Almost 2 and a rambling blog post...

It's a gray, rainy day here, the leaves on the Aspen trees outside are window are yellow and I'm sitting by the fire.  The girls are napping after a lunch of chicken noodle soup and toast.  The house is stocked after an epic shopping trip yesterday where I went to seven stores in four hours while Josh watched the girls at home. I'm feeling ready for winter, but wishing summer could last a few more months.  

This time last year I was writing this time last year posts reminiscing about being pregnant, having the girls, dealing with the NICU and all that.  This year, I am just thinking about when I'm going to find time to practice making fondant for the fancy jungle themed cake I want to make for the girls' birthday party, doing homework for a creative writing class I'm taking, and trying to figure out what we are going to do for the next six months of yucky weather.  In short, life moves on and thank god for that!  

The girls are turning the big T-W-O on Wednesday though we are not going to celebrate until November 6th when they are having a big party with their friends and family.  I'm wondering what I was thinking having a big party since Kate hates crowds.  I know Maya will have fun, but I have a feeling that Kate will spend her birthday party in the car watching videos.

Here's a cute picture of Kate eating an orange.  She continues to be the messiest eater on the planet.  I keep waiting for her to grow out of the messy eating stage, but then think of my brother who was a pretty messy eater until about 35.

Oh, and mom and dad, hope you're having fun in Vietnam.  Kate keeps saying "Nana on a big plane!".  I've been trying to get her to say "Nana and Grandpa are in Vietnam", but she's hung up on the plane thing.  (When Josh was in Texas for business last week, Maya kept saying "Daddy's in Texas!".  Of course, she must have no idea what Texas is, but she likes saying it.)