brand new grand nephew......

bekah and i went to san antonio for a baby shower for one of my nieces. she is a nurse and her husband is a fire fighter. we went with my sister lisa and my mother. we had a really good time. misty, that's my niece had another little boy. he was born 9 weeks early. he is doing very well, but i ask that you would pray for him. he weighed 4lbs and 5 oz. he will stay in the nicu for 6-8 more weeks. i would have pictures, but only the parents and the grandparents can go in to see him. he has been moved to the "feeder" section. evidently this is a step in the right direction. i also ask that you pray for misty and her husband greg. they also have two other little boys that they have to split their time with. that can be difficult in the best of situations.

mom said his little head was about the size of an orange. mom and lisa(or what they call her nana) got to hold him this morning. of course lisa and royce were there when he was born. that was a week ago.

misty's shower was very nice. alot of his family came, so it was nice that we got to see them again and even meet some of his family members that i hadn't met before. we ate at cracker barrel today and got to have a wonderful visit with each other. everybody is so busy, we don't get to do that very often. bekah and her cousin had a great time playing together. it was nice to have bekah all to myself.

i really don't know much else. anyway, please pray for my new great nephew.
thanks

they're never too old to be rocked......

when my girls were babies, one of the things i loved was rocking them and then having them fall asleep on my lap. even when hannah was a baby she covered most of my lap, because she was 24 inches long. i would sing to her an old song, i love how you love me. she would hum along when she got older.

when rebekah was a baby, i would rock her and sing to her, you are my sunshine. now bekah wouldn't sing with me, but she would take her hand and place it in my hair and rub my hair until she fell asleep. there are no words to describe how i felt rocking my babies to sleep. david would often say, kim, you can put them in bed now, and i would tell him, i am not ready yet.

as a woman who struggled with infertility for 7 years, the last thing i wanted to do was to put my baby down. i remember there were many nights when i would just sleep while i rocked them, never laying them in the crib. especially when they were first born. there came a time when both of them would stop asking me to rock them, like i knew it would, but you never expect it to come quite as soon as it does.

you never know when God is going to give you the pleasure, just one more time. last night bekah came out and said, mommy will you rock me i can't sleep? she knew i would, having seen the big smile on my face at her request. i cherish those times.

ever great once in a while hannah will even ask. especially when she has had a hard day. i relish those times and thank God for the special little remembrances of their infancy.

with each new development they gain a little independence. and you are excited for that. but with each new development they are becoming more and more self-sufficient. we want that. we want our children to grow up to become strong and independent and able to take care of them selves. but before we can snap our finger, they are grown.and yet i am still surprised when it happens.

thank you girls for still needing your mommy.

nick names.....

here are my family nick names:

David: davie, dave, hunney, my little bach la-va, sweetie

Hannah: boopie smoose( it comes from monsters inc.) hannah banana, hannah montana, david calls her g (her middle name is gail) when she was a tiny baby -boobies, darling, precious, angel, my sweet girl

Bekah: reba- that is david's nickname for her; sunshine, angel, bekah-boo, honey, boobies- when she was a baby, precious, my sweet girl

today i still call both of them: my little grills

Kim: my nick name for years, especially when i was growing up was: kimbo, david and a few of my friends call me kimmie,

i thought we had a lot more. i guess i just don't remember.

special playdate.....

i just wanted to thank a. for having a wonderful play date today. it was such a relaxing time just sitting under your beautiful tree and visiting. that is one of my favorite things to do is just sit outside and visit. we did that when i was growing up, so it brings back very fond memories. my girls had such a great time playing with all of the kids there. they love to play. there was such a fantastic breeze that was constantly swaying, which made it all so nice. the brownies were delicious. (i was so proud of myself, i only had one.) yea me!!!!

it was nice to sit and discuss everything from education to being moms. thanks all you gals for allowing this oldie goldie to join in. you made me feel very welcomed and i look forward to many more times with ya'll.

once again thanks for you awesome hospitality.

New Do??? Maybe....

well i don't really have anything to write about. some pretty uneventful days. so i guess i will write about my hair appointment tomorrow. (just in case you are like me and have trouble spelling tomorrow, i always want to put two m's, but it is just one. i remember it like this. i can only handle one tomorrow at a time, so, one day at a time = one m at a time.) remember i am a math teacher and not a spelling teacher.

anyway i am getting it highlighted. my roots are way too long. about an inch i measured. does that tell you how uneventful my days have been. trust me it is different when your kids get older. they discover the friends across the street.

but when i am at the beauty shop i may end up with a new doo. i like to do different things with my hair.

told ya i didn't have anything to write about. i sure i will be full of stories when i start school in the fall.

ttfn......

greeted with big hugs.....

today the girls had mini cheer leading camp at school.

so while they were at camp i went to my campus (not that it was very far away from the high school, across the street) and decided to get some work done in my room.

i wasn't there very long before one of my very dear friends came and gave me a big hug, hello. we walked together the work room to check our mail boxes. we excitingly talked about the summer and our children and various things. while were walking there we saw two more of our co-workers. each of us gave each other hugs. you know the kind you give some one when you haven't seen them in a while.

we have a very small elementary staff, so we are like one big family. over the course of the three hours kelly and i saw two more of my teacher bench friends. big hugs were exchanged. ( a teacher bench friend is a friend that you get to have lunch with and playground duty with. this is the bench where all the worlds problems are solved( or so we think so) and we can't wait to talk about the last episode of grey's anatomy. it is a wonderful band of sisters that have worked together for a long time. there is nothing off limits during the conversations of the bench. we discuss everything. we have been through babies being born new marriages, divorces, death, religion, husbands, recipes and a host of other topics.)

most of my teacher friends are empty nester's there is only two out of the six of us that have children at home. the youngest one had a baby last year. her oldest will start kindergarten next year. we are all different backgrounds.

how blessed i feel, to not only to have wonderful friends at church (or should i say thru our blogging community) but at my school as well. i am a very blessed woman. God you are so good.

p.s. by the way our high school principal told us that our elementary got an exemplary rating. YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

scriptures to uplift the soul....

Forgetting what is behind and straining what is
ahead. I press on forward the goal to win the prize
for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Phil. 3:13



This one was not in psalms, but in a book that i am currently reading. it is wonderful.
You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant
peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he commits himself
to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently on You.
Isaiah 26:3

Here is what I read today in the Psalms 143 that ministered to me.

When my spirit grows faint within me, it is You who knows
my way.