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ok, so on erik's actually birthday, which was almost two weeks ago, we went to eat 'n park with my mom and peter's mom. we had a good dinner together and the waitresses sang happy birthday to erik which amused him.

he got a steeler smiley cookie and made a mess while eating it, as usual!

when we got home, he opened the rest of his presents, including a dancing brobee from his granny which he LOVES.


and thus ended erik's second birthday celebration!

time since then has been kind of a blur. we've had a lot of snow. i've just started working with someone from another lab who is going to teach me to culture human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. peter's schedule is changing starting next week, so he took off today to avoid having a 1 day weekend. he will now be working monday - friday like most normal people. we're dreading the extra daycare expense, but will enjoy more time together as a family since he'll be getting home at least an hour earlier on work days and we'll have a full two day weekend together each week. today was especially nice because we met some friends for lunch, including one who lives out of town that we rarely get to see. we all really enjoyed it. while erik napped, we got to play some rock band. i roasted a yummy chicken for dinner (2 for 1 at the iggle - YAY!), and spent some time in the lab taking care of my viruses and cells. i'm looking forward to having a fairly well-rested husband to hang out with tonight instead of the normally dog tired one i am used to on saturday nights. tomorrow we're going to JC Penney to have erik's 2 year portraits taken, and i'll probably spend a nice chunk of time at the lab in the afternoon.

and of course tomorrow is SUPERBOWL SUNDAY! again, i don't really care much about football, but the steelers are playing and it's a good excuse to drink beer and eat some yummy food! plus we just happen to have one of the cutest steeler fans on the planet living in our household!