What have we been doing for the past 6 weeks!

Boy, time has really gotten away from me lately. As part of a grant our health department received this year I've been taking these classes in Helena that are part of the Toyota LEAN business model. The class is all about "cutting out the fat" in business processes and making them more efficient. It is really interesting, but it makes my weeks all run together! Next week will be my last week. In the meantime, Donny has been working very hard in our basement. He has nearly finished hanging all the dry wall and then we'll be able to hire someone to do the taping and texturing to give Donny a well-deserved break! Hopefully the basement will be completed by spring so that we can move on to the landscaping....oh goody. What has Patrick been up to you ask? Well, besides learning to crawl he can also say "hot", "ouch", "Uh-oh", and today he said "ball"! He pats his belly, claps and waves on demand and for some reason when you say "So big" to him he puts his hand on his head instead of up over his head!

He wants YOU to come visit us this summer!

This is him taking his morning nap....oh ya, that's right - he wouldn't take a morning nap today!

On the Move...

At 10 1/2 months old Patrick finally started to crawl! I knew I wasn't in a hurry for it to happen....now all we do is chase him around and baby-proof everything, but it was so exciting to see that milestone! I actually missed it because I was in Helena for work, but Donny got it on video for me - what a guy!

More sledding!

We just can't get enough of Patrick's little sled. Snowing? Wind blowing? Fear Not! We have the weather shield! Most of our snow melted over the past 2 weeks with abnormally warm temperatures, but that dang groundhog said there are still 6 more weeks of winter, so we're confident more sledding is in our future.