February Sweeps

In the world of Television, February is a big month. Every quarter the industry re-asseses their ad rates. So in February, May, August, November the networks and the affiliates pull out all the stops and try and attract viewers. This is when you will be most likely to see "A very special episode of..." or a string of guest stars or the long awaited return of a hugely popular show.

In our world this February is going to be a bit like sweeps in that we'll be having a string of very special guests.

Sweeps started off this weekend with a visit from Maric.

The boys love Maric. Ryan, loves Eric. He's really bonded with his Uncle. It's really amazing to see, it's been since Christmas, yet as soon as Ryan saw Eric, his face lit up, and I think he started making gestures to be held. Ryan really loves people. He really seems to know the people in his life that love him and he is always so comfortable in their presence.Evan is also really starting to be more comfortable with people that aren't his Mom and Dad. He still makes sure we are around, but as long as we are near, he is good. (Ya-Ya has to be close by too or he will start calling for him. "Ya-Ya, Ya-Ya,Ya-Ya!")

We had such a nice weekend of eating, (Ryan also ate two pieces of pizza from Pizza Port this weekend!!! I won't even begin to think it, but, breakthrough???) wandering the horse trails, and riding the escalator up and down, and up and down, and up and down. (Who knew that we could milk hours of enjoyment out of escalator rides?)

Visits from Maric always end too soon and leave us hoping they will be back soon, but because this month is sweeps, our next guest stars arrive tomorrow.