Chilly, and cold

The weather is getting chillier around here. Half the windows in the basement have been sealed. All the baseboard heaters have been cleaned, though so far we have only used 3 of them (livingroom, Den and playroom). It's odd having temperature control for each and every room, and it's something that will take some getting use to. But it's also nice knowing we aren't heating up the storage room. ;)

The cold that has been travelling around this house is very stubborn. Each of us have had some form of it for at least a few days, some of us are onto round two. Ellie had a bout last Thursday and Friday which resulted in a high temp, and sniffles. Kat has had coughing, sneezing, runny nose, but luckily *knock on wood* nothing going down to her lungs, but she has her inhaler nightly as a precautionary thing. Dani is just getting it, and while she is perfectly fine during the day, she gets the sniffles at night, and had the "seal" coughing last night. Steph and I have it lingering. Mainly sinus and throat issues. It just won't go away. We are getting our air purifier up and running tonight, and we have to buy a new filter for our humidifier so that will be running non stop starting this weekend i would assume. So hopefully both of those will help (plus a good dose of Lysol around the entire house.. get rid of those nasty germs).

Kat has her first friend birthday party to go to this Sunday. A halloween dress up party. So she is thrilled. :) Another note on Kat. She read her first book ALL by herself last night. She read Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see? It's a book that she took out of the library last year at school. And she took it out of the library again yesterday from this school. Definitely a proud moment here!! :)

And my littlest baby is now 18 months old. And she is growing up before our eyes!!
She is eating with a fork / spoon at every meal. Wants to sit at the table without a booster seat (like her sisters), wants to sit on the toilet (like her sisters), decides when her diaper is too wet and takes off her pants and diapers, puts her diaper in the garbage and gets a new diaper, wants to buckle herself into her carseat (though this ends up with quite the fit because she just can't). Loves doing little tasks for us (like cleaning up, turning off the tv, bringing dishes to the kitchen).
She is quickly giving up her one and only nap during the day. And while she can be a bit cranky in the evening, she goes to sleep easily without the nap. With a nap, i can pretty much guarantee that she will be up for at least the length of the nap after her bedtime. She is still not sleeping through the night, but she goes to sleep at bedtime without a fuss, and i love the bedtime cuddles with her. She is getting a big girl bed for Xmas, and i have no doubts in my mind that she will take to it no problem. She is gaining more and more words each day, but still no "Mommy" And she thinks that it's the funniest game in the world when i try to get her to say it.

Here's a pic of my 18 month old goof ball, hamming it up for the camera. ;)