A Middle of the Night Surprise!

Twas the night of the 17th; all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung on the wall with great care,
In hopes that our Grannie so soon would be there.

Our dear sweet Ebby sleeping snug in his bed,
While visions of computers danced in his head.
And Daddy with blanket and pillow under cap,
Had just settled their brains for a long winter's nap.

When from Mommy's tummy arose such a clatter,
She sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the bathroom she flew like a flash,
Tore for the toilet and threw up in the trash.

The lights, they flew by, as they raced down the street,
To the hospital racing, the labor to treat.
When, what to her wondering eyes should appear,
But a doc with a needle to stick near her rear.

With such a commotion and such painful fits,
They knew in a moment that this must be it.

"Now push, Joy! Now, harder! Now please push one more time!
Push now, Joy, once more Joy, you're doin' just fine!"
Yell it out from the porch! Shout from atop the wall!
That Autumn's here! Finally here! Go and tell all!

Her eyes-how they twinkled! Her dimples how merry!
Her cheeks were like roses, her lips like a cherry!
Her tiny, newborn brows drawn down in a frown,
With curly dark brown hair adorning her crown.

She spoke not a word, and cried only a little,
Then settled right down without any spittle.
And dear Mommy declared 'ere she turned out the light,
"Merry Christmas my baby, we love you. Good-night!"

If there's one thing I've learned from Ebby it's that you can never tell what he's going to do next. Lately he's been insisting on sitting next to Daddy (not on his lap, not on my lap and always in his own chair) while Andrew's on the computer. I've noticed that it doesn't matter what Andrew's up to on the computer. Reading a blog, gaming, checking or answering emails, it doesn't matter. Often he just sits half watching Andrew and half playing with whatever toy he happens to have at the moment.
On this particular occasion Ebby also insisted that I look at him while he just posed smile after smile. So cute.
(By the way, I can never quite tell what Andrew's going to do either.)

Where did that laugh come from, Ebby?

Andrew and I had some friends over for a little D&D (Dungeon's and Dragon's) yesterday. It was one of the rare times Andrew wasn't the Dungeon Master, our friend Grant was. The funny thing is that Ebby kept 'stealing' Grant's chair. Ebby loved playing with the monster sheets and Andrew's dice tower (thanks Grandpa!). I guess we have a future Dungeon Master on our hands. (Andrew couldn't be happier.)

Halloween Pictures!

Half way through November and I'm just now posting Halloween Pictures. I'm SO on top of things.

Ebby's a mummy, I'm the Old Lady who shallowed a fly and Andrew's a "Red Shirt" from star trek.

My Wonderful Husband

Ok, so these pictures have nothing to do with my post but my mom asked for recent pictures of me. These where taken a few hours ago. Go me.

32 weeks

I know a lot of wives out there think their husbands are wonderful. I am definitely one of those women.
Most of you know that Andrew has started his rotations at the hospital. What you might not know is that sometimes he gets off work early for lunch and when that happens he usually comes home to eat with us.
Well, today I babysat two cute little girls (17 months and 4 years old) so I assumed he'd stay at the hospital for lunch. (How relaxing can a lunch break be if you have three kids eating and playing around you in a LITTLE apartment, right?) But Andrew surprised me. Not only did he eat lunch with us, he helped change a diaper, helped me get lunch together and danced with me in the living room. I LOVE my husband!

Tribute to Tona

I was reading my scriptures this morning and Ebby was playing on the couch. When I looked over I saw him playing with the picture frame we keep on the kitchen counter.

Tona, we love you and miss you!!!

P.S. When Ebby decided he was done hugging and kissing (drooling on) your picture he climbed back up to the counter and gently placed your frame back in it's spot.

Dizzy

There are two possible situations here. Either Ebby likes the Halo theme, or he would rather make himself unbelievably dizzy in order to block the music out. Personally, I believe the former.

Here's some evidence to support my case.Ebby in fact. Moved Andrew's chair to the position you see then moved his chair in front of the computer and started playing as if it was his last chance to do so before being sentenced to live the rest of his life on a desert planet.

Love this blog

Andrew stumbled on this blog and thought I'd like it. I did. So much I'd like to share it with ya'll.