Life in homework

i can't put into words how utterly tired i am of summer school and homework. this one particular class i'm taking has taken over my life. i go to bed doing homework and wake up doing homework. yes summer school is intense, i know this. the year we found out we were pregnant with landry i took 5 classes during the spring, 2 maymester classes (maymester is literally 12 days long), 2 classes summer I and 2 classes summer II and i worked part time the whole time up until 2 weeks before landry was born. yes, i know summer is intense. the amount of work we have done in this class is ridiculous. i am always tired and there is always homework. i'm tired of being tired. i've come to the reality that in order to keep my sanity i will settle for a B out of this class. i'm beginning not to care if i get a C! this is coming from the girl who cried (real tears) one semester because her GPA was a 3.8 instead of a 4.0. i'm more ready for this class to be over like someone in jail is ready to get out. that's what it feels like, jail. homework is making me a prisoner. i went to bed last night at 10 because i was starting to fall asleep. i woke up this morning at 6:20, made a cup of coffee and started homework again at 6:30 am. i'm not sure i'll take more than 1 class in the summer from here on out. being a mom and wife come before me being a student. so what does this mean as far as when i'll graduate? at this point i think i'll make it a goal to graduate within the next 2 or 3 years.

Sprinklers Away!

I think it's safe to say Landry loves water. Yesterday Brad turned the sprinkler on to water the yard. We thought we'd be able to keep Landry dry or atleast be able to change her into her bathing suit before she was drenched. We were wrong! She saw the water and ran straight for it. It was fun and laughs for everyone. Landry laughed at the water and we laughed at her. I love these pictures. Enjoy :)

Pure Happiness

Look closely and you can see her 2 bottom eye teeth coming in. (double click the picture to make it bigger) I love this picture.

Her reaction when asked if she wanted to stop and dry off.

Maybe I can catch some water in my mouth.

This is the best!

Dad, you have to try this!

You too Mom. (we have the same pose)

Taking a moment to catch her breath.

We did get her out of her wet dress but not inside.

I don't want to go inside.

Sunday Swimming Fun

Sunday our friend Megan invited us to go swimming with her and her little boy Jameson. We met her at her parents' house. This was Landry's first time in a pool. I'm not sure why last summer wasn't her first time, who knows what we were doing. It took her little steps to get comfortable with being in the pool. Before the day was out she went from only putting her feet in to jumping from the steps into our arms. We had tons of fun playing and watching Landry's reactions to the water. Thank you Megan and Jameson for inviting us!

Landry jumping to Daddy. It looks like she's upset. She is actually saying "Ah Hah!"

About to splash in the hot tub.

Reaching for the water.

Hungry after playing. More please.


Yay! More goldfish. Thank you.

Landry and Jameson.

Time to lounge.

Motherhood

"Motherhood is about letting go-first from our bodies, then our arms, then our sight, then our homes-and then?"-Jill Christman

Landry was really wanting to sit in the window.

She loves her bubble baths!

The result when you ask Landry to smile.

Landry on her first day of school.

Today went smooth for the most part. Of course it wasn't perfect. We certainly realize it could've been far worse. Landry ate a decent amount at lunch and took a nap! Mrs. Rosie had to wake her up so that she could go home with Mommy. What a relief!!!

Monday, Monday

As some of you know Landry and I start our full days of school Monday. She'll be going to Montessori school from 7 am until 2:30 in the afternoon. My school is from 8 am until 12:10. This past week she went to school 3 days for 3 1/2 hours. She wasn't ready to let go when being dropped off. It was very hard to leave her while she was still a little upset. Friday morning I hung around out of her sight to watch. She was fine in a minute's time! When we picked her up she was so happy. Brad was able to go with me as he was off work this past week.

I am hopeful that her having to be there an hour earlier won't make that huge of a difference. I think the biggest transition is going to be in her having her nap at school instead of in her bed, in her dark, quiet and cool room with her music going. I have been dreading next week for what seems like forever now. My concerns are not for myself but for Landry. I could be taking a graduate level nuclear science class and still not think about myself for a nano second. I have counted the weeks and her going full days is only for 9 weeks.

Landry always goes above and beyond what we think she'll do. Children are amazingly resilent. It's the parents that worry themselves silly. This is the moment where I will reflect on past times I was concerned about Landry and know that if she could she would tell me to stop being such a baby, gah mom!