It began with a broken foot in May. Technically, it was a cracked fifth metatarsal, but it still hurt like crazy! I tripped over my watering hose and fell off of the porch, landing, gracefully on the pinkie side of my foot.
In June, Nathanial and I had back to back beach trips - one with Daddy, the other with the girls - my mother, sister, and nieces. I also began school in June - going back to get my teaching certificate. 669 Educational Psychology was not so bad. I survived rather unscathed.
Toward the end of June, class number one ended and two more began. The 4 weeks that followed were filled with LOTS of reading, writing, writing and reading. Reading some more. Writing some more. It was challenging! My house grew dirtier and dirtier. My laundry, when it was done, was washed by my in-laws. I was up until 1:30 a.m. most nights...but, I made As! I even received a 50/50 (a.k.a 100%) on a paper I worked entirely too hard on. I was so happy!
While I was studying, I also was able to spend lots of great time with Nathanial. He is growing up so fast! It's unbelievable. We're starting to trade walking for running and receiving lots of boo-boos until we get a bit sturdier at moving fast! He talks like crazy! Only a few words, but lots of other gibber gabber. He says car, Mama, Dada, Mamaw, bye bye, hot dog...and, then the rest is a mix of sounds. He still only has six teeth and Nana is convinced he's cutting six more. I'm fairly certain she's correct. We've been waking up in the middle of the night off and on for a couple of weeks now. A few days it was bad and so I took him to the doctor, thinking that perhaps he had an earache. Nope. Teething. Sigh...
We have a new physical therapist who is a bit more aggressive and demands a bit more from our end of things. Stretching. Electrostimulation. Weight bearing. Kinesio taping. These things we've been doing. But, now she's added something: constraint therapy. We essentially tie down Nathanials good arm and force him to use his right. It's so hard! But, if given finger paint, he manages it just fine! We're supposed to be doing this twice a day for 15 mintues per day. We've done it two days, once a day for 15 minutes...so, we're working our way into it. He's come a long way.
This week, I'm gearing up for a Creative Memories Get Together my mother is hosting at my house. I'm so excited to be a consultant now for this product. It's too much fun! Anyway, I'm cleaning house for that and preparing to head out this weekend for our family vacation to Massanutten Resort. Then, I'll wait to hear back from an interview I had last week. I'm leaving the whole teaching job issue in God's hands. There is not much I can do aside from continue my coursework, perfect my resume, apply and interview. If I don't get a job, I'll continue to substitute. We will see what happens!
So there! We're caught up! I have a lot of things I want to blog about including, but not limited to:
- Jon and Kate (yes, I have to go there)
- Summer things Nathanial could not have lived without
- Creative Memories
- Massanutten experiences
- Etc...
So, stay tuned!
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