and, we're back

omg, it's been soo long since our last post, and it's all my fault. it was my turn, and poor sheila had probably already given up on me. (thankfully a good friend reminded me of my posting drought -- otherwise, my next posting could have easily been about high school graduation or some other crazy milestone, and the intent of this blog is not about the milestones, but the wondrous stuff in between). and please forgive the lack of capitalization -- i'm just trying to pump out this initial post to get things going.

so some quick thoughts about the kids. well, the first thing that comes to mind is, THEY ARE AWESOME! (whoa, caps coming back with a vengeance). seriously, they are so damn cute these days, both of them. Roel is coming into his own as he just finished kindergarten and an explosive year of development. he's like a complete person and everything. and speaking of explosive, and speaking of speaking actually, susanna's language skills have kicked up a notch and she now tries to communicate in whole sentences. Just an hour ago or so, she said "Where daddy is?" with an extra pause between words, and this weird combination of over-enunciating a slightly improper pronunciation. well, it's sorta hard to explain, but it's really cute. The kids are also old enough now to have a real relationship betweem them, and it's so heartwarming to see them interact and take care of one other. This is precisely why i wanted a second child, not so much for me, but so that they could have each other. Roel is going to be such a great big brother, I'm sure.



okay, i'll probably take the next few, or several, posts to try to catch up on some of the cool stuff that has happened this past year. but for now, i just wanted to put something down, and hope that some momentum comes from it. i think it'll work -- i already have some good ideas for future posts, i think. cool. this felt good!