Sweet Summah-time!

So.  One week down.  I've been on summer vacation for exactly one week today.  This week has gone SO fast! I'm afraid I'll blink and it will be August and we'll be back in school.  EEEKKK! I'm NOT ready!  I love my job.  I love the kids.  I love teaching English and Literature. Bbbuuuuuuutttttt... I LOVE summer too!  I call myself "Summer Girl" so much that my husband calls me that too!

Lydia has gone to daycare each day since Monday this week.  At first I felt guilty about taking her while I was sitting at home doing.... well....whatever I feel like.  I got over the guilt fast!  I needed a little Mommy Vaca and I DO have flex account money that has to be spent... so to daycare she goes! 

So far this week, I've expanded my garden, read, watched TV, done a few craft projects, picked up the house, watered flowers, had lunch with a dear friend, and basically whatever else I've felt "moved" to do! Haha!  I've had a great time so far and could get used to this "Summer Girl" business! 

Hello Hiatus!

So... my plan to write one blog a week hasn't gone so well.  Life has been so busy lately!  Maybe my goal should be one blog per month...maybe THAT'S what I meant to say when I started this blogging deal and said I'd do it once a week?

Anyhow.... so much has happened since I last blogged.  Let's recap:  Husband has pneumonia.  Daughter has RSV.  Husband is hospitalized.  This mom's losing her mind.  Husband heals.  Husband starts coaching track.  Daughter has double pink eye.  Husband's pneumonia comes back. Daughter has double ear infection. End scene.

Okay, so that was the fast-forward version, but I think you get the hint.  We (or should I say, the rest of my family) hasn't been the healthiest this spring.  Darn public places sharing ickies! 

Lydia Claire is one year old today.  It's been a very nostalgic week for me.  I remember (to the minute usually) what I was doing a year ago.  Last night I kept thinking about how we had gotten the phone call to go to the hospital to have Lydia.  I wasn't scheduled to be induced until 12 hours later, but we got to go in early.  So we left here in fog as thick as butter and drove to our hospital 45 miles away.  When Tyler's alarm went off this morning at 6:30, I thought "one year ago right now, my water broke!".  And the time comparisons have continued all day.  At 12:09, the exact moment LC entered the world one year ago, I took her picture with the date AND time stamp on on my camera.  I know. Corny, right?  But... she is my first baby and she's getting so big and I want to remember every SECOND with her! 

It's strange because all year, I had times where I would wish for her to be one year old.  Now that it's here, I could live without it.  Anyhow, Girlfriend is in her crib napping (a new development... thank you daycare!).  She has started napping in her crib instead of being held (she sleeps fine in her crib at nighttime), but only if she's swaddled.  It's kind of funny to see this big girl (although she's quite petite!) swaddled up in her crib.  Say it with me though: "WHATEVER WORKS!" 

We are off to make patio stones with her little foot and hand prints in them when she wakes up.  I've been planning this for weeks.  Here's hoping I know what the heck I'm doing!