Big News!

My sweet boy is on the move. Just the other day, Jack conquered the "army crawl!" He will lay on his belly and push himself forward with one arm while the other one will stay tucked under him...Now that Jack is mobile and can get to something he wants, he is unstoppable. I can't tell you how many times I have had to pull Jack off of Dale. The boy is enamored with our dog. Jack cannot get enough of him! It is so precious.
Oh, I am so proud of this kid. Who could ask for anything better?? Another milestone: we are starting to introduce stage two foods into Jack's diet!! Last night, Jack had a full meal that consisted of peas, mac-n-cheese, and applesauce! He was particularly fond of that macaroni!

Seven Months

My Jack is seven months old now and it seems like he is growing too fast. I never thought my angel baby would wear size four diapers! Well, really he is still in size three, but I bought a pack of size four and they work just as well. Still, it is hard to swallow sometimes! He scoots and rolls from one toy to the next. I can sit him on the floor in the living room and the next thing I know, the child has rolled to the kitchen! Precious. I use to lay Jack on a blanket so that he could play with his toys. It wasn't long before I had to take the blanket away so we could make some crawling progress. He grew smart and realized he didn't need to work hard to get to the toy if he just pulled the blanket closer to him! Sneaky. He will now put his knees under his belly and push up on his arms. I am so proud! Before we know it, he will be all crawling all over this place.
He goes up....
And then down...
And then back up again!

We can do this all day!

Interviews

I have an INTERVIEW tomorrow at Columbia High School. Everyone please pray that I will be able to express my teaching ideas and experiences clearly.
I had an interview at Guntersville High School at the beginning of this month and have not heard anything back yet. I am not too sure if that interview went so well. So, this one needs to be better!! Columbia High School seems to integrate a lot of technology in the every day classroom. This excites me. Alright, just a little prayer request. I have to secure a job next year.
I know that God will place me in the school that he chooses and I find so much comfort in that.
Wish me Luck tomorrow!

Splish Splash

We took Jack to the pool for the very first time the other weekend. I was a nervous wreck. I doused him in baby 50spf sunscreen at least twice before we left the house and then three more times while we were there. I was a real joy to be around. Fortunately, Jack is so laid back these days that he loved every minute! The water was a little chilly but it did not stop him from splish-splashing the entire time. Brian showed him the ropes and once he proved to me that everything would be ok, I lightened up and joined in the fun. You only have your first swim once, right???

A Trip to the Island

A few weekends ago, the entire family got together in Dauphin Island. My aunt has a home there and it has always been the best place in the world to spend time with family. Honestly, I love seeing my cousins and aunts, my grandmother, and my uncle. It was ecspecially exciting because Jack was able to celebrate his great-gommy's 82nd birthday with her. My heart filled with delight the moment I knew that we were all going to be together. Nothing was going to stop Brian, Jack, and I from going down there. I really made Brian drive all the way down to the Island, by himself, because he couldn't get away from work on the day we were set to leave. The last time that I went to Dauphin Island was to celebrate what my mother, her sisters, and her mother deemed "The Gibson Girl Weekend." It was great because for the first time all of the girl cousins were allowed to attend the weekend celebration! (It meant we were finally adults!) This long weekend was even better because I had my baby Jack and my husband to show off to my family. I must say, they were very impressed!

Hello World

It has been some time since my last real blog entry. There have been a lot of things happening in my world lately. I have welcomed the busyness with open arms. I will try and pace myself on this entry and not overload you with details of events in one very long blog entry.
Now, you probably remember me telling you about the problems with our desktop and how it captured a virus….or the virus captured it. However it happened, it put me out of internet commission for too long. And then, miraculously, I remember about our laptop…duh. And then that computer’s hard drive really messed up. I can only describe it to you as “messed up” because I have no idea how to explain it any other way. So, we finally found a place to get the computers fixed and we paid a load of money JUST to have them tell us what the problem was. I do know that that business needs to work on communicating. It took ONE entire week for them to tell us that the computers needed to be fixed. Well, really? So, then they proceeded to explain to us that it will cost at least 200.00 dollars to fix just the desktop. Are you kidding me? We already paid a good 170.00 just to find out what was wrong with the computers. Paying more was not a luxury Brian and I could afford. So, then we went on vacation. After returning home, we found a family friend to help us out. I am now just waiting on Comcast to come and help me establish some kind of ISP. (Oh, I’m writing this in word)
After this mess, I will NEVER ignore the reminders that the antivirus people send out!!! EVER.
Get ready folks…I will be back in full swing in no time! I have to wait on posting some pictures…our camera… if it isn’t one thing, than it is another!

Happy Birthday to Me

It's my birthday...the BIG 27!!
yiiippppeee

More blogs and updates are coming soon!!!