Scott & Ashley: A few things....

Since last year, January has been kind of a down month for us....we get used to having Scott around more than 2 hours a day while he's on break and then 3 short weeks later, he's back to business and never here. On the bright side, we are half way done with Law School...that feels awesome to say! We've had really good weather here until the week after we got back...now it's freezing and we're stuck staying inside. So, we play A LOT of games, do 'arts & crafts'...(for some reason, if I say that instead of asking Ave if she wants to color, it's WAY more exciting), go to the Children's Museum, read books, build forts, watch tv and spend way too much time on blogs and pintrest while the kiddos play.

Jax has been teething, and I don't care that our pediatrician says teething doesn't cause fevers...for both of our kids, it has! And then once that stubborn tooth pokes through, the fever breaks. It can't be a coincidence now that it's happened with both of them. When he doesn't feel good, he is inconsolable. Especially since I weaned him a few weeks ago. I have the hardest time trying to comfort him..he doesn't want to be held, but he doesn't want to be left alone either...so we lay on the floor and cry together for hours, while I rub his back and try to distract him.. it's great! I feel so bad that I haven't found something else that works, so for now we're doing what we have to do to survive. He is sleeping so much better now! He's back to our room, but it's working since he's sleeping through the night. I don't know how people have toddlers and babies in the same room, it did not work for us very well...but we're hoping that if this streak lasts, we can move him back in there with Avery.

Avery started dance class back up and LOVES it! At the end of class, their teacher has them stand in a hula hoop and shout, "I'm wonderful!" and then they get a treat, it's so funny to hear 3 year old's try to say 'wonderful'. She got a game for Christmas and we probably play it 2-3 times a day....she gets to dress up and wear jewelry. It's a good way to teach her to take turns and count, so I'm okay that we play it over and over. She loves playing with her little friends! Our kitchen has a slider door that faces the parking lot, she watches for when her friends get home and immediately puts her shoes on to go play, we'll definitely miss that perk when we move. Avery is SO into babies. A few friends have recently had babies, or just have babies and she is obsessed, she has the high pitched baby voice down, it's so cute!

Apparently Jax played pretty hard and couldn't finish his lunch before

conking out!