Lots to Catch Up ON!

Sorry it's been awhile! WOW! What a busy couple of weeks! I have lots to write about- hope I can get it all! 

The biggest news of lately... I am D...D....DONE with school! Hooray! Ugh... what a rough couple of weeks the last few can be- loads of paperwork, testing and parent meetings... not to mention the loading of the garage with my bazillion dollars worth of teaching materials. I cry every year on the last day of school- but guess what!? NOT this year! I know, sad, huh? I definitely loved my students but I also am definitely over the political garbage involved in education, leaving Danika every morning, the 50 mile commute, and the exhaustion related to every single school day. I wake up with Danika now, and see what each day will bring us! 

Congratulations to Miss Courtney Hall! Danika's one and only cousin (ahem, so far...)  graduated from Chaparrel High School yesterday and is moving on to bigger and better things. Yes, indeedy, she made the right choice in choosing Colorado State University to pursue her dreams... go Rams! Poo on the Buffs! 

Danika has cut her first tooth! We noticed a little blood yesterday, then wallah! WHen she woke up this morning, she started her daily gnawing of the knuckles and nearly cut me... sure enough, the beginnings of her first tooth were poking through her bottom gums... she handled it pretty well- she's a stud! 

As we began having 80 degree days in February and March, we just know it's gonna be a HOT summer (better now than last summer with a 6 month pregnant belly!) Our apartment complex has its own pool, but I decided to buy Dani her very own pool for the balcony as bikini season just wont be the same this year... Dani LOVED it! Even the part where Nate doused both of us :( I think we'll be doing some mommy and me swim classes this summer. 

We have a lot on the summer schedule so far, including trips to the zoo, long hikes in the mountains and duh duh duh... the wedding of my dear sister, Victoria and her fiance, Logan in Hot Springs, NC. Dani gets to take her first plane ride (makes mommy very nervous) and first appearance in the extended Banks family!