Calling Out ShAnneDrew Strabley!!!

Shiloh,
Since I know you are one of the only people who reads this blog, this post is for you.  As you know we got Ryan's favorite game, Carcassonne, for Christmas.  Due to an awesome sale at the toy store, we bought two of the expansions over the weekend: Traders & Builders and the Dragon.  We played yesterday and they pretty much rock, even though Ryan totally kicked my trash.  We're calling you guys out for a game night, at your convenience of course.  You pick the time, we've got the place.  Prepare to get your game on!

Sincerely,
RyLaurNah Woozly

Last Semester!!

We're already three weeks into our last semester!  At times it seems like April won't come fast enough, but there is so much to get done in between now and then.  Ryan and I both have about 13 credits this semester and then I have 3 independent study courses to finish my April 2nd in order for them to count for graduation in April.  I made a very idealistic plan of how to accomplish it all over Christmas break but now I'm way behind where I need to be, time to kick it into high gear I guess...or just postpone graduation, but I really just want to be done.  Ryan has just finished applying to grad schools, sadly we won't find out anything until March or April.

On another note though, Christmas break was great and Lauren is growing like a weed.  She is currently on the verge of crawling and will only do it out of shear desperation.  She gets up on all fours then takes one crawl and then plops back down on her stomach and flails her arms and whines until she realizes that I 'm not coming to pick her up and then she'll come one more crawl and plop back down again.  This will usually repeat about 4 times and then she refuses to go any further and starts crying.  One of these days she'll figure out that it is an effective way to get around.

Here are some of the recent pictures:

Christmas Morning

Lauren loved all the paper

Her new dress that Grandpa got from Russia

Playing with stacking cups

Crawling position