Hello Dear Blog

Hello dear blog. You have missed me? I know, I know. It's been a very long time. What's that? Oh, what have I been doing all this time? I have no idea. Honestly, what have I been doing? Taking care of baby Maya? Helping our new family get settled? Occasionally studying this (sometimes frustrating and dumb) language? Doing laundry (I've decided that once you reproduce your laundry reproduces on its own--only more like rabbits). We had a short out of town trip, we've been "celebrating" lent by not watching TV (except American Idol on thur and fri nights and West Wing on DVD on the weekends). Matt has been busy learning how to fill in some new forms that are pretty time consuming and complicated (thank you re-org). I've been trying to get back into exercising regularly (Jillian, i love you but i hate you). Maya has been changing so fast. She has found her voice (more about that on the next post). She is sick right now. A little raspy cough and congestion. The weather has been WARM! I wore capri pants the last two days, and pulled out the flip flops yesterday (don't be jealous, summers here are LONG and HOT and the most humid of anywhere I have ever experienced so i really enjoy the little bit of cold weather that we get!!). Politics here and in the area seem to be heating up so we've tried to ramp up our readiness and awareness. We still need to stock up on things like bottled water, tp, non-perishables and diapers. So, yeah. I've been busy but I'm not sure with what!