moving...

It is now official!!!  Next year I'm moving back to teach 4th grade.  I will be teaming with Melissa Thomas...I'll teach reading and language and she'll teach math, social studies, and science.   I'm so excited!  Don't get me wrong...I'm not going to wish away my summer, but I'm so ready to get back to my old campus!  This year I decided to try teaching 2nd grade.  I did this for several reasons...the daycare Macie goes to is connected to that campus (I could be there in 30 seconds) and there are no TAKS tests in 2nd grade.  I really enjoyed the opportunity to try 2nd, but I feel that 4th just suits me better!

motherhood is....

In the past 15 months I've learned a lot about what being a mom means.  Here are a couple of things off the top of my head...

Motherhood is...

seeing your child learn new things

buying nothing for yourself and tons for your child

being able to pick out your child's cry among other children

wearing spit-up clothes to work

loving the smell of your baby's breath

finding your purse in the trash...our trash can has been moved to the garage for now...

arranging your hair instead of being able to fix it

never getting tired of hearing "Mama"

cleaning poo-poo out of the bath tub...yes...it's happened several times

accepting that your house will never be clean again

open mouth kisses!!

looking like a fool just to get your child to smile for a picture

staying awake just to stare at your baby

worrying

sacrificing

loving so much your heart could burst

Motherhood will change your life forever!!!

Thanks Mom for everything you do for me!  You are truly a remarkable role model!  I love you very much!  Happy Mother's Day!!!

may update

This week Macie went for her 15 month check-up.  She absolutely HATES the doctor!!!  Don't get me wrong he's very nice and very informative, but she has a HUGE  case of stranger-danger...especially of a man wearing a white coat that trys to touch her, stick things in her mouth, and ears.  Right now she weighs 26 pounds and is 32.5 inches long.  Hopefully she's going to be tall like her Daddy!  The doctor asked all kind of questions to see how she was developing.  Here are a couple of examples and my responses...some I voiced...some I didn't.

• Does she point at things? (oh, yeah!  especially when she wants something)
• Is she trying to climb on things? (good, that's normal...I thought she was part monkey)
  
• Is she drinking from a cup? (very well!  her favorite thing is throwing it on the floor and watching Mommy pick it up.  Then clean up all the milk that spilled out of the NON-SPILL cups!!!  Why is that?
  
• Has she gotten rid of the bottle and the pacifier? (Bottle-yes...way past that!!!  Pacifier-no...part of this is my fault...she looks so cute with it and if she doesn't have it she starts sucking her thumb.  She also has a really cute name for it too---pahum...make the "p" sound then make a short humming sound...Pahummm
  
• Does she know 4-5 words? (Try 40-50!!!  Of course others wouldn't recognize them, but when you're around her enough you can pick several out.)  
  

Below are a couple of pictures one from today and one last May...she's grown so much!  I have a toddler now!!!