CHECK!

The first big check on my India To Do List has been marked! Pre-India immunizations are complete.

We're turning in passport paperwork this afternoon, but no check goes in that box until I have those little buggers in my hands. That's a total of 6 passports - four black and two blue. We'll get the boys' blue passports later (read: when we can afford it) since we won't need them for quite a while. Blue are tourists passports and we only need to use them if we are going on a voluntary vacation. Let's face it, after a couple 10+ airplane rides with two toddlers we're going to be fun'd out for a while.

Also, newsflash: Unofficial (until exact dates are confirm by Mama O) trip to Florida on May 20-27. Which puts me home just in time to (unofficially) see Stewie and Zach! Yay! Fun-ness (and exhaustion) abounds.

In closing I have just one thing to say - I really, really want a Cherrybrook Kitchen Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie right now. Sadface.

And My Undying Loyalty Goes To....

DENVER!!! I am so so so so happy! I've been hoping that the Broncos would pick Tebow for a long time and now joy abounds. The Broncos are, of course, Johnny's team and we had been discussing the ramifications of my beloved Tim Tebow being drafted by a Denver rival. Which love would prevail?? *dun* *dun* *dun*

Tebow goes to a clean, hard-working, work-in-progress-team; I still get to wear orange and blue; Johnny gets a new die hard Bronco fan at his side this Fall. Everybody wins!

Go Broncos! Go Timmy! Go Gators!

Simple

I sometimes experience feelings of blog inadequacy. So many people have little consistencies and trademarks that make their blogs unique and personable. One friend starts his entries with a quote; another fills hers with fun pictures; yet another adds interesting links. Mine are always painfully simple, a quick scrawl about the everyday goings on of my rather uneventful life. I often have to remind myself that my friends' blogs are great because they are being themselves, adding their own personality and that I am doing exactly the same. Let's face it; no one ever accused me of being complex. Simple, heart-on-the-sleeve, what you see is what you get. That's part of my charm, right? Right?? Don't answer that.

So, despite the temptation to spice up the ol' blog a bit, I think I will resist. With the exception of some meaningful pictures here and there (especially when the much-hyped India move takes place) my blog will remain like me: sweet, simple, and, let's face it, a little air-headed.

Let's close with one my rare trademarks, the list!

Yoga - Check!

Boys asleep - Check!

Hindi lesson - Check!

Dishes - Check!

Time to cuddle with my hubby - the definite highlight of any day.

Gluten'd!!!

We got the wondrous and joyful news yesterday that Kari-out (a Chinese food condiment company) makes gluten free soy sauce. Unfortunately I learned a few hours too late that it's only the low sodium kind with the green packet. So Sunday has been quietly spent indoors recovering from last night and all that a gluten accident brings. It also means no dairy for a week. Boooo!

But other than that yesterday was very pleasant. We took a trip to Ikea because it was too windy and chilly to play outside. We also met up with our good friends, the Sarmientos, to play at the McDonald's playland.

There isn't much riveting news to report. We have a steady stream of visitors for the next couple months. Ryan was here last week. Johnny's mom will be here May 3-10, and my parents will arrive June 6-11. Heather is also trying to squeeze in a visit before we leave.

Busy busy.

Small blessings

Preparations for world travel have begun in earnest. My desk hides, groaning, under a mountain of papers - lists, documents, applications, correspondence, etc... I'm flirting dangerously with the brink of insanity and it is such a tease.

The boys are not in the least bit pleased with the sudden onslaught of vaccinations. I had avoided such unnecessaries with grit and determination, giving them only DTap and only because Laramie suffered from a Pertussis outbreak the year Zach was born. But laws, regulations, and a heightened risk of deadly diseases have all worked together to change my reticence. Since this past Friday Zach has received the first round of Hepatitis A and B and the first round of rabies. He has two more rounds of rabies, one more round of each hep, and a typhoid shot remaining. Gabriel has almost the same routine, but he has switched typhoid for MMR. He is too young for typhoid and had not yet received his MMR.

Couple this with getting blood drawn in December and full out physicals last July and it is easy to understand why they both cry when we enter a doctor's office.

Passport pictures have been obtained and applications filled out. We will turn all that in this week.

I have started working on inventory lists. This, at first, seemed like a daunting task, but I now realize just how little we have. Small blessings.

I am slowly collecting needed shopping items via thrift stores and eBay. It's such a fun challenge to see how cheap I can get a decent quality product.

Johnny has written out a will and medical directive, so I need to follow suit.

And that is our current to do list.

We are staying quite busy. There is much more to tell but I have run out of time to blog, so until a later date. Adieu.

Resurrecti-birthday!

I'm pretty sure I've shared my birthday with Resurrection Day before. I'm used to the two being close together. It's such a fun time of year. I also have the privilege of sharing my birthday with my baby sister. She's a teenager today!! AGH!!!!! I had a beautiful birthday; the only thing that could have improved it would have been to spend it with Hannah.

Johnny started the day off right by letting me lounge in bed while he fed the kidlets and did the dishes. He's amazing. He also gave them chocolate for breakfast. See?

Next we played in the park and had "Cold Juice" (Zach's name for icees). Daddy got some great action shots of Zach swinging.

We returned for lunch and naps and then headed out to another park. We finished out the day with Chinese food and Toy Story 2. Now I'm off to do yoga, take a bath, and watch a movie while cuddling with my lovey. My family is so wonderful.

This calls for caffeine...

A re-cap of my day circa 10 A.M.

Gabriel awoke at 6:30 am

Zach woke up at 7:30 and we dealt with a bout of diarrhea.

I had to get a splinter out of the center of Zach's palm.

Zach is obviously not feeling well and has been strategically planting himself in front of me throughout the morning in an effort to get picked up but is only actually managing to trip me over and over and over again.

Laundry is folded and put away; dishes are done; boys are fed and dressed; floors are scrubbed; yoga is done.

I'd say the above list more than qualifies me for a second Dr. Pepper. Yep.