by the way......(2)

we had our baby. miller dylan coates. 09-09-09. 7:31 am. 6 lbs 12 oz. 18". super beautiful, if i say so myself. take a look......

sweet daddy, proud big brother

precious boy!

first day of school!

july 27th- first day of school in chandler. i know, it's sooo early, but, it's too hot to play outside, so you might as well be in an air conditioned classroom and be done while it's still nice in may!

so, we got to set up some traditions. we measured toby against the wall in our kitchen- i think the first day of school each year will be a good benchmark for this. then, matthew took pictures of him outside our house- which will change in a few weeks, but, nonetheless.....

can't you just hear him thinking, "it's too bright out here, daddy!"

then, another picture outside his classroom.......

and sitting at his desk......

he's already done his usual "limit testing" of the rules, but hasn't done anything too bad. just normal kindergarten rules adjustment stuff (leaving the line, being too loud in the classroom, etc).

i'm so very proud of my sweet boy- and surprised how much energy he is still coming home with. he's very excited about school (especially the turtles in the aquarium in his room) and has already brought home some great papers he's done.

a couple things ironed

from the last post:

1. we have an approval! this means that the bank accepts our price and we have a real contract- and escrow can begin. hopefully all will go smoothly and we can close on (or before) august 24. then get the couple things changed and move before the end of august.

2. baby is now on 7 weeks away!

3. toby is now registered at tarwater elementary. mrs. lyle's class, room 4. and my sister is gonna help me do the school shopping tomorrow.

4. same sentiments as before....

5. still a little concerned about toby dealing with all the changes. and i know i will miss him like crazy for the first month of school- until my time gets wrapped up in baby. 6 hours is a long time without my sweet little boy!

i should be more stressed

so, i have been living my little life, knowing all of these things were happening. but recently realized that they will all be aligning in the most inopportune way.

1. still have no official word on our short sale offer. once that comes in, 30 days to close, then a few changes must be made, like a pool fence and countertops. which could take a week or two. then we'll move in. now looking like it'll be right when the baby comes....

2. baby is coming. soon. 8 weeks from tomorrow. 5 am. need somewhere to let toby sleep until he can come to the hospital around 8 (all the grandparents want to be at the hospital, so our usual options are out).

3. toby needs to start kindergarten. which school? see #1. when? on the 27th. how? i'll get to drive him to our (hopefully) new neighborhood every morning. with what? i have no idea- haven't bought a thing!

4. moving? in august/september? 9 months pregnant? what the heck?

5. inherent amounts of stress- new school, schedule, house, and baby? i hope we all survive, especially toby- that's a lot of stress for a 5 year old.

swimming

so, we went swimming at a public place yesterday. the desert oasis aquatic center. it is half a mile from our house, which we've lived in for 8.5 years, and this was our first time there! ridiculous, i know. it was super fun-a big 3 foot deep area with various water spraying things, lots of regular deep water area, and a couple slides.....................

we had a very fun time, as you can tell by the sad face when it was time to go.....

and one quick and rare picture of pregnant me!

last week of school and graduation

so the last week of school was 2 weeks ago- close enough! one day i'll start posting closer to the event, but it is getting better.

all year, every time we go get toby's hair cut, he wants to buy the little sample size tubes of colored hair gel they have up at the counter. and all year, i have answered, "we'll get it when it's crazy hair day at school". he'd be fine with that answer. so, the schedule for all the end of year special day stuff came out, and, wacky hair day would land on a tuesday- toby doesn't go to school on tuesday. what would i do? i talked to his teachers, got the okay to visit class for 20 minutes on that tuesday and here is the wacky green creation we made out of his hair. fyi- this stuff was evil to get out in the tub that night. 3 shampoos, and i still found a couple gummy spots the next day!

then pre-k graduation happened on may 21st. they sang and signed about 5 different kid church songs, like "this little light of mine", etc. i tried uploading a video, but an error keeps coming up.
the big diploma moment (well, being smart preschool workers, it's just a rolled up paper- we got the real one in an envelope later).

so proud!

field trip

a while back, on april 29th, toby and i went with his pre-k class on a tour of chase field. he had a blast. after the tour, we had lunch at the tgi friday's overlooking the field, then went to the children's museum of phx. wow, that place is amazing!!!
but here is my sweet boy on one of his very first (but probably not last, as he'll of course be a pro baseball player someday) trips to a major league dugout..................