swim video

Will's 1st swim

We took Will swimming yesterday for the first time. He actually didn't mind. He wasn't all smiley and happy, much more interested in his feet.

Wonder who reads your webpage?

I guess it is the nosiness in me, but I always wonder if anyone clicks my link. Well, now I can check with Google analytics. They let just anyone sign up, not just businesses.

http://www.google.com/analytics/

Packing begun

Since we got rained out of the garage sale we started packing anyway. We have investigated moving trucks and found a good deal on one. Then we began boxing books. So far we have only boxed books and are up to 21 12x12 boxes. 2 more book shelves to go! (There has been discussion if all these books are needed, but really they are.)

In an effort to keep myself on track I have a list of things to do each day this week. We are shooting for a new garage sale on Saturday and we should be getting close. My sister-in-law's wedding is in Amarillo on the 16th so we will be moving after that.

The hardest thing is deciding what we won't need until after we get a new place to live. We are moving in with mom and dad (Nana and Pop) for the time being while we sell our house in Fort Worth. What do we not need access to for an undetermined length of time? I don't want to box up any baby stuff because I don't know what we will need and he may grow out of it before we unpack it!

All in all the packing is going well. I was going to post a video, but apparently that is complicated so here is my best try...and a link if it doesn't work.



Link...http://picasaweb.google.com/gosteers/RollingOver
Click the pictures to see the video.

Mpix

Dan found a new site that you can order professional quality prints. They are reasonably priced so we are going to try it out and have some printed to be framed.

Here are a few of the initial forerunners:

Defunked garage sale

Today we were going to be having a garage sale. However when we woke up at 6 it was raining so we got back in bed. By 10 it was sunny out but the ground was muddy so we are putting it off till next week.


I got my room at school packed up. My school career there is now over. I start over in MS in August. At which time baby will go to church daycare, unless we can find a sitter.

Will is getting very, very big. He is starting to teeth a little and can hold things though he can't really move them the way he wants and we have to put stuff in his hands usually. He can pull out his pacifier (has been since week 2...what fun that has been) but is now trying to put it back in his mouth.

Big baby

While Dan is watching Survivorman on Discovery recreate a version of Hatchet, I will use this opportunity to post to my blog...that no one reads cause I never post. :)

Will is fairly fussy today. I think he has gas on his tummy. But he has been very very good lately. We weighed him this afternoon and he was 15.8 lbs according to the handy packing scale we use to ship books on Amazon. Don't worry we put a blanket on it and tared the scale first.

For Mother's Day we took him to the zoo...with all the rest of the mothers, the zoo was packed.



He seemed to really enjoy it.

School gets out on Friday. Graduation is Thursday. Prom was last night. This is my last week in Texas. I'm kinda sad, but it will be good to be back in Mississippi.

Interviews

Well I went to 3 interviews so far. All very promising. 1 pure ESL job, 1 job at the reservation so there are ESL concerns, 1 job where there is no ESL trained English teacher, but increasing numbers of ESL kids and 1 just English job at a school that is doing smaller learning communities. 2 are in town, 1 is an hour & 1/2 away and 1 is 3 hours away....we will see.

Baby Will got hungry yesterday cause i wasnt there to feed him. His Pop found out that he doesn't particularly care for orange flavored Pedialyte. But, he didn't starve or cry uncontrollably until I came home. He also spent the night with Nana and Pop in their bedroom. He was a very good boy and slept from 9 until 3. Then he didn't fuss while Nana warmed up his bottle. I am proud of him.

Adventures as of late

Will is getting very, very big. I'm guessing close to 13 lbs now. He can still wear most of his 3 month clothes...the 6 month clothes are still pretty big on him, but the time is coming. It is kinda sad that baby clothes only really *fit* for about a week or so. The rest of the time they are way too big or too small.

Last night Dan and I, not wanting to cook and not wanting pizza, tried out a service we knew about but had never taken advantage of. Entrees on Trays (cute name huh). We got Indian food. It was tasty. I had tandoori because it tends to be less greasy and grease is what kills Indian food for me. Really I like the rice and meat...most of the vegetables aren't my thing. Six weeks in India kinda killed the taste for me. I wasn't wild on Indian food before that. But there are a few things I like: palaak paneer, naan (preferably buttered), tandoori anything...saffron rice...Ok, that is about it. I lost 6 lbs in India when everyone else gained weight. Of course my triad walked about 5 miles a day...probably more.

I finally got ahold of my principal today to tell her that I am applying for jobs in MS. She was ok. I mean, it isn't like I'm the best teacher in the world and the school will fall apart without me. But I really, really hated to do that.

Baby's first Soccer game

 

Will went to his first soccer game on Tuesday night. He got to see a tied game that went into overtime and then a shoot out! Our team won 5-3! He is a pretty good good luck charm. 

What shall we do next?

My sister is a master of t-shirt creation. So for a shower gift she made onesies for baby. Now that my 11 lb 7 oz baby is growing out of his clothes very quickly, she has offered to make more...

What shall we put on them?

Current repertoire:

I love my Auntie Sheri
I love my Auntie Deva
Gamer
Soccer Star
Hola!

From Tony (at Dan's office):
Metallica (logo)
My daddy is smarter than yours

Any suggestions on the new batch?

Baby Will arrives

Well, I haven't blogged since October. Teaching, being pregnant, and blogging didn't all seem to want to happen at the same time. I also blogged while I waited on Dan to get home and he has swapped his schedule so he goes early and comes home early. That affected my blogging regularity...

Then came the second dilemma. Did I really want a 'mommy-blog'? How many people would really want to read posts about my child and how wonderful and cute he is? But I have had more than one person ask when I'm posting pictures of the baby so here goes...

First post:

Here is a link to my picasa album where you can knock yourselves out with pictures from the first month...more to follow.

http://picasaweb.google.com/gosteers