Busy Week

Anders said kitty kat at the babysitter's place on Friday. Anders is much more verbal there than here. He also ate eggs, waffles, oatmeal and a rack of lamb (okay, I made up the last one). Pam also said that Anders looked like he was considering steps. Today, he took a step, but it was accidental. He took an independent step between holding on to my leg and a dining room chair. Anders is having a growth spurt. We are now adding waffles, eggs, and oatmeal to the rotation. We went out to eat at Lui Lui last night and he had about half our dinner rolls when he wasn't too busy flirting with college girls.

On Wednesday, we had a challenging day. Anders did not nap all day. Anna was finishing her first day without caffeine. We were both pretty ragged, but we knew it so we were able to avoid a meltdown. Monday and Wednesday are particularly challenging days since there is about an hour between when Anna gets home from teaching and I leave to teach. So anyway, we are in a pretty dark place that gets darker as the lights go out! So we hurry up to feed Anders before nightfall and as Anna tries to shovel food in, Anders points to the light, looks at Anna and babbles as if to say, "Mom, turn on the light please. This would be a lot easier if you would please turn on the light." It was hilarious. We forgot about how tired we were and just laughed. One of the challenges of living in this part of the country is that when you are already having a bad day you can almost count on something like the power going out for no reason to make things worse.

Anders is really starting to pay much more attention to his grandparents on Skype than before.

I had so much to write in my mind, but now that I'm typing I seem to have forgotten it. Perhaps it is the dull headache I have.

The headlines are that Anders now has an insatiable appetite, he is a step closer to walking or at least standing on his own, and the Vikings won...somehow...as did Iowa, again, somehow. Our friend Bill is visiting this weekend and he has brought us the finest meats and cheeses from Wisconsin. Bill was our 4th consecutive week of company. It's so nice to have visitors down here. We wish we lived closer to friends and family, but it's so nice when they drop by for visits. I think we have company lined up for the next two weekends as well.