OCTOBER HAPPENINGS

HE NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE A BABY BUT A LITTLE BOY!

BRODY HAD HIS ONE YEAR CHECKUP LAST THURSDAY. HE WEIGHED 22 LBS AND WAS 30 INCHES LONG. HE IS STILL NOT WALKING ON HIS OWN, BUT TRIES TO WALK AS FAST AS HE CAN WHEN YOU HOLD HIS HANDS. HE LOVES WALKING ALONG THE FURNITURE AND WILL OCCASIONALLY LET GO AND TAKE A STEP, BUT THEN HE FALLS DOWN. YOU CAN NO LONGER EAT IN HIS PRESENCE BECAUSE HE EATS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING AND WANTS ALL OF YOUR FOOD. THE DOCTOR DID SAY HE WAS A FRIENDLY LITTLE FELLOW. I THINK HE IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE HIS DADDY...BUT HE DOES GIGGLE ALOT LIKE ME!

THESE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE FLOWN BY SO QUICKLY. I AM ENJOYING SCHOOL ALOT MORE. IN THE PAST I WOULD COACH ALL YEAR LONG AND WAS ALWAYS STRESSED OUT. THEN LAST YEAR WAS SO HECTIC WITH HAVING BRODY, BEING OUT, AND MOVING. I AM JUST NOW EXPERIENCING WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO PLAN MEANINGFUL LESSONS FOR MY STUDENTS. WHEN YOU TEACH AND COACH, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TRULY GIVE YOURSELF TO THE KIDS 100%.

I HAD A HUGE SURPRISE ON FRIDAY. I WAS IN THE TEACHERS LOUNGE AND THE SECRETARY SAID, "YOU HAVE FLOWERS IN THE OFFICE." MY WORDS: "UH, ARE YOU SURE? UM, ARE YOU SURE ITS MY NAME AND NOT THE LARA LADY IN THE CAFETERIA?" SO I WALKED UP THERE AND SURE ENOUGH, TIM HAD SENT ME FLOWERS. I ALMOST DIED! WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE! I THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER SEND ME "JUST BECAUSE" FLOWERS.....I HAVE ALWAYS TOLD HIM NOT TO BUY ME FLOWERS FOR VALENTINES DAY BECAUSE THEY DIE AND THEY COST TOO MUCH. BUT HE FINALLY SENT ME SOME AND IT MADE MY DAY. I ALREADY HAD A MASSAGE SCHEDULED FOR LATER THAT DAY SO FRIDAY WAS ENJOYABLE.

I HAVE BEEN TREATING MYSELF TO A MASSAGE ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND IT IS AWESOME. YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH IT RELAXES YOUR MUSCLES AND MAKES YOU HURT LESS. FRIDAY I HAD A LYMPHATIC MASSAGE WHERE SHE HELPS THE TOXINS MOVE OUT OF YOUR BODY. SHE DID A CHINESE STOMACH MASSAGE ALSO THAT IT SUPPOSED TO STIMULATE YOUR ORGANS AND INCREASE BLOOD FLOW. AT THE BEGINNING MY STOMACH MUSCLES WERE REALLY HARD BUT BY THE END OF IT SHE COULD ALMOST TOUCH MY SPINE . SHE SAID MY "WHATEVER YOU ARE ARE DOING KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE YOUR STOMACH MUSCLES ARE TIGHT." I SAID, " ITS FROM GETTING UP OF THE COUCH EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE." WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO RUB MY STOMACH AND I WARNED HER THAT IT SHOOK LIKE JELLO.......WE GOT A GOOD LAUGH.

BRODY IS WAKING UP SO I BETTER CUT IT SHORT. HAVE A GOOD WEEK!