This blog is BACK.

We've settled (somewhat) into the new house, we're past the holiday insanity, and now that I can take a deep breath, it's time to blog, baby.

We've had a fun weekend. Saturday morning we went to BounceU with our pal Jason, where we met up with one of his other friends, Peyton. The kids had a blast jumping around and flopping through the obstacle courses and sliding down the slides (the moms enjoyed it too). I think we're going back tomorrow, since the forecast looks gross and this kid needs to get her little body moving. Wouldn't hurt me either.

We've made plans to take the kids ice-skating together soon, since Alison is now the proud owner of a pair of double-bladed skates and a cool dinosaur crash helmet. She's seen a lot of skating on her little TV shows and is aching to try it out. I'll let you know how that goes.

Saturday night Alison and I made a white chicken chili (I sliced and diced, she dumped things into the pot and stirred). She is really excellent at following directions and wants nothing more than to help, and is turning into a really sweet and bright little girl.

Here's a brief photo album. We'll start with summer 2007. This is Boo and Sophia at the Promenade Shops fountains, where they cooled off and made some friends.
This is Boo and her daddy at one of Mommy's park concerts.
...and on 7/4, we had my friend Karen and her family over. The girl holding hands with Boo is Claire and is almost exactly 9 months older than Boo.
And here's Alison pitching in with the yardwork. (I was always tempted to put a real rotor blade on her mower...)
Looking at these pictures, which are only a few months old, it's amazing how much she's grown in such a short period of time.