Super Ta-Da moment

Okay so I know it's hard to hear and the shaking is really bad but it's amazing to us that his second word or first consistent word is Brother. That's what we call each of the boys and they call each other too. So We love it.

Beckett hasn't really wanting anything to do with signing. That and for the first three four months of his life we had to hold him at a 40 degree angle for an hour after feeding to minimize the volume of spit up escaping. That makes it hard to use your hands for anything to sign. Anyhow. He's starting to pick it up. He goes to school to pick up brother in the morning and all the ladies wave to him. He doesn't like going to anyone else but Mama and so when they wave he gets his nervous face and signs mama and waves back. It's also on the cheek wave. He's also got the milk sign too and is using it for any food right now. But my favorite one he does is the one we do for "good boy" he'll sign boy and smile and kick when he does something he likes. Whether we've told him good job or not. I think it's cute. He's not a big babbler and just kind of coo's with his mouth closed. It takes a trained professional to detect a upset grunt from a happy grunt from an "help my big fat leg is stuck" grunt. The latter one happens most often but actually is being encroached upon by the "I can't get my foot over so I can stand up" grunt. Very tricky and subtle the difference but still a difference.

Okay so I guess this is video day at the Kemper cave. Brenner and Beckett do just about everything together barring the naps. Brenner says he's just too big for that. But the two of them thought it fun to do snacks together this evening. Brenner was teaching on the proper technique of Sun Flower Seeds. Then Beckett tried his hardest to keep up.

The little boy is in love with tasting things and has now found that other things make good places to blow raspberries on besides the mama. He is also fascinated with the marks that his teeth make on things. We now have those cute two bottom teeth and the top middle and one on the left should pop tomorrow.

My 8's

8 things I'm passionate about:
1. My sleep
2. My babies checks (all my boys) ;0 ;)
3. Catalina Salad Dressing
4. Juan
5. Friends/ER - Yeah Ya-Ya's
6. Having pretty paper to touch if not scrapbook
7. Having good friends
8. But really it's all about the giggle.


8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Go to Italy and see everything
2. Have a hard time trying to find something to buy with my extra cash of $5 million dollars before tax time every year.
3. Have Sean Connary say my name (it's okay. He's on my list. It's laminated)
4. Become a Sign Language Interpreter
5. Open a salon in my garage apartment
6. Have a personal assistant, chef, maid, driver
7. Live over seas
8. Win at a huge BINGO game where I'm the youngest person in the room by like 50 years.

8 things I say often:
1. "Whatareyoudoin?!" all one word while looking down
2. "Go open the garage/car and load up."
3. "Go get Christian it's time for school."
4. "Both cheeks on the chair."
5. "Tick-a tick-a tick-a tock. Beckett is our poo poo clock"
6. "Do you hear your brother crying? Could you help him please?" Usually a hand sticking a binkie in his mouth w/o looking at him saying "Beckett, you're okay."
7. "Are you kidding me? No. Don't do that. Seriously no."
8. "Go to bed." Times three and then "Go to bed and spank yourself on the way back up. Thank you Good night!"

8 books I've recently read:
1. First off. Are you kidding me? This is funny. Ya-ya are you laughing & peeing yet? Book I've read?
2. Yu-Gi-O's how to play
3. My little Fire Engine
4. Parent's magazine
5. Paper Crafts
6. Homework folders & all 10 sheets of homework everyday
7. Brenner's daily journal entries
8. Do Captions on the TV count?

What I could listen to over and over:
1. I love the oldies
2. Phantom of the Opera soundtrack ( got to go backstage in NYC in an ON BROADWAY show)
3. Podcasts from the man's genre of tri somethings. I can't spell phedipidation anyhow and bret is still cool. (it's what I usually hear)
4. My copy of Monster Ballads from Steve. Love ya "more than words can say"
5.Choo Choo Soul
6. I make up my own songs all day long with the boys. I think it's great. Brenner's starting to realize they're not real songs. I guess that's why you stay in school huh?
7. Les Mis
8. Country swing dancing music. I think of college days and my dad.

8 things that attract me to my best friends:

Okay so this isn't for all but some friends have seriously random starts that merit a plug.

1. Leah - I was moving and didn't have time to be her friend & her vast movie supply
2. Jen Hunsaker - Her white lawn chair for the dinner table
3. Jen Kelley Betty - Coloring during a Military class & being more fun than me
4. Ashley - Her chest is false advertisement for my nursing baby
5. Leah - she solves my problems before I knew I had a problem. That's love and dedication
6. Trisch - Too many to name but you've sewn yourself into my heart with all you are. Even that great bread.
7. Mom - From the first time I saw you I was in love. *Cheesy cute huh?* P.S. Thanks for all you've taught me. I know it wasn't easy but it was worth it. I use that potty training thing all the time. Thanks.
8. Sherrie - I loved counting her dreds & her extra toes.

8 things I've learned this past year:
1. Bed rest is only cool if you have cable.
2. Miraculous babies happen
3. Blankets and towels clean up far more spit up
4. It's possible to love two boys and still want to love them more
5. I can do it all. Not well but it all. To do it all you can't do it well.
6. Hawaii isn't all that bad.
7. The tenants get grumpy when not in bed by their schedule.
8. I'll love my husband more each day and grow more and more crazy about him too

8 People I think should do the Crazy 8's:
I've already tagged people so this is just for you to know me. *wicked evil sinister laugh* mmewah ha ha ha ha.