Joel, in his awake and curious stage. He is getting much more apt at moving his arms--he is even aiming them at things with some success. It is wonderful...except for the growth spurt that makes him squirmfully awake a lot.

I have gotten the dissertation document done according to the tastes of my advisor. Now to officially schedule after getting the last few bits finalized (making sure the page numbers match up correctly, pretty much). I plan to defend in two weeks! That means May graduation!

The 30-hour famine was last weekend at church. The kids were wonderful. We ended up TPing the senior pastor's house at 1AM after having a sizable and incredibly fun war with play-doh. Man, you have to love working with youth. :)

Speaking of which, Anne is back at work as of this week. It is an awkward transition with Joel in his "I will be fussy for three days" growth phase.

Awesome news....Sal is back and he brought Joel an awesomely knockoffish "Batman Begins" baby outfit from Delhi. It rocks. Sal without gifts rocks too. Man, we really missed him. And he looks good holding a baby too (ours, not one he brought back from Delhi).