Nothing, what's snew with you?

So a guy walks up to another guy and asks him if he'd like some snew. "Snew," says the second guy, "what's snew?" "Nothing," replies the first guy, "what's 'new' with you?"
(INSERT GROAN HERE)
That my friends, is about what's (or what's not) happening here, hence the lack of blog posts. I'll give you the breakdown:

Michael - same job, same bat time, same bat station. We're grateful for the job.

Kristin - working at Weight Watchers, having some good days, some not as good days. At least I'm not gaining weight!

Frankie - preparing for her recital on May 22nd. Anybody want to be here for that? You're welcome to join us!

Adam - homeschooling, playing with friends. Overall, it's a good life. Betta still alive. The Betta's name is Perry. Perry the Betta.

Thomas - has a fever today, picking up new words all the time. The words that we know he now knows are: Ma, Da, Na-nee (Frankie), Baaaaa (Max), A-dee (Adam), Nana (our friend Riana), caca, sting cheeeee(string cheese), Goom followed by bah (goomba), boo,no, yah, book, shoe, here, bye, hi, there, pooh, Elmo and a growl sound that means Cookie Monster. He can also sign "more" and "please." We're working on sign language for "thank you." He has conversations with us on a regular basis, but only he (and possibly God) know what he's saying. Those conversations go something like this: "Maaaaaa (or Daaaaaaa)?" "Yes, Thomas?" "Bzhaa scree ajahjada blado bluh jah adebudo gaaaali" followed by him nodding his head. We occasionally catch something that might be "I love you," but it's hard to say for certain.

Max - growing so quickly. He can turn over, but has a hard time turning back over. He has a huge smile, and I swear that when he smiles at me he uses every muscle in his face. It's so sweet. He talks a lot too, but his language is even less discernible than Thomas' and I'm almost positive that God understands everything he says. I hold Max up in front of me, and he smiles and launches into his little Max conversation (lots of squeals, ahs, and ah oooos) and I respond with "Oh, really?" and "Tell me more." Talk. Answer. Rinse. Repeat. Okay, maybe not rinse.

So, maybe we did have a few "snew" things, but nothing mind boggling or earth shattering. That's really not so bad. Life's not easy for us (teenage daughters are um... interesting), but we take joy in the easy and simple things. And that folks, is all she wrote.

(Except for) Until next time...