I'm officially registered for a Tuesday and Thursday morning Anatomy and Physiology class for the fall semester. I'm adding on a Human Growth and Development class as well. I'm excited and nervous and not sure if I'm making the right decision...but I am trusting myself that this is the path I want to be on right now. You know, that sounds all hippy dippy...really I'm just sorta winging it and just taking these classes and hoping I'm not making a huge mistake.

Since life will be changing a lot with me taking part-time classes in a month, I'm trying to take advantage of all the time I have with Piper now. I want to just sit and play and look at her. But uh....that gets kinda boring after a while since a 5 month-old isn't much of a conversationalist.

Patrick is working in Gainsville all this month. He's been commuting this week which is such a pain for him, but he swears he doesn't mind. He leaves at 7am and doesn't get home till 7:30pm.

My big girl at her 5 month check up:

Master Gardener

I interviewed for the Master Gardener position today. I'm excited about lots of potential stuff I have on my plate now and if I get accepted into the class...great! I'd love to learn more about gardening, plants, vegetables, rainbarrels, etc. If I don't get accepted...meh, it's fine. I'm already busy.

The interview was pretty relaxed and random - one question was "Do you have experience working with people?" Who doesn't??

Piper seemed a bit fussy today which totally stressed me out. Crissy watched her while I was at the interview and she cried the whole time. Then I dropped her off at Mothers Morning Out and when I went back to get her she had pitiful little red eyes and was being held by the sitters and was crying her little eyes out.

I just want to make sure I'm doing all the "right" things with her - stimulating her with fun stuff, letting her have fun interaction with people/babies, entertaining her, helping her to roll over, etc. I need to trust in myself as a mother and most importantly as the mother that little Pip was meant to have. I need to remember that I am doing the best I can and that she appreciates and loves me and is already perfect.

Growth

I already see some sprouts from my bush beans! I just planted them 3 days ago! So exciting. I think it's from all the rain we've been having.

We have the Malloy's coming tomorrow and we are so excited. It's gonna be fun having all the kids together.

I love this picture of Piper and Avery, can't wait till they are really playing together. They are gonna get into so much trouble together.

Sunday

We had a sweet, relaxing day Sunday. Naps, working in the yard, errands and a walk through the park.

Pipsqeak is getting so big and doing so much more now. She is getting close to the phase where she holds on to us like a little monkey. Right now it's more like she is bobbling around grabbing our hair while we hold her close.

I planted Purple Queen Bush Beans and Collards in the new garden. I'm crossing my fingers that we see some action from them in a few weeks.

The Pipster

She is so fantastic. We love our little googie so much.