Loving life as a family...

We have been having such a great time off as a family that too long has passed without an update (thanks Aunt A).
A few updates:
-Vi has 8 teeth now! She will walk holding your hand but will NOT try to take a step on her own. No matter what we are holding to entice her (even the remote doesn't work, that and the phone are her current favorites)
-We know she is ours but she is SOOOOO CUTE right now. She is babbling all the time, saying 'Hi' and 'Bye', using signs for 'milk' and 'more' but the biggest change is her love of dollies. Seriously, isn't she too young for this? I noticed it when I was taking Vi over to watch Sadie. Vi would b-line for Sadie's dolls. Literally, she would hold on to them (when Sadie didn't take them away) and cuddle them all the time. So last week, I thought, I guess we need to get her a doll (her frugal father said, 'not until her birthday', but I just couldn't resist). We were at the mall and I went in to look at dolls. I pulled one down from the shelf and showed it to Vi, she would not let me have it back. Cried if I tried to take it away, as a result, we have our first doll. Vi takes her everywhere, when she gets up in the morning, she smiles at Dollie and then it is dollie all day long. Hugs for dollie, kisses for dollie, dollie at the table, dollie in the stroller... (wish I gave her a cuter doll at the store-LOL- truth be told this one is kind of ugly!)
Need to get some pics of dollie to post.

6 Weeks!

Did I mention that I'm off for 6 weeks? 5 now.... It's going to go by really fast. We have some things planned, but not too much. Still trying to decide if we should go away somewhere for a week.
We are heading to the US on Sunday for a little shopping trip to pick up stuff for Violet mostly. I bought a sub for our stereo. It was an amazing deal online that I couldn't pass up. Luckily I bought from a store in PA so no sales tax and free shipping to the US! We have a friend who's sister lives near Birch Run in Michigan, and she agreed to accept the package for us, so we're picking it up on the way by. Sweet deal!
I'm hoping to spend the next week or 2 getting all the little things done around the house here that have been nagging to get done. Then just relax and enjoy the time off.... as much as time "off" means with my job. I've been called once on the first day and emailed a few times that needed responses. I'm banking that time, and will be paid out in "bonus" when I come back.
We've luckily had some nice weather since I've been off too, so hopefully that trend continues!! (still very cold at night, though!)