Lovin' Us Some Saturday

scored gently used Hot Wheels tracks and a Fred Flintstone car at a church rummage sale...


played lots of "ball ball" with Dora dog...
ended the day with a great time at the waterpark.

Culture and Cake

The past few days have landed us at a birthday party and the state museum. Andrew, Grandma Diana and I had a lot of fun at both. (Click on the images if you want to see more detail.)

The Kids Lining Up for Diaper Changes from Grandma

This photo got a laugh or two from some of my Facebook buddies this morning, so I figured I'd just double-post. Mom was changing Andrew's diaper and Dora got a little jealous. [IF YOU ARE READING THIS POST AFTER NOVEMBER 11, 2009, I REMOVED THE PHOTO DUE TO THE INTERNET SICKOS WHO GOOGLED "DIAPER CHANGES" AND THEN WERE LED TO A PHOTO OF MY KID. HE HAD A MODESTY STAR IN PLACE, BUT THERE WERE STILL MANY RIDICULOUS COMMENTS MADE. I HAVE LEARNED MY LESSON HERE... BLOGGERS, DO NOT LABEL YOUR PHOTOS WITH SEARCHABLE KEYWORDS.]

I don't know why...

...I put Andrew's pjs on Dora this morning.
Hormones. Must. Be. Getting. The. Best. Of. Me.
She didn't love it; just check out the daggers from her eyes in the second photo.
So, she wore the pjs for 5 minutes - long enough for the photo op.
Yeah, CRAZY here.

Big Boy Bed!

Even though Andrew's been sleeping like a champ in his crib, next month's impending arrival of Burbank2B necessitated moving him to his new big boy bed with enough allowed adjustment time to hopefully make things smooth. Last night was his first in it, and of course we were nervous about possible sleeplessness, escape attempts, and him just being weirded out by it in general. Thankfully, the whole deal went off without a hitch! We are so proud of our big boy.

Assembly (or so we want you to think)
First reaction upon seeing his new bedProtest after we forced him to lie down in it for an afternoon photo
This morning, after pleasantly awaking with a curious "Mama? Dada?"
(The flash was a little harsh for this guy.)
OK, Mom, I can deal with the flash a little better now.

Happy Birthday Hubby and Puppy

Today marks Jon's 36th and Dora's 4th. I love that I can say Jon and I are exactly the same age for 3 months every year (then, since I robbed the cradle, I turn the big 3-7 in November). Of course, since both Maddie and Dora were pound puppies and we do not know their history, the vet guessed at their ages/birth months. When we got them, we had Maddie's birthday set at July 14 and Dora shared Jon's big day August 14.

Above, we have Jon and Dora blowing out their birthday candles in 2006 at our Texas house. These are the types of activities you engage in BEFORE kids.

And just so we're giving credit where it's due, since Maddie was not honored via blog post when her big day rolled around last month, here she is below, unhappily wearing a hat at Andrew's first birthday party (Texas, 2008). She's also 4 years old (so we think).

Finally, since a husband posting wouldn't seem to be complete without just a tiny bit of torture, here is Jon when he was 2.5 years old. Just for fun.
Happy birthday Jon! We love you.

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