It's been a good week, but a busy one for us. My friend Stephenie is a teacher in Athens & she was off for Spring Break, so she & her son Wes joined us Monday & are on their way to visit tonight. It's a lot of fun for Cam & Wes, but probably more fun for me & Steph to catch up.

Cam got a double ear infection, which is crazy. He's never had to visit the doctor, (with the exceptions of well check visits) his whole 3 years of existence. Needless to say, I was shocked that he had a double ear infection & really only whined about it twice. Tough guy.

John & the kids & I went over to our friends house, Steve & Brandi on Wednesday & played American Idol on their Wi. Wow, embarrassing, but highly addictive.

Kellis is 6 months old & in the same week, she sat up & started crawling. She's not winning any marathons yet, but she's getting around quite well. I'm deathly afraid that I may have a little firecracker on my hands. All my days of bragging about my laid back son, will be gone & Kellis will make up for his good behavior. Not really, but I do think she is going to push the envelope a little more persistantly than Cam.

Speaking of Cam, have I mentioned what a dream he is? He has a sweet little heart, an obedient spirit & a highly entertaining personality. We're constantly amazed at what he remembers & picks up. It's gotten to where we can't even watch cable television in the same room as him! I don't know if that looks better for his intellect or worse for the standards of network TV.

That's one thing that irks me severely. There are some really great television shows on, great writing, dialogue, plot development, but they all include the BDGD element. Bad language & it kills it. Good thing we have a DVR, but we also have a son that stays up late with us. So much TV, so little time...

John & I are trying to do the low-carb diet. He's actually doing very good at it. He actually thinks I 'm doing very good at it. Ha. I'm good in front of him, but the moment some salty snacks are in sight & he's in the other room, I'm popping them like an addict on a 12 day binge. With all of that though, I'm eating smaller portions (because I find the food dreadful) and snacking seldomly. I've actually dropped about 3 lbs! John is at about the same.

We joined a gym the beginning of the year (yeah, we're not a clique') but my three days a week has progressively turned to 1. I take classes & for the first time I actually "work out" at the gym. It used to be "ughh, I'm here, not what do i have to do until i can leave in 3o minutes?" the instructors keep me honest. too bad they don't pick me up.

I'm excited about my birthday. I turn 28 next month & my best friend Carolyn is coming in for a much anticipated visit. We always have the best time catching up. Usually John lets me get out of the house so that Carolyn & I can spend some "kristy carolyn" time. She's such a good soul & reminds me of how fortunate I am to have a friend that "gets" me indiscriminately.

The weekend after, I'm heading to the beach with another great friend, Shae. We're going to have a great long weekend & relax at the beach. We're even going to catch a concert while we're there. John's coming with me, so it will be nice to have a little grown up time together. My mother, the saint, is watching my children. I am ridiculously spoiled living so close to my parents & John's parents. My mom is the best, because she never makes me feel guilty. I try not to abuse her because I have the sinking suspicion that she would never tell me no.

Too much to ramble about. We'll talk soon.