I Will Tackle You With Love...

That's how we do it in this house. As aforementioned in the last post, our little Carmen has been finding her feet this month. With the assistance of her trusty wagon, she has been a woman on the go go go. Speaking of women on the go, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the network of women who helped rescue Mama Mer this week while I was away and she was stranded with two sick kiddos and a boatload of work. Mimi, Nonne, Catherine, Nancy, holy Mary mother of god?? seriously I felt a little better knowing my girls were in such good hands. Which is more than I can say for poor Sadie, who when my back was turned was at the mercy of Lucia's accessorizing skills.

Trouble? It's in the Bag...

Blanket apology for those missing thank you notes: sorry, we've been too distracted by cuteness. I feel like I'm behind in EVERYTHING which is not good because you know who is turning one next month... ONE!... and we have yet to plan a party. Gah. Where the flip did this year go? Despite our constant staring at the back of an 8-ball we have managed to squeeze in a few important milestones over the past few weeks. We recreated scenes from Ice Castles (sort of) and went to see Dr. Tooth. Speaking of teeth, Carmen is up to at least 6 of 'em and working on some more... and she's just about ready to take some independent steps. Perhaps she can walk to her own party (once we figure out what that will be)... sigh.