It was a busy-busy yet fun month for us here in Texas. The awesome news of the past few days is that PJ got a job at UT...a REAL job...as in with benefits and a yearly salary...and most importantly one that he really wanted and that we prayed for so so hard. We have a little prayer "cheat sheet" for Ophelia, so that when she says her prayers at night she remembers what things she can say "thank you" for and what things she can ask for. All of it is depicted in pictures, like our house, our car, our family, etc. The "ask for" part is tricky to depict in pictures, but I did find a clip art of a guy behind a work desk, so in her prayers she would always remember to ask for papa to get a job. Well, it worked! We are so excited that this waiting-for-job-offer period is over and we have some kind of stability and focus to our life. But at the same time we are anxious about finding a new house and moving...I guess these are good changes though and I shouldn't sweat the small stuff and just be grateful for Heavenly Father blessing us with the big things.
So, PJ found out about the job Friday afternoon and he is starting Monday, which is tomorrow! It's totally crazy! The tough part is that until we find a house, the kids and I will be on our own Monday through Friday. We'll see how it goes, but it was hard to say good-bye to PJ today...
The prayer "cheat sheet" also has a picture of a boy at a doctor's office smiling and showing thumbs up, which supposed to represent health. The funny part is that Ophelia in her prayers instead of asking for us to be healthy, now asks for this boy to be healthy :) We have been having some struggles with getting her to say a prayer lately, but when she does, they are really sweet. When blessing food she makes it a point to mention each and every item on her plate, so it goes something like this "thank you for this chicken and potatoes and dressing and broccoli...". PJ and I often silently chuckle during these special little prayers!
The first part of May, PJ got done with his TCC job, which freed up his Tuesdays and Thursdays, so he was able to go on this Cinco de Mayo celebration with Ophelia's preschool. Here is the whole class and their teacher, Ms Jeannie.
Fun with water balloons:
Here is a video of Ophelia relay racing :)
Pinata was a huge hit of course! Ophelia said she wants a pinata for her next birthday.
The loot:
By mid-May PJ was done with the UTA job as well and we got to spend a lot of time at home together. We had some good times, but each of the kids had a cold, so we had to deal with a lot of sneezing and coughing and sniffling. Ophelia gets super cranky when she is sick, so it was tantrums galore at our house for a week or so, but it's been better now. It was Emerson's first cold of his life here, but he did well too. He was less smiley than normal for a couple days, but that was it. It is so hard when babies get sick, because there is nothing out there you can give them to relieve their struggles, like a decongestant. We got a warm-air humidifier for him, which seemed to help, but it was hard to hear his terrible cough and being able to do anything about it. I suspect he may have had an ear infection too just because of him pulling his ears and fussing, but he never had a fever, so I am happy that he didn't have to start his life with a course of antibiotics...
I have been spoiled by PJ waking up when Ophelia wakes up, which has been around 7 am, and letting me sleep in till 9 or so with Emerson. He still wakes up every 3 hours at night, and every 2 hours when he had a cold. Also PJ would wake up at night with Ophelia when she woke up screaming. She has been having nightmares apparently, which is also so sad that we, as parents, can do nothing about that...I was also spoiled with catching a few naps here and there while PJ took Ophelia out to a park or playground. It's been 5 hours and I miss him so much already! I asked him to quit his new job and just stay home with me :) I wish, right?
We went down to Oatmeal for mother's day weekend. Jana and Daniel were there too, so it was good to catch up with them and for them to meet our kids.
Unkie Mark with his hands full..hehe..check out those double chins going on! So cute!
Oh, Emerson! We almost had a picture with everyone looking at the camera!
Speaking of heat... here is The Snowman song to cool you guys off :)
I love how sweet Ophelia is to her brother. Sincerely sweet. Whenever she seed him for the first time in the morning, she always goes up to him, from whatever she is doing, and hugs and kisses him and says: "Hi, my sweet boy! Hi!" over and over again :) She likes to tickle him and help me out with whatever he needs. The other day I laid Emerson in the bathroom before his bath to go get a clean diaper for him. When I got back, Ophelia had already pulled off his socks and took off his diaper for me without even being asked. Of course, everything she does is kind of rough and abrupt for the most part, but it seems that Emerson doesn't mind that, he even enjoys it, I think. He always smiles at his big sister and loves watching her do whatever. Here they are holding hands:
Caught Emerson laughing on tape (finally!):
At the end of May Ophelia had a little graduation from her preschool. It's hard to believe that she cried and didn't want to go at first, because now it's her favorite, most anticipated thing to do. She is sure going to miss Ms Jeannie and going to school! Hopefully we can find something similar down in Austin. Here she is waiting for the ceremony to start:
Walking in to her seat:
She was such a good, brave girl. There were older boys who just were too shy to sit up front and sing songs. Well, not our little girl! She was right there and ready to do whatever!
Getting her certificate:
This little preschool was one of the best things that we've done for her. She excelled in her social skills tremendously, not mentioning learning concepts, letters, numbers, colors, and getting used to a school-type environment. I am so happy we did it, despite the 25 minute commute each way!
Here is our happy little fellow:
And our beautiful little girl:
My best friend growing up came for a surprise 2-hour visit, while she was in Dallas on business. It was so awesome to see her, and in some ways surreal. So glad she got to meet the kiddos. Ophelia kept calling her "tyotya" (meaning "lady") despite me telling her that her name is Nastya. After the visit, Nastya said she does not feel ready to have kids yet...which gives you an idea that our kids are kind of a handful :) Welcome to my world! But I wouldn't want them any other way! Sure keeps my life interesting :)
Here is hoping that I survive being outnumbered two to one this week!
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