Just Bragging

The longest year of my life is coming to a close in a week and a half. WOOHOO!!! To celebrate this blessed event, the hospital held a banquet for the graduating interns/residents. It was a great night made superb when my fantastic husband received the prestigious Intern Of The Year award. Hooray! It was so nice to have all of his hard work and dedication to his work recognized. I'm incredibly proud. After the awards were all dolled out they had a "roast" of the graduates. Here are the highlights of Doctor's roast:

*He must be tired because he lives a block from the hospital and still drives to work everyday.

*He just had his fourth child, we think he's starting a Mormon compound.

*He wanted Derm in the worst way and was offered a prestigious residency in Detroit and turned it down. If he changes his mind again the Director of Medical Education will kill him, as will his wife.

Way to go...I love you and am extremely proud of you!

Pete & Repeat were brothers............

So, about six months ago I became aware of an annoying little quirk of mine. I am one of "those" people who repeat everything twice. Why? I have no idea. I can't help it. What's worse is that I know I'm doing it, but can't stop it. When I'm telling a story I'll say something like, "He hit a home run right over the fence. He hit a home run right over the fence." Maybe I think people don't listen to me, so I have a better chance of them hearing it if I say it twice. Who knows. I'm writing about this on my blog I guess as a disclaimer. I'm working on it. In the meantime, what was the name of Pete's brother? OK. About six months ago I became aware of an annoying little quirk of mine. :)

Happy Birthday To Me!

I had an awesome birthday thanks to my wonderful family. I woke up to Dude telling me that he and Honey Bunch had made me breakfast. They had "made" me a bagel and two go-gurts. So sweet.

Then Princess gave me a homemade card that she had written all by herself.

While I was enjoying my breakfast Dude got out the vacuum and vacuumed the house. Then he and Honey Bunch got the dusters and dusted. And if that weren't enough, they made my bed for me. When I got out of the shower I noticed that Doctor had laid out some new clothes for me to wear, complete with a necklace that the kids picked out. Doctor also got me a new clock for the living room. I was able to wear my new clothes on a lunch date with my sweetheart thanks to our friends who watched the kiddos for us. I also got some treats from my visiting teacher and several phone calls from friends and family. It was a great day, thanks everyone!

New pictures

My mom needed an updated picture of Honey Bunch and one of Megaman. We took a million pictures and some of them turned out really well. We tried to get a picture of all four, but again it was mission impossible. Here are my favorites.


This last one is for my brother and sister-in-law. We have a pirate, too!

Summer is finally here!

After the longest winter ever summer has finally made an appearance. We were able to set up the pool, and the kids had a blast. Viva warm weather!

Well, shut my mouth

Yesterday I went in my room and Dude was standing by my closet with a mischievous look on his face. I told him (in a stern voice) that he knew better than to be in to be in my closet. He had a sad look on his face and walked out. Later when I looked in my closet, I saw this.
I felt horrible! He had started organizing my shoes. I have such a sweet boy. Thanks, Dude, you rock. :)



And here is a picture of my other sweet boys.

You'll Never Believe It!!

At least I didn't until my mom showed me the proof. I took the girls to the store and when we came back Dude told me that Megaman rolled over! What?!?! He's two weeks old, today. No way. Then I burst into tears because I missed Honey Bunch rolling over for the first time (at 5 weeks), and now I've missed Megaman's first roll. Luckily my mom caught it all on film. Apparently he rolled 3 times from his tummy to his back before they got the camcorder out. He's shy and it took my mom turning off the camera to get him to do it. She turned it back on just in time. Yes, my children are GENIUSES!

Latest Installment of Kid Comedy

I've been a slacker lately as far as blogging goes so we have quite a collection of kid comedy.
We'll start off with Honey Bunch. Well, this one is more sweet than funny. The cub scouts were putting on a rummage sale and Honey Bunch and I went to help them set up. There were a lot of toys and she was playing and having a good time. She came across a Disney Princess play set with jacks, a pinwheel, and a paddle ball thing. She grabbed it raced to me and asked if we could buy it for Princess, because it was her favorite. It was so sweet and I told her we could, but we should pick out something for Dude as well. She searched and found a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle kite. Then of course I told her to pick something for herself and she picked a toy washing machine. The best part was that she was more thrilled to give the kids their presents then she was to have something for herself.

Then Grandma gave each of the kids a dollar for the dollar store and Dude and Princess were talking about how there was a picture of George Washington on it. Honey Bunch came up and said that she got a dollar with a picture of "George Washing Machine." It was adorable!

Now for Princess. For Mother's Day at church the kids were given a book to fill out all about their moms. There were about 15 things to fill out. Princess' was completely blank except for one thing. "My mom likes to drink Pepsi!" Hilarious. I don't even drink Pepsi. :)

I had finished feeding Megaman, and I put him up on my shoulder to burp him. She asked me if he was done eating, and I said yes. She then told me I needed to "put the cap back on." (I hadn't had a chance to cover myself yet.)

Now for Dude. We went to the pediatrician for his annual check-up. The nurse showed him the eye chart and told him she was going to need him to read it for her. She pointed to a line and asked him to read it. He then told her it was too hard. She pointed to the next line up and he told her it was too hard. At this point I was panicking and thinking he was going to need glasses. She then pointed to the next line up. He then said something to the effect of, "jerpikzooejfo." He was actually trying to READ the eye chart. So funny. Once he realized he only needed to say the letters he did perfectly.

We were in the car the other day and a song came on called The River of Jordan. Dude began singing at the top of his lungs, "I crossed over the river of Norman."

This is the Mother's Day poem Dude wrote for me at school:

Mom

Cares

Loves Me

Wears Lipstick

Has Babies

Lets Me Vacuum

Sometimes Wears Flip Flops

I love her!

And here's the latest in the Dude Shower Concert Series (My favorite part is when he starts tapping his foot):

Just a quick update.....

We are all doing great. Little Megaman is so cute and he is very consolable. He only cries during his diaper changes. We're still adjusting to the lack of sleep, but hopefully that will be short term. He likes to roll on his side, and he actually gets really close to rolling over. Here are a few pics of our little guy.

Announcing the Arrival of.........

Megaman

May 14, 2008 3:00p

6lbs 3ozs

21"