Life is for those who LIVE!!!

Luke is now officially 5 months and I feel like he has grown so much in the past month.  He is still in size 9 months clothing but has moved up to size 3 diapers.  He takes 3 naps a day.   2 weeks old 5 months old and not happy At 5 months old Luke: -  Is rolling over on his own - all the time! -  loves his johnny jumper.  He jumps all the time in it -  Is eating cereal for breakfast and a pureed food for dinner     -  LOVES looking at this lamp -  Is pretty strong!  He can stand on his own legs when he is leaning against something -  He is getting to be such a happy baby.  He fusses less because he is spitting up less.  I love to see him smile because it lights up his whole face.

Someone asked me the other day if being a mom was everything I expected it to be.  A literal definition of Expect is " to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of" So has motherhood been everything I've expected it to be?  It simultaneously fulfills and breaks every notion I thought I had about what being a mom would feel like and mean.  I expected that being a mom would be so rewarding, so challenging and so worth every sacrifice - and it is.  What I didn't expect was to fall so madly, deeply in love with my little guy.  I can honestly say I've never been happier in my entire life.  I worried in the beginning that maybe I wouldn't feel a strong attachment with him because I expected him to be a girl for so long.  When I found out he was a boy I literally cried for an entire weekend.  Now to some people, those who have lost a child or cannot conceive a child, that seems incredibly selfish and

1.  There really ARE ebbs and flows to teaching.  Or valleys and peaks as they said in training.  One great year of kids is enough to restore your faith in being a teacher.   2.  There really are a lot of GREAT kids in the 7th grade group this year. 3.  Sitting on your butt for 10 weeks sounds peachy.... until you are forced to do it and can only get up to use the bathroom, eat or shower..... then it becomes a prison sentence 4.  After 5 years, I can STILL be shocked by some of the things kids tell you.  For example - the student who told me he couldn't take my final because it was too boring -- ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? 5.  Eating lunch by yourself in your room is no fun.  I prefer to actually talk to adults for 30 minutes in the middle of my day.   6.  I like my job much more when I'm laughing....   There was not much laughter last year and it sucked. 7.  I LOVE teaching novels.  I wish we could do more with them than we do.  The kids really enjoyed the rebelli

My Dearest Luke, Today I was thinking about how much my life has changed in just one year.  This time last year I was sleeping in :o) but feeling sooooo sick from the morning sickness.  I would lay on the bottom of the bath tub and let the hot water run over me until it turned cold.  I DO NOT miss that.  lol  but you were so totally worth it.  Now the best part of my day is walking into your room in the morning and seeing your huge grin.  This is similar to your early morning grin You are the sweetest little boy in the AM.  You will snuggle your little head into my shoulder and when I put you on the changing table you stretch your legs and arms out and start gurgling.  It's almost as if you are telling me good morning and about everything you dreamed about the night before.  It is so adorable.  Melts my heart every time. I never really believed in love at first sight until the moment I saw your face.  I remember everything so vividly from the day before and the day you w