I know, I know...I've fallen down on the job - my updates have been very sporadic, and for that I apologize. We've had an insanely busy January, and while that's no excuse it is the reason for the lack of updating. I spent 7 out of 14 days away from home - first to Irvine, CA (beautiful weather) and the next week to Chicago and Boston (much less beautiful...suffice it to say that the high in Chicago when we left was 12!!)
Margaret is continuing to do great in school - she is learning new things everyday and keeps us on our toes. She repeats everything and listens to everything, so occasionally Jim and I hear our words parrotted back to us a week or two later and realize that we need to be even more careful about what we say. The funny thing is that she also remembers everything - the other day we went out for pizza, and she kept saying that it wasn't the "right" pizza place and she wanted to go to the other one...after a bit, Jim and I realized she was talking about the pizza place we went to in New Orleans - over a month ago. WOW. She really impresses us! As soon as we figure out how to get her to go to sleep without a fight (yes, we are back to that again), we'll be in business. She is loving her kitchen, her crayons and markers, her new scissors, and anything musical. I think she inherited her father's talent for music! She also loves to sing...one of her favorites being "Hooked on a Feeling" from a kids' music CD that we play on the way home from school.
John (aka: Jack the Destroyer) is continuing to grow, and learn. He is such a lovebug, but he is in a hitting phase - everytime you pick him up, he smacks you in the face...it's such a fun game to play! Jack also had his adenoids out on January 17th - it wasn't too bad...the worst part was being cooped up in the hospital for 20 hours afterwards. We are hopeful that this does the trick and his ear infections and colds lessen as we move into warmer weather. Everyone keep their fingers crossed!! Jack also loves anything musical - his dancing is such fun to watch - pure joy. It is amazing that such a little person (ok, not little...he's tipping the scales at almost 35 pounds now) can love to dance and "groove" so much. It's a lot of fun to watch. We are working with him on new words, it's hard for him to get a word in edgewise with his "chatty" sister - he's got his sign language down though (please, thank you, up, down, happy, more, eat, drink). I will keep everyone updated after his 15 month check up later this month.
One other big piece of news - we had our first dentist appointment for both kids - it was a great experience, and both kids got clean bills of health! Yippeee!! Meg wasn't sure at first, but she came around as she got to watch "Dora" on the ceiling as they cleaned her teeth.
Other than that, we are just keeping busy with birthday parties, and trying to find time for relaxation in between all the craziness. What a blessing to be surrounded by so many friends though. We love it!! I promise to try and do a better job with updates. I hope everyone has a wonderful (and warmer) spring!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
A Fun Filled Sunday Afternoon...
We look cute here...
Ahhh....sisterly love - a beautiful thing to see
Well, a few minutes of love counterbalanced with a few minutes of big sister torment...
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