The Amazing Race

So for almost a year now Josh and I have been debating going on the show "The Amazing Race." We think that we would be great contestants for a number of reasons

1. Josh is just plain lucky... things work out for him. So when we would need to get the earliest flight out of , oh say, Tokyo, I'm sure we would get it.

2. I'm good with directions.

3. Josh is great with flying by the seat of his pants

4. We would be really funny to watch in an argument

5. Josh doesn't really get stressed out and I do so the arguments would be more like him trying to calm me down and me telling him we should really be more worried than we are.

6. I kind of know how to drive a stick and Josh doesn't

7. We are both scared of heights but will do something up high to win a million dollars.

8. And maybe lots of other things... like we might make fun of other teams...

We only have 2 reasons why we wouldn't do it.

1. Aylah

2. Macy

However we were offered an incredible offer by our friend Deborah last night to watch our girls for the month we were on the show. So we told her that if we won we would pay for her Graduate Degree to Columbia University she is about to start. Sounds pretty fair.

So all of this is half joking half serious... what do you think? Amazing Race bound? or not?

Besides the amazing race discussion... we have had Josh's Mom, Nana, out to visit and my Dad, Grandpa. Josh also took 10 teenagers on a college tour that he planned and Macy took her first couple steps! How exciting!

I took some pictures on Easter but when it was all said and done I realized that I only got one video of Macy and the rest were of Aylah. The 2nd born always gets the shaft huh? But we will put her back in her cute dress and take some more pictures :) To be fair Macy did take 2 naps and was sleeping during the egg hunt...

And as we speak I am working on getting our picture gallery downloaded and up and working again on Josh's computer. I know it had been a while since it crashed but we have had lots of visitors and I figured a clean house and food to eat was more important.

So it's getting super nice out here and we bought a pail and shovels and a soccer ball for Aylah for the park. She is learning how to kick... I was appalled the other day when she was playing with a friends' ball and acted all confused when I told her to kick it to me. I know my child development books tell me that kicking skills are just starting around this age but still... we're working on it. The other night she kicked too hard and wound up on her back in the living room. So we've got some work to do. She'll get it!

Macy is a 24 pounds now and 30 inches tall. She had a growth spurt that rocketed her to the top of the charts again. She is saying ma-ma, da-da, daddy, hi, bye, and the newest is uh-oh accompanied by a bottle or cheerios sailing off of her booster chair tray. She is very proud of that one!

One of my friends moved away during the past few weeks. She was a great woman that I really admired who I met at my mom's group. They moved to Colorado. I figured that when we first moved out here that I probably wouldn't develop close relationships with people that I would be sad to leave... and that we would probably be the first ones to move away. But look at us now, 2 1/2 years into it and buying a condo. It made me sad to say goodbye but I'm trying to get over it.

Well, that's about it for now. Happy April!