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Grandma sent candy for a gingerbread house...most of it made it onto the house, though we did have to taste as we went along. Little Dude thought this was a great activity! :)




Here is the beginning of the end.


Well, the big story right now in the Zea family is that Little Dude is nearly out of diapers! He is doing so well with using the potty, it's truly heartening. We're still working on getting him to sleep in his own bed, but that's coming too. Mostly we're crazy about the drop in our diaper budget. :) The most difficult part of the potty training seemed to be convincing Little Dude that he was supposed to poop in the potty as well as pee. We had a couple of poop incidents elsewhere before he got the idea.

Here is a before and after shot of his bedroom after he decorated his walls.


Big E gave me a hair cut and I'm enjoying it. Here's how I look...and here is a shot of the hair-carnage. Little Dude was a bit unsure what was going on, Munchkin just wanted to play with the hair! Speaking of hair, Munchkin's hair is definately curly. Right now his uncle D has nicknamed him 'Mowhawk' which we think is pretty cute. His hair is like a mowhawk with curls along the top in the middle and very little (yet) on the sides. Munchkin is enjoying whole foods, especially banana.

Little Dude has gone skating with me a couple of times and is starting to enjoy it rather than just putting up with it for his mother's sake. The outdoor rink here is quite nice and we will be taking advantage of it in the coming weeks. (When it's warm....when it is -20 we stay inside!) This evening it is only a balmy -2 and we are looking forward to above 0 in the next week.

A couple of pictures...and a video of Munchkin.


We have learned that Big E's brother will be doing a tour in Afganistan sometime this year. We don't know when and nothing with the army is written in stone except that one rule...that nothing is written in stone. :) We hope he won't be gone for too long and that he'll return safe and sound.