Season of Change

2 months since Abby entered the world and all 4 members of the David family are still alive! Success! I attribute most of it to the fact that Abby is so close to being the perfect baby that we have been able to survive this 2 kids under 18 months thing! So far, I can imagine that Abby is similar to how Jesus was as a baby.  She cries for about 3 seconds when she is hungry, just to let me know that she is there and ready to eat.  Sleeps in 6 hour stretches at night, and just hangs out smiling in her jumper or swing, watching Jaden run around the house like the 18 month old that he is, full of energy and talking or singing about something! Occasionally, Jaden will stop long enough to point at his "best friend" and say "Hi Abby" and then keep on running.

Camping at Mt. Charleston

He is at such a fun age, he makes us laugh constantly, and he has this belly laugh that is really contagious.  I am thankful that when he gets tired, he does not get cranky, he gets silly!  I wish I could just follow him with a video camera!

Daily Park Adventure

He loves sports! He calls every ball "Texas Tech"

They both had their 2 month and 18 month old check ups on the same day.  Jaden is in the 95% of height, weight, and head circumference, Abigail is in the 85% of height, weight, and head circumference.  When it came down to shots, Jaden cried during his and then cried again when Abby got hers, maybe this is the first of big brother looking out for little sister.

One thing the doctor did was gave us a referral to a cardiologist.  Abigail has had a spot on her forehead since birth. At first we thought it was just a light Angel kiss birth mark that goes away in the first 3 months, but as she got older it has gotten bigger and brighter. I did some research and found that it seems to be a hemangioma. This usually grows rapidly for the first 6 months, stays the same for another 6 months and starts to go away after a year. The doctor said that it is mostly cosmetic, and nothing to worry about with Abby's health, but since it is a large hemangioma her skin could stretch. The cardiologist has some topical medication that makes the hemangioma go away within a few weeks. Kyle and I have found it kinda cute and makes her unique, we have given her the nickname "Spot" as a term of endearment. Here is the progression of it getting bigger each week.

4 weeks

5 weeks

6 weeks

7 weeks

Yesterday (9weeks)

Close up at 6 weeks

The reason that this blog post is a season of change, lots of things are changing in our house.  First, Kyle got a job working in the operations department for one of the biggest lawyers in Las Vegas.  He starts in July! He will be overseeing all of the day in and day out activity and maintenance for the office.

Next thing is I decided, hey, I've got kids and a full-time job, how about I go back to school?? Yep, I'm back to being a college student!  I absolutely love love love every single aspect of my job currently, but when I think about doing this job for the next 20 years, I don't think I could maintain my level of coolness/dorkiness that keeps the students coming and confiding in me. At some point Jaden and Abigail are going to be high school students and I will become irrelevant.  In the field I am working in, the next step would be going and getting my master's in social work (MSW).  Since I don't really want to get my MSW, I've always secretly wanted to be a nurse. So I found a program that is designed for people with a bachelor's degree in a non-nursing field that accelerates nursing school and I would be able to get my bachelors of nursing in a year. Currently I have about 3 pre-requisites before I can start the program, So hopefully, I can do those through out the year. So far I'm making an A in Microbiology, and it has been quite the journey.  Once Jaden goes to sleep around 7 and Abby eats around 8 and goes down, then I stay up studying or working on a lab until around 1am or 2am.  Jaden wakes up around 6am, so I really do feel like a college student again. Kyle has been great and I know that for us to get through these next few years, he will be the real super hero!