baby room!

So excited to get the baby room going! I've got all sorts of ideas flying around my head...and speaking of flying thats the theme i'm falling in love with: Birds!

One of my favorite bible verses and most needed is in Matthew 6:25 -

"Do not worry... Look at the birds"

It seems like in this fast paced, scary world there are so many things for us to worry about in our lives. This verse is such a reminder that I was created by God with reason! With reason much bigger than the worry that I waste too much of my time with. It seems like such a simple concept...

Between Jer and I we bring too much worry into our lives - when one of us sees the other falling into that pit, we remind each other to "Look at the birds" its become a common saying for us.

I want our little girl to grow up in an environment where she can focus on loving and being loved, not with worry. So I want her to be reminded to always Look at the birds!

Here are a few of my favorite baby room finds so far:

All birds found on etsy.com

Look at the birds :)

Until next time,
Brit

i miss you snowboarding.

Jer and I are Olympic crazy. Jeremy a far greater amount (understatement) than I. We both get so excited every two years when we get to hear the bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum...Olympic song.

The winter Olympics have been so great to watch this year, but it has created a little bit of dismay in our household: skiing/snowboarding withdrawals. Jer is the skier, I am the snowboarder. We both LOVE to go, but living in Lubbock the last 4 years has made making it out to the slopes a little more challenging and harder to find.

This Christmas we had a trip planned to head to a certain mountain in CO and get in a quality week long skiing trip.........then there was a positive pregnancy test. We got over not getting to hit the slopes (A baby is way cooler than that anyways!) but we sure are missing it - and those dang Olympiads seem to be mocking us out there in the snow.

Go USA!!!

Until next time,
Brit

sick me and the computer.

Our computer came down with a virus this week, and so did I. I blame the computer for me coming down with the yucky. Well in my departure from blogging I have had an Epiphany of smell!

Smell is one of my most favoritist senses, that and taste...both of which have been tainted by the pregnancy. Usually I love adding new scents to my home, but as of late, I have gotten rid of them all! The smells that used to woo me, now send me running to the bathroom.

Finally halfway into this pregnancy I have found a smell that is soothing rather than suffocating.

Coconut Lime Verbena

Since you can't attach smells to blogs I'll do my best to translate the scent into images. Enjoy!

Until next time,
Brit

tuesdays

I've got nothing good to say today. I spent the day in a mostly quiet room doing benchmark testing all day...it can turn your brain into mush.

The only intelligent thought I have for this Tuesday is a joke that was told on the morning announcements - those morning jokes always start my day off well. Hope it treats your Tuesday well!

Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?

Because he had not guts!!!

Until next time,

Brit

Happy Monday to you! School today was very very Monday. We stayed in Tarzan last night to watch the Superbowl with some good friends, which created a late night traveling back slowly in the fog and lead to a very tired morning.

In the spirit of the morning after the big game I would like to share with you my most favorite commercial, it made me so so happy - a good 53 seconds lift up after a long cold Monday. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)



Until next time,
Brit

Did you know?

Happy Friday! It really is a happy Friday, this week has been so fun, but no doubt incredibly exhausting! My plans are to rest this weekend - call me lame, I'll agree.

Anyways did you know that on this day in 1952 the first “Don’t Walk” sign was installed in New York City . The installation of this sign was inspired by the growing number of deaths resulting from pedestrian accidents. The use of these pedestrian traffic signs are still used today in order to make streets safer.

Thank you little orange hand, you have saved many lives. I plan on walking (or doing anything) as little as possible this weekend, hope you enjoy yours as much as I will mine!

Until next time,
Brit

Happy Birthday to the husband!!!!!!!

Today Jer is the big 2-5! Woo hoo for lower rates on car rentals and insurance :) and also for God making my husband and giving him to me, thank you!


Not too much exciting today, Jeremy actually had to work until late tonight :( Guess he's growing up! We are sharing a late night ice cream cake from Marble slab to top off his birthday :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMY! I LOVE YOU :)

Until next time,
Brit

5th grade = good reads

Student teaching this week has been splendid! I am falling in love with 5th grade. I have several teaching responsibilities for my first week and one of those is starting a new book for read-a-loud's with the students.

The book that has been sugested and I will start is called Schooled - Only a few chapters into pre-reading it now, but I don't want to stop! I am anxious to see what the 5th graders perspective of this book will be too



The story is about a boy named Cap who has lived with his grandmother, Rain, on a hippie commune for his whole life. When Rain breaks her hip from falling out of a tree picking plums, Cap is sent to live with a guidance counselor and introduced to the modern world from the view of middle school.

This fun comedic book gives the harsh reality of middle school a fresh perspective. Take a trip back to your reading roots and find a good young adult novel, this one I would highly suggest.

Until next time,
Brit

suprise! Its NOT a boy :)

Well last week we went to the Dr for a check-up just to make sure everything was still going well after the accident. We got more than we bargained for when DR was looking at the ultrasound and called the blob a "He" They were pretty certain what they saw, but they made sure to remind us that it was still early to tell for certain.

They say that with good reason...

Today we went in for our original scheduled ultrasound, while we were waiting to hear that He looked good and healthy the DR through us for a loop and said "Its a Girl!" ... followed by silence, and then a reassuring question "Is that OK?" Our baby girl is OK, so we are fantastically-ecstatic!

After all my time devoted to the registry its now time to go and change some color schemes. I am so excited to have a little baby girl... I am especially anxious to see her pretty face...I wonder if she will look like me?!

:)

Until next time,
Brit

baby registry joy

I always start off my evening's with good intentions for being productive and getting to bed early...hardly ever do I succeed, but last night was an especially fun way to procrastinate bed time - I created our baby registry! Once I got started I didn't want to stop, who knew there were so many incredible baby gadgets on the market...not to mention the clothes!

Anyways here were some of my most favorite targetbaby finds!

Sooo much fun...and its a good thing, becuse there's still more to be done!

Until next time,
Brit

runner rockstar

My prescription for RunnersWorld has run out, but I hear that my favorite girl is back on the front of the cover! I am drawn to most long distance superstars but especially Kara, maybe its because CU is her Alma mater, maybe its because she's a brunette, maybe its because she is a phenomenal 5k runner, or perhaps just that shes a female world class running rock star.

If you weren't aware I have the best husband ever, and last year for my birthday he got us tickets to go to Eugene, OR (Tracktown USA) for the US Track Championships at Hayward Field - One of the best parts about that trip was getting to watch Kara rock out in the 5k AND sneaking a photo with her and the husband Adam Goucher. The proof is below!

Kara rocking it out in the 5K

runner extraordinaire 5K US champion

all smiles - me and the Gouchers

me?... a Kara fan?... you might say so.

Until next time,
Brit

music love

I am always in search of something that will give me a challenge. I do this in many areas of my life ie: running, Jeremy (kidding, I love you husband), school, and my my faith. I most often have a book at my nightstand that provides that challenge for me, but I have come across a couple of girls that have provided me with a challenge through the music they make. Perhaps you have heard of them:

Tal and Acacia These two girls have a fantastic story and it is reflected through their music.

These girls have a great sound but their lyrics are even better! If your looking for a challenge try listening to them and not feeling challenged to work harder, be better, and love more.

Until next time,

Brit

from student to teacher...student-teacher!

January is almost over! I pretty much missed it hiding behind papers, book reviews, philosophy statements, article abstracts and other teacherly training assignments.

Goodbye January student, Hello February Teacher! I start student teaching in a 5th grade classroom on Monday! I am so excited, nervous, but I say bring it.

One of the biggest realizations that I have come to in preparing for student teaching is my incredibly pitiful teacher clothes wardrobe! Another challenge to throw in, my pants are starting to get uncomfortably tight (making room for baby!) so my wardrobe is cut back significantly more...

A good teacher outfit is really an equation to put together: comfort+modest+flexible+bargain+cute+(maternity)

This art teacher from MA has the equation figured out! (-maternity)

In my struggle to find weeks worthe of outfits that fit into the equation I look to one of the cutest dressing teachers around: Jen from JenlovesKev, I aspire for my teacher wardrobe to be as cute and fun as hers one day...just take a look!

Until next time,

Brit

short post. pretty day!

Aside from the wind, today is a happy pretty day! So I am cutting it short here to go spend some fun out at the park with the dogs soakin' up some well missed vitamin D.

Indoor track season has begun! This weekend we are going to go support the chaps in their first meet of the season! So excited to go watch people run around in a short circle many, many, many times!

Go Chaps!

Until next time,

Brit

quick update!

I've been a bit out of the loop for the last week, with the wreck came a mountain of soreness so the last thing I wanted to do was sit at the computer, therefor the blog became neglected, sorry blog. Still coping with soreness but life continue.

Yesterday was my first day at the school where I'm doing my student teaching. We started with a tour of the great school, it was wonderful, except I hadn't eaten since early that morning, and I also hadn't had that much physical exertion since before the accident so I guess it was a combination of the two(throw in some wacky anxious nerves) and in the process of our tour I nearly fainted! Aside from being completely embarrassed I was fine, just a little woozy.

Not exactly the wow first impression I was hoping to jump off of on my first day. So after spending an embarrassing morning in the school nurse I got enjoy the rest of my day!

The nurses looking after me were more than great, so in the spirit of loving school nurses I found this fun comic!

Its good to be back!

Until next time,
Brit

m.i.a.

Well as my last post said, on Wednesday night we were on our way to the Tech men's basketball game...but we never actually made it. On our way there we were involved in a car accident. It made for a scary, scary, painful, long, and not my kind of fun night.

Fortunately we were all OK! The ambulance took Jeremy and I to the emergency room where we were taken good care of. Jeremy had just stitches on his knee. They found the baby's heartbeat and it was strong, which was the biggest relief of all! And I only had some cuts and bruises to go along with all the soreness.

We are so thankful to friends and family for the support and help they've been through the last few days. and most importantly to God for his protecting hand through this mess that could have been so devastatingly worse if it weren't for so many factors. God is good.

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." - Deuteronomy 31:6

Until next time,
Brit

goin' to the game

Tonight we are going to watch the men's Texas Tech basketball game! Should be lots of fun after a full day of work and school for me and the husband...enjoying the spur of the moment excursions while it lasts!

Get your guns up!

Until next time,
Brit

(photo found here)

back in motion

Today was the first of the last! I started back to school for my final (Of this portion of my education) semester! It was a whirlwind of dos and don'ts for the teaching world and a big fat dose of excitement! We won't officially start our student teaching until February so the certification prep classes in between are brewing our anticipation!

Also for today we had a Dr's appointment, everything checked out A+ ! We heard our little baby's heartbeat, making this pregnancy thing more and more of a reality! We should (fingers crossed) find out next time if were having a little baby boy or little baby girl, we are so stoked just to know, is it a little Pheobe or little Pheobo? (Any FRIENDS fans?) In any case we are excited either way and ultimately just want the little thing to be happy and healthy.

With that, here's to happy babies!



Until next time,
Brit

run forest run

This was a great movie, loved it!...and thanks to it runner's everywhere have been subjected to the tormenting calls Gump made famous, you know it...and I am sure you have said it, that's right "Run Forest Run!". FYI we don't like it when you do that, so stop.

In my years of running I have heard that obnoxious saying come from non-runners everywhere. As time passes and that movie drifts farther and farther back on the movie chain I aim for the day when that saying will no longer be a rude remark yelled by people on the sidelines but will take on a new meaning...


This shirt puts a fun twist on that old saying, I like it when its put like that!

Until next time,
Brit

prayer pretzels

This was a fascinating discovery for me! When I clicked this link I was expecting to find a cute craft using pretzels to help teach children about prayer, and actaully I learned something:

Pretzels were originally made by monks who would give them as a reward to children who had learned their prayers. Their shape was made to look like a childrens arms folded when they pray. Did you know this? I sure didn't. Fascinating.

I'll never eat a pretzel the same again.

Until next time,
Brit