Everything in Between and Then Some

I am waiting for one picture to load, so I might as well type something for you. The new computer is here, sitting on my new desk. The new couch and bookcases look lovely in my living room and I finally like this house. Tessa and Austin both got new beds. Austins is a loft bed with a desk under it, metal style. Tessa's is a white daybed with a trundle. The bottom bed also has three large drawers in it. She has a room fit for a princess.

Austin got new clothes from my grandmother when she visited last week. He is finally "cool" and is being left alone by his nemesis. At court he was assigned to go to 2 LEAP classes with me. We have to write 2 essays for the 19 about Austin's goals and how he will achieve them and how I will help him do that. Ironically, the first ticket hi got was for refusing to do a writing assignment about his life's goals. He says he doesn't have any. Doh! What do you want to be when you grow up is a goal! He is ambitious. he wants to program computer games and he wants to go to college in Japan to learn it. Um, that is a big major goal that he would need to start working on now in order to accomplish. This is going to be fun.

On the 28th, Brandy's bottom two teeth came in! How sweet is that? She has been sitting up for a while now, but just yesterday she sat up by herself with out first climbing up on something. She pulls herself up onto Bruce's chairs and tries to get in them. She tried to climb onto his bed and it was just adorable!

Bruce had a rough night; he was vomiting all night and wouldn't drink anything. Then he had some nasty diapers. Poor guy is sleeping again. This morning when he woke up, bright and cheerful, he said uh oh! and took daddy to the bathroom to show he remembered. He is also a fine mimic and repeats many things he hears. He likes to say chicken soup, because he heard Austin singing the chicken noodle soup song.

Grandma and Grandpa Rothstein were here on the 3rd and 4th to visit. They flew in from Florida and are traveling to California by car. They are taking a 5 week road trip to see the sights! It sounds very exciting. We went out to eat at the cheesecake factory and the kids were so well behaved! My grandfather was impressed with how smart Austin is. Like us, he believes that Austin isn't being challenged enough at school. This is partly because he is reading challenged and it makes it very hard to see where he is at.

My friend Rebecca "Bekke" from high school found me this last week and I am so excited. We were inseparable back in the day. She is very smart and got excellent grades in high school. Not me, though. I could have cared less. She went to school and I had the babies and got married and we lost touch. She lives in Florida now and has family in Austin, TX! How cool is that? She has a baby now, too, named Sarah and she is 18 months old. Since I have stinky dial up I haven't yet managed to view her photos yet. But I will!

Speaking of images, mine still has not been uploaded yet. Durn it all anyway. I guess it will have to wait until next time.

Ciao!