aunt rebecca and cousins asa and ursula came for a weekend visit. real nice to have cousins close by. the weather was warm, but a little windy. sadie's vocabulary is increasing daily: in addition to ball, more, car, baby, mama, dada, dog, and nuk-nuk, she now says hat, banana, tato (potato), asa, becca (rebecca), baby, ca (jessica), noodles, apple, orange, blue, happy, and mess (we get to say that one a lot). discouraged by the lack of snow in virginia, we are going to find some winter to play in during our trip to vermont next week.