... and I wasted no time in booking our trip, lining up babysitters (thanks Mom & Dad!), and I'm sure I will come back with a ridiculous amount of pictures!!
2. Just before the good news we had our winter birthday celebration with my side of the family... it tended to revolve around Avery & Brynn a little more than everyone else (ity bity's will tend to do that, I think?), but it was nice to get everyone together... and get a picture of the cousins where my children were NOT screaming! (although it was a close call until my Mom rushed in with a snack for Brynn!)
3. Speaking of birthdays, my Dad celebrated a pretty momentous one... not sure if it's ok to post his age or not, but when have I ever really let that stop me?? :) He turned 60! With the help of lots of his family and friends, I created a book for him (using blurb.com - and I TOTALLY recommend them!) that had pictures from baby to now including letters and notes that were written to him for the book. I was really happy with how it turned out... and I think he was too... a kid at heart...
4. We got a new laptop not too long ago ~ which was a much needed upgrade. I edited a photo session in about a 1/3 of the time it took my on my old laptop... soooooooooo sloooooooooooooooooooow it was. Anyway, it's been a bit of a headache transitioning documents, making sure programs were moved over... and I lost every font I liked for my blog and my photog biz. Very frustrating... I need to figure out how to get those fonts loaded back on the new computer, but I just haven't yet. phooey.
5. Avery & Brynn have been skipping at least one nap a week lately. And they don't just skip a nap and lay quietly and play... they fight, they scream, they pound on the door, and they tear apart the little bit that is left in their room. They have starting pulling each others hair during their little scuffles too. lovely. (I guess that's what sisters do?)
6. So in light of their occasional nap-skipping (and general fondness of destruction), we turned their drawers back around... so dang frustrating that I can't even use a chest of drawers in their room.
7. The girls have finally started pulling their weight around here and helping with the dishes...
8. Brynn and Avery are still far more interested in the potty than I'm ready for... but again, I'm not totally discouraging it either... I figured for now we would just work on getting clothes on and off... but Brynn has taken it to a whole new level. We now find her with her PJ's pulled down around her ankles at night when we go check on the kids before bed. One night, instead of trying to put them back on and risking waking her up... I just pulled them off and let her sleep in her diaper. I felt kind of bad about it, so the next time it happened I tried re-dressing her... she was a limp noodle... didn't even phase her...
9. Evan and I were looking at the February calendar, you know... back in February... and he started counting... from 1 to 28, and he says... Mommy - it's missing 29!! Up until that moment he was still forgetting a teen number here and there while counting, and all of the sudden he's counting all of the 20's!!?!?!?
10. Evan asked me to take a picture of him with all his favorite toys... and I couldn't resist...
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Congrats on the trip to HI! How fun. Does Dan get to go with you? :) I love #7- way too cute even without little kids in it.
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