Childers-Valverde

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Over 2 years Since the last blog!

Wow! I havent kept up with the blog very well :/

The family is doing great! We found out a little over a month ago that we will be PCSing to Vilseck Germany. It is very exciting! There is a lot to do with the house, and we are doing major Spring cleaning! There are a lot of things that we have to throw away and sell! It is very stressful. We have decided to rent out the house. It seems that in the long run is the best. It will be a nice way to save money for a nice down payment in a bigger house when we finally decide to do a move to Minnesota.

Our plans as of now is to enjoy Germany and Europe and enjoy it to the fullest and see everything it has to offer for our family. I wish the kids were a little bigger so they could enjoy it a little more! But we will take tons of pictures, and pictures are worth more than a thousand words they say.

I will hopefully be going to school. Taking a long break (4 years) was fun. I got to start a family, buy a house, and do some growing up. But, it is time to go back to school and finish of this degree. The main goal is to become a psychologist with hopefully my own practice in teen and family psychology. To get there I will get a bachelors degree in Secondary education. I want to teach history since it always was one of my favorite subjects (other than math, but I don't think i have the patience to teach math). While I teach I will hopefully be working on my masters degree. When finished, hopefully I will be able to become a school counselor, which hopefully could lead into a principal :D. But once I get a Master in Psychology I will be able to treat people and counsel. The Ph. D will take a little longer and opening a private practice is far away. But there is nothing wrong with dreaming right?

Shawn will continue on studying and finishing off his business degree. We are both only two years away from our bachelors. I do believe that by the end of our tour in Germany we will both be able to finish off and get decent jobs to start a life in Minnesota where our families are. We decided thats where we want to settle down after the life with the Army. Whether that would be in 3 years or 10. It will all depend on how our situation will be at the end of our tour and whether Shawn will re enlist or get out. For now, our plans are to hopefully both graduate in the next 3 years. As much as I would like to go to a on campus university (and so would Shawn) It is hard to do so with the military and 2 small children. So online schooling will have to do. A lot of people do it. Right?

On another note, the babies are doing great. Sofia's speech is doing so much better. Doctors keep having different opinions. Some tell me not to worry about it that it will come since she is a very bright child. Others like to tell me she is way behind and needs speech therapy. For now, I am not worried because she does understand very well, and she just chooses not to talk. Once we get to Germany, we will decide if she is still to far behind then we will do speech therapy. Her interests as of know is all girlie things. She enjoys doing her nails! (oh boy!) She really likes to watch Dora in Netflix. She even knows how to set it up on the XBox all by herself! She really enjoys her games in her Leap Pad and has learned how to use it very well. I was scared to get it since the games are a bit advanced, but she has learned pretty quickly.

Shawn Jr. is doing very well. Stubborn like his sister, dad and mom! He amazes me everyday. He is a very curious little boy. He really enjoys teasing his sister! We had to put a child lock on the entertainment center because he enjoys shutting off the X-Box when his sister is watching her show. Those two always seem to fight. Sibling rivalry at its best! I guess it does start very young. This boy is also a monkey! He likes to climb into everything possible!

We recently did some renovations to the house. We put wood laminate all over the top floor except the rooms. I really like it. I was getting very sick of the carpet and having to shampoo it so often. Two kids and two dogs definitely wore down that carpet fast!

That is all I have for now. Hopefully I will be doing a way better job at keeping this blog up and running. Especially with everything coming up in this next few months!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

NEW HOME!

We have been so busy with everything going on the last couple of weeks! We got another new dog.. he is a soft coated terrier! He is adorable. We have been able to potty train him very well, but the chihuahua is taking some time. It is too cold outside, and she is so small that I think its hard on her. We finally found the perfect home! We love it, and it was the only one we could move in right away. We are renting to buy. Well renting until we can close. I guess a lot of people do that here because of the base. Everything went smooth with the move. Movers managed to break only one thing! which i hear is a good thing? I guess it is because i was at lunch which some army wives (yes I do that now... have lunch with other wives haha) and some of them said that they broke vases and a lot of the kitchen stuff. So i guess i can be happy they only broke the glass on a picture frame which can be easily replaced.
We bought a bunch of new furniture for our house! It was all really cheap considering we bought a lot of stuff. I think it was all under 3k.. but we got our whole living room, a big dinning table with six tables. An awesome desk, entertainment style chairs! so yea it was alot! it was at this american furniture warehouse! And they are all very nice, considering they were cheap. i think the store is like an outlet thats why they were so cheap.
on the other note!
Sofia is doing awesome! she is running! ha-ha still a bit clumsy.. but she gets that after me.. She is having tons of fun at her little gym classes! She really loves the obstacles and she gets to play with other kids her age... which she really doesnt do.. she rather go explore... but i guess thats how kids this age are... more interested in the world around them than the people. She is also learning some baby signs.. she can ask for milk or juice! and she does the bubbles sings! she loves bubbles!! she tries to blow but she doesnt quite get it.. she just tries to imitate me. She is something! i love her so so so much!
Well i posted pictures on my facebook from the house! so u can have a better glance at it!
All in all i am very proud of my family and at the point we are now! House finally feels like home and its an exciting new beginning!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Sunday!

We had tons of fun today at the Vikings lounge in Colorado Springs. We did lose the game, but I believe we fought till the end!! Sofia was very good today! She actually played with Crayons today without eating them! She followed what the other girls where doing. Her grips isn't hard enough yet so she didn't actually draw anything. She gets the point though which is awesome!
Her walking is still very clumsy!! She just gets super excited and starts to run instead of walk and than she falls over. She started to squat today!!! Shawn said its super good for her leg strength! Which is good because hopefully she will learn to stand up on her own without help.
Yesterday we went to look at some houses. There is this one that we really really like, but we are scheduled to see a few more on Tuesday.. so we will see what we find.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Sofia's First Birthday!

Can't believe Sofia is already one!! Today was an exciting day... We got a phone call from Bolivia! Which was very exciting. Sofia, then, opened her second gift. ( She opened her first one the night before... just because she accidentally ripped the wrapping.) We played with her book until Daddy got home.

We went to Chuck E Cheese, and she had a blast. She loved the carrousel the most. I think shawn and I had more fun! :D But I like to think that Sofia did too! We had some yummy pizza, and we also got a cake. However, we had to take the cake home because Sofia was starting to get a little fuzzy. She napped during the car ride home, and then got ready for cake. OMG was that a big mess!!! Maybe cake at 8 at night isn't the smartest thing to do! Because she was up and is still up! it's already midnight here!

Here are some pictures of today!