Granny (my mom) is flying here this afternoon to help us celebrate Lily and Liam's birthdays (on Friday and Tuesday). Tom and I are so excited we could just about explode- Tom's already got the calendar full of date nights for us- The new James Bond movie, dinner at some of our favorite restaurants, etc. and the kids can barely contain themselves. Ben's been calling her everyday to make sure she's still coming (I think Tom would too if he didn't have such an aversion to the phone).

Now if the construction workers outside could just reassure me that my water will not be brown forever, I would feel a lot better about having company for the next week. Bleck!