Our girls are growing up!

This time I'm not talking about Erin or Megan, I'm talking about Erika and Sarah.  Most folks reading this will know that for the past 7 years, Ann Marie and I have been truly blessed to have the help of two incredible girls who have helped us out with Sean in every way imaginable during that time.  They both started out as hired help but both quickly became part of our extended family.   Sean seems to have that effect on a lot of people!

Erika started first when she was still a student at George Mason University and Sean was 2.  She worked full time for a few years while she completed her undergraduate and masters degrees, and has continued helping us out whenever she can, even coming straight over to our house to work in the evenings after working all day at her regular job as a teacher at a school for kids with disabilities.  Erika has always been great with our kids, so we're so happy for her that now she has one of her own!

Blake William Castillejo was born on June 15.  Mom and baby Blake are doing great and starting to get into a routine...which, according to Mom, apparently doesn't involve a lot of sleep, at least not in long stretches.

Sarah was also a student at George Mason University (Go Patriots!!) when Erika went part time and we needed more help.  Sarah was a quick learner, having never worked with special needs kids before, but now we can't imagine how we'd get along without her.  Unfortunately we'll have to, because Sarah recently got married and she and her husband Larry will be moving to Florida in August so Larry can pursue his PhD in Sociology.  All 3 of our kids were in the wedding down in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Erin even did a reading.  Once I figure out how to upload video to this blog, I'll post video of her reading, but for now here are some pictures (click on each to see a bigger version).

 

 

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