After a few days of me being sick, and Libby refusing to poo, our house was becoming not a fun place to be. I felt so bad for Eric having to come home to his two crabby girls. Had debated last night about going to ECFE, but decided that we needed to get out of the house for a few hours. I am so glad we went. Our class had a break and some families dropped out, making it possible for other families to join. Should mention that it is an adoptive family ECFE class, and there are not them many of them available in the area. The new arrival of families also showed the changing tide of where families are going to internationally adopt. Before most of the children would have been from China, Russia, and Guatemala. Almost all of our new families have children from Ethiopia. Several of the families who had been in the group did not seem to enjoy it, and the new members all seem to bring a new and positive energy to it, so that is wonderful. Discussions are interesting and the night flies by.

I do have to brag up Libby a little bit. She has been a little monster to me, and sometimes to daddy, this past week. At ECFE, we always get to see Libby's pal, Tenzing. He sometimes has a hard time after the parents leave the room. Last night was no exception. When we came back to the room, the teacher was quick to tell me that when Tenzing began to cry, Libby immediately ran to the Kleenex, grabbed one, and came back and wiped his face, while comforting him. His mama confirmed the story with a laugh, and said she cannot even wipe his face! It was nice to hear this considering this has been our first week of kicking and hitting from a little girl who had never done it before.

It is snowing to beat the band outside (whatever that means). I guess the 4-6 inches they predicted is coming true. I am tired of winter, yet I hate how it looks when there is no snow on the ground-all dirty and depressing. Wish it could go from snow to green grass.

Am off to exercise. Still have a bit of a sniffle, but I need to stop the excuses and just get working out. I am so lucky to have the elliptical. It should be used for more than drying rugs. Wish me luck.