Hi Everyone

Hey to all our friends and family! I decided it would be fun to do a blog. Now I've joined the ranks of most of my friends.=) It's January '08! Can you believe it? Time sure does fly...and not only when your having fun. Let's see, we're all doing well and everyone's growing. Kinzie is now 8 1/2!! I can hardly believe my baby is so big. Sometimes it's surreal just talking to her. It's like talking to a mini adult.=) We are getting ready to embarke on a new journey. Kinzie's getting braces!! She's been to two orthodonist appointments and will have appliances on her teeth by the end of the month. It's something neither John or I have done so it's new for all of us and is definitely and experience. I'm sure she'll adjust after a period of adjustment. Aidan is 6. He's closer to seven at this point. I can't believe what a big kid he is. He's growing up too fast. He's such a smarty pants and is doing excellent in school. He's been taking speech classes at school and is starting to do really well. He has made lots of progress socially and has made lots of friends and is coming out of his shell. Although today he did tell me he was "too embarrassed" to take Cheetos in his lunch. It took a few questions to figure out why. Apparently he is embarrassed because the bag has a Cheetah on it!! Can you believe that. We solved the problem however, since they are his favorite, buy buying a large bag instead and putting them in baggies.=) Ian will be four in February!! He is bound and determined to become Thomas the Train. He wears blue, eats off blues plates and does whatever else he can. He's also been known to "toot" in the middle of stores, playgrounds wherever. He carries two trains with him all the time as extensions of his arms. Thomas and Lady....two trains in one of his favorite Thomas movies. I'm sure we own about every train available at this point. Although I notice they come out with new ones too frequently for my budget.=) He's enjoying making friends and just went to a friends home all by himself the other day. Now he wants to go there everyday. Andi's now 5 1/2 months. She is such a sweetie. She smiles all the time and is starting to giggle at me when I talk to her instead of needind tickles to coax them out. She is teething and drooling, but not being fussy....lucky me. She just likes to make the "bitter beer face" by sucking in her bottom lip. She's learned to roll on to her tummy but not to make it back over. She loves sitting up and looking around. She really is an angel. I needed an easy one after Ian.=) She is my little babydoll. The dogs are driving me crazy!!!! Nothing new there. Can't bring myself to get rid of them and can't quite love them all the time either. draft