Busy!

It has been a busy week! Tim is on travel in Cleveland, OH so that leaves me basically doing everything. Yesterday, I left Gracie at the sitters, so I could go into school, go tanning, and shop for wedding and birthday gifts. Today, I have been trying to organize things in the house, since we are leaving this weekend. I have been so tired at night, luckily Gracie has been going to bed by 7:15 and sleeping until 8:00-she must know mommy is tired!

This weekend I'm in my friend Jill's wedding and it will be the first time that I will be leaving Gracie overnight. I'm a little stressed! We have had a hard time getting things figured out with who is watching her and the animals, but we finally have it figured out. We are leaving her with my brother and his girlfriend at our house. They are very excited and I'm sure they will spoil her. I'm excited about the wedding, just nervous about leaving her for the entire weekend!

Tomorrow is my mom's birthday and next week is Tim's and Zach's birthday....so much going on.....and 2 weeks from today I start school...where does the time go!

Feeling like a bad mom...

So, today is one of those days where I'm just feeling like a bad mom....I know things happen, but feel like bad things happen even when I'm right there. Last week Gracie found a cup that she had hid in her play mailbox and took a drink of it. Well it was milk from the day before...gross! I didn't see the cup the night before because she had hid it. She never got sick, but I felt horrible. Then today I was playing with her on the floor and the phone rang, I went to go get it and she pulled a glass off of the bar and it broke and she stepped on a piece, so I had to pull glass out of her foot. She is fine, but the dr. probably thinks I'm nuts because I call worried all the time. Just when I think we get things baby proofed she finds something to get in. We have locks on the cabinets but now she knows how to get the oven and fridge open, so they now have locks on them. She is just an incredibly active child and when things happen I feel like the bad mom!

My husband about got robbed...

Tim was leaving work last night (fri) when he was approached and surrounded by 3 bums on a street corner.  They tried to distract him and started talking a lot to him and then he felt one of them take his wallet out of his back pocket.  He turned around to confront the guy and they just started pulling everything out looking for cash (he didn't have any).  When he told them he didn't have any cash they started pushing him around and saying"well you have a bank account".  He was started to get a little freaked out (btw-people were walking by on the street) when they cops just happened to drive by.  When they got the 3 guys they found drugs on all of them and they were all intoxicated.  The cops said they are not REALLY bums, they are 3 guys posing as bums and they are moving state to state and robbing people.  They have been arrested on multiple occasions, but with jail overcrowding, they are usually released.  They told Tim he was lucky because they have stolen from a lot of people.  So, he was a little shaken up when he got home because he just kept thinking "what if" they had a weapon and the police didn't come by.  Seems to be soo much crime lately, makes me want to look into getting a home security system.  

Oh the teething....

Gracie started teething later than most babies. She didn't get her first tooth until 10.5 months old. She got her front top 2 in at the same time and her bottom front 2 at the same time. She has some of another top one in coming in right now. Well this morning she woke up CRANKY and she is never like this...She had slept 12.5 hours, so you wouldn't think she would be cranky. Nothing would work...she didn't want to play,drink, eat etc. She would want me to hold her and 5 seconds later want down. So, I checked her teperature-nothing....I started feeling around in her mouth and guess what....she has a molar coming in on the bottom. So, I gave her some tylenol and something to chew on. Today was our last day for the music class we have been taking together and I was dreading going because of how cranky she was. We did make it through it, but started to get fussy at the end. She has now been asleep for about 2 hours and I'm just praying she wakes up a little happier. We have a busy weekend, so I'm hoping the pain will ease soon!!!

Fell down the stairs....again!

First let me start off by saying a couple of months ago I was going a little too quickly down the stairs and I lost my balance and fell hard. Then last night I was carrying a garbage bag of dirty diapers down and my dog went running by me. I completely lost my balance and tumbled down the stairs with the bag of diaper landing on top of me. I'm in soo much pain still today, it is hard to sit for long periods of time. I guess the next house I have needs to be a ranch.

We went out for a family dinner last night for our 3 year anniversary. We went to Johnny Carino's and had a good time. Me and Tim had already been out by ourselves to the Melting Pot over the weekend. My brother and his girlfriend babysat while we went out. Gracie apparently had a great time with them because she keeps carrying around their picture and kissing it.

Speaking of pictures...she LOVES to look at pictures. She is able to point me and Tim out in pictures and say "mama" and "dada". She is also recognizing family member and will point to them when you ask her. She has really started acting like a toddler now. She is just soo cute. If you tell her that we are going outside, she will bring you her shoes. She has also started going and getting anything we ask her. And when she is ready for bed, she will grab her blanket and pacifier, head to the stairs and say "up" and "night-night". We are just amazed at everything she is learning. I'm really enjoying this stage of her life.

Decided to start a blog too...

So...after looking at Jill's blog, it kind of looked like fun. Plus, I'm bad about writing things down, so maybe this will help me document some things. I also know once the school year starts, I will have a hard time keeping up with email, but hopefully can update this every now and then.

A little about my life...I'm married to a great guy named Tim. We met and college and have been together for 9 years. Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary :) We have a beautiful, vibrant little girl named Gracie. She is almost 15 months and a total joy in our lives. She is an extremely active child, but a great baby. We never thought she would be this much fun.

I'm an elementary teacher and my husband is in graphic design and product development. I have taught 1st, 5th, and special education. However, this year I will be moving into 2nd grade and hopefully will not have to move around anymore. I really like teaching, but now that I have Gracie I LOVE to be home with her. I only have 3 weeks from today left until my summer ends and leaving her again will be very difficult. I try to look at the fact that really I work part time because I do have a lot of breaks and the summer off....but it is still difficult to leave her. We have enjoyed our summer by going to the park, zoo, children's museum and participating in gymboree classes.

Well... I guess that is all for now, let's hope I can continue to update this :)