Family Update

It's been a while since I have posted.  No reason other than just plain laziness and lack of pictures.  Anyway, quite a few things have happened in the last month for our family.  

Nadya finished her year of Kindergarten.  I can't believe how fast this year has gone by.  She has grown so much from her first year of school.  Mrs. Yardley was a wonderful teacher for Nadya and she learned so much.  She is excelling in reading.  She is reading by herself all of the time, mostly chapter books now and she reads to Samantha which is so fun to see.  She loves to work in workbooks and has been going to summer school for the last few weeks.   She is in swim lessons and loves playing in the water.  Thank goodness the pool is included in tuition so we can go anytime we want.  Now if it would stop raining so that we can go more.

Samantha is getting bigger everyday.  She is very stubborn and wants things done her way.  She is still tall and skinny and looks more like a 4 or 5 year old then a 3 year old.  She loves to tell people that she is going to have a baby sister and wants to call her sister.  She plays so well by herself and loves to pretend with her little princesses.   She loves playing at the pool, too, but she is a little more cautious than Nadya.  She sings all of the time.  She likes "In the Leafy Treetops," and she has started to sing the chorus to "Praise to the Man."  I think she has been learning that from Nadya.  It is really cute to listen to her sing and make up songs as she goes.  She starts preschool in the fall and I am still kind of shocked by that.  I do think it will be good for her.

Earl is finishing up his USMLE test today.  We are so excited to have his boards done so that we can have him home for a week before he starts his rotations.  He is happy to be starting this part of his schooling, to finally be able to work with patients and doctors and learn this side of medicine.  I am happy for him because this is why he wants to be a doctor.  He will do a great job.

I am trying to get things ready for our new baby.  If everything goes as planned, I will be induced on July 18th.  I can't wait.  Only 4 weeks to go.  The girls are very excited and they will be big helps to me.  We don't have a name picked out for this little girl but I'm sure we will before we leave the hospital.

That is about the just of what is happening in our family.  We are staying busy but having a good time doing it.

Nadya with Mrs. Yardley on her last day.

 Nadya at swim lessons.

 Samantha with her goggles on.