why we haven’t written

We’ve had a lot going on since our last blog post…

• trip to DC for all three of us as David delivered his instrument to the Air Force after long years and long hours of work!
• trip to Utah for a week-long Small Satellite Conference for David
• trip to Albuquerque for all three of us to check out the possibility of moving to New Mexico.  David interviewed for three separate positions with the Air Force Research Labs there, and loved one job in particular.
• the first day of school is tomorrow… I will be teaching K-5 Art and will be the chapel coordinator.  Even though I could only promise to be here through November (when David’s post-doc ends,) my school decided to keep me on as long as I could stay.  How amazing, right?! Getting my classroom and curriculum up and going is taking a lot out of me!  My brain felt absolutely scrambled today, and I’ll be glad once things settle into a rhythm.
• Elijah will be continuing at “Wiggly Warriors” (the onsite school nursery) with his same teachers and fellow little ones.  His big accomplishment is taking a 2 HOUR nap today in the nursery while I scoured my classroom’s art tables.  This is the boy who only managed 20-30 minute naps at the most at the nursery (too much to do and see…)  Oh, I hope this can continue!
• We are in the process of deciding between two job offers for David—one in Massachusetts and one in Albuquerque.  We are still receiving information about the positions, though will need to decide within the next 2 weeks.  Both are excellent positions, praise God! We are finding it very hard to weigh through the pros and cons of each, though are so thankful to have a choice.  Please continue to pray for our decision!  We’ll update you soon with more details—I just wanted to let you know “where we’re at” right now.

ta-da!

Elijah’s new trick…

He climbs on top of his ride-able truck, stands wobbly, throws his arms in the air and shouts “Ta-da!”  He liked the reaction he got, so he’s done it again…

He also shouts “Ta-da!” when he climbs up on the couch, or last night, when he wriggled out of his diaper and pranced around bare-bottomed.

This morning he discovered the fun of throwing things into the toilet.  First item in? mp3 player.  You should have heard his crow of delight (and my yell.)  Then as I fished it out he realized, “Hey, plunging my hands in the water is even MORE fun!”

Elijah’s sense of humour is growing every day to my delight.  Today we played peek-a-boo for nearly half an hour on the floor with a big blanket. He especially liked being swaddled up, then trying to climb out of the blanket (shouting “Ta-da!” of course.)  He roared with laughter.