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FEELING OVERWHELMED..

Nov 29, 2011 01:13pm (EST)

As usual at this time of the year, I am so overwhelmed and this year I am sad too. I am not sure why. Maybe b/c we didn't go home for Thanksgiving or b/c my mom isn't coming in December to help me out like she has been or b/c our preemie days seem to be haunting us again but for whatever reason there it is. Whenever I get too sad, I stay away from Share when I know this place always makes me feel better b/c you are all so great so I have promised myself to be back.

We did have a great Thanksgiving and got lots done around the house. Abigail and I even went shopping on Black Friday together. She is a pretty serious shopper. All of our Christmas decorations are up and Santa is well on his way to being done at our house. Work is another story but this is not the place for that.

Abigail loved the Macy's Day Parade and waited until Santa showed up. She decided that his real reindeer were practicing and that is why they couldn't be in the parade. Boy do I have a believer on my hands. Wow, I feel better already.

Here is a picture from last spring (I'm so behind this is probably the most recent picture I have posted). She is second on the left from the guy (he is a Pittsburgh Penguin and her teacher's husband). My friends tell me they have never seen her look happier and it was definitely the highlight of kindergarten for her. I will try posting a newer one from my iphone.

sportsdaylg

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UGH

Nov 10, 2011 02:21pm (EST)

That is about all I can say about first grade so far. Abigail loves it somedays but... We are getting such mixed messages from her teacher. She says she is doing great and then we got her report card and she got almost all beginnings (they don't use grades "beginning, developing, secure). She has gotten almost all perfect papers in math, How is that beginning? Patrick teaches in the same school and he was confused. We expected the writing part to be bad but it was terrible, she said Abigail is improving but writes simple stories to concentrate on letter formation (yes, that is her major problem) and maybe it will get better when she can use a computer. Seriously there is nothing we can do between now and when she learns to touch-type. i am so frustrated. This is the same teacher who thought having a handwriting tutor was too much pressure. Her tutor is so sweet and at least we are trying something.
She did great in all of the behavior categories and they said she plays well with all of her classmates and is a thoughtful friend. Abigail was so excited to get her Progress Report that we just told her she did great and took her out to Chipotle. She wanted me to read it to her but I just couldn't. I'll talk to the teacher today and see what we can do. Maybe everyone gets mostly beginnings. Every teacher does it differently.
On a high note, Abigail is actually swimming pretty well and she loves her lessons and is really enjoying tennis. I think it will pay off in the long run. My parents might pay her a surprise visit this weekend and I know she will be super-excited if they can make it since we are staying here for Thanksgiving. They're worried about our little worrier and my mom has been mailing her lots of treats.
Have a great day.

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FIRST ENTRY

Oct 21, 2011 01:23pm (EST)

I have never had a blog before. Somehow I felt like no one would ever read it but I guess that is not really the only point of a blog. In fact, I can't count the number of times I have encouraged other women on this site to start a blog and yet, I never have. Abigail is already 6.5. I can't believe it. She is my baby. She will be my only baby, which is also somedays hard for me to believe. I often wonder why her prematurity will never leave me. I feel like I dwell on it too much but...The other day we were at tennis lessons. The teacher was saying that she was "her little two hander" b/c she is so weak and tiny she needs two hands for her forehand still while the others definitely don't. The teacher was saying it was so nice the other kids didn't make fun of her (she takes lessons with three of her friends). Really, is she that small and different. She grew five inches in the last six months. I thought she was really starting to look better. The teacher didn't mean anything by it. In fact she was being v. positive but I took it so hard and when I saw the look on her dad's face, I could tell he was hurt too. I guess we still have a few miles to go before we rest.

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