Sorry for the Delay

Wow am I ever behind! Well, with good reason! Katherine Vera (Kate) was born on July 24Th at 9:20pm and less than two weeks later we moved to Captiva Island. It has been a whirlwind to say the least. As I write this on my computer in my sun room, I am looking into the backyard at luscious foliage and mango trees, Mike is changing the brakes on his car after hauling a trailer to help with the move. Kate is napping and so is Sean a rare moment indeed.
Sean is walking now A LOT, and is getting more teeth, this time molars. His current favourite word is "Mummy" since he knows it gets my attention and then he points to what it is he wants me to get for him. He toddles all over the house, so we now have baby gates up.
Kate is 4 weeks old, and is holding her head up a lot for her age. She is eager to see her surroundings.
Maggie, Jack and Clyde are settling in nicely, Clyde is a bit wary of the outside, but Jack has no problems going in and out. We have to keep Maggie on a leash because there is no fence and there are raccoons that roam the property.
We have had quite a bit of wildlife indoors too, loads of lizards, mostly tiny, but we have geckos and anoles. lots of millipedes which are harmless and move at a snail's pace so they are easy to catch. I just have to get them before Sean sees them or they go into his mouth, and lastly Cockroaches, I have seen a few, which Mike has diligently disposed of. I know we live in Florida, don't get me wrong, but these roaches are something from a horror movie, they are at least 3 inches long and they fly, and they are nearly impossible to kill. Thankfully I have only seen 3 and Mike has killed all three. Hopefully word will get out to their cousins. On a happier note we walk to the beach, a lazy stroll that takes about 2 minutes from our house, nearly every evening. I have Kate in the sling and Mike puts Sean in a Kelty backpack and we get our mail at the post office which is only a few hundred feet from the house. No mail is delivered to houses on the island everyone has a PO box. We collect a few seashells and then head back to put the kids to bed.
On the days that Mike works we tried to be at the house when the kids are awake to give me a hand, unless he gets a call out. Once they are down, he runs radar, does area checks and lets his presence be known.
Today we went to Ding Darling Nature preserve for a 4 mile walk. For future notice, taking a 4 mile walk in August, in Florida, at high noon with 2 small children.... not the best idea I have ever had. But I am glad for the exercise, I have a lot of weight to lose and it isn't gonna lose itself. I will try to post some new pics of Kate, Sean and the house, and I hope not to be so long in my next posting.
K