New Year's Eve

This day and the following pretty much mean nothing to me. It is a construction of time and a label on time to simply mark. I know that there are a lot of other similar days such as this where we celebrate because someone somewhere told us we should, but this one is a strange. So many things we do end and start today and tomorrow, banking, funding, and people thinking that they themselves are going to change or feeling this strange need to tell themselves and others that they are and how they plan on doing so. Just give it a couple of weeks and you will find yourselves back into to old habits, eating Doritos again and treating everyone around you the same way you always did, or maybe if you proclaim to make a real change do it in July. Then I might believe you. My clock and yours will have the same sounding tick tomorrow as it does today.

Got it!

Finally was able to get the iPhone app working so I can write and publish locally. On our way to Harvard square for the day. Psyched to be with Chris and the girls and breaking up the routine a bit. It's easy to get stuck in doing what is easy.

Another Wednesday morning

spit up, flower pajamas, christmas tree, hot coffee and Abi laughing in the kitchen, I have a great husband and the best father for my daughters, squirrels are digging in the yard, Abi loves oranges, no car, oatmeal, frosty the snowman, howling wind in twiggy trees just made harpers eyes bluer and brighter, never mind the going places and such.

Harper

She is rolling over, out of her swaddle and swing and no longer using a pacifier. And she also is on rice cereal. This all happened as she turned 5 months old. All sort of at the same time too. David came to visit, met her for the first time, got to know Abi a bit and hing out with us for 4 days. We hosted 15 people for Thanksgiving, may do it again next year. Harper is smiling a lot, but needs to be held a lot, will not last long in exersaucer or by herself with a toy. This hurts my back quite a bit. Abi now says "Mama put Harper in the bouncy seat and play dollhouse with me." She has a runny nose, wears a single ponytail on the top of her head and tell jokes, sings songs, plays the drum and dances. She picks up what seems like a hundred new words every day. Haven't started xmas shopping but got a tree today, looking forward to Christmas this year. Abi is more aware, can look forward to things and can participate in more activities now. The two of them are the most beautiful beings in the world and I love them more than I could ever imagine.