Wow! I finally figured it out!

Ok, it has been some time since my last post. This was due to moving and then discoving that while the entire page was in English, the login was in Japanese...and I don't read Japanese. Anyway, I finally messed around with it long enough to log in and now it appears to be all in English. Whew!

So, I'll probably be posting quite a few pics soon to sort of update what has been going on. Here are a few of the highlights:

I have a job! Last week I was called on Wednesday afternoon to interview the following day. I did. They offered the position. It is teaching a multi-age classroom of 2nd and 3rd graders. I started work on Monday and the students will come to me after the Christmas break.

Clara Grace started kindergarten! She is doing great and having a great time. She also is a Daisy in Girl Scouts and is a Spark in AWANA. She is just turning into a lovely young lady. She did give us a little scare when she had H1N1. The whole family was told to go home and not leave until we were fever-free for 24 hours. Oh, she also made the local base paper while enjoying her time at the Christmas party at Charlie's work where they sponsor a local orphanage.

Zach is just the sweetest little guy. Very relaxed and happy. I think his last weigh in had him just over 19lb and that was when Clara Grace had us in the urgent care due to H1N1 so that was close to 8 months old. He started daycare and is doing fairly well. Napping isn't really working out there, but so far his routines at home are the same.

Charlie is doing pretty good too. He did injure his knee again and an MRI revealed he had a complete ACL tear. Currently he is trying to get by for a while with physical therapy but has been told surgery is pretty likely. On a side note, his MRI was out in town so he was taken by an interpreter. Pretty neat! If and when he does have surgery, it will not be done locally.

Ok, that was as brief as it gets for me. Pictures to come.

Yee-haw!

Zach rolled over!

Yesterday morning my little rounder rolled over from his tummy to his back...twice! I managed to catch the end of the second roll with my phone, but will spare everyone the video since he rolls in like two seconds and the rest of the time I'm cheering like a maniac trying to get him to roll a third time until he finally starts crying. I'm keeping my dignity lol.

My girl

Tummy Time

I have to admit I've not done a good job with giving Zach plenty of tummy time. Mainly for the fact that he seems to spit up each time, and then also because he doesn't exactly enjoy it. However, I realize I need to give him more time and was really impressed with how well he did. Obviously you can tell he isn't exactly having a great time, although the whole family was cheering him on and trying to get him to smile. I was surprised he stayed on his forearms like that!

A couple of pics

I forgot that I did snap a picture of Clara Grace during the dress rehearsal. Of course it is grainy and you cannot tell much, but it is something. Her group was called the prima dolls. The second picture was one I took tonight. I just thought it was too cute with Chuck reading to both kids right before I swept Zach off to go to bed.

Happy Birthday, Clara Grace!

My sweet baby girl turned five today! I can hardly believe it. She is so grown up now. We really didn't do much to celebrate today although we did get Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast at her request, and did get a special cupcake for her to eat after blowing out candles and hearing us sing Happy Birthday. She also got lots of phone calls from family. The real celebration will come next Saturday since we had another ballet performance today. Here are a few pics from today, and one of Zach that I just couldn't resist adding.