It's been a while...

It's been a while since I blogged last, but for good reason! Sam and I have been quite busy with each other lately. Lake days? No. Shopping? No. Just hanging out around the house and trying to stay cool that's all. He's kinda thrown his Momma & Daddy a curve ball since transitioning into a toddler bed. No more sleeping until 8 am anymore. He wakes up at least once a night and his new wake up time is anywhere from 6-7 am....sometimes earlier. So needless to say this summer dream of sleeping late has faded fast. But tomorrow we get his big mattress delivered and I think that should help his sleep habits more. He did great sleeping at my dad's house on their full size mattress so I'm hoping that this transition will help. We'll also been getting him new bedding and redoing his room (everything but paint thankfully). I can't wait to get it all fixed up and then move on to Nate's nursery. Crazy how everything is happening so fast! I'm ready though....We went this past week for Sam's ear checkup and for my regular checkup and 3d ultrasound. What a day that was! Sam's hearing is now ABOVE normal (praise the Lord!) and baby Nate is weighing in at 3 lbs. 12 oz so far! I started having some contractions this past week and have been pretty miserable since. It's getting harder for me to sleep or should I say fall asleep and stay asleep. My legs are cramping up a lot this go round, which didn't happen with Sam at all, and I wake up listening for Sam to be up and about. So overall...sleep isn't great with me right now. We put a safety lock on the door so Sam couldn't get out of his room at night, but the little stinker has already figured it out. He does pretty good most of the time about not getting out of bed. When he wakes up in the mornings he'll either come in our room (and we put him back in bed) or he'll knock on his door until someone comes to get him. Either way, whenever he leaves his room he ALWAYS shuts the door behind him! Jared and I were laughing about that yesterday bc we don't really know where he picked that up from except that we close doors to keep him out of our room I guess. He's growing up so fast and becoming so silly everyday. In fact, a friend from church has taught him to refer to himself as Silly Sam. I think the title fits him to a t. I think that's about it for us....we've just been relaxing at home. I've gone up to the school a couple of times and gotten most of the stuff moved out of my classroom and into my new one, but I can't work anymore this week bc the school is closed. After that I hope to get my room set up and work on writing some mini lessons to teach writing in fourth grade (I had already done 1-3rd 6 wks for third grade before they told me I was moving grades). I'm getting more okay with teaching a new grade, however the anxiety of teaching two tested subjects is a little bit scary for me....especially since it's a new test that I don't know much about. I know that it's going to be a different kind of year for me taking eight weeks off for maternity leave then coming back full swing, but I'm excited at the chance to do something new and different. Teaching never gets boring that's for sure!

Anyway, I hope all of you are enjoying your summer...whether you have it off of work or just a little vacation time!