Thanksgiving

It is always hard to be away from family for the holidays but even so we had a good time. Terrence and I cooked or first turkey and it came out pretty well. It actually cooked faster than it was supposed to. We had several friends over from work and James and William had fun. Doesn't William look adorable in his outfit that was made by Aunt Jane? Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

Pictures!

No pictures despite best intentions

We both came to work today (with William) and I was planning on updating the blog guilt free because today is actually a holiday but I grabbed the wrong cord and I cannot upload any pictures. So, here's an update but without pictures. We are all doing well. William and I are getting over a cold. He basically had the sniffles for a few days. We have been so lucky with his health but I know he will eventually catch something. I thought for sure the first month of daycare would result in him getting sick but so far so good. James is doing well. He had a couple of friends come over "impromptu" last night. We often have kids knocking on our door wanting to grab a snack and play some Wii. It is nice for James since winter is officially here and he cannot play outside as much. Our temperatures have been in the teens and the air has dried out.

Work has been keeping us both very busy. It is sort of like a marathon around here. There is an endless amount of work to be done at our office. Trying to work with the available social services around here can be very frustrating. The few services we do have often do not function well. It can take days to get a copy of an assessment (actually I think I have been waiting over a week) or to get the right two people to talk to each other. This is especially frustrating when a delay in service keeps parents away from their kids or someone in jail.

At home William is keeping us busy. He is a lot of fun and so sociable. We are enjoying the big smiles and laughing. He is doing a little better about sleeping at night. He wakes up in the night with big smiles and wants to play but generally settles back down once he realizes it is night. Next time I promise I will post double the amount of pictures.

Old Picture- but still cute

I actually stole this off of another mom's blog (her child us the cute little boy on the far right). This is from the play James was in last year.

It is now cold and snowy. Even with daylight savings it is still dark when we drop James off at school in the morning. Baby and I are fighting some kind of cold. He is just as mad as hell when he wakes up and is congested but then he can't help himself and he is laughing and smiling in about ten minutes. He actually laughs now. I will try and get some video of it on our little camera. We have been waiting a month and a half now for our internet to be hooked up. The cable company has been making upgrades so they could not add any new customers. Hopefully we will be able to upload video and skype. Until then I can't really upload much. We are super busy but doing well.