September Update

Well, summer has come and gone, and both girls are still transforming before our very eyes.  Anika turned three while we were up in New Hampshire with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Mary, and Avery rounded out nine months while we were in Colorado visiting all the grandparents in late August.

Avery is now crawling, pulling to stand, waving, and (as of this week) sleeping through the night.  Hooray!  She is so sweet, so happy, and SO busy.  Once this kid is up and running we are truly in for it.

Anika is currently attending her first day at her new "escuela", Pine Village Preschool.  Again, she will be in a Spanish immersion program two days per week; however, this is a bigger, more school-like setting.  Also, as of yesterday, Anika is enrolled in gymnastics class!  She seemed to really enjoy it, despite her difficulty separating from me and her tendency to, um, stray from the flock.  She is becoming so grown up these days; she's fully potty-trained, talks nonstop, and her meltdowns are fewer.  So far, I'm liking age three much more than two.

So, needless to say, life for me is getting easier.  The girls are still a ton of work, but we're all generally making it through our days with less drama.

Andrew is in the process of applying for fellowships in Gastroenterology.  Beginning at the end of September he will be interviewing for positions at the University of Washington, the University of Colorado, Brown, Yale, and Oregon Health Sciences University.  It's a tough year for applying in GI, and he's still conflicted about pursuing this specialty, but hopefully he'll find an exciting opportunity along the interview trail.  We'll see...