A quiet January so far!

This is my lame attempt at getting caught up!  Since traveling so much over the holidays, we've had a very quiet start to 2010.  A couple of the highlights:

• December 31st... the girls were so ridiculously over-tired that we had them in bed by 8PM.  We were so ridiculously tired that we were asleep by 10:30!  Happy New Year!!
• Over the last four days before getting back to routine... Nece got dressed one time and that was on a day I made her run around with me to get a change of scenery.  Franny also got dressed one time and that was to give her a change of scenery.
• On Saturday, January 2nd... we got together with the neighbors for a couple hours to catch up the previous couple weeks!
• January 4th.. back to routine of work and Sue's.  I think the girls were kind of excited to get back into a routine, though they were exhausted
• Marc enjoyed the first week of January off and finally got back to work on January 12th!
• We have been in a DEEP FREEZE since the beginning of the year!  We have not gotten above 10 degrees above zero for days on end.  Dogs, kids and us are TIRED of being cooped up in this house!
• January 7th- we had an unexpected visit from Auntie Cindy.  She was here for work, once again weather didn't cooperate and her flight was cancelled!  We loved having her overnight.
• January 8th... I think I officially lost my mind and decided to take on a new project for 2010.  It's called Project 365- take at least one picture every day and journal it!  I think I will love having a journal of our 2010, but I do expect it to get difficult.  I'm excited to have made that one of my goals for this year.
• January 12th- it's official!  Marc and I are going to Mexico on February 27th!  Everything is paid for and flights are booked.  Start praying the weather cooperates as we drive to Chicago on February 26th with the kids and dogs in tow.

And what's coming in the next couple weeks

• This weekend, the I Gathering... Marc's moms side of the family gets together and puts on what they call the "I Extravaganza" every couple years.  We'll get to see out of town relatives from Alaska, California, Chicago, Dakota, and Phoenix!  A fun Saturday night with the cousins is planned and a mini-football party on Sunday to root on the Vikings!
• The weekend of January 23- back to Chicago for a long weekend!  Just us girls!  Super cheap flights that we had to take advantage of!

What are the girls doing:

• Nece... typical 3 1/2 year old.  Always bargaining to get just a little more.  I think the funniest thing I heard come out of her mouth in the last week was "Oh crap mom, the floor is wet.  I have to change my jammies."  And what did I think to myself as I turned away laughing, "Oh crap, I better watch my mouth... she said that totally in context."
• Franny... she is starting to talk a bit more.  Mom, Dad, night, done, hi.  I love her dearly, but sometimes, I just wish she'd be a bit more content to play by herself and NOT insist on being held.  And then the fit that happens when we put her down!
• The girls together- so fun to watch that bond grow stronger every single day.  That's NOT to say they don't fight.  Nece gets ticked and isn't very nice to her, but Franny definitely knows how to instigate!

Now...  I feel like I'm officially caught up!  Not as detailed as I had hoped, but we've really been pretty quiet the last couple weeks!  I have a couple little projects to get this blog updated and link my Project 365 online and it's time to begin getting everything in order for our big trip at the end of February!