Walking

Micah finally walked! He took his first steps about a month ago, but he is walking steadier and steadier ever since. Now he is trying to run after Mattie -- and when we are not looking he is climbing up something. Once he is up, he likes to applaud for himself.



He also likes to ride around his fire engine. His latest trick is to move the fire engine to under the bookcase and stand on the fire engine to grab books and toys. I am not sure that he wants to read the books, rather than the challenge of being a daredevil.



But the best part of him turning one is that.. Micah is sleeping through the night. He would go down around 8 and wake up around 4:30 and then sleep til 8. It's great to have some free time even if I am trapped in my room.

Life or lack thereof

The last few weeks have been full of ups and downs for our little family. We are struggling to decide what to do next year -- or with the rest of our lives. Peter is choosing between another fellowship opportunity and a private practice job. I am debating what to do with my life -- job in academia, industry, or government. Really all depending where I move to, however, it seems like jobs are scarce during this economic times. It really made us re-evaluate our lives. Family vs. career. Unfortunately, for us, they are not mutually exclusive. If anything, they are vital to our happiness in life.

Although, we like to believe family trumps all. But the reality is, our happiness is multi-faceted. After few weeks of discussion, we both feel blessed to have our beautiful babies and family, but we realized that we both need a career to be complete - despite how cute and perfect our boys are.