First Day of School
First Day of School
Leave it to a man to only get ONE picture of his kid on the first day of school! 
I went to work today while Charley stayed behind to put Laelia on the school bus before heading off to work himself. (I only got four frantic phone calls at work from my dear husband asking where to find her backpack, a safety pin or other special instructions.) Then he took his lunch break to pick her up while I raced home to take over so he could go back to work. Thankfully for the next school day (Monday), the bus can drop her off with our friends (Ryan and Lauren) so we won’t have to do this dance again.
The classroom has both typical and special needs kids. The typical kids are to act as models. Her teacher told us today that they will be working extra hard to help Laelia learn how to use a fork, drink from a cup and, of course, work on her language skills. They want her to succeed! Laelia had a nurse there (who has come to our apartment before to personally check on Lali), her own personal teacher helping only her (for the first day only), as well as the classroom teacher. Talk about spoiled! We are very blessed with all the care we’re receiving! It put our minds at ease today.
According to her teacher she did very well and didn’t cry once. I, on the other hand, raced home after a very distracted day at work, ran to the door, lost my dumb shoe in the process, ran inside, grabbed my baby and then cried my eyes out for over an hour. Okay, wow, even typing it makes me embarrassed. Charley brought me a tissue box, and Laelia pulled three tissues out and wiped my eyes! I tried to take the tissues and do it myself but she would yell, “Doh!” (her word for “no”) and do it for me. So there was nothing for me to do but lie there and get comforted. It was so precious!
Anyway, bleh. I think I’m just realizing that her surgery is in six days. (I remember it comes six days after her first day of school.) It’s coming so fast! I was so worried about my baby today, but everything was fine. She came home looking shell shocked and then ten minutes later was the most hyper thing you ever saw in your life. Another first is behind us!
Here’s a random picture of the school bus. Charley took one picture of the baby and about six of the school bus. *sigh*
September 10th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Awww – what a great milestone! One picture …..CHARLEY!!??? Well – at least it was a good one!
I love the fact that she was drying you tears – she sure does love her mommy.
September 10th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I can’t believe Lali’s in school! Don’t worry, Alexis — I may have cried some (or a lot) too about Natalie going to day care and then to preschool. It’s not exactly rational, but it IS mamalove.
I hope you’ll keep blogging even through the rough days as Laelia gets closer to surgery. Your sweet little girl (and her sweet parents) are in my prayers.