Catching up

I miraculously have both babies asleep (okay, it IS midnight), so I am going to try to get caught up.  I can't believe I was still in New York the last time I wrote!  We had a crazy trip home that included a night in the airport with two babies in a successful attempt to be first in line at the ticket counter after we and about 20 other people missed our flight to LA, got off the standby list one at a time onto the first flight out of there on Christmas Eve, landed in LAX, discovered one of the carseats wouldn't be arriving for a couple of days, went straight to Babies R Us with Lizzie in a regular seat (and Matt clutching her) to buy a new one, then headed over to the Honda dealership that was expecting us in Montclair, haggled a few hours until I got the lease I wanted, then drove off with our new Pilot (which I LOVE).  Then the holidays began!  We felt like it was a very boring version of the Amazing Race.

Matt spent the month of January interviewing and we now have a better idea of our rank list.  We still won't know where he will end up until March 19.  The girls and I went with him to San Diego and had a lot of fun at Sea World and the zoo.  He left last Sunday to do one more rotation back in NYC.  It is tough without him, but my mom is a huge help and time is passing quickly.  Of course, I haven't had much sleep, but I can sleep when I am dead.  He comes home on Friday for a couple of days, so that will be nice.

I am just trying to keep busy these days (not difficult with two babies!).  It is so hard for me to just wait for the magical day of March 19 to come along and change my life.  At least I am back on the best coast and am infinitely happier because of it.

Addie is a very sweet and mellow baby.  She is starting to interact more and may have laughed the other day (we aren't counting it, since Matt wasn't here).  I can't believe she is already three months old.  She is already teething!  It isn't fair how quickly they grow up.  She is very wiggly, but otherwise an easy baby.  Now that I have Addie, I realize just how much of a challenge Lizzie was/is.  She is just as crazy as ever, jumping and climbing everywhere.  She has been picking up more words lately, so that is good.  She pretty much disagrees with me on everything right now and takes pleasure in making even the smallest task a battle.  I feel like a crazy person chasing after her all the time.  She colored a bunch of stuff red tonight with a crayon while I vchatted with Matt, but it all came clean.  Fortunately, she loves my mom and is having a blast running her ragged, which gives me a bit of a break.  She does yoga and step aerobics with me on the Wii Fit, so that is pretty fun.  She also tries to mimic me on the hula-hooping and shakes her little butt, which is pretty freakin cute, if you ask me.  I should really try to get it on tape...ooh, new project!

Well, my left arm is completely asleep now since it is holding Addie.  This post is starting to feel boring, so I guess it is time to sign off.  I am not my usual hilarious self because sarcasm takes more brain power than I have right now!  Well, I guess that was just a little sarcastic...