Life is full settling into a new home. Mike has mastered the pool in record time. He is such an engineer. He has his spreadsheet with stats everyday and is constantly making changes in chemicals to get the balance just right. BUT hey….its working!!!! Diego and Yerly have come to love the pool. They weren’t sure at first since the shallow end is 3 ft. They strap on their lifejackets( a requirement to be outside now in the back :) )
Diego and Yerly fit our family like a glove. We hear over and over how well they are adjusting and how it seems like they have been with our family forever from our family and friends. It is a huge blessing for us. Oddly, it has been a bigger adjustment for the kiddos who used to be the youngest two Rothwells. Diego and Yerly are happy and love life, which is a great thing for all of us to witness and absorb. Diego at times struggles with a little internal anxiety that appears on his little face from time to time…but we no longer have the throw- up- anxiety. They are both doing extremely well homeschooling and beg to have their turn daily. They are nearing the end of learning every letter and the sounds in the alphabet in their Sing Spell Read Write program. Diego amazes us with his ability and desire to learn despite being behind Yerly in his education. He has caught up with her and we are wondering if he will surpass her in some areas, which will be astounding….since she is one smart chic!
The end of spring capped off with our church carnival….a BIG WIN with Diego and Yerly.
PONY RIDES!!!
We kicked off summer with a camping trip to Wilton….our fav memorial day spot. We set up camp at the little city park campground which is off the 400 bike trail and a short drive from the Kickapoo River to canoe and a walk to the swimming pool and most importantly the PIE SHOP. We don’t all fit in the camper anymore, but the older girls are real campers and set up their mattresses and teen pad in the big tent.
CAMP ROTHWELL
Pregnancy at a spry-40 is going well. Swimming has helped and the fact that God prepared my bod last year with training for the mini triathalon and doing a biggest losers program losing 15 pounds…that are now back again. oh well….Im looking forward to nursing the pounds away. I can burn the BIG cals while sitting with a baby…NICE!!! We decided to find out this time around seeing as we rid of ALL of our baby supplies just last fall. I even sold all of the cloth diaper wraps and new cloth diapers…ugh! So off we went to restock the supply once again and the Waunakee Garage Sales have brought us back up to baby par.Soooo …it is a boy…they say. Diego and Dayne gave a huge shout out that they won! It will even out the hormones a little more in the house with 4 boys/man and 5 girls/women. We are still amazed at the Master Plan God created. We are Glad HE is in charge, because we sure would not have chosen this path at our age. Losing that little boy 7 yrs ago, leading to adoption, leading to a long awaited pregnancy which will infact knit Diego and Yerly more intricately into our Rothwell family as a big brother and sister. Just amazing.
