So, it's been almost three weeks since the last post. Wow. Time sure flies when you're having fun.

Well, not exactly. More like been super busy. At work I had to help make sure all the labs were up to date before we started the semester - since the last post was on 1/18, that only left a few days. It wasn't hard, especially with the very helpful student workers, but that's on top of the normal workload - so the extra work isn't cool. Regardless, we got through it, and I think we did a good job in the process.

Personally, we've had to deal with a stomach bug (which I detailed a little earlier in the month) as well as just the normal fun and games involved with running a family.

Today, however, was the icing on the cake. While a friend and I were at Target, I walked into a display. In retrospect, it might have been sticking out into the aisle a little bit, but I might also have walked off the aisle - we were almost at the end, so I might have just been trying to get ahead of myself. Regardless, I bashed my shin - no big deal, except for the pain. Or so I thought.

I've now got a HUGE swollen cut. I've got anti-bacterial junk and a band-aid on it, sitting underneath a big ol' ice pack - I just hope it doesn't hurt like heck in the morning.

In less painful news, although :ethan: is still spending more time in our bed than we would like, he's developed a fun new habit: giving everyone goodnight kisses. He's very irritated if someone tries to go to bed without getting a kiss from him, and he really seems to enjoy the process. First he goes into :noah:'s room, where he can just lean over and get a kiss. For :emma:'s room he needs a boost to get up to her for her kiss. Up in :abby: and his room, he climbs up the step and then onto her bed to give her a hug and a kiss. Since she will, more often than not, already be asleep at that time, he usually gives her a kiss, looks over at me and says "Ssssshhh!" and then kisses her again before climbing into his bed.

He doesn't stay there, of course, but I think he's starting to get our bedtime routine, and Jen and I hope that he will soon try sleeping in his own bed for more than a nap here or there, or when we stick him in his bed.