sending love

hello friends! things are just moving right along...and i have fallen behind in just about every important thing - paying bills, calling my mom, and updating the blog! chris made it home safe and sound from his "it's cold up here" tour. he and martin had a lot of fun. kristy and i were supposed to have a fantastic birthday celebration (for her) while the boys were away, but she got super sick :o( i had my super huge meeting last week (well, i think this post will be dated 2/12, in which case the meeting was yesterday...its actually 2/20). it went really, really well. organizing a meeting for 50 people is not easy, but it was super productive, and i have gotten lots of positive feedback.

anyway, so last weekend (valentine's weekend) we had a lot of fun hanging out with uncle ronnie, martha mama, and jillian. thalia has really started talking like a little kid, so we had a ton of laughs listening to her. jillian and i made everyone firefly martinis (sweet tea vodka with a splash of lemon). she was carrying thalia around and asked "who wants a drink?", to which thalia answered, "ME!!!!" we were cracking up. then we started talking about thalia's birthday. so thalia started running around telling everyone it was her birthday. at one point, she was crying and wanted jillian to hold her again (have you noticed a pattern?) it was like someone flipped a switch. out of nowhere, thalia stops crying, looks at jillian, and proclaims "it's my birthday!" i thought jillian and i were both going to fall over. what a hoot! here are some pictures from the weekend (and some others):
our valentine's outfits

this girl loves herself some hummus!

we went to the outlet mall and thalia wanted to "ride" this. she had no idea who buzz lightyear was and just sat there staring at him.
probably uncle ronnie's proudest moment...all of a sudden, after MONTHS of practice, our little thalia out of NOWHERE has figured out how to do hook em horns all by herself!!!

ronnie's second proudest moment was when thalia told him what was on her paci ;o)

alright, chris is bugging me for the computer. more pictures from last weekend and this weekend to come soon.

much love and more sleep (oh! that's another story i need to share soon!!)

c, c, and t