aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… it’s been two weeks since our trip out to california and only now do i feel recovered and back to normal.  whew!  it was so nice to see everyone at hbc and have fun things scheduled for every day.  never has my social calendar been so booked!  heh heh, i now got a taste of jenny’s party life!    but silly me, i was so busy having fun that i forgot to take any pictures!  aigoo…  many many thanks to the songs for housing us, to minna for being my social events coordinator, and to jenny for being my driver and keeping up with me!   while there, i was totally in ‘go mode’ and felt…

or at least the one i’m married to.    phil comes home this afternoon and announces that he needs to practice putting in an iv.  he looks at me hopefully.  i immediately squelch his hopes and flatly refuse to be poked with a needle.  even with his reassurances of “don’t worry, it won’t hurt a bit!”  so he decides to practice on himself.  i have no problems with this.  i continue working on my laptop as he sits next to me and injects his hand with some numbing medicine.  i’m careful not to look as he does this.  then he gets out the blue rubber band tourniquet thing to tie…

look what the ups man brought today!  a sweet new ride for my babies… bag update– the purchase of my diaper bag is on hold until i can locate a store that actually sells it so i can see it in person.  doesn’t look like it’s sold anywhere in minnesota though.  this just may end up becoming my birthday present instead! 

ok, so after a ridiculous amount of deliberation, the final diaper bag choice has been made:   but phil wants me to see it in person first to make sure i really like it before i order it.  sensible plan yes, but now i’m afraid i’m not going to like it and then end up back to square one!  yes, i know i am insane.

we returned to minnesota just in time for another snowstorm.  it warmed up enough the next day to go sledding!  back to the bundled up look mommy and mikey about to shoot down the hill daddy and mikey’s turn! daddy’s just a bit heavier than mommy is, so they didn’t go *quite* as fast…