The Mommy Talks

January has been mostly post-Christmas blah without much to report and I've been slack in adding updates to the blog. The kids have been battling colds for most of this month. We are planning for Ava's 4th birthday party at the bowling alley. She's really excited about it and for the first time is choosing her own invitees. It's all very cute. The party is planned for 2/7 and her actual birthday is 2/9. She is also gearing up to start playing soccer in March. I'm signing both Ava and Nathaniel up next week for pre-school this fall. Ava will be in pre-k! Just one year from Kindergarten--my how the time just flies. Nathaniel is mostly going to go for some social interaction and something to do outside of the house.

On the 10th, I met up with my girlfriends for a really fun night out and we have another event planned for this saturday.

On the work front, my company is moving to a bigger space in March and they've just signed the lease. It will still be in the same complex which is just a mere 10 minutes from my house.

I'll try to post some pictures soon of the kids.

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Ava's 1st photography work:

Sometime on Thursday, Ava decided to give herself a haircut. Personally, I think she could have come up with a better way to tell me that she wanted bangs. On the bright side, with a little repair work, it might actually look good:

Nathaniel also got butchered, but his was done by a professional:

Ava had her Christmas dance recital this afternoon. Sadly, I bumped the setting on my camera for the on-stage portion and messed the pictures up. Oh, the joys of a new camera! All in all, she did pretty well...though she did spend a good bit of time nervously licking her lips.

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This evening, we took the kids to see the lights at Life University. They enjoyed the show. I looked back and found them holding hands...how cute is that??

This past wednesday, Ava had a Christmas sing-a-long at her school:

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Isn't it time that we did something to end circumcision? It's an antiquated practice that has no place in our modern society. It serves no medical purpose and I can't believe that it hasn't already been outlawed. Honestly, it's not a parent's "personal choice", it's a man's. Please help:

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Try not to laugh too hard...but...I took back yet another TV. I know, I'm a freak. But the good news is that we are finally really, really pleased with it. I had to buy a new piece of furniture to put it on b/c it is too big for the cabinet. But I got a great deal on a clearance floor item. We plan to get new living room furniture a few years down the road--you know, after the kids stop tearing stuff up. So I figured there was no point in getting a nice TV stand now. But, back to the TV. We scrapped the LCD altogether and after seeing (and being jealous of) my dad's 50 inch Plasma, that's what we settled on. Football looks AMAZING. I actually with that I'd been home to watch Georgia vs Georgia Tech...and I don't generally watch football. Saturday evening, we went to Home Depot to pick out a Christmas Tree. Oh, did I forget to mention that I got a new camera?!! I'm so excited about it. Check out these pics of Nathaniel. I don't even know what I'm doing yet and they are already leaps and bounds better than my point and shoot...

Today, we spent all day preparing for Christmas: