A Day of Firsts

In an effort to keep this short and sweet I will list all of our firsts today:

• First day of Kindergarten for Scotland
• First day of full day preschool for Sullivan
• First day of preschool (period) for Paislee
• First time on the bus for Paislee
• First time missing the bus for Sully and Paislee (they were not put on the bus to come home)
• First time Scotland decided to walk out the front door on her own (while mom was changing clothes before our evening walk)
• First time having to pop-a-squat in someones yard so Paislee could potty while on said walk
• First time posting pics of the kids on the blog...thanks Craiger!

Now for the fun part...

I have to explain this first pic. Of course the camera was acting up and wouldn't take a quick pic. This led Sullivan to start making dumb faces which led to mom hollering at him. Then he started crying. Paislee's leg is red because her shoes have lights in them and Scotland isn't looking because she rarely does. This is how 95% of all of our group shots turn out these days.

Scotland's bus arrived first, and we knew it would. However, it was about 10 minutes early. Even though we had just headed outside to wait for the bus this rushed us and we didn't have time for a little pep-talk of what the day would hold. Scotland ended up getting rushed to the bus while mom snapped horrible pics along the way. You can tell in this pic that she's not impressed to be put on a bus with random strangers while mom and dad wave and shout "I love you". Just after this pic both mom and Scotland had a few tears...I'm proud to report that we both survived the day.

So after Scotland got on the bus and rode off to school we had some time to kill. I was able to get a semi-decent shot of Paislee and Sullivan.

Getting on the bus for the first time, for Paislee. Sully is a pro!

Kindergarten wears a girl out. I was first upset that she wasn't in the car seat that we listed in her IEP...then I asked Craig (he's the one who got her off the bus) and realized that she's strapped into the seat tight enough that it held her in while she was limp.

She managed to wake up a little bit, but was tired all night.

Paislee and Sully as they arrived home after mom had to pick them up.

Here's the hubs, Craiger. Doesn't he look impressed to have his pic taken. Those are his brand new Armani Exchange glasses that he's so proud of. Looking pretty good if I do say so myself, dumb face and all!

Here's a pic of me. I don't know why I didn't just take our pic together...we both would likely have looked better.

And here's Baby Hogan, 25 weeks

In other news, I am excited to start my birthing class. I've signed up for a Christian Birthing Class that will be held at a local church. It starts next week and goes for 8 weeks. This will get me to within about 6 weeks of my due date. Hopefully I will learn and practice all the relaxation and coping methods I need in order to survive a natural delivery...I'm so excited!!

And while we're on the baby train I have to explain my new, legitimate nickname. The Clark-Maker. This is not just any nickname that one would give themselves. This came straight from Craig's grandma, and I am proud to hold the title of Clark-Maker, it is an honor! As long as Craig will let me I will keep kicking out Clarks!

I think that is all for now. So for all of you random followers who I don't really know, I hope you enjoy my family. I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of things that I've tried to remember to mention since my last post 2 weeks ago, but for now I'm done. This post has taken way too long to post because I keep having trouble with formatting. If you're lucky ;) I'll post again tomorrow.