Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Back to Work I Go!

Well, I went back to work this week. School started back on Tuesday. What I thought was going to be the worst day of my whole entire life turned out to really be ok. Parker is staying with a sweet friend of ours who takes such good care of him. She has a baby of her own and another on the way, so Parker has lots of fun playing with them. She's so thoughtful and keeps me posted on everything he does during the day. It's so nice that I don't have to worry about him at all while I'm at work. Of course I miss him and want to be with him all day but not worrying about him makes it more than bearable. I really do love what I do, and it's been fun to be back with the kids and with my friends. The funny thing about kids is that they expect you to pick up right where you left off...no time to waste. So I had to jump in with both feet.

I was welcomed back with stacks of senior project portfolios to grade. Senior project is the class I teach and love. Basically, the students choose a topic, find a mentor who works in that area, spend 15 hours with the mentor, write a research paper relating to the topic, conduct a community service project that relates to the paper, compile these portfolios, and do a final presentation in front of a board of judges at the end of the year. The students whine about it for a while, but this is the fun time of year when they start seeing things come together. They learn so many life skills through this class, and it's always fun to watch them grow and mature. This is the first of two portfolios they turn in. Instead of going up to the school every day over Spring Break, Lee and I went to the school and loaded mine up to bring them home. They took DAYS to grade, but some of our students did some really cool things. I could talk about this forever!!

So it's good to be back. And I'm glad I only have a little bit before it's time for summer and I can be back home with my sweet baby every day!!

I call Parker "my precious baby" all the time, and Lee makes fun of me. But, I mean, what else do you call that?

Time to Wake Up!!

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We wrap Parker up real tight every night in this great SwaddleMe blanket that Beebs got for us. He's as tight as a bug in a rug...Lee's always afraid I wrap him too tight! This is what he does every morning when we wake him up. We just think it's so cute!! WARNING!! The video is kinda long, and I couldn't figure out how to edit it first. You may only want to watch the first few seconds. You'll get the idea!

To see another really cute video of Parker, click on the title of the video above to go to the website. You'll see why I didn't want to post it for the whole world!

My Sweet Boys

Lee woke up Sunday morning and fed Parker and put him back in bed with us. And this is how I found them. Parker loves to snuggle up close to Lee, and it always puts him right to sleep.

Just Some Fun Pictures

Parker's first Converse!!

I know this outfit is a little redneck, but it was $1. And there's a story behind it. When the doctor told us he was going to induce me to have Parker on the 27 of December (my due date was January 8), I was so excited because all of our family was still going to be in town after Christmas and was out of school. (We have 3 teachers and one student just in our immediate family!) Lee, on the other hand, was excited that we'd be able to claim Parker on our taxes...and he told everyone! I was so embarassed!!

Parker is loving his rattles. So we put them on every limb!

Parker's First Shots

Parker had his first set of shots today. It was so sad!! He actually did ok and has been sleeping a lot since we got home. Let's just hope that keeps up through the night.

We've had a little bit of sickness going around here. Lee was really sick last week before we got home from Houston. Well, I came down with it yesterday. Lee's sweet parents drove down this morning to take care of Parker for the day so I could go to the doctor and rest some before taking Parker to the doctor. We were so glad Lee didn't have to miss class. I don't know how we could have made it without them...I'd still be so sick with no medicine! Everything else was great at the doctor. He's looking like a healthy little boy so far. We are so thankful!

First Dates and Funny Faces!!

Parker went on his first date tonight with Ally Mattern. We had a great time with Ally and Alicia at Beagle Bagel.

This is Parker's new outfit from Clayton. It's the cutest thing, and I've been waiting for him to be big enough to wear it. Thanks, Clayton!

We just tried this out today. Don't worry, I don't leave him there by himself. He's holding his head up really good, so we work on it for a little bit every day.