So Excited to Join TummyTime
My name is Laura Waller and I am excited to be able to blog with TummyTime. I attended Appalachian State University and after college I moved to Washington DC where I taught Kindergarten. The best part of my time in DC was meeting my wonderful husband Jacob.
After enjoying all the excitement of DC, we moved back to Eastern North Carolina, where I continued teaching. After trying for a while to get pregnant and meeting with infertility doctors, we welcomed our first child, Elliana, into the world. Elliana means “my God has answered” and she certainly is our answered prayer.
We decided that I would stay home to be with Elli full time. When Elli turned one year old, I decided to cheat a little on the “stay at home” gig and take a part time job working with refugee families in the school systems. That job will end in the Spring of 2012 and, as timing would have it, our second baby is due in May.
At this point in time, my days are consumed with keeping up with Elli (which is harder than it sounds), working, trying to find exciting activities around Eastern NC for our family to experience, an occasional work out, and honestly – an occasional nap. I know things are certainly going to change in our house and in some ways that makes me a bit nervous so I am always excited to get advice from experienced moms!
Hey chick! It’s great to hear about your new addition! I don’t really keep up on my news and Molly shoulda told me!!! I’d love to hear more about your experience working with refugee families in the school systems.
I wanted to thank you again for all the things you’re letting me use~! They are truly enhancing my skills ; )
Can’t wait to meet your knew addition!
Hope all is well!
Molly should have told you! We are super excited about this but we know it is going to be tough for a little while trying to balance Elli and an infant.
I’m working on a grant that lets me help refugee families who have been in the country three years or less. I help coordinate a couple of after school tutoring programs and then I focus on getting the families in the school system…so I arrange parent conferences with translators; take parents to Open House; register students etc. I love it but I’ve had to learn a ton to keep up.
I’m so glad you can use those things in your classroom – there isn’t any sense in them sitting in my attic gathering dust! I’d love to come out and see how your classroom is going sometime…I do miss it.