Purex 2023 Yearbook optimized

Dereck & Charity
Audio (3), Indigo (7 mo)
This past year has been a pretty eventful one for our little family. We celebrated five
years of marriage and two years living in Long Beach. Charity and Dereck both
started new positions at work - Charity is now in a home based primary care position
as she celebrated her 10th year with the VA and Dereck is now the Business
Development Analyst for the City of West Hollywood.
Audio started pre-school this year at Little Angels Montessori which is just a short
walk from us. It was a little intimidating at first, but as he made friends and became
comfortable with his teachers, it has gotten easier and more fun to go to school. His
current interests (aka obsessions) are all things Paw Patrol, emergency/rescue and
construction vehicles, playing with his DJ controller from Tita Sheilah, playing in the
sand at the playground, and of course we can't forget his beloved Mickey Mouse
bucket hat that he wears every day.
And last but certainly not least, our biggest and most exciting event we had this year
was when Audio was promoted to Kuya Audio as we welcomed our newest addition,
Ms. Indigo Sol on April 19, 2023. Indigo loves to laugh, smile, and jump up and down
(just like her kuya did when he was a baby). Her current interests are milk, new
found solid foods, baths, Ms. Rachel, laughing at her Kuya being weird, listening to
Mommy sing and when Daddy lifts her in the air and turns her into a clock.
We look forward to 2024 as a new family of four!