Updates

Well so far the school year is going well. D is having a pretty good time at Kindergarten this year and is having some difficulty in learning how to raise his hands before talking, but who doesn't!!! He's doing very well on his reading and schoolwork though. He's also playing soccer this fall and dad is coaching again. I think he's having a good time with it - having more fun just playing with his friends than soccer but as long as he's active and having fun that's all that matters.

We've celebrated our 1 year forever family day with AB on 10/7/09. She has blossomed into such a confident little girl over the past year. It's hard to remember how insecure she was when we first brought her home. She still has some issues but she's come such a long way! We do have another surgery for her cleft palate that we'll be going to Wake Forest on Tuesday to schedule. I'm also very excited that they are going to start her in speech, hopefully next week. She's such a trooper - and yes, she knows that she's the baby.

J is having a great time at school and sports. After the CVYSA soccer fiasco - he decided to play rec tackle football and we are so glad. He's having a great time at football and he's doing great at school as well. We've noticed that when J does well in sports and is having fun at it, it follows him at school and at home. He won school vice president a week ago and had to give a speech in front of the student body and he did GREAT! All of the kids did great as speaking in front of that large of a crowd can be very intimidating but all of the kids were great. He also has straight A's right now. J is doing fantastic at football and is having a great time - the kids all seem to get along the coaches are fantastic, I can't say enough good things about what is going on with J right now. At the game on Saturday (mom, Amy, Dan, Nina and our crew were there to watch) J caused a fumble, got the ball, and ran it back for a touchdown that wound up being the game decider. It was great to watch and I'm so happy for him.