Spelling Tuesday

Okay, here is something I have been thinking about lately. Poor Eve, right? Do you think she knew right away what was happening to her when all of a sudden she was puking every morning, eating everything in sight, and wanting to sleep all day instead of taking walks in the cool of the garden??? And what about when her stomach started to expand and she felt the "swimming fishie" in her belly? She didn't have a wise mother, experience friends, or a "What to expect when you are expecting the first human baby in the history of the world" book to check her symptoms with! Do you think God gave her a heads up, or was she just totally in the dark? Do you think she and Adam had seen the animals give birth, so they sort of had an idea? Here's something else: When baby Cain (or was it Able?) was born, did they know to cut the embilical chord? Caleb says animals don't have this when they are born, and I don't think it would be my first instinct to cut a part off...

My teaching career is grinding to a hault. I have exactly four more days of summer school to live through, and then I am home free! I can't wait to spend the rest of the summer lounging (whale like) by the pool, and focusing my efforts on my new job! This summer hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. My class is actually not too bad, so that has been a major blessing. My patience is a little shorter than usual these days. Not to mention my short term memory! In baby news, well there really isn't any. Baby moves around and kicks a lot. Everytime I try to get Caleb to feel it, baby instantly goes to sleep. I think he/she is doing it on purpose. We are scheduled for a 3-d sono on Aug 1, so hopefully we can stop calling it "it".

My mom told me this story last weekend, and I wanted to record it for posterity. She said she was 19 years old, and she had a friend who was a professional dancer. Her friend had gotten into a serious accident, and needed physical therapy. She also started going to a beginners dance class, to ease herself back into dancing. But she didn't have a car, so my mom offered to take the class with her, so that they could drive together. Now, anyone who knows my mom knows that she is not the most coordinated person. She struggled through several weeks of this class (which was composed mostly of small children), until finally, the instructor pulled her aside and said "Sherry, please tell me there is something else that you are good at!" My mom said that she had always liked singing. The instructor asked her, if he could get her a singing job, would she promise to never come to his dance studio again? She agreed. And the rest is history.

Eight more days of teaching, and I am home free! I am so excited, but the days seem to drag on. Particularly today when I locked my keys in my car and had to wait an hour for my mom (that's right, my mom) to come unlock me. It will be nice when I work five minutes from home, so that in the event that I do lock my keys in my car (which, of course, I will) , it won't take an hour for someone to save me!!! In other news, Caleb reads to baby every night. I can tell that he is growing in his confidence in reading outloud. I feel baby moving all throughout the day now, and have even been able to see my entire stomach jerk with a particularly good kick! And finally, today they broke ground on our building for the Tuscan Ballroom! YEAH! I was beginning to feel like people thought we were making it up! But there was a backhoe there today, and some dirt was definately pushed around, so we are excited! We are signed up for two major bridal shows at the overland park convention center. Tha...

Today we went to see a new doctor at Liberty hospital. Everyone was SO much nicer- the nurses, the doctor, everyone. I felt so much better about it. It is nice to have your doctor be five minutes from your house. I took the whole day off of school to go, so it was very relaxing. Only thirteen more days of teaching! Woo Hoo! We had a nice fathers day- went over to my parents house for dinner. I think that is about all- not a very exciting blog today...

Well, I managed to survive my first week of summer school, and I only have four more weeks to go (19 days to be exact). Things are coming along nicely with the business- we have been working on our software, which I need to get VERY familiar with, so if I call you up and ask you to pretend to be a bride who is booking a wedding, that is why! I can't wait until July, when I can really relax and concetrate on being healthy and getting ready to be a mom, and stuff like that. I went to church today, and actually got to hang out with the youth. Caleb and I have been talking about how much we have missed hanging out with them since his schedule changed. There is a possibility that he could get an opening in the swat team, so pray that he does, cause it is Monday-Friday and that would mean we could go back to helping with the youth. Wow, that was a really long sentence. Anyways, that is about all from us.

Today is me and Caleb's six year anniversary. I can't believe that it has been that long. I remember walking down the isle towards him on our wedding day, and seeing his face, and knowing I was making the right choice. He is my partner for life. He is my best friend- the person I want to talk to when something bad happen, the person I want to celebrate with when something good happens. He is smart and funny and makes friends with anyone he meets. When he is home with me, it doesn't matter if we don't really do anything at all, I just like to be around him. When he isn't home, I miss him. He is going to be an amazing Dad to our kids because he is so fun and thoughful and Godly. I can't wait to see if our baby looks like Mom or Dad! Over the last nine years that I have known him, we have shared life together- weddings, funerals, nephews, tornados, jobs, injuries, friends, adventures. We have shared our highs, and our lows. I feel like Caleb was especially picked o...