It still amazes me how fast Stephen learns things. He got a lot of new toys on his birthday and he seems to have a pretty good understanding of most of them by now. He can also do things like: open the right cupboard, get out a can of green beans, and walk over and put it in the dog's bowl (we feed the dogs green beans as part of their dinner every night. We, of course, open the can before we feed it to the dogs, but he's got the right idea). He can also do really annoying things like unlock the dish washer while it is running or pull all the glass bowls out of the cupboards onto the kitchen floor.

We had a great time at Stephen's birthday party, and I think he handled it well. We managed to squeeze in a bath (after the blood-red icing got all over his face, in his hair, and on his feet) and a nap for him during the party. He opened most of his presents by himself, and thinks wrapping paper is the greatest thing invented by man. Also, the leftovers from the party and dinner with my family kept us going for 4 days after the party.

I ordered an exact copy of the laptop that I killed (used laptop on ebay) in the hopes of plugging in my old hard drive and being able to pick up where I left off. I got the computer via fedex on Tuesday, and no such luck. Old hard drive is destroyed. Old cd drive is destroyed. On a positive note, my old memory worked.

I still have a lot of pictures to post from the past week. I need to get moving on that.