Hiccups

My sweet Lily is practicing her breathing techniques. Every evening we sit through 20minutes of hiccups. It's cute and makes me very excited to think that she will be here soon.

A Little More Jack Talk

Up - hop

Gum - gung

Monkey - onkey

Milk - Mulk

Footbal - ball ball

The pig says - wink wink

The frog goes - rrrooocckk rrroocck

Drink - gink

Big truck - honk honk

Poot - nnn boot

Sock - frock

Every day is a new word and of course, Jack knows a lot more animal sounds, those two are the hard ones to figure out!!!
There is always a little babble befor he says his word. For example: "uh huu mmmm nnn mulk."

Family

Things are running smoothly in the Smalley household. Jack has adjusted well to his new daily routine and I am enjoying being back in my classroom. Brian, of course, is busy, busy, busy with football coaching duties, and our dog Dale is living large. I like waking up in the morning to see Brian and Jack's little sleeping faces next to me. There is something so calming to see your little baby sleeping so peacefully. (Jack usually wakes up around 5 am and we have made a habit of laying him down with us until we are ready to get up. Jack loves it.) He is a snuggler too. I usually receive feet in my face while Brian gets Jack's cheeks pressed right up against his. Jack loves his daddy so much. If we by chance, we wake up and Brian has left for the day - Jack is devastated that he isn't next to him. It takes coaxing to get him up and over the emotional distress - usually Mickey Mouse Club or Elmo's World does the trick every time. He is a little lucky boy to have such a loving daddy. Lily is going to melt Brian's heart into pieces. I can only imagine what it will be like when the both of them are missing their daddy.
I get such a warm feeling thinking about lazy mornings with all four of us in the bed together. Laughing. Snuggling. Tickling. I am such a blessed momma. I couldn't ask for anything more.

Job Update

Well, I will be teaching again this year. A month into the school year and finally have a position. I am back at Ed White and thrilled to be back at that school. (challenges and all) It is only a part time position so I am extra excited that I will teach in the morning and then come home to be with my beautiful babies in the afternoon. It works out perfectly! I am teaching 2 classes of regular 8th grade English and 1 course of 8th grade honors English. It will be the FIRST time in my teaching career that I will be able to use lesson plans and pacing guides from the previous year! I know what to expect, I know what units to teach and when, and I am even in the SAME classroom that I was in last year. Now all I have to do is grab all teaching materials (around 10 boxes) from storage, carry it to the school, and set up the most welcoming classroom in the world before Monday. A tough task for someone two months from delivering a little baby! I'm not too worried about it nor am I stressing myself to get "setup." I have plenty of time and plenty of hands to help me!!!