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Today was the first day of school and it went suprisingly well. I was very nervous and overwhelmed this last friday while I was preparing. I cried several times, but after Finally getting completely organized I felt really good about it and wasn't very nervous at all. Now on to day 2. I'm excited about it and the 8th graders aren't nearly as big as I had pictured. I will try to take pictures of my classroom this week and post them!

Binky Backup

Judging from these pictures I guess you could say that Abigail LOVES her binky's. She crawled room to room like this the other day. Aunt Erica thought it was too cute and snapped some shots. I guess she's afraid that Kaden may steal one and she'll need to have very quick access to another. Let me tell you, she's quick on the draw too. It takes about 1 second to get one of those in her mouth if you take one of them out. It took her quite awhile to even learn to take one, and now you can't hardly take it away. It was pretty cute though seeing her roaming around with 3 of them!

Very Sad News

My Aunt Sharon passed away today at about 1:00pm. This is a very tragic loss for the entire family. My cousins are especially having a difficult time. They lost a sister about 15 years ago at the age of 14, so to lose their mom at the age of 49 is beyond unbearable. Their hearts have suffered too much too soon. They are going to need more prayers then ever now. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this incredibly painful time in their lives.

Prayers Needed

My mom's only sister, my Aunt Sharon, has been in the hospital a little over a week now and is need of all your prayers. She has cancer and was very critical for several days to the point they weren't sure she was going to pull through it. She is doing better, but better is still not good at all. She is only 49 with a husband, children and grandchildren who have all been very brave and strong thus far. They are all in desperate need of your prayers. 49 is so terribly young, so if you're reading this, please take the time to say a prayer for her health as well as her family.

Terrible Blogger

I have been terrible about blogging lately. Not that I've ever done a very consistent job at it, but I've been even worse recently. I've been a little stressed and working on getting things prepared for the beginning of school. I never imagined there would be so much to do. I'm not even sure I'm getting close to getting everything finished. Guess I'll find out soon enough. School starts the 25th and I'm officially starting this week. I'm starting to get pretty nervous about it.

Abigail has been doing well. Getting very big. I can't believe how much she has grown. She'll be 1 year old in 1 month. I haven't even begun to think about her party. I should probably get that started! She's trying to walk. She still needs a lot of help, but she's getting much better. She might actually be walking by her birthday...maybe a little after. I was beginning to wonder though because her feet are so small, I wasn't sure she'd be able to balance. She still wears size 1's. And I even have a hard time keeping those on her. Anyway, I'll try to post some pictures very soon. I'll actually need to take some for that to happen, but I promise I'll work on it.