Melissa's 2nd year at preschool

Monday, September 13, 2010

Well once again I'm behind on the blog. Why oh why can't I just sit down and type like I did before? Well maybe because life has gotten busier I don't know. Any ways Melissa started back to preschool on August 26, 2010 and loves it. She has moved up to the 2nd floor where all the big kids are at, as she will tell you. "No more babies on my floor mommy". Melissa seems to have three wonderful teachers and I truly believe that is a God thing. Melissa has been coming home playing school and pretending to be her teachers. I love watching her and see what all she comes up with. She is growing up way to fast for me.

I have also started back to teaching at Melissa's preschool and even though I'm 7 months pregnant, it's going good. I was a floater last year and this year I teach in a classroom with 2 1/2 year olds. They are a great group of kids. So our Tuesday's and Thursdays are busy, but it's good for Melissa and I to get out of the house and be around other people.

Here is a picture of our little schoolgirl on her first day. She picked out the outfit at the store and said this is what I want to wear on the first day of school. She even picked out her new shoes too.

Last day of school

On May 25, 2010 was Melissa's last day of preschool. Melissa had so bumps in the road during the year, but with Paul and I working with her and us moving her to a new class room in January she really ended up liking school. She made a lot of friends and loved her teachers. Paul and I could tell how much she had grown just by going to school. She memorized bible verse and the pledge.

1st day of school August 2009

Last day of school May 25, 2010

I also enjoyed teaching at the preschool. I meet some wonderful kids and wonderful ladies. I made some new friends. It was a good school year and we look forward to go back in August.

8th Wedding Anniversary, Mother's Tea and 12 week Sonogram

On Tuesday, May 11, 2010 was a busy day for us. Paul and I celebrated our 8th Wedding Anniversary. We went out to eat for dinner with Melissa.

Earlier that day, I was invited to attend a Mother's Tea. Melissa's preschool class had all the mother's come at 1:15pm for a light lunch and snacks. The teachers had the room decorated nice and all the kids had a gift for the mom's. Melissa was so excited when I came in the room she had made me a plate that had Happy's Mother's Day 2010 on it. The kids also learn a new song and sang it for us. I got it on video it is so cute. That was a special time for me. It is hard to believe Melissa will be three soon. She has grown up so much since school started in August. I love my little girl. Melissa has made lots of friends, but one friend she talks about all the time and plays with all the time is Kieffer. Melissa's teachers say they have a love/hate relationship. The will be loving on each other and playing just fine and then one of them will do something to make the other one cry.

Melissa and Kieffer

Melissa with her teacher's she loves these ladies.

Melissa's class singing

That afternoon Paul, Melissa and I headed over to the hospital to have a sonogram . We got to see our little baby. The baby is 12 weeks and every thing is looking good. The heart beat was 160 and we got to hear it. The doctor we meet with was the genetic doctor who we saw with Melissa during the whole pregnancy. We talked about the chances of having another child with CF. He is so kind and wants us to keep coming back to him every 4-6 weeks so we can keep an eye on the baby.

How your baby's growing:
The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

I want to be a cowgirl!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Today Melissa's class at preschool dressed up in their western wear.

Let me set one picture up for you.
Melissa doesn't have anything western wear so I was in walmart looking for a cheap cowboy hat, found one in the toy area for $5 and then went looking for some kind of boots. Since they had all there winter boots on sale I just knew I would find some type of boots for her to wear. Not even looking for cowboy boots. I came across some cowboy boots for $7 marked down from $19. Then I remembered Melissa had a pink bandanna that Auntie Peyt gave her when she was born. Over the weekend I had Melissa try on the boots and hat to make sure it fit.
I will let the picture speck for it self.

Here is our cowgirl all dressed up and ready for school

Melissa sleeping on her new nap mat

Saturday, August 29, 2009

In my last post Melissa's 1st day at preschool I said she didn't take a nap that day. I'm sure it's because she was not use to have other people in the room while she was resting and also her nap time at home is around 1:00pm. Nap time or rest time at preschool is 11:45am. I had bought Melissa an inexpensive nap mate from WalMart, but it was just one of those plan mats. My friend was telling me where she got her daughters nap mat and it wasn't over $100. That was the problem I was find was the custom made nap mats with a pillow and blankets cost around $100 or more. I wasn't about to spend that on a nap mat that may or may not get used. My friend told me about Custom Baby Boutique I ordered Melissa the ready to ship nap mat and had her name put on it. Custom Baby Boutique is awesome, I ordered the mat on late Wednesday night and on Friday afternoon I had it in my hands. I will be using them for future orders. Melissa was so excited about this new nap mat that she wanted to take a nap on it yesterday. I started laughing and said " you take a nap on the floor and not in your bed"? She took a two hour nap in her new nap mat on her bedroom floor with all her toys all around her. I told her " if I hear you playing I will take your mat away and put you in your bed". Melissa was a sleep in 5 minutes. I could not believe my eyes. Today she is taking another nap on her mat. I hope on Tuesday when she goes back to school she will want to take a nap on her mat. I will let you know how that goes.

Here are some pictures of Melissa's cool nap mat

Melissa's 1st day of preschool

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Melissa started preschool today, I also started back to work part time at the preschool. The preschool is at our Church Christian Learning Center or as we call it CLC. I'm a teacher, but I'm called a floater. Since Melissa might have to be pulled out of school later on this winter with cold and flu season it was best for me to be a floater so they won't have to fill my position while I'm out with Melissa. We pray Melissa won't have to be pulled out because she will miss school. It will be important that we keep Melissa healthy. She can't afford to get sick.
Back to Melissa's first day at preschool. She did great getting up and ready to go. She was so excited to be going to school. Paul and I have been talking about her going to school. Melissa did well with me dropping her off at her class. Her teacher Mrs. Leslie, Mrs Ann and Mrs. Judy are all nice and you can tell they have a love for kids. Mrs. Leslie has three daughters and her youngest is 2 1/2. Mrs. Ann and Mrs. Judy are older women with grown kids. As I said goodbye to Melissa at the door she walked on in and found her friend Brooke. Brooke is in her Sunday School class so it was great to know she already had a friend. As you all know Melissa is like her mommy and can make friends fast.
I had give Melissa her enzymes before her snack time and she was having lots of fun. She thought I was there to pick her up and she wasn't ready to go. When it was time to pick her up at 2:00pm Mrs. Leslie said she was wonderful and loves to give hugs to all her new friends even when two of them took a nap. That meant Melissa didn't take a nap so she took one on the way home. Learning to sleep on a Nap Mate is going to take practice. Melissa was also a big girl and didn't have an accident in her panties.

As for my day it was busy. I helped out in the 4 year old class today. It was fun being with older. I'm looking forward to next week we go twice a week so it should be fun!

Check out the school girls pictures

Before walking out the door

Walking up to School

Not wanting mommy to take her picture

On the way home from school. No nap today so she was tired

A new job and going to preschool

Monday, May 4, 2009

At the beginning of April, I applied for part time job at our Church preschool. I thought this would be a good thing for Melissa and I. I would get out of the house for two days a week and earn some money. Also Melissa will get to go to the preschool as a student. Last Monday I was offered the job. Melissa and I will be starting school in the fall. I know we both will enjoy it.