Finally! A New Post

Life is good at the H household. It has been a long time coming with this new post. I will try to be more faithful but no promises. I plan to catch you up on what has been happening since I last wrote.

Let's start with E. She has been growing tremendously since the last post. She is now 3 1/2. About a year ago we were definitely concerned about her speech and it being really delayed. We enrolled her in an early on program that is supposed to help us identify the problem and then help us to work on it. After a few frustrating months, we decided that we would take matters into our own hands and find our own speech therapist. We found an awesome facility that actually gave us reasons why E was like she was the first 15 minutes of our meeting. It was amazing to hear what they had to say and what we would have to work on. We also decided to take her wheat, gluten, dairy, yellow #5, red #40 and now egg by itself. We have seen tremendous strides in her ability to talk since then. She has been going to a special school that is helping her with speech and other developmental delays. E is also doing ballet and will be having her first little performance in a week! So proud of her.

Hmmm...K...what can I say....She is a kindergartner now!!!! I can't believe it. K attends school all day Mon., Wed and every other Friday. She just LOVES it. K has had a few field trips and some special programs. Violin is a thing of the past but ballet has stuck. She is loving her dance class and is having her recital in a week with her sister. It has been neat to see her grow in ballet. She is now at the ballet bar and really seems to be catching on. She still loves to hang out with her aunts, uncles and cousins. She has a few friends that she enjoys doing stuff with and has made lots of new friends at school.

D...what a great husband! He is still teaching middle school algebra as well as coaching middle school track. It has been nice to have him home during breaks to hang out with us and go exploring.

Me...I haven't been up to too much except that I went back to work part time. I didn't think that I would be going back to work so soon but felt that this position that was open was right up my alley. I have really been enjoying it despite some frustrations that are going on in the office. The joys of office dynamics. The kids and D have been great about me going back to work but I think that the kids are missing me during the day.

As a family, we have done lots of things this past year. We went to Disney, had a couple of family reunions, played with friends and explored our area. I think we have done more things in the local area than we have done in the past. There are so many things to do with the kids.

I hope that I have caught you up to some extent. I hope to post new pictures soon.