Week One Down

We made it through the first week of school and had one of the most relaxing weekends ever!!

Jake had a PERFECT week at school. The PE teacher was amazed at his motor skills and made it a point to come and tell me he was doing circles around the other kids in the class when she "taught" them to skip and walk backwards in the gym. Mrs. Byrd came to see me Friday after school as well to tell me how funny he was. Of course, we think he's hilarious but he is our child....Mrs. Byrd came and said she was going over the rules in class and he told the kids if they didn't follow these rules they would get sent "straight to the post office." This makes me laugh so hard because growing up I don't think I ever stepped foot in a post office until I was 16. Nobody I knew had PO boxes. Now EVERYBODY I know has one where we live. We don't get mail at our house and I still don't quite understand why. I don't guess I have ever asked either.

Luke's sitter is in love with him and told me she wished she had five more babies just like him. Who wouldn't love that baby?  Bless her heart, how in the world does one be a in home childcare facilitator? I am postitive I would have NO hair. She loves it and everybody in town loves her. I am so blessed to have found that woman!! "Good things come to those who wait."

Friday night we had the Walters over for dinner. Cody and John grilled steaks while Brandy and I stayed inside letting the boys run around the house completely tearing it up. Brandy is a teacher too and we were both tired, very tired. Talking to Brandy made me feel much better about being so worn out after the first week because she was just as bad off as me. They are one of my most favorite couples in Centerville and we make it a point to have dinner at least once every two months. Their little boy Rush loves none of Jake's toys and would rather play in my Tupperware drawer any day of the week. I knew what I was doing when I put that drawer on the bottom!

Saturday morning I met Elena and Kinsey, a high school friend and her little girl, in Leona at Pecan Grove for lunch. It is such a small hole in the wall sandwich place right between Centerville and Madisonville where Elena lives. I am not sure why Elena have waited so long to meet and catch up on the last 10 years of our lives since we are so close. Her little girl is PRECIOUS and she has a little boy on the way. So excited for her and her sweet little family.

Saturday afternoon Britney and Noah drove from Bryan to see us. Britney and I have become super close in the past year. Her husband is one of Cody's childhood best friends. I only wished they lived closer. There is never a time we don't laugh and have a good time. Their son, Noah, is two months old and is Luke's best friend. We aren't giving them a choice. With the size of Noah and Luke's hands and feet I'm sure they will be quite the athletes of Centerville Texas one day.

Sunday was church and being as lazy as possible around the house. I caught up on much needed rest this weekend. Cody and I both decided we could get VERY used to do absolutely nothing on weekends. Unfortunately our schedules won't allow it. Hope you all have a super week!!

I'm Drowning

I feel like a walking zombie who is living in a messy house and feeding my family whatever I can find that does not involve cooking. I have been back at work for a little over a week and Jake started Pre-Kindergarten yesterday. The kid did not have a worry in the world and never looked back. Me, not so much. I can't believe that he has the word Kindergarten attached to his name even if it is just Pre. It doesn't seem real and I can remember what seems like yesterday him going through all of these stages Luke is. I finally found someone to keep Luke during the day. This has only taken 5 and a half months. It's been so hard to find someone that I trust 100% and feel comfortable with. I am looking forward to Monday when he starts at Mrs. Cathy's. I need a scheduled routine people as well as that sense of comfort. Finally!!! Praise God!


Luke-

Luke turned 5 months old on the 21st of August and cut his first tooth on August 20th (found by his Grammy). He has been chewing on everything you put close to him lately. He is really starting to reach out and grab things and notice all of the shiny stuff. He loves my earrings , bracelets, and necklaces. I usually strip down right when I get in the house to avoid my ears being ripped as opposed to just pierced. For a few months I thought he was going to be a for sure a mama's boy but here lately he is loving daddy just as much. He rolls back to front and front to back constantly. He rolled right out of his swing two weeks ago. He smiles constantly. He laughs and talks to us and its probably my most favorite sound in the world. Luke thinks Jake has hung the moon. Jake just looks at him and he lights up. Jake is finally starting to come around and he thinks "bubba" is pretty cool too. I have a feeling these two are going to be a dangerous pair in a few years.

Jake-

He has been asking to come back to school for over a month now because he missed his friends. Secretly I just think he wanted to be able to use his Transformers lunch box and Spiderman nap mat. He is 4 going on 18. His teacher sent a letter to him a few weeks before school started telling him he could bring something special from his summer vacation on the first day for show and tell. Of course, he wanted to bring his Stoney LaRue guitar pick. A few days before school started he asked me if he could still bring his pick for "show and hotel?" Yesterday, his teacher came to my room after school and said, "oh my gosh, Jake is hilarious." My response, "oh great, did he tell you his mom and dad drank beer?' I used to teach that age, I know they have no filter!! She informed me that were doing their shapes and she had the crescent up on her felt board. She asked Jake what the shape was and he responded a TOENAIL....Geez! This is the same child that told his doctor the moon looked like a crescent at his 4 year old check up and a diamond was a rhombus!! I am so glad he can be Mrs. Byrd's humor for the day, as a teacher, God knows we need it!! 

              This is "The Super Dad" that I speak of......

I love my class this year. Last year the 3rd grade group was the most challenging to say the least. It was no secret around here. This is the second time this has happened to me. The most challenging group comes to me and they end up being my favorite class!! It's amazing what kids do with a little structure and a small fire lit under them! I know this will be a great year.

I Fall Apart Without Her

I feel like there is so much to say and I just lost out on a complete week of my life, laying in bed. I have been having gall bladder attacks, bad, like real bad. Bad enough that I did a whole post about them a few weeks ago. Considering I have not been a avid blogger lately you know they were a big deal! Monday morning I ate a bowl of cereal and immediately starting having an attack. I knew from the past if I could throw up everything in my stomach that there is a possibility it may ease up. Things did not ease up a bit and my mom told Cody to put me in the car and drive me past Huntsville and Conroe ER to The Woodlands. I got to the ER about 4 and I was in surgery by 8. My gall bladder was full of stones and when they removed it they learned it turned from the yellowish-green color of a normal gall bladder to grey! I was in bad shape.

I stayed at moms until I couldn't stay anymore. I was going crazy. My dad, my parents are divorced, is remodeling my mom and step dad's kitchen. He's the best cabinet builder around, they didn't have a choice!! The sounds of saws, banging hammers, no kitchen sink, and everything in boxes drove me and the kids out of there Thursday. My sister brought us home and I went down hill again. I'm convinced it's my mom. I fall apart without her. I never left the bed Friday. I knew mom was leaving Saturday on a two week business trip to Brazil to set up their new office, that has been planned for months,  I had no choice but to get well. Saturday morning I hear mom at my house getting Luke ready for his 7:30 feeding. Mom cancelled her trip and sent my step dad alone. She has always lived by a motto that a job was never more important than her family. Saturday, I got up out of bed and I have been perfect ever since! So many people did so much to help this week and it really opened my eyes how blessed we are. My sister took care of me and cooked the best damn meals you have ever eaten for two days, my sister in law came and cleaned my house and did every piece of laundry here, and my mother in law brought medicine constantly that she thought would help me get better. Cody, on the other hand, who was working evenings still thinks I was being a baby. I don't take what he says very serious since he called his mom last time he had a 24 hour bug when I was 8 months pregnant because I wouldn't wipe his butt pretty much. No, he was great and scared all at the same time. It's so ludicrous to me how much I depend on him and think everything would fall apart without him and the minute I get sick he feels the same way. Its always a good thing to feel needed. I definitely need my husband as much as he needs me.

Mom left this morning after church and we have been so lazy. It has been my favorite day of the week so far, until tomorrow when I get to go pick up Jake  from his dads. Its been so quiet without him. I am sure Luke is either very close to getting a tooth or has a little cold. His eyes are matted, nose running, and a little congested. His pediatrician told me last time we were there that it would be any day for a tooth. I'm trying to ride it out, I have spent enough at these offices and hospitals the last 4 months!!!

Hope y'all have a good week!