I need to really get into the habit of posting more often. Well, the girls are almost a year-old now and they have really matured and grown. I love being at home with all of the kids, even as Nick gets ready to head out into the world of public school (he starts kindergarten in the fall).

The girls continue to amaze as the grow and mature. Twins are magical and wonderful to watch. These two infants interact in so many ways that single children their age have trouble with. They are already sharing and playing together. They still have their moments of egocentricity but more often than not they sit together and move together and just have a blast checking out their toy boxes.

The new thing now is pulling everything out and standing up behind their play table then pushing it around the room. We initially had some concerns about their fine motor and gross motor development. The girls were delayed crawlers; they had developed a very nice low crawl or soldiers crawl, but they have now decided that they can move so much faster on hands and knees. They are pulling up on everything and are cruising along the couch and other furniture.

Well so much for the update on the girls growth. I still cannot find a job to save my life ( a job that pays enough for me to afford day care for two one-year-olds) and we might now have to move out of this house we have been in for 5 years due to such a substantial loss of value over the last few years. We bought at $89,000 and the last thing we were told was that this house would sell for about $51,000. Our mortgage company will not deal with us until we are at least 60 days past due. We would like to see if a write down is possible or if we can even do a short-sale. Things are really up in the air for us right now and that is a very uncomfortable place to be.