A whole month...

Listen,
Hard to believe it's been a whole month since I last posted... I guess it is time. I have been wanting to post about Evan's last trip to the doctor. I actually typed out a whole post at work, but wanted to add some pictures of him, and never got around to posting it at all. I will now adapt that into a new post for today... lucky you.
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Nothing exciting going on at work… no celebrities sighted… no temple open-houses attended… no new babies born or pets adopted… no polar bear plunges on the news... no lime... not a whole lot going on…

As I mentioned, we did take Evan in for his 4 month check-up. He weighed 18 pounds 9 ounces and was 26 and one-half inches tall/long. According to the growth charts he is the size of an average 7 and ½ year old. I forget which number goes with which, but I believe he was like 93rd percentile for height and 98th percentile for weight… either way he is big. Those numbers were taken on Monday, the 19th, so he is even bigger now… His pediatrician said that he appears to be thriving and to keep doing what we’re doing and not to be concerned about him being too heavy at this point. He has been such a great addition to the family, so good in fact, that Hana said the other day that she might even consider having another one. I told her that she is nuts and that we should probably have her examined for some sort of “crazy person” disease.

Question: Is this blog really turning into one of those family update blogs????

Change of subject.

I have been sick this week. I even called in sick and didn’t go to work on Wednesday… probably should have Thursday and or Friday too.

We got a Wii Fit a week or so ago. According to it, I am an obese 60 year-old… ouch. Actually, my Wii age is 37, Hana’s was 38 and since my "real, non-Nintendo age" is 2 years older than her "real, non-Nintendo age" I must be doing pretty well… Unfortunately, I did not make up the “obese” part…

Our cats are getting big… They are nuts too.

Brady has to be the coolest kid ever. He makes me laugh all the time. We bought him a Star Wars T-shirt the other day… it’s all he wants to wear now. Those of you who knew me in Junior High will find this funnier than those of you who didn't. Two words: Hyper-color sweatshirt...
Brady started going to a pre-preschool at Gymboree. They learn letters and numbers and important things like how to safely carry scissors, which he demonstrated for us... The other day when I went to pick him up one of the other boys in his class was telling his mom that he and Brady played Star Wars together during "play time" and that Brady was really good at it. My first thought was, "You bet your a$$ he is... he's the best at playing Star Wars."

Anyway, like I said, this post should have had some pictures, but since it didn't I will try to post some soon and not wait a month between posting again... Maybe I can get an action shot of Brady demonstrating the safe way to carry scissors.

Merry Star Wars Christmas...

Listen,

This is the time of year that people send out those fun Christmas cards with letters telling you all about their family and their accomplishments and so forth. My parents never sent out letters like this. My guess is that their children are just so amazing and are so wonderful, that they did not want to depress other families when they found out what losers their kids were compared to us…

Anyway...

So, Christmas was a big success at our place this year. Brady nearly doubled his Star Wars Guy Collection, not really, but he got lots of fun new Star Wars toys, including some Star Wars Lego ships that I got to put together. It was really fun to see him “get it” this year. We had a blast playing with all his new guys and flying around his new ships. Hana got me some fun stuff too including a new Wii game “Super Smash Brothers Brawl,” a Star Wars Character Guide book, and some Star Wars Novels that I have wanted to read. It was a very Star Wars Christmas this year. Hana got a new camera that she is thrilled with and Evan got some fun toys too. Speaking of Evan, he pooped three times in like a 10 minute span while my parents were over visiting to see our Christmas haul. There’s nothing like a good bowel movement (or movements) for Christmas. It was very satisfying to spend our first Christmas in our new house. At bedtime we all were sitting in Brady’s room (even the cats) and it was pretty overwhelming to see everyone healthy and happy. We are “seriously so blessed.”

Enough with the sappy stuff… Here are my top 10 events of this past year in no particular order…
1. Evan was born
2. We bought a house
3. Changing jobs and no longer hating my job
4. Wii got a Wii
5. Brady getting into Star Wars
6. Going to Southern California with my family and taking Brady to Disneyland and a Dodger baseball game
7. We got our kitties
8. Watching the Summer Olympics
9. Brady getting potty trained
10. Yesterday… all day

Is it Christmas yet?

Listen,

Now that the snow is here it really does feel more like Christmas time. I was directed to a great website that helps answer the question: "Is it Christmas?"

I guess we have to wait a little longer.