For those of you who have been holding their breath, you can finally exhale! After what seems like an eternity, I am finally updating! And I have no idea as to where to start....

Since my last update, the Kilian Klan has been to Florida and back. Abby has started college and Aidan has had his first date (and she's a cutie!). And both kids are working two full-time jobs just so they can afford to put gas in their cars. Seriously, it seems like it's been that long!

It has been a busy and hectic hiatus! Everyone is doing well. As always, the kids are growing too quickly! I am always amazed at how fast time goes when you have kids -- Particularly babies. Aidan is now rolling over (sometimes consecutively!) and he is sitting up all by himself. Crawling is just around the corner. He loves being on the floor with his toys; So much so, that he doesn't want to be held all the time anymore. He would rather eat the lint up off the carpet and get licked by the dog. Walking around the Kilian household has become a hazardous duty, akin to a field of landmines, between the baby, the dog, the cat, Abby always running around under foot, and the bazillion kids toys littered about the place. I would wager that someone / something gets stepped on at least twice a day, everyday. Ah, yes, the joys of parenting! I wouldn't trade it for anything!

My princess is also thriving and doing well. She is such a "girly girl". She likes to have her finger / toe nails painted by mommy (this is a job that daddy avoids by all reasonable measures!). Recently, she has started asking, "When I get to be a big girl, I can have make-up and gum, right (daddy / mommy)?" Every night after school, she wants to come home and put on her necklace, bracelet, and rings all whilst running around the house, telling everyone their business. Yes sir! I have a little princess who is planning her hostile takeover of the crown -- She'll be Queen Abby soon! We like to say that she's three going on thirteen. I took her on a walk with me around the block last week. One of our neighbor's saw us while we were out walking and made the comment to Stephanie a couple days ago that she saw us and that Abby walks like she has important business to tend to. She is very sure of herself, there's no doubt about it! Little stinker!

As for the reigning Queen, she too is doing well. She is staying plenty busy juggling the duties of full time employee, mom, wife, and any other title as required. I've said it before and I'll say it again, it is not easy being the wife of a firefighter. Steph manages everything neatly and capably while I pursue my career aspirations. I couldn't do what I do without her. She's awesome! She and I completed a 5K Fitness Run / Walk last weekend on Saturday. We had never done anything like that together before, but we had so much fun, we can't wait to do it again! We completed the whole thing in about 50 minutes. Our goal is to run the entire thing next year. And who knows? Maybe a 10K after that?! It really was a delightful experience and I would encourage others to participate in family fitness activities whenever possible.

The weather has finally started to turn warmer. It has been an unusually cool and wet Spring this year, making it remarkably difficult for me to get much time on the bike. I have finally been able to get a couple of decent rides in. Even as I update, it is storming out. It was my goal to ride the bike every day this week, but that plan has been sidelined by the severe weather we've had. As much as I love riding, it just isn't worth it for me to get killed because I pushed my luck and rode when I should have stayed home. Drivers are rude and careless as it is. So, here I sit, dreaming of that perfectly calm, warm and sunny day when I can get out and stretch my legs on the Trek. Stupid crummy weather.....

I guess I shouldn't complain too much, though. Being forced to stay indoors has given me time to finally post an update. So, there! Are you happy now?