Getting OLDer...

In less than a month my sweet little boy will be a year old. For the past few weeks he has taken a step here and there. Then on Saturday he walked the length of the coffee table.... 17 steps to be exact!! Soon there will be no stopping him!





Anna too is getting older. She started first grade this year and absolutely LOVES school! During the storm she commented that she was bored. When I asked her what she wanted to do, her answer was "Go to school!"

I am finding myself getting older too. I'm not sure why I thought my kids would but I on the other hand would stay young. :) Sunday I found my first gray hair!!! I'm 28...I'm not supposed to have gray hair!!!

Speaking of getting older... thanks to Gustav we were able to go home and visit old friends. We also got to go to my best friend's daughter's (Hana's) birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. It was alot of fun getting to see and visit with everyone. Dori, Stephanie, and I acted like little kids at the picture booth. Unfortunately, I don't have a scanner to show you those pics. But I was able to capture a pic of the two of them on my camera. Hopefully we will be able to do it again soon!!

Bedtime

As much as I want to write about my life right now, I need to go to bed. I just had to share this one picture first b/c I finally got my camera hooked up and pictures downloaded. Here is Jay as happy as can be that he got new pj's. Boy, if only we were all this happy over the simpliest of things!

Another Day Out

Teachers had to report to school on Monday to prepared for our students on Tuesday. Some idiot ran into a light poll that morning causing us to be without power again. Luckily it came back on and we were able to have school as planned.
The students were excited to be back, especially the ones that were still without power at home. School was their escape from the darkness I guess.
All of the food at school spoiled, and we had not yet received a new shipment of food. So the students were served MRE's and bottled water for lunch. Luckily, we received our shipment Tuesday afternoon b/c MRE's were hectic!! The teachers walked around with scissors during lunch cutting open bags that the students couldn't. Imagine 9 teachers helping open 219 students lunches...all of which contained numerous packages to open!!
Things are just now getting back to normal with the students, and now we are out again!!! They cancelled school today b/c of hurricane force winds from Ike. I'm hoping this is the last time b/c I sure am dreading making these days up in the future!

Makes me smile.....

Made it through

We didn't have much damage from the hurricane...missing shingles and broken gutter....nothing bad at all. There were others with much worse damage though.
We decided to make the trip to North LA today since I am offically out of school until Monday and unoffically out for an extended closure. Who knows when I'll be back at work. They are reporting that in 10 days half of Ascension will be with electricity.
I would go in to details but I'm not sure I have enough space to write it all!

Riding it out...

Well, it looks as though Gustav will be here tomorrow. It could arrive anywhere between tomorrow morning and tomorrow night. Justin has made the decision for us to stay here (notice I said Justin). It's not that I'm scared of the storm, I'm just not looking forward to being out of electricity! I know Anna will go insane. I'm not too worried about Jay though. He will play lights/air or no lights/air. The air went out last week and we kept the lights off to keep the house cooler. Jay did not seem to mind one bit.
I think we are prepared, hopefully I won't be proved wrong. I went to the store and got enough formula, diapers, and wipes to last 2 weeks. I bought bottled and gallon water, canned veggies and fruit, breakfast bars, bread, sandwhich meat, batteries, tylenol, paper cups, toilet paper, and paper towels.
Now that I've filled you in on my grocery list feel free to let me know what I've forgotten. :)
As soon as this place is back to normal, I'll fill you in on the fun we have!!

Back in the swing...

School has offically started! I had to report today and the students will start Friday. I am not ready for summer to be over! It seems like just a few weeks ago we were telling the bus drivers "MOVE THAT BUS"!
We actually have our first two weeks lessons planned but I have a long way to go before my room is ready. I decided to rearrange my classroom and decorate big time this year. Hopefully I will have it finished by Friday when the kids arrive. If not, they will be looking at half done bulletin boards for a few days.

For those of you who have been waiting for pictures here are few that Justin's granddad sent to me that he took the last time we were up there. Hopefully I will figure out my new camera and how to download the pictures soon!

This is a picture of Anna putting on make up. Anna just LOVES SueSue's dressing table and the fact that she will let her play in all of her neat stuff!



Sue Sue and Jay posing for the camera.



Jay seeing what all he can get away with!

The last month...

It seems as though we have been very busy yet have not really done anything at all at the same time.
The kids and I spent a week and a half visiting family and friends that we don't get to see very often. It was alot of fun yet very relaxing.
Other than that we've just been at home. We had 2 dr.s appointments last week as well as 2 trips to the after hours clinic. Both kids have been sick. :(
This week is VBS and I'm in charge of snacks/recreation for the preschool. I'm still tring to decide which snacks and games we are going to do the rest of the week. I have several ideas but not enough days to do them all.

In other news:
Jay has now said Weeeee, Huh (I swear he says it everytime Justin calls his name), Dada, and MaMa (only once in the middle of the night :( ).

Anna is finally getting a tooth in that she lost months ago!

Jay is pulling up and standing every chance he gets. I think once school starts and he's around all of the other kids again, he'll take off and there will be no stopping him.

I got to visit with Lauren O'Brien Harris for a brief moment at the mall on Monday! And yes, Molly is as cute in person as she is in all of the photos!

I finally got a new camera so hopefully my next post will be full of pictures!

Another First

I took Anna and a friend to Chuck E Cheese today. While I was passing out the pizza, Jay decided he wanted a piece so he snatched a piece as fast as he could. He immediately let go though because it was extremely hot! However, he continued to cry for a piece until I broke down and gave it to him. He ate the entire piece!!! I can't seem to stop the boy....he is constantly eating!!!

Aaaarrrggghhh!

We went to Bleu Bayou today. On the way home, Justin misplaced our bag. Not sure if he put in beside the car or on top of the car. Needless to say it is gone! The people at the lost and found said that if it were in the parking lot someone probably stole it! Justin blames it on being Friday the 13th weekend! It had Jay's swim suit, towels, ear plugs, sunscreen, some other baby items, my new sunglasses, my phone, and my camera. Some luck, huh?!?!

If I have (had) any of your numbers, you may want to resend them to me. :) If I don't hear from you, I'll know you don't want to talk to me anymore (or ever). LOL!

Blog Rating

Ok..I saw this on Kristin's blog and tried it myself. I guess I am in the right profession after all. :)

Movie Reviews

Sleepy Boy

Since I have not had time to grocery shop yet this week, I thought that I would share the picture I got of Jay sleeping yesterday. Before I must explain why is was so worn out.
We have already had a busy week and it is only Tuesday. I am working on the parish curriculum this week and Anna is taking swimming lessons. Anna is taking an advanced class for kids who already know how to swim. Afterwards, she stays to help with a friend's little boy who has never swam before and is the only one in his class. So..I am at work from 8 to 3. Then I rush to pick up the kids and head to swimming lessons. We do not leave until 5:30. So our day is pretty full. While at swimming lessons, Jay has wanted to get in the water as well. So for the last hour, he and I get in with the kids. Yesterday really wore hime out! When I got home and started cooking supper, I put him in his exersaucer. Before I knew it he was asleep.




Tonight however he cried until I rocked him to sleep. I expect that the we will all be worn out by Friday!

Grocery Shopping

I like to do my grocery shopping at night. That way, Justin can watch the kids and have them ready for bed by the time I get home. The last two times I've been shopping however, Justin has had them both asleep.


This is what I came home to last week. I'm still not sure how they all ended up where they are.


This week:



It's scary to think about where they may end up next week. :)

6 month pictures

Jay will be 7 months old in a few days. We had his 6 month pictures made a few weeks ago. I have tried posting since then but it has not worked. Anyway, I am tired of trying so I am going to leave you with his pictures and hope it works this time.

Sleepless Night

It's Sunday night and 1:30 am....I cannot sleep! Anna, Jay, and I went "home" for the weekend. We left Friday as soon as Anna got off the bus and had to be home in time for Awanna's tonight. Justin however had a wedding in Natchitoches. You would think after a long trip with just me and the kids I would want to crash. However, I cannot sleep!

We went home to see my new (and only) neice! Mary-Kate Moss is a beautiful little girl! I am exited that she and Jay will be fairly close in age. It will be exiting to see them grow up together. I would post a pic but the batteries in my camera died. I will have to wait for Miranda to feel better and post her pics.

Speaking of Jay....he now has 2 teeth, is sitting up unsupported for a few minutes, and is army crawling, and eating up a storm!!! He is growing up sooooo fast! I know they all do, but he seems to be growing up faster than Anna did!

While we were home, we got to see Noah (my one and only nephew). He LOVES Anna!!! I swear they fight like brother and sister. One minute they are aruging and the next they are hugging each other. Noah is so sweet...he thinks/knows his Aunt Sarah is the best and greatest. :)

Since I cannot sleep I should be grading papers, but that's no fun. LOL! We have exactly 14 school days with kids and 1 without!!!!!!!!! Summer is almost here! Anna has big plans for us.... Blue Bayou, Mommy and Me at the mall, and a road trip. I hope Jay and I can keep up with her!


Ok...I guess I should atleast try and get an hour or so of sleep!

P.S. I know atleast 2 of you posted a tag and tagged Sarah....I'm hoping you meant another Sarah b/c I don't know 7 things about myself that you wouldn't. I'm the kind of person who can't keep a secret...LOL!

News

Jay ran a low grade fever all weekend, and I was beginning to get worried. I thought it was still from the tubes. Then when we were sitting in the ENT office for our follow up visit I noticed that he has a tooth!!!!

Tubes

Jay got his tubes today! Hopefully this will help the nasty ear infections. The dr. said his ears looked really bad today; just Tuesday they looked good. Who knows!

I was very surprised how easy it was. Alot of people told me to be prepared for the screaming when coming off of the anaesthesia. However Jay did great! We only had to stay about 15 minutes (the dr. said it would be between 30 min. and an hour!). As soon as I gave him a bottle he was good to go! I guess my baby is getting use to all of this poking and prodding that he has been receiving since birth. :)

Spring break is over and it's back to work. :(

Anna is in Disney World until Sunday with her grandparents. Yes, she is missing a week of school, and I'm ok with it. I talked to her a few minutes ago and she is having a blast!

Jay is getting tubes in his ears Thursday. He gained a pound in 2 weeks! And he's trying to crawl!

Other than that, it's pretty quite here.

Another Visit

Jay is 5 months old today and went for another visit to the dr. today. He is now 13 pounds 2 ounces!! He still has an ear infection in both ears though. :( (This is week 5!) We are calling an ENT tomorrow b/c we are on our 3rd round of antibiotics and nothing has worked. Other than that everything is good with him. He is suprisingly still happy even with the infection.

I go for jury duty tomorrow. YUCK!!! I do get to miss school though and get away from my crazy acting kids!

Ramblings

SACS will be at school tomorrow. For those of you who do not know, that is our accreditation agency. I should be working on my lessons, but am instead being lazy! I'm sure everything will be fine. I tend to really screw my lessons up when I have them planned out word for word anyway.

Jay went for his 4 month well baby visit. Only he's not so well. He has 2 ear infections and a wheezing in his chest that won't go away. The dr. put him on prevacid for his reflux. She thinks this is the cause for the other ailments. Also, he has dropped from the 10th percentile to the 5th in the weight category which really worries the dr. He is barely 12 pounds!

Anna learned to ride a bike without training wheels last week. She caught on the first time and hasn't had any major crashes yet! Although, she looks pretty cute in her helmet and pads.

Other than that nothing going on here. Exciting life huh??!!