LuLu, Princess of Poo Poo

Lucy is a farter. From day 1 she did not hold anything back. And then of course there is the now infamous Christmas Eve poo, where she fashioned her own way to welcome a new family member. For obvious reasons, her bodily functions are somewhat of a comedic novelty around here. That is, when she decides to go...
For 4 days Lucy has held it all back. Yes, ALL of it. She's frustrated, I'm frustrated. Both of us are near tears every time she pushes, grunts, and wiggles. It's horrible. I have even resorted to depths I would have sworn beyond the limits of my parenting: eating prunes (yes, prunes, the favorite fruit of the geriatric generation) so that my nursing baby would have a little more help in the diaper department. It has been an awful.
Today is New Years Eve and like many others we are planning to get together with a few friends to round off a lovely year and welcome in yet another. Our only problem so far is Lucy, the ticking time bomb of a baby we know will detonate as soon as we begin our festivities.
Wish us luck...

Petty Thief

SO...I just learned how to "steal" photos from my cousin's blog and save them to my computer. She's got some fantastic pics from Christmas and since my camera is no longer with us (RIP my dear burnt out Cannon) I am going to post them here too for your enjoyment. Hopefully she will not press charges...

Post-Christmas Cheer

I always feel like Christmas takes forever to get here then is over way too quickly. The kids make the fun last a little longer, but only because they get so much that some toys have to wait until the day after to be unleashed from their plastic packaging.
In order to make the fun last a little longer, these are my favorite things about this Christmas...



1. Lucy: I put her in her fluffy Christmas dress explaining to Todd that this is why we had to have a little girl. The fact that she ruined it taking a poop on my cousin's fiance's lap only adds some comedy to our tales of her first year. (Sorry again Jarrin.)



2. Family: Watching the kiddos run around with their cousins and hanging out with my own, the kids goofing with grandparents, gabbing about nothing with my BIL's & SIL's. I love spending time with our families during the holidays.



3. Great Gifts: We put a lot of thought into the gifts we gave and apparently so did the people giving to us. In our booty we received some very well thought out things...special lederhosen for Todd, tequila & margaritas for me, plasma ball for Nate, pop gun for Rex, Lucy's first Honey Bear uniform, and a Wii for the family. Gotta love knowing your family well enough to pull that off.



4. Waking up Christmas Morning: You know how they talk about the pitter-patter of little feet? Well, they sound the best on Christmas morning. Todd and I love to listen to the kids run down the steps, giggling and counting all of the things under the tree. It's a sound we look forward to every year and will never get tired of.



5. Playing with the New Stuff: Christmas at our house is a free-for-all for the kids. It's the one day they are free to play with whatever they want, refuse a nap, and eat any goodies they found in their stockings. It gives me & Turbo time to sit back and relax after the chaos of getting through another successful holiday!

Santa Baby

Just a quick post to say

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Unfortunately my camera is on the fritz...
but I did catch a few pics of the kids before it's untimely death.
Enjoy!

Year in Review #5

GINGERBREAD WARS - Episode 6

Finally...

The homes & their constructors

Thanks for playing with us!

GINGERBREAD WARS - Episode 5

And the winner is...

Nate & Rex

We thought both houses were great and apparently so did you. The boys are happily splitting a huge bag of Rollos (1st prize) while Todd reaps the benefits of the tie and is enjoying a tube of them (2nd prize).
Thanks for voting! I'll publish the photos of the kids with their houses tomorrow. Just to make you sweat it out one more day...