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My brother Jordan proposed to his girlfriend, Christa, this Christmas. This new and blithely surprising news must have left Jordan feeling invincible, later evidenced on Christmas morning when he plunged into the frigid deep end of my parents pool to retrieve our son Burke (who, while distracted by the raucous dogs, had accidentally pedaled his tricycle in) . Thank you again, Jordan. Christa, we’re thrilled to have your fun-loving (as seen in the picture), kind self in our family, and Jordan, we’re really proud of you. Congratulations to you both!
Christmas quotes:
“This is SO amazing!” -Liam
“This is totally awesome!” -Burke
“Happy Christmas-House!” -Blythe
If Blythe has ever heard Shakespeare’s infamous metaphor about the world being a stage, she has no doubt taken it literally, of course delegating herself to the leading role. I took this picture at the zoo a couple of weeks ago where she escaped the child-saturated playground to arrive at this undiscovered outdoor stage. After taking her rightful place, she proceeded to sing.
This same charming songbird has also recently taken it upon herself to reintroduce me to waking up in the night (due to her incoming molars), often with an incessant, whiny cry interspersed with “it hurts,” or “excuse me, mommy.” At least for the most part, she’s polite. But, somewhere in the middle of this two week blur of sleepless nights, a zoo trip, a space exhibit, and Christmas cheering, Blythe decided to spice things up one day by aborting naptime for the pleasure of decorating/painting her crib and all other inclusions with her poop. That’s right, her poop. She had taken off her diaper, smeared the contents into her sheets, pillow, bumper, and favorite furry companions; apparently tried to wipe herself using her two favorite loveys (“two bankies”); and discarded the remains onto the floor. When I opened the door to this soon-to-be-quarantined scandal, all my poopy-fingernailed girl could say was, “wow. poop everywhere.”
Filed under: pictures
As promised, here are some pics from my 30 birthday party (about 6 months pregnant) earlier this month; as usual, they’re courtesy of Kristen and Tim. So many people did so much to help make this happen, from planting new sod in the front yard to stringing lights to buying food to creating flower arrangements and playlists to lending sound equipment to writing poetry and sharing encouraging words with me in front of everyone: thank you again everyone (especially Mark, Mom, Dad, Kristen, Tim, & Emily). I felt entirely loved and celebrated — a fantastic way to enter a new decade!
