Hi everyone!

I don't know if anyone is reading this anymore, now that I haven't been updating the blog in a month... Well, I was busy with Christmas and New Year's and you know, time just flies! I have added some pictures from our trip to NM here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=38049&l=2ad28&id=837062295

And some Christmas pictures are available here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=49566&l=0ebc8&id=837062295

We settled in our normal life and routines fairly well, although it took us about a week to get back into normal time schedule. We just couldn't get up in the morning, it was terrible! But eventually we had to get back into the rhythm, because Aleksi had to start kindergarten again.

What happened next was that Aleksi broke his wrist on his second day of kindergarten. He fell off of a climbing "thingie", a jungle-gym or whatever you call them, in school. It was icy so he just couldn't hold on. He had a cast for three weeks. It didn't really bother him, just the fact that we couldn't go cross-country skiing or he couldn't go to the sauna was a bit sad. Now his wrist has fully recovered and he's skiing and skating like everyone else.

Linus has been happy sleeping outside in the stroller again. He naps for about 2-3 hours at a time. Indoors he seems to get only about an hour. Lately he has had to sleep inside, for it's been so cold, -18 C which is about 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Otherwise he's doing well, growing, getting more hair, eating a lot. I started using cloth diapers again when we got back home. It sure is nice not to have to buy so many diapers. Linus is still not crawling or sitting up on his own, the will is there though! He is always on a carpet, because our wooden floors are so cold, so that might have a little bit to do with not crawling yet. He still has no teeth either. Oh well, he's only 8 months old.

Otso has enjoyed going to day care twice a week, playing with his friends. He sure picked up a lot of Enligsh in NM, which we are very happy about. He now speaks English with Emett most of the time. Him and Aleksi love playing with their Wall-E robots and micromachine cars etc. They always have to have the "good guys" and the "bad guys" involved in their games.

Emett's been working on his dad's house. They are putting sheet rock upstairs. I have been busy doing ... um... nothing? well, taking care of the kids and the home. I also had a great time preparing for Christmas, baking, cooking etc. I will have to write more about our Christmas later. Now I have to go and put Linus down for a nap.