am i boring you?

you must think my life is pretty boring around here, since i haven't posted in over a month.

well, life goes on even if i don't post every tid-bit to the interwebs.  

Christmas came and went.  and so did the New Year.  there was no stopping them.  shocker.

we all got sick a few days before Christmas, which is always a treat.  fortunately for Xander, Judy, and Rob they were all on the mend by boxing day.  UNfortunately for me i was sick for 2 weeks.  i had such a bad head cold that one night i took too much cold medicine and thought i was going to die.  that stuff was crazy.  then i couldn't smell/taste/or hear anything because my body did a pretty nifty job of plugging up everything from my shoulders up.  good times.

but really, we had an excellent holiday.  it was so nice to see new babies and play games and eat good food (well, i'm only assuming on that one since i couldn't taste anything).  Xander is getting really good with crowds and parties, so the holiday's were especially enjoyable.  

The Van Orman grandkids (minus Scarlett, who was sleeping)

Amy and Xander.  good play-mates

Scarlett.  get a load of those cheeks!

ooh Duncan

so far we've been having a pretty good 2012.  

Xander has had a fairly rough start to the new year (he's been sick a lot) but he handle's it pretty well.  school has been going really well for him.  all our "goals" we set for him at the beginning of the school year with his teachers have become obsolete because he's more or less accomplished all of them.  go Xander!  now we'll meet in a couple weeks again to set new ones.  

Judy is just growing up like crazy.  some of her favorite things are in her "princess" box, loaded with bead necklaces, a purse, and a princess crown (from Grandma B).  she loves sunglasses, and shoes and hats (which she call's "yee-haw"s).  she is talking more and more, and thinks she calls the shots.  she is still pretty much fearless when it comes to climbing.  she also knows where all the candy is, and often pushes a chair over to the counter so she can climb up and get in the secret cupboard.  it is also where we keep the medicine, so we may need to re-think where we are stashing our goods.  

a big girl already