An Update...Finally

 

Yes, I know it has been a while and I do apologize for not blogging more frequently. With the holidays and it being my busy season at work, blogging has not been a priority.

The family is doing really well. We had a great Christmas and New Year's, although it will be known as the year of the pink eye. Kerala developed pink eye right in the middle of Christmas dinner and it made it's way through the whole family the following week while we were on vacation with about 20 other people in the same house. Fortunately, we were able to quarantine the infected family members and no one else got sick. It was not a pleasant experience however. The kids did really well on Christmas and Kerala got the gift she asked for from Santa - a big thing of chocolate. I think she was more excited about hte chocolate than any of the other gifts she received.

We have had ton of excitment here since the holidays. My friend Tania and her husband Charu were visiting from Ethiopia. Kerala fell in love with Tania and keeps talking about her and whether Tania and Charu will go to the park with us. When I explain that Tania lives in Ethiopia, Kerala says that she would like to go there. Kerala has also insisted that Tania is her friend and not mine. Kerala also went to her first musical - Curious George Live. I think she was a little freaked out about it at first, especially after Troy set her down in the stadium chair and it folded up on her because she is such a peanut.

 

Kian is doing great. He has been saying Mama and Dada indiscriminately for awhile and this past week or so he seems to be making the connection that we are mommy and daddy. He was also waving bye bye to Troy yesterday and about 2 minutes after Troy left the house he said "Bye Bye." He hasn't repeated it since, but we will count it as a word. He is still crusing like crazy and has finally started to get interested in books. He will now sit through a couple of stories which is good since I was a bit worried about his language development since he didn't seem interested in books.

Other than that, we are doing great. I will post more often this month especially since the K-man is turning the big one this month! I can't believe it.