Peek-a-boo

Yesterday, I was doing some packing. I had my books in some old boxes that where starting to fall apart, so I was moving the books to some new boxes. Jeremiah and Isaac, of course, where having a heyday with the old boxes.
















"All around the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel;
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun,

Pop! goes the weasel."





And where is Isaac?
Peek-a-boo.

What a monkey!

Yesterday, Isaac got in to some trouble... I am afraid that I didn't discipline him very well though. I thought that the whole thing was just too funny.

I went up stairs to put something away and when I came back down stairs this is the scene that greeted me:

As you can see Eden wasn't too concerned about it. I actually think she was enjoying having the company.

And my little monkey thought that it was so much fun that about an hour or so later, I turned around and what to my amusement and chagrin did I find?

Yep, this time he had climbed right into her bassinet with her. She still wasn't put out about it though. I don't think she knew what was going on, but I don't think it bothered her either.

It was too funny, but now, since I didn't act like I was mad about it, he has tried 2 times today to do the same thing again. And it is harder to get it across to him now that he shouldn't be climbing into her bassinet at all. He doesn't understand that he might hurt her, or break something.

Moving

We are moving again. I counted... during the time since we've been married (Aug 2003) We have lived at 5 different addresses, so this will be number 6 in less then 5 years. I told James that it is because he and I both have Germanic blood in us... wanderlust.
So I gave my 30 days notice to our current landlords here in military housing, and I am paying my deposit to our new landlords in Logan Utah. James is going on deployment, and when his deployment is complete he will be attending a school for 3 months in Chicago. So we expect to join him there in Chicago when that school is complete.

I will admit that I am sad to be leaving this neighborhood, house and especially the ward here in the Tierrasanta area of San Diego. If anyone is ever planning on coming here to San Diego then I definitely recommend Tierrasanta over anywhere else. The Tierrasanta Ward, we were told, is the most deployed ward in the entire church, nevertheless, they still manage to keep all their programs running, sometimes smoother then other times to be sure, and they truly take care of the members. They don't use the high deployment rate or the high turn over of the membership as an excuse for any thing, instead they treat it like a challenge and an opportunity. I have truly appreciated this and the way my family has been blest here.

The weather hasn't been bad either... we are going to be experiencing winter like everybody else for the next few years...Jeremiah is excited about it, me... not so much...
It will be nice to be back in Logan though. James and I both really love Logan. Moving to Logan back in 1991 in order to attend USU was probably one of the most life affecting things I have ever done, and I Thank my Heavenly Father for sending me there.

I will keep you posted on our new address when we actually get there. For now I have 30 days of packing ahead of me...

Lords of the Dance

In the 1st video we were listening to "Hawk" from the album "A Childhood Remembered", which album has definitely been some of my favorite music ever since my brother, Mike, introduced me to it back in the early 90's. I have no idea what Jeremiah was saying at the end of the video... absolutely no idea! Jeremiah was really getting into it, unfortunately I didn't get his Best moves on video, you know how it happens... once you pull out the camera...

In the 2nd video it sounds like a hymn from the childrens hymn book, unfortunately, Lightening McQueen is louder then the music.

Jeremiah always does his own choreography, it is usually very fluid and graceful (or at least it tries to be). Isaac has a much harsher way of dancing, which really shows the differences in their personalities too. Jeremiah is more thoughtful, where as Isaac usually just jumps right in on things, he looks like he's stomping out an ant rebellion... and then he gets distracted very easily.

And there is Eden watching the whole affair. She seemed to be enjoying being included, well... she stayed awake for it anyway.

Oh, in the 1st video Isaac is hiding in the rug in the top right corner of the screen. In the 2nd video Jeremiah goes and hides in the rug... What is it about rugs and blankets that makes children hide in them? All the time! I can remember doing it myself, but I seriously can't remember why. Yes, there is something from my childhood that I can't remember (gasp).

She just keeps growing...

Everyone has asked me to post an updated photo of Eden. So I decided to do a then and now.

This first one is, of course,
from the day she was born, 15 Jan 2008.

The second is from a little over a month later.

And the third is when she was 2 months old.

She seems, to me, to have hardly changed in appearance at all. Only her height and weight have changed.

She has a doctors appointment coming up and I can't wait to find out what they say she measures in at now.

She is very alert. In this last picture she was watching her brothers dance. I wonder if she was thinking, "I want to do that!" or, "these guys are weird!"

I would love to have a talent like this

http://boystokings.blogspot.com/2008/02/amazing-harmonica.html

I saw this on a friends blog. He said, "This is worth your time..." I must concur. I thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly since "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" is one of my favorite pieces. Check it out, you wont regret it...