What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Birthday breakfast of grapes

Monday, April 06, 2009

Birthday breakfast of grapes

Regin is two today!!!
Grapes are his favorite.

I sang him a little Happy Birthday when he woke up and afterwards he
said, "cake!". I guess he remembers Papi's birthday.

4 comments:

abby jane said...: yey happy birthday! is there anything in particular you guys need or want or anything in particular regin is in love with (palmer is all about cars right now). excited to see you sunday (hopefully everyone is healthy by then!); 4/06/2009 12:40 PM
Elisabeth said...: I'm tempted to ask people not to bring gifts. He so doesn't need anything, and we're already overflowing with toys, etc.. But he is into airplanes (why the party is airplane-themed), balls, cars, and his pets (sigh).; 4/08/2009 9:54 AM
team woelfel said...: is there anything the family needs then?! a happy mama is a happy boy!; 4/10/2009 7:31 PM
Elisabeth said...: Umm... Therapy? ;). I honestly can't think of anything. I guess he could use some shoes. He's got pretty big feet and he'll be growing out of the current pair pretty soon.; 4/10/2009 9:46 PM

How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.