginning of the year. God is good and He is faithful, even when people fail us and disappoint us, God never gives up on me. I keep that close to my heart.

In other news, my little man is definitely a 2 year old and has multiple personalities. He went to the doctor and weighs 35 pounds and is 36 inches tall! He loves sleeping in his big bed, has peed in the potty once, and is going to be a nightmare getting rid of his binky! He loves talking and is talking more and more each day. He has a love for movies, trains, cars, motorcycles, coloring, balls, and playing outside. He likes to play lion and having pretend camp-outs in our living room in his sleeping bag with daddy. He has the most amazing manners, when he wants something he always says please and when I give him something he always responds with thanks. He still does not say yes, which cracks me up, I was so into making him say please that when you ask him if he wants something he always says no, but if it's followed by please, he really means yes...

I promise to post again with pictures of pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, and Halloween! :)

My Baby is Two

I can't believe he's 2... I know that is what everyone says, but it truly is a bittersweet moment. He is definitely not my baby anymore and is growing up to be a handsome little man... I can't complain, I know he's busy and always on the go, but he sleeps excellent! He goes to bed at 8, wakes up at 7:30, daycare days he naps for about 2-2.5 hours, non-daycare days he usually takes two naps or naps for 3.5 hours... He's always on the go and really enjoys his much needed sleep! Ty doesn't have his doctor appointment till next Friday and weirdly enough my mom is taking him... She volunteered and I took the date because I called to make his appointment twice and they said they didn't have September's schedule up yet, then when I called again, they were booked through September... Grr... Now my mom has to take him to see the doctor that she can't stand and deal with his shots... I love her :) Anyways, besides the sleeping Tyler is doing excellent, his vocabulary is building daily, he loves to play, loves his friends, he is very polite and always says please and thank you... He amazingly listens very well when he gets in trouble, he hates it when we count to 3, but he listens, he doesn't like time-outs, but he stays still... I think starting these things at 18 months really trained him to listen and follow directions. He sat on his potty and farted today :) ha ha... First thing he has ever done, but I think that's a big deal considering he had to know to push, right? I'm not in any hurry to potty train him, I know it's bad to push it, and I know that boys usually take a little longer, it's just my goal to hopefully have him potty trained by the time the next one's here! He still won't read books with me, any suggestions? He will not sit still and even if he might be sitting still, I'll read a page and he'll want to do it himself or take the book from me and go sit by himself to read the pages... Hmm...

On to me! Pregnancy is going okay, I went home from school last Friday because I was puking non-stop, dizzy, shaking, weird stuff! I'm still not convinced it was completely pregnancy related, but I think I was sick and that was mixed with exhaustion! Now I have the lovely metal-mouth taste from my prenatal vitamins, it is HORRIBLE!!! Especially drinking water is disgusting! I'm really hoping that is going to be gone very soon! I go to the doctor in a few weeks, but so far I'm doing good, still in the in-between stage where I'm not in maternity clothes yet, but my regular clothes just don't fit right. I only have 21 weeks left of work... (4 weeks of vacation mixed in there)... I appreciate prayer considering sickness, metal mouth... I will be travelling a lot in October and get car sick frequently pregnant, so keep me in your thoughts :)

Birthday dinner at Adels
Getting ready for his party

Eating lunch with friends: Kate, Jordan, Tyler, my Tyler, and Ari

Eating birthday cake that MeMaw made

One of my little man's 2 year pictures

Labor Day Pictures & Prego Appt

Here are the pictures I promised from Labor Day... Just a few :) I forgot my camera! Ty was so cute on the tube, he is so stinkin' adorable! I can't believe he's going to be 2 tomorrow... Seriously, where does the time go?!?!

I went to my 12 week appointment today... So frustrating, my appointment was at 4:30, we didn't get called in until 5:20... the midwife didn't see me until 5:35... Appointment was done by 5:42ish... I pretty much heard the heartbeat and left... I know it's not their fault, emergencies come up, but I had so many more important things to do then waste 2 hours at an appointment!

In other news, Aaron and I are trying to sell his Iphone on ebay and it's such a pain! I've had 3 fraudulent buyers so far that are trying to trick me into sending my iphone to them or my information... I just want to sell this thing and get it over with! Grr!

The "kids" table

Labor Day & Surviving the First Week of School

First week of school is over and guess what?!?! I SURVIVED! I threw up Monday morning before I left for school and didn't feel sick or nauseated until I threw up Friday afternoon when I got home from school... Weird timing, huh?

We headed up to the lake where I continued to get sick, had many headaches, and cramps. Luckily it made me sleep a lot (Sunday night I went to bed at 8:30) and I did a lot of relaxing, playing games, napping, watching tennis, reading magazines, playing with my baby... Needless to say, it was much needed and at school today I'm feeling a lot better! Please keep me in your prayers though, with Aaron's job change, me going full-time plus adding a job I really have no clue what I'm doing has been very hard. We have been extremely busy and it's not slowing down! One of my presents for having two jobs is I get a housecleaner twice a month that starts tomorrow! My house is always picked up, I hate it looking messy, but the cleaning part is something I really don't like to do, so my present to myself will make me very happy! :)

I'm pleased to also announce that after many spankings and long talks, Tyler does not take off his pajamas or diaper anytime when he sleeps, we have not had another incident and I'm so glad that we could solve the problem by actually talking to him, rather than fixing our whole schedule! My little man is going to be 2 on Thursday, it's so crazy, I still can't believe I not only have a toddler, but that very soon he is going to be a big brother!

The lake was very fun, we really didn't do much, my family was there plus the Hunts and Munthers, we had fun dinners, fun conversations, and lots of relaxing! I will post a picture later of Tyler on the tube for the first time, he went with his dad and for the most part he had fun, he really didn't laugh or cry, but I think it was a good adventure for him, next year I really want him to try waterskiing, but we will see.

Crazy schedule this week:
Tuesday- Dental Society Board Meeting Tonight
Wednesday- doctor appt
Thursday- Ty birthday dinner
Friday- last minute birthday planning
Saturday- Ty's party
Sunday- Young Adult's Potluck


AAGH :)

Life Update

Now that I did my events update, I will update the rest of my life... What should I do first... So much to say!

I'll start with my job stuff... I started working full-time teaching, today was our first school day! I'm very lucky to be the only teacher that has a single grade and I only have 11 students, I know that it will be lots of fun! I also decided to take on the role of Executive Director of the Humboldt Del Norte Dental Society... A fellow teacher & friend did the job for 14 years and is now passing it on to me... I'm very excited about it, I do lots of organizational things, a few meetings, work mainly from home or school, and get a nice little bonus of money :)

Second, I'll do Aaron's job stuff... Aaron decided officially the beginning of last month to stop working at Faith Center.... Our family is growing, we have opposite schedules, and we are both a little worn out... He's been offered a job at Maples Plumbing for the past 5-6 years and finally decided that it is time to take it... I get off work at 3, he gets off work at 4... Amazing! He still will keep his pastor's license, occassionaly speak on the weekend, we will still go to Faith Center obviously, and starting in January we are hoping to be in charge of more community outreach projects that we are passionate about and hopefully start a new married & married with kids type groups and activities... We are excited about our new changes, but change is always hard, we are both glad we will be still in contact with the kids, but it will definitely be hard not being around them as much...

Third, I'm prego, big surprise :) I'm prego with 2 jobs, (Holy Crap!) :) We are both very excited about baby # 2, we got pregnant the first month we tried, so it happened a little faster than we thought it would! Baby # 2 will be due March 23rd, so sometime that month I will be done with school and will take the rest of the year off and go back to school in August as long as everything works out. I have to say Baby #2 has been very hard on me. I've been very sick and very tired! I've thrown up a lot more than I did with Tyler, I have horrible headaches, and heartburn is starting a lot sooner than it did with Tyler, my heartburn with Tyler was awful, so I'm not sure what to expect this pregnancy. I've been exhausted and have practicially taken naps every time Tyler does... Tomorrow starts full days until 3 and Ty will already have napped, please pray for me, it's going to be hard! I've got myself on a schedule of going to bed by 10 because I have to wake up by 6:30, I just really need this fatigue part to stop because after school I will have a little boy that's ready to go! I'm also almost ready for prego clothes, which I know is normal, but last time I didn't start showing till my late teen weeks, so it's hard at just 11 weeks to realize my days in normal clothes are numbered... Most of my jeans fit fine, it's just half the shirts I wear look so funny because I look like I have a little pudge! I'm trying to wear shirts that are a little looser in the belly area, but I know that I will be showing before no time! That's all the prego news I really have to share, I'm 11 weeks tomorrow and I head to the doctor on the 8th... Once I start to show, I promise to be good and start taking some belly pics!

I don't think I have any more updates, but I'll let everyone know if I do!

Lastly, I do need some advice, Tyler is taking off his pajamas when he gets up in the morning and taking off his diaper... Friday morning he peed all over his bed, Sunday morning he pooped all over... I'm at a loss, no pajamas will stay on... Almost tempted just to let him wear jeans to bed, any suggestions?

Bad Blogger

I have so much that I haven't blogged about and it's been so long, that I decided to do a quick blog to update you on my life and then I can get back into "blogging" mode... I haven't not wanted to blog, it's just been so overwhelming because there's so much stuff that has happened that getting behind is hard... My best friend Lindsay married Ross on August 1st and my brother married my new sister Katelyn on August 15th... In the first wedding I was the matron of honor, Ty was the ring bearer, and Aaron performed the wedding... In the second wedding, I was a bridesmaid, Ty was a ring bearer, and Aaron performed part of the ceremony! It was a busy and fun couple of weeks! We also took Ty on a small vacation to San Francisco after Brice & Kate's wedding to go to Rainforest Cafe, the Aquarium, Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, and a boat ride under the Golden Gate Bridge... It was a busy few days, but Ty did so good! Okay, there's my update from July 22-the end of August... Up next, Prego talk :)

Brice & Kate
My family: Aaron, Ty, me, Mama, Kate, Brice, Dad, Jennifer, Ayden, and Brady

Emily, Linds, Ross, and my cooperative man

Me & my Linds

Linds' bridal shower I threw a few days before the wedding