First Entry

Hi All,

This is the first posting to the new Horton Club family blog. Hopefully, we can update this site frequently to keep you up to date on the wild and crazy adventures of our family- which now include large quantities of drool and cat hair.

In recent news- Spring is coming to Maine!
Liz has returned to work after maternity leave and is finding it hard to be a sleepless working mother. Weekends are something to look forward to in a way they never were before. Dale is finishing up the Spring 08 semester with success- having just received a 99 on a macroeconomics exam. He is planning on taking 2 more classes this summer on the way to his Social Work degree. Rowan is a new green belt in Tae Kwon Do and is one of the best readers in her 3rd grade class. She has started her own video blog- which can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Id23AzXHRU
Margaret is closing in on 12 weeks old quickly. She is now experimenting with the volume of her voice- sometimes startling herself with screeches. She has also started laughing-which is an amazing sound to hear. A baby's laughter seems to be an evolutionarily adaptive form of self-preservation. Just when you are ready to give up- your baby laughs and you forgive them for the drool they dropped in your mouth while you were holding them in the air. Until next time....