Monday, January 26, 2009

Yeah, it's been a long time

WHEN DID MY KIDS GROW SO FAST? I MUST HAVE BLINKED!

It's hard to believe that Carolina is now 10 1/2 months old. Where has the time gone? Between school, work, dance class, and a bunch of other time consuming tasks, Carolina continues to grown into a small person with her own ideas and thoughts. She's starting to protest in her own way, can sign "more" and "hi", and has begun to see the power behind self-propulsion. She is not yet crawling, but she is moving intentionally on the ground now, and I believe she will be crawling any time now.

Here are some cute pics from Christmas. Jeff took them for me as a gift, and I love them all!










Thursday, November 27, 2008

Carolina's Fall School Pics

Carolina's class picture, one of 2 girls!

She's always checking people out, just to make sure they're safe



I love this smile!




















Monday, November 10, 2008

Fall photos and update

Victoria and Kaylei at Jordan Valley Park
I love her free spirit!


They will always be my babies


Doesn't this picture make you want to hug her?


Victoria is such a free spirit...I love that about her! I hope that she continues to be true to herself, even as others begin to change into what others expect. Victoria will be celebrating her 8th birthday in 11 days!
Carolina loves her big sis! Her face lights up like a Christmas tree whenever big sis is in the room. I'm so glad she adores her big sis...we all think Victoria is pretty cool:) Carolina will be 8 months old in 2 days!

Monday, October 6, 2008

I need help


I need help getting it all done! Now that I am working 4 jobs (I know, I'm crazy), I have decided to hire someone to help me clean my home. We will have a woman clean our place every other week, and I'm looking forward to feeling a bit of relief. Jeff is not as excited about this, but I know this will help our marriage.


I am also getting help organizing my space as well as with decorating our space. I feel that the 1st step is to admit I have a problem, and now that I have done that, I'm ready for whatever intervention deemed necessary, even purging some of our junk from our lives. If I had the guts, I'd pack up everything I haven't looked at in the past 6 months and take it to our local homeless shelter, Fresh Start. The problem is I feel like there may be a time when I would "need" that something I haven't looked at in the past 6 months.


On a child note: Carolina is sitting up now:) She loves life from her new perspective. She also loves her new daycare setting at MSU, as do her parents! They are so positive. Victoria will be starting at a new school on Wednesday. We decided to send her to her home school as opposed to sending her to Delaware. We want her to start making friends she will have in middle school. Wish us luck!

Saturday, August 2, 2008

I know, I know...I'm a bad blogger

I promise we are all alive and kickin'. We've had a busy summer, and haven't had as many opportunitites to blog. Here are some quick updates:

VICTORIA:
Victoria attended Summer Pals in June and loved her class. She studied dinosaurs and can now tell you our state dinosaur, as well as facinating facts about these beloved creatures. She has even adopted her very own dinosaur, Marisol, and helped host a dinosaur baby shower. Victoria will be in 2nd grade this fall, and is thrilled to be possibly sharing the same teacher with Kaylei.

CAROLINA:
Carolina is now approaching her 5th month, and is a very happy baby. She has been sleeping through the night (8pm-5am), and enjoys rolling from her back to her belly. She has discovered that she is delicious, and therefore "eats" her hands all day long. Bibs don't stay dry very long in our house, but she manages to make saliva look adorable. Carolina will start going to a sitter when her mom goes back to work in the fall.

JEFF:
Jeff has taken over as Southwest Sports Editor for CPI, working with two other sports reporters on three publications, covering eight schools. Check out his sports blog @: southwestsports.wordpress.com. He is getting close to attaining "Apprentice Barista" status at Kaldi's and is also carving out time to train for his second 1/2 marathon.

MELODY:
Melody taught summer school in June, and despite popular belief, she LOVED it! She taught the Developmental Speech and Language class, and had 9 students. She learned a lot about teaching, and hopes to teach the class again next summer. She has also started worked prn (as needed) at Cox South Acute Care Therapy Dept. as a Speech Pathologist. She loves the challenge presented in the acute setting and will work one weekend a month and occasional holidays throughout the year. She will continue to work for Springfield Schools full-time.

Pictures to follow!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

First of many




Carolina had her first of many vaccinations today. 7 years ago, I remember Victoria receiving 2 shots at 2 months, but Carolina received 4 vaccines--3 shots and 1 oral vaccine. She has been pretty fussy today. I can usually calm her down when she is crying, but it's been a bit more difficult than most days. I took today off from work, and I'm glad I did!