Trucking Along
It was another successful Christmas / Hanukkah for the Melum family: everyone but me got the flu and was throwing up on Christmas day. This family certainly doesn't have the best track record with this time of year or these holidays in particular. Looking forward to this improving!
I have to admit the quality of camera on this new iPhone is worth it. I'm looking forward to the photos getting better, as well as the video.
Coco had her first dance / ballet recital and she was so over the moon excited and proud it was hard to handle. She took it very seriously, kept her chin up, and remember to really point her toes. She had another milestone too: concurring the monkey bars! She's had a rough battle with those bars, but now she can do them no problem. And she did it so frequently she got a few huge blisters on her hands. Way to go Coco!
Van is as weird as ever. He loves school (although he's on break right now) and things are starting to click for him. He is being more vocal about what he wants, he copies Coco and everything, and has been ducking his head underwater and going in the ocean with waves! Here's a great slo mo of him running. Van, you constantly run and look 100% out of control, and mostly don't pay attention to where you are running. It's great fun to watch you and almost gives me a heart attack everytime we're on the pavement. I wish your knees the best of luck!!!
Who is the froofiest? Ash of course. We often want to put Ash in the trASHcan, because he's being an ASHole, but we love him. Although he still refuses to speak and mainly communicates through coordinated grunting, his personality is starting to really shine through. He follows Coco everywhere and wants nothing more than to be big. He can be see around the house wearing shoes that are too big, climbing things that are too big, and sporting clothing that's too big (the clothes are actually normal size, Ash is just a little small right now).
Meagan doesn't stop talking about moving back to CA. We're so excited to get back into our house and do a little remodel (probably something we shouldn't have done when we first bought it but didn't have the money). I've been surfing every day, lost of a few gopros already, broke a few boards, but I'm loving every minute.