we have been doing a new calling in church the last 3 weeks, and so far it is going pretty well! we teach the 8,9 and 10 year olds in primary. and HOLY are they ever a handful. (especially the boys). it is interesting how differently lessons can turn out simply based on how hyper they are on any given sunday. our 2nd week teaching, we had about 10 minutes of class time to fill at the end because we had to feed them the lesson at top speeds to keep up with their ever noisy, bizzare, and downright gross antics. this week was much better paced, and no matter how crazy they get, they are still pretty funny to teach. kids come up with the strangest ideas ever. all these kids are obsessed with MineCraft, so i feel like i have to learn about it to even keep up on their daily jargon.
it has been over 4 months now since we started taking piano lessons! i had a bit of piano background before starting, but kevin has nothing save for a bit of theory from knowing guitar and drums. he is doing AMAZING. it is impressive to hear him plunk out a new song for the first time, and then to hear it again when he has it down. he picks up on theory a lot faster than i do, and can chord out several different songs. he never quits impressing me.
i am going to be taking a week off of work in February just for some good relaxing time and to use up some vacation days. we were originally going to head to saskatchewan to visit kevin's family, but decided just to stay home so kevin can use as many vacation days as we need when the baby comes. he has already told his work, "the second the baby is born, i'll be dissapearning for 2-3 weeks afterwards". i think it'll be really nice to have him around while we are figuring this whole baby thing out. also, i am hoping to cash in on his muscle to help me plant my garden after the May long weekend.
during my week off it is also going to be my birthday. i can't believe i'll be 26 years old, and it is even more bizzare that kevin will be 27. i just can remember thinking "man, missionaries are SO old" and then i reached the age of a missionary, and thought, "nah. they are young weenies". and then thinking "late 20s is SO old"..... and its true!! i'm actually feeling "so old". its interesting to think that i will likely have some of my kids in my 30s. i know for most people these days, it isn't such a huge thing, but by the time my mother was 26 years old, she had already given birth to 5 children. and here i am, almost 26 and starting at number 1.
tomorrow i turn 25 weeks pregnant! i feel like i have crossed one of the many landmarks in pregnancy. this one being that even if i deliver early, that baby will have a good chance of survival. i am very glad about this. i feel like i haven't been really thinking of baby as a real live thing, that is really actually going to bust out one day and expect that i take care of it. but this last week, being able to see baby from the outside, starting to make baby shower plans, and getting my rocking chair back in the nursery has really made me realize that this is coming! no matter how slowly i feel it is passing, it is actually moving at a speed faster than i am willing to recognize right now.
i just hope that i am ready!
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