Snow Day

I apologize for the lack of anything here lately. Pictures? :-)

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
one creature was stirring; just me, not the spouse.
The stockings were hung, the presents were wrapped,
the baby was sleeping, and so was the cat.

The monster was snuggled, all warm in his bed,
as bottles of milk, surely danced in his head.
Little Kitty in her PJ's, and me in my own,
her sleeping, I waking, shivering of cold.

When out on the windows, there arose such a clatter,
I wondered to myself "Such wind, how it batters!"
Yet towards the window I went anyway,
to look at the end of this cold winter's day.

And as I sat thinking, a noise filled the air!
The baby was screaming, and I soon was there.
And just as I had gotten him to sleep,
came the jingling of bells, and his waking from dream.

He stirred! It was close! Then he fell back asleep.
Santa would live, I would give him no grief.
And then, ever faintly, I heard a faint voice,
Calling the names of small girls and boys.

"Now Haden, now Jacey, now Aubrey, now Jensen!
and Alex and Evan and Jackson and all kids!
You've been good boys and girls, so presents for all!
To dash with and play with and have fun through fall!"

Then he shot to each roof and through each chimney he went,
and for those without, he went through the vent.
For each little child he dropped lots of toys,
and from each these, received his own joy.

And then on the roof oh! What did I hear?
but the pawing and prancing of eight reindeer!
So I peeked down the stairs, in a ninja-like way,
and saw old man Santa (trailing some hay).

He was dressed all in fur, and PETA was mad,
for Santa had never been a part of their fad.
And the bundle of toys that he had on his back,
now beeped and whirred and glowed and zapped.

"It's not like the old days," he said with a laugh.
"Every year those elves have to learn a new craft!
Electronics and gizmos and gadgets and such,
Why back in my day, our toys weren't so much!"

But as he lit up his pipe his eyes twinkled and shone,
and he grinned and he giggled and then he bellowed.
"No, kids these days, they're sure not the same,
but one thing's not changed, they believe in my sleigh!"

Then I couldn't help but chime, "Santa how can you say?
That though things have changed they are so much the same?"
Then he turned and he laughed and he said "Dear old lad,
you once came to think that I was your dad!"

"Yet here I stand, and just plain as day,
you can see me and touch me, and even this hay!
I never really left, my spirit lives on,
it's how we teach our kids dreams and so on!

"So remember this night, oh young little dad,
and teach your young boy to give and be glad!"
Then he twinkled and hopped, and went out of site,
and I heard him take off, I saw him take flight!

Off like a rocket so fast he did go,
and falling behind him came flakes of snow.
And I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

I will post again, promise

I will make a post here soon. Moving + Classes + Homework + Baby + Family = Destruction of my blogging ability.

As penance, please accept the following pictures of cuteness. :-)








I will make a post here soon. Moving + Classes + Homework + Baby + Family = Destruction of my blogging ability.

As penance, please accept the following pictures of cuteness. :-)

Fun Times

Sorry it's been a while since I last wrote. Things have been really busy with tests and papers and all that good stuff. :-P

The Little Monster is doing well. He continues to grow, play, squeal, and scream (mostly when you're trying to change him). And he also did something REALLY exciting that I missed!

We were at Fuddrucker's for lunch with several people from church, and our order was called, so naturally I went off to get it. As soon as I left, the Monster looks around the restaurant with a confused look on his face, and says "Dada?"

He said it.

I missed it.

Blasted burgers, heh.

But yeah! I officially have a name, even if he does say it at the most inopportune times. That's exciting. I'm pretty sure "Mama" is coming soon. He definitely knows who his mama is, we just haven't heard him use it yet. He's growing crazy fast now too. There are now 5 fangs, the better to bite you with, and he's in the 90th percentile in length/height, and the 30th percentile in weight. You wouldn't know he was in the bottom 1/2 of the weight percentages though, the kid's pretty thick.

So that's about the Little Monster. Now for my wife.

Today the Little Kitty and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. We actually celebrated it on Saturday with a movie, steak dinner, and the all-important baby-sitting friends. It was a lot of fun. These past 2 years have been amazing. Not always easy, and sometimes very complicated, but amazing.

My wife is as kind, loving, caring, smart, witty, sarcastic, funny, and organized as I could ever wish for. She truly is such a huge portion of my heart, my life, and she is my own little love story in this shattered, broken world. To my dearest on this tier of life, I love you.

So I'll end with that. To say more seems silly. Simple, uncomplicated words seem best for a life that is, when it really comes down to it, simple and uncomplicated. There is love here, and that is enough.

Mr. Conductor

This was the Little Monster on Sunday. The hat didn't last long, but I did manage to snap this picture of him. As an example of how he has developed over the last week, let me tell you a little story.

There is a fun new game the Monster likes to play, and it involves crawling off towards his room, opening the doors, going in, and shutting the doors so he can play. Now personally, I didn't think that started for at least another 13 years, but them's the breaks I guess.

So a few days ago, the wifey was watching him do this (as we always do, you take your eyes off that kid for a second and he's ramming his head into somethin'), and after he got into his room, she asked him if he wanted to come back over to momma. His response?

He shut the door and went off playing with the springy doorstop behind it.

I still can't tell that story without laughing about it. Here we are, so sure that we know his personality, and he pulls things like this. It's really fun to keep discovering things about him.

Another development with the Little Monster is the growth of his Little Fangs on top. His lower fangs came in a while back but now the top ones are broken through and trying to get bigger. He does not appreciate this, which makes him a rather irritable Monster. So we bust out the Ora-jel (man that stuff works! even when you're just getting the excess off your fingers by licking it off), and the baby Tylenol. These two objects, often combined, soothes the Little Monster enough that he doesn't become the Raging Monster of Doom and Screaming.

But that's pretty much the last week in a nutshell. It still strikes me at times, when I see him (often when he's sleeping on the Little Kitty), just how blessed I am and how much I love my wife and child. Its shocking, really, like how a bolt of lightening hits a transformer and erupts into sparks and balls of energy and light.

An amazing thing, this life we've been given.

Weeeee!

Sorry about the delay this week. I had a test today that I had to really study for (pretty sure I did well on it too!). Anyways, back to our story...

The Little Monster has reached a new point in development, as of today. HE WALKS!! Well, kind of. He walks along the couch now! He has no balance whatsoever when he's not holding onto something, but he can move around even more now (which has both good and bad implications)! Furthermore, he's learned how to open the doors into his room (they're french doors without any latching mechanisms). Things are really getting fun to watch now.

Today he also did something to me that I really enjoyed. Usually when he wants me he'll crawl over to me and kind of hit my feet or legs with his hands. Today, however, he crawled over, and climbed up my leg so he was standing while holding onto my pant leg. It's a small thing, to be sure, but I'm definitely excited and proud of the little guy.

To conclude with this part of the story, I expect him to be doing this in the next couple of months:



In other news, school is going fairly well, and life has been good. We have a "research week" next week, in which we don't have to attend classes. The flip side to this is that I have something like 2 papers, a book report, and 2 or 3 midterm exams the week after that, which means I'm going to be extremely busy anyway.

Well, it's probably time to wrap up this sadly short blog entry. I still have some homework to do before bedtime.

Have a good one all!

Delay

Sorry, but I'm going to have to delay this post until tomorrow night. Big test coming up and gotta prepare for it.

Thanks!