working again

Well I am back working. I have a pretty good group of first graders and am working hard to get them trained on all the rules and procedures....the hardest part has been trying to get all 23 of them to walk in a straight line down the hall WITHOUT talking!! This is challenging! :) I love my job but I miss my baby Drake. Of course staying busy at work makes the day go by fast and helps me get through the day without being too sad. I am so excited when 3:30 comes because I am speed walking to my car to get home to see him!! He has been doing okay I guess, he is having some seperation anxiety still, but each day Mrs. Rachael says he does better so we are finishing our second week so hopefully he will get better.

He weighed 17 lbs 6 oz at his 6 month checkup on aug 14th! He is getting so big. He has been a lot more vocal this week....he has gotten louder with his sounds. He still does not want to roll over cause he doesn't like tummy time but he is so close to sitting by himself. Every night this week I sit him down on floor with some toys around him and I sit close enough to catch him but still let him sit alone and he has sat by himself for 20 minutes each night!!! I would assume in another week he will be sitting all by himself!

I have posted a few new pics to the slideshow. Enjoy! Love you all! Have a great holiday weekend!

only 4 more days of summer :(

Drake is doing great! He will be six months old tomorrow (aug 14th)!! He is sleeping in his crib through the night which is great, he is loving his oatmeal & fruit in the morning and his veges for dinner. I went to work today to work in my classroom and every teacher I saw asked how he was and they all seemed just as shocked as I am that he will be 6 months old! Time flies when you are having fun!!

He went to the babysitter yesterday and today and did much better! Thank goodness! It makes me feel happy to know he is happy where he is at and who he is with. He goes to the doctor tomorrow for his 6 month checkup so I will post updates on weight & height.

Bo is doing good, about to turn 30 years old on Friday!!! We surprised my dad with a party in his favorite place (Shreveport) this past weekend....celebrating 60 years!! He was surprised and had a good time! His actual bday isn't until the 21st of this month so happy early bday dad!

Okay well I added a few new pics to the gallery of Drake. Just click on the slideshow at the bottom of this page and it will take you to the online gallery. Hope everyone is doing good!

Summer is almost over!

I can't believe how fast this summer has gone and how fast my little man has grown! I have loved being able to be home with him all summer....and it makes me so sad to leave him as I return to work.

Today was his first day back at the babysitter so that I could go to school and work in my classroom and he did not have a good day. I put him down to nap before I left and she said once he woke up he was crying. She was really sweet and tried everything to get him to be happy but she said he kept looking around then looked at her and would start to cry. Luckily daddy got off work early and went to pick him up earlier than I was able to. Poor guy, I guess it is going to take some time to transition from being away from mommy & daddy all day! It breaks my heart but I know that he will be fine after a few days and he gets in a routine, and realizes that we will pick him up. I didn't realize seperation anxiety could start so young.....so poor Mrs. Rachael (babysitter) got to listen to Drake's high pitch scream for most of afternoon!! It is an awful scream, but my mom says it is payback cause I would scream like that as a baby as well.

Tonight is night one for Drake to sleep in his crib in his room. I know, I know he is almost 6 months but I loved him being so close to us at night. So he is out of playpen by our bed and into his own room and crib!! Luckily we have one of those camera baby monitors so I have the little tv by my bed so I can check on him throughout the night. He is the best thing in the world!

Okay well I will write again soon and let you know how sleeping goes in his crib. He has been sleeping so good at night (8 or 8:30pm until 7 or 7:30am) so hopefully he will do just as well in crib! Have a great night!

starting to get set up

Okay well the page is making progress. I have added a slideshow of pics of Drake, to see the pics bigger click on the pics and it will take you to our online gallery of pics. You can also click on link to our online pics. I will continue to add new pictures to this online gallery as we take them.

My goal is to write and post new pics each month to keep everyone updated on our little man!
Enjoy!