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I know it has been quite a while since any news has been added on my blog. So I figured I'd update you. January was the last time since I blogged. So I figured I'd start there.

 January was a great month. In fact, it's one of my favorites. Why? Mostly because it's my birthday month and because all the Christmas visiting and excitement has died down. I love the holidays, but I"m also a planner. Since I plan a lot, sometimes I get stressed about more than I should. This is a picture of how Cordi feels when I'm stressed.

February was nice because we celebrated our love with a couple of ice cream cakes. We made fancy, multi-layered ice cream cakes for each of us. This creativity was spurred on mostly by Charles, but I joined it. It was a tasty exercise in the merits and foibles of a nice, homemade ice cream cake. We loved them all, but some were better combinations of cake and ice cream than others. Charles went a little overboard and I ended up having to eat mine layer by layer, so I could enjoy mine to full effect.

 Bruce decided to multi-toy play. That is a baby stroller on top of a lawn mower. He has great ideas. Keep them coming Bruce, you're going to have kids someday. I need swell ideas like this to help make me a great grandma. I might have toddlers, but they're real thinkers.

 Now that my babies are 2, they are cuddly buggers. They cuddle with each other, with me and Charles, and sometimes they just cuddle themselves. My favorite is when I ask if they want to read with me and they say, "Self" and plunk themselves down on the couch with a book. Now that's some independence I can get behind.

March was when I started my 100 day project. My friend Theresa told me about it. It's an internet phenomenon that let's you be creative every day for 100 days, share, and improve your style. I wanted to try it and am so glad I did. Now I have an even better handle on my artistic self than I did before. Since my 100 day project, I have also been working on other artistic projects to keep my mojo. I'm very happy with my extra practice.

 April did not come with many showers, but it did bring some bonks. Cordi and Bruce both took turns falling and getting nasty forehead bruises. Also, they started serving up their own foodstuffs. What am I, some kind of slave? Jokes, this happened when I was cleaning Cordi up after breakfast. Bruce was apparently not done eating yet.

May was a time when I decided after improving myself artistically, I should also finish writing my dumb book.

Actually, it's not a dumb book. It's an amazing, fantastic book. I started it in 2007 and am amazed that I finally finished and published it. Hurrah for 12 years in the making of embarrassing stories.

Now you can all read about how terrible my first kiss was. I know you've wondered all these years. Also, remember how I accidentally credit carded that guy at Caryn's wedding reception and my hand got stuck in his crack because he clenched? Oh, you never heard that story? Well I wrote about it in my book "Awkward Procures Happiness".

It's now available on ebook and you can buy the paperback in 3 days. How do you like them apples?

June, July...who cares about those months? I just told you I published a book I've been working on and off of for 12 years. Go get your hands on that book!!!! Also, I'm going to maybe see you soon, so I'm totally down to sign it too. Just write a sweet heartfelt message from me in the front cover, and I'll put my name down. Jokes, jokes.

Actually, June was good. I finished my 100 day project and with some relief started doing MORE edits on my book that I finally finished. Now I can finally cross that wonderful goal off and make some more goals. Hopefully these new ones won't take me so long.

July my babies turned 2. Can you believe it? Me neither! They are getting so big and even though they have crib tents now, they still make my life exciting. Last week Cordi took her diaper off during nap 2 days in a row and smeared poop everywhere. Thanks Cordo! Bruce actually calls her Cordo, so we've started doing it too. Anyway, that's with the jammies on backwards. She is a real contortionist when she's bored. And super skinny. I found out she's under the 1 percentile in weight for her age group. So I've been avidly trying to fatten her up. She had ice cream for lunch 2x this week. That's mothering for you.

I know what you're thinking. However, she doesn't like peanut butter, avocado, or cream slipped into her milk. Believe me, I've tried my best. She does like chocolate though. Just like mommy. Oh yeah, and somewhere in there my kids started eating chocolate and not getting crazy diaper rashes. So that's nice. I like sharing with my sweet babies. Not too much now, but just a little.

Anyway, that's my update. LOOOOVE, Merilee