February

I have not updated this blog in so long, I thought I should re-enter this world. I am awake and Stephen and Cait are sound asleep. It is 6:30 am on a Saturday in February. The sound of my husband sleeping is like music to my ears because he has been working so incredibly hard the past two weeks. He had his first official training with work and tomorrow is his first day off in a long time. Cait is probably tired, too, from staying up to watch Despicable Me 2. A movie which I laughed at way more than her, but afterward she told me it was "so cool." She's 4 going on 13 with some of the cute vocabulary she's trying out; she's still my sweet preschooler but she thinks older girls are SO cool and fashionable. Here are the BIG updates: 1) We are expecting child number 2 in four weeks. It is a girl and we do have a few good names picked out finally. This little lady is part of the reason I'm up right now...I was too hungry to sleep any longer! I am teaching up until a few days before I am due, which makes me extra fatigued, but my students are pretty understanding about my needs to sit down or lean on things. 2) Caitlin is in her 2nd year of preschool with a fabulous teacher. Her school is changing locations for next year; moving closer to our house--yeah! She goes to school two mornings a week as we kept her in the 3's class b/c of her late Fall birthday. She loves school, her teacher, her Christmas program and getting to march in the Memorial Day parade at the end of the year. She is a little social butterfly. 3) Stephen started work as a criminal prosecutor this past Fall and he has really been enjoying the work. He never really saw himself practicing criminal law during law school, especially not on the prosecution side. But he seems very intrigued by the processes he's learning and it's a good fit for him for now. It's so strange seeing him get so dressed up for work now that he has to wear a suit everyday. He looks good! Attached are some dance updates. Cait started dance classes this year and it's a great, non-competitive program for 3-5 year olds and they get pink tutus! (her favorite)