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This morning the boys and I were walking Emily to school. She was in cute jeans (thanks cousin Kara) and a grey hoodie with a back messenger bag slung over her shoulder. She looked so grown up, it was bittersweet. I told her she was growing up too fast. She said, "Mommy kids have to grow up, but I will always be your baby girl." I know I have told her a hundred times that she will always be my baby... but she sounded so wise. Consoling me.

Ethan is doing great, talking so much. His speech is coming along well. He learns so many new words everyday. I think his favorite thing to say (other than No! or Why?) is "Stop that...More!!" He is trouble with a capital T but so cute.

Emerson is growing so quickly. He has finally gotten forward motion to his crawling so as soon as he gets all the parts moving together we will really be in trouble. He has 2 teeth... one on top and one on the bottom, on opposite sides so he has a silly smile but he is soooo happy. Now if he would just eat something solid I think he might actually start sleeping through the night.

Life is good even if we are sleep deprived, seriously sleep deprived.

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Thursday we took the kids down to Atlanta to visit David's parents. We were a little concerned about what our first airplane ride as a family of 5 would be like. Taking kids on a plane is always a little scary, you just can't predict what will happen. We got lucky, the trip was great.

The ride down went well, we brought Ethan's carseat on and strapped him in so the only real trouble was him kicking the seat in front of him despite our efforts to discourage it. There was no crying, shouting or fighting for 2 hours! So therefore it was a success. We brought lots of snacks and activities for the kids (stickers, markers and movies). I think we were pretty well prepared.

On Friday we drove up to visit one of David's friends from work, Uncle Bill, and his family. They have an amazing home north of Atlanta, his wife is a great decorator. It was alot of fun. He has girls 8, 5, and 3 so Emily was in heaven. The girls played Polly Pocket and put on their own version of HSM. If you don't know what that is ask Unc, he's an expert.

And with the exception of one escape by Ethan it was a lovely evening......I'm blocking out the horrific traffic we had to sit in for the ride up. Anyone who complains about Boston traffic should try driving around Atlanta at 3:30 PM.

On Saturday we had a nice relaxing day with David's parents. Their neighbors came over for pizza that evening and Larry entertained us by exploding diet coke and mentos. We are planning to perfect the experiment while we are in Virginia Beach next week, I think we have worked out the kinks.

Sunday morning was our trip home and after such a good trip down we thought we would have a rough trip back, but no, it went fine. Actually it was better than the ride down. All the kids were well behaved and Emily got a real treat. She got to be a flight attendant for a day. Miss Lisa, the flight attendant in our cabin, let Emily help her give out all the snacks in coach. They announced over the PA that she would be helping and thanked her at the end of the flight. It was fun.

We are glad to be home, but in just a few days we are off on our next adventure. A 15 hour dive in the mini-van!! I'll let you know how it goes

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