Ho hum (October week 4)

Just kidding actually. Life has STILL been crazy, but not in wonderful ways. Jeremy studied like crazy most of last week, and took his first final on Friday. Then Friday evening I got sick with a really yucky cold. By Saturday evening Jeremy was either coming down with that or something else. Whatever it was knocked him out for the day, and we were so grateful he felt well enough to go and take his second final on Monday. At this point he only has two finals left, but he also has no voice! We're both feeling better, though Jeremy's still feeling pretty icky some parts of each day, and, as I said, he can barely whisper. Jaina is teething (again... she already has 6 teeth!) and a little crabby, and Reilly seems to be doing just fine. We are making it, though, and very excited to get these finals over and have our break!
And I am very excited because Friday evening two of my best friends, Karen and Naomi, are flying me out to California to play with them. It will just be a few days (I'll come back Tuesday, but Karen has to back in Seattle before then) but it will be so nice to see them and just have some girl time. I'm trying to imagine what it will feel like to not be "Mommy" for a few days. I'm sure I'll miss the cute little munchkins, and Jeremy too, but it will be a much-needed break, and I can't wait! It was actually Jeremy's idea, several months ago, and really appreciate him being willing to watch the kids by himself during his break for 4 1/2 days! :) Here is a picture from the last time I visited them in California, in November of 05. The two time after that they have visited me, because I was was pregnant both times! (and not much fun...)
Jeremy and I are hoping to have a day/night on our own in Chicago during the last half of the break, if everything works out. We haven't been without kids overnight since Reilly was 8 months old! Wish us luck...

I guess I should do a little update on our cute Jaina, since she's growing up so fast.
She's finally army crawling and cruising along the furniture, both as of this week. She's not too talented at either yet, but she's sure proud of herself!
She's getting so big, but I still can't believe she'll be a year by Christmas time... It's just crazy!
This last picture is for you, Sophie. :)

Random aside: The new Twilight trailer is really cool and got me more excited about the movie than the other ones have... if you haven't seen it, check it out here: http://www.twilightthemovie.com/ecard_widget/. I'm sure there are better places, but I don't know where they are. :)

One last thing. If you're bored (or being a slacker, like me,) you should check out http://www.taaz.com/, where you can play with all sorts of fun hair styles on your own picture. Here are few of the fun ones I created... though I'm not planning to do anything different to my hair right now but hopefully get it cut again... Now I want to see your pictures!