Mt Redoubt Alive!!

Here is one of our resident volcano's, Mt Redoubt. We haven't seen any ash yet but there have been warnings for days now. Ash was supposed to get to Anchorage yesterday. Mt Redoubt isn't close to us, it is down on the Kenia Peninsula across from Ninilchik. Down in Homer people have been getting up to 1/8th of an inch of ash. One guy said that he let his dog out and could see where the dog had walked because of the ash on the ground. Lots of flights have been canceled and people aren't able to leave. The guys who are working up on the North Slope are stuck too. No flights are coming in and out of there either. Our nanny told us a story about how when the volcano erupted before, the oil companies decided to bus guys up to the Slope. The buses stopped in Fairbanks for a break and a lot of the guys bought booze (not allowed on the Slope). Chaos ensued on the buses, there were fights, singing and general mayhem. The oil companies deiced not to do that again. Now if your up there your up there until your replacement comes through. At least they get paid for it.
We have been doing ok. Brody had a cough and a sore throat for a while and then Liam got the bug. He was not a happy camper. When the chest cold started with the bad cough we took him to the doctor. He is doing really well now, a cough every so often and a little chest rattle but happy and sleeping through the night, mostly :) . The poor kid had a really hard time sleeping for a few nights and there was some projectile vomiting. Liam and I had to take a shower at 11 pm one night because of the throwing up. We felt so bad for him, he looked so tired but was having such a hard time sleeping. I got the bug and went to the doctor yesterday. Today I actually feel like I'm turning the corner and getting a little better. But not before I I missed some work and generally felt miserable for a while.
Can you all believe that Liam is almost 10 months old. He is getting so big. He crawls everywhere, gets into EVERYTHING and is not just pulling himself up but walking along the couch. He really loves to play with his dad and his personality comes out more and more everyday. They laugh and have a great time, Liam loves to joke around and he also loves his books. He has a book that Brody got for him that is big and very colorful (its all about spring), its a board book with flaps and Liam will sit and look at the book. He pays really close attention when you read to him and lift the flaps, he is just soaking it all in. He is eating everything as you can see from the picture and he is very independent about it. He wants to hold his own spoon, and just generally make a big mess. In this picture he has squash all over his face. That's our good eater!!!