Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007!

2006 was a very 'dramatic' year for our family. We started the year getting adjusted to Sugar Land, Texas and finally finding a church to call home. The end of January marked the arrival of Cael Joshua Matthews. As much as we love him, I have to confess that his arrival was a shock to my system. I can indeed say that I don't think I have ever worked as hard without sleep. Didn't help that this little bitty thing has a pair of lungs that he put to use every evening for a couple hours in the first few months. To be completely honest, there were times I wished he had come with a 30 day return policy those first months.
Then around the middle of the year we decided that we were not enjoying Texas as much as we had hoped so we kept throwing the idea of coming back to CA back and forth until we finally decided to do it. Trying to sell the house was nerve-wrecking as the market seemed to have gone down. But thankfully, the house sold in 30 days. Cael took a while adjusting to the time difference. But we are proud to announce that we have his bedtime routine down to a pat. At 6.30pm every evening (except for special occasions like Christmas and New Years Eve) he gets his bath, his little dance with his daddy, his bottle (to be weaned off soon) and bed. And we won't hear from him again until about 6.30am the next morning (hopefully). By 7.00pm I am usually sitting at the computer de-stressing. But back to 2006.
When we came back, Gerald got his motorbike to commute to LA. And the year ended with a great blessing for us. Gerald got his much awaited for teaching career.
We welcomed the New Year with our friends, which included a family
who just moved back here too from Washington.
So I am hoping that 2007 will be a year with maybe less 'excitement'. A vacation to Malaysia is on the agenda. So is potty training. And yeah I guess kiddies birthday parties since most of our friends now have or will have kiddies. :)