Today has been interesting. Alex has decided that he is crazy. Or perhaps I have decided that, not sure. He was running around the house today with the bucket on his head saying he was a robot. Then he would be a parrot. Not sure how the parrot became involved with everything but there was a parrot. And the boy doesn't miss anything. We are going to have to be so careful with what we say around him. No more negative talk about Aunt Em, that is for sure. Today he escaped from the bathroom and began to run around the house yelling to me that there was a "hummerd on my booty". To translate for the rest of you - his McDonald's Happy Meal toy, a red Hummer, was firmly planted on his un-diapered rump (this was of his own doing, he was holding it there). "Mommy, 'ook, dere's a hummerd 'riving on my booty." He ran away laughing. I had to look the other way. I don't want him to think that he has to do that for a laugh. We will leave that up to his dad.

Audrey is still the same - well, wait...she is seriously trying to stand up. She has no time for stinkin' crawling. Her primary goal is to get any of Alex's toys that he might be playing with. Can you see the drama that will be unfolding in my life in the near future? Alex already can't stand it when another child has anything that he doesn't. Think of how it will get to him when it is his SISTER, of all people, who is playing with his trains. At this point she doesn't do much when he takes them from her. But that will change.

It seems as if we are finally getting on a decent schedule with Audrey. She now goes to bed around 10 to 10:30. May sound late to some but to me it is glorious considering that 11:30 was the norm. And it was not uncommon for it to be around 12 AM. She is taking longer naps in the day as long as I can keep Alex from running into her room yelling, "Audrey, hey, Audrey! You 'wake? Hey, Audrey!"

Oh well, it is time for me to go to bed. Let's see - 12:23 AM. Not too shabby.