Friday, August 29, 2008

First week of School



It has been a long week! I'm so happy the first week of school is over and it's finally Friday! I have a great group of kids. 7 girls and 13 boys....I need to invest in air freshener! Here's a picture of Caroline helping me after school.

Caroline loves to sit up these days.

We met Scott, Amanda and Lucas at The Cedar Door for happy hour today. It look like the kids were over served!





I love this picture of the two proud daddy's.

This is a video of Caroline's latest and greatest. She is constantly sucking on her bottom lip and when she stands up, she loves to shake her booty. We think it's hilarious! Hope you enjoy.

Friday, August 22, 2008

16 Weeks old and More!

Caroloine turned 16 weeks old yesterday! She had her doctor's appointment today and she's 17 lb 13 oz....once again, off the charts! She's 25.6 inches long (90%) and her head circumference is also in the 90-95%. Dr. Bell said that she's doing great developmentally and physically. She gave us the green light on starting solids so I'm sure that we will be posting that video very soon! Here are some pictures of her today. She's had a hard week. First week away from mommy and daddy and shots today. She has started taking a 3 hour nap in the early evenings and then sleeping 9 hours straight at night. We hope that she hasn't been bitten by the tsetse fly and come down with a case of African sleeping sickness (just kidding). Thank goodness it's Friday!!!


I had a great week at pre-planning. I'm working with some wonderful teachers who have taken me under their wings. I was so nervous this morning for meet the teacher, but now that that's over with I can't wait for the first day on Monday. I will post pictures of my classroom very soon.

Alex and I received some wonderful news this week about Caroline's daycare situation. We had resigned ourselves to the fact that she would spend the year at Highland Park (a great daycare, but not my school), but she has a spot at my school in October!!! On October 26th, Caroline will become a "Future Cougar" (our mascot is the cougar) at Casis. I will be able to visit her during my planning and lunch every day, see her on their walks around campus and pick her up right after school. I can't believe how lucky we are!!!
Here's a link to Jacob and Staci's wedding announcement. 6 weeks to go!!!
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/7701/

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Saturday Night at The Martin's House

Alex, Caroline and I had a great time last night! We were all so excited to see it finally rain!!! I can't remember the last time I heard thunder. It was also wonderful to see Lucas again. He's getting bigger and LONGER every day. We can't wait for Baby Martin to arrive in January!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Videos!

Alex has been quite the movie director this week!


Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Daddy Daycare


Caroline has been helping her Daddy work from home this week while I'm in new teacher training. Hopefully she'll be answering calls and typing by the end of the week!

First Trip to Lake Limestone

Caroline took her first trip to Lake Limestone last weekend. She had a great time swimming in the lake and relaxing. Here's a picture of her one of her favorite things to do these days....standing up! Her sturdy little legs can hold her up forever. She and Butter spent some quality time chilling in the grass. We're so happy that Caroline is always up for a road trip!