Ok. I am finally getting it together and updating my blog. I am not on my computer so pictures will have to wait. Here's the low down...
Giampiero: Arrived in Afghanistan Dec. 26th. He called me this morning :) but could not give a lot of info. The airwaves are not safe communication. It is expensive to use the internet, so we are not going to do many Skype calls. He is going to have a calling card & snail mail mostly. I don't have his address with me, so I will post it later. I think letters and packages would be appreciated. It will keep his spirits lifted. (Hint: he likes chocolate) He will be there for anywhere from 6 mos. to a year... of course that is subject to change since it is the Army. :)
Noelle: I am doing well. I am looking at the eternal perspective and know that whatever happens, I have made eternal covenants. I have a wonderful support group of family, friends, community, and church. I am quite spoiled, I think. I have been going to physical therapy for a "pinched nerve". The siatic nerve to be more specific. It has been improving a lot. It's still not perfect, but much better. I have been feeling very inspired lately in my artwork... just need to find the time for it! I have a new calling. I am now in charge of the ward bulletin and website.
Sara: She's doing well in school. She was the first in her class to learn to spell both first & last name. She still likes doing homework and often I have to create more work for her. She likes to be a helper and thrives on approval. I am hoping to find some gymnastics classes for her. She is more interested in that than dancing right now. She blossoming in her creativity. One of her favorite things to do is drawing or crafts. She has something wierd going on with her foot. She has a red puffy spot that the doctor said could be a bite or infection. She's on antibiotics and we will have to see if it improves. Sara doesn't like to talk about her daddy being gone. It makes her sad.
Piero: My little Santa, cowboy, pirate, soldier, muskateer. He makes sleighs out of anything he can. He has an extensive collection of Christmas things. He told me he wants to be Santa when he grows up... as well as a missionary and a soldier. He often asks for his daddy and wants to call him. He has asked me if we can go to the airport to pick up daddy. When Giampiero was in Germany waiting for his plane to Afghanistan, Piero asked if he was coming home, G said no, he had to go with the other soldiers, so Piero said, he should get on the other plane to come home.
America: Now 4 months and getting bigger! She loves to smile, laugh, and spit. She has been trying to grab things and pull them to her mouth. She is starting to discover her feet as play things. Although the majority of the time she is good tempered, when she is unhappy she is LOUD. America (aka Ricky) likes to fight sleep already. She likes to listen to her daddy's voice. When he called today she was playing and gibberjabbering until I put him on speakerphone. As soon as she heard his voice she stopped to listen. :)
That is a quick summary of what is going on. I will try to update at least once a month.
Oh.... Chucky: almost out of Fort Knox & going home. Almost ready to conquer the world, right Brain? ;)~
