Monday, April 23, 2012

Back to school

So in the fall I decided that in order to make a career of teaching I needed to take the next step: get certified in TESOL. There are various ways in which I could do that. There are many short certificate programs and online programs, but I decided that I should go for a full masters (#2 for anyone interested).

Luckily the program I found is entirely online, so wherever I am I can keep working on it. Also, I can take up to 6 years to finish. With any luck I can finish in less time than that, but we'll just have to see. I'll be starting with one class in the Fall at Shenandoah University in Virginia. I'm still in the beginning phases of figuring out which course I'll take and all that, but it should be interesting. I'm just hoping that I can get all the work done and still manage my mommy duties. At least this way I'll have to practice good time management again!! :-)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Touma 10 weeks!

10 weeks!?! How did we get here so quickly?

Touma is such a little bug. He is definitely a morning person (not like dad!!). He wakes up around 6 most mornings and  giggles and smiles up a storm. After that we usually sleep a bit more before starting our day.

At the moment our days consist of lots of eating, floor time (tummy time, singing, reading books, etc.), swinging (he finally doesn't hate the swing!!), and miscellaneous other activities. We get out of the house most days and usually once a week we go on a longer outing. This week we went to visit my friend Ashley in Shibuya. She's giving birth tomorrow!!

Today Touma had his first immunizations. We decided to do rotavirus, Hib, and PCV this time around. Two shots!! It's so hard to watch him cry because he doesn't know why he hurts. I cried a little too! :(

Now for some pictures...

Tummy time!! He's doing pretty good I'd say!
Slightly fuzzy... but it's Touma digging his swing. Notice the lack of crying.
Funny face... he was halfway asleep.
When he finally fell asleep, Touma was propped up on my leg and a pillow!
Who woke me up??