September!

September is well under way, and it's been good getting back into a bit of a routine. I will admit, however, that I miss my husband. He he has 3 new courses to teach this semester and is tied up with prep work most nights at the school. He also is teaching all English courses so has loads of marking to do. He has been coming home for dinner and to spend an hour or two with Jesse and I, and I've been very grateful for that. He's also managing to get in 6 hours of sleep each night, which is an improvement from last year. However, I think it might be catching up with him. After he smashed our rim into a curb this week, we needed a new rim and tire. So, Dave decided to take me into work this past Saturday while he got the thing fixed. So, yesterday morning as he was driving me and Katie into Barrhaven, he was eating leftover pizza on a big glass plate. Dave decided he didn't want his pizza crusts, and needed to get rid of them. So, he rolled down his window, and flicked his plate , hoping the crusts would fly away into the wind. Well, we were going about 90, and it was a windy morning. The wind whipped the plate out of his hand and it launched like a mad frisbee, smucking the side of our vehicle, and then sailing through the air missing the car behind us by about an inch. OH MY! We pulled over in shock and to see if anyone wanted to yell at us. But everyone kept on driving by. Then, we all burst into laughter. Uncontrollable laughter. You should have seen the way the plate flew. I'm still waiting for a police to arrive at our door over this. Dave told me I had to wait 2 months to tell anyone so he could get over the shame. But then he changed his mind.

Jesse is doing well, and is turning into such a little boy! He took his first unassisted steps last week, and does pretty well with the whole walking thing. But still prefers to crawl everywhere. You have to ask him to walk to you-and then half the time he will still plunk on his bum and speed crawl over to you. He has been doing well with our lovely care giver and her daughter a few days per week. He cries a bit when I leave, but snaps out of it pretty fast. It's nice to know he is being well taken care of, and I'm happy he's having that constant interaction with another little one. It will get him all ready for when his little sister comes. Oh yes! My last ultrasound revealed I'm having a girl. I'm pretty excited to purchase purpley things and dresses.

Work is going pretty good on my end. The first few weeks of preschool are always a little rough with separation anxiety from a handful of our students. I've already been thrown up on twice from kids so upset they puke. However, the majority are all settled in and it should be smoother sailing from this point. We have a great teaching staff where I work, and that makes a world of difference. Speaking of staff, Katie was hired to take over my contract when I go on mat leave, and so she is currently picking up part time hours running the after school program at a gym tale, as well as a weekend and nursery school shift.

Well, there is lots to do today. Jesse gets dedicated in church this morning, and I'm going to have to wake him up about an hour into his usual 3 hour morning nap to get him there on time. I'm hoping he isn't too crabby. I have this horrible image of him squirming and fussing and potentially yelling and smacking the senior pastor while on stage in front of the hundreds in the congregation. Crossing my fingers! I should be on my way. Thanks for reading, everyone. I'm out.