Life at the New House

here we are sitting by our front door at the new house. it's kind of a blurry picture, but out of all the ones we took it was the best one of jasper and annie - where both of them are smiling and even looking at the camera. not the best picture of moi, but these are things i will sacrifice for my children.

i am so out of the blogging habit at this point, that i apologize in advance for just how boring i can be...

life is beginning to get back to some semblance of normalcy for us. annie has resumed her potty training like a champ and at this point it's pretty much my fault if she doesn't get it. after all, there are errands to run and the last thing i want to do is make the mistake of taking her to the grocery store in her big-girl-panties and, well, you get the picture. annie loves her new house, though. she was so excited to be in this big place that was virtually empty that she could call hers. when i was unpacking, i took her up to her playroom and opened one of her 75,000 boxes and she looked inside it and goes "(gasp!) my stuff!!" i was sure she'd be busy for house reacquainting herself with her belongings, but no, the novelty wore off after about a half hour. then we were back to "dowah". (that's dora) i am trying to wean both annie and myself from the thing that is dora, but it's hard. it's such a great way for me to get some stuff done around the house, and she is learning from it, so how can it be that bad? i'm sure 4 out of 5 pediatricians would be ok with using the tv to parent, right?

she is sleeping in her new twin bed pretty well though she still wakes up and comes down to our room at some point. i invested in a Tinkerbell sleeping bag for her, though, so she is no longer welcome in our bed with us. sorry, there just isn't that kind of room. we love her, but addison and i are both tired of sleeping with the featherweight boxing champion of the world.

as for jasper, i'm due to get caught up and write his monthly letter, which will follow this post, but i will say that the kid is growing unbelieveably fast. right now he's sitting beside me giggling and blowing raspberries. i should go get the camera, but he is fading pretty fast as it is almost naptime so i'm sure i'm best to wait until later. anyway, he's so big. he's 17 pounds and he's got roly poly thighs now and he just looks big. he's babbling all the time and sitting up for real. he feeds himself his bottle but still won't eat baby food...though i did get him to eat a real banana one day...it's ok though, i don't mind if he wants to stay a baby forever.

ok, i'm off for now. need to get jasper down, shower taken, annie accounted for, etc. it's good to be back, i'll chat at you all again later.