Monday, January 25, 2010

Purple People Eaters

In our household NFL is important and so needless to say yesterday was a big day, even though our church didn't get the memo that there were two very important games on tv yesterday and so they decided to have our annual church dinner last night...whew! run on sentence, I know. (ha, why even bother with punctuation!) Anyway, we saw maybe the first quarter of the Jets/Colts game, and then missed the whole first half of the second. Thankfully, we could watch the rest.
So as we were watching last night, I realized my husband all of a sudden became a Vikings fan...ew! Ok, I'm sorry, but the Vikings remind me of one thing - the purple people eater. In 4th grade, in my dance class, we did this dance to that song. Yes there is a song, look it up! Anyway, there was this boy at school, bless his heart, that LOVED the vikings. He wore these purple vikings sweatpants, yeah the ones with the elastic at the ankle, ALL the time! So I always called him the purple people eater, no not to his face! That would be mean. Anyway, this boy was so nice, i think we even went to his bday party in elementary school. Anyway, as we got into high school, he didn't wear the sweatpants anymore, but the image just stuck in my head, so I still called him the purple people eater in my head...this is so stupid! Anyway, I've always associated the vikings with this boy and purple sweatpants...and their stupid mascot! (Sorry Steph and Krista, you may be offended) Ok Becky, you get a little shout out here too because this boy asked you to prom...remember in Hallmark! ha! I love it! He didn't realize you were totally out of his league! Anyway...
Back to last night, as the game is going on, my husband starts routing for the vikings, I guess partly because of Brett Favre, or maybe their purple uniforms, who knows. And so he starts whining about the NFL's overtime rules and how it is not fair. However, did they not have a chance to win the game at the end, my dear?! And did Brett Favre not have a chance to not(double negative) throw what 6 interceptions?! You, of all people, should not whine about the overtime rules! unless of course it is about the redskins! So I am sorry that the vi-"queens"(george) lost, but the leech and his team are heading to Miami, while the purple people eaters will lose their starting quarterback to retirement...or maybe not!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

2 Month Haleigh = CHU - BBY!

Ok, so I know this is a week late, but if you knew my life right now, you would understand! Little Miss is two months old now! And as you can see from the pictures, we are not worries about her weight gain...or maybe we are! There is something about our children where they just balloon out around two months and well stay like that for a while. Poor Caleb can't seem to shake that baby weight!Here is the latest on Haleigh:
-she weighs 12 pounds
-i'm not sure how long she is, but she seems really long
-currently she's stuck at the 4:30 am feeding, but I can't complain
-she loves to spit up on EVERYTHING!
-she recognizes her brothers' voices
-she's got the best closet in the family
-she is getting more noisy - exploring with squealing (which every girl needs to master) and cooing
-the double chin (see below) and thunder thighs have arrived-and as of last weekend, prefers her milk from the tap (AKA mommy) rather than bottle - we'll be working on this one
-and her fussy time is at night around 9:00 when the boys are in bed and mommy and daddy are trying to relax - working on this one as well!

Friday, January 1, 2010

4 years ago...

Four years ago my first baby was born. My life was forever changed when that little boy arrived. And it is unbelievable that he is now four years old! I'm starting to realize that birthdays are as much for the mother as they are for the child. He is excited to have a party, receive presents, and just have his special day, but for me, it's about remembering that special day he was born. No mother ever forgets that day. It's as if it was yesterday. Every year we celebrate Micah's birthday, I love to tell him the story of the day he was born. I'm sure as he gets older he won't care...I'll just have to keep it to myself. Happy Birthday Micah!

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