Craziness

I haven't posted here in awhile, and it's largely due to all the nuttiness that has been our lives lately!  Just before my last post we had traveled to Atlanta for my mom's birthday.  We attempted to surprise her, but that didn't work out :)  She wasn't buying Ken's story of "but I need to get the AC in the van fixed so you need to work from home" story, so we caved and just told her the munchkins were coming for her birthday so she'd better work at home that Friday!! 

The next weekend was Carrie's 3rd birthday party.  Whew.  That was exhausting.  We had a great turn out, complete with plenty of kids and bounce house and tire swing madness.  I was seriously questioning why I even bothered with the bounce house since the kids seemed so excited about the tire swing.  However, as only 4 of them could fit on the tire swing at a time, the bounce house was tolerated until they could get their turn.  There are pics of the party on our Picasa site.  My grandparents even came down for the festivities, and I was so excited to show them the new house and have them there for Carrie's party. 

Anna's doing all kinds of things these days.  We've gone from sort of crawling around to "OH MY GOD I HAVE GOT TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AS FAST AS POSSIBLE OR CARRIE'S GONNA LEAVE ME BEHIND."  She's pulling up on everything in sight and does not want to sit down at all, any time.  More than once she's gotten herself stuck underneath our main coffee table in the living room because she's trying to crawl on the boards underneath it and explore.  Jerry and I predict she'll definitely be walking before her first birthday, if not before.  Solid food continues to improve.  Bananas are always a favorite.  She'll tolerate carrots, but also really likes apples, broccoli & avocado. 

Carrie's in a baking class on the weekends with some of her friends from school and she seems to love it.  The woman that is doing it is also a teacher at her school.  I say she is a very brave woman to have these toddlers in her home to cook and paint.  Not sure I have the patience for that, but Carrie loves it.  And, double bonus - the parents get to drop the kids off and then head over to The Dispensary for a beer or two!  We're also going to sign Carrie up for a gymnastics class for the summer.  I was so excited to hear they had one where the kids go in the early evening instead of smack in the middle of the day, so I can actually enroll her and take her myself.  I can't wait to see how this goes :)  Stay tuned...