A Little Update

I wrote this a long time ago and never posted it. Ooops! Thought I'd post it anyways. :)
My appoligies for anyone actually following my blog for I have not been diligent in my postings.  I don't have much time tonight so I will start with a little update of what has been going on in our neck of the woods. 
Since September I have been working...full time.  I started off the school year working as a Para Ed in one of the local elementary schools; working one on one with a little first grader from a Russian family.  I was needed to observe this little girl for two and a half weeks.  That was a fun experience and a great way to get back into the schools.  It turns out that there was another position opening up the following Monday after my first assignment was over, a long term sub for a 3rd grade class.  I decided to take this position although I was unsure how long it would last.  And...I'm still working.  It turns out the regular classroom teacher fell and broke her shoulder and has needed a lot of time to heal.  As of today she will be returning after the Christmas break.  I am so grateful for the many opportunities that I have been given to return to teaching and to meet some wonderful references for future teaching jobs that I may come across.
These opportunites have not come without a price though.  Unfortunately I feel like my family has paid the price.  Since starting to work and having to put the boys in daycare, they have been sick ever since.  If it is not pink eye, it is croup, an ear infection, a pesky cough or an unending runny nose.  In Raphael's case it may be all of the above at the same time.  That is just the boys.  I have been sick with some kind of cold, lost my voice completely for two days and had food poisoning.  Enrique has also been sick with a sore throat and resporatory issues.  I feel like I'm living in a bubble but not the steralized, safe bubble, a bubble full of sickness that we can't kill off no matter how hard we try.  This has been so frustrating!
As for my working, it really wasn't planned that I would go back to work full time so soon.  I think that I will be taking a little break after this long term position ends in December so I can be with my little boys and hopefully rid my family of this never ending sickness.  Don't get me wrong I am grateful for what I've been given but this may not be the right time for me to go back full time.  I will probable take some sub jobs here and there to keep in touch with the teachers and principals that I'm met but that will be it for now.
Okay, now that I got all that out of the way here is a little update on the boys.  Gabriel is two and a half and tall!  We always knew he would be tall and he is not letting us down.  He looks like all the other 3 or 4 year olds in daycare or "school" as he calls it.  Every night he asks us "Go to school morrow?"  He really likes going and has made a lot of friends there.  The first things he asks for when he wakes up in the morning is, "eat with papi?" and "eat oatmeal?"  He loves to eat with his papi every morning.  He is becoming such a big boy and is taking a lot more.  Although we can't understand everything he is trying to say full sentences and to talk to us even when we look at him half confused most the time. He is such a lovable little guy and he loves his little brother!  I know he loves him even though we hear a lot of, "no Raffa, no" and "my toy, my car, my ball, my shoe, my phone, my water"....etc.  He calls him "Raffa" and his favorite thing to do is play catch with him. Yes, Raphael actually throws the ball back!  Amazing!  At least I think so at 8 months old.
That brings me to Raphael.  He is now 8 months old and the cutest little thing ever.  He has been dubbed the smiliest baby ever at church and at daycare.  He constantly has a smile on his face.  He could be sicker than sick and he is still smiling.  He started crawling about a week and a half ago and he has not slowed down since.  His favorite things to do are also throw the ball with Gabriel and chase him all around the house.  He is usually after whatever toy Gabriel is playing with at the time so Gabriel is literally running from him.  He loves Cheerios or anything he can pick up and put in his mouth to chew on.  This is mainly because I think it feels good on his poor little gums.  He already has his two bottom teeth and is in the process of getting his two top teeth plus another one on the bottom.  Poor guy has been teething and battling ear infections and colds for over a month now.  He is one I wish I could just put in a little bubble so he can get better at least.
I'm having issue linking any pictures for some reason so my next post will have some recent pictures of the boys.  Until next time.