beware the ides of march!

It's been sickness, round 2. First I got it, then Quinn, now Joe. One last cough, sneeze, and sore throat before spring gets here- which is hopefully soon!

Quinn is four months old now and is doing all kinds of new tricks: rolling from front to back, pulling his pacifier out of his mouth and playing with it, kicking his socks off at record speed, and sleeping through the night (yay!). Joe and I have not learned any new tricks, nor has Cissi, unless you count chronic 'death-breath' as a trick, if so, then Cissi can count that one for herself.

We survived the big blizzard of '08...we were snowed in for all of 17 hours or so, then the sun came out and melted it all away, leaving the backyard a big muddy pile of mush. I just love March weather.

For the upcoming St. Patty's day we've planned a trip to Marie's Candies with my Monday lunch group of girls. We're like the red-hats for the 25 to 35 crowd, but we're all hairstylists, so instead of hats, we just change our haircolor. During the summer months we do "pool Mondays" but with the cold weather, we've started doing lunch once a month, somewhere fabulous and exciting. So this month is the tour of Champaign county food (we really sound like a bunch of old ladies, don't we!?) with lunch at Mumford's deli and dessert at Marie's. Most of the girls have never experienced Marie's....it's something every chocoholic should do at least once.
Next month it'll hopefully be warmer, and we'll go to the 'new' outdoor mall in Dayton, the Green, and shop and eat at Cheesecake Factory. YUM.

one last note: the Ohio IKEA is open!!!