Whew...

Wow what a week! I feel like I can finally breathe once we make it to Friday night! This has been one crazy, hectic, WEIRD week for sure!

Monday started off with me turning 28! I had an AWESOME birthday! Clint always does so well at making my days special! Got lots of goodies from family and even more from my class! Gift cards, chocolate, cheezits and pretzels...what more could a girl ask for??

Wednesday, as Millie and I made our way back home after church, I called Clint like always. He mentioned something about a Similc recall of formulas that I should check out. Low and behold...the four containers I had for Millie...possibly contaminated with Insect Parts! GROSS! I talked to a nurse (my room mom) about it and she mentioned that Millie would be fine, but not to feed her any more of the containers I had. SO...Clint went off to wally world for the liquid kind of formula until they put the powder back on the shelves. After TWO trips to Walmart at 11 at night...he finally got the right stuff! I call it liquid gold!

Yesterday I found out that my Grandma has a small tumor near her eye that has to be removed Tuesday of next week. They have already done a biopsy and have ruled out cancer, but they say it has to come off. They've also found a questionable spot by her mouth...weird! My mom also informed me Thursday that she has been diagnosed with full blown diabetes....WOW! (She later explained that it was the cause of her forgetfulness lately...like forgetting to call me on my birthday!)

This morning I got pulled over by the po-po and chastised! I wouldn't say I "broke the law", but I think I made him as a person, not as a po-po mad. I pulled out in front of him...but he was going too fast and caught up to me really quickly! THe blue lights started flashing...yikes! He stomped up to my car and said...kind of in a yelling tone "I shouldn't have to slam on brakes to keep from hitting you!!" I stared...he promptly turned and walked away, got in his cruiser and drove off. I was so confused...it was 6:45 in the morning mind you! WEIRD I say!

The day ended with me frantically grading 23 "Insect projects" so they could get them out of my room. Each student had to pin 10 dead bugs to a board and label them! GROSS!!!!

Millie is doing Super! She is snoozing away at the moment, so I think I am going to join her! I have feeding duty on weekends...fun times!

I hope you all have a great weekend!
Until next time,
Sam

Sweetness

It is 9:30 p.m. and my sweet little one is sleeping peacefully. Will she sleep through the night...no probably not...BUT we have conquered the early bed time and I feel amazing!

My mom and Larry were here this weekend. They came in Friday and left about 4 this evening. It was short, sweet and to the point...but so fun! We just hung out Friday night at home and enjoyed staring at Millie and watching every move she made. Today we got up and went to a resturant called Jonah's. It was recently previewed in Southern Living magazine which is what caused my mom to want to go in. It is very small, very quaint but VERY yummy! The best part was the FREE cheesecake I got for it being my birthday celebration.

After a yummy lunch, Clint had to head to the Florida State University football game to cover it for tomorrow's paper. Mom, Larry, Millie and I went to a few shops downtown and then went to Cato to do some birthday shopping for me...three outfits later we were off to Walmart. I did some quick grocery shopping since I had help to carry up my groceries and off we went! It really was a nice weekend!

We are having a HUGE problem with our apartments! HUGE I tell ya! Last months electric bill was $305 and this months is $356...for AN APARTMENT! We are exhausting every possible thing we know to do to figure out what is causing this. The apartment people are not being too helpful and if ONE more person tells me it's because we had a baby I am going to blow a gasket! Hopefully a solution is discovered soon or it is back to Pioneer days for the Thompson family! :)

Work is good...busy, tiring, draining...but good at the same time! Millie's babysitter is WONDERFUl! Clint is the best daddy ever! My mom and grandma are in a pretty big fight at the moment! Millie gets dedicated October 17th! My birthday is Monday! I finished all the laundry today! I am addicted to Teen Mom! Real Housewives of ATL starts October 4th and I couldn't be more excited! Computer is about to die and I am too tired to get up and get the cord....so...

Until next time,
Sam

2 Months!!!

Our sweet Millie is two months old today! I have a two month old!

Things are really great here besides the fact that I am fighting a cold and possibly coming down with an ear infection...ouch!

I have been back to work for 2 weeks and am wondering if I am ever going to get in the "flow" this year. Once everything has it's place in my classroom, I think things will go much smoother! I love my class of 10 year olds and am adjusting to the fact that I am the Grade Level Chair person of the 4th grade...people come to me!

Clint is busy with football season, but we are in a nice flow at home. This flow will last until basketball sneaks it's way into our lives once again.

My grandparents came to visit this past Friday. They arrived about 4pm, and were on the road by 10 am on Saturday. It was quick, which was nice since we really NEED our weekends around here to make sense of life again.

My Mom and Larry will be doing abou the same thing this upcoming weekend to celebrate my 28th birthday. Clint asked me last night if 28 is a big deal to me. It's not because I am EXACTLY where I want to be in life...it is wonderful!

And now for the star of this post...(by the way, I've given myself 10 minutes to write and it is 5:45 in the morning)

Millie Kaye!

Millie is doing GREAT! She is still eating like a champ and has bumped herself up to about 5 ounces at each feeding...some feedings she stops at 4, but others she just keeps on going. She and Daddy hang out every day until about 1:00 in the afternoon...and he loves it. She gets dropped off at Mrs. Sara's house about 1:30 and I arrive to pick her up about 4:45 each day. It has really been a smooth transition and we LOVE Mrs. Sara! Clint really loves the schedule because he has YET to have to change a poopy diaper...Millie saves them for Mrs. Sara!

Sleeping has gotten a TON better! for the last FIVE nights, she is in her crib between 9 and 9:30...she will grunt and groan and wiggle as she slowly falls asleep. She is up again between 3 and 4 to eat which is when Clint takes over. I am SO thankful we have gotten her to go down earlier, since at night time it's just she and I. I have about 23 4th graders who are thankful too! ;)

Millie is wearing 0-3 month clothes. I just went through the next section of her closet, 3-6 months, to see what I could find. We are going to be making the switch from summer to fall soon and I want her to be able to wear all her cute summer clothes.

I have a huge pile of clothes to go to the Women's Pregnancy Center...brand new...that she won't have the chance to wear. Glad I can find a place for them!

Back to Millie...she smiles now...a lot! I LOVE it! She has started following us with her eyes which just makes my heart melt! Ahhh I love her. She makes the cutest noises too! She gets very excited and it really seems like she is going to laugh...don't think it will be too long until that happens.

She has just started FREAKING OUT lately when Clint or I pick her up from the floor. We seriously have to get down really close, talk to her, touch her and slowly pick her up really close to us so she doesn't panic. I guess we were just startling her. It broke our hearts! I think she is a scaredy cat like her mommy!

Well...that is all for the moment! Thanks for being patient with me...it may be another month before I blog again!

Much love,
Sam