Short Update

No pictures in this update, but I thought I'd share a little bit about what each of us are up to...

Bobby:

~Working a TON lately, which is really stressing him (and me) out!
~Started up church basketball every Tuesday and will start Road Runners soon to train for the Mini in Indy
~He has several home improvement projects to tackle, but with all the working he's been doing it's difficult to get them completed
~Bobby cleaned up the basement so we had room to put Natalie's Play Land downstairs, which I put together and consists of an 8'x10' rubber tile flooring area with her roller coaster, slide, sit and spin, t-ball, and basketball hoop (as soon as I bring it down from South Bend since it didn't fit with all of our Christmas stuff)

Brandi:

~I joined 2 weight loss challenges that will both end in March I believe. I fell off the bandwagon when daylight became short at night and got cold, so it's time to get back on!
~I'm trying to order healthier things at restaurants and watch what I eat, but that is my definite weakness
~I signed up to run a 7K in March
~Working on trying to be nicer to Bobby and as he will tell you, it's a big work-in-progress
~Planning Natalie's 2nd birthday party

Natalie (1 more month until she is 2):

~When she drops something lately, she says "Oh, man"...it is so funny, but I have no idea where she learned that
~Starting to count and say ABC's
~Loves "reading" in her room sitting with her giant bear
~Started up swim lessons again for 6 weeks...and of course loves it
~Often gets in your face and repeatedly says "Play" or "Stairs"until you either go play with her in her room or take her downstairs to play on the slide
~Starting to put 2 words or phrases together well

Aubrey(almost 8 months):

~Loves chewing on blankets or any fabric, which seems to soothe her and put her to sleep often
~Sitting up good with more controlled falls
~After sleeping well while being sick, she is now back to her every 3 hour schedule at night...yippee!  Hopefully it is just another growth spurt
~Found a food she will not eat other than meats...stage 2 1/2 apples and prunes
~Started swim lessons and she didn't cry once!  She even went underwater and had no problem with it. I couldn't get any pictures though since Bobby and I are both in the water with each of us having 1 of the girls