Life on our corner

I have been thinking about what to do with this blog post for a while now.  I have had various ideas what to say and how to say it.  I think that the best way is to do a FAQ list.  Here is everything that you may (and more likely than not may not) want to know. There is a couple of dangers in doing this specific post.  1)I don't want it to come across that I do not want to talk about the baby since I am writing about it.  I just was afraid that much of the conversation would get lost in cyberspace since we were announcing electronically.  2) I can be a little sarcastic at times and people might "hear" bitterness in some of my answers, but there is none there!  I did my best to proof this so that I do not offend anyone.  When are you due?   My EDD is December 29th.  Jordan thinks this is perfect as long as I have the baby by the 31st.  That way he gets the tax credit this year and gets to pay for it with Flex next year.  Since the other kids' birthdays are in '0

Jonah was sitting at the table yesterday and said "Mom, I was thinkin' 'bout somethin'.  I want a girlfriend." "What?" "I want a girlfriend? "How about I just be your girlfriend?" "No, I want a little one." "Where did you hear about girlfriends" "Gramma let me borrow her DVD when I had my tonsils out and that boy had a little girlfriend.  I want one." I cannot think of what he watched or what might have reminded him about this concept. Audrey was running ahead on our walk yesterday "Look mom!  I can run fast and I don't even have things in my ears!"  I assume this means earbuds that would connect to her ipod!

Jonah and Audrey each had their physicals last week.  It was fairly uneventful (minus the vaccines which weren't necessarily routine for this age, but we are behind.  That part was traumatic!)  Audrey weighed in at 30lbs and was exactly 3ft tall (Nice easy numbers to remember for age 3, don't you think?)  They said that this made her short and stocky on the charts.  Maybe her "little" brother has thrown off my perception, but I just don't see it.  I think that they had the percentages off.  My big concern was the paci vs thumb debate that we have had going on.  At 3 she was supposed to give up her paci and turn it in for a Barbie.  She did so with surprising willingness, but sticks her in thumb in her sleep.  We have been at a loss since we fought the thumb battle once already and to NOT want to head back down that road again.  (It was amazing to compare how sick we all were before we took away that dirty thumb!)  The Dr agreed that the paci was better than the th