Voyages in Parenthood

It is finally winter here - okay, it has been for a few weeks, but it took it's time getting here! So, in honor of winter, the blog design has changed. I was getting tired of the fall colors!

I had this great video moment last night. Brock had his stereo (computer) tuned to an old Commander Cody concert and was playing it loud - "Hot Rod Lincoln" started and Leda just started dancing and clapping and bouncing around. It was so cute, I ran to grab the little digital camera that takes video (yes, that one that stopped working a few months back - long story short, Brock fixed it enough for it to start taking pictures again). I shot video of Leda dancing, and clapping, and bouncing around to the music. It was just so cute. I was so excited to post it to the video blog (remember the video blog? yeah, me barely too!) Well, we found something not completely right about the old digital camera. The video was dark (but that might have been the dark basement, so not completely surprised on that end) but most importantly, no sound. None at all. You couldn't hear the song, you couldn't hear my child laughing and giggling. You couldn't hear Brock and I laughing. Not

When I feel just the little bit down, her laugh makes me smile and forget why I was down in the first place. How awesome is that?

Where the Hell is Matt This guy, he traveled the world and took video of himself dancing (albeit, badly) everywhere he went. He did it in 2005, too. The 2006 video is making the rounds right now. You gotta see this video, and I then suggest checking out About Matt and his FAQs. I highly recommend the video/website. Yes, he really sucks at dancing, but, wow, the places he has been! And, if your happy, dance, even if you dance badly! It's good for the soul!

This past Friday I became 39 - one step closer to 40. One good thing about my birthday was my sister, Aimee, was here to celebrate it with us! In town for business, she spent an extra day so she could sleep on a blowup matress in my cramped office space! Isn't she the best sister ever? No, wait, before you anwser, then she took us out to dinner at what is quickly becoming my favorite restuarant in town! Seriously, best sister, ever! Leda even behaved for the whole time we were at the restaurant, too! I mean, who else could possibly have that kind of affect on small children? You guessed it, the best sister, ever! (that was laid on a bit too think, wasn't it? Oh well, it's true!) Anyway, Aimee (or, as she is now known in our household, Aunt Maymee) spent the whole day on Friday with Brock and Leda (except for a few hours out during Leda's nap time and then we headed to the Black Lab Bistro for dinner. We had a great time. After we put Leda to bed, Aimee and I watched a

I am not very creative tonight, so no special blog title. Just couldn't come up with one! This past weekend was a nice one, albiet damp. Oh, and the Eagles losing - more on that later. On Satuday Leda and I did crafts - actually, I did crafts, and Leda did what she wanted to do! We created a stepping stone for Grandpa and Nana (and for you other grandparents out there, you'll get one too - I didn't screw the first one up bad enough to warrent not attempting it a second or third time) and Mommy made a macaroni necklace while Leda munched on uncooked macaroni (never hurt me growing up!) On Saturday night we headed over to the Durhams for dinner and the game. We left at halftime when I think we were winning. I put Leda to bed (which means her Westbrook jersey had to come off) and Brock and I watched the rest of the game. It was around the 4 minutes left mark (actually I think it was 3 minutes left to go - when they were going to attempt the 4 and 10 play, I think) when I real

You know what they say about best laid plans? We had discussed early last month switching Leda's room and my office - Leda's room is small and my office is a little bit bigger, so we thought, considering the amount of toys that she has, and the fact that the toys just keep getting bigger, that moving her into the bigger bedroom now was a good idea. And, the fact that basically what used to be the guest room is no longer a guest room now that it is my office, the smaller room would be more than sufficient as an office. So, now that you all know that if you were invited to our house, you would have no place to stay... So, the plan was that during this month, I would spend one weekend cleaning the office, then one weekend painting the office and prepping it to move Leda's things into it and then one weekend moving the two rooms. The first weekend of the month I was pretty much down for the count - no cleaning my office, which during the holiday season, became the catch-all for

Hi! I'm back! Nope, not dead, just been a little under the weather. Between Christmas, New Years, a nasty cold and working like crazy, I just haven't had a chance to post. It's been a bit crazy. Since last I posted, we visited with my father for Christmas, hosted somewhere around 40 people for a New Year's Eve Party, had colds, celebrated two Dallas Losses (Yippee) and two Eagles Wins (icing on the cake!) See, it's been a busy beginning of 2007! How could you expect me to post anything! The last Saturday of the year we headed over to my father's to celebrate Christmas with GrandDad, Fay, Aunt Rachel, Uncle Wayne and Calean and Tristan. Leda had lots of fun running around with Tristan and Calean! And, it's funny how things barely change - when I was a kid, the house my father lives in now used to be my grandparent's and I remember not being allowed to go upstairs until it was time to go upstairs - at least, we weren't allowed to play on the steps - an