Haven't blogged in a while. Busy with family reunions and such. I have a great family:)

I'm still trying to meet people. Joy and I have been going to "Tot Time" at the library. It's great because I realized that most of the moms go looking for a little adult interaction, or in hopes that their child learns english. More people go than would go in Ames, but maybe it's because they give the kids free things every week (like a toy car, a finger puppet, and a small flag, for example.) Just like story time in Ames, though, Joy does NOT want to sit still. She wants to grab the girl next to us' pacifier, push someone else's stroller around, pull the felt animals off the bulletin board...you get the picture. So, the majority of story time is me trying to hold a wriggly kid and towards the end giving up and letting her run amuck (or crawl amuck as the case may be.) BUT, the same moms come every week, so it's been good. Moreover, the library is only 2 blocks from our house (!!!) And there's this cool train that the kids can climb in and on that Joy loves.

Speaking of running/walking/crawling, tonight Joy took about 3 consecutive steps on her own. I about died laughing. She's close! She's just such a speedy crawler.

This weekend we go see my family in Estes Park, CO. Mike and I haven't been there together since we both didn't give one another the time of day. When we first met in Estes Park 6 years ago, Mike thought I was a hippy freak (I had a buzzed head and ran around wearing fake old man glasses) and on first meeting him, Mike reminded me of a co-worker who really got on my nerves. We didn't really think our paths would cross so we didn't really worry about it. Guess we were wrong! It'll be really fun to be out there again.

That's all for now...