For record keeping sake

I hate posting without pictures, but due to multiple camera traumas I have to do so. On the camera issue, the battery in mine has been dead, and it took me a while to find the charger. In the meantime I have been using Thads camera, which we don't have a cord for yet to connect it to the computer, so even though I do have some pictures of the latest happenings there is literally no way to get get them off the cameras. Lame. But don't worry, the new cord and charger will be here in the next few days.
In the meantime one huge thing to note for record keeping sake is that Sammy is so so so close to officially walking. If you stand him up and back away he will take four or five steps to you. Okay, so maybe it's more like falling and catching himself before he dives into your arms. But it's progress. More encouraging is that he will try to do the same thing when he sees something he wants. This usually does not end well as the toy cannot catch his fall. I am very excited about the prospect of him walking because he is so HEAVY and my back could use a break.
Andi has always been a very verbal child and listening to her talk is usually very entertaining. Especially when she tries to use big words like besgusting (disgusting) or bemeber (remember). She uses pretty much all words appropriately and that's half the funny. She loses me though when she starts telling me about her "new friends" which happen to be imaginary. They always live far away by the sun and have a little brother like her, and I can never pronounce their names. She doesn't give them normal names, it's just a jumble of sounds, like she thinks since she is making them up she should make up a completely original name for them too. The other thing she does is clarify for me that she is betending (pretending) things. If she asks for something and I say no, then she says she is pretending that she is doing it anyway. Or if I tell her it's not time to be a puppy it's time to be a girl and do what mommy says she gets exasperated. "mom, I'm just betending to be a puppy!" She's interesting.
Thad is on his first official business trip with the new job and it's going to take some getting used to. I think this time was especially hard because he was on a scout campout friday & saturday, home sunday, then gone at 5am monday morning and won't be back till the end of the week. He seems to be getting things accomplished which makes him happy, but he says he will be loading some video games on his laptop for the next trip.
Next post I promise will include pictures and not so much of my blah blah blah.