Update - February 8, 2009

I believe Facebook keeps me from blogging as much; what a wonderful waste of time. Sorry if you've been waiting for another entry, though I suspect many of you are on Facebook as well and don't have time for blogs either. Anyway, we are finally back to normal in the house after spending six nights away during the ice storm - two nights at sister in-law Kathy's house, and four nights at Grandpa Paul and Grandma Karen's house. A couple nights after we got back home, Grandma said she really missed Maureen and Rowan (note she said nothing about Kristin and yours truly!)
Despite our very generous, comfortable and warm accommodations, it's just nice to be in your own home. THANK YOU to everyone who helped us throughout the week, or offered help.
So what's up with the kids???

Mojo: still loves Dora and watches at least one to two episodes a day. She loves school. Fully (?) potty trained. She loves to sing and has an amazing ability to memorize lyrics quickly; her latest number is Do, a Deer from the Sound of Music. She threw a mighty tantrum last night because she didn't want to leave her cousin Claire's house, but was perfectly fine once we got in the car. She has the vocabulary of a 5-year-old, and is getting really good at counting things. She is very determined for a two-year-old and every decision is a negotiation with us:
Me: Mo, you can watch one Dora and then you have to go to bed.
Mo: How about two Doras?

Rowan: is also determined - determined to spend the rest of his life sleeping in our bed. We know how to stop this, but we just are too tired to invest the time and energy and we cave. He is a sweet little boy though - and has that heart-melting smile. He is doing well with the baby food, and has started eating vegetables, though we can tell that he doesn't like them very much. He is doing well sitting up by himself, but hasn't really made any moves toward crawling. He is jabbering more and more - his first word, like Mo's, was Daddy!! He is having incredible diaper blow-outs, and as Mo says, they are "Gross!"

We had planned to go to St. Louis for a winter break this weekend, but decided to stay home since our displacement last week. I think we all have had it with the winter and look forward to getting out more, and interacting with people. We need to start filling our social calendar.