Parenthood Strikes: A busy month

February was pretty crazy. All three of us got sick again for a couple weeks, so there was some down time during which we pretty much didn't do anything but wish we were sleeping better. Aria had a cough and there were several nights in a row where she woke up four or five times during the night. We got a little loopy. The funny thing was, somewhere in there our chiropractor gave a 30 minute presentation in his office, the title of which was "How to get a better night's sleep." There was good information there, but I kept thinking, so little of this is actually under my control.

Aria hit some pretty amazing milestones this month. She can count to ten now. She's strung together three word phrases several times as well - e.g. this afternoon she said "socks back on," and then later this evening she said "night-night teddy bear." She's also getting more boisterous, wanting to play more vigorously, and sometimes getting melodramatic if she's not getting attention. She has thrown a few tantrums too. So things are getting pretty interesting...

When we weren't sick this month we did a few fun things. There are lots of pictures, & I will put together an album at snapfish soon. Here are a few samples:

We visited Aunt Lynn in Merced...