Catching Up

Ian on Christmas Day

Ju-Ju-B
The Cousins

The Silly Cousins & Cooper

The Fam

Checking out the model train exhibit at The Charleston Place hotel

The morning ritual of getting every last drop of milk

Wrightsville Beach Park with Grandma Nancy

Playing at home

Last week we were treated to a visit from Grandma Nancy! The boys & I drove to Raleigh to pick her up Tues night & she stayed until Sat morning. Thanks to her, the boys got a lot of fun & undivided attention & John & I's 'to-do' lists shrank a lot. The two of us even got a night out alone on New Year's Eve! We hope her next visit will be a lot longer & that Papa will be able to come along, but we definitely enjoyed the time we had. We really appreciated all the help!!
The boys have been fighting colds/congestion for a couple weeks, so we have had many short nights since Christmas. I think we're finally getting everyone back on a healthy track & even starting to catch up on our sleep. I'd love to complain about how "cold" it's been here this week, but considering our highs of 40s are still about 50 degrees warmer than all of you Iowa folks, I should probably keep my mouth shut!!
After having lots of issues with my computer, I finally did a complete restore over the weekend. I feel a little lost after going a couple days without my connection to the outside world & am slightly disappointed with myself for not saving my email correctly & losing everybody's contact information, but I'm happy to finally be back & running in cyberworld. I also have a new toy from Christmas that I am finally figuring out how to use & hopefully the photos on the site will start to improve. (Although John told me it's probably the photographer & not the camera that had issues!!)

Happy 2010 to you all!