Oh My Goodness!

Oh my goodness! Things are changing so fast around our household...Madalyn, last weekend climbed out of her pack and play two times.  Yes, we still use a pack and play, mainly, when we go on vacation or go see my parents during the summer at the lake. But we have also used it for Madalyn to play in when I have to do something like: bring in groceries, cook dinner,etc. or when I need a place for a few minutes to contain her.  But now, she can get out. (I have had many comments made to me from other moms that their child didn't like the pack and play and would just cry. Well, not to step on toes, but duh! Madalyn cries too for a few minutes (sometimes not always) but then she gets over it and plays with her toys.  You know, sometimes it's okay for your child to cry. If I know that there is nothing that could be wrong with Madalyn like she's not hurt, not hungry, etc., then sometimes she will cry it out in the pack and play or her crib for like five minutes. 

Anyway, my "oh my goodness" again came tonight.  I got home and Mrs. Katie called me to ask if I could burn two CD's for a nurse at the hospital that has been helping Tara and Dave.  The nurse is pregnant and loves the CD's I burned for Tara and Dave and wanted a copy if possible. (They are Christian worship songs, music only, in a lullaby form; they are very relaxing to me). Dave was getting ready to go to the hospital tonight and wanted to be able to take them with him. So, while I was doing this I put Madalyn in her crib.  She was talking and playing in her crib.  Well, I looked up and I could see a small shadow in the hallway (I was using the computer in our guest bed room, which is right next to Madalyn's room), and I was thinking "Surely not, surely that's not Madalyn....YEP! My baby girl had climbed out of her crib! Oh my! And she did it 3 more times. What? you say? I put her back in the crib to see if she would do it again and wanted to see how she did it. She can get down without any trouble. She goes to the corner and puts one leg over, and swings her body around and comes down backwards. Now what do we do? I hope that after a few times, she will get tired of this and stop for awhile. Madalyn's crib is the convertible kind, so we can change it to a toddler bed, but we are not ready to do that yet. So, if any mom's out there have any crib climbing stories or advice, please share.  I was not expecting this. Also, Madalyn sometimes goes to bed wonderfully, without a peep if she's really tired.  If not, then she was cry, talk, roll around in the crib until she falls asleep. I'm afraid with those times, she might now decide to climb out of the crib. So far tonight, she went to sleep without a peep and has stayed down. So let's hope she will sleep all night in her crib. If not, I'm sure I'll hear, but there's no telling what she will get into.

Also, another first that I do have a picture of....her first set of pigtails!  She's so cute with her pigtails in her sheep PJ's! And I'm so proud that her hair is finally long enough for pigtails.

 

 

 

Update on Harper

I wanted to share with you that Little Miss Harper is doing so well and so is her mom, Tara.  Thank you for their prayers and please continue to pray for Harper to gain weight and continue to do well.  They still have a long way to go. As of right now, they are expecting Harper to come home the first of October.

Harper and mom, Tara

This was one of the first timesTara got to hold Harper.

Current picture of Harper, weighing 3.1 lbs. posted yesterday.

She's so cute! Even though she's little, she has this little grin, like one day soon, I'll be getting into everything like my cousin Madalyn.

I borrowed these pictures from Tara's facebook page.  So, I hope they don't mind, but I wanted to share those of you who read my blog and are praying for this family, Harper's precious picture.

Madalyn 17 1/2 Months

I know I am late with her 17 month pictures. She turned 17 months at the start of school and I haven't had a chance to slow down enough to take her picture. Plus she's been sick for the past two weeks. Anyway, here are her 17 1/2 month pictures.

Our Little Farm Girl

 

 

Madalyn loves to stand on her head. She thinks it's so funny! This is also after I gave her the cough medicine for the night; it makes her very hyper!

 

Weekend Wrap Up

This past weekend, Kevin, Madalyn, and I went to see my parents for the weekend.  On Saturday my mom and I went shopping and my dad and Kevin had Madalyn.  They rode up to the mountains and found a lake with some ducks.  A Madalyn Funny: Kevin gave her the bread to give to the ducks and she ate it instead! They decided that it was time for some lunch for them and not the ducks.

Poor Kevin and Madalyn have been sick for two weeks now.  Madalyn has had a bad cough and congestion.  Then that lead to an ear infection.  Saturday night, we took Madalyn to see my old pediatrician doctor (my mom worked for him for 12 years, so she called in a favor). We got her started on an antibiotic.  Then Kevin was just as sick on Sunday as he was last week. So I called his doctor and she called in something else for him.  Yesterday, Kevin went back to the doctor and to the hospital to have chest x-rays and blood work done. All everything shows is that he has a bad sinus infection.  I think he is finally starting to feel better.  He's been taking it easy this week, but he gets weak real easy still.  Thankfully, there's no chickens right now, but they come back next week.

 

 

Our Sweet Baby Girl

Weekend Wrap Up

Well, the first week of school went great, much better than I had expected it to be, thanks to all the prayers that were lifted up for me.  Now I just have 174 more days to go.....My parents came down this weekend, which was good to see them; it had been a month since I saw them last and it had been since the middle of May that they were last at my house.  Madalyn started coming down with a bad cold Wednesday night.  This is only her second time of being sick and poor thing she has not felt well at all.  But she has seemed much better this evening so I hope she is turning the corner.  Kevin is now sick, he came home Saturday from work and I guess has what Madalyn has.  He actually feels so bad, he's going to the doctor tomorrow; so hopefully she can give him something to get to feeling better. So with both of them sick, school work and house work to do, it was so nice to have two extra sets of hands.  I am hoping and praying for another good week. So highlights for this week: August will be gone, and due to next Monday being Labor Day Holiday, no school! So, please remember Madalyn and Kevin in your prayers for them to get well soon and for me to have another good week at school.  Thank you! (I know I haven't posted any pics lately of Madalyn and I haven't taken her 17 months pics yet, but with school starting and this weekend of her not feeling well, it just hasn't happened yet. Maybe this coming weekend we can get some pics done. She's growing and ever changing; a sweet, sweet girl. Oh, and she loves preschool!)

Oh, and an update on baby Harper: she is over 2 pounds now. She is doing well all in all.  Tara, the mom, has her blood pressure under control and is off her medicine now. So praise to God, He is taking good care of this precious family.  Thank you for your continued prayers for them.

First Day of School

I know I said that my posts wouldn't be close together, but I had a quick minute to update you on the first day of school. Well, yesterday was a busy day for all of us. We went to church (it was pouring rain when we got out), grab some fried chicken for lunch via Hardee's, (sometimes fast food is nice when you can get it, just so you don't have to clean the kitchen), then Kevin left and went to work. When Madalyn took a nap, I had to take one too; I was so tired.) Then once she woke up, we went to Wal-Mart for some things I needed for school today and for a few grocery items. I learned a lesson, don't go shopping anywhere that sells school supplies the night before school starts! Come on people, you have known the date of when school would start since school got out for the summer, and you've had the school supply list all summer, don't wait until the last minute. Then after Madalyn went to bed, I spent a few hours on the computer. By the time I got in bed, Kevin had only been a sleep for about 30 minutes, when he had to leave to go to the chicken houses. He got a total of 3 hours of sleep last night, so  needlessly to say, I sent him to bed at 8:30 because he was asleep on the couch.  First day of school: I dropped Madalyn off with Mrs. Katie at 6:00 (which this evening I found out both of them got back in bed and went back to sleep, lucky them! ;0), and headed to school. Why so early you ask? Well, at 3 minutes to 7:00, I had my first student in my classroom. so I had about 45 minutes this morning to finish getting things ready for the day before this little guy came in.  If all of the kids on my roll show up, I have 23 students.  I have three kids that I haven't seen yet, however, new students to the school just keep coming and coming. We will be full this year I can tell you that.  It was a good first day despite the rain this morning...so 179 more days to. I have to go 190 as a teacher, but I only count the days with students that require teaching.  If you had a first day of school today whether you were a teacher, a student, or your children went to school, I hope the year started off right.

Back to School

So, I started going "back to school" about 2 weeks ago. I have already blogged about going a week for mentor training. This past week, I started the week off with sitting in on interviewing a new 2nd grade teacher. Then I have been busy, busy, busy, etc. with getting ready for the upcoming school year. Thursday, we had our registration day and "Meet" the teacher day from 1:00 pm-7:00pm. By the time I got home, Madalyn got her bath and went to bed. So that wasn't any fun that night not getting to spend any time with her.  She has been so worn out with going and playing at preschool, plus neither she or I are use to getting up so early and going every morning.  And she has not been taking a good nap either in the afternoons.  Mrs. Katie is remodeling her kitchen and house so there's lots going on there and she doesn't want to miss anything. So many things left to be done to be prepared for Monday....right now and all this week I have been allowing the "negative" thoughts creep into my head and stay there about this school year.  Please pray for them to go away but without saying much, please pray for this school year, so many changes and challenges.  Some of the changes are good, some I will just have to work through them.  To add to the challenges that I will face next week, Kevin will have all 4 chicken houses go out this Sunday night. This has never been done before. When 2 go out, it's an all night process and now 4...oh my goodness! He's going to be a ghost around our house for the next three to four weeks and me starting back to school on top of it.  Poor Mad, is going to think we have left her. So, just keep our little family in your prayers.  My blog post may or may not depending on everything stop for a little while. I'm so tired and just exhausted already....but there's no time to sleep for the busy teacher.  We all might be walking zombies by this same time next week.

Here's a picture of what our past two weeks have been like around the McCormick household and how it has affected Madalyn.

Yes, I am aware that her clothes don't match, she has one sock on, and her feet are hanging out of the crib.  It's been a whirlwind the past two weeks.

Kevin found her like this and I just had to get a picture. And we did move her legs back inside the crib.