My baby was one as of yesterday. I can't believe it. This slideshow makes me cry like a baby everytime I watch it.
Luke is ONE!!!!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Still Running
I am convinced that I must have done some really bad things in the last month. We have been hit by the stomach bug and it WON'T LEAVE!! I have had it twice in a week and Cody woke up last night for the second time this week throwing up too. Thank God it hasn't made its way to the boys yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I did see a post on Pinterest that said, "I'm one stomach flu away from my goal weight." That is really the truth over here for us.
Other than being sick, we have been busy. We are shooting for our house to go on the market by April 1. We had it painted and have been doing some things around there to clean it up. We need it to sell, FAST! Where will we go if it sells you ask? No idea. We are not going to start building until it sells so we will have to find a rent house. I am okay with that. I just want my new house.
My sweet boys are both still precious as the last time I blogged. Luke is 13 days away from being one. He is all over the place and is trying so hard to talk. He looks at us with the raised eyebrow look, like come on y'all, I know y'all know what I'm saying. It's sweet. Jake got his second report card yesterday, and he had all A's, AGAIN. Cody laughs and says he would love to see Jake's report card if I didn't work here. Ha! Funny guy. He is so smart and surprises me everyday with his little memory.
I am still running. The half marathon is 17 days away. I have heard many comments and negative things from people saying I can't do it, I have never ran that far, and there is no way I will finish. I love it, it's what keeps me going! When I do finish with a medal around my neck, I will be sure to tag you in the picture!!
Hope you all have a wonderful week. We are so close to Spring Break I can taste it!!
Other than being sick, we have been busy. We are shooting for our house to go on the market by April 1. We had it painted and have been doing some things around there to clean it up. We need it to sell, FAST! Where will we go if it sells you ask? No idea. We are not going to start building until it sells so we will have to find a rent house. I am okay with that. I just want my new house.
My sweet boys are both still precious as the last time I blogged. Luke is 13 days away from being one. He is all over the place and is trying so hard to talk. He looks at us with the raised eyebrow look, like come on y'all, I know y'all know what I'm saying. It's sweet. Jake got his second report card yesterday, and he had all A's, AGAIN. Cody laughs and says he would love to see Jake's report card if I didn't work here. Ha! Funny guy. He is so smart and surprises me everyday with his little memory.
I am still running. The half marathon is 17 days away. I have heard many comments and negative things from people saying I can't do it, I have never ran that far, and there is no way I will finish. I love it, it's what keeps me going! When I do finish with a medal around my neck, I will be sure to tag you in the picture!!
Hope you all have a wonderful week. We are so close to Spring Break I can taste it!!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
It's a FIRST
Today was our last basketball game and Jake made his first ever in a game BASKET!!!! Y'all know I'm such a crier. After I got done hitting Cody in the arm numerous times from excitement, my eyes filled with tears :) All of the Friday night and early Saturday morning games were all worth it after seeing the grin on his face today!!! T-ball is right around the corner! Can't wait!
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Dreams Do Come True
Cody and I have had a dream about building a HOUSE for a very long time. It has seemed like eternity with the tiny one bathroom, Luke in the dining room, house we live in now. We knew we needed to get other things taken care of first and have sacrificed so much to be able to build the exact house we wanted. After all this time I can finally say, today, that we will be building THIS HOUSE that we have worked so hard for! We need a few extra prayers that our house sells quickly when we list it so we can start this fun, stressful process.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Challenges-mainly BIG ones
It's Monday, again. I think we are the only school in America that is actually present at school today. Kinda sucks. I am really not complaining, after my kids took a benchmark our district created last week that is supposed to be similar to the new STAAR test, I need as many days possible to get them ready. I teach 4th grade self contained. That just means my kids stay with me all day. It is tough because my kids take reading, math, and writing STAAR and I don't have anybody to collaborate with or help me get these kiddos ready. We only have one 4th grade class. My principal caught wind that I was looking for jobs closer to home since passing my Special Ed test and told me last week I could just teach Reading/Language Arts next year. Why does it take leaving before they offer you the good stuff? HA! With a new house in the very near future I will be working wherever they can give me a paycheck. I wouldn't mind a bit staying here another year if nothing comes up closer to home. Jake LOVES it here and our Kindergarten teacher is probably the best I have ever seen. I never knew my sweet babies' education would be so stressful. I come across people all of the time that say,"oh, you re a teacher, that's why Jake does so well." Um no. I think any teacher can agree and say it is sooo much different working with your own kids versus the ones you teach. I read with Jake everyday but that is about it. We have been so very blessed with such an awesome program and great teachers here. 9 times out of 10 when I sit down to work with him it ends with him crying and me needing a drink. It's never good! I know God put me here for the sole reason of Jake, and him needing a structured, strict environment and I trust he will find me something closer when the time is right. He always does.
I have gone off the deep end. REALLLLY far off the deep end. I haven't dared to mention anything about this subject that has taken so much time in my life lately. I wanted to set a goal for myself to get back in shape. I don't have many options out here. There is no Golds, 24 Hour, Curves, or even Weight Watchers meetings for that matter. I have known since I moved here that I would have to just run. And probably run by myself. It has actually turned out to the best thing ever. My mom mentioned something to me and my sisters about running a 5k in September. I started running in January and shortly after I was already running 3 miles. I needed a bigger challenge to keep me going. I am not the kind of person that is disciplined to run a few days a week and be done. I would never do it. So, I started talking to Brooke about it and she mentioned that she would be running a half marathon in March. I told her she was nuts and had completely lost her damn mind. I could never do that. I kept running and the thought crossed my mind again and again. Could I really run 13 miles? I finally decided I would try it. I chose not to blast it all over the Internet or Facebook because up until last week I have been scared I would back out. I signed up and paid my money. No backing out now! This is huge for me. Yes, I have always been an athlete but in very short distances. A basketball court is not very long, and you get a break about every 30 seconds. It's not the same by any means. Finding the time to just go out and run has been the hardest part. After getting home at 5 the last thing I want to do is be gone another hour away from my family. But it has helped me find me again and I think definitely makes me a better mother. It is so hard after having a rough day to come home happy and not vent about how terrible my day was. Running has been a stress relief for me and I LOVE it. I am sure just one mile has the same effect. Why I chose 13 miles I will never freakin' know!!
I told Cody a few weeks ago when I bought Luke's can of formula it would be the last one before we took his bottle and tried to make the switch to regular milk. On Sunday after church Luke was getting sleepy at his usual nap time so I decided to make him a bottle and put him down for a nap. I opened the can and there was a tiny bit of powder left scattered on the bottom. It was not near enough for a whole bottle. After panicing, I gave milk a try in a sippy cup and of course it didn't work. I ended up just rocking him to sleep and he slept for a total of TEN minutes. Sunday night was not bad, he did the same thing. He fell asleep on his own. He slapped the cup away and would not drink the milk. Monday night is when it went from bad to worse. He screamed for 3 hours straight. I tried everything possible and thought about giving him a bottle so many times. We stuck it out and he finally fell asleep until the next morning. I decided Tuesday morning to try formula in his cup terrified he would get dehydrated if he wasn't drinking. (I know it sounds so stupid now) He took the cup like a champ Tuesday morning and went straight to sleep last night with his cup. I did buy more formula yesterday and will try half and half for the time being before he makes the complete switch. I never remember Jake being this hard but I try to block the hard stuff out! I called my mom the night he was screaming and she told me to just give him the bottle. I am so glad I stuck it out and I am sure I am not totally in the clear but I think we are on a better path!
I started this post Monday but it is almost impossible to get one finished in a day. Today is Ash Wednesday which also starts the wonderful season of Lent. I had decided to give up Facebook and add in a few nights of bible study for Jake and more prayer time for Cody and I together. This morning Cody suggested I give on line shopping and that is exactly what I need to do. We decided to choose a charity at the end of Lent and make a donation using some of the money I would have spent on necessities I thought we needed. I am pretty excited about this because as always, I love a challenge. This will be exactly that!
I have gone off the deep end. REALLLLY far off the deep end. I haven't dared to mention anything about this subject that has taken so much time in my life lately. I wanted to set a goal for myself to get back in shape. I don't have many options out here. There is no Golds, 24 Hour, Curves, or even Weight Watchers meetings for that matter. I have known since I moved here that I would have to just run. And probably run by myself. It has actually turned out to the best thing ever. My mom mentioned something to me and my sisters about running a 5k in September. I started running in January and shortly after I was already running 3 miles. I needed a bigger challenge to keep me going. I am not the kind of person that is disciplined to run a few days a week and be done. I would never do it. So, I started talking to Brooke about it and she mentioned that she would be running a half marathon in March. I told her she was nuts and had completely lost her damn mind. I could never do that. I kept running and the thought crossed my mind again and again. Could I really run 13 miles? I finally decided I would try it. I chose not to blast it all over the Internet or Facebook because up until last week I have been scared I would back out. I signed up and paid my money. No backing out now! This is huge for me. Yes, I have always been an athlete but in very short distances. A basketball court is not very long, and you get a break about every 30 seconds. It's not the same by any means. Finding the time to just go out and run has been the hardest part. After getting home at 5 the last thing I want to do is be gone another hour away from my family. But it has helped me find me again and I think definitely makes me a better mother. It is so hard after having a rough day to come home happy and not vent about how terrible my day was. Running has been a stress relief for me and I LOVE it. I am sure just one mile has the same effect. Why I chose 13 miles I will never freakin' know!!
I told Cody a few weeks ago when I bought Luke's can of formula it would be the last one before we took his bottle and tried to make the switch to regular milk. On Sunday after church Luke was getting sleepy at his usual nap time so I decided to make him a bottle and put him down for a nap. I opened the can and there was a tiny bit of powder left scattered on the bottom. It was not near enough for a whole bottle. After panicing, I gave milk a try in a sippy cup and of course it didn't work. I ended up just rocking him to sleep and he slept for a total of TEN minutes. Sunday night was not bad, he did the same thing. He fell asleep on his own. He slapped the cup away and would not drink the milk. Monday night is when it went from bad to worse. He screamed for 3 hours straight. I tried everything possible and thought about giving him a bottle so many times. We stuck it out and he finally fell asleep until the next morning. I decided Tuesday morning to try formula in his cup terrified he would get dehydrated if he wasn't drinking. (I know it sounds so stupid now) He took the cup like a champ Tuesday morning and went straight to sleep last night with his cup. I did buy more formula yesterday and will try half and half for the time being before he makes the complete switch. I never remember Jake being this hard but I try to block the hard stuff out! I called my mom the night he was screaming and she told me to just give him the bottle. I am so glad I stuck it out and I am sure I am not totally in the clear but I think we are on a better path!
I started this post Monday but it is almost impossible to get one finished in a day. Today is Ash Wednesday which also starts the wonderful season of Lent. I had decided to give up Facebook and add in a few nights of bible study for Jake and more prayer time for Cody and I together. This morning Cody suggested I give on line shopping and that is exactly what I need to do. We decided to choose a charity at the end of Lent and make a donation using some of the money I would have spent on necessities I thought we needed. I am pretty excited about this because as always, I love a challenge. This will be exactly that!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Girl Goats; Las Chivas
I have been thinking about this post for quite some time now. I just haven't been able to sit down and write it. I have had camera issues, and time always plays a very important role. I did buy a new camera after mine was stolen and I love it. The first time I had planned on using it was last weekend at Jake's party. I got it out, and it was dead. FAIL.
Jake's 5th birthday has been challenging this year. I think back on the 29 birthdays that I have had and never remember once being sick. This poor child had strep on his birthday and we had to cancel the party. JAKE IS NEVER SICK. I think this is the second time EVER to be on antibiotics. He told me the Friday before his party his throat was sore. He progressively got worse so I decided to take him in the urgent care clinic that Saturday. Sure enough, he tested positive for strep. When we got in the car to head home I made a few phone calls to let everybody know we would have to cancel the party. He heard me say "cancel" and broke out in tears. We both cried the whole way home.
I threw his party back together last weekend totally last minute and it turned out great! We are so blessed with the number of family and friends that we have. I am not sure if the adults or kids had more fun. The best part was I never had to clean up a thing. That's what I get for doubting Huntsville's finest bowling alley!
Luke started walking last Wednesday (2/7) night. Cody and I were so tired and just wanting to go to bed. It was 10:30 and we were wondering why the child would NOT GO TO SLEEP? Then, he started taking steps. Like multiple steps. He is growing up way too fast. Hard to believe he will be a year old next month. I have a few videos I will try to post later.
** This morning on the way to work Jake saw some goats out in one of the pastures we were passing. He says, "Mom, there are some las chivas." I googled it when I got to school and sure enough he was right!
Jake's 5th birthday has been challenging this year. I think back on the 29 birthdays that I have had and never remember once being sick. This poor child had strep on his birthday and we had to cancel the party. JAKE IS NEVER SICK. I think this is the second time EVER to be on antibiotics. He told me the Friday before his party his throat was sore. He progressively got worse so I decided to take him in the urgent care clinic that Saturday. Sure enough, he tested positive for strep. When we got in the car to head home I made a few phone calls to let everybody know we would have to cancel the party. He heard me say "cancel" and broke out in tears. We both cried the whole way home.
I threw his party back together last weekend totally last minute and it turned out great! We are so blessed with the number of family and friends that we have. I am not sure if the adults or kids had more fun. The best part was I never had to clean up a thing. That's what I get for doubting Huntsville's finest bowling alley!
Luke started walking last Wednesday (2/7) night. Cody and I were so tired and just wanting to go to bed. It was 10:30 and we were wondering why the child would NOT GO TO SLEEP? Then, he started taking steps. Like multiple steps. He is growing up way too fast. Hard to believe he will be a year old next month. I have a few videos I will try to post later.
** This morning on the way to work Jake saw some goats out in one of the pastures we were passing. He says, "Mom, there are some las chivas." I googled it when I got to school and sure enough he was right!
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