Booo...

Well, it was nice while it lasted.

Starbucks is pulling their hot breakfast sandwiches from stores, so that the aroma won't compete with the coffee.

I really liked their breakfast sandwiches, and was glad when they introduced them a couple of years ago. I didn't get 'em very often, but they were a nice alternative to their breakfast pastries. Black Forest Ham, Egg & Cheddar, Spinach & Fontina Cheese, Turkey Bacon, all yum yum yum.

Sadly, they are no more. :( Oh well.

LOST STARTS AGAIN TONIGHT!!!

So, I really need to put Jeremiah down for his nap, but I wanted to let everyone know, in case you're living in a cave or something (at which point this won't really matter) that LOST is on at 8 pm EST TONIGHT!

It's a special two hour premeire, which is nice, since it's been like, I dunno, years! it seems, since the last season. And then it'll be on Thursday nights at 9 from here on out. Good stuff!

Unfortunately, because of the strike, they've only got 8 episodes (maybe 10... can't remember exactly,) of the 16 episodes for the season filmed and ready to go. If the strike ends tomorrow, as some are speculating, then we'd probably only have to wait maybe a couple of weeks, a month at the most, at the end of what's been filmed for the rest of the season to start up again. But as it stands right now, we're going to be left with a MAJOR cliffhanger in 8 weeks that will probably be worse than those left with the season finale from last year (did ya watch last night's re-run? Had some cute comments at the bottom of the screen... Good stuff, good stuff.)

If you haven't yet, you can also participate in the find815.com viral campaign. It's pretty cool, you're basically helping this guy try to find his girlfriend, who was aboard the flight, and you have to help him find clues along the way. Very interesting stuff.

Okay, time for Jemiah to sleep.

What to do...

Was reading on Ali's blog about the Superbowl, and it reminded me that we have nothing planned. :( Surprisingly, no one we know is having a party (or if they are, they haven't invited us!) and since the Steelers aren't in it, Jeremy feels no need to throw one ourselves.

............

Now, I've asked Jeremy if we could have one, just for fun. I mean, we've got the set up for it, between the HD tv upstairs, and the 10 ft screen with the HD projector downstairs... And it'd be a great way to finish off the keg from the Christmas party (I'm so sick of it being in the fridge downstairs.... we're not a frat house, after all.) But all I got from Jeremy was a "We'll think about it.. " :( Oh well. Maybe we'll just invite the neighbors over like last time, or something. It's kinda like New Years--a great reason to throw a party and see friends... it's almost a waste to not... But I digress...

I had a dream about it last night... I don't know why, it's not like I'm excited for either team (I wanted Green Bay to go, not the Giants... Oh well.) That's kinda sacrilegious for me to say, being a born & raised New Englander, but part of me doesn't want them to win (the Steeler side...) And part of me does (the NE side, I guess...) I don't really want the Giants to win, only because Eli Manning is Peyton Manning's brother, and we despise the Colts in this household. I don't want Peyton to have ANY bragging rights in regards to this superbowl, "well, if it wasn't me, at least my baby brother won it... I taught him everything he knows about the game..." or something.

Heh.... just thinking back to the SNL skit with Peyton Manning in it--"Don't pull a Peyton Manning! Don't do it!" You had to see it. Lemme see if I can find it. Nope, I can't. Just like the Penelope sketch I tried to find, NBC pulled it from Youtube, and Google, etc. Stupid NBC. At least host it on your own site, if you're not going to allow someone else to! Sheesh. Well, if ya ever wanna try finding it, it's called, "ESPN's NCAA Tournament Pool Party" with Peyton Manning. Basically, it's a sketch so they can poke fun at Peyton Manning, and "Don't pull a Peyton Manning" is kinda like saying, "they seem all impressive, but then can't pull through when it really matters..." lol, Too funny! He was a good sport about it. Good stuff.

Okay, yeah, so according my dream, the Patriots are going to win 34-33... They're going to kick a game-winning field goal with only seconds left on the clock and win the whole thing! So place yer bets, people! Sorry Giants, that's probably the way it's going to be. Nothing personal.

It'll be interesting to see how right I am.

Oh, and if YOU don't have anywhere to watch the game this weekend either, come on over! We'll have an impromptu informal party! Bring a snack to share, or some soda, and we'll root for neither team together! :) I'm serious!

There's one in every building....

Or family.... or workplace.... etc...

If you're not familiar with who "Penelope" is from SNL (Saturday Night Live), well, this ought to sum it up pretty well. I've been looking for this clip for a while, ever since we saw Peyton Manning host, and this was one of the skits. Very funny stuff.

Anyways, I tried to embed a player, but that didn't work too well, so you'll just have to click on the link. This is the ONLY version I could find, so it's a bit grainy, but you get the idea.

And do yourself a favor--don't visit the site shown while the video is playing... it's a naughty site (but the page you're going to isn't! It is safe for work! :)

Enjoy!

Penelope at the Tennent Meeting

Guess it's time for an update.

Thought I'd post some better news than the crappy news that's plagued the newspapers this week.

Well, let's see... Jeremiah is now well into his 13th month of life outside the womb. I can't believe how much time has gone by already... I think back to things that have happened in the past, and have to remind myself, "Oh yeah, that was over a year ago, because I wasn't even pregnant then!" Very crazy.

Of course, our little man is still growing like crazy. He loves to just run around wherever he can, whether that's around the couch, around our bed, or up and down the stairs (with assistance from one of us.) He actually won't even let us carry him up or down anymore--he insists on climbing them himself, and he has to do it like Mommy and Daddy (holding onto the rail he can't really reach and stepping down, or holding onto both of us and stepping up.) We've tried to teach him the "baby way" of just crawling up and down, and while he'll do that for going up, forget about it for going down. He just won't do it. In his mind, I guess, he thinks, "Mommy and Daddy don't go down the stairs backwards, so why should I???" Oh well.

I was reading Katharine's blog on Lilly's communication skills and had to laugh. :-) Jeremiah isn't the least bit interested in learning words, signs, or really anything that doesn't have to do with running around and playing. While I haven't been very good about trying to teach him sign language (we started, and then our book got packed for the move, and I didn't make a huge effort to find it until recently,) there are a few signs that I've been doing since he was about six months--eat, all done, milk, and drink. Yeah, he just looks at me blankly when I do any of those.

I do know he understands what we say to him, even if he doesn't acknowledge it all the time. I've been trying to teach him where parts of his body are, such as mouth, feet, hands, tummy. So far, everything is "nose." "Jeremiah, where's you foot??" He points to his nose. "Jeremiah, where's your tummy???" He points to his nose. :) "Jeremiah, where's your nose??" He points to his nose! Or sometimes, he'll point to my nose. At least he's got that down! We'll continue to work on it.

What else. Well, he has become an increasingly picky eater, but at least he has a set list of likes and dislikes. He likes eggs, peanut butter sandwiches (apparently, we shouldn't have given him pb until he was like 2, but aside from the freak incident my Mom had with an Asian pear the night before my baby shower, there's no history of food allergies in our families, so we went with it, and he's just fine!) Cherrios, pineapples, bananas, cheese, etc, etc... He does NOT like baby food. Nope. Not that I give him much, but if I try, he acts insulted and spits it out. Even the baby oatmeal he's been eating every morning for months has become boring to him. Same thing with yogurt (he used to LOVE yogurt!) Not enough texture. He'd rather have pieces of banana and whole wheat toast. So that's what I'll start giving him. Or "eggs in a basket". He likes that, too (was a childhood fav of mine, as well--he likes dipping the toast in the yolk. What a big boy!)

One thing that's kinda amusing is his growing affection for Starbucks. Yup, Starbucks. I'm becoming one of those "mom's." But I set boundaries--I'll ask for water, or milk, in a kid's size cup, and he's content with that. What can I say, we love Starbucks. :)

An interesting change for him has gotta be bath time. He used to love bath time, and would just splash around happily for as long as you let him. Now, though, all he's interested in doing is walking around the tub. He'll pick up a toy, walk up and down, put the toy in the water, pick up another toy, walk some more, and so on. Will.... not.... sit.... EVER.... Then, when we try to wash his hair, he decides, "Okay, I've had enough of this, time to bail," and proceeds to start trying to climb out of the tub. And not by crawling over the side, nope. Nope, he's gotta do it like Mommy and Daddy, so up comes his leg, over the side, and next thing you know, he's straddling the side of the tub (I'm not a guy, but I'm pretty sure that's really NOT comfortable....) He absolutely LOVES to run around in his birthday suit, though! After his bath, when he's dripping wet, he'll just take off and GO. Next thing you know, he's running around out room, or down the hall, still soaking wet, and just laughing and squealing... So funny.

Switching gears a bit, I've been thinking about the eventual move that Jeremiah will have to make from the nursery to a big boy room. I kinda wish the other two rooms we have were more equal in size--one is the same size as ours, minus the bathroom and a walk-in closet, but that just seems way too big for such a little guy... I don't want to overwhelm him. On the flip side, I don't really want to move him into the 11x11 room (or maybe 10x10... I dunno...) because if we have another boy next, then we'll have to move him into the big room anyways...

I'm leaning towards sticking him in the big room... We don't yet know if we're going to have all boys, or boys and girls, so unless we have a bunch a girls from here on out, more than likely Jeremiah will end up in there at some point. Maybe we'll wait until we know what #2 will be before deciding. We'll have time between then and when he'd need to be out, for sure.

Mmmm.... Iron Chef is having "Battle Lentils". I suddenly have the urge to eat lentils.... Hmm.... And guess who one of the judges is! "The man who will eat it all for you.... Joel McHale...." from The Soup. In his intro, they mentioned he was in Spider-Man 2. He was???? I looked it up, and apparently, he was a character named "Mr. Jacks". Who the heck is Mr. Jacks?! Apparently, not a very important person, as he falls between "Elevator Passenger" and "Man Dodging Debris" in the credits. I can't think of where that places him in the movie, but the next time I watch it, I'll have to look extra carefully. (Oh, and Thank you! Joel McHale, for sticking up for Heath Ledger--"Heath Ledger passed away this week, and in all the years we've been doing this show, we've never had cause to mention him. So stop digging through the dirt, weasels! A talented and decent guy is gone, and our thoughts go to those that knew him" Well said. If there had been anything worth reporting after his death, The Soup would have talked about it a long time ago. So thank you, Mr. McHale, for standing up for an upstanding actor when everyone else just wants to find something 'wrong'. For shame. /rant)

What a surprise... A Nutrisystem commercial. Hmm, Tori Spelling lost 36 lbs... She looks good. Guess that baby weight is all gone. Or maybe she just couldn't afford to buy food because her B&B is draining all their money with little return. Or maybe I'm just being cynical...

Oooo, the lentils are back... Mmm... lentils... I think I'd better grab some dinner.

Can you tell I'm watching TV as I write this? Maybe I should end now before the randomness gets worse.

That's all folks!

Well, that stinks...

Not a very happy day, news wise.

First, the feds cut interest rates 3/4 of a point--the market sinks even further, and concerns about the economy grow (at least it leveled out a bit by COB.)

Then, I hear Fred Thompson dropped out of the race for President. Now, this didn't sadden me as much as when Colbert dropped out (by the way, anyone else going to go see his painting at the National Gallery??? I gotta go!) but he was an entertaining fella to have in the race.

And then, the bomb dropped: Heath Ledger was found dead in his NYC apartment. That... just... stinks. Not that I was a fan of his role in Brokeback Mountain, but from what I've seen of him as the Joker in The Dark Knight, man this guy was going to be on fire!

Oh well. Dems the way things are. I feel bad for his daughter, of course. No one should have to lose their Dad so soon. And I'm kinda annoyed with the way the media has been covering it. Yes, pills were found in his room, but mostly OTC stuff. While the police are not ruling out a suicide, it sounds more like an accidental overdose. One site said that he just returned from filming in London, and was trying to get back on East Coast time. Makes sense to me. I hope it wasn't a suicide, and he certainly isn't a druggie. I guess we'll just wait for the medical reports to come out.

On a more selfish note, I hope this doesn't affect The Dark Knight's release. Don't see why it would, since it doesn't open until July, but ya never know.

Boooooo of a day. Very sad.

Congratulations, Todd & Paige!

Finally, after 42 weeks of pregnancy, Paige gave birth to a baby girl, Zoe Allison, over the weekend!

I don't have details, as I'm getting my info from her sister-in-law's blog (M&M's Blog from Todd & Paige's), but I just wanted to say congrats!

Yay for Todd & Paige! Enjoy parenthood--it's the best thing in the world!

Krispy Kreme has gone trans-free!

Krispy Kreme, home to some of the best doughnuts on earth, has recently announced that their entire menu, ALL of their doughnuts, are now trans-fat free! Yay!

Of course, they're still bad for you, but now, just slightly less so. Now when you eat a dozen in under three minutes (easy to do when they're HOT), you can take comfort in knowing that while your insulin may spike, your cholesterol will not.

Had I known this earlier, I may have stopped to pick some up from one of their location in Alexandria, VA, since I was in the area. Probably a good thing, though. :)

Poll Added

In case you never look to the side, or the blog is showing up as only two columns in your browser, please take a moment to find the poll that I've added. It should be in the right column under the "More About Us" box.

I've never had a problem viewing the blog, in either Firefox or Internet Explorer (haven't tested Safari, so Mac users, you'll have to let me know if you're having trouble. There's only a few of you out there--I know who you are from our stat counter.) However, Jeremy's had problems when he views it in IE, though none in FF. I'm trying to figure out if it's a size problem, a browser problem, or something else.

Also note that this blog is optimized to be viewed at 1024x768. Only 6% of our viewers use a resolution smaller than that, so everything should show up just fine. If you are viewing in 800x600, and are having problems viewing all three columns, that's probably why. My guess is that you may only see two columns, with the third under the first at the bottom of the page. Look there for the poll if you don't see it to the right.

Thanks for your feedback! I'm hoping Jeremy's the only one with issues, but if not, we'll do our best to fix it.

My poor baby...

Well, Jeremiah had his 1-year check up today!
Yay for Jemiah!
It wasn't very good.
Awww... poor Jemiah...
As far as health goes, he's in tip top shape! He weighed in at 27lbs 13oz (I thought he would be closer to 30lbs, but that was because I thought he weighed in at 26lbs at his 9 month when really it was only 24lb 12oz. Eh. Whatever!) 32 inches long, and a big 'ole 19 inch head! But, he's well proportioned, so Dr. was happy with that (95+%-tile all around.) He didn't like getting weighed, or being forced to lay down so they could measure him (he screamed,) nor did he enjoy having his ears' checked, or his heart/lungs listened to.... or anything else the dr was trying to do.

The worst part, though, was getting shots. Apparently, he would have only gotten three, but Merck stopped making a combined vaccine, so he had to get 4! needles.
When Jess Jr shows up, we're going to be a lot more selective about what vaccines she gets!
Yeah, that didn't go very well.

We got him to lay down on the table, somewhat happily, as he played with my cell phone. And then came the first prick..... all of a sudden, shock appeared on his face, and quickly changed to squinted eyes, and a wide-open mouth. A gulp of breath later, and out came a cry just as needle #2 was being stuck in his leg. Now wailing, he decided he was done with this, and started kicking his legs--all while still getting a shot! The needle came out, vaccine everywhere, blood everywhere, needles starting to fly everywhere.... Yeah, it was bad.
The worst part of being a parent--having to watch your child get stuck over and over...
Nurse managed to recover the situation, and was able to administer the last two vaccines in his other leg, while still managing to be as gentle as possible (most nurses we've have just jammed it in... I appreciated the fact that this nurse was at least, trying to be nice about it.) Jeremiah also recovered shortly after that (my poor baby!) but boy... that was tough.

After that, we went to the mall for lunch, and to use up his free ice cream from Coldstone (expired today, timing worked out well.) He played in the play area for a while, and had a blast with it! Guess we'll be stopping by there more often now that's he's big enough.
Hopefully by the time Jess Jr. shows up, he'll be able to play by himself, so Mommy can just sit with baby and watch.
Unfortunately, his medicine from before eventually wore off, and he started getting fussy. We gave him another dose and put him to bed. Hopefully he wakes up feeling much better tomorrow.
So far, so good, though Mommy slept 'til 10! Jeremiah woke up around 8:30, and just played in his crib for an hour and a half (I think he fell back asleep for a few minutes... didn't hear a peep outta him for a while.)

Who's that cute little girl?!

Wait a second.....

That's not a girl! That's Jemiah!!

Good thing we got his hair cut! :-)

(We were asked just the other day how old she was. Yup, that convinced Jeremy it was time to chop it off. :-)

Many Updates!

First of all, Happy Birthday to my little bullfrog!! He turned one today! YAY!
Secondly, we're pregnant! YAY! :)
We were going to get his picture taken today, but he fought me so long about his nap that he didn't actually fall asleep until 2:15! Almost 3 hours to get him to take a nap! Crazy.
I hope he figures out this whole nap thing before Jess Jr shows up!
Of course, we kept him up late last night, and he didn't wake up until 9:25 this morning, so that may have something to do with it. Still, he's used to taking his naps about 3 hours after he wakes up. Instead, he decides to let me change his diaper, pretend to fall asleep (be vewy vewy quiet.... we're trickin' mommy....) only to wake up/get up and poop his diaper! This happens at least twice, over a period of an hour or two (has been for a couple of days now.) Had I left that wet diaper on him, he would have never gone, but as soon as he's fresh and clean, call Mommy....
The plan is to have him out of diapers during the day by September, so I only have to wash one set instead of two!
Anyways, that was probably TMI, but you asked (you read this blog, after all. :-) Whatever!
Did I mention we're expecting yet???
Lots has happened over the weekend. Saturday, sadly, the Steelers ended their season in their game against the Jaguars. With less than 3 min left in the game, up by ONE point, they decide to let Gerrard (QB for Jacksonville) run 32! yards on a 4th & 2! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! It would have ended the game right there, had they stopped him, but instead that run put them in field goal range, and they got it to win the game by two points. Jeremy took off his jersey and threw it on the floor after that. :-) Oh well, at least it was interesting.

Previous to that sad game, we watched the Redskins lose with some neighbors of ours. While they were here, we had a little b-day cake for Jemiah. It's all in his Happy Birthday post.

Then on Sunday, we had to take Stephin home so he could start school again tomorrow [today] (they'd been in the Azores the past week.) While there we had a little mini-b-day party for Jeremiah with my family (also in the Happy Birthday post.)

And finally, today we took Jeremiah out for the big 0-1! and went to Konami for dinner. Okay, more for us than him, but he did enjoy the smoked salmon, and his favorite, pickled ginger. Yes, folks, he was practically begging for it, like a baby bird keeping his mouth wide open, waiting for the mommy bird to drop some food into it. Crazy kid. :-)

Oh, and I put some Christmas pictures in the Merry Christmas post. Also see this post for an interesting Christmas card we received over the holidays. Do we know you???

Did I mention I'm not sick anymore?? I'm about 90% healed, and soooo glad for it, too! What a lousy last week. Yay! Now maybe we can tackle taking down our Christmas tree. It's still pretty, just a funny shade of green/yellow/brownish... (sounds like something else I used to encounter regularly....) Maybe this weekend.
Now it's all about morning sickness! Yes! Actually, it hasn't been too bad thus far, but there's definitely some nausea and aversions to certain foods, though it's an ever-changing list.
Us at dinner tonight:

What's with that face???

He sure liked that spoon!

Such a big boy!

Jeremiah beaming in his new view of the world from a face forward position in the back seat.

Happy Birthday, Jemiah!

Birthday Party #1

Saturday night, we celebrated Jeremiah's birthday at our house with my brother Stephin and some of our neighbors, Marty & Donna with their kids. We did the whole song and dance, and then let him dig in! And once he figured out that he could pick up the cake and shove it in his mouth (vs. using one finger to dip in the frosting over and over again,) that's exactly what he did! So cute!







Birthday Party #2!
After Saturday night, we had a little party for Jeremiah at my parent's house, complete with a shave & a haircut, sans the shave!

First Haircut!!!

No more hair over his eyes! yay! He can see again!!!

How's this for exciting?

I'm still sick. BOOOO! But Jeremiah's not! YAY!!

I really don't know what's going on. I think, in the end, it's only a cold that won't take a hint and leave. All it is is symptoms, after all--sore throat, congestion, cough. No fatigue (surprisingly, though I do try to take it easy and nap when I can), no fever, no headache (at least not since Sunday), no other aches and pains (again, since Sunday.) I feel fine, or at least I would, if I didn't have a head. :) Is a head really that important? Can't I just whack it off and be done with it?? No? Maybe not a good idea? Okay....
I guess that wouldn't be helpful for "Jess Jr", huh?
I've been trying all sorts of homeopathic remedies--cayenne pepper, lemon/honey, etc... The cayenne pepper... that was interesting. Yeah, gargling water and cayenne is a bit yucky and hot, but that wasn't the worst part. Have you ever smelled cayenne pepper??? It has this weird, almost "b.o."-ish odor to it. That was the worst part. Plugging your nose helps with that, but after doing that about 6 times with no improvement, I gave up. I guess I should have stuck with it longer, but I really got sick of the smell....
Thankfully, no nausea whatsoever yet, despite the harsh smells!
ACV, or apple cider vinegar, is supposed to be another good one--drink it like you would a cup of tea.... I'm all out, but I may pick some up later, as I have seen little improvement with everything else. I have noticed that eating a couple of oranges provides mild temporary relief (probably the same way ACV does--the acid in the juice "kills" everything back there... or something...)
Have I mentioned how much it sucks being sick when you're pregnant???
I'm not sure if I want to subject Jeremy to the last home brew alternative--garlic cloves. I guess you cut it up, and chew on each piece individually. Now, I love garlic, but even I have never had it that 'straight up'. Maybe I'll make a salad dressing, heavy on the garlic and ACV, very light on the "E.V.O.O." as Rachel Ray likes to say, and see if that does anything... We'll see...

Yeah, I told ya, very exciting stuff, huh? I wish I had more to talk about, but really, nothing's been going on this week except that... And my parents made it back to the States okay. They're flying from Boston to Dulles this afternoon, so I'm sure they'll have lots to say about their stay in the Azores with my Avo. We're going to try to go in the Summer, probably July. That should be nice. :)
We're planning on going then because I'll be around 7 months preggers then, so my Avo can't say anything about my weight... Believe me, she would otherwise....
And that's all folks! Time to get Jemiah down for his morning nap.

Boo for flu....

Well, it was bound to happen eventually, but I sure wish it hadn't.

Jeremy's been fighting a cough/sore throat for over a week now. We finally convinced him to go to the doctor's, and found out he's got an awesome sinus infection. Two days and many pills later, he's well on the road to recovery.

Saturday, I woke up with a scratchy throat, but thought nothing of it and went shopping. As the day went on, the scratchiness got worse. By evening, I wanted nothing more than to curl up in a blanket with some hot tea, and go to bed. Went to the doctor's today, and apparently, it's viral, so all we can do is wait it out. Booooo...
What really sucked was not being able to take anything to relieve those pesky symptoms!
At least I have real acetaminophen now--Saturday night, the only kind we had was children's liquid tylenol. Have you tasted that stuff recently??? It's like liquid candy! Yuck! Thankfully, Jeremy went to the store and got some real tylenol, so I can rest a little bit more easy (though the cough and congestion still keep me from having a good nights sleep, but I digress....)
It sucks being sick when you're pregnant....
The only thing that sucks more than being sick is...... being dead. :) Thankfully, we're very much alive, just a bit miserable! So we'll take our drugs, drink our teas, get some sleep, and hope tomorrow is a fresher, healthier day (no late night partying tonight for us!)
Yet again, I cannot drink a glass of champagne on New Years....
Happy New Year! Goodbye 2007 (weird...) hello, 2008! A nice round number.

Oh, and apparently I've lost 10 lbs since going to the dr's last (I think in June? July? Something like that? Maybe August? I dunno.) So that made me feel better, even if the number was still higher than I would have liked. Baby steps!
Too bad that number will likely just continue to climb back up, but hopefully it will be all baby this time, as most of it was last time.

joshnjess.blogspot.com???

I was beginning to think we were the only ones who waited until last minute to send out Christmas cards--and then we checked our mail on the 26th to find it full of 'em! Yay!

One of them was particularly interesting.... It was addressed to "The Wilcoxes" and our address was written on it, but it was from someone in NW DC. Odd, we don't know anyone who lives in DC....

Open it up, and it's a nice photocard, with two beautiful children on it. I studied their faces, hoping there would be some recognition, but nope, never seen them before in my life. Inside, the card was written to, "Jess & Josh" (????????) and signed by "The Sterlings, Andrew, Catherine, Jane & Calvin"

"So great to hear from you! You're still part of the family!" was also writtin inside....

Uhh.... a bit strange.... I could see getting cards for a previous owner, or a card for us being sent somewhere else, but never expected a card to someone who's probably a long lost cousin or something to show up at our house.

Cute kids, though. And I checked Zillow, just outta curiosity.... It's a big house, worth big money. The kids kinda look like the long lost children (grandchildren?) of Condoleeza Rice.

Amusing. :-)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve at my Uncle Nelson's house--Jeremiah was more interested in the bows than anything else! He carefully took each and every one out of the bag.... and then proceeded to stomp on them.

Playing with my cousins Sofia (almost 9) and Julia (5).

"No, Mom, I'm not trying to get the presents.... see how angelic I look??" Apparently, digital cameras do not work well when cold (probably has something to do with the LCD display... it warmed up pretty quickly, though!)

Oh, and he was really trying to get the ornaments that had fallen off the tree. Don't worry, it wasn't glass... one of those fancy unbreakable ones (I guess more appropriately dubbed "shatterproof", but you get the idea.)

"Oh no! Granddad's attacking me with.... Louie the Lamb? Willy the Lamb? I forget."
Love the "My First Christmas" outfit in a size 18 mos. :-)
Too bad it'll be way too big for Jess Jr!

So happy! Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone had a happy and enjoyable Christmas!

We got some good news over the weekend....!

We spent our day opening gifts with Jeremiah (not so much fun... he was afraid to tear the paper... :-) eating a nice big meal, and opening more gifts! Jeremy's parents are in town right now, so we had a full house, especially since my family was able to join us as well (they should be in Portugal right now, but couldn't catch their flight due to bad weather in Boston last week.)

I wonder if anyone can figure it out.....!

The rest of the week should be more relaxed, as the crazy shopping days are over, and leftovers should keep everyone full for at least another day or two.

We're not telling anyone yet, but the suspense is killing me!!

May God bless you and your families! The Lord has truly blessed us this year, and we are very thankful for all He's done for us--most importantly, sending His Son so that we may have eternal life! Merry Christmas!

Any guesses??!!! It's just a "little" something we came up with recently.... ;-)

12 Days of Christmas

lol, Pretty amusing take on a classic.

How 'bout a new video?

Guess he really liked his Christmas gift from Grandma & Grandpa.



What a silly boy.... :-)