Summer School is Over!

Summer school is finally over! I took 4 classes this summer. I made three B's and one A! I am pretty proud of myself, especially since it is marketing and I have no idea what I am doing! :)

I started my new job last week! I absolutely LOVE it! I am working at North Star Learning Center in Richardson. I am teaching two year olds. Last week we had in-service and training. We have training and time to decorate my classroom next week and then extended day starts on the 18th and school starts on the 25th! I am so excited! I am really in a wonderful place with great colleagues!

The Lord has been working!!! Patience and Pray has worked! :)

Looking Back...

How cute is he?!
Mommy made him smile!
Daddy taught him this. It must be a "guy thing"!
Adorable!
Eating a yummy birthday cake! He would not smile while he was eating his cake- he was concentrating too hard!!


So, on the 28th my little man will be one year old... HOLY COW!!! I cannot believe it! Roy and I were going through Andrew's clothes the other day and we were putting clothes in storage boxes that he cannot fit into any more. AND we started putting some of his "baby" toys away. Yes, I cried. Roy that I was a dork, but I cannot believe that it is time to put away "baby" toys already. And when I look at some of the 12 month clothes(especially shorts!) I am like-No way those are going to fit him and sure enough, they do! There are sometimes that I will Andrew could walk, feed himself, and do other things to make things easier for me, but in reality- I don't want him to! I want him to be my baby forever. I want to be able to protect him from everything, like I can now. I don't want him to know that the world can be a mean place and that there are mean people. I don't want him to have to go through people dying, pets dying, arguing, fighting, hear ugly words, be around mean people, not getting treated fairly, getting his heart broken, be let down, be disappointed, and especially- me, as a mom, living as the best mom I can be. I like to think that I am a "good" mom, but I know there are so many things that I could do better and I don't want to disappoint my son...





Today was Andrew's 1st bad day at church. Normally, I don't even get the chance to walk away from the window before he is off playing and he could care less about me! Today was different, he was a little reluctant to go. So, the worried mom came out in me. I went to the Director of Sunday school's office and could watch Andrew on the video camera. He would not let Roy, the nursery teacher, put him down! My Roy kept saying, come on, he's fine... All through the sermon, I could just FEEL that something was wrong. When I got to the nursery he was actually in a different classroom with two other children and two women. And one of the women was holding him and he had huge alligator tears running down his face. I felt horrible!!! I think he has another tooth coming in. He is almost a year old and he only has one tooth! He is so funny because he chews food like that he has a mouthful of teeth!





It took Roy and I 6 different churches before we finally agreed on the church we attend now. Preston Ridge Baptist Church. I grew up Presbyterian and Roy grew up in a non-denominational church. I think it's funny that we ended up at a Baptist church because Tom, the pastor at my Presbyterian church, would always make jokes about the Baptist church next door. I LOVE the church we go to!! It is not too old, not too young. I wish we could get on a better schedule and find a Sunday School class that fit us. Deep down, I know that it means Andrew being in the nursery even longer-so maybe not?! Anyways, the sermon was wonderful today. It was titled, "The 7 Habits of Increasingly Wise People". The preacher said it was also the name of a book. After each habit he gave us something that we should be able to do if we had accomplished each habit. So after each habit the thing we should be able to do it listed. Here they are:


1.Wise people listen to instruction. *I practice listening more than speaking*


2. Wise people listen to correction. *I accept correction without bitterness*


3. Wise people spend time with wise people. *I make friends with those who look like Jesus*


4. Wise people remember and use what they learn. *I remember and practice the lessons I learn*


5. Wise people flee from sin. *I don't believe sin is ok*


6. Wise people watch what they say. *I exercise control over what I say*


7. Wise people point others to Jesus. *I share Jesus with others*





I don't know if I could check off any of those things. I do some of them occasionally, but I don't do it consistently. I know I should. That is one of my goals!!





So, since this is already super long, hey- why not make it longer! I start my new job tomorrow!! Yeah me! I will be teaching either an infant class or a 1 year old class at North Star Learning Center at Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church in Richardson. I cannot wait! The school is amazing! The best part is that Andrew gets to go with me! He will be going Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Tuesday he will be with Roy and Thursdays he will be with my mom. This fall I am taking 15 hours and I have a night class on Wednesday nights, so he will spend the night with my parents every Wednesday night. Another great thing is that the school is less than 7 miles away from our apartment! Yeah for saving gas money! The third great thing is that I will be making great money! Another thing that I am exciting about is that it is a Christian based school and has a Christian based curriculum. It could not get any better! So, everyone say a pray and wish me luck!!





P.S. I have two tests that start tomorrow and end Tuesday evening, two quizzes that end on the 7th, a final that starts Wednesday and ends Thursday at noon, and a project to be completed by the 5th.... Aren't you jealous?!