And in other news...

This will be quite a festive year for us, to say the least. This month we celebrate Micah's first birthday. February is Abigail's 4th birthday (that one is hard to believe!). March is Nate's 3rd birthday. April is not only tax month, but my little brother Andrew is getting married. May brings our 7 anniversary!!! (Oh yeah, we have big plans!) June is calm. My big brother Skip is getting married in July. August is uneventful at the moment except it marks my 5th year with WalMart DC 6091. September is my birthday. October is October. November is another trip to the beach for Thanksgiving. And December is Ashley's BIG 30!!! Wow. And somewhere in there we plan on getting some sleep.

Andrew just informed us that he has signed the lease on his new apartment where he and Sarah will call home. I'm so excited for both of them. I'm excited to see what God will teach them as they journey through life together.

Had the best talk with Skip the other day about the engagement. We haven't ever had a talk like that. It was one of those good talks. You know what I mean?

Well, in other news...we are all sick somehow right now. Everyone has snot. Me, my sinus' hurt, but that's about it. As long as I don't bend over I'm good. Or lay down. Which may be difficult here in a couple of hours. I have found one of the best things for sleeping with a cold, though. It's a vapor plug that plugs in just like an air freshener. Except this thing puts out Sudafed instead of Gardenia. Now that's some good stuff! It's better than Nyquil because I actually can hear my alarm clock when it goes off when I use the vapor plug. I think it's called Sudacare.

Ashley just has the mommies. You know, the heinz 57 variety of sickness that comes from getting what all the kids have. That on top of the normal aches, pains, and frustrations of keeping up with three toddlers and one big baby. Yet, amazingly enough, dinner was awesome, the house looks great, and she is as radiant as ever. How she does it will forever remain a mystery.

Poor little Micah has a fever. He just has random fits of fussiness, so we know he's hurting. I'm hoping his ears aren't infected. The girls are out grocery shopping while us boys are doing our favorite things: playing choo choos and playing on the computer. So I'll probably put Micah down for bed early. If I didn't think he'd wake up at 6 am, I'd put him in bed right now. He's ready.

I love my life.