Alright...

Its time for us to stop the sweet and innocent game of omission. We have some exciting news to share so here it is.
Brian has applied for the CHP Academy. Our enlistment is up in Feb. and the mutual feeling is that re-enlisting is a last option. Really it is the plan unless he has a job offer... so he applied and took the written test the beginning of may (the pics from LA- the real reason we were there). He got a letter two weeks ago saying he had passed and was invited to the next step of testing this weekend. So Saturday he went for the physical testing... he passed. So today (Sunday) he went to do the psychological test. We are not concerned about him passing it. This Thursday he will go to be interviewed and so long as he does well there they will start his background investigation. It is looking like there is a very good chance that re-enlisting is not going to be in our future! Yeah! We are trying not to get ahead of ourselves but it is very exciting to be facing such a big change. Hopefully all will go well and Brian will get hired to do the job he loves so much. (He enjoyed everyday that he went to work as a patrol in the 6-8 months prior to his retraining)There is a lot of work left to do to make it happen but the parts we were most concerned about are over.

Kristy asked today if she could call Nana Platt before lunch. I said ok.. she picked up the phone and dialed the number she has had memorized for quite a while and began talking. Upon having lunch set in front of her she told Nana that it is time to eat, but she will talk to her while she eats. I watched, thoroughly amused and decided to take a few pics (shouldn't be a surprise). She is so animated when she is talking, it's great, she is great!


Katy is moving so much, I got proof for everyone. We put her in her chair to sit up with out being held. She was happy for a while and decided to arch her back a bit. In doing so she successfully put herself on the verge of falling out of the chair.
*buckle is not for looks- designed for safety. Who'd have thought?
Another place she can sit up is in her swing. not only can she sit up but there are toys that she can play with. She hits them to make them spin and holds them to look them over. Its so great to see her developing.