One month already?

Bad, bad mommy has not blogged since Rowe Baby (E's nickname for him)has been born. Today he is one month old. At birth Rowe weighed a whopping nine pounds and eight ounces. He was 22 inches long. I'll try to do a birth experience post soon, before I forget the details. It's something I definitely don't want to forget.

Here he is today...

Yeah, he doesn't really enjoy picture time! Laying down makes it better...

 

Big sister is in love with him. She wants to kiss him and play with him. She can not stand to hear him cry! I think she thinks he is hurting or something. I had to explain to her that crying is the way that babies communicate. She still runs to try to put a paci in his mouth...which by the way he will not take!

 

 

E has been a busy girl! She has still been going to preschool since brother has been born. She started taking dance/tumbling at a new studio in August. Tuesday they had their first parent observation. I am amazed at her progress and with the teachers. They have about 20ish students and they are doing a wonderful job. It was so much fun to watch them.

 

Here is a sneak peek at what sister is learning (that's her in the black ribbon)

 

We have adjusted very well to being a family of four. We are spending lots of time at home, which I love. I am so glad that we worked our tails of this summer remodeling lots of our house. It is so much more comfortable and it actually feels like it is our home. The picture below shows my little heaven on earth. Night time, relaxing in our pjs is probably my favorite time of the day. That sectional that B and I went back and forth about has already provided so many wonderful family memories...and he actually agrees! I am so happy with my life that I am actually scared sometimes that something will happen. I've never had it so good...with my children, the man taking this photo, my job, my house. I am so thankful to the one that provides it all, my Jesus. 



Rowe has his one month appointment tomorrow. I'll try to remember to post his stats...because I haven't started a baby book for him. I'm to busy enjoying this time in our lives!

Happy Father's Day! (and other random stuff)

Wake up Daddy! Happy Father's Day! Love, Everly and Rowe

Happy Father's Day to the "Best Pop Ever".

 

 Happy Father's Day to the Best Daddy Hands Down! (Thanks BKK for making these cute cards at school on Friday)

Having a blast at Sean's party with school friends.

It's Thomas!! I never knew she had this obsession with trains, in particular Thomas. She has talked about it for days!

"Take my picture Mommy!"  E in her rose colored glasses.

We had a great, but busy weekend! Friday night we went to a couples shower for Brett's cousin who is getting married in July so E totally enjoyed spending the night with her P-Pop and Gimme. Saturday E and I enjoyed a great Thomas the Train party with some of her school friends. Then we had to go to a bridal shower. She did a great job all day even though she didn't have a nap...which usually means T-R-O-U-B-L-E...or more like attitude with a capital A! Sunday we went to a great Father's Day service at our church. Then we hosted B's parents for lunch. E got her daddy Top Gun on DVD and a new Coastal Cotton polo (Daddy is tops in her book!). I paid a special tribute to my daddy by making one of his famous (in my eyes) recipes...meatloaf roll. It's like regular meatloaf except it is filled with honey ham and topped with mozzarella cheese. Then I made mashed potatoes and fresh corn with apple dumplings and ice cream for dessert. We had a great time. I am so glad that we moved closer to them. We really enjoy having them at our house. Monday Sweet E and I went out to play in the little pool and she kept wanting me to take her picture. She is so funny!

Also that day the nurse called to give us the scheduled date for Rowe's arrival-September 25th we will go in for a c-section, unless of course he decides to arrive early (which could very well be possible). I am so much more paranoid with this pregnancy...I have no idea why! We're less than 100 days away and I feel like I've done nothing! One big hold up is our wood floor situation. Whoever decided it would be a good idea to glue down carpet or padding was definitely not a genius! I can't wait until this process is complete so I can get on with the show. I've got everything ordered and delivered. It's just waiting for me...which is pure torture.

Our next big event is a Rootin' Tootin' Round Up party for our little cowgirl....she is so excited and I am too!



He's got one!

 

E after her first dance class sans mommy! She loved it.

There have been so many ch, ch, ch, changes in our lives since September. I've got to do a better job of keeping up with our family memories. I really like blogging, but there always seems to be something else to do. I could cut down my fb time and make at least a couple of posts per month. I think I will do that (like how I'm talking to myself). One of our biggest changes is that this girl above will be a big sister!! I am right at 25 weeks pregnant. Baby Brother's due date is officially October 2nd, but he will be delivered via c-section sometime during the last week of September. We found out on May 9th (my sweet sister's bday) that he is indeed a he. I shrieked in delight when she announced the gender. I knew from the beginning that it was a boy! I had only picked out...well not only picked out...but planned for a boy nursery down to the last detail. The night before the ultrasound I found a couple of girl things per B's advice. We took E with us to the ultrasound. It was a really special moment for our family.

So then the dilemma began...what will this little blessing be named? B and I had VERY different ideas about names. My request was that his middle name be James after my dad. I made a list, a pretty long list of names that I liked and we discussed names a long time...a whole well almost six weeks. This was really tough for me because I am a planner! We had a boy and girl named picked out on our way to the ultrasound to find out what E was.

Yesterday B came to my new third grade classroom (another change) to take down some shades for me to be able to finish painting. Right before he left I asked my usual daily questions, "How was your day?" "What did you do?" "Do we have a name?". I was shocked to hear a "yes!" to the last one. I asked if it was 100% and if I could share and I got another "yes!" I was so excited and he couldn't have picked a more perfect day than yesterday to decide. You see, yesterday would have been my dad's fiftieth birthday. B didn't know that until I told him last night.  

So baby brother will be-

Rowen James (we'll call him Rowe)

I'll try to do better to keep up with Mack changes from now on.

We hope all is well,

Brett, Angie, Everly, and Rowen (looks good doesn't it!)

There's no way to catch up...

for all the things that have been happening since our last post. I really don't have time to do this now, but I wanted to post something.
So here's a little post about Everly's big girl haircut. She is almost 27 months old and has never even had a trim. I really didn't want to get her hair cut yet but I was getting a little stringy at the ends. She had two layers in her hair and Brett and o agreed to cut it even with the top layer, which meant all the baby curls were gone :(
Everly acted like a complete pro after a little bribery from me. I promised her that we would walk down the street when we were done to see a giant Pooh bear in a store window.

Yeah...I'm typing this on my blogger app. I may have to back and rotate the pictures when we get internet at our house. We've lived here for almost two months and haven't had time for them to come out to set it up. Yes, we are that busy!

In one of the pictures Evie is chewing her finger. That is her nervous habit.

I Can't Sleep!

It's now 3:28 am and I've been awake for an hour or so. Now that I am awake I can't go back to sleep. My mind is racing. So many huge events are going on with us right now. We're moving from the only house we've ever lived in since we have been a married couple. We weren't supposed to close until August 9th,but all the paperwork is complete so they want to close this week. Luckily we have 10 days after closing to move. I am excited about moving. We're moving near our farm land and the whole family will get to see each other more often.

School is also about to start back. I have to start on Monday...yikes! I thought I was going shopping on Friday for my "back to school" clothes. Not that it's a big deal...but when exactly am I going to make that happen now. Then there's my classroom. I think of something new everyday that I want to do or needs to be done. I am in the process of painting my desk now. I am so thankful that one of my former students,Meg, came over today...check that yesterday to help keep Everly company while I worked. She's actually a pretty good painter too.

I thought maybe typing some boring random post would make me sleepy...no such luck. Sorry to bore everyone. I guess I'll go back to playing this Sushi Bar game on my phone. I'll probably stay up all night trying to beat it. Oh yeah and if there are any typos please forgive me. I always go back and read my posts and find several...yeah reading teacher who can't spell. That's the way to make our future brighter...ha! I just don't know of a spell check on the Blogger app. If you do, info me please!

Our Summer in Photographs

This summer has been filled with probably not as much fun as it should, but I had a big task to complete...a new classroom. Unless you are a teacher, you probably don't understand all that goes into that task. I am so very grateful that I had to work on it this summer. We've tried to sprinkle in some fun along the way.

 This sweet girl turned TWO in June. I still can't believe it. Here she is riding at her party. She doesn't like anything motorized, so this was perfect for her. This sharp ride belonged to the skating rink, but I found her a brand new one at a flea market for a third of the price of a new one. So proud!

 Glad she likes to come to school with mommy. This is her leaving one night. She takes that baby every where. She is still lovin' her pink boots...as you can see!

 First movie for Evie and her friend E.I. (Eli). They saw Winnie the Pooh with the SES camp kids. I was thankful the movie was less than an hour. Everly was not really into sitting still! I think they sat in this chair for about a minute.

 Swimming with Daddy. We tried to swim as much as possible this summer, because someone was taking swimming lessons this summer and she loves to show off her skills.

 Celebrating the last day of swimming lessons with friends with popsicles. We can't wait until next year!

At school with Mommy. A future teacher in the making? This is her new cheese face!

Mrs. Mack is back!

After crying my eyes out for while about not being rehired at SES, I proceeded to enjoy my summer. I secured a part time job for the fall and knew that I could substitute every day. I prayed about the situation. About a week or two after school was out I got a call from the principal. There was going to be a fourth grade unit added because of the number of students. This teacher would only teach reading...which I love! She told me that I was being considered for the position along with several others. Exciting news but I didn't get my hopes up. I also got a call from B's alma matta...Opp.  They also had a fourth grade position open. I interviewed with them, but their position was temporary. A few days later E and I were on our way to shop in Dothan when I got them call that I got the position at SES. I was so thrilled. We went to the teacher store that day just to buy something, anything that I could use in my room. Later that week I volunteered at Kids Kamp with a civic club I am a member of when I got a call from Andy, another local elementary school. I ended up not interviewing with them because the board meeting to approve my employment was that night. I told the principal that I would hate to waste her time. God is so good. I went from having no hope to having three opportunities for a job within a matter of weeks. I'll leave you with a picture of my room in progress. It is right next door to the room I had last year. I am so excited to be back at SES with my wonderful students and coworkers. I hope Miss E will be going with me when the time comes for her to go to kindergarten.