Busy week, and another one ahead...

So it's been many many weeks now, and I'm not sleeping. It makes me tired. Cranky. Lazy. And unmotivated. Just one of many excuses I have for not updating the blog at all. JD was out of town for two days this week, and we tried to get a couple things done while he was gone. We got to see Natalie. And Ali had her 6 mo. check up.... she weighed in at 17 lbs. exactly, and was almost 28 inches long. Very very long for her age. Way off the charts once again. She got 4 shots, which she handled like a champ, and Dr. Borow thought she was doing just fabulously. This week we are trying desperately to get the rest of our Christmas shopping done and get packing for Florida in hopes to not be doing any of that until late-late on Thursday night. We'll see, we don't have a good track record. We leave for Florida on Friday night, after work. I canNOT wait! I'm still not much in the mood to write, but here's some pictures from the week...
Mia loves to help cook dinner, she loves to "cut" veggies (with a butter knife!) and stir things up. Then we have her right out of the bath hamming it up for the camera. Then entertaining and loving up her sister. We have Ali hanging out, showing off her teeth and chilling out with Maggie. Maggie loves to see how many kisses she can sneak in before we catch her. So she lays kindof far away from Ali, and keeps creeping until she gets her chance. Ali really doesn't mind the kisses, and she loves to watch both Maggie and Tig. She is very interested in her pets. Mia also loves to pull her chair around the house to reach any and everything she wants and many things she shouldn't... reminds me of this little wooden stool my mom has, "This little stool is mine, I use it all the time, to reach the things I couldn't and many things I shouldn't." Or something like that. Anyway, she also loves to eat at the island while standing on her chair. Then there's our (slightly Charlie Brown-like) Christmas tree, and playing outside in the snow!!