We have officially been Colorado residents for 3 WHOLE months! I cannot believe we have been here that long. Seems like yesterday that we were just driving here from the South. It has been a big adjustment for all of us. The kids have taken to this state pretty well. I thought Savannah's asthma might act up because of the elevation, but boy was I wrong! Her asthma has actually gotten better! She doesnt need her inhalers as much as she did in the South. Life here has been pretty good. The weather is getting a lot nicer, and the views are breath taking. I am so thankful that my husband got this duty station.
We love it here so much, that we are thinking about buying a house in the near future. The market is perfect right now for buying, and since we would be putting BAH money towards a mortgage, we won't be wasting 15k a year on rent anymore! Thats a lot of money to spend on something that you don't even own in the end!! I cannot wait to become a Colorado resident for good! I'm kinda nervous about the winters here, but I will get used to it. There is so much to do here, we will NEVER get bored! Lately we haven't been able to do too much, as my stomach issues have been keeping me from doing anything really. The doctors have no clue exactly what it is, so they have to do a ton of test to figure it out :/ In the meantime, I have decided to go Gluten Free. I have been reading up on Celiac Disease, and I have a lot of symtpoms. Also just the afact that I have gastrointestinal problems period, I could possibly benefit from this. It's not easy at all, but it needs to be done. I cannot deal with this stomach pain everyday. I feel like I am not giving my family the love and attention they need from me. I will get through this, and come out stronger!
Savannah got accepted into the Head Start Program here, and started this past Thursday. She loves it. She goes 4 days a week, for 4 hours. A great break for me, not so much for her brother, since he asks for "Vanna" the whole time :) Mark got accepted into Early Head Start as well(we just found this out yesterday). He will be going Wed & Fri for 4 hours a day as well! Too bad I will only be "kid free" for 15min in between dropping Savannah off at school and pick up Mark. Savannah also starts soccer soon! She says she doesn't want to do it anymore becasue the other kids will keep the ball from her. We told her she should jsut go watch and if she doesn't want to, then she doesn't have to go back and we could do gymnastics or something else. I think she will like it:) If not, its only $20 plus the $24 we spent on cleats. Anyway, I must start cleaning my house here soon, so I am going now.
