One Week Down...

School finally started for me this week. Teacher days on Monday and Tuesday and the kids came on Wednesday through Friday. We actually got out two hours early on Thursday and Friday because kids were getting overheated on the bus ride home. No one complained! Here is the annual First Day of School picture. Davey had a really good week with the sitter. This is the first full week he has gone and survived better than me! Don't get me wrong...it is nice to have lots of other adults to talk to and talk about other things besides poopy diapers.

This weekend was the Leota Frolic. This is a tiny festival where I grew up. My mom set up a booth to sell the jewerly she makes. My brother-in-law raised funds for the 4-H group by getting into a dunking booth. The picture is of him in the water after my nephew, Kaleb, hit the target. It is a great time full of homemade ice cream, fried fish, watermelon eating contest, and hog calling competion. And of course next weekend is Vernon Days...more info on that later!

Davey is growing each day. He will be 5 months just next week. It is unbelievable. He loves his veggies and now has tried some fruits. That is all fine and good until it comes out the other end! I miss the days of only milk! Now here I go again about poopy diapers...moving on...

My sister and bro-in-law in Chicago bought a house in the suburbs to hopefully start a family soon. Congrats to them! I am also SOOOO EXCITED to see my friend, Hannah, this weekend! Three years in Japan is a long time. But now she is off to Enlgand with her hubby...good thing Josh and I already bought the plane tickets to come and visit over Spring Break!

Saw on the news this morning that red heads make up only 2% of the population. I reminded Josh to take note what a special wife he has! :)

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Last Week of Summer

I can hardly believe that school starts on Monday for me. And actually that is considered late for this area. Today Davey had his first offical play date with some cousins of some sort...once removed...or something. My mom, aunt, cousins, and kids all came to my house for lunch. In the picture you can tell that we got all three of them to cry for the picture. Of course Davey was the easiest to set off!

We are starting veggies now and it is a lot better than that nasty rice cereal. And Davey likes it a lot better. He can clean out the entire container in 7 minutes flat! This week is squash! Next week we will get crazy and go green with peas.

Also you see the train that was parked right outside our house. We love trains and I tried my best to find the engineer so that I could get a picture with Davey in it! Maybe next time. Luckily there are only one or two trains that go by in a week and they run during the day.

I go to school with my friend Jill to get my classroom ready. Of course I still need to sort through all the mess from my maternity leave!

Time Flies By

Davey has reached another month old! It seems impossible that he is already four months old! He continues to be bright-eyed and animated in ways that cracks me up. He is getting much better about the changes that have to take place for me to go back to work. He takes two bottles during the day and actually made it three hours at the sitters without crying! And he has figured out that the car seat is part of his life and does not scream constantly like he did when he was younger.

We went to a friend's wedding last night and loved a reason to get dressed up. Of course I was more hectic getting both me and Davey ready instead of just me. The pic above is of him before we left. I was getting dress and looked back to see the sweetest boy tuckered out. I know it is rude to be better looking than the bride...but Davey looked ADORABLE in his shirt and tie. (Thanks, Susan!) He was actually quiet during the ceremony and loved watching the kids dance at the reception. I think Josh was happy to now have Davey because now he has a reason we can't slow dance!

School starts August 20th for me and I can't believe it. Maybe I will have really bad kids so I won't feel bad for yelling at them because I really miss my son. Take that back...I want good classes no matter what!