A New Year

A New Year and a new resolution to update this more!!

We've had such a busy month with Christmas and traveling. We had a good trip to KY but it is nice to settle back down at home.

Xander has enjoyed being off school and I think he liked playing in the snow in Cincinnati more than anything. We headed back to school today but when we showed up we found school was still out until tomorrow! He was more than a little excited about that. He does seem to like going to school when he is there, but he likes not going more.

Marie is getting so big and fun. She's such a smiley happy girl- when I'm holding her. She was pretty good about being passed around while we were in KY but now that we are home she is clingier than ever. I'm not sure if she's just entering the separation anxiety phase now or if it is a reaction to being passed around so much last week. She'll be 5 months tomorrow and at John and Candy's house when we left she was right at 11.5 lbs. She's also confirming my earlier opinion that she is super smart by saying "Mama" tonight. She was laying by Jon and pitching a fit tonight because she wanted me to get her. I was trying to not hold her because I've been holding her all day and was a little tired of it. Jon was talking to her while she was whining and said, "What do you want?" She turned her head to look right at me and said, "Mama!" She said it a few more times while I didn't get her but I did eventually give in and took her back from Jon. How could I resist when she was asking for me by name?!