Phew! Long time no blog -

It's been more than a month since I've blogged! Wow, time flies! I've been so busy with work and grading and getting everyone healthy that I just haven't made it much on here.

Things have finally settled down in the home front. We all finally got our health back and were able to spend some time with family. We got to go to my cousin's son's bday at the park, which L fully enjoyed! He hasn't gotten sick again at daycare, thank goodness! Easter was nice. Sat tia C and primitos M & C came over and we ate hot dogs and burgers, the kids looked for hidden eggs, and then spent the rest of the afternoon playing and drawing on the backyard cement with chalk. Sun we went to Nana's house and had a really nice time with her, Abuelita, tio, tia and primitos C&D. Then we went home, L napped, and we ended the HOT afternoon by taking the inflatable pool outside and L dipping in the water. He had a blast!

In the world of L, he's talking up a storm! He's stringing words together, such as "bye car" and "mama dada" "all done" and others, but I'm so tired right now can't remember them all. He learned to "read" some words: hi, baby, and arms up among others. It's from the Your Baby Can Read DVD series. It really works! He's also learned to say a BUNCH of new words: nose, mouth, uh-oh, baby, all done, mas, manos, and a bunch more. I'll have to update when I'm not so tired. lol. He can eat all on his own (although makes a bit of a mess!) but it frees me up a little. He's back on schedule with sleeping at night, and he's been pretty good! He also gives plenty of hugs and kisses! He's so carinoso.

On our end, daddy got promoted!! We're so proud of him and excited for his new adventure in work land. I've been writing some short stories, nonfiction and poetry, and sent my first set of poems to a contest. Crossing my fingers. Work has been going well, and is VERY soon coming to an end. 2 wks and counting. I am very excited to have my first summer in a LONG time off and I'm planning tons of neat things with Lukas. :)

Well, I think I need to go to sleep. It's been a long day, but I wanted to pop in and give a quick update.