K-I-A-N

Earlier this morning Kian surprised us by waltzing into the kitchen and spelling out his name. He is a little sponge right now and has several firsts just about every day. A few days ago he started saying Nope and Yip, in lieu of Yes and No, and although its not good and proper speech to be promoting in a developing child, its pretty awful darn cute.

This week is "sick week" around here. On Tuesday Kian was sent home from daycare not long after I dropped him off, and sure enough he was running a fever that required nurse consultation but never a nurse visit: by the rings under his eyes they guessed its a sinus infection. Tuesday evening I led very hard back-to-back workouts at Cycle-U which made me susceptible and sure enough, by Wednesday evening I had the bug. We've all been feeling pretty lousy this week but we're on the mend, although we'll probably end up taking it easy this weekend despite our ski plans. Buuuuuuummer.

Cuttin and jukin!

Here's a series of shots from the Chiwawa Dog Sled Races
a few weeks ago: sluggin' down some cocoa...