guess who’s standing up now?                    guess who pooped on the potty this morning?           yes, i did take a picture of the poopie, but i’ll spare you and not post it here.    and finally… guess who’s pregnant?!                 not me this time!  whew!  (ha ha, gotcha! ) my brother and joanna are expecting a little bundle of joy this august.  yahoo!!!  i’m soooo excited to be an auntie.  mikey and allie are getting their first cousin!    and i’m so happy that we’ll be back in time to welcome the newest member of the family. 

doing a bit of catching up… this past sunday afternoon, phil called to let me know that it looked to be a quiet evening in the psych ward and asked if the kids and i would like to visit him at work.  i jumped at the chance to let the kids (and me!) see daddy since we otherwise wouldn’t see him til late the following day. we ventured out in the 7 degree weather after the kids’ afternoon nap.  unfortunately, it ended up being busier for phil than he was anticipating with his pager going off every few minutes.  he was dealing with one patient who was having seizures and another 76-pound anorexic patient who…

thanks to the free library passes, we got to visit the mill city museum last thursday evening.  the museum chronicles the story of the flour milling industry that flourished in minneapolis (then known as “mill city”) using the water power provided by the mississippi river.  here’s what’s left of the washburn a mill (much of the building was burned in 1991 when a homeless person sought shelter in the empty building and built a fire in there for warmth).  it looked kinda creepy at night…   mikey really enjoyed playing in the water lab.  no one else was in there that night so mikey pretty much had free rein to play.   he also liked pushing the…

in light of the fact that it’s forecasted to stay really cold until the end of next week when it’s supposed to heat up to the 20s (which will feel like a heat wave!), i thought i’d list most of the gear we use to bundle ourselves up to go outside these days.   we start with something similar to long johns.  they’re called ‘cuddl duds’ and phil and i really like them (they make men’s versions as well) because they work quite well at keeping your legs warm.  their exclusive softech fabric provides soft cotton next to your skin for comfort and smooth nylon on the outside allows clothes to glide on easily.…

it is currently 13 below zero. the wind chill temperature is negative 33 degrees.  the high for the day will be negative 2 degrees.  frostbite can occur on exposed skin in under five minutes in these conditions.  yikes!  with phil at work this weekend, we’ll definitely be staying IN today.  again.  thank you Lord, for a warm home and no place we need to go today!