No we are not dead....

Some people have been concerned lately due to the lack of communication and blog updates...so I am here to let you know that we are not dead ;-) Things have been unbelievably busy these past few weeks.

Two weeks ago we celebrated our 2 month anniversary in Costa Rica. The only odd thing about it was that we were in New Mexico at the time. Jen decided that we needed to go back to the states to do some shopping for things that you either can not get in CR or for things that are stupid expensive in CR due to the import taxes. So we spent from the 3rd to the 10th back in the states. It didn't start so well, we got stuck in Dallas for a day due to "weather" a most joyous time for all...made infinitely more miserable by American Airlines.

This week, Kade started his new school in Costa Rica...Home Two. It started off as expected with some normal hesitation but after we left he stopped crying almost instantly. Unfortunately, the poor kiddo developed some diarrhea and mom had to pick him up after just an hour and a half. At least he went on the potty three out of four times which is pretty good for the squirts. It's a good thing we put him in a pull-up for his first day of school...we didn't want to risk it with all the "stress". In the end, he did say that he had a good time but he was disappointed that he did not get to be an artist...something he was looking forward to.

Payton is finally over her night issues - we think. She woke up twice last week in the middle of the night. The first night she was up from 2:30-5:30 and the second night she was up from 2:00-4:30. Very uncharacteristic of Miss Payton...and a huge toll on the parents. I am pretty sure it is what sent Jen right back into her "I hate Costa Rica" phase. But the past few nights she has either slept through the night or gone back to sleep after waking up...a wonderful development. Oh yeah, the first night she decided to start sleeping through the night again the next door neighbors decided to have a party...and there was a guy out on our front lawn about 4am dry heaving...wonderful.

I will post more to catch things up over the next few days...