NO CAMERA and brief updates

there is a lack of cuteness on this blog recently because our camera is at the Cannon Repair place...i hope....and coming back to us soon.  so that I don't forget: Auntie Joanie taught Ryan how to clap over Christmas and he hasn't stopped since--will get a video if I ever get my camera back b/c it's awfully cute. He is basically sitting up now too, just needs a pillow behind him for when he gets mad and throws his head back.  Nora is waving and rolling both ways now--she is really motivated to feel every little thing she sees, so I think once she gets more mobile, we'll be in big trouble.  

Caitlin's going back to preschool starting tomorrow, which she's been begging for since she left in the spring.  Just 2 half days to start, so hopefully all is easy with this transition.  We've been on a nanny hunt for the past week since the au pair situation didn't work out.  In the past 3 days we interviewed 3 good candidates and hope to have this part figured out within the next couple of days.  We are hoping for a less stressed 2010!