Abigail Jumps...

...forward in her development that is. This week she learned how to pull herself up onto things and assume the standing position. She also experienced the fact that this means her head is a greater distance away from the floor, and the forces of gravity acting on such a large head can cause pain. Even if the landing is padded. As I write this she is climbing over the back of her sister just like a Sherman Tank and Amélie is less than thrilled.

Abigail's creeping has been shifting to full-on crawling. Her wounded soldier movements have become much smoother, faster, and she can even get her belly off the floor now for short bursts. Uh-oh. Yesterday her speech changed too. She went from one syllable sounds to combining two syllables (something Amélie mastered quite some time ago). Maybe just a coincidence, but at dinner, she was looking at me and saying "ba ba ba ba..." for awhile and Naomi stuck her head in front of her and Abigail instantly switched to "ma ma ma ma..."

On the job front, it looks like I won't be able to get one next year because of my immigration status. We basically fall through all of the bureaucratic cracks. This means that Naomi will likely accept her position and we will move anyway - I get to be a stay-at-home Dad for awhile! Taking a year to fix this immigration mess and perhaps take some classes to keep my teaching certification alive will also keep me busy.

Maybe I can find time to work on finishing the novel too...I am done writing the first part which is about 250 pages (250 words per page) and have switched to editing it. Strange to read what I wrote so long ago. It is like someone else wrote it and I like their writing...