First, I want to apologize again to our faithful readers that it has taken us so long to blog! We do have an excuse...our computer caught a virus and passed away. Thus, this development forced us to fork out some cash and buy a new computer. We are hoping this computer stays well because it was quite an inconvenience!We have been very busy with work, playing with Meredith, church activities, and going to Wolfpack games! Work for me at school has been overwhelming in so many ways. I have attempted to voice my concerns with hope for relief but it seems like more things get piled on rather than taken off. So, if you are a praying person, please pray that we get a little relief soon! I think the stress has to do with a change in administration as well as the splitting of Trinity next year. Wheatmore High School will open in October/November 2009 where Trinity High will be split in half and half of the faculty and students will move to Wheatmore and half will stay at Trinity. I have no idea where I will be going yet but I would love to have the newness of a new school (and it doesn't hurt that I would be moving away from Carolina blue to Wolfpack red because the Wheatmore Warrior colors are red :)). We have a meeting with the superintendent this week.
John has had an exciting month--he got a promotion! He is now the Senior Assistant Resident Engineer in his office. Meredith and I are so proud of him! We couldn't ask for a better husband or daddy!
Meredith has had an exciting month as well, she has done the following:
-Feeds herself a bottle
-Feeds herself a bottle
-Sits by herself for long periods of time
-Gets on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth (no crawling yet)
-She picks up dropped toys
-Strongly voices her opinions
-Yells to get our attention
-Says Momma and Daddy
-Drinks from both a sippy cup and a cup with a straw
-Spent her first weekend away from home with her Nanna (my mom)
-Sleeps from 6:30PM-8AM (she is totally spoiling us and we are really nervous when the next one comes along)
-Squeals at the sight of Lucy
-Has spent several fun evenings with her Granna (John's mom)
-LOVES our colorful remote control
-AND is wearing 12 month clothing (she is in the 95th percentile for length and 50th percentile for weight...I can't believe 9 month pants are too short!)
By the way, please pray for our babysitter's mom. She was in a terrible car accident and things have not turned around for her since the accident a couple weeks ago--she has not been conscious for several days now.
Praise: We are so excited about the arrival of Matt and Maureen's baby girl Cadence! We are dying to finally meet Noah Walton who was born over a month ago to Matt and Jennifer Walton. We are ready to meet Reese Clark, John and Jennifer's little one, in January! I am having a ball sharing the excitement of pregnancy with Rebecca Spriggs at work who is due in May. Finally, we congratulate Andy and Erica Owens on their pregnancy of little Vivian's new brother/sister in less than 9 months! Wow! What a crew! Are we just at that age now or is just everyone we know getting pregnant or having babies? We love
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