I've Got Some Loose Jello Ok

In the spirit of Thanksgiving I would like to point out that I'm thankful for The Muppets. I am not ashamed to let you know that I own The Muppet Movie, Muppets From Space and The Muppets: Music Mayhem and More. I'm in a dilemma as to which Muppet is my favorite... In fact it's officially a tie between Animal and Pepe! They are hilarious. Anyway, enjoy the genius that is The Muppets!



The Prawn Cracker Wins,

Nic

a new tradition.

one year ago, at this time.... i was lying in a hospital bed, starting to get a little uncomfortable. it was time to push, but the doctor wasn't ready. so we waited. and waited. and waited. we waited for three more hours until finally all our ducks were in a row - and then it happened! little man logan was born into the world, eyes open and ready to roll. what a crazy day.

i'm so glad you were born, little dingo. you make me smile and laugh everyday. i can't imagine life without you and i wouldn't want to. you changed our lives for the better and have brought so much fun into your dad's and my life. what else can i say, but that i love you.

one year ago, at this time, i was waiting. next year at this time, maybe i'll be looking back one year and thinking about all we've been doing so far to celebrate your birth - how you screamed at the dr's office, clunging to me in naked [literally], terror as you were weighed and then peed on me on the way to the appointment room. how you cracked yourself up eating your lunch and spitting it back in my face, and how i put you down for a nap only to immediately hear the sound of your toy car being flung out of your crib to the floor. it may sound like just another crazy day, but it's our crazy day - and i love every minute of it.

my little dude rocks.
and i might smell like pee.
jen

The Big 1

I cannot believe that it has already been 1 year. One year since Logan was born. One year, coincidentally, that I became a dad! Today is Logan's birthday and he is the big 1. He has teeth popping in from all over the place. He is on the verge of walking (sometimes when he isn't paying attention he will back away from the coffee table and stand on his own; it's the greatest!).

Anyway, Logan - I can't tell you enough that I'm so proud of you and all your little tricks! I can't wait to teach you about football, how to throw a ball, hit home-runs and so many more great things that I have picked up along the way! We already have spitting down; and can I say I love how you laugh and laugh each time I spit and how you spit to be just like dad. I'm so excited that your mom and I get to spend our lives watching you grow into the man that God created you to be. He says you are going to do great things.

Little Man, I love you a whole lot. You bring a lot of joy to my life. So grab yourself a can of Dr Pepper and dent it up real good for me!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Love Your Dad

**This will be read and grammatically corrected by your mom as soon as she logs on to blog about your birthday**

holiday haters.

as i walked out of target today, i saw the most jolly of holiday figures: santa.

admittedly, i must say that a man wrapped up in a santa-suit does sort of freak me out. i'm not going to get all cynical and thought-provoking on you here... he just creeps me out. the end. anyway, nothing against santa, but as i passed him, the thought did cross my mind that... "in a few years, i bet i'll be the mom getting all the calls because her kid ruined Christmas."

now lets be real here, he won't RUIN Christmas, but i bet someone will think so. you see, it's come to my attention that nic and i might be holiday-haters. not like real "haters", but we definitely go against the norm. we don't celebrate halloween, the other day nic told me thanksgiving basically means nothing to him, and finally -

we've already made the decision that we will be telling logan, and whoever else might be coming along [not pregnant], that there is no santa. mothers of santa-believers, look out. i'm just warning you now that my kid will probably tell your kid that santa is made-up and you should probably be prepared to address that however you see fit. thus the reason my mind started spinning as i passed the red-coated man.

please understand, we're not out to ruin the holidays for anyone. in fact, we're out to celebrate the real reason we started celebrating in the first place - OUR SAVIOR!! He came into this world and related to us, spoke truth to us, and brought us near to him through the greatest sacrifice known to man - himself. HE rescued us from the oppressor and now we have a way to approach the Kingdom of God without guilt or shame. i don't know about you, but i think that's pretty exciting stuff. i'm willing to give up the fantasy of the jolly old guy who sneaks into your house to drop gifts at your tree, for the truth of Christ's coming to save the whole world. i want to celebrate that, and i'm all for my son knowing that, too. it is called CHRISTmas, anyway... not santamas.

yay Jesus.
jen

ps. this is not a public service announcement or anything. if you want to partake in the santa-isms, by all means - it's up to you.

it finally happened.

after learning how to crawl, logan's favorite activity quickly became crawling into the kitchen and pulling dr pepper cans off the shelf. i find them throughout the day, scattered around the apartment after he's pushed them from room to room and become distracted with something else.

just now he pulled one off the shelf and it exploded.

They Truly Are Awesome!

So it's been a fairly slow day at work so I'm sitting here listening to Christmas Music and wasting time on the internet. Anyway, I stumbled on a fantastic website. It lists, get this, awesome things!!! I got through the first page of awesome things and why they are awesome and I had to tell you of the greatness of this site. From the few that I have read so far, these made me laugh because I to think they are awesome and haven't given it much thought until now!

#637 - Rocking out on air instruments - I partake in the my-fists-are-holding-air-drumsticks-method

#639 - Carrying in the groceries in from the car in one trip - I find great pride and joy in doing this. Jen can attest to this. This also applies to carrying in luggage.

#641 - Kicking those clumps of slush off the back of your cars mud flaps - I absolutely think this is awesome!!! I love doing this, I even do it to other people's car's as I walk by. Can I also say the Xterra makes some doozies for me to kick off! I also enjoying driving over the freshly kicked off clumps.

If you get a chance check it out. www.1000awesomethings.com


Good good stuff. So what is awesome to you?

Nic

-Parting Shot: That's right, I said it, Christmas music! I love it: Parting Shot Ended-

this isn't on the list.

i have a HUGE list of things to accomplish this week. it's spanning time and space, people, to become the longest, most involved list of all time. despite my mapping out everything i have to do this week, i didn't manage to schedule in any time for blogging. no matter, however, seeing as i just accomplished item #129 - cleaning high chair - and the gagging has stopped me from continuing on to #130 - cleaning trashcan.

before i continue, let me explain. the high chair was a second-hander that was clean when we got it except for this sneaky little place underneath the chair that is basically hidden yet somehow has become a graveyard to old food and dust bunnies from the naughty place [you know... where satan lives]. discovering this place was a nightmare, but cleaning it out has been um... pleasant, mostly because i've avoided it at all cost. well, today it was time to pay up and it was so unpleasant that i will now be erasing that memory from my human hard drive.... right now.

done.

gone.

ok, now the trashcan.... you might be thinking, "who cleans a trashcan?" well, when it smells like ugly diapers, i bet you would too. i'm not painting a very nice picture of the state we live in here, but i promise you that i do clean, we are a tidy family, and all of this is really because i have 30 people coming over to the very confined space i like to call our apartment, and so-help-me if someone gets crammed in here next to said trashcan, they are going to be smelling nothing but rooooooooooosssees and sunshine. so there.

a.n.y.w.a.y.
i don't have much more to say other than i needed a break and ended up here, using these valuable nap-time minutes to tell all you randoms out there a story you don't even really want to know about. at least it was a blog. i'll go ahead and pencil it onto my list and then mark it off just for good measure.

see you on the flip
whatever that means
jen

there, i fixed it!

nic never ceases to bring me awesome new websites with hilariousness to boot. this new site, thereifixedit.com, is yet another one of his gems....

a zoo in gaza couldn't afford to bring in a zebra. this is close enough.it's basically fixed. it's definitely not going to fall now.
i love my husband.
jen

anybody out there??

today i saw a sidebar on my facebook page that said:

"the 4th kind - are there aliens out there?"
the choices were:
1. yes - i believe
2. i have seen one
3. i don't know

it made me laugh that:
1. this was a real question.
2. "no" was not an option
3. there were over 400,000 responses.

i'm amazed that the Lord's truth is a stretch to believe, but little green men are making such a convincing argument.

????
jen

update/downday

just a quick note:

i started my day bright [dark, actually], and early at the hour of 2am.
strange place + teething and probably a slight cold = angry little man.

we've begun the weaning process as of tuesday. i had a little kick in the bum to start [even though i was obviously a little... um... hesitant], since our handsome little nephew luke was born and we visited him in the hospital. so exciting. anyway, so far the process has been less than great. it went from being a sentimental "letting go," to an almost militant rejection of sippy cups, milk, formula, and even the favored, watered-down apple juice - just so we know how unhappy he is with being forced to do anything other than nurse.

a new battle has begun...

i had no idea that it'd be such a drastic transition, necessitating this angry response. logan took one sip of whole milk, gave me a disgusted look, and threw the sippy cup off the side of his chair. this was followed by an equally repulsed response to a bottle of formula. each day since, we've averaged one single little ounce of milk consumed from the sippy cup. i hope he catches on before i drop the next feeding because otherwise dehydration is really going to start kicking in.

i like milk.
somebody tell logan it's a tasty treat for all to eat.
i made that up just now.
i'm practically a genius.
jen