It's been a very long, cold winter here, and very busy, which help in part to explain why this website hasn't been updated for so long. The main reason for the lack of updates however has been Maya's increasing mobility. I need to have eyes in the back of my head so I can sit at the computer and watch her at the same time!

Anyway our news in brief....

New Home: We have moved again- just up the road this time. In May this year my parents bought a house here in Wellington as an investment property, and after a quick clean up and redecorate we moved in as thier first tenants! We are supposed to be helping them with some of the work that needs to be done here (not too much done yet...) while we find our feet financially and work out the next step in our lives.
Here's a picture of our little house:
















And heres Maya looking on while Grandma and Papi work hard stripping wallpaper...


New Job: For me (Sharon). Last month I went back to work three days per week as a Primary Health Care Nurse. Luis has reduced his hours to four days per week (still in Mental Health) to help care for Maya, and she spends one day each week with her Grandma.
The job is at a health care centre that cares for a low income population, with a large proportion of immegrants and refugees. This makes it quite challenging but also very interesting. Although I miss Maya when I'm at work I am also getting a great deal of satisfaction from being able to once again use my skills and training to help others, and am really appreciating the intellectual stimulation of the workplace.

Other news includes the completion of my thesis, which was submitted in March (I will graduate late this month). And of course, Maya continues to grow and change- you can catch up with her news on her baby page.