Happy New Year

I spent most of my New Years Eve with Auntie Becky while Mom and Dad went to a friend's house to watch the ISU/Minnesota Bowl Game. I tried so hard to stay awake!!!

The show you have all been waiting for...

January

Pictures are coming soon of my recent adventures and experiences. Unlike most people who are sick of this awful winter weather we have been having, I am enjoying my extra time at home with Mom and Dad. We have a lot of fun on snow/ice days and I keep them busy. Grandma and Grandpa Ward came down last weekend and Mom and Dad got to go to a movie. 1st one in 2 years Mom says. They saw Blindside and both of them would recommend it to everyone. Grandma and Grandpa kept me busy and played with me lots while helping Mom and Dad clean up the house. Much needed Mom says, since I like to throw everything I come in contact with on the floor. Eyes always need to be on me because I am busy!!! I got my first goose egg yesterday morning as I fell hard and hit the coffee table(Mom swore she was going to make it disappear for a while, but we'll see). I now look like a tough little boy. On to bigger news, most of you know, but I am going to be a big Brother in August. I don't know what this means quite yet, but Mom tells me I will be good at it. I am also almost walking. I can stand independently and take a few steps to Mom and Dad without help. I would still rather crawl right now though. It is scary to start walking without help! Well, I will leave you with a picture of my new little brother or sister. Enjoy!

Cute Story

The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher. I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back. When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome. Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.' 'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.' She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me.. The kids are watching her in amazement. 'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.) 'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.) 'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!) 'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe. They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there.' Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another ' Middle Wife' comes along.

Christmas 2009

Mom forgot our camera cord at Grandma and Grandpa's so you will all have to wait for my collage of Christmas shots. We spent almost a week up in Minnesota and didn't leave Grandma and Grandpa's too much. Too much snow!!! I enjoyed crawling all over their house, climbing up their furniture, and getting into everything :). I got to deliver my cousins Peter and Henry a new puppy on our way home. Then Mom and Dad went to visit my new cousin Sydney in the hospital while I played with Grandma and Grandpa Miller. We have been busy that is for sure. Since we have been home I now like to wake up at 4:30, hate to sleep the day away like Dad. Mom is hoping I start sleeping a little later starting tomorrow because back to work. No more morning naps for Mom. My new skill I have learned is to clap. I do it all the time now and enjoy seeing my hands meet in the middle. I also enjoy cleaning off areas such as shelves, tables, my toy chest, which means everything on the floor. I also love to climb anything and everything I can. I am always lifting my legs to see if I can make it up. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!