January catch-up

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OK - so since I didn't post for anything in January I thought I would do this a month at a time. Jilly, the boys and I spent New Years with my sister and her family in Minnesota. Well, the boys were with their dad. But we had a great time. We had lunch at the American Girl Store at the Mall of America. Jilly loved all the dolls. I am going to take her back there for her 3rd birthday and get her first American Girl doll. We saw my friends Andrea and Kandi in Anoka. Then came home to the new year of school. Life was pretty normal for the remainder of the month. Jilly learned to drink out of a sippy cup but other than that we are just trudging along.

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