in other news, i'm a month and a half into my second semester of hygiene school, which means i've got about two and half more months to go until 3 months of freedom! well, mostly freedom. we've got an online anesthesia lecture, and a 2 week anesthesia clinic some time during the break, but i'll at least be home. school is pretty rough this semester. less classes, yes. but each week i feel like the lectures are jam packed with so much information that its impossible to leave feeling like you get it. so on top of having mentally exhausting lectures, i get to go home and reteach myself everything. clinic has been fun though. we started seeing patients a few weeks back, and even though the first night was terrifying, i have actually enjoyed it! i finally finished half of keaton's cleaning this last monday, and will finish it in 2 weeks. and i think i'll be able to finish up my mom next week. which means keaton, my first patient who hadn't been to the dentist in 3 years and had lots of fun stuff for me to clean off, took 4 appointments, and my mom, who has gone to the dentist religiously for the majority of her life, will take 2 to 2.5 appointments. not too shabby! after my mom, i've got 3 more patients scheduled, and 3 more that i need to get in order to pass this semester. i have two numbers i need to call, and then just one more after that! mat will be my last resort, since he has serious dental phobia and i really don't want to have to work around a nitrous mask to get his teeth cleaned.

being pregnant and being in dental hygiene school has had its challenges. specifically the last two weeks of last semester, when my morning sickness kicked in. i was fortunate enough to only have nausea, and not ever throw up, but the nausea was awful. it's eased up a lot, but i still get waves. these days i'm just tired all the time, and i have to make it a point to eat, otherwise i get caught up and go too long without food, and that's when i get sick. i'll be around 30 or 31 weeks when i finish this semester, and am so glad that i'll have the last 2 months or so at home, getting ready for baby boy and floating in the pool while my belly keeps getting bigger and bigger. pretty soon my patients are going to have a little mister kicking their heads while i'm working on their teeth!

even though this pregnancy was barely planned, i am so happy. every time i feel a jab, every time i look at his ultrasounds, every time mat and i talk about how our lives are about to get flipped upside down. next year we'll be juggling a million things at once, but it will all be worth it. this boy is going to be so loved (insert googly-eyed emoji here).