It has been a long time since the last blog- life has been good. I have been working part time. the kids are enjoying their new lives, Jim has been busy teaching. Tommorrow is going to be a big day for us. Yamile has been talking a lot lately about wanting a new nose. She has actually started to pull on hers to make it “perfect” - just like Jorge’s. I tell her I love her nose so does her daddy but it is just not enough. I know that she will require several more operations in her lifetime and it makes me kind of sad to think we have to start so soon. I also concerned that they may tell her nothing can be done until she is 12 or 16. That will be hard for her to hear.

In so many ways she is doing so well. She loves her school and really has become connected there. She recently became really upset hearing that some of the kids are going to be moved into their “home” school. Academically she was ready to do to but we thought socially it would be better for her to stay one year in one school.

She is in a special program at a different middle school for children who are recent arrivals to the US. It is great 12 or less students and two teachers. She is learning so much. Jorge is doing great. He is just learning so much about the US, he fits right in. He is a little ball of energy.

Good night & God Bless,
Gina