Finally I get a chance to write again! I can't believe how busy these days are--and this is with just one child!
Michael has been keeping busy getting into mischief. Today when I went to get him up from his nap, I found him lying amongst wads of diaper wipes with the container nearby. Don't ask me how he got them! Since he was lying on top of the wipes that he had spread all over, his clothes were all damp and needed changing.
Our little man seems to look for things that are "no-no's". I firmly believe that no matter how thoroughly I vacuum, Michael will still find some microscopic little thing to put in his mouth! He also delights in looking for cords to play with, shoes to chew on, and sharp corners to play next to! His playpen is relieving me right now, or else I would probably be getting up to rescue him about every other sentence!
We had a fun Valentine's Day.  I cooked one of Tom's favorite meals of lamb and mashed potatoes. I also made him a card, and wrote a poem for the inside because I couldn't find any card that said just what I wanted! Tom loved the card, but the first time he read it he didn't notice it was a poem!!  It's true that I never had time to perfect it, and some of the words didn't exactly rhyme (like say and days), but still it was rather humbling! 
This week Michael gave me a "kiss" for the first time. His way of kissing is to touch his lips to someone's cheek for a second or two--it is SO cute! He has kissed Tom before (he is crazy about his daddy!), but I had still been waiting for one, and this week it came.  | 
