Homecoming 2008

I must say that it was an exciting homecoming...our team beat Palo Duro 12-7. I am so glad that our boys were able to pull together and win this game. Emily looked so cute in her cheerleader outfit with the mum that the daycare made for her. I hope that this winning momentum will carry us through the rest of the season. I was able to get a couple of pictures of Emily before we left for the game and so I will post those now...

She kept wanting to play with the megaphone on it and couldn't seem to sit still long enough for me to get a real good picture.

I hope that everyone has a great weekend!!

Season's change

I can't believe that it has been so long since I last posted. I am hoping that maybe I am be better at it as things begin to get into a more normal routine. This weekend is homecoming and Emily's birthday. I can't believe that it has been three years since she was born...she is changing so much. I guess I see it more now since she isn't home two nights a week and then when she comes back it is just easier to see these things. My mother-in-law says that she is reading way ahead of where she should be at this age. That excites me but then I begin to wonder how we will keep her involved as she gets older. I guess that is just the education part of me coming out. I hope to be able to get some pictures posted after this weekend so that everyone can see just how much she is growing up. I hope that everyone is having a great week and that they have big plans for the weekend as the summer fades into fall...I just love this time of year and everything that goes along with it...football, changing leaves and just the smell of harvest in the air. I hope that everyone has a good night.

Busy Day

Well I am glad that we got the rain that we needed but I worry that we may be getting too much. I have made it past the twelve week mark in my pregnancy and because of that I am feeling so much better...I do have a bit more energy and I can at least make it home after work or class and still be able to do more here at home. The only thing that I haven't noticed a change in is the sleeping pattern. I am still waking up a couple of times at night but it doesn't take long for me to go back to sleep. I am looking forward to the end of the month where I will have lots of family here to celebrate my daughter's 3rd birthday...I just can't believe that she will be 3!! It is amazing how time flies and I look at her and she is just changing so much everyday.

I have to say thanks to Meredith, coaches wife and friend, for watching Emily this morning while both Jeremy and I had to work...Emily has been asking about Brooklyn since I got home so I assume that things went well. I am so glad that I have such good friends who will help me when I need it most!! I hope that everyone is having a good weekend and also a restful one.

Feeling under the weather

Well, this morning my alarm clock went off and it hurt to move my arm to turn it off and then when I tried to get up my head felt as though it weighed 100 pounds (just an exageration). I thought well maybe if I get up and try to get ready for work things will get better but instead walking into the bathroom with the lights on just made it worse and I had to go back to bed. I just absolutely wanted to cry. I talked it over with Jeremy and decided that it would be best for me to just stay home and try to recover from all of it. So I some how mustered up enough to get Tanner dressed and Emily up and going and get them off to where they needed to be...I made it back home and slept until nearly noon. I think that the only reason that I woke when I did is because the thunder was so loud that it shook the entire house and the pictures that hang above our bed began to rattle and I was afraid that they were going to come off the nails. Crazy, I know but still it was pretty loud. I was feeling better and was able to finish up all of my math work that I needed to go over before class tonight. I picked up Emily from daycare at around 4:00 and was off to class. The rain apparently caused some problems with parts of the interstate at Hale Center because they had it completely closed off and you had to detour through town to get back on it on the other side. I must say traveling like that after storms is not great but it was good to see that all of the cotton as well as other crops got a well needed watering. Lets only hope that there won't be too much that the farmers aren't able to get into the fields to harvest. I am so ready to get back to work tomorrow although I was in much need of the rest that I was able to get today. I hope that everyone's Monday was much better then mine. God Bless and good night!!

Another doctor's appointment

Well I had another doctor's appointment yesterday and everything seems to be going well. I do have a sinus infection that could be part of the cause of my headaches...needless to say I am taking an antibiotic so that I can get over it pretty quickly. When the doctor tried listening for the heartbeat, he wasn't quite able to hear anything so we went to the sono machine so that he could isolate the heart beat and in the mean time Jeremy and I could see the baby just bouncing around and being very active...which makes me and Jeremy happy. It is always nice to be able to see an active baby and know that everything is going well.

I am also glad to hear that Tracy's doctor's appointment came out well and that we are still believing in PINK!! I am glad that things seem to be going well for her. The power of prayer is such an awesome thing. We just have to continue to pray that everything will continue to go well. It is good to have Emily back at home-there is always so much excitement when she is home-although I tend to miss the quite at times...I hope that everyone is having a great night and may God bless you!!

The first week

Well I made it through the first week of school...although I don't have a class full of kids, I still got pulled for everything from extra lunch duty to kindergarten assistant. I have always felt that I would probably teach either 2nd or 3rd grade...I absolutely am frightened of kindergarten and have made it clear that it wouldn't be a grade that I would teach. After this past week I believe that God is preparing me to do the one thing that I said that I wouldn't-teach kindergarten...I have learned to take everything in stride and just allow Him to direct my path.

Last night was suppose to be our opening football game for the season but due to the lovely rain and lightning that Lubbock got it was canceled and rescheduled for this morning at 11:00 AM. I wasn't able to go to the game this morning but I was able to listen to it on the radio, although we didn't win this game I do believe that our team will do well this season. I am really looking forward to the rest of the season. I hope that everyone has a wonderful and restful long weekend!!

miracles

You know there comes a point in your everyday life that you just aren't sure how you are going to pay this bill and make sure that you enough gas to get where you need to go and you tell yourself that the Lord will provide. He has never denied us any of our daily necessities and I have trusted in Him through out everything. Jeremy is a worrier...he always wonders how we are gonna make it for time to time especially with another baby on the way and the added expense of doctor bills. I have prayed for God to continue to provide for us and have had to lay it at His feet and just walk away from it. Today our prayers were answered. We received a check in the mail that we weren't expecting and we are now able to make sure that we make it just a little further then what we would have with just our paychecks. He is awesome...that is all I can say.

I do need to ask for prayers for my brother-in-law and his wife as they are going through a difficult time in their lives. I have truly learned the meaning of prayer these last few days and can only tell you that God does keep His promises by giving us our daily bread...whatever that may be. I hope that all of you have a great weekend. May God bless you always!!

Football...football...football

Man I am so excited about football. This is the time of year when I get to see my husband do what he loves to do...coach football. I am able to sit in the stands and just cheer him on along with the teams that he helps coach. It has been an exciting time already with new faces as well as some old ones and just getting back into the swing of things. I am greatful that I have other wives that can share the same passion as I do about what our husbands do as well as understand the long, lonely hours when our husbands are at work or on the road traveling. One added extra this year is that Tanner will be a ball boy so he gets to see up front exactly what is going on. I am so excited about all of it.

I took Tanner to meet his new teachers today and I was excited to learn that one of his teachers goes to church with us. Being connected even slightly always makes things better. Tanner was a little disappointed that some of his friends from last year are not on the same team but he knows that he will be able to see them through the course of the year. I hope that this will be a great year for all of us and that there are lots of new and exciting things just waiting for us.

I have to get ready to go to "Meet the Bulldogs" tonight, so I will leave everyone with blessings of a restful evening.

Bring on the rain

The rain is so wonderful and it was so needed...it makes you want to just curl up on the couch and not do a thing. I was glad to see that Tracy is doing well today and that hopefully she will be back at work soon. I am still having my headaches but they aren't as frequent as they have been. I am also glad that my husband has been at home the last few days to help out with the kids and some of the household duties. I know that starting next week there won't be much time to do anything but come in and fix supper and then get all of us to bed.

I am glad that we-coaches wives-are able to count on each other to help out when we need it even if we think we don't. I am glad that the Rosales family is enjoying the meals that we are able to provide. It is also great to have family that is close enough to be here when you need it. We will continue to pray for Tracy and the baby as well as the rest of the family.

I am getting excited about our upcoming season of football. I am also excited about our upcoming school year...you just never know what it will bring.

My sister-in-law will be going to the doctor this next week so we will know for sure when their baby is due...we can only hope that we are not delivering the same day...at least for the sake of my in-laws!!

Well it is about time to get off of here and start gathering up the family for bed. I hope that everyone has enjoyed the wonderful rain and that there is a restful night in store for all of us.

Lazy day

It has been so nice to be able to curl up on the couch and enjoy the cloudy day and just get some well needed rest. It seems like the last few days I haven't been able to sleep well whether it be restless sleep or the fact that there is a 2 year old child sleeping between me and my husband. Emily knows that something is different and she just isn't sure how to handle all of it. I hope that with school soon to start that a normal routine will help her adjust and be able to handle the new baby that is coming. I am truly looking forward to starting a new school year. It is always exciting to see kids wanting to learn. I am also ready for my school semester to start...I am so close to graduating and then transferring I just can't believe it! I know that it will all be worth getting through the next few semesters but it just seems that it is still so far away. I am truly blessed to be able to have the support of my family and friends that just keep cheering me on...thanks to all of you!! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day and God bless!!

Good outcome

Well I went to the doctor this afternoon because my headaches are just not getting any better and the doctor decided that it was probably due to an increased amount of progesterone due to the pregnancy. He gave me some different medicine and told me only to use it when it was necessary. He also told me that at my next doctor's appointment he wanted to see if there was any changes in my headaches. Hopefully by then I won't be experiencing anymore but we will have to wait and see. I am glad that it wasn't anything really serious and hopefully everything will be better in the next two weeks. Jeremy was relieved to find out that it wasn't anything major and that it will probably pass. My blood pressure was good and he said that everything else looked really well-what a relief. I hope that everyone is having a great week...it is officially over for some and for others it is just a few days away...time to re-join the "working" class-haha...

Finally Done

Well I am finished with my summer session and I am so glad of that...I didn't do as well this session as I did the last but there was a lot going on and there was just a lot of reading and for some reason I just couldn't seem to get interested in it. Psychology and Government just are very interesting but at least I have finished and I am just two semesters away from graduating from South Plains College. It has been such a crazy summer and I am really excited that I am finally done. I hope that this next semester will be just as smooth as these summer sessions have been. It has been a long day and I am really tired. Here lately I have been getting more headaches and I am really concerned since I am taking Tylenol almost daily. I know that tylenol is safe to take during pregnancy but I am a little weary about taking it daily. I will probably be calling the doctor's office tomorrow and see what he can do to help out with these headaches. I hope that everyone is having a wonderful evening. God Bless!!

getting back into the swing

Well we are slowly trying to get back into the routine of getting up early and going to bed early and all of that good stuff...I have truly enjoyed this summer and not really having to worry about much of anything. I am glad that it will soon be coming to an end so that my family and I will be able to get back on track and actually have some type of normalcy-if that is even a word. Jeremy is now officially a working man and he is really having a hard time dealing with it...he didn't want to get up this morning and then he decided that everyone else in the house needed to get up with him...it wasn't a problem for me but the children on the other hand didn't see it the same way. I hope that everyone is having a great time and that you are making the most of the last days of summer...

What a day...

Well I had my first doctor's appointment today and everything seems to be going ok. The doctor did do a sono and I was able to see the little blob and also hear the heart beat...makes me feel great to be able to hear that. Jeremy got home late this evening and to be honest I wish that he would go away and come back in a better mood. I understand that he is probably tired but all he has done is griped since he got here and it isn't making life easier right now. Emily was glad to see her daddy but you can tell that she isn't real sure how to act because she wants him to do stuff with her and he just gets frustrated. I hope that tomorrow will be a better day after he gets to sleep in his own bed tonight. Well I better try to get Emily settled down for the night and off to bed. Hope that everyone is doing well...just a few more days until we all head back to the grindstone.

Oh my goodness...

Well today is the first day that I have experienced any type of sickness and let me just say that I hope that that will be the last of it. I am still so very tired and no matter how much sleep I get I just can't seem to get enough. Emily is beginning to act really clingy and it is so hard to leave her at daycare crying for me. I know that once school starts back up things will go a lot smoother when I drop her off. Jeremy will be home tomorrow and Tanner will be home on Friday and I will be glad to get some type of routine started before school. My second summer session is coming to an end and I am so glad of that. Pyschology and Golf wasn't so bad but my Government class was a slight killer and I hope that I pull a "C". I better go and see where my daughter is and what she is doing. I hope that everyone is having a great week.

Packing

Well tomorrow Jeremy and a few other coaches are leaving to head to San Antonio for the annual Texas Coaches Association coaching clinic. In other words there will be a whole bunch of coaches in San Antonio having just a grand old time. While he is gone I will be here with Emily just hanging out and trying to get things ready for the beginning of school. We went at picked up all of Tanner's school supplies earlier in the week and now I have just got to go through and put his name on everything. He will be home on Friday and I am glad of that. It seems like he has been gone more this summer then in years past. I am scheduled to go to the doctor on Wednesday to get all of my prenatal stuff taken care of. We are getting excited about everything and we are hoping that we don't have any problems this time. I only have a few more days left in this second summer session and I am really looking forward to a break before the fall semester starts. I hope that everyone is doing well and having a great time. Enjoy this what is left of our summer days and God Bless!!

Craziness!!

I must say that it has been a crazy few days!! First of all I find out that I am pregnant and then yesterday my brother-in-law calls and says that they are expecting as well...I am so happy for them and the whole crazy part about this is that we are due just 3 days apart!! Talk about some perfect timing. I am really excited for them, they have been wanting a baby for a while. I hope that everything goes well for them and that Julie doesn't have any problems. I am excited that our family is growing so fast...I hope that everyone is doing well and that your summer has been great.

The wonders of God!!

It has been such a crazy few days...I have been trying really hard to keep caught up on my second summer session. Jeremy is getting ready to go to San Antonio for coaching school. Yesterday Jeremy and I found out a bit of surprising news...we are expecting another little one and let me just say it was a bit of a shock. We haven't gone to the doctor yet but we have taken enough home tests to know that it isn't something that I ate...haha!! We had talked about having another baby but we were planning for at least a year from now but God has His timing and I don't question it...I accept it and go on. We told Tanner today and he was slightly confused but then was a little excited...he would like a brother, not another sister he says that one sister is enough. All that I want is a healthy baby. I sympathize with Tracy as far as morning sickness because I have experienced some of it starting this morning. I hope that everyone is having a great summer and can't believe that school is just around the corner!! I will keep everyone updated as we learn more!!

Counting down the days

I can't believe that in just a month we will be back into the swing of things...this summer has gone by rather quickly. Tanner is back at his dad's for the last summer visit and then he will be home. Emily is just growing by leaps and bonds and is just talking up a storm. I am glad that I have been able to spend more time with her this summer and really watched her grow. We have started doing little things around the house such as painting a couple of the rooms and talking about painting the trim around the outside of the house. Seems a little crazy to be doing some of this stuff but it has given the house a fresh look. Well it is quite late and I might better get off to bed...Emily doesn't sleep as I would like for her to these days!! God bless and everyone have a great night!

Just another Monday

I am sitting here listening to my son and my husband playing MLB on the PS2...Tanner has been gone for a few days seeing his grandparents and now they are enjoying some "male bonding" time or so they say. I am glad that they are able to have some good time together before Tanner leaves again for his last summer visit with his dad and step-mom. Tomorrow starts my 2nd summer session and I am looking forward to getting it started and done with. Emily is trying to go to sleep but all I hear is some giggling coming from her room and I am wondering just what she is doing. I am so greatful for my husband...while I am working my parttime job he does some of the housework and some of the laundry so that I don't have to try to do it all on my days off...it has been really nice knowing that he is here to help out. I guess that I better go and try to get Emily down for the night.