Church Sunday

Gabbi is off to church this morning. I am always tickled by the baby outfits you can buy that really are mini versions of adult fashion. She easily outdressed me today.

Happy Thanksgiving

Gabbi experienced her 1st Thanksgiving and she did very well. Although she didn't care for mashed potatoes, she loved being with family. Being the baby in the bunch, brings lots of extra love and attention. Even though we missed spending time with my family, we had a very nice Thanksgiving. And, we look forward to spending Christmas in Texas.

Gettin Ready for Christmas

Today I started going through all the Christmas stuff and found Gabbi's 1st santa hat. Of course, I just had to try it on. The holidays are upon us and I am very excited to experience them with her.

Signs of a Tooth

Teething is officially here. Gabbi has an edge of her 1st tooth breaking through her gum line. So far, she has been pretty inaffected. But who know how she will feel once the entire tooth makes it through the gum line. Fun, fun, I can hardly wait!

Lordy Lordy Look Whose 40!

Today was a busy nonstop day at school full of things I do not enjoy dealing with. Through it all I kept thinking," today is my birthday....I deserve a stress free day." Well of course that did not happen and it was so busy I did not eat all day. The highlight of my 40th birthday was eating a chocolate cupcake in one hand and rocking my daughter to sleep in the other at
8:30pm. As I ate my cupcake and stared at her, I remanisced on how my life has just flown by....Wow, I am actually 40 years old! When I was in high school, I had my whole life planned out, married by 25, 3 kids, a house and a dog...That is hilarious because my life is nothing like that....Nope, I am 40 with an 8month old and 2 cats, lol! And even more I don't think I would change a single thing in my journey...It's been an interesting ride and I look forward to more years watching my daughter grow up and one day I hope to see her turn 40!

Found in the darndest places

This whole mom thing is new to me and now that Gabbi is crawling everywhere, I realize I have to be on my toes at all times. This morning as I was brushing my teeth, I looked down and she had pulled herself up on the toilet bowl and had her hand inside of it, playing in the water....UGH!!!! Now the lid stays down at all times.
Later as I was cooking breakfast I noticed it was a little too quiet...well Miss Gabbie was helping herself to the cat food! Anthoney and Sam just had these looks like, "do something shes eating our food!" Oh my goodness, part of me wanted to laugh and the other part was in a panic, "my baby was eating cat food!"
She survived and was annoyed that I pulled her away from her new found dish. What a day, and that was just the first couple of hours :)

Flower-rama!

Gabbi's paternal grandmother bought her this obnoxiously cute flower headband, and of course we had to wear it!

What a Bite

Unfortunately for Gabbi, she experienced what it feels like to be bitten. At daycare, another little toddler bit her hand. Needless to say Gabbi was not a happy camper. Although I never thought that this would happen, I am glad that the daycare provider takes these matters very seriously. She let me know the incident happened and will be meeting with the toddlers parents and filling out a report...wow! We are very thankful to have found a childcare provider that genuinely cares for the children she watches.

Another milestone

Today we went to store and we went in without the baby carrier. Aniyah weighs 19 pounds now and she and the carrier are a little on the heavy side. So today we were brave and went in without it. She sat in the basket all big girl like; wow, she really is growing so fast!

Tough Day

This year I have been placed in charge of an alternative program which currently has 41 students. My hours are later and my workload has doubled but I have enjoyed getting to know these kids. But I find myself struggling with the severity of some of the problems some of these students have. Today I lost a student who is moving because quite frankly it is not safe to stay here. It seems now that I am a mom, the pain and worry of a parent is so very very real to me. And the pain of this student's mother brought me to tears. He was really doing well but unfortunately his past doings have put him in danger. His mom is not willing to risk losing her son and I understand that. I worry alot about all my kids and that is literally how I view them, as my kids. I wish I could do something to help them and at times I feel totally helpless and that frustrates me. Today was a day I wish I had not become an educator not because I dislike my job but because sometimes it just hurts too much.