Cooked Chicken

I finally have a bit of time to add a blog post, as Julian and I are roasting a chicken. We thought it would have finished cooking about an hour ago, but what the heck do we know?? Combine a long time vegetarian with a twenty-something male, and you're in for trouble when it comes to roasts. So here we sit.

It's been a busy past month. We've had more teeth (Nadia's top two), busy at work for Julian, not much sleep, and lots of headaches for both parents. Add to that a visit from Grandma, a broken ankle, and a long-time pet passing away :(

Here is a cute photo of Raja and Riverside, both of whom are now hanging out on the big farm with all of our other beloved pets. This photo is of the cats in my bath tub when I lived in Washington, DC. They relished drinking water from the tap. Aren't they sweet?

We miss you, boys! Thanks for being a part of our lives!

The girls are growing like weeds. They no longer share a crib at night b/c we noticed that they seemed to be waking each other up more often. Whereas when they were little they would move toward one another to snuggle, more recently they would nuzzle into opposite corners of the crib!

They both have army crawling down pat and zoom around the living room. So far both Adele and Nadia have chewed on laptop power cables, and Nadia was caught licking my shoe.

As only parents can be proud, we must mention now that the girls are regularly going potty on their little potties. We will spare you photos of the evidence. Julian and I are quite pleased for what this means as far as potty-training down the road, with hopes for an easy and early transition. Hooray for poo!

Adele and Nadia have also entered the separation anxiety phase, which means that if you aren't Mom or Dad or someone that they regularly see (which is just about everyone else in the world aside from our lovely neighbor, Sarah), then you are obviously not to be trusted and in fact produce great fright. When Grandma showed up, she spent a quiet hour sitting on the floor near them so that they could get used to her before beginning any sort of back and forth interaction. After that initial time, the girls were just fine and did not take long to greet their grandma with a smile.

At the end of this week we'll be heading to Pittsburgh for the holidays. Julian's family is flying in to join us, too! We're looking forward to the festivities, and we hope for a white Christmas! Sending our best wishes for a peaceful holiday season to all of you. XOXO