Where does the time go?

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to send out a quick update on how things are going in the Major household.

Ryan and Sienna are growing like weeds - where does the time go?

Ryan and Sienna are both in day care full-time. They are doing so well. It is a home day care and the woman (Joyce), just got another toddler. Ryan and Jayden are best buddies already. Sienna also has a new playmate, who is 8 weeks old. OK, they may not be playing now, but soon enough.

Ryan continues to be such a wonderful big brother. He takes such good care of Sienna. At dinner the other night, Seinna was just sitting there in the high chair and Ryan left the table, found a toy for her, and then gave it to her and told us she needed something to play with. He just loves here to death!

These days Ryan is very into "Big Kid" TV. He loves Go Diego Go, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and The Backyardigans. He toggles between the shows.

He is now starting to use our words against us. God, we did not realize this started happening already. The other day, Daddy told him that he needed to put his toys away, it was time for bed. Ryan turned and said "Daddy, be patient! I am not done playing with my toys".

We also took him skiing this year for the first time. He loved it!!! We took him up to Mount Snow, VT for the weekend in January, and then in Feb we took him up to Mad River Glen in northern VT. Ho loved it and could not get enough!!! We think he is a natural. In a few years, he will be blowing me away on the mountain.

Sienna...she is a cutie! She has just about mastered sitting up and she is very close to crawling. right now she resorts to rolling and scooting to get what she wants. With Ryan, I got down on the floor and basically taught him to crawl (he did it that night). With Sienna, we are NOT pushing it. The longer she is not mobile, the better for us. Besides, this stage is going to be over so fast, we really want to enjoy it while it is here.

She is starting to eat a lot more fruits and veggies now. Mostly out of the jar, but that should change soon enough. We are going to start her on chicken this week - woohoo!

She just got over a very bad virus. She had a 104.4 fever the other night and had some convulsions. Apparently, it was her body's way of shaking out the fever. That was scary! But, a few days later, she is feeling much more like her fun, smiley self.

As for Lloyd and I...we are both extremely busy with work right now. Lloyd is in tax season, and I am finishing up a project at work that has me working between 10-13 hour days - not fun. But, that should be over at the beginning on March, when I can move on to the next big project.

I have been consulting at Anthem Blue Cross since October, and I love it! They are planning on making me an offer on March 3, as I understand it. They are going through a re-org so they had to wait until then. If everything goes the way I want, I will take the position.

Well, that is about it on our end. Hope everyone is well. Here are some recent pictures, enjoy!

Don't forget to check back once in a while for another Major update soon.