Big Boy

So much going on and I'm just too tired to post!  I am now 13 weeks which means I'm starting my second trimester.  Thank you Jesus!  I hate to complain but the last seven weeks have been very difficult.  I was nauseous 24/7, throwing up at least once a week, and I tried three different medicines to try to help with my nausea- which none of them really did.  I prayed that I would wake up on my 13th week feeling some relief.  I honestly didn't pray to feel normal - I just wanted some of it taken away.  And let me say - prayer works!  I have not taken any medicine today.  I even had a girl throw up in my room right at 8 AM and made it through that.  Yes I've had to keep candy my mouth most of the day but I can deal with that.  Now as the night goes on I'm getting pretty tired and feeling a little blah but hopefully here soon I'll just go to bed and I'll be able to fall asleep before it gets worse.  I could be tired b/c I think I got up three times to go to the bathroom.  I usually just wake up once but for some reason last night was different.  Oh the joys of pregnancy!  I know this baby is worth every thing I'm going through and what I'm putting everyone else through.  Love my boys and their patience with this mama.  We go to our next appointment Wednesday so I'll try to post about that.

Now about my sweet baby Landon...he started in a new classroom at school - a bigger boy room.  He is doing great and he seems so much bigger to me.  I used to carry him and pass him off to the teacher but in Ms. Alicia's room he just gets down and goes.  They have carpet time and the kid is a sponge and learning so much.  I ask him what today is and he gets it right.  Then he goes on and can tell me the rest of the days in order.  I asked him what month and he knew we were in August.  He's so cute!  Today he earned his colors crown.

Since he did so good we went and got an icee and Burger King.  Ok actually I'm craving them so I can't blame it on him. :)

My school year is going good!  I have a good group of kids and things are definitely getting easier.  The first week or so can be rough for Kindergarten just b/c it is all new to them.  I'm glad we are starting to figure things out. 

3 + 1 = 4

Where oh where have I been?  Well I guess I could start off by announcing that I am PREGNANT!!!  I am 10 weeks now and I'm due March 5th.  We found out right before our summer vacation and we are very excited.  I have been feeling awful.  It started at 6 weeks and just got worse every day.  I have been nauseous 24/7.  My doctor gave me phenergan but it gave me a terrible headache so now I have Zofran.  It works ok but I pretty much keep a cinnamon hard candy in my mouth all the time which makes me feel better.  I started back to work this week and I've been doing ok.  It might be because I'm super busy and I am not just sitting at home.  Who knows but hopefully it will fade soon.  I was not sick with Landon and so this pregnancy is definitely different so far.  We also heard the heartbeat last week and it was 180.  I need to get Lance to take my belly shot soon.  I've taken some in the mirror but not going to post those...not the best shot!  I think I've gotten a little belly already. 

So with baby #2 coming soon we decided to get Landon out of our bed and into his big bed.  We started Saturday night and it's gone pretty good.  He wakes up around 3 or 4 and one of us just go sleep with him.  I think we are pretty happy with how it's going so far.  Landon is such a good kid and I am so excited to see him as a big brother.  He is going to be such a big helper and the best brother ever.  Oh and he tends to call the baby his sister.  Maybe he'll be right. 

Please keep our new baby in your prayers that it grows strong and healthy. 

Landon's 1st Interview

I saw this interview on a blog I read so I decided to do it on Landon. 

What is your name?  Landon Newton

How old are you?  2 and a 1/2 he says!

What's your favorite color?  red

Who is your best friend?  Mommy and Daddy and Luke

What is your favorite animal?  forcey aka horsey

What do you want to be when you grow up?  doctor (go right ahead)

What is your favorite movie?  Ratatouille

What is your favorite book?  Love you Forever by Robert Munsch

What makes you happy?  smile (hard to get him to understand - he kept telling me sad)

What makes you sad?  when mommy leaves me at school I cry (again hard b/c he kept saying happy -
         guess he knows opposites & by the way...he only cries for about two seconds to torture me and
         then he is fine)

What is your favorite food to eat?  chicken

What is your favorite song to sing?  monkey song aka jumping on the bed

What games do you like to play?  games on your phone (and he knows how to do it all by himself)

Hopefully I'll remember to do it later when he gets bigger. 

This week Landon has been going to school so I could work in my classroom.  He did three days this week and I got a lot done.  Sunday evening Lance and Judy went with me to rearrange furniture so on Monday I was ready to unpack and set up stuff.  After today I can actually say my room is ready for the kiddos.  I brought stuff home to work on over the weekend but really I just have the lesson planning to do and to get everything ready for orientation. 

Right now I have 15 kiddos but I know I will get more.  Last year we had 21 kids until they hired another teacher and it got us down to 20 kids.  It's crazy because at my old school there were only 4 classrooms and we had about 16 kiddos with 18 being a big class.  Here at MH there are 18 teachers and we usually have 20 kids.  But I love it and it's neat to be teaching at the same building I attended Kindergarten. 

I would also like to ask those who read my blog to pray for the Sherry family.  I taught with Gianna at Flippin and her family is super close to my sisters family.  On Sunday she had to have an emergency C-Section and their baby was born without brain activity.  Garret went home to heaven yesterday.  My heart breaks for them. 

Summer is fading fast...

I have been boring lately.  Landon and I are spending a lot of time at home.  Lance is still busy working with dealer meeting-all of that is over after tomorrow night-and I'm sure we are all happy about that.  I'm very thankful for his job/career but it's hard b/c his busy time is when we are home in the summer. 

Speaking of summer...I can't believe it's almost over. :(  I have two days of training this week and then I think the following week we can get back in our classrooms.  Now I wish I was one of those teachers who didn't rush back but I do.  I love to organize at the beginning of the year and have everything ready for the 1st day of school.  Plus I think my open house/orientation is the second week of August so it has to be ready by then.  I've been reading the posts at http://staffordmoments.blogspot.com from working moms.  I love hearing how others make things work for them and how they manage everything.  I am definitely going to have more routines and Lance & I are going to have to really work as a team...which I know we can.  I know it will make our lives so much easier and maybe we'll get to spend more time together just the two of us.  All relationships need that time and when you have kids it quickly fades.  Not a good thing I know.  Once I figure out our new routines I'll post about them.  Oh and I hope to get a house cleaner to come every two weeks.  I think that would be so helpful.  We'll see what happens. 

One thing I've already started to help us is to do meal planning.  I haven't had to since we went on vacation and now with Lance working every evening with dealer meeting but it's starting back this week.  I went to walmart today and I'm ready for some home-cooked family meals! 

Birthday Party

Last night Landon and I went to my nephews 4th birthday party. 

He loves dinosaurs so that was the theme.  The kiddos were excited to eat cake but we got them to eat supper before ruining the cake.

Landon had a great time!  My parents got Christian a new four-wheeler so all the kids went outside to ride around the yard, they swam in the pool & played on the swing set. 

 Lincoln drove Landon around and it was so cute.

 Look at Landon!  When Lincoln would start to go Landon would fling back.  It was pretty funny!

Love my blue-eyed baby!

Home Sweet Home

 We left Gulf Shores at 6:31 AM and we got back to my parents house in MH at 5:20 PM so we did really good time.  Landon did really good and we were talking about how we never had to stop for him.  We did stop twice and once for food and every time it was us having to pull over.  He's such a good boy!  Before we left Gulf Shores I got Landon three new videos and a Vreader.  He loved the videos and that is what he did most of the ride.  He did sleep for two hours which was good.  When we got about an hour away from MH he got a little restless so I got the Vreader out.  He loves that thing! 

It was great seeing this. :)

He didn't want me to take his picture.

We got home and we immediately started unpacking everything.  We decided to get Sonic for supper since we don't have a lot of groceries at the house and b/c we were lazy.  I'm glad to be home but I did have a great time and can't wait till next summer.

Today we are back to normal routine....vacation is over!  Lance went back to work and he is going to be super busy b/c of dealer meeting. 

Today is my sweet nephew Christian's birthday.  He is the big 4 and we are going to his birthday party later tonight. 

4th of July - Last day of Gulf Shores

Today was our last day at Gulf Shores.  We are heading back tomorrow morning so we are going to soak up as much sun and beach time as we can.  We headed down to the beach after breakfast and played till lunch.  Landon, me & my mom went up to the room for lunch while Lance stayed down at the beach.  I think I've created another beach boy!  My mom went back down to the beach while I got Landon to take a nap.  After he woke up we decided to stay in the room b/c our family was going to have a cookout & we were going to take some family pictures.  So I started getting ready and then everyone came up to our room to eat supper.  We had lots of good food and it was nice to visit.  My cousin Haley took some pictures for us at the beach. 

After pictures we got everything packed and loaded in the car.  Then we waited for the firework show which was at 9:00 PM.  We watched them on the beach & Landon did great.  He really didn't watch them he was more into playing and making people tell him stories.  :)  The rest of us watched the fireworks and they were awesome.  Nothing better than watching them on the beach.