Wow, I've been a really lazy blogger lately. I'm going to blame it on Scott being in China last week--clearly it wasn't his fault I wasn't blogging, but I was running around like a crazy woman while he was gone. The girls and I went to the gym almost every day (they FINALLY like being in the nursery there), and I got a lot of cleaning done.

Speaking of cleaning.......seriously, somebody should just surgically attach the vaccuum cleaner to my arm because I feel like that's all I ever do. We have a newish vaccuum that I HATE--it's bulky, extremely loud, and really annoying. Now, I do know that vaccuum cleaners aren't meant to be fun, but ours really sucks (pun intended). It doesn't matter what setting I put it on, it never seems to want to eat anything off of our hardwood floors. Every time I vaccuum, which is at least twice a day, I have to alternate between our regular vac and our mini to get our living room floors fully cleaned. It's infuriating and I spent a lot of time last week contemplating just taking a hammer to the damn thing. Since I couldn't think of a logical way to justify such destruction to Scott, I refrained. Barely.

The girls are doing so well and were really good while Scott was gone. Kate had a harder time coping and by the end of the week, you could tell she just wanted her daddy back. Scott came home Saturday morning, and right before his car pulled up, I asked Kate if she knew who was coming to see her today. Without missing a beat, she looked at me and said "Da da." About two minutes later, Scott walked in the door (as I was carrying the girls downstairs for breakfast), and Kate practically jumped out of my arms into Scott's. She spent the majority of the weekend following her daddy around, randomly giving him hugs, and just beaming at him every time he looked at her or opened his mouth.

On Friday, Julia decided that she was going to work on pronunciation--she spent a lot of time this weekend cracking us up as she practiced saying "noooo", "hiiiiii", and "byyyye." Previously, those three words were pronounced "nah", "hah", and "ba ba", so it was really precious to watch Julia figure out how to talk like a big girl. She was very pleased with herself, as evidenced by her squeals of laughter and the rounds of applause she gave herself. She also got a kick out of walking around and pointing to the outlets while saying "noooooo, mama, noooooo." That child makes me fall in love with her about a million times over every day.

We leave for Ohio on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with my family. My grandmother is turning 90 the day before Turkey Day, and she doesn't know we're coming to see her. I am so excited. There's nothing more that I love than being with my family and I can't wait to see the look on my grandma's face when she sees us. I'm sure I'll burst into tears!

Nothing more to report--I need to start packing before our mini-vacay!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Heart hug,
Karen