sickos.

i feel the need to post. but i don't have the energy (or maybe it's just because my couch is way too comfortable) to upload my pictures from our weekend visit from alisa and ryan on our desktop computer. but it has been a while so i thought i'd give a brief update before i forget things. so get ready for some words.

• we've been sick here. all 4 of us. calvin got it first and then miles did. as soon as calvin was getting better, trav got it. the day i finally got it was the same day miles decided that screaming through the night was far easier than sleeping through it, so any chance of travis or me to get better was gone. i am a tough love kind of mom, so normally i would be completely against this, but i found myself two nights in a row driving my sick 13 month old around in my car at very early hours of the morning to try and calm him down. thank goodness both boys are feeling better. travis and i are trying to.
• speaking of our boys, they are both getting big. seriously, if you haven't seen them within the last 2 weeks, they have both changed. they are just getting bigger and older. calvin is talking so much lately. we've had some tile put in our kitchen and a couple bathrooms so the last 2 weeks we've had a couple "friends" in the house all day. calvin can sometimes be shy but not with his "friends". he will check in on them regularly. "how you doin' guys? looks good guys. do you guys like scooby doo and batman?" i think he's going to miss his friends. miles is interacting with us a lot now and wanders around the house on a mission. but it's usually just to find something that fits under the oven, to throw the kid dishes out of the bottom drawer, or to take a toy away from calvin. he's starting to sign with us, too, which i love. he can sign "more", "all done", "thank you", "milk", "water", and "please". for some reason when he signs please he rubs his head instead of his chest.
  
• last night for family home evening our activity was playing basketball. me and calvin beat travis and miles by 1 point. living in a house of boys is fun most of the time.
• travis and i went to the symphony on saturday night. i felt very cultured. and young. we were at least 25 years younger than anyone else in the audience.
• i chopped my hair. if you are on top of reading my blog, you got the picture. if not, sorry! i feel weird having a picture of just myself smiling at the whole world wide web. but i am loving it. it was a good change. i am getting used to using less shampoo, taking less time to get ready in the morning, and not wearing pony tails.
  
• last but not least, spring is springing. we have a million of these throughout our yard. it is so cheery i love it.
  

there you go, you get a picture! look for pics from a very fun weekend with the harrisons. lots of fun cousin time with baby o.