(Monico "Nico" Ernesto De Leon, 23 months old)
Another year has nearly ended, and we are excited to see what the new year brings! As for 2014, it included:
*Change in work: Monico moved from Selah's intermediate school to the high school (still SpEd), which meant he could no longer continue as Assistant Athletic Director (boo!), so he has instead started tutoring (yay!) after-school 3-days-a-week.
*Developmental progress: Nico learned to crawl (January), walk (August), talk (October), sing (December), dance (October)... every day brings a new skill!
*Change in future plans: Melissa let go of plan to become SLP (and move back to Seattle to go to UW) and made new grad-degree plans (to be shared once grad school accepts her!)
*Road trip: visited Utah friends and family for first time in 11 years (since moving away)
*Medical scares: Nico's week-long hospitalization for respiratory infection (in April)
*New friends (through work and school) and family (niece Leilani born in July).
2013 was a tough year in this house, with so many high-highs (starting with the very-early arrival of Nico), and then an incredible low with the tragic loss of someone special. 2014 was part of our continued recovery, and with each success we found hope and happiness again (with majority of credit given to our little "elf" above).
Looking forward to all the amazing things that 2015 has in store, including new challenges and success!!
