Andre told me the other day that we had to put off having a second child so that he would have time to fill the house with gadgets. He's off to a good start with the new touch-screen thermostat complete with two remote controls. He did turn down my suggestion to change the doorbell music to play Darth Vader's Theme, however. Who's the big geek now? Huh? Huh?

My mom is here visiting from Arizona and we arranged for it to rain the entire time she was here just to show her how tough we are for living up here. Actually, we did have a break in the rain yesterday and she, Fiona and I all went to the zoo for a few hours. We checked out the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit and Fiona could have taken up residence there. She was determined that a butterfly was going to land on her arm. Finally, after about 45 minutes, she did have one land on her foot and she was pretty pleased with that.

We bought new living room furniture on Friday and Mom helped us get everything cleaned out and situated in the right spot. It feels great to have the family room set up and the living room looking nice. Our friends Sean and Aimee and their daughter Olivia came over last night for dinner and to see the newly organized house. We met them in our birthing class and Olivia and Fiona are almost exactly a month apart. Since we've moved we're only about 7 minutes away from each other. It would have been so nice to have the girls be able to play together now that they're old enough to want to. Sean just got a job in San Francisco, though, so they're moving! I'm happy for them, but we'll miss them.