Catching up!

Wow, I have had the privilege of spending the past 6 days with my children and my wife, and I have had a wonderful time so far. I am sliding back into my role as daddy after a 5 month stint in Oak Ridge, TN. I have missed a lot of time with them and I am trying to make up for it in a week of time off. Though I am trying, I know that nothing can replace that time lost and that it is just something that I have to deal with. I am extremely grateful to have a job in this economy. I hope that I won’t have to travel for a little while and can properly make up for lost time.

It has been a long time since either one of us has blogged, so I thought I’d get it kicked off again. Rachel and I are doing well (even with the travel.) She has been an inspiration to me with her weight loss. Angie is in her second year of pre-school, and starting to trace letters. The potty training is going well and we are almost totally there aside from the past three days where things have gone a little haywire. Caleb is starting to talk up a storm, although it is hard for him to get a word in with Angie around. We sometimes forget how much he can talk until Angie is at school, and then he lets loose the vocab.
We went to the GA Aquarium on Tuesday and that was a great day to go. The crowd was light and the animals were active. We got some great pictures.
That’s all for now.
Nick

Update

I promised an update after I took the kids to their check ups so here it is! According to their doctor they both are fine and looking good. Angie weighed 29 lbs (45th percentile) and was 38 and 1/4 inches tall (75th percentile). Caleb weighed 21 lbs, 13 oz (25th percentile) and was 31 inches tall (75th percentile). So both kids have above average height and below average weight. Caleb was of course perfect while they weighed him and the doctor looked him over. Angie did not like being weighed (I have no idea why) but she was great while the doctor looked her over. They both had to get shots so I enlisted Nick to go with me. I knew there was no way I could comfort them both at the same time.

The picture above is from Angie's actual birthday. As you can see, Caleb isn't always fond of getting hugs from his sister. Sometimes he loves them, but sometimes he just grins and bears it!

Its Been Awhile...

So, I realized when I went to type this that it has been nearly 3 months since my last post. Oops! I am really bad at finding/making the time to do these kinds of things. A lot has been going on. Caleb is now walking. He is doing really well with it. At first he was only willing to walk when we stood him up and made him do it. Now, he will walk wherever he wants and if he falls, he gets right back up and keeps on going. He is babbling a lot more now too. His two favorite words are "Angie" and "Daddy". He still only says "Mama" if he is sad or really wants something (little stinker). He tries to mimick everything that he sees Angie doing. Its really quite adorable.

Speaking of Angie...she is also doing really well. I think putting her in preschool was the best decision we ever made for her. She has really blossomed and seems to be learning all the time. We have even taught her to count to 6 in Spanish! Potty training is still going on. I was hoping we would be there by now but that just isn't the case. She has good days and bad days. Her problem is that she ignores the "urge to go" until its too late, she prefers to play. Her underwear usually only gets a little wet but still, we want to her to be able to make it to the potty on time, every time. I can't believe she will be 3 tomorrow. Where has the time gone? In some ways it seems like just yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital. But in other ways, it seems like she should be turning 6 instead of 3.

Well, good night all. I am taking the kids to their check ups next week so I'll post again with all their new stats!

Happy Spring!