The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

yikes!

it's been a whole week since i updated last! Things are still going great. We are adjusting to the New Normal with Nova (and preparing for the New New Normal once Juneau gets here!). she is sleeping 3-4 hours at a time during the night, which has been nice. When she does wake up she just eats and goes straight back to sleep. We are so happy that she is really not fussy at all. She very rarely cries, and if she does it is only for a couple minutes and she settles right down. She has been spending more time awake and alert.


Both of my sisters are in town now, and we are having a great time! Becky has been spending a lot of time helping me to paint and decorate the house and nursery, which is awesome! We have been doing a little bit of running around now that i am starting to feel a lot better.

Last week we stopped by the adoption agency to sign some papers, and found out that the U.S. Govt was at June-bug's orphanage on Thursday. Apparently they were able to complete some of the investigation that we have been waiting on, and that was previously not being permitted, so that is some good progress. Our agency director will be back in Vietnam in a few days, so that means updated pictures, and hopefuly lots of progress on our case!!! we'll keep you posted. She won't be back until the first week of June, so we probably won't have much info until then.