New to this

Well, I felt left out. All my friends have blogs and they all read each others blogs. I guess it is my turn now. I am really not so sure that I have anything interesting to say, but hey I may suprise myself.

I guess I should start by introducing myself (is that what I am supposed to do? ) My name is Vanessa and I think I have a life as close to perfect as possible. I have the most wonderful husband Geoff that I can always count on and whom I love very much. I would do anything for him even if he doesn't always think so. I am 24 weeks pregnant with our first child. Its a girl! I am so excited I can't hardly wait for her to get here. We are going to name her Ellie Kate. I pray everyday for her safe delivery and health.
I have a great job with people who really care about me and some AWESOME friends. Through out this pregnancy they have all really been there for me. The doctor has put me on "restrictions" and I have been on bed rest a little. They have all been great, helping me and making sure I don't do to much.
Two of my friends, Pat and Mel, just had the cutest baby boy. Shay is such a cute baby, I only hope Ellie is half as cute and sweet as he is. They live next door and Mel and I plan to job share next year so we can have some time with our babies. I am really looking forward to job sharing, but I guess I have to get through this year first.
I am a teacher and I love my job. I teach 6th grade and I have some great kids this year. I teach special education (but not the type of kids you might think of when you hear that, mostly ADHD and minor learning disabilities). It is IEP season and that makes things a little stressful. IEP's are 9-10 page documents that we have to write on each of our kids that follow them to the next grade and decribe their disability. They are a great thing for the kids, but a pain in the butt for me. Yesterday I had my second IEP of 8 for the season. It went well. I love when I have understanding parents who care about their children.
Well one thing that you might notice about me is that I am always planning for the future. Sometimes I plan to much and I drive Geoff crazy. Lately, I have been trying to plan less because the other day I came to the realization that I am wishing Geoff, Ellie and my life away. I need to learn to live more in the moment and enjoy where I am now. I have been working on it, but I am not so sure I am doing such a great job with it yet.
Today was a great day. I went to work till noon (at the storage unit- my weekend job) and then spent the rest of the day with my hubby. I really enjoyed this because just last weekend he got back from a 13 day army school. I miss him so much when he is gone, I love having him home. We got new patio furniture today (Wow, that makes us sound old) anyway we are excited about enjoying some of this beautiful weather we have been having.

Well I guess thats enough for now, I never imagined I could think of that many things to write about. I guess we will see now if anyone else thinks it is interesting to read.