What This Should Be...

This should be Jani's 10 month post. I should be telling you about all the new things she's doing and I should have a picture of her. But I'm a bad mom. I forgot. Between conferences and running around searching for daycare, I forgot. I remembered this morning that it was the 31st and told her happy 10 month birthday but that was as far as it went. I have spent the last two nights up late trying to finish a photo book because I got an email for a free one. Why is it that when something free is involved we feel obligated to take advantage of it? Will it be worth the lost sleep and frantic scrambling to get photos uploaded (375 photos, I might add)?

Tomorrow is going to have to do. Hopefully I can remember :)

Blog Slacker

I joined the 30 Day Blog Challenge a few weeks ago and had been trucking along. Until school started. I've been crazy busy and haven't hardly turned my computer on. I have a lot to blog about....a lot to catch up on! So I'm hoping I can knock a couple out this weekend. Jani is learning new things every day and it's hard to keep up! She is almost 10 months old (so you know a post with our attempt at catching a picture in her sticker is coming this week!) and is turning into such a little lady. She is no longer my little baby. The other night I was putting her to bed and I'm pretty sure I lingered in there longer than I usually do. I rocked her and let her sleep in my arms for just a little while. It makes me so sad that those days of rocking her and having her fall asleep in my arms are over. Now she just wants to get in her bed. She cries a little but the girl is an independent woman.


In other news (news unrelated to Jani) I switched jobs this year. I have moved from reading to 1st grade and I'm loving having my own classroom. I have a great group of kids that I am working with and I'm enjoying school in a whole new way. I wish I could have a tape player running in my room constantly because the things these kids say crack me up on a regular basis. It had been hard to be stressed because they have been good at making me smile. We'll see if this is just a honeymoon period or not :)

This Will Have to Do

Short post. No time. Start work tomorrow. Being in the working world is no fun ;) I leave you with this....

All this girl does is talk :)

Boot Scootin' Boogie

This is how my daughter gets around...hilarious.

Addiction

We all have our addictions. My hubby claims I am seriously addicted to my laptop. I'm sure he's right....but that doesn't mean I'm giving up my laptop. I am also seriously addicted to sweets. Anything chocolate that gets in my path must be eaten...immediately. This addiction has seriously contributed to the fact that I cannot get rid of my post-baby flab. Eh, it will happen eventually. Another addiction I have is words. I love words. I am that person who used to write down a big word and see how many other words I could make with the letters. It filled many lectures in college. It even came in handy when we were waiting for Ava to be born. It's much more difficult to play when one person is intermittently experiencing contractions. It gives you some very interesting words to add to the mix though. But I digress....back to addictions. I am also seriously addicted to board games. So much so that I think my family secretly dreads all holidays and family vacations with me because they know I will come armed with every board game in my collection and I will require them to play ALL of them....especially Cranium. The one they hate the very most :)

My love of words and games had a love affair. What was born was one of the best games in existense right now. Bananagrams. I can't remember how I found this game. Pretty sure it was recommended by someone and it was the game of the year in the last few years. I don't know. But I'm glad I did. Doug and I filled many nights last year with this game. When I was so pregnant I didn't want to go anywhere, we played Bananagrams. When I was sitting up late pumping, trying to get my milk supply up, we played Bananagrams. When we feel like a good old fashioned competition, we play Bananagrams.

I usually win. Actually, I pretty much always win. I guess there are worse things a person can be addicted to.

For all you mamas-to-be...take this into the delivery room. It passes time like you wouldn't believe. I had a 23 hour labor...I would know.

Wordless Wednesday

Peek close...you can see those toofers :)