The First 2 Days....only 178 more to go!

Alright, the first 2 days of school are over, my have they been busy! Even though I have not pulled kids yet for speech, these last 2 days have been very CRAZY and filled with lots of meetings and paperwork, my 2 favorite things about being a school-based SLP :(

Here's an example: Today at school, one of the new kinders, who will also be seen by yours truly for speech, bit her kinder teacher between the belly button and the pelvic region, IT DREW BLOOD! This girl has multiple issues and has had severe tantrums the past 2 days, in which she punches, screams, bites, etc. Her teacher is very concerned about me working with her, because when she tantrums, she punches in the stomach area of the adult. Needless to say, I am not looking forward to this and plan on going into the classroom to work with her, instead of pulling her into my speech room for therapy. I am going to privately refer to her from here on out as "the vamp", so be sure to check back for more stories, I think she is really going to make things interesting this year..

This afternoon, I was involved in an IEP meeting regarding a high school student. It began at 2:45 and was still going strong when I left at 5:00. God, I hate this part of my job. But on the plus side, I do love my new office (I was moved over the summer) and tomorrow I will begin to see my speech kids, who have all stopped by to see when they are coming to see me. This is why I love being a school based SLP.

Not much else going on, I have been tired at night, not used to getting up at 6:00 a.m. Tomorrow after school, I am getting my hair done, cut and dyed a new color--not exactly sure what color but check back soon, I will try and post a pic. Ever so often, I get sick of having blonde hair and need a change, this is one of those times! This weekend, I am headed to the UNC game, they play at 6:00 on Saturday--GO HEELS!!!

How Cute Are These?????

Here are the cute gifts I received yesterday from my friend Maryellen! Doesn't Rocky look handsome in his jersery??? I can't wait to see little Gabriel dressed in his UNC uniform and the Boston Terrier outfit!!

Had a doc appt. today. Everything is great with Gabriel, his heartbeat was 148-150, which they said was perfect. I have now gained 10 pounds total and I feel like a big pig!! I go back again on the 20th of September. I can feel him moving now, it is the weirdest but neatest thing ever. I cannot believe I am over half way done!!!

Oh, for those of you who know about this--- I found the ultrasound pics under a placemat on our dining room table tonight!!! Hallelujah! I thought I had lost or thrown them away!!!

I Will Survive!

Ok, just wanted to post to let you know that I have survived my first 2 days back at work. My room looked like a tornado hit it (they moved my stuff to a new room over the summer), but I have finally got it looking half-way decent. It has been eventful, to say the least. I ended today by telling off another SLP in our district, don't worry, she deserved it :) However......

My day was saved tonight when I arrived home to find a package from one of my good buddies on the front porch---it contained a tiny UNC basketball outfit- #50, just like my boyfriend Tyler Hansbrough's, an adorable onezie with a Boston Terrier on it (looks just like Rocky), and a UNC dog jersey for Little Rocky. She didn't want him to be jealous!! I will post pics of these later, they are so freakin cute I can't even stand it! It ranks up there as one of the best gifts ever and really did change my whole mood. I'm glad at least one person out there can understand how I feel about my dog....She recently had a b-day party for her doggies- Ceddy will be happy when he gets home tonight because I am now a happy girl, so a big big thank you to my girl "Auntie M"-- I love ya!

Alright, I am gonna wind down now--tomorrow is another day closer to Christmas Break!

Tomorrow........

Well, tomorrow is the day.....I will have to be there by 8:00....Doesn't sound that bad, but I have been sleeping til 8:30 every day this summer...Oh well, it will be good to see some of my friends from school...And I am in a different room, guess it will be fun to see how it turns out once I get it all set up. It is a nicer room, but smaller.

We have had a busy couple of days.....we painted the nursery and put the border up...I had to get another color of khaki, the other was just too peachy for both of us. The furniture came in and Ceddy put together the changing table. Hopefully he will do the crib later on this week. Friday and Saturday we were in Kings Mountain, Cedric's family had a big family reunion. There were about 75 people there, from NC, Georgia, and Maryland. We had a blast, I am very tired though! Today,we had lunch with my family at the campground...For those of you that are not familiar, I am not even gonna try and explain it to ya, it is just too hard to explain! I spent the rest of the afternoon watching the Panthers get pounded by the Eagles, thank goodness it is just preseason, they did not look too good...but, my boyfriend Julius Peppers did not make the trip, he is sick :( Poor baby, I think he needs me to bring him some chicken noodle soup! We are watching the Sopranos now, hopefully I will get to bed before midnight, 6:30 is gonna come awfully early tomorrow morning!

Here are some pics of the nursery:


The Before Pic--Kinda Scary


Ceddy working hard on the paint


The finished product!


Changing Table is ready, I am using it to fold laundry on right now!!!

Busy as a Little Bee!

Things here really have been busy lately and I know I have been neglecting my blog! After we found out that we were having a little boy last week, I went into my "gotta get everything done as quickly as possible" mode, which really gets on Cedric's nerves. Within two day of finding out, we registered at Babies R Us and Wal Mart. Oh my gosh, I cannot believe all of the baby stuff that is out there, it is CRAZY!! We also ordered our crib and changing table, which should be here sometime within the next two weeks....



And since I know that when it arrives, I will be bugging Cedric to put it together, we needed to get the nursery painted....So that's what we did yesterday, we got the first coat on the walls..the top is sky blue and the bottom is a khaki/peach color (a little peacher than I had hoped but it still looks good with the baby bear cub border). We will do the second coat tomorrow if all goes as planned.....


Lots of other stuff too....My friend Laura came into town for a visit this past Tuesday and we had a great time catching up and just relaxing. I had a dentist appointment and an eye doc appointment. Thursday night, we had dinner with my cousin Melissa (aka Measer-haha) and her hubby Pete at this delicious Thai restaurant...I had the Drunken Noodles with 2 stars of hotness---it was great but let me tell ya, my lips were burning and I felt like they were puffy like if I had collagen injected into them! Cedric even found something that he really liked, pineapple chicken fried rice. Last night after painting all day, we just stayed in and relaxed.....

Well, there is only one more week of summer break for me, and I am not exactly looking forward to going back to work..I really don't know how I get everything else done while working..I usually go to the gym first thing in the mornings, and then the rest of the day, I am on the go doing one thing or another. Going to work from 7:30 to 3:30 is really going to mess up my days!!!!! Guess I will just have to get over it...At least once school begins I can start counting down the days to Christmas break...since my due date got moved up to December 26, hopefully I will not be going back to work after the Christmas vacation....Who knows, maybe I will go 2 weeks early and even miss a little school before the break!!

For all my buddies who work in a school, enjoy your last week of freedom!!!!

BIG NEWS!!!!!

Had our ultrasound this afternoon and we are having a little BOY!!!! I will post pics later!!! We went out and did a little shopping after our appointment, it is so much fun picking out stuff!!!