HARWIN ADVENTURES

Happy New Year's to you all! We started out January wonderfully b/c we were sleeping mostly through the night- ok waking up once isn't bad after 6 months of 3x a night. Go Noah! However, then Alex and Sasha got sick...and everything went haywire.

We did manage to do a bunch of fun outings this month. One being going to a CAL men's basketball game. Although we will forever be die hard Terps fans we [mostly me] still enjoy watching the games live. Sasha's school had gotten tickets and we went with a whole group which made it all the more enjoyable for everyone. Sasha though, if you ask her about the game, will tell you with a big grin, "It was so loud I could hear everything from the potty." That was amazing to her and Alex and her took two trips to the bathroom with only one being valid. The game ended up being a good one and was close until the end when CAL pulled ahead. Noah didn't mind the noise and was happy as could be, he just looked around at all the commotion and smiled...ah just like home. HA!

Another fun outing was to see the King Tut exhibit at the de Young. A friend from grad school came into town and we all went. The kids barely made it through but it was an excellent exhibit. If it heads to your city definitely check it out. Sasha was only interested in royalty so we tried to explain everything with a queen slant to it. She eventually met some other little girls in the observation tower and made friends. That was the highlight of her day.

Noah had a bunch of firsts this month, he is sitting up wonderfully and went for his first trip in a grocery cart. Sasha in back, Noah up front holding on for dear life and luckily we didn't need to do a big shop. Sasha, although we think of her as a picky eater, sat in the back eating raw mushrooms!!??!!She likes the strangest things...yellow curry, water chestnuts, pistachio nuts, pretty much all fruit, dried papaya, red peppers, and peanut butter. It was fun and we were both proud of Noah. He's also eating a ton of different foods- and so far doesn't like peaches. Sasha and Noah also took their first bath together. It went over wonderfully, Sasha helped clean Noah which meant her taking a little cup and dumping water over his head. Luckily he didn't mind and just sat there chewing on a bath toy.

Hope 2010 has started out well for all of you! Take a look at the pictures and see some of our fun this month:

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