Back to School

Monday was the first day of school and I really intended to get a picture of Shelby. She was wearing a pink Hannah Montana shirt and denim shorts - just perfect for 1st grade. :) We were in a hurry to get out the door, so I forgot. (I was really focused on making sure I got food to eat for breakfast.)

So Tuesday (happy b-day Jenn) was going to be the picture day. Both girls had dresses on, so it would have been really cute. However, Sydney wanted some medicine on her bug bite, so we went upstairs to appy that. In the process of going down stairs Shelby said she was heading to the car and Sydney yelled out "Wait for me!" She then promptly missed the next step and fell head first down half a flight of stairs. I watched in horror as her feet went over her head and she landed on her back. I thought she had broken her neck!! She was scared, but completely intact. I think it took me longer to stop crying than it did for her to stop. She was even wiping the tears off of my face. So - no picture for Tuesday, but lots of prayers of thankfulness all day long.

This morning I was so tired, I forgot to even try to get a photo and after school I had promised to take the girls to the pool for a little swim before the outside pool closed for the summer.

Maybe tomorrow I'll get that picture! However, school is going very well. Shelby loves her teacher and I can't be happier about that. Yesterday her "favorite thing about the day" was that Miss. C was her teacher and today's "one thing you want to do tomorrow" was have Miss C as her teacher. We have curriculum night in a couple of weeks, so I'll be looking forward to seeing the classroom and things for the coming year.
My start to school has been good too. My schedule is nice and the kids are excited. I would like to have a few more flute players, but I'll just do the best with what I've got. My 14 week doctors apptment last week went well. Blood pressure was 103 over 60 and the baby has grown alot since the 9 week appointment. It's not for certain, but we think this baby is going to be a boy. Boy parts seemed to be evident in the sonogram. We'll do another at the next appointment and will know for sure then. If it really is a boy, I'm having a huge garage sale. I've got all of the girls clothes in buckets in the attic and I'm going to clear out everything. Whatever doesn't sell is going to be donated to goodwill for the tax write off. :) Of course, that means I'll also get to do some shopping for baby clothes. I tried not to do much with Syd, so this could be fun!