Robert can walk! (with video)

June 24, 2002 - Jordan and I meet in the bowling alley at college orientation.

June 24, 2012 - Our third child walks!

If a psychic had come up to us in the bowling alley that night and said, "Ten years from today you will be married with three children, and the baby will take his first steps," I wonder what we'd have thought. It's pretty cool to think about. We had no idea all the wild awesomeness we were in for, or even that we'd be experiencing it together. It's a good thing we exchanged email addresses!

Robert is 14 months old--a couple of months older than the girls when they first walked. He still prefers crawling as his main mode of transportation, but he can walk! As you can see from the video, he's pretty excited about it, too. Yay, Robert!

Weekend pictures

Today my copy of BOBB arrived and Jordy watched it with me! I'd already seen it once but that was on my computer screen (thru Netflix) so this was better. Once again, if you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant soon, you need to watch this! Let me know if you live around here and want to borrow it.

Friday: Vicky, John, the boys, her parents, and my mom met Jordan and me on the square to listen to bluegrass music. Suzi clapped to show her appreciation. She also enjoyed playing with Nolan and Braydon and walking all over the grass barefoot.



Suzi says: Uncle Brad, I am enjoying that tambourine you and Aunt Cortney sent me for Christmas! (She is stepping over my pile of Saturday's yard sale loot. I got a bunch of clothes.)

Daddy's hat on Suzi's little head never ceases to be funny.

By the way, you must see I Can Haz Cheezburger. I laughed so hard it ought to qualify as exercise. Thanks Carey.

Milestone (and a few little extras) video

1) We bought this for Suzi's birthday, and at first I hated it because it wasn't the quality I'd hoped for (like mine from 1985) but Suzi loves it. She doesn't differentiate between this phone and a real cell phone; when you hold it to her ear she gets the same expectant little grin on her face.

2) She's walking! Yay!

3) I'm going to go ahead and predict that she'll ask to take dance lessons in a few years.

4) "NO!" This is adorable now, but I'm guessing the cuteness will continue to deteriorate as we approach the teenage years.

5) I'm pretty sure she's bluffing here--I keep telling her she's cute.

6) Watermelon = more wet diapers to change!

7) She's been picking her nose for the past couple months, after she figured out (as my dad phrased it) "her nose has two holes in it!"


Today was my day off with Suzi. Carey, Tallulah and Clementine came over to play! Carey and I talked while Clementine attentively mommied a doll and Tallulah played with Suzi and ate some goat cheese. Suzi showed off her new walking skills. Jordan and I went to the farmer's market on the square and hopefully tomorrow night we will be going back to listen to bluegrass. Suzi enjoyed it last time--the music and the attention she got from the people around us!

She's so sweet

These cake pictures are from June 5--I have just now gotten around to blogging this! I was having a horrible day due to stupid insurance problems. Jordan and I are trying to decide when might be a good time to try for another baby (no, we are not pregnant), and it looks as though we'll be paying for it out of pocket because we want to go to a birthing center and our insurance company will not cooperate! (This may delay our plans considerably.) Suzi was enjoying the last of her birthday cake.

But then she noticed I was feeling sad.

Here Mommy. Have some cake. It's my last piece, but--you eat it. It'll make you feel better.

She's so thoughtful.

And in other news, those chubby little legs have (in the past week or so) taken off! That's right, she's walking! Luckily she's walking slowly so I can still easily catch her. Video evidence coming soon.