Our Musicalhouse: October 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Back to Work

This past week I went back to work. My first official day back was Tuesday, but I went in for part of Monday so I could talk with my sub & ease the transition a little. I am so glad that I decided to go in a day early because I felt completely overwhelmed. I walked into a classroom of 26 kids (when I left I had 17), a new schedule, and a new subject to teach. This was on top of the out-of-the-loop feeling I had from missing 6 weeks of meetings, staff developments, and the day to day happenings of the school. I kind of floated through the day with a dull headache while trying to remember how to talk to grown ups & carry on adult conversations. When I left on Monday I realized my grand plans of jumping in full steam ahead needed to be scrapped. Once I realized that, my stress level dropped quite a bit. I spent the evening brainstorming how I would handle the next day & decided that I would have to treat it like the first day of school all over again. Good call. When I walked in Tuesday I was ready. It felt right & good to be back. I had a wonderful day & it went by so fast I barely had time to wonder about Jack. It didn't hurt that I knew he was safe and sound with Daddy! The rest of the week flew by & I already feel like I'm back in the groove. It's going to take a little while to get caught up on all the miscellaneous stuff I need to do, but I'm not stressing about it. Some how it always gets done! Plenty of people have asked if I cried through the week, but honestly, I didn't. There were definitely times when I missed Jack, but I knew he was safe & happy with John or Nana (my mom) or Grandma (John's mom) depending on the day. I'm glad to be back to work & I feel blessed to have a job I enjoy that challenges me, and gives me the chance to make a difference in the lives of other people's precious babies each day. I also think going back to work is making me value my time with Jack even more. I look forward to coming home every day & snuggling with him. Even the late night or early morning feedings aren't so bad because now I see them as another chance to spend time with my little guy.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Pumpkin Time!

At our church October = Pumpkin time. Every year we have a pumpkin patch & the proceeds go to our summer mission trips. If you're looking for a pumpkin patch to visit, check it out! Our church website has more information. Today we took Jack to check out the pumpkins:

He was pretty great for about 4 minutes while we took pictures & I was surprised how mellow he was while we moved him around. After that he let us know he was done! :)

I hope everyone is taking advantage of this beautiful weather - Happy Fall!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

It's October!

This Wednesday Jack will be 1 month old & he is changing every day!

New developments:

Going longer between feedings - We're starting to get one longer chunk of sleep each night (3 & 1/2 to 4 hours). It's inconsistent, but exciting.
He's awake! Newborns sleep soooooo much, so it is exciting that Jack is staying awake for longer periods of time each day.
Growing, growing, growing! He has already grown out of some of the smallest clothes & all of the newborn stuff is starting to get tight on him.
Lots of tummy time! He seems to like it, so that's good, plus it's fun to watch him pick his head up & look around (with that cute wrinkly forehead I love so much).
This one's my favorite: We now have eye-contact. Jack will look at us, turn toward our voices, look at himself in a mirror, & stare at toys/mobiles. I love looking at his sweet face & seeing him looking back into my eyes. It completely melts my heart!

This past week was wonderful. My sister (Now Aunt Amy) came to town & stayed with us. It was a very special visit to me & I already miss having her here.

Jack also met Aunt Mary, Uncle Billy, and his cousins Will & David last weekend.

Baby Jack, you are so very loved!

Verses from Philippians

1:21: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
2:1-11: If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2:14-15: Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.
3:7-8: But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ.
3:12-14:Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.