Well. We’re back. Things have not necessarily been super busy around here, just a little… I don’t know what. Lent is always busy and sweeps us away into a time warp of sorts. All of us caught the UberVirus several times each. I don’t think I’ve ever had cold symptoms that have hung on for so long. Seriously gross. My mom came out to visit for a few days. And now Anna has some sort of tummy issue that is causing weird explosive diapers… I’m guessing it’s the two huge teeth that just broke through her gums that’s causing that. (Either that or the UberVirus has now come back in tummy-form.) Oh and the raaaaaain. It rained for at least 3 months straight, maybe 4.

So, all that to say we’re finally back into the swing of things. And it feels so nice.

Anna is so much fun these days. I wish I’d had the video camera handy earlier this evening to capture her “reading” one of her books out loud. She knows exactly what pages to get excited about and does all the right inflections with her babbling. She is picking up sign language really well. She can do the signs for: more, milk, doggy, please, and she is starting to do “daddy.” It’s so much fun to watch her learn. She is finally saying Mama and Dada. This morning, she was trying to get my attention and was saying, “Mamamamamamamama.” Then when I didn’t respond right away, she said, “Dada,” and then looked at me and cracked up.

It’s been so long, I’m not sure what else to write! I’ll try to post a bit more often so I don’t have a big summary to post every time I do.

I’ll leave you with a video of Anna being very helpful:

<br/><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=fafe491f-7cc8-4735-a071-e61bc5a67afe" target="_new" title="Anna sweeping">Video: Anna sweeping</a>