Sitting like a Big Boy!

Davey is growing and changing each day. Now he can sit on his own for minutes at a time. Well, at least as long as he doesn't start getting over excited and rock back and forth. He has always been so strong and stiff backed, that it doesn't shock me that he can do this so early. Of course...he can't roll over yet...he told me that he will get there when he is darn well ready. (I am trying to get him to not use such harsh language! :) He loves being at the sitters since there are at least a couple of other kids around for him to watch. I am so glad he is the only infant, because he still requires a lot of holding time.

The other pictures are of Davey spending time with his dad on the golf cart. Joshs parents gave us thir old one so I could use it to haul around my gardening stuff. Of course, Josh and Davey has spent more time in it...and I don't want to talk about my pathetic garden this year!

We have all been passing around a cold...or dealing with allergies or something. A purchase of a cool mist humidifier has done wonders for Davey's nights. He has always been a champion sleeper, but lately has woken up with a snotty nose. But of course, he also wakes up hungry! The babysitter and I can't seem to get enough food into him quickly enough! He eats cereal, he eats veggies, he eats fruits...he tries to eat anything we are eating, too! Josh's favorite thing is to watch Davey try to drink from our glasses. Davey goes wild! He knows exactly what to do...though gets quite wet in the process. We will keep practicing!

We got our new fridge in yesterday and I celebrated by actually cooking supper last night! It has all the features I wanted, and others I didn't know about! Of course, since it comes before we actually redoing the kitchen the monster is taking up 1/4 of the space. But I don't care! It is sooo many steps above the dripping hand-me-down we were dealing with.

School is fine. ISTEP drained us all this week...I am glad that is over and I can get back to actual teaching! Fall break will be here before you know it!

Reasons to Celebrate

Man is it difficult to post each week when you have to work! It seems like it has been forever. School is going well, though with my new schedule of leaving school right after the bell I haven't figured out how I am supposed to get any papers graded!!

Davey turned 5 months old on Labor Day. We had a great long weekend. Hannah came back to the US after being in Japan for 3 years. Now she is off to England for a stint. Davey was happy that he fit into his Japanese outfit (which is meant for one-year-olds in Japan!) Of course our little antique festival went on that weekend, too. I found the most unique bed for Davey ever! It is an old Murphy bed (you know it pulls up into a cabinet) but made for a toddler! Too cute!

You also see another Labor Day tradition in the picture with Davey, Josh, and Josh's dad David. For 74 years the men of Vernon have gone out to camp and play cards and do other manly things in the woods. Josh's grandfather was one of the orginial guys. Now Davey is part of the tradition. When Josh found out that we were having a boy one of him first comments was about him being the next generation of the Cherry Park Campers. (Actually in the picture Davey is screaming...not smiling...)

Then the last picture was taken just this past wekend at the Courtfest in Scottsburg (my hometown). There you see my mom and dad set up to sell jewerly that mom makes at the festival. I think she ended up doing quite well and I got to see a few friends from high school. It is always fun to have a chance to show off babies to each other!

Josh is filling his weekends with golf scrambles while I struggle to stay on top of the mountain of ungraded papers and dirty glassware from labs during the week. It has got to get easier, right?