First Day of School

Summer is officially over, and I am a little sad. It seemed like we just finished up last year and we are headed back again. We had a great summer, and are eager to see what the 2ND grade has to offer.

This past Thursday was open house and we went to meet Christian's new teacher Mrs. Bator. She seemed very nice, and looked like he would be doing a lot of fun things this year. We are no longer on the "U, S, E, and N" grading system and from here on out things will be fully graded. I'm sure we (he) won't have any problems.

Here is a picture from this morning, ready for a new year!

You had a GREAT first day, you even said you had fun! Which I was so happy to hear. Last night you were a little worried about going, but all your worries are no more.

I can't believe how big you look in this picture!

Here's to another Great year....Go TIGERS!!

Dr Check-Up!

Tuesday was Christian’s 7-year check up!

Here are his stats:
Weight: 51 lbs (50%- 75%)
Height: 49 ¼ (50% - 75%)
BMI: 14.7 (25%-50%)

I was very surprised at the percentile for his height, to me he’s tall for his age and with Michael being so tall I just figured it would be higher. No biggie, he has plenty of time to grow! He did great answering the nurse and doctors’ questions. He past his hearing test with flying colors, which I responded to “hey, you can hear!” I guess he has that selective hearing going on. He didn’t do to great with his vision test, so she let him try again and didn’t do to good the second time around. The test consisted of him standing at one end of the hall way, cover one eye and read the letters off the chart on the other end of the hall. Needless to say we will be visiting the eye doctor next week to have a more extensive test to check his eyes out. I’m not too worried about it, if he needs glasses then that’s what we will do. School starts next week and I don’t want him struggling to see.

He didn’t receive any shots, which he was so happy about. I am so glad that we switched doctors last year, he loves his new doctor. She is great and takes time to go over anything we have questions or concerns about. At our last doctors' I always felt rushed. She remembered us from our last visit about the spot on his face and was curious about what the dermatologist said. It really makes our visit somewhat enjoyable. We left and he gave the doctor a big huge…makes a momma proud!

He looks so cute in his gown!!

Sale

What does hundreds of safety pins........

hundreds of hangers.....

And piles and piles of kid clothes, toys, shoes and everything else mean.....

......

Kidsignment sale!!

I did this sale back in February and now it’s time again. My living room has been taken over with clothes, toys, shoes, hangers, tags, safety pins. Oh, but it’s worth it when I receive my check in the mail. I did pretty good my first time, and hoping to do even better. I learned a few things, tips to be better prepared. It is quickly approaching too…drop of is in 2 weeks, and I have so much to do. My plan is to work on it a little bit each night, and not over do it over the weekends. I don’t want to be rushing the morning of to get everything finished like I was last time. The sale starts on August 16th, so if you are in the area stop by it huge, and crazy but some awesome deals can be found! Check out their website here....it is huge...and crazy!!

Who's in control?

Have you ever had the feeling going through life that things just don’t seem to work the way you wanted them to? At times, felling like things are falling apart? Who is in control of your life? I have at times thought and felt the same way. I have to remind myself that I am not in control of my life…God is. Things will work on his time frame not mine. When I feel like things are falling apart, I remind myself that it is God’s way of putting all the pieces into their perfect place. However hard it might be, in the end He knows and I don’t need to worry about it. All I have to do is have faith and trust him wholly. With all the crazy things that are going on in with our family I want to take control, but God quickly reminds me that it’s for him to do, not me.

Today as I am reminded that I need to let go, it’s not up to me it’s up to HIM, I will give it all to him and give him all the glory during the process. He has never let us down, and never will. We are where we are in life because of him! So give it to HIM!

Who is in control of your life?

Our weekend

We had a great weekend! Michael was home and it was also his birthday on Sunday. I was off on Friday so we spent the day together! We had to go get car tags, which isn’t too fun, but afterwards we caught a movie and lunch! We saw “Horrible Bosses” and I must say it was hilarious. Always enjoy a movie with a great laugh! We picked up the boys early and spent the rest of the day relaxing at home.

Saturday we headed out to get a jump start on our back to school shopping! I can’t believe summer is ending, and school is right around the corner. I wanted to beat the rush and get as much done now as opposed to waiting to shop the weekend before. We were able to get all our things on Christian’s list. On a side note, I think I am the only person who is excited about school supplies. I mean Christian has to have new things, but I use the opportunity to restock my desk supplies with new pens, folders and fun things. It’s as much for me as it is for him! Also a good time for me to get re-organized! I have become very “non-organized” over the past couple of months and it’s driving me a little crazy.

Sunday was Michael's birthday!! We woke up and I made breakfast and the boys gave him their gifts. I had a couple of pictures from our beach trip printed and framed for his office, along with some of his favorite candy. The pictures in his office are older and it’s always nice to have new pictures. However by that afternoon Christian was complaining of a sore throat and was running a low grade fever. So we just stuck around the house. After a doctor’s appointment and an antibiotic he is feeling much better!!

Beach...Part 5

The condo had two pools that had water slides. One pool had enclosed slides and the other one had an open top slide. One afternoon while the two little one's were asleep Leigh and I took Christian and Jadon to the pool with the open top slide. They had a blast!! (Click on the picture to make bigger!!)

 

Saturday we headed home, and were sad to leave the beach. We had a great time and look forward to our next trip! What normally takes about 6-7 hours to get home, we got stuck behind a horrible accident for 2 ½ hours. Thank goodness for DVD players!

Beach...Part 4

Thursday after pool time, and before heading to the beach to take Christian and Colin’s pictures we had to celebrate his birthday! We opened presents, and had cake! Michael had given Christian a new DS game prior to use leaving, so he would have something new to play with in the car. We also got him a new case, a car charger and an accessory kit. He got the new “Cars 2” game from my parents, and money from Leigh and Kenny. We had yummy chocolate and vanilla ice cream cake from DQ, and headed to the beach for pictures.

Colin wasn’t too in the mood, he had gotten a little bit too much sun that day, and was just worn out. I did capture a few good ones, and I am excited to put them in frames and on the wall!!

I even captured one of my parents!