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we have had a busy february with a lot going on and i didn't want to forget some of the things that we've been up to. so, this is going to be completely scattered but a good update anyway. try and keep up!

calvin. travis and i were talking the other night about how much he is growing up and some of the funny things he does. he is talking so much now. he's not quite into full sentences yet but he can communicate with his words everything that he needs to. he loves answering my phone. anyone who calls me can attest to this. you will usually get just a "hi" and then he'll run the phone over to me but, if you're lucky, you'll also get a "how you? good." lately he has started talking about santa again. it's kind of funny. he'll be playing with his race track that santa brought him and then he'll say "santa. treat! neck." if you remember, calvin woke up christmas morning with a stiff neck and couldn't really play with his toys. i think it left a big impact on him! it's pretty funny. he's also a real negotiator. if i say it's time to, well, do anything that he doesn't really want to he says "minute", like one more minute mom and give me his puppy dog eyes. or if i'm giving him a treat and tell him that he gets just one he'll automatically say "two!". he's also started this thing where i'll tell him that he needs to go do something and he'll look at travis and say "dad, talk" and then point to me like he's saying, dad, you need to talk to mom about this. ok, lastly, he's started to occasionally request to go to bed on the ground. i have no idea where this idea has come from but i guess he likes it.and this is just a funny picture from the other day. calvin is really good about going potty all by himself now but he does need help after (wiping, pulling pants back on, washing hands) so this day i asked him if he was done and he just kept telling me no. he was clearly done but i had other things i needed to do instead of waiting for him to be done so i asked him if he wanted a book to read while he was finishing up and he thought that sounded good! hmmm, wonder where he gets this from?!here's calvin teaching miles all about how boys play. calvin has been really good with miles with no calvin-inflicted injuries yet. in fact, i think miles has been meaner than calvin when he spit up all over calvin's bop the other day. calvin did not like that very much at all!and this one just shows a little bit of calvin's ocd.our first family picture! i love this picture because you can see all of the boys' double chins! hahavalentines day

calvin and soph were able to swap their special valentine's that they made for each other. ah, young love! that night travis made me a great dinner of crab cakes, clam chowda, lots of fresh veggies and strawberry shortcake! so good. oh yeah, and the boys were supposed to be in bed but that didn't happen. oh well!miles' blessing day- 2-15-09

travis was able to bless miles last week. he gave a beautiful blessing and it again reminded me of how grateful i am to have the priesthood in my home. we were sad not to be able to have any family here with us but are glad that some good friends from trav's class could be there along with other friends in the ward.

and if you made it this far you must really, really like us. now i'll try to keep up on this a little better. peace.