This is just an update post, since we've been so busy with life the last few months. In June we sold our house (yay!), Jesse got a job offer in Arizona (yay!), but the job didn't start until August and he had work to finish up in Indiana so the kids and I got a loooong vacation visiting grandmas and finding a home to rent in AZ. During that time Jesse came out for a visit as well, he had a conference in Hawaii to attend - which I tagged along to as well - and we had a very, very fabulous, relaxing, yet still stressful summer. The end of July we moved into our new (to us) home, got the kids enrolled in school and Jesse drove all our junk...I mean...stuff to Arizona. It never ceases to amaze me how much stuff one family can accumulate!
So early August we got unpacked, moved in and school started. Isaac is doing well in school. We've never been big on pushing academics, he has a natural curiousity, his memory and comprehension are sharp, but we just figured we were normal parents proud of their kids accomplishments. His Kindergarten teacher advised us that there's a little more to it than that, so we've agreed to have him tested. I don't know what the gifted program entails, but he's currently thriving in his class and when we get the results of the tests and find out whatever they recommend we'll make decisions then.
Keltsy is our peanut kid. She started preschool this year, her b-day is the end of Sept so she's one of the oldest in her class. She went for a well check up and has dropped to the 2% for weight so we'll probably be going to a nutritionist. She has no interest in eating, but since she's heard the doctor say she needs to eat she's been doing much better. She's thriving in school, has made a lot of new friends. Her favorite game is "puppies" where she pretends she's a little yappy dog and I get to give her commands like, "fetch" and "roll over". Its probably the closest we'll ever get to having a dog.
Spencer is almost a year old now. I call him 'dozer' because he is living life like a bulldozer. If he sees something he wants, there is no detering him from that object. The best is when he's on the floor on one side of the table and tries to get across to the other side. Instead of working his way around the table, he plows right through all the chair and table legs. Its quite an obstacle course under there, but he just pushes right through. He's starting to toddle a little, he can take 2 or 3 steps at a time, but prefers the quicker crawling method of getting to whatever it is that he wants. Although he has figured out how to push the kitchen chairs around, he hasn't figured out that they can be used as a tool to accomplish his goals yet. I'm worried when he does.
Jesse's work is going really well. He loves his new job and is working on two papers from the research he did at Lilly. He is worried about working for NIH funds, he prefers private industry in that way, but he loves the lab he's in and his boss feels similarly to him about certain important point on Alzheimers. I don't understand most of it, but he's happy and thriving, that's all that matters.
I've been busy, too. As I said before, we're renting and the Arizona housing market got hit hard by the housing bubble. Bad for the current residents, but good for people moving in. Houses are affordable here now, so I've been scouring the internet finding homes for us to go see. Our ward is huge, I would expect it to split sometime soon, so it has been hard to get to know people. We have joined a babysitting co-op with a few other families, and have been slowly meeting people and starting to settle in.
That's our quick update, hopefully I'll get some pictures downloaded to show you all how much the kids have changed!
She's such a joy to have in our family. She LOVES to color and do puzzles and activity books. She a tiny little kid with no body fat whatsoever - because of that she's always has freezing cold hands and wants to give the baby hugs, making him scream. She does love him so.
Spencer is getting quite delightful. He is already pretending to be shy, smiling and turning his head in an adorable fashion...
I've been super busy trying to scan old photos and film negatives onto our computer. Found this old baby picture of myself that shows off my big Jimmy Neutron sized head...I know where my kids get their round heads from!
And because babies change so fast, here are some updated pictures of Spencer. 
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