Abel Update...

Seems like life goes by too fast. We've had some milestones for both Devin and Elizabeth the last couple of weeks. First off, Devin has started college and loves it! He's taking classes for Sports Medicine including Nutrition, Weight Training (that made him so sore he could hardly walk yesterday!), and prevention of athletic injuries. He really does enjoy it, though with school full time and work full time we sure miss having him at home. He doesn't have a day off anymore. We know that this time will pass quickly though (and in some ways, too quickly) and enjoy the time we do have together as a family.

Elizabeth has made her Mama very happy by sleeping longer at night. She goes to sleep about midnight each night and then wakes up between 6:00 am and 7:30 am. She also has the most beautiful smile and was so happy smiling for me last night as I was talking and smiling to her. Two days ago, she rolled from her tummy to her back and we had to clap for her! Ok, she hasn't done it since, and she did it while she was upset, but still!! She rolled! :)

Kyle is doing well too, and though we're not ready for him to walk to and from school on his own, we drive him to school in the morning then I walk (sometimes Devin is able to make it too) to his school with Elizabeth in a stroller, and his scooter folded in the basket below so he can ride his scooter home from school. We enjoy this time together to do nothing but walk/ride next to each other and talk about our day. When Devin comes we also bring our dog, Bobby, and it's really a nice family time. Of course, it gets a bit ruined when we get home and it's homework time! Ha ha... not really though. Kyle does his homework as soon as he comes home from school and I'm always there to help him and he loves showing me how well he does at math but loves to do his vocabulary word searches with him. After homework it's playing outside with Bobby, or light sabers, and loves his computer games like Leggo Star Wars or Age of Empires. Yesterday though, he didn't have homework so we played Battleship (I won) and then UNO (he won) and then watched Night at the Museum until Devin came home from work and had dinner together.

We're getting a little excited/nervous though, 'cause we're planning another move. To enable me to stay home with the kids we'll be living in my parents house (they moved to Roseville and let us stay in their Vacaville house until Dev finishes school, or they're able to sell the house). So, in the meantime I'm taking care of Elizabeth and trying to clean and pack, but we're also helping my parents fix up the house a bit. So, yeah, I'm keeping a little busy, especially since Elizabeth is awake a lot more during the day and doesn't like to be set down. I know things will work out (they always seem to), so I just try to take things one day at a time.

With that in mind, I think I'll take the rest of the time that Elizabeth is napping to finish her blessing dress or clean house! Fun Fun!

Wait! Nevermind... she's awake...