Updating tonight...

So let's see... the last time I *really* updated on this blog, we had just gotten back from our travels to Florida. So, since then, Austin had his birthday party, and we had Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I also need to post some before and after pictures of our nearly-completed kitchen remodel. All of that shouldn't take too long to update on here, right? :-o

For the past week, we've been watching a lot of "old" home movies. It has been so neat to watch the kids' reactions to seeing themselves so much younger. Each of the boys is only interested in watching the movie in which he is the star, though, so I hear a lot of, "This is boring. Where am I?" I also got a, "Mommy, you looked so pretty there." That was a nice zing to the ego (must keep New Years resolution!).


I've realized a couple things watching these videos...
1) I was much nicer in the videos from when Aidan and Austin were babies. Sorry, Anna - apparently, the stress has gotten to me.

2) I really need to be better at keeping up with this blog and with videoing the kids. While looking through old pictures of the kids is so great, there's nothing like actually hearing their voices - even when they're screaming, "NO MOMMY! NO PICTURES!" Also, I find it amazing how many of the things I didn't remember when watching the videos back. How can my memory be that terrible when my oldest is only 6 1/2! Yikes!