Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Aunt Katie (here with newborn Joseph). Katie is getting married to a great guy - Michael - next July. We are so excited!

Happy birthday to Melissa, too! This is a shot of Vince, Melissa (the birthday girl), me and Scott taking a fun road trip to Chicago a few months before Joe was born - three years ago this weekend, actually. Vince and Melissa were our closest friends in Iowa. It's been tough staying in touch since we moved (they also moved) and since we were bombarded with kids. We miss hanging out with them!

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Some new words from the twins:
Luke: today, Hi!, Buh-bye (just like the flight attendants)
Patrick: get down, more, snow, Meh-mo (Elmo)

They were just repeating what they heard me say, but it was cute to hear it in their little voices. It’s ironic that “get down” is one of Patrick’s phrases because I say it to Luke all of the time. He’s constantly climbing everything he can find – the changing table, chairs, etc. I plucked him off of the dining room table 15 times today. Patrick, however, loves to play with the computer. It’s tough to type with him around. By the time I had gotten to him the other day, he had opened four windows of the Internet.