Monday, April 25, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Nancy sings Ariel
Nancy is such a character and loves to sing and dance. Here is a clip of her singing her favorite song.
Our Life Now
Currently, our family is living in Lafayette, Colorado while Nathan is doing his Master's at CU. We left law school and moved back to CU in December. Just one of those experiences you must go through to be happy in life with your career choice and we learned that Law was not for us. Nathan is back where he is passionate (Spanish). We will be done with the degree at the end of next year. Meanwhile, Matthew is in 1st grade and doing great with his academics, Elaine is doing preschool at home with me and also doing amazingly (she just might be bored with kindergarden when she starts in the fall), and of course there is Nancy who is also learning so much from watching her older siblings and learning videos. I have a new love for the LeapFrog LearningPath videos. I was struggling with teaching phonics and such to Elaine but after she watched these movies a few times she was ready to go. I am now going to start teaching her reading with the BOB books. Our cat, Pushka, is settled in now and adapted to the family (she was a Christmas presant for the kids). I tell everyone I wasn't ready to have another baby yet, so I got a cat instead. She is a full-breed russian siberian just over a year old. She is a good cat, when she is not trying to get food off the table, spilling water cups, or drinking out of the toilet. I knew they said these cats were "dog-like" but come on! Moving-on..... We are settled into our new place and doing well. We love our library and the parks (and lake) near us. I take the kids everywhere in a stroller or on bikes because it is all so close. Good exercise for me since I have left over holiday and pregnancy fat sitting on my middle. I have really taken up getting my health and body into shape since Nathan and I have been talking about baby number 4. I will keep you posted of course now that I have put it out there. I am on some strong meds right now for this thing with my toes that I need to clean up, but after that we are thinking we might start trying. I have had no problem in the past with getting pregnant right away when I wanted to, but I had never used a birth control other than condoms before and I am nervous after ready pages and pages of peoples stories online about not being able to get pregnant after having their IUD removed or at least it taking a while before they did. For most people it took about 2 months, but for others they are still trying after years without it. We are still praying about weather or not it is time. I did not plan on having anymore children until 2014, so I have to have a clear answer before I do anything. I guess I am held back by not having a big enough vehicle. Our home is big enough, we have a crib and all the baby stuff covered (except the regualr things like baby wash and diapers), we have insurance, we have our old ob from Nancy down the street, and the hospital just down the way by the doctor. We have everything except the Van and money to get a van. If Nathan were to get a really good summer job and we sell our car, we might be able to afford a cheep one. Vans cost so much. We'll see. Nathan and I would love to have a boy and Matthew says "it's not fair, you have to have a boy so there are 3 boys and 3 girls in our family." Matthew was also upset that I was trying to lose weight because he thought I was trying not to have a baby (because you know if mom is getting fat its because she is pregnant and if I am losing weight I am trying to not be pregnant). Elaine says his name will be "macaroni." When I ask Nancy if I should have a baby she says "I will go upstairs and then you wont have a baby." SO CUTE. She is my baby! I can't believe they are turning 7, 5, and 3 this year. Where has the time gone? Good thing I took plenty of pictures though the years because I wouldn't know. ;-) Okay, I had better go now. Nathan needs to to help him get a summer job. Love! Stephanie
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