clearly i need to do a better job of blogging. i've been
a little, a lot slack. however many new and exciting things have come my way. i am thankful for many, many blessings this year....so let's get started on this thanksgiving and "catching up on life" post.
i was asked to be the team leader for the first grade team at my school. on top of that, i am an inclusion teacher on my first grade team. i have THE MOST AMAZING class this year. (yes....i totally got two fantastic classes back to back.....trust me, i'm sure it's unheard of.) i was just recently named the 2016-2017 teacher of the year for my school. so when i say blessings....i mean it.
here's another HUGE blessing. jake is doing fantastic in school. the first few weeks, there were some tears, but he quickly got over that when great-gran said she'd pay him a dollar for doing his "job" and walking to class in the mornings by himself. jake has made about 3 close friends. and even has a little boy in his class who was in his K4 class. i am so incredibly thankful for the progress jake has made.
allie is still our little firecracker. we were so worried she was going to be a "little pistol" forever, but she is quickly learning to follow the rules and is becoming the sweetest, funniest and most caring little girl. (prayer works!) she recently had to have a procedure done due to way too many UTI's. it was horrible for her and for me and momma to endure. we arrived at the hospital at 7. the procedure wasn't until 8:30. they gave her some meds to make her a little loopy and i kept telling the nurses they may want to double that dose. the procedure time came. they had to put a catheter in to fill her bladder and watch her bladder expand to make sure there wasn't any reflux. (there wasn't.) but talk about a fighter.....lord have mercy.....the nurses joked and said "no wonder you kept saying she might need double the dose of loopy meds." it took 4 people to hold her down (me, momma, a nurse and the doctor). so there's yet another blessing....no surgery required for our sweet allie.
thanksgiving was a little different this year. no thanksgiving at my grandma betsy's. no thanksgiving at josh's grandma's house either. both our grandma's were put in an assisted living facility earlier this year. but i was sooo excited that i finally got to go to grandma fiske's thanksgiving! then i wake up on thanksgiving day with a terrible stomachache. i never threw up that day, so i went on to try to enjoy thanksgiving with the fiske family. an hour into our dinner, i told josh to take me home. i felt terrible. i was freezing, had a fever, and felt very nauseous. the blessing in all this is josh took care of me
and tended to the kids. he even cleaned up after i threw up and sanitized the whole house. never once did he complain or lose his cool. i also didn't get to go to thanksgiving at my in-laws either. bummer.
even though i didn't get to enjoy any of the yummy thanksgiving meals, i still have so much to be thankful for. my Lord and Savior, my very handsome hubby, my sweet children, my amazing family, my wonderful church family, a roof over my head, cars to drive, fantastic friends in our couples class at church, a job, my awesome kiddos at school, and the list could go on and on. i pray the Lord pours many blessings on your family this holiday season.
