Week of the Papaya

 Baby Mangum is now 11 inches long and weighs 1 whole pound! She has formed eyelids, eyebrows, finger nails, and her brain in rapidly growing. I also felt her kick for the first time this week! Very exciting :)

22 Weeks

After our trip to Oklahoma, Cody and I drove back to Independence and loaded our stuff onto a trailer. We then drove to Des Moines, Iowa and stayed the night with my cousin Mark and his wife April. They were in Minneapolis last year and we were able to spend some time with them so it was fun to see them again. We got to see Mark's top secret job site and then Mark made us enchiladas for dinner. We then went to a frozen yogurt store (Cody's favorite) and filled our tummies with yogurt goodness :) We finished out the night by playing games and watching Brian Regan. Our stay was short and we wish we could have stayed longer, but the next morning we drove to St. Paul and moved into our apartment.

I went back to work this past Monday and had a whole new crew of kids to meet this year. We are waiting to see if any more new students come and then we will finalize our schedules for the year. Right now it looks like I will be working with a couple of middle school students as well as the first grade class. This should be an exciting year!

Cody enjoyed his last week of freedom and was sweet enough to clean the house :) He also got in a couple rounds of golf, a trip to Goodwill to search for treasures, and he and Michael stopped by a few estate sales but didn't buy anything. If you don't know, Cody loves to find a bargain and hopes to find hidden treasures on these outings. 

Saturday we attended the MHA BBQ and were able to meet some of the first year students. It is crazy how fast this past year has gone by! I remember being in their shoes not so long ago! After the BBQ we went to Vanessa and Michael's house to play games (Michael is in the program with Cody). Our favorite game to play is Ticket to Ride and Vanessa beat us all this time! If you haven't heard of this game, you need to look it up! 

Next up: The Minnesota State Fair on Labor Day