The week in review...

Benjamin said his first "real" word yesterday. Ball--"baw", "da baw" if he wants one, "ge baw" if he has it in his hands! Yay! He's had quite the language explosion the last couple of days, but that's the first real word that I could tell meant something. He's also developed this nasty habit of pointing at people while babbling. He sounds like he's scolding everyone!

I should also note, that Benjamin's birthday present was a bunch of new batteries for all the broken toys. Hence the video of him dancing with tons and tons of noise in the background! We're excited for his first birthday next week!

Joshua and Luke are going to Monster Jam tomorrow. We got to go to UTI to meet Bulldozer yesterday. Grave Digger was supposed to be there, too, and Joshua is still upset that he didn't show. He informed me that he wants to have his birthday party at UTI...hmmm...I wasn't planning on throwing one, but we'll see! He got a model Grave Digger monster truck from UTI as well, which he is sleeping with tonight, ate dinner with, took in the car with us, etc, etc, etc.

Those are the highlights. Let me sum up the rest of the week by saying this. Puke. Barf. Puke. Barf. Barf. Barf. Puke puke. Barf. Smelly.

(Has anyone seen Nacho Libre? "Kiss, hug, big kiss, little kiss, little kiss..." Ha ha! Sorry, that's what my pukey sentence reminded me of...I'm probably not as funny as I think!)

One more!

Here's another video...taken about six months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoUnj5u43OI

Benjamin's Video

I hope this works. Click on the link...I think...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSWcoBuxnI

Update: I just watched the video myself. First of all, the sound is about three seconds behind the video, so Benjamin's moves aren't quite on! Secondly, please try to ignore my obnoxious "silent" laugh. I hate it. I'm so annoying. Third, Emmeline comes out and asks, "Are you crying or laughing?" Fourth, I don't know how to edit the video, so I'm sorry about the boring parts. Okay that's it. Enjoy!

Ta Da!

We did it! We finally got a couch! Do you love it?! The set is much to big for our tiny living room, but I DON'T CARE. I have a couch! I have a place to sit and read or watch a movie or watch the kids playing outside from the comfort of my house! Woohoo! Thank you, again, Melissa for helping on Saturday. She's buffer and smarter than me. I'd have probably left the couches in the road until Luke got home!
Here's Luke enjoying his hot chocolate, watching a movie, sitting on the new couch!
In other news, I'm on a mission. It's a mission to clean out and/or use up all of my random scrapbooking supplies. I started by giving Emmeline all of the stuff that I'm never going to use--"It's time to let go!" She has been "scrapbooking" non-stop since Saturday. It cracks me up because she can only spell a few words, so those words are used over and over again as her titles. Her color choices are pretty scary, but her placement is decently good. I'll have to post some of her stuff. I was sick yesterday, and she woke me up to give me an adorable page that she had made for me. She told me that it said, "I hope you can feel better." It actually said, "Cole." Here's a picture of my mission...
Joshua has been asking me to iron all of his clothes. I'm not sure if it's because Luke irons his every day (for work) or if he's turning OCD, but it's really funny. That kid suprises me every day with the crazy things he says, the demands he makes, etc. And finally, I shot a video of Benjamin "dancing" the other day. I'm trying to figure out how to link it here for you all to see, but it may take a while for me to figure it out. It's hilarious, though.

All right, I think that's it. I'd better go make dinner for the savages....then we're going to have Family Home Evening and I will not even have to sit on the floor! Ta Da!

A Smile for You!

Here's what I worked on today...Emmeline helped. We're trying to bulk up my dwindling card supply!
And here's a smile for you!

Fighting

Are Emmeline and Joshua going to be fighting for the rest of my life? Currently they love to fight over whose make-believe is the right make-believe. For example, this morning Joshua was in the closet, trying to pull Emmeline in. He said she should go on the roller coaster and she kept hollering that the roller coaster was in the living room. Yesterday, they were playing a simplified version of "LIFE." At one point I heard them shouting:

Joshua: No my stuck in the mud!
Emmeline: Yes, you are on the (insert made up word here). That means you are stuck in the mud. I get two turns now.
Joshua: No my lose my turns. No my stuck in the mud.
Emmeline: YES YOU ARE AND I GET TWO TURNS!!!!
Both: (Screaming and sobbing ensues).

It was hilariously annoying!

In other news, Benjamin the one-tooth-wonder has decided that balls--soccer, basketball, nerf, anything--are the great love of his life. He stops playing catch with himself only to eat and sleep. Unless I'm playing catch with him, he wants nothing to do with me. (Which is coming in handy in the middle of the night. He only wants dad!)

We spent all day yesterday rearranging Luke's office, and moving my desk into the office. So, now I have internet access. Finally! Hopefully this means I'll be posting more and including more pictures.

Well, I've got to go. Someone is screaming about something...

Christmas Pictures!

I just thought I'd log on and post a few pictures from Christmas! First, a family portrait that we took at Peter's wedding (Luke's brother)...Emmeline was smashing in her flower girl dress and has asked to wear it every day since. There is also a photo of Luke and I about to begin our scavenger hunt on Christmas. My parents made a little treasure hunt for us to find our gift. With some cheating and eventually help from my mom, we put together a puzzle and learned that our gift was a trip to NEW YORK CITY to see the Yankees play the Mariners!!!!!! Woohoo! I am so excited!

Anyway, that's it, enjoy the pictures. We had a fabulous Christmas, but are excited to be back in our own beds, back to our own routine, etc. I'm off now to make a paper chain counting down the days until I get to see Yankee Stadium...