My posting here is getting worse and worse. I know it's getting bad when Kris comments on my lack of posting. There is always so much to say and yet I run out of time to say it. As you've probably gathered, Kris lost his grandmother last Saturday. She was such a wonderful lady. She was so warm and loving, always with a smile on her face. She will be missed so much. Today is her wake and tomorrow the funeral. It's going to be a very sad couple of days.

Sunday we put up our Christmas tree and decorated the house. Annika helped pick out which ornaments to put on the tree and where they should go. Until she got bored of course and then I finished on my own. She is quite the little rascal sometimes. Last Saturday she told me to "suck it." I hid my astonishment, anger and laughing and asked where she got that from. Once again it was from a movie or something. We certainly don't talk like that in our house. I explained to her that that was not a very nice thing to say and she hasn't said it yet. Did I tell you about when she said "I'm not scared of you!" a couple weeks ago? That was thanks to the Jungle Book movie. She hasn't repeated that again either. She was battling a bug earlier this week too. Tuesday night she fell asleep in my lap at 5:30pm while running a light fever. And Monday night she was complaining her head hurt and wanted some ice to put on it. I'm wondering if her sinuses werent bothering her actually. We've all had colds for a week or two now. She's on the mend though and so are the rest of us I think.

James is a walking machine now. He can walk all the way across the house, squat down to pick up toys, pivot and turn directions while walking, etc. It's so fun to see him make such progress. I think he's trying to figure out "kisses" now. He'll put his mouth on mine but of course his is wide open when he plants it on me. It won't be too long though before he starts puckering! I think it's time to start working on the bye-bye move. He's got clapping down and the sign for milk, I'm sure he can learn bye-bye.