Hi

Happy New Year!
It is the year of the dog.

Sorry about being gone for so long but it takes SO much time to travel back and forth between houses, host guests, AND have a new house to decorate.

Let's start out with Baby V. He is walking! Has been for a month. Just round and round the circle, or oval, or rectangle. He loves the new house because he has SO much room to roam, the only downside is that I don't let him on the stairs in new house yet. He can point to his nose if asked, and says moo when looking at a cow. He is still obsessed with Cars and sometimes even says 'car'. My parents have a cop living near him that turns on lights for V and we LOVE him. He can stare for HOURS at planes landing. He says 'mama' but so far I am not the only mama but I am the only MAMA. I can't believe how much I love him. I think you all know what I am talking about, my little baby is not so little anymore.

Now on to my DH. He has found a job in, wait for it ... Woburn MA. So he will be renting a room in Woburn while I am living in CT. I am actually sort of anticipating the total freedom of a week without taking care of two boys. It will be so much fun if my DH will come home on weekends, like a party. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

We had Miss MS from Canada for Christmas. I think that was the best time for me in a long time. She is a dream with children and was a big help to me. That one week we had three course dinners, plentiful breakfast and all that. Beside all that we let Baby V out into the snow and found the best Chinese Buffet in the world. I am so sad that MS is gone. I miss her terribly and not only because she helped lugged Baby V around. Hope she comes back to visit once I have completely decorated the house and thrown Slava out to Woburn.

New Year we met with a whole lot of people. Get ready for a slew of abbreviations. Miss EL with her boyfriend, Mrs AM and MR RM, plus some people I don't know how to abbreviate. We played games, drank alcohol, and had an absolute blast. At 11 we went to a bar and had champagne toasts. DH danced so much and so wildly that the bouncers had to tell him to tone it down. I loved it so much, although my back prevented me from dancing with EL and AM, well the bump and grinding part of dancing. Some guy tried to come on to me but I had to tell him I am married but flattered and he apologized and kissed my hand. So all in all I had a very GOOD time. Baby V however channeled DH all night he woke up a lot and screamed and danced, but I wasn't there.

So I don't know how often I will be able to update often, but probably once a week is a given.

Have to go now.
Love,
Me