Update

I had a second to post a quick update: We have all been very busy. I would like to think it is the time of the year, but I think it is just part of having kids. Miles has been very busy with school lately. They are learning to read at Long Leaf and both schools are starting name writing. He has learned the days of the week and has worked on the months of the year. He really likes singing and walks around reciting any song he has just learned or can't get out of his head. Sometimes we hear the same song over and over again for weeks at a time, but you know he won't forget them. (Neither will we!) Miles got a new swing set for the backyard, and spends every warm afternoon outside swinging and climbing. We have season passes to Busch Gardens and he is now at a great age to enjoy it. Hopefully we will have some nice spring weekends coming our way so we can take advantage of the passes.

Avery is now pretty good at sitting up and is starting to crawl. She has gotten the hang of the army crawl(creeping), but is still up on her knees, rocking, and not actually going anywhere in the standard crawl. She does get where she needs to go, whether it is on her belly or by rolling. Now that she is mobile, you can't stop her. It's almost time for the baby gates. She still only has two teeth, but should have her top ones here any day. She is really miserable again, so you know they are coming. She started solids about a week ago. She really likes sweet potatoes, carrots and bananas, but is not fond of applesauce or juice yet. We usually mix in some rice cereal or oatmeal which smells nasty, but doesn't seem to bother her. She is just so happy to be eating "table" food. She smiles the whole time she is at the table and waits with an open mouth for someone to put something in. She's our little bird.

I am out of time and off to do laundry before dinner. Somehow I always have so much kids laundry that my own starts to pile up. I imagine this is what I look like to the rest of the world sometimes: