Hey---If you think that people are really researching who the president should be and reading up on their policies....check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGYvW-zPbNk
Krista
Friday, October 24, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
My kids are so very funny!!
Okay--so Ada Grace has taken to saying the dinner prayer after learning it at preschool. Well, one of them is the "ABC prayer" which goes like this "A B C D E F G, Thank you God for feeding me." She usually actually sings all the way through the ABC's first and gets to the prayer the 2nd time around. Well, my mom was telling me that the other day when she was getting ready to "feed" her baby doll, she knelt down, crossed her hands and sang hte ABC prayer prior to giving her the bottle.
Justin--well, again, he has learned the Pledge of Allegiance at school. I'm going to have to get it all on video because its too darn cute. He can and does say all of the words right, usually, except for one. Did you all know that the last line was "With liberty and Justin for all".
Justin--well, again, he has learned the Pledge of Allegiance at school. I'm going to have to get it all on video because its too darn cute. He can and does say all of the words right, usually, except for one. Did you all know that the last line was "With liberty and Justin for all".
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
National Day of Remembrance
Good Evening. My post tonight is pretty somber, but important for me to share. Today is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (United States)
October 15 has been proclaimed by the United States Congress as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States. Many U. S. state governors have made similar proclamations in the last two years, effectively creating two annual days for the remembrance of infant loss. In general, October 15 is set aside by many states as a day to honor babies who were miscarried, lost as the result of pregnancy complications, or lost as the result of SIDS. In this way, the special case of a stillbirth, the cause of which is quite often unknown, is differentiated from infant losses that have more specifically understood causes.
As you all know, I lost Henry 10 months and 1 day ago today. This time last year I was still in the throes of morning sickness, learning how to give myself shots and all the other wonderfully fun stuff that goes with pregnancy. I was blissfully unaware that there was such a thing as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I was, at the time, 100% certain that at this point, October 15, 2008, I would have a 5 1/2 month old baby and our family would be complete. In a lot of ways, I wish that I was still that oblivious to the reality that is pregnancy loss. However, after losing Henry, I have had the opportunity to connect with some people in such a deep and personal way, that I will NEVER forget or take for granted. It is such a deeply personal loss, and for some reason, something that no one, unless they have been through it, seems to discuss. We received more cards than I could count that said "I know how it feels, unfortunately, I have been there. Please let me know if you need anything." Why is it, that such a HORRIBLE experience is so cloaked in secrecy?
If you know anyone who has ever lost a pregnancy, or an infant due to SIDS, please take a moment to remember the baby, as well as the parents who had to say goodbye to that precious baby. As I read in the blog of another woman who lost her baby not long after I lost Henry, this is NOT a day of mourning, but a day of remembrance. On this day, I choose to remember the few times I felt the miracle of Henry kicking me from the inside. I choose to remember that he had his daddy's eyes and chin. I choose to remember his 10 perfect fingers and 10 perfect toes. I choose to remember every single second that I got to hold my little "quarter-pounder", even though it was after he had gone to live with Jesus.
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (United States)
October 15 has been proclaimed by the United States Congress as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States. Many U. S. state governors have made similar proclamations in the last two years, effectively creating two annual days for the remembrance of infant loss. In general, October 15 is set aside by many states as a day to honor babies who were miscarried, lost as the result of pregnancy complications, or lost as the result of SIDS. In this way, the special case of a stillbirth, the cause of which is quite often unknown, is differentiated from infant losses that have more specifically understood causes.
As you all know, I lost Henry 10 months and 1 day ago today. This time last year I was still in the throes of morning sickness, learning how to give myself shots and all the other wonderfully fun stuff that goes with pregnancy. I was blissfully unaware that there was such a thing as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I was, at the time, 100% certain that at this point, October 15, 2008, I would have a 5 1/2 month old baby and our family would be complete. In a lot of ways, I wish that I was still that oblivious to the reality that is pregnancy loss. However, after losing Henry, I have had the opportunity to connect with some people in such a deep and personal way, that I will NEVER forget or take for granted. It is such a deeply personal loss, and for some reason, something that no one, unless they have been through it, seems to discuss. We received more cards than I could count that said "I know how it feels, unfortunately, I have been there. Please let me know if you need anything." Why is it, that such a HORRIBLE experience is so cloaked in secrecy?
If you know anyone who has ever lost a pregnancy, or an infant due to SIDS, please take a moment to remember the baby, as well as the parents who had to say goodbye to that precious baby. As I read in the blog of another woman who lost her baby not long after I lost Henry, this is NOT a day of mourning, but a day of remembrance. On this day, I choose to remember the few times I felt the miracle of Henry kicking me from the inside. I choose to remember that he had his daddy's eyes and chin. I choose to remember his 10 perfect fingers and 10 perfect toes. I choose to remember every single second that I got to hold my little "quarter-pounder", even though it was after he had gone to live with Jesus.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
I'm employed full time again!!!
As of Monday, September 29, I will be a full-time teacher. When Ms. Patterson hired me in August, she had told me that she would likely lose her Title I money to bring me in as a co-teacher since I was also certified elementary education. That money has now come through, so I will be full-time in a few weeks. I am doing what I always dreamed of doing, and it really is the best of both worlds. I get to teach and bring in a monthly paycheck, but also get holidays and summers off with my kids. I am happier professionally than I have EVER been!!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
My Apologies
Okay, so WOW--I didn't realize it had been 3 months since I had posted on the blog...until my mom reminded me how horrible I was. I remember folks telling me that life just gets in the way sometimes, and I now know xactly wht that means.
As most people know, I quit work on May 2nd, and spent the summer as a stay-at-home mommy. My dream come true, but unfortunately, it was pretty short-lived. I had to find a job and get back to work to contribute financially to our household again. I finally found a teaching job, which I have been looking for for over 2 years. I really think that teaching is the best of both worlds. I get to be home for holidays, and summers with the kids, while also contributing financially. I am teaching music to 4th and 5th graders at Angier Elementary school on Monday, Wednesday and 1/2 day on Friday. In the next few weeks I will become full-time and help co-teach in one of the 5th grade classes. I am happier professionally than I have EVER been...since graduating from college. My principal is AWESOME and I love the people I am teaching with. The kids are great--they are at the perfect age in that they still like their teachers. I get hugs every single day from at least 1 student. NExt year, the school will include 3rd graders also, so I will be full time music, I believe.
The kids are doing GREAT!! Justin turned 4 and Ada Grace turned 2 this summer. She is talking up a storm, and has even asked a few times about using the potty. I SO hope that we don't have the struggles with potty-training her that we did with Justin. They are both in Preschool this year, 5 days/week for Justin, 3 days/week for Ada Grace. I'll have to post pictures later, because her back pack that she has to carry to school is as big as she is, but she is incredibly proud of the fact that she has one and goes to school.
Barney and I are gearing up for our last vacation, sans kids, until possibly our 10 year anniversary. We are headed to NYC for almost a week. We are going to catch a Yankees game, a Mets game (the Cubbies are playing the mets) and a broadway musical (Legally Blonde). I am incredibly excited about the Broadway show.
I'm also gearing up to take on my weight head-on. Barney bought me a treadmill, and I've walked on it 2 or 3 times at this point. But I've decided to really change my lifestyle and make a concerted effort to get this extra weight off. I'm going to be getting up and walking on the treadmill daily, and no more big macs or french fries for me!!!! As most anyone who knows me can testify, I have raised procrastination to a whole new level!! Well, I was watching Dr. Phil the other day and he said "you have to choose to change your lifestyle to get the extra weight off. Think about it this way, the next year is going to go by whether you are doing it or not, so do you still want to be overweight this time next year? or would you rather lose up to 100 pounds by this time next year." Well, the answer is, I have 100 pounds to lose, and I can't keep putting it off until this or that or the other thing happens....I just need to do it and stick to it!! So---here I am, saying that this time next year, I will not weigh more than 155 pounds---I just have to make a concerted effort to stick to my new lifestyle, especially avoiding fast food, and getting up an hour early every morning to walk on the treadmill.
Because I am making this concerted effort to change my lifestyle, I have decided to write down a schedule to stick to until I get used to it!! As a result, a number of things that I have let fall by the wayside (like blogging) will be put on the schedule to make sure I don't forget about it again. So, I'm going to be trying to remember to blog every weekend.
Sorry for the absence---I'll try to be sure it doesn't happen again!
krista
As most people know, I quit work on May 2nd, and spent the summer as a stay-at-home mommy. My dream come true, but unfortunately, it was pretty short-lived. I had to find a job and get back to work to contribute financially to our household again. I finally found a teaching job, which I have been looking for for over 2 years. I really think that teaching is the best of both worlds. I get to be home for holidays, and summers with the kids, while also contributing financially. I am teaching music to 4th and 5th graders at Angier Elementary school on Monday, Wednesday and 1/2 day on Friday. In the next few weeks I will become full-time and help co-teach in one of the 5th grade classes. I am happier professionally than I have EVER been...since graduating from college. My principal is AWESOME and I love the people I am teaching with. The kids are great--they are at the perfect age in that they still like their teachers. I get hugs every single day from at least 1 student. NExt year, the school will include 3rd graders also, so I will be full time music, I believe.
The kids are doing GREAT!! Justin turned 4 and Ada Grace turned 2 this summer. She is talking up a storm, and has even asked a few times about using the potty. I SO hope that we don't have the struggles with potty-training her that we did with Justin. They are both in Preschool this year, 5 days/week for Justin, 3 days/week for Ada Grace. I'll have to post pictures later, because her back pack that she has to carry to school is as big as she is, but she is incredibly proud of the fact that she has one and goes to school.
Barney and I are gearing up for our last vacation, sans kids, until possibly our 10 year anniversary. We are headed to NYC for almost a week. We are going to catch a Yankees game, a Mets game (the Cubbies are playing the mets) and a broadway musical (Legally Blonde). I am incredibly excited about the Broadway show.
I'm also gearing up to take on my weight head-on. Barney bought me a treadmill, and I've walked on it 2 or 3 times at this point. But I've decided to really change my lifestyle and make a concerted effort to get this extra weight off. I'm going to be getting up and walking on the treadmill daily, and no more big macs or french fries for me!!!! As most anyone who knows me can testify, I have raised procrastination to a whole new level!! Well, I was watching Dr. Phil the other day and he said "you have to choose to change your lifestyle to get the extra weight off. Think about it this way, the next year is going to go by whether you are doing it or not, so do you still want to be overweight this time next year? or would you rather lose up to 100 pounds by this time next year." Well, the answer is, I have 100 pounds to lose, and I can't keep putting it off until this or that or the other thing happens....I just need to do it and stick to it!! So---here I am, saying that this time next year, I will not weigh more than 155 pounds---I just have to make a concerted effort to stick to my new lifestyle, especially avoiding fast food, and getting up an hour early every morning to walk on the treadmill.
Because I am making this concerted effort to change my lifestyle, I have decided to write down a schedule to stick to until I get used to it!! As a result, a number of things that I have let fall by the wayside (like blogging) will be put on the schedule to make sure I don't forget about it again. So, I'm going to be trying to remember to blog every weekend.
Sorry for the absence---I'll try to be sure it doesn't happen again!
krista
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
I know, I'm awful
I know, I haven't been the best blogger of late, but since you all don't come on here to hear my crazy ramblings, I thought I'd post some recent pics and a video for your viewing pleasure. I'll try to do better!
Momma said there'd be days like this....
She just didn't say how many.
so while the kids were napping today , or so I thought, I took the time to check a few things on the internet and get caught up on some personal time. As I was finishing up, I heard the rumblings of a 2 year old upstairs asking for her mommy. I hadn't heard Justin in a while, so I thought "YES!!! He's asleep!" Well, I decided to peak in on him in his room, and the smell when I opened the door nearly knocked me over. I looked at him, then the bed, then the floor---NO!! This Cannot be happening, He did not poop on the floor and play in it!!!!! Oh, but yes he did. So, i closed the door, went to the phone and called my mom. I asked her to come over immediately. Go back to his room to begin the clean up, and step in a puddle. A Puddle?!?! You must be kidding. Not only did my 4 yo who has been toilet trained for a year poop in the floor and play in it, he decided to take a pee as well. So, my mom get's here and gives Justin a bath. He literally had poop all over his hands, body, feet, face. I asked him I think a million times if he had eaten the poop because he even had it on his chin. When I asked what he did do with it he pointed to his bed. That's right, the bed we got him for his "big boy bed" because he was so good, well, the trundle drawer under neath it, covered in poop.....I wanted to cuss the entire time I was cleaning it. What on earth posessed my normally well-behaved child to do such a thing?!?! I asked him that exact question, and do you know what he said, "I didn't want to bother you mommy, you were too busy". Seriously? How did he know I was too busy? He never even asked. If he had said he needed to go potty I'd have ushered him there like I have every other day since he was potty trained. Well, I decided that if he was big enough to make the mess, he was darn well big enough to help clean it up. I made him help me scrub the carpet (hands and knees, wet wash cloth), I made him put his sheets in the washer (with supervision) and then, mean mommy that I am, I made him help vaccuum the floor. He is TERRIFIED of the vaccuum cleaner--He screamed and cried the whole time, but I wasn't going to clean the whole thing up when he knew better.
so while the kids were napping today , or so I thought, I took the time to check a few things on the internet and get caught up on some personal time. As I was finishing up, I heard the rumblings of a 2 year old upstairs asking for her mommy. I hadn't heard Justin in a while, so I thought "YES!!! He's asleep!" Well, I decided to peak in on him in his room, and the smell when I opened the door nearly knocked me over. I looked at him, then the bed, then the floor---NO!! This Cannot be happening, He did not poop on the floor and play in it!!!!! Oh, but yes he did. So, i closed the door, went to the phone and called my mom. I asked her to come over immediately. Go back to his room to begin the clean up, and step in a puddle. A Puddle?!?! You must be kidding. Not only did my 4 yo who has been toilet trained for a year poop in the floor and play in it, he decided to take a pee as well. So, my mom get's here and gives Justin a bath. He literally had poop all over his hands, body, feet, face. I asked him I think a million times if he had eaten the poop because he even had it on his chin. When I asked what he did do with it he pointed to his bed. That's right, the bed we got him for his "big boy bed" because he was so good, well, the trundle drawer under neath it, covered in poop.....I wanted to cuss the entire time I was cleaning it. What on earth posessed my normally well-behaved child to do such a thing?!?! I asked him that exact question, and do you know what he said, "I didn't want to bother you mommy, you were too busy". Seriously? How did he know I was too busy? He never even asked. If he had said he needed to go potty I'd have ushered him there like I have every other day since he was potty trained. Well, I decided that if he was big enough to make the mess, he was darn well big enough to help clean it up. I made him help me scrub the carpet (hands and knees, wet wash cloth), I made him put his sheets in the washer (with supervision) and then, mean mommy that I am, I made him help vaccuum the floor. He is TERRIFIED of the vaccuum cleaner--He screamed and cried the whole time, but I wasn't going to clean the whole thing up when he knew better.
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