A Very General Update

Not much has really been happening around here. The girls both had colds that started about a week ago. I kept Lacey home from daycare the Friday before MLK Day because she was so congested. Saturday, Lacey had a mild fever....which she still had on Monday, so I took her to Dr. Jill. It never got above 100.5, but I still thought that after 3 days, she needed to be checked. It turned out that she had an ear infection. She hadn't complained at all, so it must have been just starting. She still has a few days left of the antibiotics, but her cold is almost completely gone.

Leah had a cold, too, but never got a fever. Her 18 month well visit was scheduled for Friday, so it was good to at least have her checked out. By then, her cold was about gone, too. She had a great doctor's visit - she is so easy. Dr. Jill always comments about it being her easiest visit of the day. She is 24 lbs, 4 oz. (50th percentile) and 32.5 inches long (75th percentile). I find the length kind of funny....I know it was accurate because she was really good with being still. But...I always think of her as short. The 18-24 mo. clothing from Old Navy and Gymboree; and the 18 mo. clothing from Carters are all long on her. Anyway....she got only 1 shot that day and handled it well. Not even a flinch.

I worked from home on Tuesday - Inauguration Day. Unbelieveable, but our DC office did not close. Apparently there is 1 person from one of our companies that lives very near the office & was being stubborn about it. So, my dept./division (15-20 people tops) was given the choice to work @ home or take the day off. The 2 administrative women were given "free" days off since they aren't able to work from home.

Butch & I watched the ceremony with happiness since the person we supported had won this year. I had chills watching him take the long walk out for the swearing in. By himself, in his thoughts. You have to wonder what's going through his mind at that point. Perhaps it was "don't let Justice Roberts mess up the words". :-) Truly an amazing day when you think of how far we've come with race issues. I don't believe that 30 years ago anyone other than a white man could have made it this far. I'm proud of how people are changing.

That day was also Winnie the Pooh day (I know because daycare celebrated it). So, I wasn't sure that they would talk about Inauguration Day. But, Lacey came home with this (held upside down):

And, she said that they watched the ceremony, too. I asked her if she had a good time watching it and she said - very enthusiastically - "I had fun!". She already knows who "Barack Obama" is....I'm working on the "President" part with her now.

We bought a new toy box/storage thing that Butch put together last weekend. Here are Lacey & Butch showing it off. It's got 3 bins, so we can attempt to organize the toys. Yeah, right. I'm the only one in the house that sees the point of that.


Yesterday, I took Lacey to see The Little Mermaid at the College of Southern MD. It was the children's theater, so lots of kids were in it. Certainly no Port Tobacco Player's presentation, but it was pretty good and Lacey loved it! What was strange is that the mermaid wasn't "Ariel". Her name was "Anemone". Many of the names were different - the prince was Theodore (instead of Eric). I'm not sure if this was an earlier, pre-Disney story, or if it's because of copywrite issues.

Not much is planned for today. Lacey is still asleep (7:30) and Leah cried around 6:30 - Butch went to her & she's been resting in his arms in the rocking chair ever since. This is how I've found some time to post here!

It isn't often that I get a picture of the 2 girls together...at least not a decent picture. So, here is a lucky shot.