We met our PEPS group last Saturday for a holiday party and Ann and Mike’s. All the infants were crawling about now, and some were even walking. It was fun. We did not take any pictures because we are bad parents.

We returned the baby/pet gates we obtained before and got a couple of new ones. They work fine, although they are the pressure installed type. We will have to get the permanently mounted type when LK starts hanging on them and whatnot. We also bought some clothes for him as he does not really have a lot of clothes.
Amanda and I were struck by the fact that there was no one down in Tukwila/Southcenter… very surprising on the weekend and right before the holidays. It looked like it was really a weekday morning there. Grim economic times, for sure. The cold weather may have had something to do with it, but the roads were dry for the most part.

As for the weather, it has been freaky cold for Seattle… in the low twenties during the day. There has been some snow and precipitation so it has been icy in some places in the area and of course Seattle is not really equipped to handle stuff like this normally. Apparently it has not been that cold in decades, and it will allegedly continue for the whole week. I do not mind the cold, but LK and the cats do not appreciate it that much. We might leave him at school today because it is a lot warmer there.

LK has been tormenting us by waking up and screaming inconsolably for two to three hours at night, but last night he gave us a break. He did let out periodic idle cries occasionally to keep us on our toes.

Now Amanda is working at home with the help of a friend.

Note she is wearing my alpaca sweater because it is cold.