KerThump!

"THUD...THUD...THUD....THUD....THUD....THUD"

These are the sounds of a little body coming down the stairs.

Not falling down the stairs (despite how it may sound),

But sliding down the stairs in 1.2 seconds flat.

Belly surfing without belly calluses-magical!



P.S.  We do not even notice the sound of it anymore, but it sure does scare the H*** out of visitors! :)

The Little Spitball

Don has learned to stick out his tongue and spit. How he learned this (ahem) I will never know?! ;)

Anyway, he uses this new trick whenever he is playing chase or at just the right exact moment in any given conversation.

For this next story, you also need to know that he is an excellent scavenger.  If anybody (especially one of his siblings) leaves a piece of food laying on the table, he will grab it as he is passing by.

So, this morning he was doing just that and I said, "Don, stop and leave it there!"

He looked straight at me, stuck his tongue out, and spit!

(I did not laugh, but it is difficult because he is so dang cute when he does it, however, I also know it will not be in just a few years ;)

I looked at him and said, "Should we roll you up into a ball and call you a 'Spitball'?"

He looked right at me, wrinkled his little nose, smiled, and said "YA!"

Oh, dear Lord have mercy on us for this child may have inherited my sense of humor! :)

8 Weeks

I am sitting here with a baby in my arms just as I was 8 weeks ago at this time.
Except then I was only an hour post-delivery and couldn't stop looking at this precious gift God had blessed me with...now I still can't take my  eyes off this precious gift but I'm also looking forward to being able to enjoy another one of God's most precious gifts again at some point- a full  night's sleep!  :)
It will come.  Someday it will come again!
Until then I will just do the best I can and and bask in the wonderfulness of all the smiles he has been handing out to me this week!  :)

He's Here!!!!

I'm a little behind but....

It's a BOY! :)

Don Bernard entered into this world last Thursday (the 15th)!  He is officially 1 week old today and has forever changed our lives already :)

He weighed in at 8 lbs 3 oz and was 20 in long.  I just look at him and think "I can't believe all of you was in me!"

I apologize for the delay in delivering this news and I blame sleep deprivation for anything that may seem incoherent/ramblingish in this or near future posts ;)

One thing I am sure of though...my heart could not be more full!!!