Well, we have official first word, and it is 'bu-bye" - complete with hand  wave.  He was doing it echoing adults on Monday, and did it completely unprompted after crawling away from us into the kitchen last night.  This probably does not bode well, that my baby's first word is "see ya!" - especially since he is the son of Corey Duncan, aka "The ( Read more... )

Hola!  I am freakishly tired for a Monday, but that is probably due to a very busy weekend.  The good news is that we pretty much have a fall/winter wardrobe for the baby.   Between 
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Only 185 more school days until next summer!  Just kidding, I'm actually kind of excited about the new year.  We just had our week of pre-planning, and much as my partner teacher and I had both hoped to be elsewhere, we're getting along well and have things lined up for the start of school.  There are also hopes and dreams for next school year, but ( Read more... )

This week I commit to:
- exercise 20 minutes per day
- read at least 2 chapters per day from the book of Mark
- writing down what I eat and following healthy guidelines
Done, and down 3.5 pounds this week!  Must keep that up as school starts.  Done with Mark, on to Luke.

Before school starts I will:
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I can't believe that summer is drawing its way to a close, it feels in some ways like it just started!  Beach vacation was great, well worth looking forward to, and just spending time with my little boy has been fantastic.  I've gotten to see some of those firsts I was afraid of missing being a working mom - first tooth (June 9), clapping (June 10 ( Read more... )

Greetings!  We are back from our family vacation to Destin, FL, and very rested and relaxed.  We rented a big beach house with both sets of our parents, my brother, and Corey's sister, and it worked out great!  The house was big enough everyone had their own space (5 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, etc), and enough cars to split up when we wanted to.  
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Can't believe I've been out of school 3 weeks, it has been a nice combination of staying home with baby (I can't call it traditional summer laziness - like I told Corey, I don't have a "summer off," i just switched jobs, from working mom to full time mom!) and hanging out with friends and family. I've been trying to walk more and plan out meals in ( Read more... )

Well, one week into summer, so far, so good.  I've enjoyed lots of good time with the baby, and seeing some friends.  The grandmas are appearently going through baby withdrawl, so we're doing a combo of some time together (trips to the mall with my mom, taking mother-in-law to the zoo with David for the frist time for her birthday this week) and ( Read more... )

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