we are going nursing crazy here. alix has spent the last few days nursing just about hourly every morning, then sleeping it off in the afternoon. makes it very difficult for me to try and get things done, but what are you going to do? she's just a baby who's growing by leaps and bounds (she gained 3/4 lb in one week). i can't really complain-all her breastfeeding has helped me get almost all my pregnancy weight off, save a couple of pounds. yee ha!

rory continues to love her little sister (sometimes almost too much) and have some whiny, two year old moments. she's taken to making up little songs, a la frances the badger, which is oh-so-cute. rory LOVES music and dancing, so we may have to look into getting a few play musical instruments for her. (as long as they can be easily hidden when the noise becomse too much!)

coming up this weekend: bike and bbq with some folks on saturday and bbq with the livingston-fosters on sunday before they jet off to a fabulous 2 week raft trip in the grand canyon. and maybe a trip to billings farm on monday