Happy New Year...

Yep, you got it, we're a little late on the New Year's greeting. Big shocker, eh? Not much of an excuse here, we've had quite a bit of down-time since our last blog after Christmas. Of course a fair portion of that down-time saw the three of us flat on our backs with a serious case of the 'icks'.
Those of you who are already parents surely understand (and probably better than we do) when I tell you we had our first case of family sickness. All three of us, down-and-out, nobody wanting to touch or speak to one another...but needing each other desperately.
On January 2nd we hit the doctor's office to get Reece checked out, and to our surprise he had a double ear infection and viral pneumonia. So, after three or four days of whining and waiting and flushing and blowing and chucking and checking, we managed to get most of the way back to normal.
Once Reece got back to normal, we realized how much he's talking. We're certain that he knows what he's saying, and pretty soon hopefully he'll either teach us his language or start to learn ours. He seems to say ball, but who knows...i guess those are pretty logical sounds to put together without any intention whatsoever. Speaking of balls, you've got to check out the Denniston family blog (over there on the right) January 3rd post...classic.
Also on the balls topic, Reece started playing soccer tonight! It is fantastic to watch him run around and dribble balloons or little soccer balls. He's a natural...no bias whatsoever on my part:)
Other odds and ends...we had a great New Year's Eve with Dan and Brooke our fun neighbors, and also enjoyed Sam's 1-year birthday party this past weekend.
Final update is that school has started back up for me, and I head to Terre Haute this weekend. I'm so grateful to Lisa for her love and support, and for a great work-place where my boss and coworkers are understanding and supportive.
Hope you're all doing well.